Chinese Herbal Medicine for Weight Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials by Ann Rann Wong, Angela Wei Hong Yang, Kangxiao Li, Harsharn Gill, Mingdi Li, George Binh Lenon

“…Eighteen databases in English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese were searched from their inceptions to September 2019. The treatment groups included CHM formulations, and the control included placebo, Western medication (WM), and lifestyle intervention (LI), with or without cointerventions (WM and/or LI). …”
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Soil classification and land suitability evaluation for tomato cultivation using analytic hierarchy process under different land uses by Fatihu Kabir Sadiq, Mays Taha Yaqub, Lemuel Musa Maniyunda, AbdulKarem A.M Alalwany, Fahad Abubakar, Ojone Anyebe

“…Based on USDA Soil Taxonomy, the soils under land use HK1 were identified as Typic Endoaqualfs, HK2 as Typic Albaqualfs and Inceptic Haplustalfs, while HK3 was categorized as Typic Haplustalfs and Typic Plinthaqualfs. …”
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Relationships between perceived physical literacy and mental health in tertiary education students: a scoping review by Wilson Kin Chung Leung, Raymond Kim Wai Sum, Simon Ching Lam

“…Seven electronic databases, namely PubMed, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, ERIC, PsycINFO, Medline, and SPORTDiscus, were searched from their inceptions through 30 September 2024. A narrative approach was adopted to synthesize results relevant to the study aims categorized based on mental health outcomes. …”
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Effect of non-pharmacological interventions for overweight/obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome on ovulation and pregnancy outcomes: a protocol for a systematic review and ne... by Juan Li, Jie Yang, Fan-rong Liang, Jun Zhou, Gui-Xing Xu, Han Yang, Yan-qun Xiao, Jia-jia Liu, Zhi-yong Xiao, Xiao-yan Zheng, Li-ying Liu, Zheng Yu

“…Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) to rank these non-pharmacological interventions in terms of effect and determine which one is more effective for clinical application.Methods and analysis We will retrieve eight databases including Cochrane Library, Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, WanFang Data, the Chongqing VIP Database and China Biology Medicine disc from their inceptions onwards. In addition, four clinical trial registries and the related references will be manually retrieved. …”
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Prognostic value of red cell distribution width in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis by Xiaoyan Wang, Donglai Bao, Gaojiang Luo, Fuqiang Kan, Jinwei Luo, Changhao Jiang

“…Objective To evaluate the prognostic value of baseline red cell distribution width (RDW) in patients with coronary artery diseases (CADs) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by conducting a meta-analysis.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data source PubMed, Embase, Wanfang, CNKI and VIP databases were searched from their inceptions to 19 June 2019.Eligible criteria Studies investigating the value of baseline RDW for predicting all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) in patients with CAD undergoing PCI were included.Data extraction and synthesis Two authors independently extracted the data and evaluated the methodological quality using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale. …”
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Dosage of joint mobilisation for the management of rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: protocol for a scoping review by Steve Tumilty, Daniel C Ribeiro, Sizhong Wang, Cathy M Chapple, Dusty Quinn

“…Two authors will independently screen and extract data from the six databases: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, Cochrane Library and SPORTDiscus, with publication date from their inceptions to 25 August 2021. A third author will be consulted if the two authors disagree about the inclusion of any study in the review. …”
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Moxibustion for Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Meta-Analysis by Yuanen Huang, Jingping Wu, Hongbin Cheng, Yanling Liu

“…The literature search was conducted in nine Chinese and English databases, and randomized controlled trials were pooled from their inceptions to June 2020. The included literature was screened, and data were extracted. …”
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