A Randomized Trial of Ionic Silver Dressing to Reduce Surgical Site Infection After Gastrointestinal Surgery by Chihiro Kosugi, MD, Keiji Koda, MD, Hiroaki Shimizu, MD, Masato Yamazaki, MD, Kiyohiko Shuto, MD, Mikito Mori, MD, Akihiro Usui, MD, Hiroyuki Nojima, MD, Satoshi Endo, MD, Hiroo Yanagibashi, MD, Hidehito Arimitsu, MD, Toru Tochigi, MD, Tetsutaro Sazuka, MD, Mihono Hirota, MD, Hideyuki Kuboki, MD

“…Multiple clinical trials have assessed the effectiveness of silver-containing wound dressings; however, systematic reviews failed to find any advantages of these dressings and concluded that there was insufficient evidence to indicate that they prevented wound infections. …”
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Technical Proficiency Analysis in Table Tennis: A Comparative Study Between Advanced and Intermediate Players by Benny Aprial, Denny Setyawan, George Danut Mocanu, Candra Brema Tarigan, Ghulam Mustafa, John Michael D. Aquino, Bilal Azmi Sarıtaş

“…Over a three-month period, participants underwent systematic evaluation of their technical skills, including basic stroke accuracy, biomechanical efficiency, and tactical adaptability. …”
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Protocol for process evaluation of SMART Mental Health cluster randomised control trial: an intervention for management of common mental disorders in India by Anushka Patel, David Peiris, Pallab K Maulik, Graham Thornicroft, Shekhar Saxena, Sudha Kallakuri, Amanpreet Kaur, Siddhardha Devarapalli, Mercian Daniel, Beverley M Essue, Shashi Kant, D Praveen, Usha Raman, Rajesh Sagar, Ankita Mukherjee

“…Stigma associated with help seeking and lack of trained mental health professionals are important barriers in accessing mental healthcare. Systematic Medical Appraisal, Referral and Treatment (SMART) Mental Health integrates a community-level stigma reduction campaign and task sharing with the help of a mobile-enabled electronic decision support system (EDSS)—to reduce psychiatric morbidity due to stress, depression and self-harm in high-risk individuals. …”
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Towards Understanding the Security of Modern Image Captchas and Underground Captcha-Solving Services by Haiqin Weng, Binbin Zhao, Shouling Ji, Jianhai Chen, Ting Wang, Qinming He, Raheem Beyah

“…Second, we propose simple yet powerful attack frameworks against each of these categories of image captchas. Third, we systematically evaluate our attack frameworks against 10 popular real-world image captchas, including captchas from tencent.com, google.com, and 12306.cn. …”
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Mycotoxicological monitoring. Part 1. Complete mixed feed for pigs and poultry (2009–2018) by G. P. Kononenko, A. A. Burkin, Ye. V. Zotova

“…Original monitoring data systematized and summarized in the paper are given in electronic format in section Additional materials.…”
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Use of Antibiotics in Companion Animals from 133 German Practices from 2018 to 2023 by Roswitha Merle, Leonie Feuer, Katharina Frenzer, Jan-Lukas Plenio, Astrid Bethe, Nunzio Sarnino, Antina Lübke-Becker, Wolfgang Bäumer

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: While antibiotic usage in farm animals has been systematically monitored and reduced in many countries, including Germany, data on companion animals such as dogs and cats remain scarce. …”
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Mycotoxicological monitoring. Part 3. Feedstuffs from raw grain processing by G. P. Kononenko, A. A. Burkin, Ye. V. Zotova

“…The initial monitoring data, systematized and summarized in this paper, are presented in electronic form in the section “Additional materials”. …”
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Saponin content in medicinal plants in response to application of organic and inorganic fertilizers: a meta-analysis by Junyan Lv, Junyan Lv, Shouzan Liu, Shouzan Liu, Chunli Hu, Lan Ding, Hongzhen Wang, Hongzhen Wang, Xin Li, Feng Yang, Feng Yang, Qiong Shen, Qiong Shen, Hongbin Zhang, Hongbin Zhang, Guobiao Ma, Guobiao Ma, Shaobo Zhang, Yan Bai, Yan Bai

