Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Liver Cirrhosis: Surgical Resection versus Transarterial Chemoembolization—A Meta-Analysis by Teodor Kapitanov, Ulf P. Neumann, Maximilian Schmeding

“…Recently liver resection for HCC and significant cirrhosis has become increasingly popular. A systematic search of the literature and meta-analysis was conducted to identify studies, reporting short- and long-term results of hepatic resection versus TACE for HCC treatment. …”
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High-frequency percussive ventilation in acute respiratory failure by Andrea Bruni, Giuseppe Neri, Gianmaria Cammarota, Vincenzo Bosco, Eugenio Biamonte, Letizia Troisi, Annalisa Boscolo, Paolo Navalesi, Federico Longhini, Eugenio Garofalo

“…This study investigated the impact of HFPV on gas exchange and clinical outcomes in acute respiratory failure (ARF) patients during spontaneous breathing, noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and invasive mechanical ventilation (iMV). Methods This systematic review included randomised and nonrandomised studies up to August 2023. …”
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Towards a sustainable set of European Core Health Indicators (ECHI) by Mariken J. Tijhuis, Eveline A. van der Wilk, Sarka Dankova, Angela Fehr, Silvia Ghirini, Mika Gissler, Romana Haneef, Heidi Lyshol, Emanuele Scafato, Stefanie Seeling, Hanna Tolonen, Thomas Ziese, Irisa Zīle-Velika, Peter W. Achterberg

“…This cannot be achieved in a non-systematic project-based manner; it requires sustainable funding, governance and formalised activities in a permanent structure. …”
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The Effects of Baclofen for the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Shujie Li, Shengying Shi, Feng Chen, Jingming Lin

“…This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of baclofen for the treatment of GERD. Methods. We systematically searched randomized controlled trials published prior to November 2013 from PubMed, Medline, Embase, ScienceDirect, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the Cochrane Central Register of Randomized Controlled Trials. …”
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Energy-efficient microwave heating for rapid fabrication of porous carbon nanofibers by Haoyue Zhao, Xinyu Li, Fangqin Su, Ning Qi, Jian Fang

“…To deeply understand the microwave heating mechanism and differences with traditional heating, we systematically investigate and analyze the effects of the type and concentration of the microwave absorbers, microwave heating parameters, and two heating mechanisms (microwave and traditional heating) on the fabrication of CNFs by experimental investigation and COMSOL simulations. …”
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Women’s understanding and experiences of menopause in low-income and middle-income countries in the Asia Pacific region: a scoping review protocol by Michelle Redman-MacLaren, Karen Cheer, Relmah Baritama Harrington, Dorothy Esau, Emmy Foroasi

“…MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Scopus databases will be systematically searched between February 2022 and May 2022 using subject headings and keywords. …”
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Novel brain SPECT imaging unravels abnormal cerebral perfusion in patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and cognitive dysfunction by Marie-Claire Seeley, Howard O’Brien, Gemma Wilson, Clair Coat, Tess Smith, Kevin Hickson, Reynold Casse, Amanda J. Page, Celine Gallagher, Dennis H. Lau

“…We used brain SPECT, an accessible imaging modality that has not been systematically evaluated in this patient group. Retrospective review of participants from our registry was undertaken to identify those who had a brain SPECT performed for investigation of cognitive dysfunction. …”
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Dance Is an Accessible Physical Activity for People with Parkinson’s Disease by Sara Emmanouilidis, Madeleine E. Hackney, Susan C Slade, Hazel Heng, Dana Jazayeri, Meg E. Morris

“…To evaluate the outcomes of face-to-face, digital, and virtual modes of dancing for people living with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Design. Systematic review informed by Cochrane and PRIMSA guidelines. …”
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Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes at various stages of different aquaculture modes surrounding Tai Lake, China by Congcong Wu, Congcong Wu, Haitao Ye, Mingzhu Xu, Xuan Zhao, Xuejie Zhao, Lina Li, Mingzhi Li, Yanfei Wei, Yuru Li, Baolan Hu, Baolan Hu

“…However, the occurrence of antibiotics and ARGs under different modes and stages of aquaculture has rarely been systematically studied.MethodsThis paper uses qPCR, LC-MS, and High-Throughput sequencing across different culture modes and stages to investigate antibiotics, resistance genes, and microbial communities in the water bodies, and analyze contamination differences between these modes.ResultsThe quinolone and chloramphenicol were the main antibiotics, and the highest absolute abundance genes were quinolone resistance genes (qnrB) and quinolone resistance genes (sul1), with the mobile genetic element (MGE) intI1, both of which exhibited a gradual seasonal increase. …”
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The Role of Aggregates of Therapeutic Protein Products in Immunogenicity: An Evaluation by Mathematical Modeling by Liusong Yin, Xiaoying Chen, Abhinav Tiwari, Paolo Vicini, Timothy P. Hickling

“…Modeling interactions between aggregates and B cell receptors demonstrated that aggregates are unlikely to induce T cell-independent immune responses by cross-linking B cell receptors because the amount of signal transducing complex that can form under physiologically relevant conditions is limited. We systematically evaluate the role of aggregates in inducing T cell-dependent immune responses using a recently developed multiscale mechanistic mathematical model. …”
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The Stylistics of Attār's The Conference of the Birds based on Halliday's Functional Linguistics by Khadijeh Bahrami Rahnama

