The effects of acupuncture on patients with premature ovarian insufficiency and polycystic ovary syndrome: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses by Tianyu Bai, Xinyun Deng, Jieyu Bi, Linlin Ni, Zhaohui Li, Xiumei Zhuo

“…Standardized mean difference (SMD) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) and relative risk (RR) with a 95% CI were used as effect sizes to pool the data using a random effects model.ResultsA total of 38 meta-analyses, 20 studies (sample size: 27,106 patients) for PCOS and 18 studies (sample size: 19,098 patients) for POI, were included. …”
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Assessing the impact of preventive mass vaccination campaigns on yellow fever outbreaks in Africa: A population-level self-controlled case series study. by Kévin Jean, Hanaya Raad, Katy A M Gaythorpe, Arran Hamlet, Judith E Mueller, Dan Hogan, Tewodaj Mengistu, Heather J Whitaker, Tini Garske, Mounia N Hocine

“…We further derived the number of yellow fever outbreaks that have been prevented by PMVCs. The study sample consisted of 33 provinces from 11 African countries. …”
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Externally validated and clinically useful machine learning algorithms to support patient-related decision-making in oncology: a scoping review by Catarina Sousa Santos, Mário Amorim-Lopes

“…Persistent challenges include limited international validation across ethnicities, inconsistent data sharing, disparities in validation metrics, and insufficient calibration reporting, hindering model comparison reliability. Conclusion Successful integration of ML in oncology decision-making requires standardized data and methodologies, larger sample sizes, greater transparency, and robust validation and clinical utility assessments. …”
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Inversion of Crop Water Content Using Multispectral Data and Machine Learning Algorithms in the North China Plain by Zhenghao Zhang, Gensheng Dou, Xin Zhao, Yang Gao, Saisai Liu, Anzhen Qin

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Determinants of the low use of Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme: a national cross-sectional study by Seung Chun Paek, Seung Chun Paek, Ning Jackie Zhang

“…UCS beneficiaries aged 15 years or older who had used healthcare during the past month were included in the sample. Descriptive analysis and multinomial logistic regression were performed to analyze associations between patterns of healthcare use and socio-demographic factors chosen based on Aday and Andersen’s access to medical care model.ResultsOf the study sample (n = 5,636), about 46.1% used healthcare services outside the UCS delivery system, of whom 33.8 and 12.3% used self-medication and private healthcare providers, respectively. …”
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Develop a Novel Signature to Predict the Survival and Affect the Immune Microenvironment of Osteosarcoma Patients: Anoikis-Related Genes by Mingyi Yang, Yani Su, Ke Xu, Haishi Zheng, Yongsong Cai, Pengfei Wen, Zhi Yang, Lin Liu, Peng Xu

“…Ultimately, the verification of the implicated ARGs in the model construction was conducted through the utilization of real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). …”
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STRATEGY FOR BUILDING DIGITAL PLATFORMS FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT by V. Sh.R. Lokupitumpa Appuhamillage

“…The sample includes interviews with the heads of 150 Russian industrial waste processing enterprises. …”
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STATISTICAL STUDY OF SOME INDICATORS IN THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR by R amona M aria DIMITROV

“…Also, the correla tion matrix between the indicators is analyzed and three validated linear regression models are presented with the interpretation of the results. …”

Hyperuricemia suppresses lumican, exacerbating adverse remodeling after myocardial infarction by promoting fibroblast phenotype transition by Zehao Zhuang, Ao Liu, Jinghong Zhang, Shuangjian Han, Lu Tang, Tingting Yu, Yiping Shi, Hui Li, Heng Yang, Peiyuan Bai, Yanhua Tang

“…A hyperuricemia-related MI mouse model was established. Cardiac function was assessed, followed by sample collection and a uric acid assay. …”
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Autonomic nervous system and mediating role of respiratory function in patients with ALS by Nieves de Bernardo, José Enrique de la Rubia Ortí, Carlos Villarón-Casales, Jesús Privado, Rosa Maset-Roig, Montse Cañabate, David Sancho-Cantus, Inmaculada Orrit Sanz, Raquel Fernández Fernández, Belén Proaño, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, Camila Peres Rubio, María Benlloch, Rubén Menargues-Ramírez, Jorge Alarcón-Jiménez

“…This quantitative, observational, analytical, and cross-sectional clinical study was conducted using a sample of 75 patients diagnosed with ALS. …”
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The Assessment of the Effects of Implementing Special Improvement Plan on Rural Housing Development (Case Study: Abrisham Rural District) by Farhad Azizpour, Zohreh Sadeghi

