ISSUES CONCERNING PROTECTION OF THE VINE FAMILY (FAMILY <i> VITACEAE </i> JUSS.) IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST by N. I. Denisov

“…Our field studies in the territory of the Russian Far East have allowed us to assess the condition of a number of woody vines in natural habitats, clarify the distribution and propose measures for conservation of their gene pool. It is recommended to supplement the list of nature reserves and sanctuaries with a number of areas where woody vines occur.…”
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Current and Emerging Protocols for Carbon Measurement in Agricultural Soils by Suraj Melkani, Noel Manirakiza, Shirley M. Baker, Jehangir H. Bhadha

“…Soils have the potential to store around 1.5 to 2.4 trillion metric tons of carbon (C) in the soil globally. They contain large C pools that can store three times more C than the atmosphere and four times more than plants. …”
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Is narrow band imaging accurate to differentiate between high-risk and low-risk vocal fold leukoplakia? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Mina Sarabi Jamab, Arezoo Aghakouchakzadeh, Seied Omid Keyhan, Hosein Rafiemanesh, Ahmadreza Mirzaei, Mina Teimouri Badeleh Dareh

“…The present review aimed to explore the diagnostic accuracy of NBI in differentiating between low-risk and high-risk VFLs.Thirteen studies met the criteria of this systematic review and 11 of them were included in meta-analysis. The pooled sensitivity and specificity of NBI were 78.02 % (95 % CI: 71.64 %–83.31 %) and 93.70 % (95 % CI: 89.23 %–39.39 %), respectively. …”
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Working-class youth participation in climate action: networks, civic experience, and equity by Rasha Naseif, Isabelle Haddad, Paul Almeida

“…For larger climate action initiatives to overcome the barriers of participation, linking to specific pools of sympathy in civil society that value economic equality may provide a mass base of support for policies consistent with just transition perspectives.…”
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Does Insurance Sector Matter for Economic Complexity? by Folorunsho M. Ajide, Tolulope T. Osinubi, Titus A. Ojeyinka

“…The results based on pooled mean group (PMG) estimators reveal that the insurance sector influences economic complexity positively. …”
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Could Metabolic Syndrome, Lipodystrophy, and Aging Be Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exhaustion Syndromes? by Eduardo Mansilla, Vanina Díaz Aquino, Daniel Zambón, Gustavo Horacio Marin, Karina Mártire, Gustavo Roque, Thomas Ichim, Neil H. Riordan, Amit Patel, Flavio Sturla, Gustavo Larsen, Rubén Spretz, Luis Núñez, Carlos Soratti, Ricardo Ibar, Michiel van Leeuwen, José María Tau, Hugo Drago, Alberto Maceira

“…The main outcome of this SCES would be an irreversible loss of the effective regenerative mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) pools. In this way, the normal repairing capacities of the organism could become inefficient. …”
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Association between active tobacco use during pregnancy and infant respiratory health: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Billie Bonevski, Gillian Sandra Gould, Joerg Mattes, Vanessa E Murphy, Ediane de Queiroz Andrade, Carla Rebeca Da Silva Sena, Adam Collison

“…The odds ratio, relative risk and mean differences were pooled with a 95% CI using the generic inverse variance method. …”
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Organic Fertilization Leads to N Limitation Rather than P Limitation in Both Vegetable Soils by Qingshan Li, Mengqian Xu, Lingying Xu, Xingwang Wu, Yuqin Zhang, Jia Xin, Yazhen Shen, Jichao Gao

“…The effect on soil nutrient pools was largely determined by the chemical composition of the amendments. …”
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Association between white blood cell count and coronary artery bypass graft failure: an individual patient data analysis of clinical trials by Kevin R. An, Sigrid Sandner, Joyce Peper, Yanzai Zhou, Jurrien M. ten Berg, Lamia Harik, Yunpeng Zhu, Laura M. Willemsen, Qiang Zhao, Björn Redfors, Subodh Verma, Mario F. L. Gaudino

“…This study aims to explore the association between pre-operative white blood cell [WBC] count and CABG graft failure. Methods We pooled individual patient data from two randomized clinical trials with systematic CABG graft imaging. …”
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Artificial Liver Support Systems in Acute Liver Failure and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Robert S. Brown, Jr, MD, MPH, Robert A. Fisher, MD, FACS, TACC, Ram M. Subramanian, MD, MBA, Adam Griesemer, MD, Milene Fernandes, PharmD, MSc, William H. Thatcher, MS, Kathryn Stiede, BS, Michael Curtis, PhD

“…Meta-analysis of mortality at 28–30 days post-support system initiation and frequency of at least one serious adverse event (SAE) generated pooled risk ratios (RRs), based on random (mortality) or fixed (SAE) effects models. …”
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Prognostic and clinicopathological role of soluble programmed cell death ligand-1 in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a meta-analysis by Hongbin Lu, Lulu Luo, Jie Mi, Min Sun, Huaping Wang, Zheng Wang, Wenwen Ding

