Integrated malaria vector control strategies and their effectiveness in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol for interventional studies by Diederick E Grobbee, Lihanimpo Djalogue, Marianne van der Sande, Patrice Ngangue, Gountante Kombate, Kamba Andre-Marie Soubeiga

“…This systematic review is designed to assess the effectiveness of integrated vector control versus single vector control interventions on malaria incidence and prevalence to guide decisions on controlling malaria vectors in sub-Saharan Africa.Methods and analyses We will systematically retrieve published and grey literature from electronic databases and clinical trial registries. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines will guide us in applying a systematic approach to screening, reviewing and extracting data. …”
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Neglected tropical diseases in Yemen: a systematic review of epidemiology and public health challenges by Ibrahim Ahmed Ahmed Alhothily, Rahmat Dapari, Nazri Che Dom

“…Methods A comprehensive literature search was conducted across five international databases and one national database, resulting in 3,652 identified records. …”
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Key oncogenes and candidate drugs for hepatitis-B-driven hepatocellular carcinoma progression by Liqin Ruan, Ningbo Fang, Xinhua Zhao, Weili Chen, Zhaoping Wu, Xiaoyong Wu

“…Methods The LC-survival associated genes were acquired from the LIHC samples of the TCGA-database; and HB related genes from the DisGeNET database. …”
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Towards health justice: Implementing structural competency in women’s healthcare education by Daina Charnelle Fougang, Charles Mpofu, Dianne Wepa

“…Methodology: A systematic literature review using Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science databases (2010–2023) initially identified 905 articles. …”
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Microbial dysbiosis in periodontitis and peri-implantitis: pathogenesis, immune responses, and therapeutic by Ziwei Cui, Peng Wang, Weiyue Gao

“…An electronic and manual literature search was conducted using PubMed, Excerpta Medica, Frontiers Reports and the Wiley Online Library databases for relevant articles. Data from these publications were extracted and the overall findings were summarized in a narrative manner. …”
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Intelligent deep federated learning model for enhancing security in internet of things enabled edge computing environment by Nasser Nammas Albogami

“…Besides, the IDFLM-ES technique learns the individual and distributed feature representation over distributed databases to enhance model convergence for quick learning. …”
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Autism spectrum disorder: definition, global epidemiology, prevalence in Poland and worldwide, and heredity by Martyna Zakrocka, Marta Gruszka, Paulina Polańska, Maria Kubicka

“…Material and method: In our article we used English databases such as PubMed and Google Scholar. We selected the articles according to keywords such as “ASD”, “autism”, “history of autism”, “epidemiology”, “inheritance”, “genetic”. …”
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Mpox gastrointestinal manifestations: a systematic review by Rahul Ramakrishnan, Atira Shenoy, Ranganathan Madhavan, Damon Meyer

“…A search was conducted through the PubMed, EMBASE and MEDLINE databases from January 1958 to June 2023. The authors selected English language papers that discussed the GI symptoms in mpox patients. …”
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The Burden of Asymptomatic Malaria Infection in Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Exploring Barriers to Elimination and Prevention by Daniel Asmelash, Wubetu Agegnehu, Wondaya Fenta, Yemane Asmelash, Shibihon Debebe, Abyot Asres

“…Methods Relevant studies were retrieved from Web of Science, Cochrane Library, PubMed, Google Scholar, Gray Literature, Embase, and African Online Journal databases published between 2014 and 2024. Data quality was assessed by a tool developed by Hoy and colleagues and classified as low, moderate, or high risk of bias. …”
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Examining the Application of Information and Communication Technology in Records Management at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Kyoshabire, Fortunate

“…Both interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data from respondents and findings indicate that electronic health records as one of the types of ICT used in records management in that it implementation leads to improved administration processes, streamlined workflows, and better decision-making, some respondents mentioned that changes in software and hardware in that one of the greatest issues facing the longevity of digital collections in developing countries is not only the storage media deterioration, some respondents mentioned that inadequate funding digital projects in that digitization of records requires enormous funding due to frequent hardware and software upgrades, and increasing cost of subscription to electronic databases. Respondents responded on possible strategies that can curb the challenges of applying ICT in records management at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital in that; Paper and microfilm, cloud storage, training of staff on ICT in records management, and records preservation system. …”
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A systematic review of Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.D. adams traditional medicinal uses, phytoconstituents, bioactivities, and toxicities by Gang, Roggers, Okello, Denis, Yeongjun, Ban, Kang, Youngmin

