Prognostic Value of STMN1 Expression in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: 
A Meta-analysis by Mengjie LI, Qinghua ZHOU

“…Results A total of 5 high-quality studies (NOS score≥6 points) involving 754 patients were enrolled. The pooled results demonstrated that overexpression of STMN1 was significantly related to worse OS (HR=2.28, 95%CI: 1.79-2.91, P<0.001) and DFS (HR=2.14, 95%CI: 1.45-3.17, P<0.001). …”
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Determining the factors affecting cattle and small ruminant enterprises to get animal life insurance by Burak Mat, Mustafa Bahadır Çevrimli, Mustafa Agah Tekindal, Aytekin Günlü

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods:</b> The material of the research was determined by the Agricultural Insurance Pool (TARSİM) as the enterprises engaged in small ruminant and cattle breeding in the provinces of Afyonkarahisar, Aksaray, Ankara, Burdur, Karaman and Konya. …”
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Ultra-processed food intake, genetic polymorphisms, and the risk of dyslipidemia in the adult Korean population by Minsu Cho, Heejin Lee, Jung Eun Lee

“…Compared with <5%E/d, the pooled OR (95% CI) of ≥20%E/d of ultra-processed food intake for dyslipidemia incidence was 1.01 (0.90, 1.13; p for trend=0.83). …”
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Determinants of Enrolment and Renewing of Community-Based Health Insurance in Households With Under-5 Children in Rural South-Western Uganda by Emmanuel, Nshakira-Rukundo, Essa, Mussa Chanie, Nathan, Nshakira, Nicolas, Gerber, Joachim, von Braun

“…The government of Uganda is currently debating policy for the national health insurance programme, targeting the integration of existing CBHI schemes into a larger national risk pool. However, while enrolment has been largely studied in other countries, it remains a generally under-covered issue from a Ugandan perspective. …”
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Genetic polymorphism of local Abkhazian grape cultivars by E. T. Ilnitskaya, M. V. Makarkina, I. V. Stepanov, I. I. Suprun, S. V. Tokmakov, V. Ch. Aiba, M. A. Avidzba, V. K. Kotlyar

“…Local grape cultivars from different countries of the world are an important part of the gene pool of this culture. Of particular interest are the genotypes of the most ancient regions of viticulture. …”
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Acute exacerbations in patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis by Michael Kreuter, Elizabeth A. Belloli, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Stefania Cerri, Kevin R. Flaherty, Shane Shapera, Jin Woo Song, Heiko Mueller, Klaus B. Rohr, Yasuhiro Kondoh, on behalf of the INBUILD trial investigators, S. Quadrelli, M. Otaola, M.A. Bergna, P. Elias, G. Arce, A. Cazaux, J. Guiot, B. Bondue, C. Dahlqvist, L. Homik, S. Shapera, A. Cantin, M. Kolb, M. Salinas Fénero, R. Maturana Rozas, A. Silva Orellana, Z. Xu, Q. Luo, J. Kang, H. Cai, S. Marchand-Adam, E. Bergot, A. Gamez-Dubuis, F. Riviere, R. Kessler, H. Nunes, C. Marquette, L. Wemeau, S. Jouneau, F. Lebargy, B. Crestani, V. Cottin, M. Reynaud-Gaubert, S. Blaas, F. Bonella, W. Randerath, J. Hetzel, D. Koschel, M. Kreuter, A. Prasse, D. Skowasch, S. Stieglitz, R. Refini, S. Cerri, A. Pesci, S. Tomassetti, C. Vancheri, F. Varone, N. Sakamoto, S. Abe, H. Hayashi, T. Saito, T. Suda, H. Kitamura, M. Okamoto, Y. Kondoh, S. Makino, T. Takeuchi, Y. Yamada, C. Kono, Y. Inoue, H. Sugiura, K. Kishi, H. Takaya, H. Yamauchi, K. Ichikado, K. Tomii, H. Takahashi, S. Izumi, T. Kawamura, Y. Nishioka, Y. Miyazaki, J.W. Song, J.S. Park, Y. Kim, E. Jassem, J. Kus, W. Piotrowski, A. Barczyk, D. Ziora, E. Bazdyrev, S. Moiseev, S. Avdeev, M. Ilkovich, V. Yakusevich, C. Valenzuela, O. Acosta, M. Martínez, L. Gómez, M. Molina-Molina, D.M. Castillo Villegas, M. Aburto, J.A. Rodríguez Portal, A. Villar, A. León Jiménez, J. Sauleda, M. Arias, P. Beirne, H. Stone, B. Hope-Gill, N. Hirani, N. Chaudhuri, A. Gifford, L. Jones, L. Morrison, D. Antin-Ozerkis, N. Bhatt, T. Kulkarni, T. Moua, N. Ettinger, L. Pitts, S. Veeraraghavan, M. Padilla, E.R. Fernández Pérez, G. Giessel, M. Strek, S. Danoff, J. Burk, M. Rossman, N. Patel, E. Belloli, D. Hotchkin, S. Weigt, M.B. Scholand, R. Kaner, B. Sigal, Z. Safdar, L. Tolle, R. Martinez, M. Glassberg, R. Hallowell, J. Golden, M. Schwartz, E. Britt, L. Morrow, Y. Mageto, K. Buch, S. Chaaban, H. Poonyagariyagorn, D. Dilling, O. Shlobin, K. Thavarajah, A. Nambiar, I. Rosas, R. Bascom, J. Oldham, S. Schmidt, J. Dematte D'Amico, J. Falk, C. Glazer, G. Criner