“…The application of fertilizers is a key agronomic practice in the artificial cultivation of medicinal plants, aiming to boost yields and enhance the levels of their bioactive constituents. However, systematic investigations on the influence of various fertilizers on the concentration of active compounds in saponin-containing medicinal plants remain insufficient. …”
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An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Late Islamic Cemeteries Within the Cathedral (15th–18th Century CE) and the Ruins of Adulis (Mid-19th–Early 20th Century CE), Massawa, Eritrea:... by Omar Larentis, Nelly Cattaneo, Paolo Lampugnani, Susanna Bortolotto, Emanuele Zappa, Andrea Gregorini, Yotam Gezae, Tsegai Medin, Ilaria Gorini, Serena Massa

“…Systematic studies on Late Islamic cemeteries that integrate architectural, ritual, and biological aspects remain relatively rare, particularly in Islamic countries or regions with an active Muslim presence. …”
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Research trends and prospects in global riverine carbon fluxes: A bibliometric analysis by Wei Fang, Mohd Remy Rozainy Mohd Arif Zainol, Xianbao Zha, Pingping Luo

“…However, there still lacks a systematic analysis concerning the emerging, development, current status, and future trends of RCFs in existing studies. …”
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Al–Si alloyed uncoated hot stamping steels for enhanced oxidation resistance by Zhaoqi Song, Kaixun Wang, Haitao Zhao, Long Ma, Junheng Gao, Honghui Wu, Yuhe Huang, Chaolei Zhang, Jun Lu, Shuize Wang, Xinping Mao

“…Specifically, there is a need for systematic investigation into their oxidation resistance. …”
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Development of a core measurement set for research in degenerative cervical myelopathy: a study protocol (AO Spine RECODE-DCM CMS) by Robert Chen, Angus G K McNair, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, Julio C Furlan, Benjamin M Davies, Oliver D Mowforth, Iwan Sadler, Bizhan Aarabi, Brian K Kwon, Michael G Fehlings, James S Harrop, Armin Curt, Ellen Sarewitz, Carl Moritz Zipser, Timothy F Boerger, Mark R N Kotter, James Milligan, Lindsay Tetreault, Danyal Khan, Keng Siang Lee, Alvaro Yanez Touzet, Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto, James D Guest, Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan, Shirley Widdop

“…In phases 2 and 3, systematic reviews were conducted to identify tools for each construct and aggregate their evidence. …”
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How to enhance company engagement in public-private emergency collaborations in the supply of essential goods by Markus Lüttenberg, Alexander Zienau, Marcus Wiens, Ole Hansen, Florian Diehlmann, Frank Schultmann

“…Moreover, this study promotes the systematic implementation of public–private emergency collaborations. …”
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The Small Mobile Ozone Lidar (SMOL): instrument description and first results by F. Chouza, T. Leblanc, P. Wang, S. S. Brown, K. Zuraski, K. Zuraski, W. Chace, W. Chace, W. Chace, C. C. Womack, C. C. Womack, J. Peischl, J. Peischl, J. Hair, T. Shingler, J. Sullivan

“…The comparison with airborne in situ and lidar measurements shows very good agreement, with systematic differences below 10 % throughout most of the measurement range. …”
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Does transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation alter pupil dilation? A living Bayesian meta-analysis by Ipek Pervaz, Lilly Thurn, Cecilia Vezzani, Luisa Kaluza, Anne Kühnel, Nils B. Kroemer

“…To maintain a living version, we developed a Shiny App with the possibility to incorporate newly published studies in the future. Based on a systematic review, we included 18 studies (N = 771) applying either conventional or pulsed stimulation protocols. …”
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Use of Digital Health Interventions for Cancer Prevention Among People Living With Disabilities in the United States: A Scoping Review by Chinenye Lynette Ejezie, Lea Sacca, Sylvia Ayieko, Sara Burgoa, Yasmine Zerrouki, Diana Lobaina, Goodness Okwaraji, Christine Markham

