Sustainability of healthcare system improvements, programmes and interventions in acute care settings: protocol for a mixed methods systematic review by Franz E Babl, Sandy Middleton, Julie Cowie, Catherine Wilson, Peter Wilson, Pauline Campbell, Emma Tavender, Lisa Kuhn, Nicola Straiton, Victoria Ramsden, Elizabeth McInnes

“…The following databases will be searched: Medline, Embase, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CINAHL and Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED), from November 2017 to the present for studies published in English. …”
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Treatment approaches for idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Annik Steimer, Mike O. Becker

“…Methods A comprehensive search of English and German literature from 1980 to 2021 was conducted using PubMed, Embase, and PreMedline. To be included, studies must have had a minimum of two patients employing the same treatment approach and reporting relevant treatment outcomes. …”
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Predicting dengue incidence in high-risk areas of China through the integration of Southeast Asian and local meteorological factors by Shaowei Sang, Yiguan Wang, Qiyong Liu, Peng Chen, Chuanxi Li, Anran Zhang

“…The number of provinces reporting cases and outbreaks gradually linearly increased from 10 and 0 in 2005 to a peak of 30 and 11 in 2019, respectively, before declining in 2021 and 2022, then rebounding to 29 and 8 in 2023. …”
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Taking stock of vaccine hesitancy among migrants: a scoping review protocol by Charles S Wiysonge, Sten H Vermund, Akhenaten Siankam Tankwanchi, Anelisa Jaca, Heidi J Larson

“…Studies published in English or French between January 1999 and December 2019 will be drawn from most or all of the following multidisciplinary databases: Africa-Wide Information, Allied and Complementary Medicine, Cochrane Library, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Literature in the Health Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean, Medline, Proquest Theses/Dissertations, PsycInfo and Web of Science. …”
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Perbedaan Pengetahuan Kader Posyandu dan Ibu Balita Terkait Stunting serta Hubungannya dengan Kejadian Stunting pada Balita by Erni Rukmana, Muhammad Edwin Fransiari, Kanaya Yori Damanik, Latifah Rahman Nurfazriah

“…Hasil: Terdapat perbedaan pengetahuan antara kader kesehatan dan ibu balita terkait stunting (p-value=0,003). Selain itu, ada hubungan pengetahuan ibu balita terkait stunting dengan kejadian stunting pada balita (p-value=0,034). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Prophylactic Agents in Prevention of Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials by Waleed T Batais, Nada O Taher, Abeer K Alhindi, Abdullah A Ghaddaf, Anas Alamoudi, Sarah A Al-Ghamdi, Jumanah J Homsi, Hashem S Almarzouki, Mansour A Qurashi

“…This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness and safety of these agents in preventing ROP.Methods and Analysis A systematic search was conducted in Embase, MEDLINE and CENTRAL databases. Eight randomised controlled trials involving 1101 preterm infants were included. …”
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Performance of current tools used for on-the-day assessment and diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury in sport: a systematic review by Phoebe Haste, Leonardo de Almeida e Bueno, Antoine Jérusalem, Jeroen Bergmann

“…This systematic review summarises the current monitoring tools used for on-the-day assessment and diagnosis of SR-mTBI and their performance.Design Systematic review, using Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies assessment.Data sources Embase via Ovid, IEEEXplore, Medline via Ovid, Scopus and Web of Science were searched up to June 2024.Eligibility criteria Peer-reviewed English-language journal articles which measured athletes using the index test within a day of injury and provided a performance measure for the method used. …”
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Efforts to strengthen anatomic pathology diagnostic services for cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol by Katherine Van Loon, Elia John Mmbaga, Marcia Edelweiss, Dianna L. Ng, Asteria Herman Kimambo, Edda Vuhahula, Beatrice Paul Mushi, Omolade Adegoke, Johanna Goldberg, Pendo M. Ibrahim, Zainab Illonga, Julia Jackman, Luisa Jamisse

“…The primary aim of the scoping review is to comprehensively map the existing evidence on initiatives aimed at enhancing the capacity for pathology services.Methods and analysis This study will follow Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews. MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central and African Index Medicus will be searched for articles published in English and Portuguese with no limitations placed on date or publication type. …”
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Effectiveness of educational interventions to promote safe handling of pesticides: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Anne Cockcroft, Neil Andersson, Sergio Paredes-Solís, José Legorreta-Soberanis, Belén Madeline Sánchez-Gervacio, Víctor Manuel Alvarado-Castro, Miguel Flores-Moreno, Claudia Erika Rios-Rivera, Janet Saldaña-Almazán

“…The review aims to summarise the impact of educational interventions on knowledge and reported behaviour of pesticide users and to identify characteristics of more effective interventions.Methods and analysis We will search MEDLINE, LILACS, AGRICOLA, IMBIOMED, SciELO, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase databases and from the grey literature, Open Grey and WHO to identify potentially eligible studies. …”
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Modifikasi Perilaku untuk Memperbaiki Profil Kualitas Diet dan Komposisi Tubuh Remaja Santri yang Kelebihan Berat Badan by Intan Sepna Fidiasari, Fillah Fithra Dieny, Arwinda Nugraheni, Etika Ratna Noer

