Examining anti-inflammatory therapies in the prevention of cardiovascular events: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by George A Wells, Kevin Emery Boczar, Sheojung Shin, Kathryn A Bezzina, Aishwarya Geejo, Alexander Liam Pearson, Saba Shahab, Christophe A Fehlmann, Sarah Visintini, Rob Beanlands

“…Network meta-analysis based on the random effects model will be conducted to compare treatment effects both directly and indirectly. …”
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Investigation into the Prediction of Ship Heave Motion in Complex Sea Conditions Utilizing Hybrid Neural Networks by Yuchen Liu, Xide Cheng, Kunyu Han, Zhechun Liu, Baiwei Feng

“…Sensitivity analysis was conducted to optimize the prediction performance of the CNN-BiLSTM-Attention hybrid neural network method, resulting in a significant improvement in MAPE and enhancing the accuracy of ship motion prediction. …”
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Nonlinear association between proteinuria levels and the risk of cardiovascular disease events and all-cause mortality among chronic kidney disease patients by Haiying Song, Yuheng Liao, Haofei Hu, Qijun Wan

“…Background The association between proteinuria levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD) development and all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients remains controversial.Methods In this investigation, we conducted a retrospective analysis involving 1138 patients who were registered in the CKD-Research of Outcomes in Treatment and Epidemiology (ROUTE) study. …”
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Results of a new antiglaucomatous operation of non-penetrating type in patients with secondary glaucoma (clinical cases) by O.A. Rumyantseva, E.A. Korchuganova, A.Yu. Kazantzeva

“…The operation is low-traumatic and conducted under local instillation anesthesia. Non-penetrating character allows, using such operations at the earliest stages of glaucoma development, preventing its further progress.…”
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Physicians’ attitudes towards disclosure of payments from pharmaceutical companies in a nationwide voluntary transparency database: a cross-sectional survey by Marlene Stoll, Lara Hubenschmid, Cora Koch, Klaus Lieb, Boris Egloff

“…Objectives To investigate German physicians’ attitudes towards and experiences with voluntary disclosure of payments by pharmaceutical companies in a public database and their impact on future decisions for or against disclosure.Design A national cross-sectional survey conducted in 2018 among physicians who voluntarily disclosed at least one payment in the German transparency regulation.Setting Retrospective paper-pencil questionnaire about attitudes towards and experiences with voluntary payment disclosures in the first (2015) and second (2016) years of the German transparency regulation.Participants German physicians who disclosed either in the first year only, the second year only, or in both years of the transparency regulation.Primary outcomes (1) The probability to disclose in 2016, predicted by physicians’ experience of reactions from others in 2015, descriptive norms and attitudes towards transparency; (2) Frequency and (3) Content of reactions from others in 2015 compared with 2016.Results Data of 234 respondents were analysed (n=42, 45 and 147 physicians who disclosed in 2015, 2016 or both years, respectively). …”
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Prophylactic antibiotics in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Reducing postoperative infection risk–A meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis by Shufeng Wang, Qing Gao, Xiaogang Qi, Lihua Hong, Hai Huang

“…Additionally, trial sequential analysis was conducted to assess the robustness of evidence in meta-analysis. …”
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Mental Health Services for Serious Mental Illness: Scoping Review of Randomised Controlled Trials by Pablo Roson Rodriguez, Xiao Chen, Marcelo Arancibia, Eva Madrid, Farhad Shokraneh, Clive E. Adams, Juan Víctor Ariel Franco

“…Most of the studies were conducted in China, 136 (58%), 57 (24%) North America and 26 (11%) Europe. …”
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Modeling Geomagnetically Induced Currents in the Alberta Power Network: Comparison and Validation Using Hall Probe Measurements During a Magnetic Storm by Darcy Cordell, Ian R. Mann, Hannah Parry, Martyn J. Unsworth, Ryan Cui, Colin Clark, Eva Kelemen, Ryan MacMullin

“…Alberta, Canada—located near the auroral zone and thus prone to large GMDs—has a dense network of magnetometer stations and surface impedance measurements to better characterize the GMD and ground conductivity, respectively. GIC monitoring devices were recently installed at five substation transformer neutrals, providing a unique opportunity to compare data to modeled GICs. …”
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Postoperative Outcomes of Modified Carnoy’s Solution versus 5-Fluorouracil for Chemical Cauterisation following Enucleation and Peripheral Ostectomy in Patients with Odontogenic Ke... by Nidhi Vijay Kumar Bodiwala, Nitin Bhola

“…Materials and Methods: An experimental in-vivo study will be conducted in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sharad Pawar Dental College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research (DMIHER), Sawangi (M), Wardha, Maharashtra, India, from April 2023 to March 2024. …”
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Prevalence, characteristics, and treatment outcome of congenital malaria in Nigeria: a systematic review by Emmanuel Kokori, Gbolahan Olatunji, Bonaventure Michael Ukoaka, Israel Charles Abraham, Rosemary Komolafe, Victor Oluwatomiwa Ajekiigbe, Ntishor Gabriel Udam, Stanley Eneh, Chidiogo Ezenwoba, Adetola Emmanuel Babalola, Oluwatobi Omoworare, Nicholas Aderinto

