Ecosystem Processes and Nitrogen Export in Northern U.S. Watersheds by Robert Stottlemyer

“…The most important appear to be seasonal change in hydrologic flowpath, soil freezing, seasonal forest-floor inorganic N pools resulting from over-winter mineralization beneath the snowpack, spatial variation in watershed forest-floor inorganic N pools, the degree to which snowmelt percolates soils, and gross soil N mineralization rates.…”
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Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates in Nepal by Ranjeeta Odari, Prabin Dawadi

“…Evaluation included 16 studies, and the pooled estimation of K. pneumoniae in total clinical samples was 3% (95% CI; 0.01–0.05). …”
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Calcium Handling in Airway Smooth Muscle: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications by Luke J Janssen

“…The latter include multiple entry pathways from the extracellular space, a pump on the membrane that extrudes calcium out of the cell, an internal pump that sequesters calcium into an intracellular pool and at least two types of release sites from which sequestered calcium can be released back into the cytosol; all of these mechanisms are tightly regulated by second messenger-signalling pathways. …”
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Sharing and Cooperation of Improved Cross-Entropy Optimization Algorithm in Telemedicine Multimedia Information Processing by Hongjiao Wu

“…Building a medical information sharing platform requires integrating information resources stored in information systems of medical institutions and nonmedical information systems related to medical information and forming a huge resource pool. It is important to mine and analyze the information resources in the resource pool to realize the sharing and interaction of medical information. …”
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INVENTARIZATION AND ANALYZIS OF THE WILD RELATIVES OF CULTIVATED PLANTS DIVERSITY OF THE AMUR OBLAST by G. V. Talovina, E. V. Aistova

“…The recommendations of the gene pool conservation are given. In this paper we provide the priority species for in situ conservations (139 species) and the candidates for “Red list of wild relatives of cultivated plants species of Russia” (28 species).…”
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Rate of cesarean section among breech deliveries in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ibsa Mussa, Adera Debella, Lemma Demissie Regassa, Badhasa Ahamed, Usmael Jibro, Addis Eyeberu

“…The overall pooled cesarean section rate among breech deliveries in Ethiopia was 41% (95% CI: 29–54).ConclusionsIn this review, the pooled prevalence of breech deliveries among women in Ethiopia was 5%, and the overall rate of caesarian section among the breech deliveries was 41%. …”
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Fructosamine measurement for diabetes mellitus diagnosis and monitoring: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Andre Pascal Kengne, Eugene Sobngwi, Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Jobert Richie N Nansseu, Joël Fokom-Domgue, Eric V Balti

“…Absolute accuracy measures (sensitivity, specificity) will be pooled in a bivariate random-effects model, allowing for intersetting variability. …”
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Enhanced adherence counselling completion rates, viral load suppression in people with HIV in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis by Hafidha M. Bakari, Oluwafemi Alo, Mariam S. Mbwana, Swalehe M. Salim, Zuhura M. Ally, Rahma Musoke, Emilie Ludeman, Taylor Lascko, Natalia Blanco, Habib O. Ramadhani

“…Using random effects models, we computed pooled prevalence estimates with a 95% confidence interval (CI). …”
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Efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitors versus Chemotherapy in Lung Cancer with Brain Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Xiaojun Yang, Yihong Zeng, Qinquan Tan, Zhihua Huang, Jun Jia, Guanming Jiang

“…Among different pathological types, the OS pooled HR was 0.67 (95%CI=0.39–0.95) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and 0.94 (95%CI=0.56–1.33) for small cell lung cancer (SCLC); the PFS pooled HR was 0.58 (95%CI=0.39–0.76) for NSCLC and 0.79 (95%CI=0.65–0.93) for SCLC. …”
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Smoking as a risk factor for lung cancer in women and men: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sanne A E Peters, Mark Woodward, Paul Mitchell, Rachel R Huxley, Gemma Taylor, Linda M O’Keeffe

“…The sex-specific RRs and their ratio comparing women with men were pooled using random-effects meta-analysis with inverse-variance weighting. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence of seven psychiatric disorders in India by Vikas Dhiman, Geetha R. Menon, Rajnarayan R. Tiwari

