Efficacy and safety of hydroxyurea therapy on patients with β-thalassemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tianmin Huang, Huixian Jiang, Ganling Tang, Jingyi Li, Xiaoman Huang, Zhenguang Huang, Hongliang Zhang

“…HU, in transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia patients, was related to a significant decrease in transfusion requirements [a pooled RR of 0.37 and a pooled good RR of 0.65 (95% CI, 0.53–0.76)]; in transfusion-independent β-thalassemia patients, it was correlated to an excellent raise in Hb levels [a pooled RR of 0.20 (95% CI, 0.08–0.35) and a pooled good RR of 0.53 (95% CI, 0.41–0.65)]. …”
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Velocity field and dynamics behavior of a boiling droplet during impact onto a molten phase change material by Mohammadreza Asadi, Mohammad Behshad Shafii, Amirreza Ghahremani

“…Six regimes have been observed by changing the Weber number and pool surface temperature. An increase in the Weber number or surface temperature leads to a larger crater and higher jet and crown. …”
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Relationship of Dietary Intake of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids with Risk of Prostate Cancer Development: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies and Review of Literature by Michael E. Chua, Maria Christina D. Sio, Mishell C. Sorongon, Jun S. Dy

“…General variance-based method was used to pool the effect estimates at 95% confidence interval. …”
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Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Relationships of Local Walnut Populations in the Western Caspian Region of the North Caucasus by Ivan Suprun, Ilya Stepanov, Dzhalaludin Anatov

“…Presumably, the structure of the gene pool could have been influenced by terrain factors and ethnocultural characteristics. …”
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First detection and molecular characterization of Jingmen tick virus with a high occurrence in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from livestock in Cameroon (2024) by Paloma Kiwan, Eva Lopez, Morena Gasparine, Geraldine Piorkowski, Agathe Colmant, Achille Paguem, Stephanie Mvodo, Laurence Thirion, Xavier de Lamballerie, Remi Charrel, Alessandra Falchi

“…The quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) screening of 251 tick pools yielded 61 JMTV-positive pools, of which 58 corresponded to R. …”
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Preserving source-location privacy efficiently based on attack-perceiving in wireless sensor network by Qian ZHOU, Xiaolin QIN, Youwei DING

“…Sensors’ ability was utilized to perceive the mobile attacker nearby,and SPA (silent-pool approach) was proposed,which was able to hinder or reduce the packets hunted by the attacker by controlling the forwarding state of the nodes.In addition,a novel DPIOP (dummy packet injection out pool) method was proposed to entice the adversary far away from the transmission path without changing the original routing path.Through simulation studies and experiments,the outstanding performance of SPA and DPIOP in privacy preservation were demonstrated,with saving energy by about 63%,and reducing delay by about 35%.…”
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Inclusive mentorship of pediatric trainees: pediatric oncology as a microcosm by Sadhana Jackson, Sadhana Jackson, Jessica W. Tsai, Jessica W. Tsai, Kyle L. MacQuarrie, Kyle L. MacQuarrie

“…In pediatric hematology-oncology specifically – reflective of academic medicine more broadly - the current pool of mentors is less diverse than the pool of mentees. …”
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Accuracy of artificial intelligence algorithms in predicting acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yaxin Xiong, Yuan Gao, Yucheng Qi, Yingfei Zhi, Jia Xu, Kuo Wang, Qiuyue Yang, Changsong Wang, Mingyan Zhao, Xianglin Meng

“…The analyzed studies included 28 models, with a pooled sensitivity of 0.79 (0.76–0.82), a pooled specificity of 0.85 (0.83–0.88), and an AUC of 0.89 (0.86–0.91). …”
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Nurses intention to stay in the nursing profession and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kirubel Eshetu Haile, Yordanos Sisay Asgedom, Atitegeb Alebachew Amsalu, Gizachew Ambaw Kassie, Tsion Zebdiwos Chema, Amanuel Yosef Gebrekidan, Gedion Asnake Azeze

“…Hence, this study aims to pool the level of nurses’ intention to persist in the nursing profession. …”
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Prevalence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Teklehaimanot Kiros, Lema Workineh, Tegenaw Tiruneh, Tahir Eyayu, Shewaneh Damtie, Debaka Belete