“…Associations between baseline characteristics and time to first acute exacerbation were assessed using pooled data from both treatment groups using Cox proportional hazard models, firstly univariable models and then a multivariable model using forward stepwise selection. …”
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Late Glacial and Holocene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Submerged Karst Basin Pirovac Bay on the Eastern Adriatic Coast by Nikolina Ilijanić, Dea Brunović, Slobodan Miko, Valentina Hajek Tadesse, Ozren Hasan, Ivan Razum, Martina Šparica Miko, Saša Mesić

“…First, the floodplain developed in Pirovac Bay, with intermittent pools and ponds, followed by wetland environment. …”
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Genome‐Wide Diversity in Lowland and Highland Maize Landraces From Southern South America: Population Genetics Insights to Assist Conservation by Pia Guadalupe Dominguez, Angela Veronica Gutierrez, Monica Irina Fass, Carla Valeria Filippi, Pablo Vera, Andrea Puebla, Raquel Alicia Defacio, Norma Beatriz Paniego, Veronica Viviana Lia

“…This allowed us to distinguish two clearly differentiated gene pools, the highland northwestern maize (HNWA) and the floury northeastern maize (FNEA). …”
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Association of race and ethnicity with mortality in adults with SLE: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis by Sam Norton, Chris Wincup, Patrick Gordon, Kate Bramham, James Galloway, Zijing Yang, Samir Patel, Maryam Adas, Deepak Nagra, Mark Russell

“…We used a pairwise meta-analysis to determine the pooled odds ratio (OR) of death for those from underserved groups compared with those of White race and ethnicity.Results Thirty-seven studies, comprising 85 578 patients with SLE, were included. …”
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Hematopoietic stem cell discovery: unveiling the historical and future perspective of colony-forming units assay by Nur Afizah Yusoff, Zariyantey Abd Hamid, Siti Balkis Budin, Izatus Shima Taib

“…Stem cells are special cells with the distinctive capability to self-renew, forming a new pool of undifferentiated stem cells. They are also able to differentiate into lineage-specific cell types that are specialized and matured. …”
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Automated diagnosis and grading of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration based on a modified YOLO framework by Aobo Wang, Tianyi Wang, Xingyu Liu, Xingyu Liu, Xingyu Liu, Ning Fan, Shuo Yuan, Peng Du, Congying Zou, Ruiyuan Chen, Yu Xi, Zhao Gu, Hongxing Song, Qi Fei, Yiling Zhang, Yiling Zhang, Lei Zang

“…The automated diagnostic model was based on the YOLOv5 network, modified by adding an attention module in the Cross Stage Partial part and a residual module in the Spatial Pyramid Pooling-Fast part. The model’s diagnostic performance was evaluated by calculating the precision, recall, F1 score, and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.ResultsIn the internal test set, the model achieved precisions of 0.78–0.91, 0.90–0.92, and 0.82 and recalls of 0.86–0.91, 0.90–0.93, and 0.81–0.88 for disc degeneration grading, disc herniation diagnosis, and HIZ detection, respectively. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Stroke: A Meta-Analysis by David J. McCarthy, Anthony Diaz, Dallas L. Sheinberg, Brian Snelling, Evan M. Luther, Stephanie H. Chen, Dileep R. Yavagal, Eric C. Peterson, Robert M. Starke

“…Few studies have investigated long-term outcomes for AIS treated with MT. Therefore, a pooled meta-analysis using data from randomized clinical trials (RCT) was performed to assess for long-term clinical outcomes. …”
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Balancing legume-cereal proportions in cover crop mixtures to minimize N2O emissions by Guillermo Guardia, Diego Abalos, Emanuele Ribatti, Federico Ardenti, Federico Capra, Giacomo Mortella, Vincenzo Tabaglio, Miguel Ángel Ibáñez, Ji Chen, Andrea Fiorini

