Lyme disease associated neurological and musculoskeletal symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Ganesh Bushi, Ashok Kumar Balaraman, Shilpa Gaidhane, Suhas Ballal, Sanjay Kumar, Mahakshit Bhat, Shilpa Sharma, M Ravi Kumar, Aashna Sinha, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Nishant Rai, Sanjit Sah, Ambanna Yappalparvi, Shailesh Kumar Samal, Doddolla Lingamaiah, Muhammed Shabil

“…The analysis showed a notable increase in risk for both complications in individuals with Lyme disease, with pooled Risk Ratios (RR) of 1.82 for musculoskeletal symptoms and 1.64 for neurological disabilities, indicating a significantly higher risk compared to control groups. …”
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SFMHANet: Surface Fitting Constrained Multidimensional Hybrid Attention Network for Aero-Optics Thermal Radiation Effect Correction by Yu Shi, ShanLin Niu, Lei Wang, Liang Ye, YaoZong Zhang, HanYu Hong

“…Finally, to achieve cross-dimensional information interaction of features, we propose a multidimensional hybrid attention module, a second-order pooling channel attention block, and a cross-convolution spatial attention block in the correction network. …”
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Evidence from Indian studies on safety and efficacy of therapeutic transcranial magnetic stimulation across neuropsychiatric disorders- A systematic review and meta-analysis by Sai Krishna Tikka, Sangha Mitra Godi, M Aleem Siddiqui, Shobit Garg

“…Pre-post intervention effects of rTMS efficacy were estimated in “active only” rTMS treatment arms/groups and “active vs sham” (sham-controlled) studies using pooled Standardized Mean Differences (SMDs). The outcomes were ‘any depression’, depression in unipolar/bipolar depressive disorder, depression in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), depression in schizophrenia, schizophrenia symptoms (positive, negative, total psychopathology, auditory hallucinations and cognitive deficits), obsessive compulsive symptoms of OCD, mania, craving/compulsion in substance use disorders (SUDs) and migraine (headache severity and frequency). …”
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Effect of maternal cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy on birth weight and cardiometabolic risk factors in infants, children and adolescents: a systematic re... by Eunice Bolanle Turawa, Tammy Charlene Hartel, André Oelofse, Juléy Janice Abigail De Smidt

“…A meta-analysis will be performed to estimate pooled effect sizes if there are sufficient good-quality studies available. …”
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FEATURES OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE NATIONAL LABOR MARKET IN CONDITIONS OF MILITARY THREAT AND INTERNAL POPULATION DISPLACEMENT by Liudmyla Akimova, Gаlina Urchik

“…It can be stated that the main problems faced by employers when hiring employees are a lack of candidates for positions and an insufficiently qualified applicant pool. In this paper, we prove that the main problems of job seekers in the current conditions are unsatisfactory remuneration, a reduction in the scope of labour application, and age discrimination in the labour market. …”
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Evaluation of various RNA-seq approaches for identification of gene outrons in the flatworm Opisthorchis felineus by N. I. Ershov, D. E. Maslov, N. P. Bondar

“…The results suggest that unprocessed nascent transcripts are the main source of outron sequences in the RNA pool of O. felineus.…”
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The efficacy of hypothermia combined with thrombolysis or mechanical thrombectomy on acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Dan Wang, Dan Yan, Mingmin Yan, Hao Tian, Haiwei Jiang, Bifeng Zhu, Yu Chen, Tao Peng, Yue Wan

“…Mantel–Haenszel (M–H) random-effects model was used to calculate pooled risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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Therapeutic Evidence of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation for Cerebral Palsy: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Baocheng Xie, Minyi Chen, Runkai Hu, Weichao Han, Shaobo Ding

“…We used Cochrane bias risk assessment for the included studies. The result of pooled analysis showed that hMSC therapy significantly increased gross motor function measure (GMFM) scores (standardized mean difference SMD=1.10, 95%CI=0.66‐1.53, P<0.00001, high-quality evidence) and comprehensive function assessment (CFA) (SMD=1.30, 95%CI=0.71‐1.90, P<0.0001, high-quality evidence) in children with CP, compared with the control group. …”
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Risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and death following MI in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jennifer K Quint, Liam Smeeth, Kieran J Rothnie, Ruoling Yan

“…We used the generic inverse variance method to pool effect estimates, where possible. Evidence was synthesised in a narrative review where meta-analysis was not possible.Results Searches yielded 8362 records, and 24 observational studies were included. …”
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Effects of nitrogen deposition on soil nitrogen fractions and enzyme activities in wet meadow of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Jiangqi Wu, Haiyan Wang, Guang Li, Nan Chen

