Laser powder bed fusion of Ti6Al4V using low-cost high efficiency 450 nm diode point melting by Alkim Aydin, Erhan Cetin, S. Can Erman, Kamran Mumtaz

“…DPM processing of Ti6Al4V was undertaken using 38W creating samples that were 99.41% dense. DPM's slower melt pool solidification rate enabled the formation of a stable α + β phase creating harder samples. …”
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Retinal thickness and vascular density changes in Keratoconus: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Hadi Vahedi, Mirsaeed Abdollahi, Reza Moshfeghinia, Shima Emami, Navid Sobhi, Rana Sorkhabi, Ali Jafarizadeh

“…We analyzed the data using STATA software 17 and the random effects model with the restricted maximum likelihood (REML) or maximum likelihood (ML) method to pool the standardized mean difference (SMD) and the weighted mean difference (WMD) of retinal thickness and vascular density compared to non-KC eyes. …”
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Predictors of chronic pain and level of physical function in total knee arthroplasty: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jens Ivar Brox, Christopher James Rose, Anners Lerdal, Øystein Skare, Unni Olsen, Maren Falch Lindberg, Eva Marie-Louise Denison, Caryl Lynn Gay, Arild Aamodt, Ove Furnes, Kathryn A Lee

“…Estimates of association from the primary evidence will be synthesised narratively, and quantitatively using multivariate meta-analysis to provide ‘pooled’ estimates of association. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses will be performed. …”
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Domain-Knowledge-Guided Multisource Fusion Network for Small Water Bodies Mapping Using PlanetScope Multispectral and Google Earth RGB Images by Pu Zhou, Xiaodong Li, Yihang Zhang, Yalan Wang, Yuyang Li, Xiang Li, Chi Zhou, Laiyin Shen, Yun Du

“…DKFNet incorporates a domain-knowledge-based atrous spatial pyramid pooling module that extracts the multiscale features of water bodies from the NDWI image. …”
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Clinically meaningful improvements after gene therapy for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCd) in the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale, Second Edition (PDMS-2) a... by Wuh-Liang Hwu, Hui-Min Lee, John Devin Peipert, Rongrong Zhang, Christian Werner, J. Rafael Sierra, Thomas O’Connell, Jonathan J. Woolley, Marjorie Crowell, Antonia Wang, Ioannis Tomazos

“…The gene therapy eladocagene exuparvovec has become available in some regions; pooled clinical trial results demonstrate continuous long-term improvement in motor development and cognitive function. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis: prevalence and clinical implications of anatomical variants of the hepatic portal vein by Juan José Valenzuela-Fuenzalida, Benjamín Rodríguez-Osorio, Cristian Salgado-Torres, Pablo Nova-Baeza, Mathias Orellana-Donoso, Alejandro Bruna-Mejías, Roberto Avila-Sepulveda, Álvaro Becerra-Farfán, Macarena Rodríguez-Luengo, Juan Sanchis-Gimeno, Guinevere Granite, Héctor Gutiérrez-Espinoza

“…Methodological quality was evaluated with an assurance tool for anatomical studies. Pooled prevalence was estimated using a random effects model. …”
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Comparison of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists vs. placebo on any cardiovascular events in overweight or obese non-diabetic patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Raveena Kelkar, Nishad A. Barve, Rohan Kelkar, Sanjeev Kharel, Shalmi Khanapurkar, Rukesh Yadav

“…The analysis was done by Revman version 5.4.ResultsA total of 17 RCTs among 34,419 participants were included in the analysis. The pooled risk ratio from 17 studies illustrated that patients with GLP-1 RA had a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular events compared to patients who had a placebo (RR = 0.75; 95% confidence interval 0.64–0.89, p-value = 0.0008). …”
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Motor Unit Sampling From Intramuscular Micro-Electrode Array Recordings by Agnese Grison, Jaime Ibanez Pereda, Dario Farina

“…Recordings of electrical activity from muscles allow us to identify the activity of pools of spinal motor neurons that send the neural drive for muscle activation. …”
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Prevalence of visually significant cataract and cataract surgical coverage in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Angus W Turner, Mark A Chia, Hessom Razavi, Marcel M Nejatian, Saiuj Bhat, Amy Kalantary, Joshua R Taylor

“…All studies reporting cataract prevalence in Australian populations were included. Pooled prevalence estimates were derived using meta-analyses with a random-effects model. …”
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Incidence Density Rate of Neonatal Mortality and Predictors in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Zebenay Workneh Bitew, Ayinalem Alemu, Ermias Getaneh Ayele, Desalegn Abebaw Jember, Michael Tamene Haile, Teshager Worku

“…Fixed and random effect models were used to compute pooled estimates. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses were performed. …”
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Comparative efficacy of GLP-1 RAs/SGLT-2 inhibitors in reducing cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes according to baseline use of metformin: a systematic review and meta-analys... by Yuxin Zhang, Zhaoji Li, Yongchen Hao

