The relative risk of fatal poisoning by methadone or buprenorphine within the wider population of England and Wales by Dave Marteau, Rebecca McDonald, Kamlesh Patel

“…The analysis encompassed poisoning deaths among members of the wider population of England and Wales who consumed, but were not prescribed these medications, in addition to patients prescribed methadone or buprenorphine.Main outcome measures Mortality risk: substance-specific overdose rate per 1000 prescriptions issued; relative risk ratio of methadone in relation to buprenorphine.Results During the years 2007–2012, the pooled overdose death rate was 0.137/1000 prescriptions of methadone, compared to 0.022/1000 prescriptions of buprenorphine (including buprenorphine-naloxone). …”
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Fair Business Leadership: Is Protecting Minority Investors Important to the Development of Start-Ups in Clean and Digital Energy? by Dmytro Halynskyi, Oleksandr Telizhenko

“…With panel data from 19 countries over 7 years, this research applies three econometric models – the pooling model, fixed effects model, and random effects model – to capture the influence of investor protection on start-up growth while accounting for country- and time-specific variations. …”
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Effect of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on HPV infection and recurrence of HPV related disease after local surgical treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Qinxue Cao, Yantao Hou, Chaoyang Wang, Juntao Yin

“…Included studies were assessed for risk of bias using the Revised Cochrane risk-of-bias (RoB 2.0 tool). Pooled risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. …”
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Effect of music therapy on behavioral and physiological neonatal outcomes: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis. by Fatemeh Shahbazi, Marzieh Fattahi-Darghlou, Samad Moslehi, Minoo Dabiri-Golchin, Marjan Shahbazi

“…<h4>Results</h4>In total, 30 articles (1855 participants) were identified for inclusion in our meta-analysis. According to pooled analysis with each minute increase in music therapy, the means of respiratory rate, pain score, SBP, DBP, behavioral score, and body temperature decrease by 35.3 beats per minutes, 15.3 VAS, 30.7 mmHg, 8.9 mmHg, 2.7, and 0.27°C. …”
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The cell cycle regulatory gene polymorphisms TP53 (rs1042522) and MDM2 (rs2279744) in lung cancer: a meta-analysis by O. Bulgakova, A. Kussainova, R. Bersimbaev

“…A noteworthy association of TP53 (rs1042522) with susceptibility to lung cancer in overall pooled subjects was observed under three different models (allele contrast, homozygote contrast (additive) and dominant). …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of adjuvant radiotherapy in addition to surgery versus surgery alone at improving oncologic outcomes for early stage buccal carcinoma: a systematic rev... by Corliss Ann Elizabeth Best, Alexandra Elizabeth Quimby, Brittany Ann Barbara Best, Dean Fergusson, Hussain Alsaffar

“…Overall study quality was moderate to high. Pooled relative risk ratios using a fixed effects model did not reveal any statistically significant difference in overall survival (p = 0.70) or locoregional recurrence rates (p = 0.72) in Stage I and II disease. …”
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Results of a study of soybean source material for breeding purposes under the conditions of Primorsky Territory by E. A. Vasina, E. S. Butovets, L. M. Lukyanchuk

“…A study of the soybean gene pool adapted to the conditions of Primorsky Territory in search of useful agronomic traits is essential for further use in breeding programs.Materials and methods. …”
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Brief Psychiatric Screening Questionnaire in Parkinson’s Disease by Will Lee, David R. Williams, Andrew Evans

“…Variation explained by the final linear regression models was 52% for GDS (R2 = 0.521, F(2,94) = 49.97, p<0.0001), 65% for STAI-Y2 (R2 = 0.652, F(4,94) = 42.08, p<0.0001), and 14% for AES (R2 = 0.135, F(1,94) = 14.51, p<0.0001). From the initial pool, only five questions remained for further testing. …”
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Generation of microdissected DNA probes from metaphase chromosomes when chromosome identification by routine staining is impossible by K. S. Zadesenets, N. B. Rubtsov

“…CISS-Hybridization allowed identifying the original chromosome(s) used for DNA probe generation. Pooled WCPs derived from homologous chromosomes increased the intensity and specificity of chromosome painting provided by CISS-Hybridization. …”
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Asymptomatic Plasmodium Parasites among Adults in Eastern Uganda: A Case of Donor Blood Screening at Mbale Regional Blood Bank by Simon Peter Inyimai, Mosses Ocan, Benjamin Wabwire, Peter Olupot-Olupot