“…The findings suggested that lower levels of N addition promoted the transformation process of soil N pools in wet meadows and exacerbated the loss of N in wetland ecosystems. …”
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Multidrug-resistance and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing lactose-fermenting enterobacteriaceae in the human-dairy interface in northwest Ethiopia. by Achenef Melaku Beyene, Mucheye Gizachew, Ahmed E Yousef, Hana Haileyesus, Ahmed G Abdelhamid, Adugna Berju, Meseret Molu Tebeje, Tigest Feleke, Baye Gelaw

“…<h4>Methodology</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted from June 2022 to August 2023 by analyzing 362 samples consisting of raw pooled milk (58), milk container swabs (58), milker's hand swabs (58), farm sewage (57), milker's stool (47), and cow's feces (84). …”
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Serum connexin 26 as a potential marker of non-syndromic hearing loss by Hend M. Moness, Noha M. Abdullah, Doaa El Amrousy, Reham Gamal, Hatem A. Mohamed, Mohammed A. Gomaa, Shaimaa Moustafa Hafez, Zamzam Hassan Mohamed

“…The prevalence of these mutations varies according to region, population characteristics, and within the same region according to the genetic pools. There is currently no approval for laboratory investigations to diagnose non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL) except few studies that are based on expensive genetic tests. …”
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Efficacy analysis of folic acid in chronic atrophic gastritis with Helicobacter pylori infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hui Li, Jincheng Li, Mingyu Lai

“…Compared with conventional therapy, folic acid therapy had a higher total effective rate (95.09% vs.79.06%, pooled RR = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.12–1.26, p < 0.00001) and lower incidence of adverse events (11.64% vs. 14.04%, RR = 0.86, 95% CI: 0.46–1.60, p = 0.64). …”
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Associations between HEXACO personality traits, substance use disorders, and behavioral addictions: a protocol for a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Farangis Sharifibastan, Eilin Kristine Erevik, Katharina Teresa Enehaug Morken, Ståle Pallesen

“…Random effects models will be used to pool effect sizes. Subgroup analyses and meta-regression will be performed to investigate potential sources of heterogeneity. …”
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Trabeculectomy and EX-PRESS Implantation in Open-Angle Glaucoma: An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Yi Sun, Bowen Zhang, Rouxi Zhou, Tao Wang, Juan Deng

“…Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were selected through search of databases PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and the Cochrane Library from their inception up until November 2018. The pooled mean difference (MD) for intraocular pressure reduction (IOPR) and antiglaucoma medication reduction, odds ratio (OR) for operative success, complication, and postoperative intervention was calculated using the random effects model. …”
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Prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with psoriasis: a meta-analysis by Peng Zhang, Ruifang Wu, Xiaochao Zhang, Suhan Zhang, Siying Li, Yuwen Su

“…The restricted maximum-likelihood was applied to perform the meta-analysis. OR and 95% CIs were pooled to compare the prevalence of AITD in psoriasis and control groups. …”
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The role of Si at a lower level on the mechanical properties of Al-based automotive alloys by Khan A.A., Hossain Al-K., Kaiser M.S.

“…Higher fusion strength was associated with alloying content that increased resistance that increased weld pool fusion that further enhanced the nugget diameter and hence the strength. …”
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Detection of Retinal and Choriocapillaris Microvascular Changes in Retinal Vein Occlusion and Fellow Eyes by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: A Systematic Review and Meta-... by Linxin Wei, Qing Zhao, Youxin Chen

“…Outcomes of interest included parameters related to foveal avascular zone (FAZ) and fovea- and optic nerve head (ONH)-centered perfusion measurements of superficial capillary plexus (SCP), deep capillary plexus (DCP), and choriocapillaris layer. Pooled results were presented as mean differences or standardized mean differences with 95% confidence intervals. …”
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Tumor mutation burden for predicting immune checkpoint blockade response: the more, the better by Ming Zheng

“…Equivalent results were obtained in the analyses of pooled tumors.Conclusions Our finding—the correlation that TMB-H is more robustly associated with favorable ICB treatment outcomes in cancer types with higher TMBs—can be used to predict whether TMB could be a robust predictive biomarker in cancer types for which TMB data are available, but ICB treatment has not been investigated. …”
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Genome-wide discovery of InDels and validation of PCR-Based InDel markers for earliness in a RIL population and genotypes of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). by K M Shivaprasad, Muraleedhar Aski, Gyan Prakash Mishra, Subodh Kumar Sinha, Soma Gupta, Dwijesh C Mishra, Amit Kumar Singh, Akanksha Singh, Kuldeep Tripathi, Ranjeet Ranjan Kumar, Atul Kumar, Shiv Kumar, Harsh K Dikshit

“…The bulks were made by pooling 20 extreme recombinant inbred lines (RILs) each, derived by crossing Globe Mutant (late flowering parent) with L4775 (early flowering parent). …”
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