“…Relevant research findings were retrieved and organized from various databases, including PubMed and ScienceDirect, in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. …”
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Defining indicators for disease burden, health outcomes, policies and barriers and facilitators to health services for migrant populations in the Middle East and North African regi... by Charles Agyemang, Ali Ardalan, Farah Seedat, Bouchra Assarag, Nuria Casamitjana, Kolitha Wickramage, Sally Hargreaves, Ana Requena-Mendez, Fouad M Fouad, Dominik Zenner, Anna Deal, Stella Evangelidou, Wafa Saidi, Chiaki Ito, Oumnia Bouaddi, Moudrick Abdellatifi, Alba Cuxart-Graell, Hassan Edries, Eman Elafef, Taha Maatoug, Anissa Ouahchi, Liv Mathilde Pampiri, Sara Arias, Adel Abdelkhalek, Ahmed Hamed Arisha, Ibrahim Ahmed Bani, Aasmaa Chaoui, Wafa Chemao-Elfihri, Kenza Hassouni, Mahmoud Hilali, Mohamed Khalis, Wejdene Mansour, Ali Mtiraoui, MENA Migrant Health Working Group, Asad Adam, Adnene Ben Haj Aissa, Salma Altyib, Hanen Ben Belgacem, Imane Belkhammar, Thomas Calvot, Luciana Ceretti, Nelly Chavassieux, Hassan Chrifi, Mohamed Douagi, Algdail Elnil, Gonzalo Fanjul, Ahmed Hamed, Abdedayem Khelifi, Lora Makhlouf, Maissa Mokni, Davide Olchini, Tarik Oufkir, Nasong Park, Giuseppe Raffa, Sandra Santafé, Alice Sironi, Fatma Temimi, Zeineb Turki

“…We will search electronic databases for studies in any language (year 2000–2023), reference-check relevant publications and cross-check included studies with experts. …”
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Real-World Treatment Patterns, Survival, and Costs for Ovarian Cancer in Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Provincial Administrative Data by Manjusha Hurry, Shazia Hassan, Soo Jin Seung, Ryan N. Walton, Ashlie Elnoursi, Jacob D. McGee

“…The cohort was linked to provincial administrative databases to capture treatment patterns, survival, and costs. …”
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The association between cognitive frailty and the risk of fall occurrence in older adults: a meta-analysis of cohort studies by Jian Liu, Jian Liu, Jian Liu, Yu Wu, Yu Wu, Yu Wu, Zongke Long, Simeng Zhang, Shicai Wu, Shicai Wu, Shicai Wu

“…However, previous studies have shown inconsistent correlations between cognitive frailty and the risk of fall occurrence.ObjectiveTo systematically review studies and explore the association between cognitive frailty and the risk of fall occurrence.MethodsDatabases were systematically searched. Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.4 software after evaluation of the quality of the included studies by 2 researchers.ResultsA total of five studies including 16,962 patients were included. …”
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The Impact of Baseline Risk Factors on the Incidence of Febrile Neutropenia in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy with Pegfilgrastim Prophylaxis: A Real-World Data Analy... by Edward Li, Bridgette Kanz Schroader, David Campbell, Kim Campbell, Weijia Wang

“…**Methods:** This was a retrospective observational study in patients with breast cancer (BC) who received myelosuppressive chemotherapy and prophylactic pegfilgrastim identified January 1, 2017-May 31, 2018 from MarketScan® research databases. The outcomes were defined as incidence of FN in the first cycle and among all cycles of chemotherapy using three different definitions for FN. …”
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Diversity, distribution and threat status of Fabaceae plants in Costa Rica: a 135-year herbarium record by Donifer Campos Parra, Andres Blanco Picado, Keilor Rojas Jimenez

“…Methods: We cleaned databases from 1887 to 2022 at the University of Costa Rica (USJ) and the National Herbarium (CR). …”
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Association of ERCC2/XPD polymorphisms and the risk of head and neck carcinoma: a systematic review, meta-analysis, trial sequential analysis, network analysis, and functional effe... by Mohammad Moslem Imani, Ali Ashabi, Farzad Rezaei, Atefe Saffar Shahroudi, Sadegh Kashkouli, Edris Sadeghi, Masoud Sadeghi

“…Materials and methods An exhaustive literature review was performed across several databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Cochrane Library, up to November 18, 2023, without any restrictions. …”
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Immunoglobulin G4-related disease with pleural involvement in an 80-year-old female patient: A case report and literature review by Liying Zhang, Li Mo

“…This study aimed to expand the existing case database of pleural IgG4-RD and enhance the understanding and management of this rare disease. …”
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Efficacy analysis of folic acid in chronic atrophic gastritis with Helicobacter pylori infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hui Li, Jincheng Li, Mingyu Lai

“…We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Vip, and Wanfang databases. Data were extracted using a pre-designed extraction tool and analysis was undertaken using RevMan5.4 and STAT15.1. …”
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Overview of styles, content, learning effects and attitudes of students towards digitally enhanced physiotherapy education – a scoping review by Larissa Pagels, Oskar Schindler, Kerstin Luedtke

“…Methods Following PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews, a comprehensive search was conducted across multiple databases, including Medline, Web of Science, and ERIC, incorporating hand searches and expert consultations. …”
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