“…The 1.3% prevalence of Plasmodium malaria parasites in screened donor blood units represents risk of malaria blood transfusion transmitted infection and a pool of community transmittable malaria infections, respectively.…”
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Culture and end of life care: a scoping exercise in seven European countries. by Marjolein Gysels, Natalie Evans, Arantza Meñaca, Erin Andrew, Franco Toscani, Sylvia Finetti, H Roeline Pasman, Irene Higginson, Richard Harding, Robert Pool, Project PRISMA

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Perinatal intimate partner violence and breastfeeding practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. by Zelalem Nigussie Azene, Catherine MacPhail, Lisa Gaye Smithers

“…Statistical analysis will be conducted using STATA/SE version 17, employing random-effects models to calculate pooled effect sizes and assess heterogeneity with I2 and Chi-square tests. …”
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Drought resistance of introgressive spring common wheat lines with genetic material of tall wheatgrass by L. Ya. Plotnikova, A. T. Sagendykova, S. P. Kuzmina

“….), it is important to use the gene pools of its relatives, including tall wheatgrass Thinopyrum ponticum (Podpěra) Z.…”
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Association of Fibrinogen Aα Thr312Ala (rs6050) Polymorphism with Venous Thrombosis and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis by Han Cheng MM, Haozhe Yang BM, Yantong Zhang BM, Zhanxu Wei MM, Lei Xia BM, Jing Yang PhD

“…To assess the strength of associations, we calculated pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) in different genetic models. …”
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Molecular markers in the genetic analysis of crossability of bread wheat with rye by I. V. Porotnikov, O. Yu. Antonova, O. P. Mitrofanova

“…This factor limits the chance of introduction of alien genetic material into the wheat gene pool and the possibility of new varieties breeding with good adaptation to adverse environmental factors. …”
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Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationship (QSAR) Modeling of Chiral CCR2 Antagonists with a Multidimensional Space of Novel Chirality Descriptors by Ramanathan Natarajan, Ganapathy S. Natarajan, Subhash C. Basak

“…The numerical characterization of chirality by the RCI approach gives a large pool of chirality descriptors with different degrees of mutual correlation (the correlation coefficient among the computed descriptors varied from 0.02 to 0.99). …”
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A Meta-Analysis of the Structural Validity of Original and Brief Versions of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 in Iran by Saeid Komasi, Andre Kerber, Christopher James Hopwood

“…Results: The five-factor structure of the PID-5 to measure both trait models was supported by the pooled estimates of factor loadings. The alpha coefficient median for the DSM-5 model was 0.83 (range: 0.82-0.90), and the congruence coefficient median was .91 (range: 0.80-0.97). …”
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Optimizing in vitro fertilization in four Caribbean coral species by Valérie F. Chamberland, Matthew-James Bennett, Tania Doblado Speck, Kelly R. W. Latijnhouwers, Margaret W. Miller

“…For each species, we exposed eggs from a single dam to pooled sperm samples from three sires (1) at concentrations ranging from zero to 109 cell mL−1, (2) after letting gametes age for 2 to 6 h, and (3) for a period of 15 to 120 min. …”
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Exploring the relationship between trunk flexibility and arterial stiffness measured by pulse wave velocity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Iván Cavero-Redondo, Helder Fonseca, Iris Otero-Luis, Lucimere Bohn, Carla Geovanna Lever-Megina, Nerea Moreno-Herraiz, Alicia Saz-Lara

“…Poor trunk flexibility was associated with increased arterial stiffness compared to high flexibility (pooled standardized mean difference = -0.27, 95% CI: -0.39, -0.14), with substantial heterogeneity observed. …”
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Traces of archaic mitochondrial lineages persist in Austronesian-speaking Formosan populations. by Jean A Trejaut, Toomas Kivisild, Jun Hun Loo, Chien Liang Lee, Chun Lin He, Chia Jung Hsu, Zheng Yan Lee, Marie Lin

“…Although indicating a common origin of the populations of insular Southeast Asia and Oceania, most mtDNA lineages in Taiwanese aboriginal populations are grouped separately from those found in China and the Taiwan general (Han) population, suggesting a prevalence in the Taiwanese aboriginal gene pool of its initial late Pleistocene settlers. Interestingly, from complete mtDNA sequencing information, most B4a lineages were associated with three coding region substitutions, defining a new subclade, B4a1a, that endorses the origin of Polynesian migration from Taiwan. …”
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