“…This change has led to the housing development indices The results of the research show that the quantitative and qualitative changes in the new residential units have been adapted to the dominant needs of the villagers (sample households), and the special plan for the improvement of rural housing with its implementation in the Abrisham rural district has created the structural-functional cohesion of rural housing.…”
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Understanding of Social Media Literacy About Malay Cultural Teaching: A Case Study of Students of SMAIT Al-Ittihad Pekanbaru by Trie Khairunnisa M, Vita Amelia, Winda Monika

“…Data analysis was conducted using a calculation based on relative frequency distribution. The sampling technique used in this study was purposive sampling. …”
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Prediction of the Calorific Value and Moisture Content of <i>Caragana korshinskii</i> Fuel Using Hyperspectral Imaging Technology and Various Stoichiometric Methods by Xuehong De, Haoming Li, Jianchao Zhang, Nanding Li, Huimeng Wan, Yanhua Ma

“…Meanwhile, to improve the prediction accuracy of the model to reduce the redundant wavelength data, we chose four feature extraction methods, competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS), successive pojections algorithm (SPA), genetic algorithm (GA), iteratively retains informative variables (IRIV), and combined the three models to build a quantitative detection model for the characteristic wavelengths of moisture content and calorific value of <i>Caragana korshinskii</i> fuel. …”
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Investigating the effect of ethical leadership on knowledge concealment by explaining the mediating role of relational social capital and instrumental thinking (case study: employe... by Mohsen Arefnezhad, Rezvan Mennati, Seyedemaryam Mousavizade

“…The statistical population of the research is 360 employees of Lorestan University, considering that the size of the statistical population is limited and specific, Morgan's formula was used to determine the sample size, and at the level of 95% of the sample volume, 182 people were determined and selected by available sampling method. …”
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TAXPAYERS’ AWARENESS, TAX PENALTIES AND TAX ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA by Benuh Adama Idris

“…Quantitative data obtained were analysed using partial least square – structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).The findings revealed that there was positive and significant relationship between taxpayers’ awareness and tax administration in Nigeria (β = 0.050, t=1.532, p < 0.05) and positive influence of  tax penalties on tax administration in Nigeria (β = 0.075, t = 1.984, p < 0.05). …”
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A Study on the Impact of Agile Leadership and Innovative Behaviors on Psychological Empowerment by Vildan Bayram, Mesut Öztırak

“…New models can be created with different variables that affect psychological empowerment. …”
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Enhancing genomic prediction in Arabidopsis thaliana with optimized SNP subset by leveraging gene ontology priors and bin-based combinatorial optimization by Qingfang Ba, Heng Zhou, Zheming Yuan, Zhijun Dai

“…We evaluated the performance of binGO-GS on nine quantitative traits from two A. thaliana datasets, comprising nearly 1,000 samples and over 1.8 million SNPs. …”
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for motor function in stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies by Guanli Xie, Tao Wang, Li Deng, Liming Zhou, Xia Zheng, Chongyu Zhao, Li Li, Haoming Sun, Jianglong Liao, Kai Yuan

“…The results of the quantitative analysis revealed that the application of 1 Hz rTMS over the contralesional primary motor cortex (M1) significantly improved motor function during both the early stage (< 1 month) with moderate effect size (n = 443, SMD = 0.44, 95% CI 0.24 to 0.63, P < 0.00001, I 2 = 47%, fixed-effect model) and recovery period (1–6 months) with moderate effect size (n = 233, SMD = 0.61, 95% CI 0.34 to 0.87, P < 0.0001, I 2 = 33%, fixed-effect model). …”
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Stressors, self-reported overall health, potential protective factors and the workplace well-being of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland: a longitudinal mixed-metho... by Ingrid Gilles, Claudia Ortoleva Bucher, Philippe Delmas, Annie Oulevey Bachmann

“…Longitudinal structural equation modelling and knowledge mapping will be used to analyse quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. …”
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Liquid biopsy diagnostics for non-small cell lung cancer via elucidation of tRNA signatures by Zhuokun Feng, Masaki Nasu, Gehan Devendra, Ayman A. Abdul-Ghani, Owen T. M. Chan, Jeffrey A. Borgia, Zitong Gao, Hanqiu Zhang, Yu Chen, Ting Gong, Gang Luo, Hua Yang, Lang Wu, Yuanyuan Fu, Youping Deng

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