Microstructure and corrosion resistance manipulation of directed energy deposited Cu–Al alloys with varied Al contents by Changliang Yao, Shanshan He, Ki-Yong Lee, Do-Sik Shim, Kwang-Yong Shin

“…The 6 wt% Al exhibited a typical DED melt pool microstructure, which is composed of a single α phase. …”
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Conceptual model of sustainable development of pedagogical staff competences in quality assurance of higher education by Andrii Biloshchytskyi, Andrii Biloshchytskyi, Oleksandr Kuchanskyi, Oleksandr Kuchanskyi, Oleksandr Kuchanskyi, Yurii Andrashko, Aidos Mukhatayev, Khanat Kassenov

“…In order to reduce the risks of failing to pass the course, some participants of the competence project proposed to form a pool of potential project participants. Methods of optimization theory were used to solve the problem of selecting participants in the competence project. …”
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Revisiting Hemicraniectomy: Late Decompressive Hemicraniectomy for Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke and the Role of Infarct Growth Rate by Saadat Kamran, Naveed Akhtar, Abdul Salam, Ayman Alboudi, Kainat Kamran, Arsalan Ahmed, Rabia A. Khan, Mohsin K. Mirza, Jihad Inshasi, Ashfaq Shuaib

“…The outcome in late decompressive hemicraniectomy in malignant middle cerebral artery stroke and the optimal timings of surgery has not been addressed by the randomized trials and pooled analysis. Retrospective, multicenter, cross-sectional study to measure outcome following DHC under 48 or over 48 hours using the modified Rankin scale [mRS] and dichotomized as favorable ≤4 or unfavorable >4 at three months. …”
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Helicobacter pylori and Biliary Tract Cancers: A Meta-Analysis by Soumia Cherif, Kaoutar Bouriat, Hanane Rais, Said Elantri, Abdessamad Amine

“…We used a random effects model to calculate pooled prevalence estimates, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for odds ratio were also calculated. …”
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Impacts of Biochar Application on Inorganic Phosphorus Fractions in Agricultural Soils by Liwen Lin, Yutao Peng, Lin Zhou, Baige Zhang, Qing Chen, Hao Chen

“…Inorganic phosphorus (P) is a key component of soil P pools, influencing their availability and mobility. …”
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Effects of vitamin K supplementation on bone mineral density at different sites and bone metabolism in the middle-aged and elderly population: a meta-analysis and systematic review... by Chenqi Xie, Jianbao Gong, Chenglong Zheng, Junwei Zhang, Jie Gao, Chunyan Tian, Xiaofei Guo, Shiyou Dai, Tianlin Gao

“…Results: The results revealed that vitamin K supplementation increased BMD at the lumbar spine (p = 0.035). Moreover, the pooled effects demonstrated a notable increase in carboxylated osteocalcin (cOC) (p = 0.004), a decrease in uncarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC) (p < 0.001), and no significant effect on total osteocalcin (tOC) (p = 0.076). …”
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Circulating Levels of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) in Schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Omran Davarinejad, Saeid Komasi, Mohammad-Taher Moradi, Farzaneh Golmohammadi, Maryam Bahrami, Hamed Esmaeil Lashgarian, Masumeh Jalalvand, Sara Hookari, Fatemeh Kazemisafa

“…Therefore, we aimed to calculate a pooled estimate of GDNF levels in patients with SCZ in comparison with healthy controls. …”
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Assessing patient risk, benefit and outcomes in drug development: an observational study of regorafenib clinical trials by Matt Vassar, Vinay Prasad, Ryan McIntire, Alyson Haslam, Brody Dennis, Chance Bratten, Griffin K Hughes, Andriana M Peña, Chase Ladd, Brooke Gardner, William Nowlin, Reagan Livingston, Jordan Tuia

