Prevalence of common diarrheagenic enterobacteriaceae in Iran (2000–2023): a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mozhgan Derakhshan-Sefidi, Fereshteh Eidy, Somayyeh Nadi-Ravandi, Sareh Bagheri-Josheghani, Maryam Mirfakhraei

“…Results Out of 3,701 papers reviewed, 56 studies met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed. …”
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Financial Toxicity and Kidney Disease in Children and Adults: A Scoping Review by Siligato R, Gembillo G, De Giorgi A, Di Maria A, Scichilone LM, Capone M, Vinci FM, Nicoletti S, Bondanelli M, Malaventura C, Storari A, Santoro D, Dionisi S, Fabbian F

“…With this scoping review, we evaluated all published papers between 2013 and 2023 on this item. We analyzed 16 studies and found that FT is common in pediatric and adult CKD patients and in patients with nephrolithiasis and renal tumors. …”
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Hormonal Contraception and Bone Metabolism: Emerging Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies on Post-Pubertal and Reproductive-Age Women by Alice Tassi, Ambrogio P Londero, Anjeza Xholli, Giulia Lanzolla, Serena Bertozzi, Luca Savelli, Federico Prefumo, Angelo Cagnacci

“…The analysis encompassed accessible papers ranging to December 2024 (i.e., those listed in PubMed/Medline, Embase, Scopus, the Cochrane Database, International Clinical Trials Registry, and ClinicalTrials.gov). …”
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Reflections and trajectories for interdisciplinary research on the energy transition by Cesare Sposito, Francesca Scalisi

“…The contributions published in the form of essays and research papers appear consistent with the 2022 Strategic Foresight Report (European Commission, 2022) based on the JRC report entitled Towards a Green and Digital Future – Key Requirements for Successful Twin Transitions in the European Union (Muench et alii, 2022) and founded on the fundamental concepts of (a) ‘twin’ transitions, as the key to a sustainable, fair and competitive future; (b) ‘just’ transition, for widespread acceptance of green and digital solutions to mitigate consumption and improve efficiency; (c) ‘integrated approach’ to challenges, to maximise the benefits of synergies and better manage risks. …”
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Impact of Online Interactive Decision Tools on Women’s Decision-Making Regarding Breast Cancer Screening: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Patricia Villain, Laura Downham, Alice Le Bonniec, Charlotte Bauquier, Olena Mandrik, Tom Nadarzynski, Lorie Donelle, Raúl Murillo, Eleni L Tolma, Sonali Johnson, Patricia Soler-Michel, Robert Smith

“…ResultsIn total, 22 different e-tools were identified across 31 papers. The degree of tailoring in the e-tools, specifically whether the tool was fully tailored or featured with tailoring, was the most influential factor in women’s decision-making regarding BCS. …”
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Computational Phenotyping of Obstructive Airway Diseases: A Systematic Review by Bashir MBA, Milani GP, De Cosmi V, Mazzocchi A, Zhang G, Basna R, Hedman L, Lindberg A, Ekerljung L, Axelsson M, Vanfleteren LEGW, Rönmark E, Backman H, Kankaanranta H, Nwaru BI

“…We conducted a systematic review to describe studies that utilized unsupervised computational approaches for phenotyping obstructive airway diseases in children and adults.Methods: We searched for relevant papers published between 2010 and 2020 in PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. …”
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Meta-analysis of the clinicopathologic features of endometrial cancer molecular staging by Xiaoxia Yin, Xiaoxia Yin, Bing Luo, Bing Luo, Yong Li, Yong Li

“…Two reviewers used the Cochrane Diagnostic Research Scale assessment, and the data were analyzed using Review Manager 5.4.1 and Stata 14.0.ResultsFourteen diagnostic research papers were included in this study, with a total of 4,776 patients with endometrial cancer. …”
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A Meta-analysis of the effect of five-element music therapy for patients with insomnia (五行音乐对失眠患者干预效果的Meta分析) by WU Yang (吴洋), GAI Haiyun (盖海云), MA Minghui (马明会)