“…The meta-analysis in autism and BD showed pooled prevalence of 0.3% (95% CI 0.1–0.6) (P < 0.001, I2 = 96%) and 0.3% (95% CI 0.2–0.4) (P < 0.001, I2 = 78%), respectively. …”
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Accuracy of Lung Ultrasonography for Diagnosis of Heart Failure; a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Erfan Rahmani, Masoud Farrokhi, Mehrdad Farrokhi, Shadi Nouri, Atousa Moghadam Fard, Behnam Hoorshad, Ramin Atighi, Erfan Ghadirzadeh, Michael Tajik, Habibollah Afshang, Aida Naseri, Mohadeseh Asoudehfard, Shiva Samami Kojidi, Arsham Ebnemehdi, Mehdi Rezaei, Maziar Daneshvar, Amirali Makhmalbaf, Sepideh Hassanpour Khodaei, Shirin Farsi, Saber Barazandeh Rad, Fateme Nozari, Pouya Rezaei, Negar Babapour, Salman Delavar, Babak Goodarzy, Lida Zare Lahijan, Sanam Mohammadzadeh, Helena Mehran, Fatemeh Gheibi, Ramtin Shemshadigolafzani, Behnaz Dalvandi, Amir Abderam

“…The statistical analysis for pooling the results of diagnostic performance parameters was conducted using Stata and Meta-DiSc softwares. …”
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Transarterial radioembolization versus chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis by Wenxiao Lu, Tongsheng Zhang, Fengfei Xia, Xiangzhong Huang, Fulei Gao, Fulei Gao

“…Moreover, there were no significant differences in the pooled analyses of complete response rates, fatigue, nausea/vomiting, 3-year OS, or 5-year OS between these groups (P = 0.24, 0.69, 0.15, 0.73, and 0.38, respectively). …”
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Bacteriological quality of drinking water and its associated factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Chala Daba, Leykun Berhanu, Belay Desye, Gete Berihun, Abebe Kassa Geto

“…A random-effects model was used to estimate the pooled effect size, and the Egger regression model was employed using STATA 14 software to assess potential publication bias.…”
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Pulmonary function among flour mill workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kuldip Upadhyay, Bhavani Shankara Bagepally, Rakesh Balachandar, Ankit Sheth, Ankit Viramgami

“…The pooled odds ratio for obstructive [12.9 (3.41, 49.2); I 2 = 82.4)] and restrictive changes [5.11 (0.55, 47.4); I 2 = 81.6] were significantly higher among the exposed than controls. …”
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Effect of maternal HIV infection on birth outcomes among HIV positive women in Sub Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Worku Necho Asferie, Tigabu Munye Aytenew, Amare Kassaw, Habtamu Shimels Hailemeskel, Solomon Demis Kebede, Bosena Tebeje Gashaw, Demewoz Kefale

“…Thus, this systematic review aimed to examine the pooled effect of maternal HIV infection on birth outcomes in Sub Saharan Africa. …”
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Transvaginal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of endometrioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies* by Fleur Serge Kanti, Rose Gorak Savard, Frédéric Bergeron, Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun, Antoine Netter, Sarah Maheux-Lacroix

“…Pooled TVUS and MRI specificities for endometrioma were 0.95 (95% CI, 0.92–0.97) and 0.94 (95% CI, 0.89–0.97), respectively (indirect comparison p-value of 0.51). …”
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The role of statins in dementia or Alzheimer’s disease incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies by Ye Du, Zhangjie Yu, Chengyi Li, Yanxing Zhang, Buyun Xu, Buyun Xu

“…We applied the DerSimonian–Laird random effects method to pool hazard ratio (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).ResultsWe included forty-two studies comprising 6,325,740 patients. …”
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C Viral Infection in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Teshiwal Deress, Yihenew Million, Teshome Belachew, Mohabaw Jemal, Mekonnen Girma

“…Due to evidence of considerable heterogeneity, the pooled prevalence of anti-HCV was analyzed using the random-effects model. …”
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The diagnostic performance of indocyanine green for the sentinel node biopsy in prostate cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Siyang Ma, Jianxuan Sun, Jinzhou Xu, Ye An, Mengyao Xu, Chenqian Liu, Sihan Zhang, Lintao Miao, Xingyu Zhong, Na Zeng, Haodong He, Shaogang Wang, Qidong Xia

“…The pooled sensitivity and specificity of applying ICG-technetium-99m-nanocolloid in PCa were 49% (95% CI 39%–59%) and 69% (95% CI 67%–71%), respectively. …”
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