Immediate and short-term effects of neurodynamic techniques on hamstring flexibility: A systematic review with meta-analysis. by Sergio Núñez de Arenas-Arroyo, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno, Ana Torres-Costoso, Sara Reina-Gutiérrez, Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni, Iván Cavero-Redondo

“…<h4>Results</h4>Thirteen trials were included, involving 624 participants. Pooled results showed a significant improvement in HF for immediate (SMD = 1.01, 95% CI: 0.44 to 1.59) and short-term effects (SMD = 1.21, 95% CI: 0.90 to 1.52). …”
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L’agrobiodiversité végétale au sein des paysages forestiers utilisés par les communautés Baka et Konabembé au Sud-Est Cameroun by Évariste Fongnzossie, Thomas Mbang Nkongo, Didier Dibong Siegfried, Marlene Ngansop

“…Overall, 112 species (21 cultivated and 91 native forest species) form the common floristic pool of the Baka and Konabembé farms. This botanical community however masks some little differences. …”
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Burden of tinea capitis among children in Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, 1990–2020 by Felix Bongomin, Ronald Olum, Lauryn Nsenga, Joseph Baruch Baluku

“…A qualitative synthesis will be performed, and STATA V.16.0 software will be used to estimate the pooled prevalence and aetiology of tinea capitis. …”
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Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials on Androgens versus Erythropoietin for Anaemia of Chronic Kidney Disease: Implications for Developing Countries by B. Adamu, S. M. Ma'aji, P. J. Erwin, I. M. Tleyjeh

“…We identified four eligible trials involving 114 participants, majority (83.33%) of whom were males, mostly over 50 years of age. The pooled difference in mean haemoglobin between the nandrolone and EPO arms at the end of the trials was −0.11 (CI −0.80 to 0.58) which is not statistically significant. …”
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GLOBAL PREVALENCE OF CHLAMYDIA INFECTION AMONG WILD BIRDS AS PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS by T. I. Mamun, J. Rahman, M. J. Hossain, R. Hasan, M. T. Neoaj, M. M. Mia

“…The investigators conducted a meta-analysis of 29 studies, which included 48 trials to as-sess the prevalence of Chlamydia. The pooled prevalence of the infection was 22% (95% CI: 15–28%) based on the findings of the meta-analysis. …”

The Diagnostic Performance of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Recurrent Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Gu A, Yuezhan Shan, Huasong Huo, Chao Ding, Caixia Sun

“…The sensitivity and specificity of 18F-FDG PET/CT in detecting recurrent pancreatic cancer following definitive treatment were 0.89 (95 percent CI: 0.83-0.93) and 0.88 (95 percent CI: 0.72-0.96), respectively, according to the pooled estimates. PET/CT performed well in the diagnosis of recurrent pancreatic cancer, with an AUC of 0.94. (0.91-0.95). …”
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The resilience instrument for older adults: scale development and preliminary validation by Chun Hu, Chun-Qing Zhang, Jingdong Liu, Yiqun Gan

“…The reliability and validity of the RIOA were also examined. A pool of 70 candidate items for RIOA was established with good content validity in Study 1. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of under-five mortality due to severe acute malnutrition in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Joshua Wambua, Anahita Ali, Jean Baptiste Ukwizabigira, Paul Kuodi

“…Estimates of the primary and secondary outcomes were pooled using a random-effects meta-analysis due to the anticipated between study heterogeneity. …”
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Efficacy and safety of pharmacological treatments in inclusion body myositis: a systematic review by Pedro M Machado, Eduardo José Ferreira Santos, Nicholas Yapp, Pedro Sousa, Bayram Farisogullari, Hermaleigh Townsley

“…Assessment of risk of bias, data extraction and synthesis were performed independently by two reviewers. Data pooled in statistical meta-analyses, if possible.Results From a total of 487 records, 48 were selected for full-text review, 14 fulfilled the inclusion criteria, but only 2 RCTs were included in meta-analyses due to clinical heterogeneity (different drug interventions or dosages). …”
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Incidence and Predictors of Structural Valve Deterioration after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yu-Xiang Long, Zeng-Zhang Liu

“…Twelve studies encompassing 10031 patients evaluating the incidence of SVD were included, with a follow-up between 1 and 8 years. The pooled incidence of SVD was 4.93% (95% CI, 2.75%–7.70%, I2 = 96%) at 1 year and 8.97% (95% CI, 6.89%–11.29%, I2 = 86%) in the long term (≥5 years). …”
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Relationship between Shoulder Pain, Trunk and Lower Limb Pain in Overhead Athletes: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis by Marine Leroux, Franck Lagniaux

