Emergency interventions for cardiogenic shock due to decompensated aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mauro Chiarito, Dario Bongiovanni, Evaldas Girdauskas, Bastian Wein, Eva Harmel, Tamer Owais, Stephanie Gladys Kühne, Andrea Patrignani, Sebastien Elvinger, Damyan Penev, Philip W Raake

“…Pooled estimated rates of any bleeding were 12% for eTAVI (CI 0.06 - 0.20) and 15% for eBAV (CI 0.10 - 0.21). …”
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Solution and key technology of integrating vFW in cloud platform by Zhilan HUANG, Yongbing FAN, Ning FAN, Nan CHEN, Linze WU, Baohong LIN

“…FWaaS is one of the key cloud network services,which requires ability of auto provisioning and flexibility of on-demand adjustment.It is suitable for cloud platforms to provide FWaaS based on virtual firewalls (vFW) appliance.vFW has its own particularity comparing to other cloud components.It is not only a network service but also a network element,which should be orchestrated by business systems and should be automatically configured by network systems.In the environment of cloud resource pool,vFW faces the integration problem with other cloud components like SDN and cloud management platform.The main method of integrating vFW in cloud resource pool was studied,the existing integration problems were analyzed,and an integration method based on extensible model driven framework was proposed.…”
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Enhanced deep deterministic policy gradient algorithm by Jianping CHEN, Chao HE, Quan LIU, Hongjie WU, Fuyuan HU, Qiming FU

“…With the problem of slow convergence for deep deterministic policy gradient algorithm,an enhanced deep deterministic policy gradient algorithm was proposed.Based on the deep deterministic policy gradient algorithm,two sample pools were constructed,and the time difference error was introduced.The priority samples were added when the experience was played back.When the samples were trained,the samples were selected from two sample pools respectively.At the same time,the bisimulation metric was introduced to ensure the diversity of the selected samples and improve the convergence rate of the algorithm.The E-DDPG algorithm was used to pendulum problem.The experimental results show that the E-DDPG algorithm can effectively improve the convergence performance of the continuous action space problems and have better stability.…”
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Prevalence and determinants of metabolic syndrome among type2 diabetic patients using different diagnosis criteria in ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis by Chilot Kassa Mekonnen, Hailemichael Kindie Abate, Abere Woretaw Azagew, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye

“…A random effect model was used to estimate the pooled prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among non-insulin-dependent patients in Ethiopia. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from healthcare-associated infections in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Zelalem Asmare, Melese Abate Reta, Yalewayker Gashaw, Ermias Getachew, Assefa Sisay, Muluken Gashaw, Ephrem Tamrat, Atitegeb Abera Kidie, Wagaw Abebe, Tadesse Misganaw, Agenagnew Ashagre, Zelalem Dejazmach, Getinet Kumie, Marye Nigatie, Sisay Ayana, Abdu Jemal, Solomon Gedfie, Woldeteklehaymanot Kassahun, Mulat Awoke Kassa, Selamyhun Tadesse, Biruk Beletew Abate

“…The pooled resistance was higher for ceftriaxone (98.72%), Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (75.41), and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (91.2). …”
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Androgen deprivation therapy use and the risk of heart failure in patients with prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Amir Alinejad Khorram, Reyhaneh Pourasgharian, Ali Samadi Shams, Shahin Toufani, Mehrsa Mostafaei, Reza Khademi, Reza Daghayeghi, Maryam Valifard, Mehregan shahrokhi, Sina Seyedipour, Niloofar Deravi, Mahdyieh Naziri, Mahta Malek, Faizan Bashir

“…Subgroup analyses revealed that the risk was stronger in Asian populations (pooled HR = 1.545, 95% CI: 1.180–1.910) compared to North American populations (pooled HR = 0.779, 95% CI: 0.421–1.138). …”
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Physical and cognitive-based training in healthy older adults: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fatemeh Adelirad, Zeinab Javadivala, Iman Dianat, Aysan Amrahi Tabieh, Vijay Kumar Chattu

“…The results indicated that the pooled MD for cognition was 0.49 (95% CI=0.28 to 0.70, I2=79.3%, P=0.0001) and both physical and mental training have a "large to larger" effect on Episode memory (pooled MD: 1.98; 95% CI=1.20 to 2.77, I2=92%, P=0.001). …”
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Depression after Stroke and Risk of Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Francesco Bartoli, Nicoletta Lillia, Annamaria Lax, Cristina Crocamo, Vittorio Mantero, Giuseppe Carrà, Elio Agostoni, Massimo Clerici

“…Odds ratios (ORs) and hazard ratios (HRs) were used as association measures for pooled analyses, based on random-effects models. Results. …”
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DNA replication stress underpins the vulnerability to oxidative phosphorylation inhibition in colorectal cancer by Xiao Hong Zhao, Man Man Han, Qian Qian Yan, Yi Meng Yue, Kaihong Ye, Yuan Yuan Zhang, Liu Teng, Liang Xu, Xiao-Jing Shi, Ting La, Yu Chen Feng, Ran Xu, Vinod K. Narayana, David P. De Souza, Lake-Ee Quek, Jeff Holst, Tao Liu, Mark A. Baker, Rick F. Thorne, Xu Dong Zhang, Lei Jin

