Feasibility and safety of targeted focal microwave ablation of the index tumor in patients with low to intermediate risk prostate cancer: Results of the FOSTINE trial. by Nicolas Barry Delongchamps, Alexandre Schull, Julien Anract, Jean-Paul Abecassis, Marc Zerbib, Mathilde Sibony, Léa Jilet, Hendy Abdoul, Vincent Goffin, Michaël Peyromaure

“…Primary endpoint was the evidence of complete overlap of the index tumor by ablation zone necrosis on MRI 7 days after ablation. …”
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Early childhood obesity prevention efforts through a life course health development perspective: A scoping review. by Sheri Volger, Diane Rigassio Radler, Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia

“…Exclusions: studies in overweight/obese children and obesity treatments, no comparator group. Evidence was characterized across the early life course and multiple-levels of influence.…”
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Modes-of-Action Related to Repeated Dose Toxicity: Tissue-Specific Biological Roles of PPARγ Ligand-Dependent Dysregulation in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Merilin Al Sharif, Petko Alov, Vessela Vitcheva, Ilza Pajeva, Ivanka Tsakovska

“…The description and characterization of the toxicological MoA leading to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are of specific interest, due to its increasing incidence in the modern society. Growing evidence stresses on the PPARγ ligand-dependent dysregulation as a key molecular initiating event (MIE) for this adverse effect. …”
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Enhancing end-of-life care practices on the medicine units: perspectives from nurses and families by Julie C Reid, Deborah J Cook, Neala Hoad, Anne Boyle, Rajendar Hanmiah, Lucinda Landau

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The scholarly and practice profile of respiratory therapists in Canada: A cross-sectional survey by Marco Zaccagnini, André Bussières, Peter Nugus, Andrew West, Aliki Thomas

“…This integration of evidence is encompassed within the competency of scholarly practice. …”
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Economic Evaluations of Health Service Interventions Targeting Patients with Multimorbidities: A Scoping Literature Review by Lucia Ferrara, Vittoria Ardito, Valeria D. Tozzi, Rosanna Tarricone

“…This could suggest that decision-making regarding the delivery of healthcare services for multimorbid patients may not always be based on a solid evidence base. More economic analyses are needed to inform evidence-based coverage decision-making.…”
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Evaluation of the Transition-to-Practice Arrangements for Novice Perioperative Nurses: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study by Nick Nijkamp, Pauline Calleja, Ashlyn Sahay, Leanne Jack

“…However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on transition programs and arrangements. …”
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The impact of depression and anxiety disorders on postoperative outcomes for patients having total hip or knee arthroplasty: Protocol of a meta-analytic study from cohort studies. by Liang Lin, Qing Zhang, Min Xu, Zhihong Xiao, Guosong Xu, Zubing Mei

“…This study aims to consolidate current evidence on the relationship between preoperative depression and/or anxiety disorders and postoperative outcomes in adult patients undergoing primary THA or TKA. …”
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Collaboration between general practitioners and social workers: a scoping review by Birgitta Weltermann, Patrick Mark, Samira Sommer, Cornelia Löwe

“…For all quantitative studies, a level of evidence was assigned. Various measurements are used to determine the effectiveness of collaborations, for example, hospital admissions and professionals’ job satisfaction. …”
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Effectiveness of interventions for dry eye: a protocol for an overview of systematic reviews by Tianjing Li, Paul McCann, Riaz Qureshi, Zanna Kruoch

“…We will extract ratings of the certainty of evidence from within each review. We will report the degree of overlap for systematic reviews that answer similar questions and include overlapping primary studies. …”
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Patient-reported outcomes of zirconia dental implants: a systematic review and future directions by Behrouz Arefnia, Omid Fakheran, Norbert Jakse, Michael Payer

“…This systematic review evaluated the evidence on patient-reported outcome (PROs) in zirconia dental implant treatment. …”
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Towards sustainable food systems: developing a monitoring framework for the EU by Szvetlana Acs, João Costa Leite, Esther Sanyé-Mengual, Arnaldo Caivano, Rui Catarino, Jean-Noël Druon, Federica Di Marcantonio, Beyhan De Jong, Irene Guerrero, Patricia Gurría, Robert M’barek, Panos Panagos, Carolina Puerta-Piñero, Saulius Tamosiunas, Jan Wollgast, Katalin Tóth

