Final-year university students’ mental health and access to support as they prepared to graduate by Megan J. Magier, Madelyn Law, Sarah Pennisi, Tanya Martini, Markus J Duncan, Hussain Chattha, Karen A Patte

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Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Plugging for Enhanced Oil Recovery by Chenpeng Song, Derek Elsworth

“…We fabricate artificial rock cores composed of Ottawa sand with three separate grain-size fractions which represent large (40/60 mesh sand), intermediate (60/80 mesh sand), and small (80/120 mesh sand) pore sizes. …”
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Effect of Preexisting Asthma on the Risk of ICU Admission, Intubation, and Death from COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Abhinav Bhattarai, Garima Dhakal, Sangam Shah, Aastha Subedi, Sanjit Kumar Sah, Shyam Kumar Mishra

“…The quality of the included studies was assessed using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) for nonrandomized studies. Rates of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, intubation, and death among patients with and without asthma were compiled and meta-analysis was conducted using a random-effects model. …”
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Design, Sensing and Control of a Robotic Prosthetic Eye for Natural Eye Movement by J. J. Gu, M. Meng, A. Cook, P. X. Liu

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Improving the Quality of Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Using an Educational Video by Sateesh R Prakash, Siddharth Verma, John McGowan, Betsy E Smith, Anjali Shroff, Gregory H Gibson, Michael Cheng, Douglas Lowe, Kavitha Gopal, Smruti R Mohanty

“…Quality of colon preparation was measured using the Ottawa Bowel Preparation Quality scale, while patient satisfaction with preparation was evaluated using a questionnaire. …”
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the risk of stroke: a systematic review protocol by Jennifer K Quint, Ann D Morgan, Chetna Sharma, Kieran J Rothnie

“…Study quality will be assessed using an adapted version of the Newcastle-Ottawa risk of bias tool. The data extraction and the risk of bias assessment will also be conducted in duplicate. …”
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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prophylactic Vasopressors for the Prevention of Peri-Intubation Hypotension by Hollie Saunders, Subekshya Khadka, Rabi Shrestha, Hassan Z. Baig, Scott A. Helgeson

“…An assessment of bias for each study was conducted using the Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale. The primary outcome was the rate of hypotension peri-intubation. …”
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To pre-process or not to pre-process? On the role of EEG enhancement for cybersickness characterization and the importance of amplitude modulation features by Olivier Rosanne, Danielle Benesch, Gregory Kratzig, Simon Paré, Nicole Bolt, Tiago H. Falk

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Experimental Investigation on the Behavior of Iron Powder-Reinforced Sand under Electromagnetic Field by Ying Lai, Bin Zhu, Xiangtian Xu

“…This paper explored an autoadaptive material, iron-powdered Ottawa sand, which was temporarily solidified by applying an electromagnetic field. …”
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The association of serum phospholipids levels with chronic kidney disease: A systematic review of observational studies by Zahra Shahveghar Asl, Faezeh Ghalichi, Mohadeseh Badpeyma, Zohreh Ghoreishi

“…We determined the quality of the articles using the modified Newcastle-Ottawa scale (NOS) for cross-sectional studies and the NOS scale for case-control studies. …”
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Use of nicotine vaping products during an attempt to quit smoking by Canadian adults who smoke or recently quit: findings from the 2022 Canada International Tobacco Control Four Co... by Shannon Gravely, David Sweanor, Pete Driezen, David T. Levy, Geoffrey T. Fong, Anne C. K. Quah, Lorraine V. Craig, Janet Chung-Hall, Susan C. Kaai, K. Michael Cummings

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Breeding Partners Have Dissimilar Foraging Strategies in a Long‐Lived Arctic Seabird by Marianne Gousy‐Leblanc, Allison Patterson, H. Grant Gilchrist, Vicki L. Friesen, Kyle H. Elliott

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Performance Enhancement of a Building-Integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal System Coupled with an Air Source Heat Pump by Edward Vuong, Alan S. Fung, Rakesh Kumar

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Association of resting-state EEG with suicidality in depressed patients: a systematic review by Fatemeh Shamsi, Fatemeh Azadinia, Farzaneh Vafaee

“…The risk of bias was assessed by using the Newcastle–Ottawa scale. Results A total of 4665 references were retrieved from five electronic databases from which eleven studies were included in this systematic review. …”
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Risk factors for venous thromboembolism after hip arthroscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Haoxuan Li, Huan Zhang, Shengjie Zhou, Chaowei Hu, Yiyuan Guan, Ri Jin

“…The quality of the included studies was assessed using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to assess the relationship between various risk factors and the incidence of postoperative VTE after hip arthroscopy. …”
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Examining endothelial function and carotid artery disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review protocol by Hao Wu, Zhenguo Liu, Tingzi Hu, Meihua Xu, Hong Hao, Michael A Hill, Canxia Xu

“…Study selection will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, and study quality will be assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. If sufficient data are available, a meta-analysis will be conducted. …”
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DICER1: The Argonaute Endonuclease Family Member and Its Role in Pediatric and Youth Pathology by Consolato M. Sergi, Fabrizio Minervini

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Predictive value of bedside diaphragmatic ultrasonography for extubation success in critically ill patients after general anaesthesia: A meta-analysis with trial sequential analysi... by Lan Ma, Na Zhou, Kaiming Yuan, Zihao Xue, Kai Lv, Jingying Huang

“…Quality was assessed via the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS), and publication bias was evaluated through funnel plots and Egger’s test. …”
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Epidemiology and risk factors of self-reported systemic allergic reactions to a Hymenoptera venom in beekeepers worldwide: a protocol for a systematic review of observational studi... by Igor Locatelli, Tanja Carli, Mitja Košnik, Andreja Kukec

“…The risk of bias in the included studies will be appraised by using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist for Analytical Cross-Sectional Studies and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, adapted for cross-sectional studies. …”
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Patient adherence, satisfaction and changes in anthropometric parameters with e-health versus in-person monitoring in metabolic bariatric surgery patients: A study protocol for a s... by Maíra Ribas Goulart, Karine Elisa Schwarzer Schmidt, Gustavo Waclawovsky, Izabele Vian

“…The risk of bias of individual eligible studies will be assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and the overall quality will be assessed using the GRADE tool. …”
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