Cytological Effects of Serum Isolated from Polytraumatized Patients on Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Yazhou Long, Katrin Bundkirchen, Pascal Gräff, Christian Krettek, Sandra Noack, Claudia Neunaber

“…Furthermore, hBMSCs from four healthy donors were used in the experiments. The pooled sera of HS, D1, D5, and D10 were analyzed by multicytokine array for pro-/anti-inflammatory cytokines. …”
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CenterNet-Elite: A Small Object Detection Model for Driving Scenario by Lingling Wang, Xiang Li, Xiaoyan Chen, Bin Zhou

“…We introduce a multi-scale pooling module, SPPCSPC, to address the challenge of significant variations in object scale. …”
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Magnitude and associated factors of unmet need for family planning among reproductive-aged women in Ethiopia: An umbrella review. by Mulat Ayele, Gizachew Yilak, Abebaw Alamrew, Eyob Shitie Lake, Befkad Derese Tilahun

“…The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews tool, and the estimates were pooled using a random-effects meta-analysis model.…”
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Prevalence and patterns of substance use in West Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Godwin Omokhagbo Emmanuel, Folahanmi Tomiwa Akinsolu, Olunike Rebecca Abodunrin, Oliver Chukwujekwu Ezechi

“…<h4>Results</h4>The meta-analysis revealed the pooled prevalence rates of alcohol [44%], cannabis [6%], tramadol [30%], codeine [11%], and kolanut [39%]. …”
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Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among garment workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Francis Fatoye, Tadesse Gebrye, Chidozie Mbada, Phoebe Apeagyei

“…The prevalence of MSDs ranged from 15.5% to 92%. The pooled prevalence of MSDs from nine studies was 65.6% (95% CI 44.5% to 51.9%). …”
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The impact of patient- and family-centered care interventions on intensive care unit outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yangjin LV, Peng Li, Ronghui Li, Ting Zhang, Kaifang Cai

“…A random-effects model revealed a significant reduction in delirium prevalence in the PFCC group, with a pooled Risk Ratio (RR) of 0.54 (95% CI 0.36 to 0.81). …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Next Generation Sequencing Panel using Circulating Tumor DNA in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mariana M. Sebastião, Rodrigo S. Ho, João Paulo V. de Carvalho, Micha Nussbaum

“…Diagnostic measures (sensitivity and specificity) were pooled with a bivariate diagnostic random effect. …”
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Effects of core stability exercises on balance ability of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Junjie Zhou, Yecheng Zhong, Wenhong Xu

“…The meta-analysis was performed via RevMan 5.4, and for data that could not be pooled via meta-analysis, we used a narrative description of the results of each study.…”
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The potential of MRI radiomics based on extrapulmonary metastases in predicting EGFR mutations: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Linyong Wu, Dayou Wei, Songhua Li, Shaofeng Wu, Yan Lin, Lifei Chen

“…In terms of EGFR mutations in NSCLC metastases, the pooled AUC was 0.86, with SENC and SEPC of 0.79 and 0.79, respectively, indicating moderate evaluation performance. …”
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Intra-rater Reliability of a Qualitative Landing Scale for the Single-Hop Test: A Pilot Study by Maxime V. Measson, Matthew P. Ithurburn, Alexandre JM. Rambaud

“…Additionally, limb data (dom and nondom) were pooled and evaluated collectively with intra-class correlation coefficients. …”
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The Effect of Whey Protein Consumption on Postprandial Glucose, Insulin and Incretin Responses in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Acute-Term... by Zahra Salimi, Maryam Asadi, Anahita Mansoori

“…A random-effects model was used to obtain pooled effect size. Results: The pooled analysis of the included trials indicated a significant reduction in the mean of glucose in the area under the curve [standard mean difference (SMD)=-1.295, 95% CI: -1.878 to -0.712, P<0.001] and also an increase in the mean of insulin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon‐like peptide‐1 (SMD=0.562, 95% CI: 0.303 to 0.822, P<0.001, SMD=0.349, 95% CI: 0.074 to 0.624, P=0.013 and SMD=0.439, 95% CI: 0.154 to 0.724, P=0.003, respectively) in participants who consumed whey protein compared with the control group. …”
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Disposition to pediatric intensive care unit post supraglottoplasty repair: a systematic review by Esther ShinHyun Kang, Sena Turkdogan, Jeffrey C. Yeung