“…Data kualitas diet diperoleh dari formulir Diet Quality Index-International (DQI-I), persentase lemak tubuh diukur menggunakan Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA), dan lingkar pinggang diukur menggunakan medline. Analisis meliputi uji independent t-test, paired t-test, wilcoxon, dan mann-whitney. …”
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Effect of crystalline lens decentration and tilt on visual performance in eyes implanted with bifocal or extended depth of focus intraocular lenses by Yu Zhang, Jiaqing Zhang, Chen Liang, Yifan Xu, Jiaying Wu, Junming Wu, Yifan Zhang, Aixia Jin, Xuhua Tan, Lixia Luo

“…Moreover, the bifocal group exhibited a decline in spectacle-independence from 98.67% to 83.33% (P = 0.049), along with a reduction in CS (P < 0.05). …”
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Treatments for partial remission of major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Marlies E Brouwer, Gert J Geurtsen, Damiaan A J P Denys, Joost Gülpen, Eva A M van Dis, Claudi L Bockting

“…We provide an overview of treatment options and their efficacy.Study selection and analysis Embase, PsycINFO, Medline and SCOPUS were systematically searched through February 2023. …”
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Association of arterial stiffness and eye disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Robert Scragg, Angela L Beros, John D Sluyter

“…Background This systematic review and meta-analysis assesses the association of arterial stiffness with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, retinal vein occlusion (RVO) and retinopathy (diabetic and hypertensive).Methods Medline and Embase were systematically searched for observational studies of arterial stiffness and eye disease. …”
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Models for predicting risk of endometrial cancer: a systematic review by Bea Harris Forder, Anastasia Ardasheva, Karyna Atha, Hannah Nentwich, Roxanna Abhari, Christiana Kartsonaki

“…Methods A systematic search of the MEDLINE and Embase (OVID) databases was used to identify risk prediction models related to EC and studies validating these models. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis: prevalence and clinical implications of anatomical variants of the hepatic portal vein by Juan José Valenzuela-Fuenzalida, Benjamín Rodríguez-Osorio, Cristian Salgado-Torres, Pablo Nova-Baeza, Mathias Orellana-Donoso, Alejandro Bruna-Mejías, Roberto Avila-Sepulveda, Álvaro Becerra-Farfán, Macarena Rodríguez-Luengo, Juan Sanchis-Gimeno, Guinevere Granite, Héctor Gutiérrez-Espinoza

“…The objective of this study was to analyze the characteristics of HPV variants and understand the possible clinical considerations that arise with them. The databases Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences were researched until January 2024. …”
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Perbandingan Kinerja Metode Arima, Multi-Layer Perceptron, dan Random Forest dalam Peramalan Harga Logam Mulia Berjangka yang Mengandung Pencilan by Teguh Prasetyo, Rizki Alifah Putri, Dini Ramadhani, Yenni Angraini, Khairil Anwar Notodiputro

“…Ditunjukkan bahwa kinerja metode ARIMA dengan Interpolasi Linier mampu menekan pengaruh pencilan lebih baik dibanding ARIMA dengan Winsorized Mean dan ARIMA tanpa penanganan data pencilan Dalam hal ini diperoleh nilai MAPE rata-rata berturut-turut sebesar 10,67% dibanding 12,33% dan 11,79% ketika dievaluasi menggunakan data uji. Selain itu, metode MLP memiliki kinerja yang tidak lebih baik dibanding ARIMA dengan Interpolasi Linier dengan nilai MAPE rata-rata sebesar 11,13% ketika dievaluasi menggunakan data uji. …”
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Finite element analysis of restoring length with multiple internal fixations in calcaneal body fracture by Xiang Yao, Peiqi Ding, Chong Wang, Han Miao, Yicong Chao, Jiawei Wang, Minjie Hu, Jilei Tang

“…Through finite element analysis, this study compared the biomechanical effects of multiple fixation schemes for calcaneal fractures. We delineated and assembled the finite element model of the Sanders type II calcaneal fracture and four internal fixation simulations (namely distraction screw, lag screw, frame locking plate, and T-shaped locking plate). …”
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Automatic Segmentation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm From Computed Tomography Angiography Using a Patch-Based Dilated UNet Model by Merjulah Roby, Juan C. Restrepo, Haehwan Park, Satish C. Muluk, Mark K. Eskandari, Seungik Baek, Ender A. Finol

“…The framework adapted a fully developed patch-based dilated modified U-Net model, which shows remarkable efficiency in accurately delineating AAA regions within the CTA scans. During the prediction phase, the deep learning architecture demonstrates exceptional speed, requiring <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$17~\pm ~0.02$ </tex-math></inline-formula> milliseconds per frame to generate the final segmented output. …”
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A revised classification of Dryopteridaceae based on plastome phylogenomics and morphological evidence, with the description of a new genus, Pseudarachniodes by Zheng-Yu Zuo, Germinal Rouhan, Shi-Yong Dong, Hong-Mei Liu, Xin-Yu Du, Li-Bing Zhang, Jin-Mei Lu

“…Dryopteridaceae are the largest fern family and include nearly 20% of extant fern diversity, with 24 currently recognized genera. Recognition and delineation of genera within this family have varied greatly. …”
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Blood-based biomarkers suggest prolonged axonal Injury following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury by Andrew R. Mayer, Tracey V. Wick, Jessica R. McQuaid, Masen L. Boucher, Andrew B. Dodd, Cidney R. Robertson-Benta, Harm J. van der Horn, Erik B. Erhardt, Robert E. Sapien, Rawan Tarawneh, Rebekah Mannix

“…NFL demonstrated additional promise for delineating injury severity within the spectrum of pmTBI.…”
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