“…To fully understand the risk/benefits in comparison to a drug’s efficacy, a pooled analysis must be completed.Methods We screened PubMed, Embase, Cochrane (CENTRAL) and ClinicalTrials.gov for trials of regorafenib used to treat solid cancers. …”
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Associations between changes in the gut microbiota and liver cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ye Liu, Ziwei Chen, Chang Li, Tianhan Sun, Xuanmei Luo, Boyue Jiang, Meilan Liu, Qing Wang, Tong Li, Jianfu Cao, Yayu Li, Yuan Chen, Lu Kuai, Fei Xiao, Hongtao Xu, Hongyuan Cui

“…Results A total of 53 eligible papers including 5076 participants were included. The pooled estimates revealed a moderately significant reduction in gut microbiome richness in patients with liver cirrhosis compared with controls, including the Shannon, Chao1, observed species, ACE, and PD indices, but no significant difference was observed for the Simpson index. …”
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Aedes-borne arboviral human infections in Europe from 2000 to 2023: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Nadja Hedrich, Maria Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar, Martin P. Grobusch, Patricia Schlagenhauf

“…The meta-analysis of 31 studies revealed a pooled prevalence of 0.047 (95 % CI: 0.03–0.07) in symptomatic returning travelers. …”
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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

“…Comparison between the highest and lowest RDW category indicated that the pooled risk ratio (RR) was 1.77 (95% CI 1.32 to 2.37) for all-cause mortality, 1.70 (95% CI 1.25 to 2.32) for cardiovascular mortality and 1.62 (95% CI 1.21 to 2.18) for MACEs. …”
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Incidence of cancer-related lymphoedema: a protocol for a living systematic review with meta-analysis by Nele Devoogdt, Hildegard Reul-Hirche, Kira Bloomquist, Michael Bernas, Ben Singh, Sandi Hayes, Melanie Plinsinga, Debbie Geyer, Louise Koelmeyer, Neil Piller, Stanley Rockson

“…Random effect models will be used to produce pooled overall lymphoedema incidence estimates. Subgroup analyses that explore relationships between lymphoedema incidence and lymphoedema measurement method, time since cancer diagnosis and treatment and diagnosis, treatment and behavioural characteristics will be conducted dependent on available data.Ethics and dissemination This living systematic review enables clinicians and researchers to consult a contemporary, comprehensive overview of the incidence of cancer-related lymphoedema and the association between lymphoedema and treatment and non-treatment-related risk factors.PROSPERO registration number CRD42022333291.…”
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Analysis of genetic relationships in the breeding material of <i>Prunus armeniaca</i> L. from the collection of the Mountain Botanical Garden, Dagestan by D. M. Anatov, I. I. Suprun, I. V. Stepanov, R. M. Osmanov, S. V. Tokmakov

“…Dagestan boasts a long tradition of apricot cultivation that resulted in a unique gene pool of this fruit tree. However, the potential of local apricot cultivars for breeding still remains poorly investigated. …”
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Adherence to the ISHLT Protocol for the Referral of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis to the Transplantation Center among of Czech Centers for Interstitial Lung Diseases by Martina Sterclova, Martina Doubkova, Lubica Sykorova, Vladimir Bartos, Monika Zurkova, Vladimira Lostakova, Radka Mokosova, Martina Plackova, Ladislav Lacina, Michaela Cimrova, Radka Bittenglova, Pavlina Lisa, Pavla Musilova, Daniel Dolezal, Jana Psikalova, Petra Ovesna, Martina Koziar Vasakova

“…Among Czech patients with IPF, there may be a larger pool of potential lung transplant candidates than has been reported to the transplant center to date.…”
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Birds of a feather? Mis- and dis-information on the social media platform X related to avian influenza by Lauren N. Cooper, Marlon I. Diaz, John J. Hanna, Zachary M. Most, Christoph U. Lehmann, Richard J. Medford

“…Results: With an original pool of 14,796 tweets, we analyzed a final data set of 13,319 tweets from 10,421 unique X users, with 50.4% of the tweets exhibiting negative sentiments (< 0 on a scale of −4 to +4). …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of soil organic carbon in desert region and its response to climate change: A case study of Heihe river by Yuqing Chen, Haiyang Xi, Wenju Cheng