“…Methods This scoping review was guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses extension for scoping reviews and the Arksey and O'Malley methodological framework. …”
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Sotorasib resistance triggers epithelial-mesenchymal transition and activates AKT and P38-mediated signaling by Raquel Arantes Megid, Guilherme Gomes Ribeiro, Izabela Natalia Faria Gomes, Ana Carolina Laus, Letícia Ferro Leal, Letícia Ferro Leal, Luciane Sussuchi da Silva, Abu-Bakr Adetayo Ariwoola, Josiane Mourão Dias, Rui Manuel Reis, Rui Manuel Reis, Renato Jose da Silva-Oliveira, Renato Jose da Silva-Oliveira

“…The aim of this study was to generate a sotorasib-resistant cell line via selective pressure and systematically examine the molecular and phenotypic alterations caused by resistance.MethodsMutant NCI-H358 (KRASG12C) were exposed to incremental doses (2–512 nM) of sotorasib. …”
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Influence of Genetics, Immunity and the Microbiome on the Prognosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD Prognosis Study): the protocol for a Copenhagen IBD Inception Cohort Study by Johan Burisch, Lene Terslev, Mikkel Østergaard, Annette Bøjer Jensen, Frank Krieger Jensen, Flemming Bendtsen, Charlotte Wiell, Mohamed Attauabi, Klaus Theede, Viktoria Fana, Hartwig Roman Siebner, Henrik S Thomsen, Jakob M Møller, Simon Francis Thomsen, Gorm Roager Madsen, Anne Vibeke Wewer, Rune Wilkens, Johan Ilvemark, Nora Vladimirova, Sanja Bay Hansen, Yousef Jesper Wirenfeldt Nielsen, Helene Andrea Sinclair Ingels, Trine Boysen, Jacob T Bjerrum, Christian Jakobsen, Maria Dorn-Rasmussen, Sabine Jansson, Yiqiu Yao, Ewa Anna Burian, Frederik Trier Møller, Kristina Bertl, Andreas Stavropoulos, Jakob B Seidelin

“…In addition, intestinal biopsies from ileocolonoscopies, stool, rectal swabs, saliva samples, swabs of the oral cavity and blood samples will be collected systematically for the analysis of biomarkers, microbiome and genetic profiles. …”
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Sleep Disorders and Reproductive Health: Mechanisms, Consequences, and Potential Interventions by Magdalena Rosa-Bończak Rosa, Patrycja Marta, Filip Maciej Huzarski, Klaudia Anna Pawełek, Gabriela Monika Ferfecka, Agata Ossolińska, Natalia Morawiecka, Lucyna Stolarska, Oliver Carlton, Weronika Kłosowicz

“…Both primary research and systematic reviews, as well as meta-analyses with high methodological quality and statistical significance, were analyzed. …”
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The JADES Transient Survey: Discovery and Classification of Supernovae in the JADES Deep Field by Christa DeCoursey, Eiichi Egami, Justin D. R. Pierel, Fengwu Sun, Armin Rest, David A. Coulter, Michael Engesser, Matthew R. Siebert, Kevin N. Hainline, Benjamin D. Johnson, Andrew J. Bunker, Phillip A. Cargile, Stephane Charlot, Wenlei Chen, Mirko Curti, Shea DeFour-Remy, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Ori D. Fox, Suvi Gezari, Sebastian Gomez, Jacob Jencson, Bhavin A. Joshi, Sanvi Khairnar, Jianwei Lyu, Roberto Maiolino, Takashi J. Moriya, Robert M. Quimby, George H. Rieke, Marcia J. Rieke, Brant Robertson, Melissa Shahbandeh, Louis-Gregory Strolger, Sandro Tacchella, Qinan Wang, Christina C. Williams, Christopher N. A. Willmer, Chris Willott, Yossef Zenati

“…This presented the first opportunity to systematically search for transients, mostly supernovae (SNe), out to z > 2. …”
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