“…Grounded in scientific evidence and extensive dialogues among scientific experts with interdisciplinary backgrounds, we define an EU food system sustainability model that provides a conceptual framework for monitoring. …”
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Unveiling the Exodus: A scoping review of attrition in allied health. by Su Ann Yeoh, Saravana Kumar, Anna Phillips, Lok Sze Katrina Li

“…Knowledge about allied health professionals' attrition, or intention to leave, and factors influencing attrition can assist in developing evidence-informed strategies to mitigate this issue. …”
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Study protocol for an epidemiological study ‘Multimorbidity − identifying the most burdensome patterns, risk factors and potentials to reduce future burden (MOLTO)’ based on the Fi... by Annamari Lundqvist, Seppo Koskinen, Päivikki Koponen, Tuija Jääskeläinen, Jaana Suvisaari, Jutta Järvelin

“…The most effective way of decreasing the burden caused by multimorbidity is to find tools for its successful prevention but gaps in research evidence limit capacities to develop prevention strategies. …”
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Interatrial Block and Electrocardiographic Markers of Repolarization in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Classical and Bayesian Analysis by Rengin CETIN GUVENC, Ali Kaan GUREN, Busra ENGUR, Selin CELİK, Refik DEMIRTUNC

“…On Bayesian analyses, there was strong evidence favoring an association between COVID-19 and advanced IAB (BF10: 16), whereas there was no evidence for an association for partial IAB, QTc, QTd, or Tpe (BF10<1 for all). …”
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Expression of Neural Markers by Undifferentiated Mesenchymal-Like Stem Cells from Different Sources by Dana Foudah, Marianna Monfrini, Elisabetta Donzelli, Stefania Niada, Anna T. Brini, Monia Orciani, Giovanni Tredici, Mariarosaria Miloso

“…The spontaneous expression of neural markers, already demonstrated in bone marrow (BM) mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), has been considered as evidence of the MSCs’ predisposition to differentiate toward neural lineages, supporting their use in stem cell-based therapy for neural repair. …”
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Talent identification and development in judo: A systematic review by Aline Aparecida de Souza Ribeiro, Francisco Zacaron Werneck, João Guilherme Vieira, Leandro Sant’Ana, Kathryn Johnston, Joseph Baker, Jeferson Macedo Vianna

“… This review synthesizes the existing literature about talent identification and development in judo and provides evidence-based suggestions to help researchers and practitioners in this area. …”
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Recommendations and guidelines for creating scholarly biomedical journals: A scoping review. by Jeremy Y Ng, Kelly D Cobey, Saad Ahmed, Valerie Chow, Sharleen G Maduranayagam, Lucas J Santoro, Lindsey Sikora, Ana Marusic, Daniel Shanahan, Randy Townsend, Alan Ehrlich, Alfonso Iorio, David Moher

“…The development of an evidence-based guideline may help uphold scholarly publishing quality, provide insight into obstacles new journals will face, and equip novice publishers with the tools to meet best practices.…”
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Exploring physician approaches to conflict resolution in end-of-life decisions in the adult intensive care unit: protocol for a systematic review of qualitative research by Richard Huxtable, Harleen Kaur Johal, Giles Birchley

“…We aim to explore this by systematically reviewing and synthesising the published evidence, which addresses the following research question: what does existing qualitative research reveal about physician approaches to addressing conflict arising in EOL decisions in the AICU?…”
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Effects of the PPARα Agonist and Widely Used Antihyperlipidemic Drug Gemfibrozil on Hepatic Toxicity and Lipid Metabolism by Michael L. Cunningham, Bradley J. Collins, Milton R. Hejtmancik, Ronald A. Herbert, Gregory S. Travlos, Molly K. Vallant, Matthew D. Stout

“…There was morphologic evidence of peroxisome proliferation in rats and mice. …”
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