“…As global climate change intensifies, understanding the dynamics of the SOC pool becomes the key to assessing the potential for carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems. …”
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Longitudinal Survey of Astrovirus infection in different bat species in Zimbabwe: Evidence of high genetic Astrovirus diversity by Chidoti, Vimbiso, De Nys, Hélène, Abdi, Malika, Mashura, Getrude, Pinarello, Valérie, Chiweshe, Ngoni, Matope, Gift, Guerrini, Laure, Pfukenyi, Davies, Cappelle, Julien, Mwandiringana, Ellen, Missé, Dorothée, Gori, Elizabeth, Bourgarel, Mathieu, Liégeois, Florian

“…A study on Astrovirus circulation and diversity in different insectivorous and frugivorous chiropteran species roosting in trees, caves and building basements was carried out at 11 different sites across Zimbabwe. Pooled and individual faecal sampling methods were used for this study, with collection dates ranging from June 2016 to July 2021. …”
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Surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF): the WSES and CWIS position paper by Giacomo Sermonesi, Riccardo Bertelli, Fredric M. Pieracci, Zsolt J. Balogh, Raul Coimbra, Joseph M. Galante, Andreas Hecker, Dieter Weber, Zachary M. Bauman, Susan Kartiko, Bhavik Patel, SarahAnn S. Whitbeck, Thomas W. White, Kevin N. Harrell, Daniele Perrina, Alessia Rampini, Brian Tian, Francesco Amico, Solomon G. Beka, Luigi Bonavina, Marco Ceresoli, Lorenzo Cobianchi, Federico Coccolini, Yunfeng Cui, Francesca Dal Mas, Belinda De Simone, Isidoro Di Carlo, Salomone Di Saverio, Agron Dogjani, Andreas Fette, Gustavo P. Fraga, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Jim S. Khan, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Vitor F. Kruger, Ari Leppäniemi, Andrey Litvin, Andrea Mingoli, David Costa Navarro, Eliseo Passera, Michele Pisano, Mauro Podda, Emanuele Russo, Boris Sakakushev, Domenico Santonastaso, Massimo Sartelli, Vishal G. Shelat, Edward Tan, Imtiaz Wani, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Walter L. Biffl, Ian Civil, Rifat Latifi, Ingo Marzi, Edoardo Picetti, Manos Pikoulis, Vanni Agnoletti, Francesca Bravi, Carlo Vallicelli, Luca Ansaloni, Ernest E. Moore, Fausto Catena

“…Results A total of 287 studies (systematic reviews, randomized clinical trial, prospective and retrospective comparative studies, case series, original articles) have been selected from an initial pool of 9928 studies. Thirty-nine graded position statements were put forward to address eight crucial aspects of SSRF: surgical indications, contraindications, optimal timing of surgery, preoperative imaging evaluation, rib fracture sites for surgical fixation, management of concurrent thoracic injuries, surgical approach, stabilization methods and material selection. …”
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Sex-specific differences in recurrence and progression following cytostatic intravesical chemotherapy for non-muscle invasive urothelial bladder cancer (NMIBC) by Laila Schneidewind, Bernhard Kiss, Thomas Neumann, Jennifer Kranz, Friedemann Zengerling, Sebastian Graf, Annabel Graser, Annemarie Uhlig

“…A risk of bias assessment was done using the ROBINS-I tool or RoB2 as appropriate. Results The pooled analysis demonstrated no statistically significant gender-specific differences in RFS (HR = 1.0625, 95% CI 0.8094–1.0526) or PFS (HR = 1.0861, 95% CI 0.7038–1.6760). …”
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Kidney transplant utilising donors after circulatory death: The first report from the African continent by T du Toit, K Manning, L Bertels, G Hoffman, D Thomson, Z A Barday

“…In 2007, measures to expand the deceased kidney donor pool were implemented, including an HIV positive-to-positive transplant programme and the utilisation of extended-criteria donors as well as donors after circulatory death (DCDs). …”
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