“…Therefore, among metafunctions proposed by Hallidays’ in his systematic order, this study examined ideational and interpersonal metafunctions in Attār’s The Conference of the Birds (Manteq-Al-Tayr-e), using a descriptive-analytical method. …”
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Spatial–Temporal Analysis of Coupling Coordination Between New Urbanization and Ecological Environment in Ya’an, China by Wei Wei, Lei Xiao, Xiao Zhang, Luyao Jin, Di Wang, Xin Long, Qiaoqiao Yang, Jinxiang Li, Ying Zhou

“…The results indicate the following: (1) From 2011 to 2021, the CCD of Ya’an shifted from basically balanced to highly balanced, and RDD shifted from new urbanization lag to systematic balanced. (2) The CCD of Ya’an varies significantly among regions, and the spatial differentiation of the effects of different factors has different characteristics.…”
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Traffic Anomaly Detection Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Improved Exploitation of the GM(1,1) Model by Qin Yu, Jibin Lyu, Lirui Jiang, Longjiang Li

“…In the paper, we improve exploitation of GM(1,1) model to make traffic prediction and judge the traffic anomaly in WSNs. Based on our systematical researches on the characteristics of WSN traffic, the causes of WSN abnormal traffic, and latest related research and development, we better exploit the GM(1,1) model following four guidelines: using a sliding window to determine historical data for modeling, optimizing initial value of one-order grey differential equation, making traffic prediction by short step exponential weighted average method, and judging whether the traffic of the next moment is abnormal by Euclidean distance. …”
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The Impact of Creatine Supplementation on Physical Performance, Cognitive Functions, and Safety – A Literature Review by Adam Sobiński, Matylda Czerwonka, Zuzanna Kościuszko, Katarzyna Kurza, Silvia Ciraolo, Julianna Podolec, Agnieszka Kulczycka-Rowicka, Katarzyna Lesiczka-Fedoryj, Joanna Wojda, Anna Walczak

“…Research Materials and Methods: The study is based on clinical trials, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews from the past decade. Data were collected from studies on creatine supplementation at various doses, including loading and maintenance phases, and its effects on physical and cognitive outcomes, as well as kidney and liver function. …”
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Improved Performance and Voltage Stability of Islanded Inverters Using Single-Loop PI-Lead Controller by Mohammed E. Benzoubir, Abderezak Lashab, Khaled Rayane, Mohammed Benmiloud, Mohamed Bougrine, Atallah Benalia, Mohamed Trabelsi, Hani Vahedi

“…Despite the challenges posed by multi-resonance phenomena and coupling effects inherent in single-loop SRF-based modeling, a comprehensive frequency-domain analysis is performed, with systematic controller parameter design guidelines to mitigate multi-gain crossover issues. …”
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Positive Psychological Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Rationale, Theoretical Model, and Intervention Development by Jeff C. Huffman, Christina M. DuBois, Rachel A. Millstein, Christopher M. Celano, Deborah Wexler

“…Positive psychology (PP) interventions, which utilize systematic exercises to increase optimism, well-being, and positive affect, consistently increase positive states and are easily delivered to patients with chronic illnesses. …”
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Segetal flora of some regions of Russia: characteristics of the taxonomic structure by A. S. Tretyakova, O. G. Baranova, N. N. Luneva, T. A. Terekhina, S. M. Yamalov, M. V. Lebedeva, G. R. Khasanova, N. Yu. Grudanov

“….), their subsequences, contributions of singlespecies families (17–39%) and genera (57–74%) were relatively stable systematic structure indicators. Only 18% of the species were common for all the regions. …”
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Diagnostic Performance of Des-γ-carboxy Prothrombin for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis by Rong Zhu, Jing Yang, Ling Xu, Weiqi Dai, Fan Wang, Miao Shen, Yan Zhang, Huawei Zhang, Kan Chen, Ping Cheng, Chengfen Wang, Yuanyuan Zheng, Jingjing Li, Jie Lu, Yingqun Zhou, Dong Wu, Chuanyong Guo

“…This meta-analysis was performed to investigate the performance of DCP in the diagnosis of HCC. Following a systematic review of relevant studies, Meta-DiSc 1.4 software was used to extract data and to calculate the overall sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR). …”
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PRKD2 as a novel target for targeting the diabetes–osteoporosis nexus by Rongjin Chen, Chenhui Yang, Hefang Xiao, Ao Yang, Changshun Chen, Fei Yang, Bo Peng, Bin Geng, Yayi Xia

“…By employing the Mfuzz time-series gene clustering method combined with transcriptome sequencing of patient serum, we systematically delineated gene expression patterns during the transition from a healthy state through DM to DMOP. …”
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Mutual control of electric and magnetic orders near room temperature in Al doped Y-type hexaferrite single crystals by Pengzheng Li, Mengfang Yu, Lin Yang, Qiutian Duan, Yinchen Wu, Aihua Zhang, Min Zeng, Meifeng Liu, Xingsen Gao

“…Realizing robust magnetoelectric (ME) coupling effect near room temperature is still a long-standing challenge for the application of multiferroic materials in next-generation low-power spintronic and memory devices. Here we report a systematic study on the magnetic, dielectric, and ME coupling properties of Y-type hexaferrite Ba0.5Sr1.5Co2Fe12–xAlxO22 (x = 0.0, 0.5, 1.0) single crystals. …”
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