“…Both random-effects model and fixed model were adopted to estimate pooled hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). …”
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Sexual dysfunction among people with mental illness in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis study. by Setegn Fentahun, Mamaru Melkam, Gebresilassie Tadesse, Gidey Rtbey, Fantahun Andualem, Yilkal Abebaw Wassie, Gebremariam Wulie Geremew, Tekletsadik Tekleslassie Alemayehu, Tewodros Denekew Haile, Tilahun Nega Godana, Berihun Agegn Mengistie, Mulualem Kelebie, Girum Nakie, Techilo Tinsae, Girmaw Medfu Takelle

“…<h4>Results</h4>In this meta-analysis, a total of 15 primary studies with 2849 psychiatric patients were included. The overall pooled prevalence of sexual dysfunction among psychiatric patients in Africa was 58.42% (95% CI: 49.55, 67.28). …”
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Effect of exercise on kidney-relevant biomarkers in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Paul Welsh, Carlos Celis-Morales, Patrick Mark, Qiaoling Liu, Jennifer Lees

“…The following studies were excluded: (1) case-control studies, (2) studies where PA was measured at a single time point, (3) populations with known kidney disease, (4) studies evaluating the impact of a single episode/event of PA and (5) non-English language studies.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers extracted data from a pre-designed table and assessed the risk of bias using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. Data were pooled using a random-effects model. Hedge’s g was used to synthesise effect sizes and obtain an overall estimate. …”
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The effectiveness of dyadic interventions for health outcomes of prostate cancer patients and informal caregivers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yuan Xiao, Jiao Sun, Min Liu, Haifeng Wang, Jingjing Guan

“…Results This study identified and evaluated 19 RCTs reporting 22 different interventions, as well as outcome indicators for the three aspects of psychosocial health, sexual health, and dyadic relationships in prostate cancer patients and informal caregivers. A meta-analysis of pooled data revealed that for prostate cancer patients, the intervention improved dyadic coping (SMD95% CI [95% CI] = 0.22 [0.01;0.42], p = 0.04), and for informal caregivers the dyadic care intervention reduced anxiety (SMD95% CI [95% CI] = -0.35 [-0.65;-0.06], p = 0.02), enhanced self-efficacy (SMD [95% CI] = 0.22 [0.01;0.43], p = 0.04), and improved sexual functioning (SMD [95% CI] = 0.29 [0.05;0.54], p = 0.02). …”
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Trends and determinants of obesity among ever-married women aged 15–49 in India: insights from National Family Health Surveys (NFHS 1998–2021) by Aditya Singh, Sadanand Karun, Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Rakesh Chandra, Shivani Singh

“…Methods Data from four National Family Health Survey (NFHS) rounds, spanning 1998-99 to 2019-21, were pooled to create a dataset of 1,117,433 participants. …”
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Creation and study of emmer (<i>Triticum dicoccum</i>) × triticale hybrids by O. G. Silkova, Y. N. Ivanova, P. I. Stepochkin

“…To create spring varie ties with high yields and good grain quality, it is necessary to study and enrich the gene pool, identify donors of economically valuable traits. …”
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Sport commitment among children and adolescent through the lens of theory of organismic integration: A systematic literature review by Anna Pavlova

“…The next step of the literature review was the analysis of the formed pool of studies using the Bibliometrix library in the R-Studio environment (Aria & Cuccurullo, 2017), which allowed to identify the main headnotes related to the research topic and to characterize the temporal dynamics in the development of the research topic. …”
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Telomere Length and Oxidative Damage in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Leping Ma, Cui Liu, Ran Song, Yeping Qian, Feng Zhang

“…Results: Thirty-nine studies were included. Pooled results showed that compared with controls, children and adolescents with ASD were associated with significantly shorter TL (SMD = –0.48; 95% CI = –0.66– –0.29; p < 0.001; particularly in males), lower total antioxidant capacity (TAC: SMD = –1.15; 95% CI = –2.01– –0.30; p = 0.008), and higher oxidative DNA (8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine, 8-OHdG: SMD = 0.63; 95% CI = 0.03–1.23; p = 0.039), lipid (hexanolyl-lysine, HEL: SMD = 0.37; 95% CI = 0.13–0.62; p = 0.003), and protein (3-nitrotyrosine, 3-NT: SMD = 0.86; 95% CI = 0.21–1.51; p = 0.01; dityrosine, DT: SMD = 0.66; 95% CI = 0.521–0.80; p < 0.01) damage. …”
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A comparative analysis of sequence composition in different lots of a phage display peptide library during amplification by Anders Wilgaard Sinkjaer, Ane Beth Sloth, Amanda Oester Andersen, Malte Jensen, Babak Bakhshinejad, Andreas Kjaer

“…Our findings can be instrumental for phage display researchers by bringing fundamental insights into the vast extent of non-uniformity between phage display libraries and by providing a clear picture of how these discrepancies can lead to different evolutionary fates for the peptide composition of phage pools, which can have profound impacts on the outcome of phage display selections through biopanning.…”
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Immunonutrition for traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Linan Zeng, Lingli Zhang, Hailong Li, Rong Peng, Lijun Yang, Xinwei Chen, Zhenyan Bo

“…A meta-analysis will be used to pool data when there are sufficient studies with homogeneity. …”
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