“…Meta-analysis was performed on the papers that met the nadir criteria. Results Twelve studies with a total of 1346 cases were finally included. …”
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Cardiovascular outcomes in long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ting Zhang, Zhimao Li, Qimin Mei, Joseph Harold Walline, Zhaocai Zhang, Yecheng Liu, Huadong Zhu, Bin Du

“…IntroductionThere is growing evidence that patients with SARS-CoV-2 (The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) may have a variety of cardiovascular complications in the post-acute phase of COVID-19, but these manifestations have not yet been comprehensively characterized.MethodsWe performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of primary research papers which evaluated individuals at least four weeks after confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis and reported on cardiovascular disease prevalence. …”
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Meta-analysis: p16INK4α (Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 2A) is one of the major causes of nasopharyngeal cancer by Lao Đức Thuận, Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Thảo, Thiều Hồng Huệ, Nguyễn Trung Hiếu, Phạm Thị Thúy Ngọc, Trần Bích Thư, Lê Huyền Ái Thúy

“…According to a meta-analysis of 11 papers on methylation processes on the p16 INK4α gene conducted by Xiao et al. in 2016, significantly higher levels of methylation were found in NPC tissue samples compared to non-tumor samples (Xiao et al., 2016). …”
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Systematic review of integrated mental and physical health services for children and young people with eating and functional symptoms by Efthalia Massou, Josefine Magnusson, Naomi J Fulop, Saheli Gandhi, Angus IG Ramsay, Isobel Heyman, Sara O’Curry, Sophie Bennett, Tamsin Ford, Stephen Morris

“…Results We identified 2668 citations which resulted in 1939 papers eligible for title screening. Only one single-site Australian evaluation of an integrated care model from over 20 years ago was included in our review. …”
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Editorial by Christian Gütl

“…We also greatly appreciate the generous support of the J.UCS community, especially in promoting the journal and citing relevant articles in their research papers. In this regular issue, I am very pleased to present 5 accepted articles by 16 authors from 7 different countries, namely Algeria, China, India, Ireland, Spain, Tunisia, and Turkiye.…”
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Evidence-based ankle pump exercise in prevention of postoperative deep-vein thrombosis in patients with lower extremity fracture (踝泵运动预防下肢骨折患者围手术期深静脉血栓的循证实践)... by BAO Xiuhong (鲍秀红), ZHANG Fang (张芳), ZHU Yi (朱屹), SHAO Ye (邵烨)

“…Methods CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, Medlive, BMJ, Cochrane library, Embase, PubMed, RNAO, ESPEN, NGC and NICE were searched for clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews and relevant papers from August 2012 to August 2012. The best evidence was evaluated and summarized, the review items were developed for baseline assessment, and facilitating and hindering factors were analyzed. …”
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Evaluation of hierarchical management of operating room nurses to in the promotion of high-quality nursing service (手术室护士分层管理在优质护理服务中的应用效果)... by LI Yanzhen (李棪臻), ZHANG Hui (张慧), HE Lili (何利利), ZHANG Jing (张静), LEI Dan (雷丹), WEI Qianqian (卫倩倩), XI Hongna (席红娜), LI Hao (李豪), LIU Ruzhong (刘儒忠), HUANG Xinkun (黄新坤), LIU Xiongtao (刘雄涛)

“…The number of people participating in the publication of scientific research papers and fund applications had increased after implementation of hierarchical management. …”
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Extremal Results on <i>ℓ</i>-Connected Graphs or Pancyclic Graphs Based on Wiener-Type Indices by Jing Zeng, Hechao Liu, Lihua You

“…Our results generalize some existing results of several papers.…”
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Peer support for adult social care in prisons in England and Wales: a mixed-methods rapid evaluation by Holly Walton, Efthalia Massou, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, Donna Gipson, Lucy Wainwright, Paula Harriott, Pei Li Ng, Stephen Riley, Stephen Morris, Naomi J Fulop

“…Methods A rapid mixed-methods study, including a rapid systematic scoping review (n = 70 papers), a documentary analysis of 102 His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons reports, and a multisite study of implementation and experience. …”
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