“…While the increased glycolytic activity rapidly replenished the ATP pool, it did not restore the reduced production of aspartate upon OXPHOS inhibition. …”
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CONTROL OF STEEL FLOWS IN CRYSTALLIZER WITH THE HELP OF CLOSED-BOTTOM SLEEVE by D. N. Andrianov, M. N. Novikov, A. I. Stolarov

“…The numerical modeling of the melt flowing processes in crystallizer and liquid pool of steel is carried out. The constructive decisions f or organization of the melt rotation in crystallizer are given.…”
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Effect of intraoperative fluid volume on postoperative pulmonary complications in thoracic surgeries: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Shreya Das Adhikari, Nitin Gupta, Mukund Gupta, Savan K. Nagesh, Souvik Chaudhuri, Rakesh Garg

“…Those studies where the average fluid infused was compared between PPC and the ‘no PPC’ groups were also included. The pooled mean difference in IVF between patients with and without PPC and the pooled risk ratio of PPC in restricted versus liberal fluid arms were calculated. …”
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Deformation and degradation study using point clouds in natatio of the Western Baths at La Alcudia in Elche (Alicante) by José Antonio Huesca-Tortosa, María del Rosario Pacheco-Mateo, Mercedes Tendero-Porras, David Torregrosa-Fuentes, Yolanda Spairani-Berrio

“…The dimensions of this natatio in the frigidarium are 6.60 x 9.30 m (22 x 31 Roman feet) and 1.50 m deep, making it one of the largest Roman swimming pools documented to date on the Iberian Peninsula. …”
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Partially unraveling mechanistic underpinning and weight loss effects of time-restricted eating across diverse adult populations: A systematic review and meta-analyses of prospecti... by Duc Tran Quang, Nguyen Di Khanh, Linh Le Cu, Huyen Nguyen Thi Hoa, Chi Vu Thi Quynh, Quang Phan Ngoc, Thuy Bui Thi

“…The effectiveness of the TRE was found to vary across health conditions, with modest weight loss observed in healthy individuals (pooled effect size -1.04 Kg, 95% CI: -1.42 to -0.65) and more significant weight reduction seen in participants with chronic diseases (pooled effect size -3.33 Kg, 95% CI: -5.05 to -1.62) and overweight/obesity (pooled effect size -4.21 Kg, 95% CI: -5.23 to -3.10). …”
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Prognostic Accuracy of qSOFA and SIRS for Mortality in the Emergency Department: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Prospective Studies by Hailin Ruan, Dianshan Ke, Dalin Liao

“…Raw data were collected, and the pooled sensitivity and specificity were calculated for qSOFA and SIRS. …”
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Predictive Role of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Adnexal Torsion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Shokoufeh Khanzadeh, Hossein Tahernia, Jairo Hernandez, Camila Sarcone, Brandon Lucke-Wold, Amirhosseinn Salimi, Fatemeh Tabatabaei

“…However, in the case of East Asian patients, there was no difference between cases and controls (SMD=0.86, 95%CI=−0.21 to 1.94, p=0.11). The pooled sensitivity of NLR was 0.79 (95%CI=0.72–0.85), and the pooled specificity was 0.84 (95% CI, 0.74–0.91). …”
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Improving cognitive impairment through chronic consumption of natural compounds/extracts: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Long Ngo Hoang, Haesung Lee, Sook Jeong Lee

“…The meta-analysis, involving 4,974 participants, revealed significant improvements in ADAS-Cog scores (pooled standardized mean difference = −2.88, 95% confidence interval [CI]: −4.26 to −1.50; t24 = −4.31, p < 0.01) following supplementation. …”
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Mix-layers semantic extraction and multi-scale aggregation transformer for semantic segmentation by Tianping Li, Xiaolong Yang, Zhenyi Zhang, Zhaotong Cui, Zhou Maoxia

“…The adaptability of the feature maps is reduced by pyramid pooling, which reduces the amount of computation without compromising performance. …”
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The palisade cartilage tympanoplasty technique: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Caroline C. Jeffery, Cameron Shillington, Colin Andrews, Allan Ho

“…Perforation closure, rate of complications, and post-operative pure-tone average change were extracted for pooled analysis. Study failure and complication proportions that were used to generate odds ratios were pooled. …”
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Item Selection for a New Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Parkinson’s Disease: The Preference-Based Parkinson’s Disease Index (PB-PDI) by Selina Malouka, Lizabeth Teshler, Nancy Mayo, Marla Beauchamp, Julie Richardson, Ayse Kuspinar

“…A previous study identified important health domains for individuals with PD and developed an item pool from existing measures per domain. The current study aims to contribute to the development of a new disease-specific PBM of HRQoL for PD by reducing the current pool of items according to the preferences of individuals with PD. …”
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Soil Carbon Sequestration Resulting from Biosolids Application by Silvana I. Torri, Rodrigo Studart Corrêa, Giancarlo Renella

“…Carbon (C) sequestration in soils through the increase of the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool has generated broad interest to mitigate the effects of climate change. …”
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