Risk Factors for Amputation in the Surgical Treatment of Hemophilic Osteoarthropathy: A 20-Year Single-Center Report by Yiming Xu, Bin Feng, Wei Zhu, Yingjie Wang, Xisheng Weng

“…The reasons of amputation contained severe pseudotumor with factor inhibitor and large bone defects, recurrent pathological fracture with pseudotumor, skin ulcer with chronic osteomyelitis, and pseudotumor with systematic infection. In cases reported in retrieved literature, severe pseudotumor with complications, bacterial infection and factor inhibitor were common factors. …”
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Public health policies for children and youth with special health care needs in OECD member countries and Brazil: A scoping review protocol. by Ângela Cristina Rocha Gimenes, Elenir Rose Jardim Cury

“…<h4>Method</h4>A scoping review protocol was developed as per the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) manual and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses-Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist, for application to the Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, PubMed, and Embase databases;to theLatin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS)multilingual thesaurus; and to gray literature.The review will map the principal documents (irrespective of time frame or language) addressing public health policies for CYSHCN up to 19 years old. …”
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Peptidoglycan recognition protein PGRP-5 is involved in immune defence and neuro-behavioral disorders in zebrafish embryos. by Xi Li, Guanghua Xiong, Manni Luo, Siwan Mao, Ruiying Zhang, Ziwei Meng, Juan Li, Xinjun Liao

“…In this study, we systematically investigated the molecular functions of PGRPs in zebrafish embryos. …”
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Prosocial behavior and youth mental health outcomes: A scoping review protocol. by Saima Hirani, Emmanuela Ojukwu, Nilanga Aki Bandara

“…We will report our findings in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). …”
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Economic Aspects of Cash Access Problems by Arkadiusz Manikowski

“…Findings: The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the existence of a real risk associated with the problem of the physical availability of cash. which is caused by the systematic reduction of the network of ATMs and commercial bank branches handling cash, which are the main points where consumers can withdraw it. …”
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The path to national leadership: an understanding of the 25-year formation of the Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine by Володимир Луговий

“…The stages and aspects of the modernization of the institutional mission (goal) and the corresponding status and structural reformatting of the institution as a national leader in systematic research in the university sphere are highlighted. …”
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Does Cataract Surgery Improve the Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration? A Meta-Analysis by Yuanyuan Liu, Qinhua Cai

“…Methods. We performed a systematic literature search in the PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases, and the electronic databases were last searched in January 2019. …”
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¿Una nación en bosquejos? Procesos de identificación aymara en Chile durante el periodo transicional, 1990-1993 by Cristina Oyarzo

“…Although the circulation of the idea of nation was neither systematic nor uniform, expressions of simultaneous adherence to the Chilean State and the Aymara people coexisted, indicating a complex and ambivalent relationship between the processes of ethno-national identification in the period.…”
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Does improving sleep lead to better mental health? A protocol for a meta-analytic review of randomised controlled trials by Georgina Rowse, Alexander J Scott, Thomas L Webb

“…One way to evaluate this assertion is to examine the extent to which interventions that improve sleep also improve mental health.Method and analysis Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) describing the effects of interventions designed to improve sleep on mental health will be identified via a systematic search of four bibliographic databases (in addition to a search for unpublished literature). …”
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The impact of vitamin D on breast cancer treatment: Literature review by Fedosenko Mariia

“…Methods: The authors analyzed and systematized research data on the predictive effect of vitamin D on the prognosis and course of breast cancer, the manifestation of its "non-classical" effects in preclinical and clinical studies, and assessed the possible practical application of the results obtained at the molecular-cellular level. …”
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Acceptability of improved cook stoves-a scoping review of the literature. by Bipin Adhikari, Sophie Suh Young Kang, Aaryan Dahal, Salum Mshamu, Jacqueline Deen, Christopher Pell, Lorenz von Seidlein, Jakob Knudsen, Thomas Chevalier Bøjstrup

“…A scoping review was carried out using a systematic search strategy of literature. All articles identified in three major databases that included Pubmed/Medline, Scopus and Web of Science underwent screening followed by content analysis to generate major and minor themes using a structured social level analysis. …”
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Quantitative Raman Spectroscopic Determination of the Composition, Pressure, and Density of CO2-CH4 Gas Mixtures by Ying Chen, I-Ming Chou

“…The Raman spectra for pure CO2 and CH4 gases and their ten gas mixtures were collected at pressures and temperatures ranging from 2 MPa to 40 MPa and room temperature (∼24°C) to 300°C, respectively. A systematic analysis was carried out to establish a methodology for the quantitative determination of the composition, pressure, and density of CO2-CH4 mixtures. …”
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Massive Clusters and OB Associations as Output of Massive Star Formation in <i>Gaia</i> Era by Ignacio Negueruela

“…While the cluster parameters listed in these catalogues are still subject to many uncertainties and systematic errors, ongoing improvements in data analysis and upcoming <i>Gaia</i> releases promise to enhance the accuracy and reliability of these measurements. …”
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Identification of Environmental Determinants Involved in the Distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Southeast Asia using MaxEnt software. by Jose Francis V Abrantes, Zenn Ashley P Cariño, Hozeo Luis S Mercado, Fatima N Vicencio, Gio Ray S Sosa, Miguel Angelo M Habaña, Nikki Heherson A Dagamac

“…This study aimed to determine the environmental variables that would predict the most suitable ecological niche for this pathogenic bacterium in SEA by maximum entropy (MaxEnt) modeling. Systematic review and meta-analysis of data for melioidosis were obtained from public databases such as PubMed, Harmonized World Soil (HWSD) and WorldClim. …”
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Factors Determining Suitable Landfill Sites for Energy Generation from Municipal Solid Waste: A Case Study of Jabodetabek Area, Indonesia by Muhammad Achirul Nanda, Arif Kurnia Wijayanto, Harry Imantho, Leopold Oscar Nelwan, I Wayan Budiastra, Kudang Boro Seminar

“…In this study, the MCDA output was the weight value associated with a systematic priority level, indicating that the environment was the highest factor in determining a suitable landfill site for energy generation. …”
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Forensic classification of military criminal offences and the place of abuse of power or authority by a military official by I. Kostiuk

“…This approach enabled a systematic study of the legal mechanism for committing military offences and their impact on the observance of discipline and the rule of law in the military environment. …”
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Mechanisms of Public Administration to Ensure Investment and Innovation Security of Territories by Buryk Myroslav M.

“…The study is devoted to a systematic and comprehensive definition of the specifics of managing the security of the innovation and investment sphere of territorial development under conditions of uncertainty. …”
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Estimating wolf abundance with unverified methods by Adrian Treves, Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila

“…We conclude that the Wisconsin method would systematically overestimate wolf abundance by large (but currently incalculable) margins. …”
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Empathy as a professional quality of a counselling psychologist by O. Dudar

“…This study was formed on the basis of a systematic review of materials that identified correlates of the impact of the empathic level on the psycho-emotional state of a person, as well as explained the role of empathy for a person from the opposite aspects of its study. …”
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Technical standardization work in Leningrad industry (1928–1937) by A. V. Kolobova

“…Using a specific problem method, a systematic approach and structural-functional analysis, the management documentation of production associations and their subordinate enterprises, departments of the secretariat of the Leningrad Regional Committee and the city committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks was studied. …”
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