“…The ROBINS-E tool was used to assess the methodological quality of each article. The data were pooled in a random-effects meta-analysis, using odds ratios to estimate the strength of the association between shoulder pain and pain at other locations…”
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Regional inequality and well-being of households in Kazakhstan: district- level analysis by A. Kudebayeva, A. Sätre

“…The methodology consists of the evaluation generalized entropy indexes on rural/urban, regions and districts level. Moreover, based on pooled OLS methodology for regressions analysis the main associates of well-being of households is estimated empirically. …”
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The Real-World Utilization Pattern of Increased Utilization of Advanced Topical Adjunctive Hemostats in a Vertically Integrated Healthcare System by Lee Stern, Yi-Chien Lee, Biwen Tao, Lois Lamerato, Gaurav Gangoli, Richard Kocharian, Walter Danker III

“…Descriptive measurements were compared between SURGICEL® ORIGINAL and advanced SURGICEL® products (SURGICEL® FIBRILLAR™ and SURGICEL SNoW®) for pooled common surgical procedures. Among 1471 patients, 450 received SURGICEL® ORIGINAL, and 1021 received advanced SURGICEL® products. …”
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An automatic cervical cell classification model based on improved DenseNet121 by Yue Zhang, Chunyu Ning, Wenjing Yang

“…Secondly, the sizes of the convolutional kernel and pooling window of the Stem layer are adjusted to adapt to the characteristics of the cervical cell images, so that the model can extract the local detailed information more effectively. …”
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Socioeconomic Inequity in Access to Medical and Long-Term Care Among Older People by Shohei Okamoto, Atsuhiro Yamada, Erika Kobayashi, Jersey Liang

“…We analysed data derived from up to 1,775 person-wave observations from 1,370 individuals. Findings The pooled incidence across waves of forgone medical care, self-reported unmet support for activities of daily living (ADL) or instrumental ADL (IADL), and those not certified for LTC services even with ADL or IADL limitations were 4.6%, 15.5%, and 62.5%, respectively. …”
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Soil Nutrient Balance and Soil Fertility Status under the Influence of Fertilization in Maize-Wheat Cropping System in Nepal by Nabin Rawal, Keshab Raj Pande, Renuka Shrestha, Shree Prasad Vista

“…The depletion of native P and K pools even at higher application rates was attributed to higher crop removal over time as compared to inputs. …”
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Association of β-Catenin, APC, SMAD3/4, Tp53, and Cyclin D1 Genes in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hongfeng Yan, Fuquan Jiang, Jianwu Yang

“…To evaluate association, hazard ratios (HRs) were estimated for overall survival (OS) or disease-free survival (DFS), with a 95% confidence interval (CIs). Pooled results showed that β-catenin overexpression, APC mutation, SMAD-3 or 4 loss of expression, TP53 mutations, and Cyclin D1 expression were associated with shorter OS. β-Catenin overexpression (HR: 0.137 (95% CI: 0.131–0.406)), loss of expression of SMAD3 or 4 (HR: 0.449 (95% CI: 0.146–0.753)), the mutations of TP53 (HR: 0.179 (95% CI: 0.126–0.485)), and Cyclin D1 expression (HR: 0.485 (95% CI: 0.772–0.198)) also presented risk for shorter DFS. …”
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Global Prevalence of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD) in Adult Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Francesco Aiello, Gabriele Gallo Afflitto, Francesca Ceccarelli, Massimo Cesareo, Carlo Nucci

“…., 2232 male (M) and 2322 female (F)), we retrieved 269 FECD cases (81 M; 188 F), with a pooled prevalence estimates of 7.33% (95% CI: 4.08–12.8%). …”
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Biomorphic design in landscape architecture: An overview and application via experimental design inspired by species Carica papaya l. by Jović Biljana, Zdimalova Maria, Chemarum Benjamin, Stanojević Anđela

“…The conceptual biodesign solution is represented in a form of the biomorphic open space design with landscape architectural elements: pool, bench and bridge, as the result of this study. …”
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Knockout of the ING5 epigenetic regulator confirms roles in stem cell maintenance and tumor suppression in vivo. by Buthaina Al Shueili, Arthur Dantas, Etienne Mahe, Tak Ho Chu, Yang Yang, Elodie Labit, Eren Kutluberk, Nicolas Lasaleta, Anand Masson, Hiba Omairi, Kenichi Ito, Roman J Krawetz, Rajiv Midha, Gregory Cairncross, Karl Riabowol

“…Here we find that CRISPR/Cas9 ING5 knockout (KO) mice are sub-fertile but show no decrease in lifespan or ability to heal wounds despite indications of depleted stem cell pools in several tissues. ING5 KO mouse embryo fibroblasts accumulate in G2 of the cell cycle, have high levels of abnormal nuclei and show high basal levels of the γH2AX indicator of DNA damage. …”
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