A Stock Dividend Model Applying the Value Creation Approach in Iran’s Capital Market: The Generalized Method of Moments by Ebrahim Solati Khosroshahi, Younes Badavar Nahandi, Houshang Taghizadeh

“…ResultsThe findings of this study indicate that the optimal model for stock dividends is the DPS to EPS ratio, comprising 11 explanatory variables selected from a pool of 36 variables. Using this model for stock dividends leads to the creation of maximum value for firms and stockholders. …”
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The role of sport in research and development in Switzerland - An overview by Hippolyt Kempf, Gübeli Cornell, Christelle Ganné-Chedeville, Solange Emmenegger

“…With acquired funds of CHF 5 million from the SNSF funding pools and CHF 2 million from Innosuisse, sport benefits only marginally. …”
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Effect of acute kidney injury care bundle on kidney outcomes in cardiac patients receiving critical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fatma Refaat Ahmed, Nabeel Al-Yateem, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Rawia Gamil, Mohannad Eid AbuRuz

“…We used the Cochrane Collaboration’s risk of bias tool 2 and the Newcastle-Ottawa scale for quality assessment. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) or risk ratios (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency as a Risk Factor for Diabetic Retinopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Claudia Elena Petrea, Laura Andreea Ghenciu, Roxana Iacob, Emil Robert Stoicescu, Dorel Săndesc

“…Of these, nine studies were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled analysis revealed a significant association between lower vitamin D levels and increased odds of DR, with a combined odds ratio (OR) of 1.15 (95% CI: 1.10–1.20) under the fixed-effects model and 1.17 (95% CI: 1.08–1.27) under the random-effects model. …”
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The pattern of genetic diversity of different breeds of pigs based on microsatellite analysis by V. R. Kharzinova, N. A. Zinovieva

“…To estimate the allele pool of each population, the average number of alleles (NA), the effective number of alleles (NE ) based on the locus, the rarified allelic richness (AR), the observed (HO ) and expected (HE ) heterozygosity, and the fixation index (FIS) were calculated. …”
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Anti-HEV antibody reactivity rate in voluntary blood donors in China: a Meta-analysis by XU Niuniu, JIAO Zhanying

“…The age groups of group B were divided into 18-25 years old, 26-35 years old, 36-45 years old, and ≥46 years old. The pooled results of Meta-analysis showed that the RD value of anti-HEV IgG reactivity rate in group A was 22.92% [95% CI (19.02%, 26.82%)], and the RD value of anti-HEV IgM reactivity rate was 0.67% [95% CI (0.51%, 0.82%)]. …”
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Using the synthetic form RS5 to obtain new introgressive lines of common wheat by R. O. Davoyan, I. V. Bebyakina, E. R. Davoyan, Y. S. Zubanova, D. M. Boldakov, D. S. Mikov, V. A. Bibishev, A. N. Zinchenko, E. D. Badaeva

“…The use of the gene pool of wild relatives, which have a significant reserve of genetic diversity, is of immediate interest for breeding common wheat. …”
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Association of hepatitis B virus DNA levels with efficacy and safety and the impact of antiviral therapy on prognosis in liver cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor... by Hongxia Cui, Su Li, Wu Lv, Jing Xiang

“…Subgroup analysis, publication bias, and sensitivity analysis were conducted with STATA 14.0.ResultsThis meta-analysis comprised 17 articles involving a total of 2,130 patients. The pooled results demonstrated that high HBV DNA was associated with a worse OS (HR = 1.48 95% CI 1.11–1.96). …”
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Evaluation of a new human immunodeficiency virus antigen and antibody test using light-initiated chemiluminescent assay by Yijun Li, Fangfang Jin, Yunhui Li, Yan Li, Yajie Wang, Ximing Yang

“…Using national reference panels and banked sample pools, LiCA® successfully detected all negative and positive controls in line with the criteria, and all HIV-positive specimens containing different viral subtypes. …”
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Associations between lipid-lowering drugs and urate and gout outcomes: a Mendelian randomization study by Min Liu, Na Yin, Yuhang Zhu, Aili Du, Chunyuan Cai, Pengyuan Leng