“…Findings were critically appraised by three independent reviewers and pooled proportions of criteria meeting PICU admission were calculated for meta-analysis. …”
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Prevalence of prolonged grief disorder and its symptoms among bereaved individuals in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Bao-Liang Zhong, Meng-Di Yuan, Jun-Fa Liu

“…The GRADE system assigned a very low certainty level to the evidence for the pooled prevalence of PGD and its symptoms.Conclusions The pooled prevalence of PGD and its symptoms indicate a potential high need for grief counselling services among bereaved individuals in China. …”
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Cumulative incidence and risk of infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with janus kinase inhibitors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Konstantinos Ouranos, Diana V Avila, Evangelia K Mylona, Athanasios Vassilopoulos, Stephanos Vassilopoulos, Fadi Shehadeh, Eleftherios Mylonakis

“…The goal of our study was to calculate the pooled cumulative incidence and risk of infection in patients with RA treated with Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi). …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Level in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Addisu Tadesse Sahile, Girma Demissie Gizaw, Tennyson Mgutshini, Zewdu Minwuyelet Gebremariam, Getabalew Endazenaw Bekele

“…A random-effects meta-analysis model with a 95% confidence interval was computed to estimate the pooled prevalence. Furthermore, subgroup analysis based on the study area and sample size was done. …”
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Efficacy of fish oil supplementation on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a meta-analysis by Like Zhou, Dongmei Sun, Houqiao Bai

“…In general, the risk of bias in these RCTs was either low or not clearly defined. Pooled analysis showed that triglycerides [TG, pooled standard mean difference (SMD): −0.40 (95% CI: −0.58 to −0.21)], aspartate transaminase [AST, SMD: −0.29 (95% CI: −0.48 to −0.10)], HOMA-IR [SMD: −2.06 (95% CI: −3.36 to −0.49)] and waist circumference [Waist-C, SMD: −0.31 (95% CI: −0.54 to −0.08)] were significantly improved. …”
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Approaches for Improvement in Digestive Survival of Probiotics, a Comparative Study by Agnieszka Dudkiewicz, Laura Masmejean, Clement Arnaud, Bukola Adenike Onarinde, Ramana Sundara, Amir Hossein Pour-Taghi Anvarian, Nick Tucker

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The Effects of Yoga on Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Mengke Ban, Xuejing Yue, Pengyu Dou, Ping Zhang

“…Ten studies including 359 participants were included in this meta-analysis. The pooled results showed significant difference between the yoga training group and the control group. …”
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Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy Compared to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Node-Positive HR+, HER2− Breast Cancer (Nodal pCR and the Rate of ALND): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis... by Mahtab Vasigh, Mohammadreza Karoobi, Austin D. Williams, Fasika Molla Abreha, Richard J. Bleicher, Seyed Mostafa Meshkati Yazd, Tahereh Shamsi, Ramesh Omranipour, Ahmad Elahi, David Farhat, Mehran Habibi

“…The average age of the NET patients was higher than that of the neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) patients (64.1 versus 47.6 years old, p<0.001). 45.0% and 26.9% of the NET and the NAC groups underwent a lumpectomy. The pooled estimates of node pCR in NET and NAC groups were 8.9% and 14.9%, and the pooled proportion of ALND was 39.1% and 58.5%, respectively. …”
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Predictive value of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio for the clinical outcomes of acquired immune deficiency syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fuyu Guo, Jiamei Chen, Hengkai Zhang

“…The primary outcomes were mortality and progression-free survival (PFS). Pooled odds ratios (ORs) or hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using a random-effects model. …”
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