“…Our study indicates that adjusting the seed proportion in legume-cereal mixtures serves as an effective tool to balance the benefits of pure legume (increased total biomass, and C and N yields) and pure cereal (decreased N2O emissions and soil mineral N pool) cover cropping.…”
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Surveillance of tick-borne encephalitis virus foci in Slovakia: A seroprevalence study in ruminants combined with virus detection in ticks by Martina Ličková, Bronislava Víchová, Markéta Derdáková, Monika Sláviková, Sabína Fumačová Havlíková, Dana Zubriková, Diana Selyemová, Michal Chvostáč, Lucia Blaňarová, Viktória Čabanová, Veronika Vaňová, Lucia Šulejová, Jana Kerlik, Tomáš Szemes, Katarína Šoltys, Boris Klempa

“…Overall, 2,534 ticks (2,528 Ixodes ricinus, 3 Dermacentor reticulatus, 2 Dermacentor marginatus, 1 Haemaphysalis concinna) from 7 collection sites were pooled and analysed by RT-qPCR, resulting in estimated prevalence of 2.86 % (ranging from 0.31 to 8.72 % at different sites). …”
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High CXCR3 on Leukemic Cells Distinguishes IgHVmut from IgHVunmut in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Evidence from CD5high and CD5low Clones by Gayane Manukyan, Tomas Papajik, Zuzana Mikulkova, Renata Urbanova, Veronika Smotkova Kraiczova, Jakub Savara, Milos Kudelka, Peter Turcsanyi, Eva Kriegova

“…Despite the shared pattern of surface antigens, neoplastic cells in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are highly heterogeneous in CD5 expression, a marker linked to a proliferative pool of neoplastic cells. To further characterize CD5high and CD5low neoplastic cells, we assessed the chemokine receptors (CCR5, CCR7, CCR10, CXCR3, CXCR4, CXCR5) and adhesion molecules (CD54, CD62L, CD49d) on the CD5high and CD5low subpopulations, defined by CD5/CD19 coexpression, in peripheral blood of CLL patients (n=60) subgrouped according to the IgHV mutational status (IgHVmut, n=24; IgHVunmut, n=36). …”
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Distribution of Tunisian beet wild relatives (Beta sp.) according to morphological characteristics and eco-geographical origin by Kaouther Ben Mahmoud, Najla Mezghani, Youssef Ouakrim, Neila Mezghani, Noura Jemai, Ahmed Jemmali

“…Arcang. and Beta macrocarpa Guss. are crop wild relative taxa belonging to the primary gene pool. They constitute a crucial gene reserve for enhancing cultivated Beta species (B. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris L.). …”
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Prognostic significance of pan-immune-inflammation value in hepatocellular carcinoma treated by curative radiofrequency ablation: potential role for individualized adjuvant systemi... by Xuexia Liang, Juyuan Bu, Yanhui Jiang, Shuqin Zhu, Qing Ye, Yun Deng, Wuzhu Lu, Qiaodan Liu

“…A nomogram risk model was built in cohort C and validated in pooled cohort D. Clinical benefits of adjuvant anti-angiogenesis therapy plus immune checkpoint inhibitor (AA-ICI) following RFA was assessed in low- and high-risk groups.Results The cutoff point of PIV was 120. …”
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The short-, medium-, and long-term prevalence of physical health comorbidities in first-episode psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol [version 2; peer review: 3... by Michael Norton, Brian O'Donoghue, Mary Clarke, Karen O'Connor, Jennifer Murphy, Anna Zierotin

“…Previous reviews report pooled physical health prevalence from chronic psychosis and FEP groups. …”
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Benefits and Risks of Clopidogrel vs. Aspirin Monotherapy after Recent Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Maurizio Paciaroni, Birsen Ince, Bo Hu, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Kursad Kutluk, Liping Liu, Min Lou, Vladimir Parfenov, Ka Sing Lawrence Wong, Babak Zamani, Dara Paek, Jung Min Han, Michael del Aguila, Shalini Girotra

“…PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL databases were searched from inception to May 2018 to identify clinical trials and observational studies comparing clopidogrel versus aspirin for secondary prevention in patients with recent ischemic stroke within 12 months. Pooled effect estimates were calculated using a random effects model and were reported as risk ratios with 95% confidence intervals. …”
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Assessment of Soil Organic and Inorganic Carbon Under Afforestation and Natural Vegetation Restoration Using Stable Carbon Isotope (δ¹³C) Measurements by Mengyao Wu, Yaru Zhao, Hui Li, Wenchang Ma, Yang Gao

“…However, few studies have focused on the influence of the two methods on soil inorganic carbon (SIC), which is the fundamental component of the local soil carbon pool. On the Loess Plateau, we measured SOC and SIC stocks, and the stable carbon isotope values of SOC and SIC (δ¹³C-SOC and δ¹³C-SIC) within 0–100 cm depth in an artificial forestland (<i>Robinia pseudoacacia</i>, 27 years) and a neighboring abandoned farmland (<i>Poa annua</i> and <i>Bothriochloa ischaemum</i>, 27 years). …”
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