“…The study was registered with PROSPERO and was conducted per PRSIMA-established guidelines. Quality assessment of included studies was done using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) framework, while a narrative synthesis synthesized and summarized extracted data. …”
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From Night to Light: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Global Research Trajectory of Sleep Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease by Shi L, Zhao X, Wu J, He C

“…This study aims to identify research hotspots and emerging trends related to sleep disorders in PD through a detailed bibliometric analysis.Patients and Methods: On October 1, 2024, an extensive search was conducted in the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) database to gather relevant literature on sleep disorders in PD. …”
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Differences in eHealth Access, Use, and Perceived Benefit Between Different Socioeconomic Groups in the Dutch Context: Secondary Cross-Sectional Study by Lucille Standaar, Lilian van Tuyl, Anita Suijkerbuijk, Anne Brabers, Roland Friele

“…MethodsA secondary analysis was conducted on data from the Nivel Dutch Health Care Consumer Panel (response rate 57%, 849/1500, to assess access to, use of, and perceived benefits from eHealth. …”
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Building a practice-based research network for healthcare integration: a protocol paper for a mixed-method project by Danielle Mazza, Sanne Peters, Grant Russell, Christopher Barton, Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss, Samantha Paubrey Chakraborty, Timothy Staunton-Smith, Maria De Leon - Santiago

“…Introduction Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) are sustained collaborations between healthcare professionals, researchers and members of the community that develop, conduct and report on research relevant to local needs. …”
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Impact of kidney volume on incidence of in-hospital kidney-related adverse outcomes in patients with acute heart failure by Akira Saito, Taku Asano, Nobuyuki Komiyama, Sachiko Ohde

“…We defined the composite of death from any cause, initiating renal replacement therapy, and WRF during hospitalization as major adverse kidney events (MAKE). We conducted multivariate logistic regression analysis to evaluate the impact of MAKE and each component of MAKE adjusted for age, sex, body surface area, estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) on admission date and the factors that were significantly associated with the incidence of MAKE by bivariate analysis. …”
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Efficacy of probiotic Bacillus licheniformis DSM 28710 on performance and the mitigation of Clostridium perfringens-induced necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens by W. Van der Veken, V. Hautekiet, E.A. Kimminau, C. Hofacre, G.F. Mathis

“…A broiler trial was conducted, examining three treatments for 42 days under an induced NE challenge; a negative control (basal diet only); an antibiotic treated group (oxytetracycline hydrochloride (OXT), therapeutic dose of 105 mg OXT/litre in drinking water, for three days after C. perfringens challenge); and a B-Act group (500 g B-Act/tonne of feed, equalling 1.6×1012 colony forming units B. licheniformis DSM 28710/tonne of feed, supplemented from start until finish). …”
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Prediction Model of New Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome by Na Wu, Junzheng Li, Xiang Xu, Zhiquan Yuan, Lili Yang, Yanxiu Chen, Tingting Xia, Qin Hu, Zheng Chen, Chengying Li, Ying Xiang, Zhihui Zhang, Li Zhong, Yafei Li

“…Retrospective cohort studies were conducted. A total of 1535 eligible ACS patients from one hospital were recruited for model development. …”
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Application possibility of ophthalmic heparin ointment as an artificial tear (preliminary report) by V.D. Yartsev

“…<br> <b>Conclusion</b>: conducted research showed that during the first week after prescription of heparin-containing ocular ointment PARIN-POS^® in patients with dry eye diseases a statistically significant growth of tear meniscus depth and height occurs. …”
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Role of organic manures on soil carbon stocks and soil enzyme activities in intensively managed ginger production systems by C Nichita, Raghavendra S, B Champa, Ganapathi G, Sudarshan V, Nandita S, Ravikumar D, M Nagaraja

“…Hence, this study aimed to assess the role of organic manures on soil carbon stocks and soil enzymes in intensively managed ginger production systems.Method: Farmers’ fields based study was conducted in Shivamogga district coming under Hilly Zone of Karnataka, India. …”
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Game target‐group: Implementing inhomogeneous Poisson point process to estimate animal abundance from harvest data by Javier Fernández‐López, Pelayo Acevedo, Sonia Illanas, Jose Antonio Blanco‐Aguiar, Joaquín Vicente, Olivier Gimenez

“…We employ a Bayesian hierarchical framework to borrow information from harvest data on related species to overcome issues due to the lack of hunting management information. We conducted a simulation study to explore model performance and parameter identifiability under different scenarios (sample size, species catchability/abundance and unmodelled heterogeneity) and assessed the method on a real case study with four species in central Spain. …”
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Knowledge of Essential Newborn Care and Associated Factors among Nurses and Midwives: A Cross-Sectional Study at Public Health Facilities in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2019 by Aseb Arba, Zerihun Zana

“…Institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted from March to April 2019. Data were collected by using pretested questionnaire, and 36 public health facilities were selected after stratifying them based on their level of service and number of nurses and midwives working in maternal health-care team. …”
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