“…However, published data regarding the pooled estimate of ESBL-PE are not conducted in Ethiopia. …”
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Promoting Inclusivity in Blood Donation: Public Health by Saurabh R Shrivastava, Priyanka Meshram, Swapnil Inkane

“…Acknowledging the need to have a diverse pool of donors, we must promote inclusivity in blood donation and this will require a combination of multiple strategies. …”
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Increased Risk of Cancer in relation to Gout: A Review of Three Prospective Cohort Studies with 50,358 Subjects by Weijie Wang, Donghua Xu, Bin Wang, Shushan Yan, Xiaochen Wang, Yin Yin, Xuehao Wang, Beicheng Sun, Xiaoyang Sun

“…The pooled data further support the hypothesis of a link between gout and carcinogenesis.…”
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Predictive value of machine learning for the progression of gestational diabetes mellitus to type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Meng Zhao, Zhixin Yao, Yan Zhang, Lidan Ma, Wenquan Pang, Shuyin Ma, Yijun Xu, Lili Wei

“…The meta-analysis for ML models showed a pooled C-statistic of 0.82 (95% CI: 0.79 ~ 0.86), a pooled sensitivity of 0.76 (0.72 ~ 0.80), and a pooled specificity of 0.57 (0.50 ~ 0.65). …”
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Global distribution of sporadic sapovirus infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Marta Diez Valcarce, Anita K Kambhampati, Laura E Calderwood, Aron J Hall, Sara A Mirza, Jan Vinjé

“…Compared to studies that used conventional RT-PCR, RT-qPCR assays had a higher pooled prevalence (5.6%). Among individuals without AGE symptoms, the pooled sapovirus prevalence was 2.7%. …”
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Lightweight attention-based SAR ship detector by YU Nanjing, FENG Daquan, ZHU Ying, ZHANG Hengjia, LU Ping

“…A novel linear hybrid attention module was designed which extracted potential ship features from deep-level space by using global channel attention and local spatial attention. A spatial pyramid pooling module based on cross-stage partial connections optimized the quality of multi-scale feature fusion, which replaced the parallel max-pooling group with large kernels with the serial max-poolings with small kernels to improve the inference speed. …”
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The addition of vitamin E could reduce femoral head penetration of the polyethylene liners by Fanxiao Liu, Ling Gao, Dawei Wang, Qingyu Zhang

“…Results Follow an elaborate search of related databases, 23 studies involving a total of 54,920 participants were deemed eligible for this meta-analysis. The pooled results revealed significant decreased FHP at the last follow-up (pooled Mean Difference [MD] = -0.10, 95% confidence intervals [CIs]: -0.14 to -0.06). …”
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Nurses' knowledge and its determinants in surgical site infection prevention: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis. by Tesfaye Engdaw Habtie, Sefineh Fenta Feleke, Aregash Birhan Terefe, Addis Wondmagegn Alamaw, Melsew Dagne Abate

“…Adhering to the 2020 PRISMA checklist, a systematic review and meta-analysis sought to establish the pooled proportion of nurse's knowledge and its determinants regarding surgical site infection prevention globally. …”
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Prevalence of depression among medical students in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Chilot Kassa Mekonnen, Hailemichael Kindie Abate, Zerko Wako Beko, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Abere Woretaw Azagew

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the pooled prevalence of depression among African medical students.…”
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Seizures Following Carotid Endarterectomy: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of 69,479 Patients and Evidence-Based Recommendations for Perioperative Care by Kruthajn Rajesh, Helen Shen, Sonu M. M. Bhaskar

“…This meta-analysis aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of seizures following CEA and explore clinical and procedural factors contributing to their occurrence. …”
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Effects of antioxidant nutrients on muscle mass, strength and function in COPD patients: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. by Qinman He, Pan Yang, Ye Wang, Wanmei Xu, Yi Feng, Fei Xie, Guixiang Xu

“…Patients receiving antioxidant nutrients had significantly greater inspiratory muscle strength (MIP) than those not receiving antioxidant nutrients (pooled WMD: 8.127, 95% CI: 2.677, 13.577, P = 0.003).…”
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