“…Associations between sPD-L1 and the clinicopathological factors of DLBCL were explored by combining odds ratios (ORs) and 95%CIs.ResultsSeven articles involving 826 patients were included in this meta-analysis. Based on our pooled data, elevated sPD-L1 was closely related to poor OS (HR = 2.81, 95%CI = 1.99–3.95, p &lt; 0.001) and inferior PFS (HR = 3.16, 95%CI = 1.41–7.08, p = 0.005) of DLBCL. …”
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The diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care nucleic acid-based isothermal amplification assays for scrub typhus: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Rashi Dixit, Sandeep Manikandan, John Antony Jude Prakash, Manisha Biswal, Dharitri Mohapatra, Natarajan Gopalan, G. Gnanamani, Sujit Kumar Behera

“…Meta-analysis revealed the pooled sensitivity of LAMP to be 66% [95% CI (0.40–0.85)] with a pooled specificity of 94% [95% CI (0.81–0.98)]. …”
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Improving antibiotic utilization in West Africa: enhancing interventions through systematic review and evidence synthesis by Eric S. Donkor, Abdul-Halim Osman, Bill Clinton Aglomasa, Aaron Awere-Duodu, Alex Odoom, Bismark Opoku-Asare, Gilbert Lazarus

“…Antibiotic consumption for inpatients has a pooled estimate of 620.03 defined daily dose (DDD) per 100 bed-days (confidence interval [CI] 0.00–1286.67; I2 = 100%) after accounting for outliers while prescribing appropriateness ranged from 2.5% to 93.0% with a pooled estimate of 50.09 ([CI: 22.21–77.92%], I2 = 99.4%). …”
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Beneficiaries’ satisfaction with health insurance and associated factors in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Abubeker Alebachew Seid, Bizunesh Fantahun Kase, Abdu Hailu Shibeshi, Molla Getie Mehari, Abdulkerim Hassen Moloro

“…A random-effects model was employed to estimate pooled outcomes. Publication bias was evaluated with a funnel plot and Egger’s regression test, while heterogeneity was assessed using the I² statistic.Result The study included 29 primary studies with a total of 11,488 participants. …”
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Cellular Cholesterol Loss Impairs Synaptic Vesicle Mobility via the CAMK2/Synapsin-1 Signaling Pathway by Atikam Qurban, Mengqi Zhang, Hengbing Zu, Kai Yao

“…The reduction in p-CAMK2 and p-synapsin-1 could disrupt SV mobility, thereby reducing replenishment of the readily releasable pool (RRP) from the reserve pool (RP). Furthermore, cells with DHCR24 knock-down showed downregulation of caveolin-1, a crucial lipid raft marker, compared to control cells. …”
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Magnitude of consistent condom use and associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia: Implication for reducing infections and re-infection. A systematic review a... by Firomsa Bekele, Lalise Tafese, Teshome Debushe

“…The factors associated with a consistent use of condom were described using the pooled odds ratio (OR) and calculated based on binary outcomes from the included primary studies. …”
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Soil organic carbon and related properties under conservation agriculture and contrasting conventional fields in Northern Malawi by Muneta G. Manzeke-Kangara, Ivy S. Ligowe, Austin Tibu, Timothy N. Gondwe, Henry M. R. Greathead, Marcelo V. Galdos, Marcelo V. Galdos

“…Longer term studies and use of alternative mulching options could be employed to recognise noticeable changes in other SOC beneficial pools in fields under CA.…”
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The effects of magnitude of calcium decline at the onset of lactation on serotonin dynamics and the serotonin-calcium axis by M.K. Connelly, R.M. Rodney, J. Kuehnl, J.P.N. Andrade, F. Sonnewend Andrade, S. Henschel, E. Block, I.J. Lean, L.L. Hernandez

“…Time series analyses demonstrated that the pooled mean effect size (ES) of the relationship between ionized Ca and serotonin 36 h before parturition was significantly positive (ES = 0.164) prepartum. …”
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Efficacy and safety of sequential therapy for primary osteoporosis with bone formation promoters followed by bone resorption inhibitors: a meta-analysis by Yuxin Liu, Xin Liu, Yuefeng Wu, Tao Luo

“…Abstract Objective Through this study we aimed to present the latest and most comprehensive pooled analysis, providing an updated evaluation of the efficacy and safety of sequential therapy for primary osteoporosis, using bone formation promoters followed by bone resorption inhibitors. …”
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites and Helicobacter pylori co-infection in people with gastrointestinal symptoms in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yenesew Mihret Wondmagegn, Getu Girmay, Gashaw Azanaw Amare, Muluneh Assefa, Mebratu Tamir, Zufan Yiheyis Abriham, Abebaw Setegn

“…A random-effects model was used to calculate the pooled effect size of outcome variables across studies, with a 95% confidence interval. …”
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