“…Causal effects were estimated using the inverse variance weighting (IVW) method, while the Summary Data-based Mendelian Randomization (SMR) method, leveraging pooled data, was applied to compute effect estimates. …”
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Risk factors for fear of falling in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Li Ma, Qi Xie, Juhong Pei, Ling Gou, Yabin Zhang, Juanping Zhong, Yujie Su, Xinglei Wang, Xinman Dou

“…Sensitivity analysis (leave-one-out method) showed that the pooled estimate was stable.Conclusion This meta-analysis indicated that female population, impaired balance ability, lower mobility, history of falls and walking aid in patients with stroke might be at greater risk for FoF. …”
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Impact of fish oil supplementation on plasma levels of highly unsaturated fatty acid-containing lipid classes and molecular species in American football athletes by Veronica Anne Mullins, Justin M. Snider, Bryce Michael, Lydia Rose Porter, Roberta Diaz Brinton, Floyd H. Chilton

“…Conclusions This study demonstrates that n-3 HUFA supplementation, in the form of ethyl esters, increased the DHA and EPA containing plasma lipid pools the have the capacity to enrich brain lipids and the potential to mitigate the effects of sports-related concussions and repeated subconcussive head impacts. …”
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Moxibustion for Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Meta-Analysis by Yuanen Huang, Jingping Wu, Hongbin Cheng, Yanling Liu

“…The literature search was conducted in nine Chinese and English databases, and randomized controlled trials were pooled from their inceptions to June 2020. The included literature was screened, and data were extracted. …”
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Neuroimaging predictors of malignant brain oedema after thrombectomy in ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Linrui Huang, Xindi Song, Jingjing Li, Yanan Wang, Xing Hua, Meng Liu, Ming Liu, Simiao Wu

“…We estimated effect size for the association between predictors and MBE by odds ratios (ORs) or standardized mean differences (SMDs), and pooled results using random-effects modelling.Results We included 19 studies (n = 6007) with 17 neuroimaging factors and 5 models. …”
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Quality Control of Fetal Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles by Krishnan I, Ng CY, Kee LT, Ng MH, Law JX, Thangarajah T, Zainuddin AA, Mahmood Z, Rajamanickam S, Subramani B, Lokanathan Y

“…Albumin was co-isolated in all the sEV preparations.Conclusion: In short, all characterized and standardized individual and pooled sEV preparations were deemed “impure” due to albumin co-isolation using the TFF method. …”
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Microbiota governs host chenodeoxycholic acid glucuronidation to ameliorate bile acid disorder induced diarrhea by Zishen Lin, Yue Feng, Jinping Wang, Zhaoyue Men, Xi Ma

“…Methods The colonic BA pool and microbiota between health piglets and BA disorder-induced diarrheal piglets were compared. …”
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Wealth-based inequality in underweight among Scheduled Tribe women in India: a regional analysis by Anshika Singh, Aditya Singh, Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Shivani Singh, Pooja Tripathi

“…The predicted probabilities from the pooled logistic regression analysis indicated a decline in inequality over the study period. …”
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Incidence Rate of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 170,139 Women by Zhuyu Li, Yunjiu Cheng, Dongyu Wang, Haitian Chen, Hanqing Chen, Wai-kit Ming, Zilian Wang

“…Twenty-eight studies involving 170,139 women with GDM and 34,627 incident cases of T2DM were identified. The pooled incidence of T2DM after GDM was 26.20 (95% CI, 23.31 to 29.10) per 1000 person-years. …”
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Sources of economically valuable traits for winter triticale breeding in the northwest of the Russian Federation by V. A. Uspenskaja, L. P. Bekish, N. N. Chikida

“…In this regard, the further development of breeding in the Russian Northwest depends on studying the triticale gene pool and synthesis of original initial material for the creation of new high-yielding varieties.Material and methods. …”
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Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysisResearch in context by Jiacheng Yao, Sihan Li, Lu Bai, Jun Chen, Chengbo Ren, Tingting Liu, Jingping Qiu, Jun Dang

“…In real-world studies, the pooled median OS of ICIs were 11.8 months (95% CI: 11.2–12.4); Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (EOCG) score, histological type, PD-L1 status, with immune-related adverse events (irAEs), and treatment mode were predictive for OS; rates of irAEs and discontinuation were numerically higher for combination therapy vs. monotherapy. …”
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