What is the influence of single-entry models on access to elective surgical procedures? A systematic review by Deborah A Marshall, Zaheed Damani, Barbara Conner-Spady, Tina Nash, Henry Tom Stelfox, Tom W Noseworthy

“…We assessed scope of use and influence of SEMs on access (waiting times/throughput) and patient-centredness (patient/provider acceptability).Methods Systematic review of articles published in 6 relevant electronic databases included studies from database inception to July 2016. …”
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Still No Substantial Evidence to Use Prophylactic Antibiotic at Operative Vaginal Delivery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yifru Berhan, Sisay Kirba, Achamyelesh Gebre

“…Systematic review and meta-analysis were done by including 14 articles published between 1990 and August 2019. Results. The average absolute risk of postpartum infection at OVD from seven large cohort studies was 1%. …”
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The dynamics of mental health policy in Iran over the last century by Hashem Rastegar, Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae, Leila Doshmangir

“…Methods A content analysis of the literature and published and unpublished official documents and local media as well as a comprehensive network analysis of the text taken from the main databases of laws and regulations and the official websites of ministries and institutions related to mental health in Iran from 1907 to 2024 were carried out. …”
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Adomas Jakštas - Dambrauskas (1860-1938) as a Lithuanian public figure and literary man by Vanda Stonienė

“…For more than 50 years, he worked intensively as a publisher, editor, organizer of Lithuanian periodicals, literary figure, publicist, and researcher. …”
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Accurate Diagnosis and Treatment of Painful Temporomandibular Disorders: A Literature Review Supplemented by Own Clinical Experience by Adam Andrzej Garstka, Lidia Kozowska, Konrad Kijak, Monika Brzózka, Helena Gronwald, Piotr Skomro, Danuta Lietz-Kijak

“…The study was conducted by searching scientific databases PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar for documents published from 2002–2022. The following keywords were used to build the full list of references: TMD, pain, temporomandibular joint (TMJ), TMJ disorders, occlusal splint, relaxing splints, physiotherapy TMD, pharmacology TMD, natural therapy TMD, diagnostic criteria for TMD, and DC/TMD. …”
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Implicit bias assessment by career stage in medical education training: a narrative review by Alisha Crump, May Saad Al-Jorani, Sunya Ahmed, Ekas Abrol, Shikha Jain

“…Over 50% of extracted papers (74%) were published between 2019 and 2021 and investigated implicit bias at the post-graduate level (43%), followed by the graduate level (34%), and pre-medical level (9.4%). …”
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The Importance of Olfaction for Mixed Paternity in Birds by Charlotta Kvarnemo, Alice Anderstedt, Maria Strandh, Donald Blomqvist

“…To test this suggestion and explore if olfaction may indeed influence mating patterns in birds, we combined published measures of olfactory ability with data on genetic mating pattern in the same species, across a phylogenetically broad range of species. …”
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What Do We Know of Childhood Exposures to Metals (Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury) in Emerging Market Countries? by Lindsey M. Horton, Mary E. Mortensen, Yulia Iossifova, Marlena M. Wald, Paula Burgess

“…Seventy-six peer-reviewed, published studies on pediatric exposure to metals met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Remarkably Few Sputum Cultures from People with Parkinson’s Disease during Hospital In-Patient Admission by Richard W. Walker, Joel English, Grace Tan, Annette Fisher, William K. Gray

“…Although respiratory tract infections can be a common complication in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), there is little published data on the nature of such infections in this patient group. …”
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The role of optical coherence tomography angiography in assessing diabetic choroidopathy: a systematic review by M. Hossein Nowroozzadeh, Mansoureh Bagheri

“…Studies included were peer-reviewed, published in English, and excluded case reports, conference proceedings, and studies on treated DR patients. …”
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The Prospects of Russia and India Jointly Leading a New Non-Aligned Movement by A. Korybko, V. M. Morozov

“…The neorealist school of International Relations Theory preaches the need to pursue national interests, which sometimes align with others', and it is argued in the article that it is with this idea in mind that both countries have a motivation to jointly improve their strategic positions relative to the People's Republic, albeit in a non-hostile manner that avoids the risk of inadvertently triggering a security dilemma and reversing the recent gains made in Eurasian integration.Two articles published by Russia's Valdai Club in 2019 indicated the possibility of creating a new Non-Aligned Movement, with the most recent one proposing that it be jointly led by Russia and India in order to advance the aforementioned neo-realist objective of balancing China. …”
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Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Recent Advances and New Challenges by Namrata Hange, Sujan Poudel, Saleha Ozair, Trissa Paul, Meghna Nambakkam, Rakchhya Shrestha, Farrah Greye, Sangam Shah, Yagya Raj Adhikari, Sangharsha Thapa, Pooja Patel

“…However, human studies and studies published in English were included. Result. This review article discusses novel treatment modalities while acknowledging the challenges medical workers face while encountering neuropathic pain. …”
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Anthropometric Parameters in Celiac Disease: A Review on the Different Evaluation Methods and Disease Effects by Allysson Costa, Gleisson A. P. Brito

“…This review compiled anthropometric data from 29 original articles, published between 1995 and 2015, corresponding to a total sample of 6368 celiac disease subjects. …”
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Reconstruction of gene regulatory networks from single cell transcriptomic data by M. A. Rybakov, N. A. Omelyanchuk, E. V. Zemlyanskaya

“…Historically, the first approach for the GRN reconstruction was based on the analysis of published data (including those summarized in databases). …”
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Context-Aware and Locality-Constrained Coding for Image Categorization by Wenhua Xiao, Bin Wang, Yu Liu, Weidong Bao, Maojun Zhang

“…Extensive experiments on several available datasets (Scene-15, Caltech101, and Caltech256) are conducted to validate the superiority of our algorithm by comparing it with baselines and recent published methods. Experimental results show that our method significantly improves the performance of baselines and achieves comparable and even better performance with the state of the arts.…”
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Investigation and Comparison of Some Laboratories in Terms of Occupational Health and Safety by ELMERI Observation Method by Orkun Dalyan, Mehmet Pişkin, Ömer Faruk Öztürk, Nuray Özkaya

“…According to the data obtained from the ELMERI safety index, the necessary measures to be taken in the laboratories were determined and recommendations were made.According to this research, average index values of laboratories according to categories; training and information 96%, diseases and accidents 94%, biological factors 86%, physical factors 82%, ergonomics 81%, machinery and hand tools 78%, personal protective equipment 75%, waste management 72%, electricity 71%, chemical factors 69%, fire-explosion and emergencies 67%, psychosocial factors 67%, storage 64% and general workplace layout 62%.Although there are occupational safety evaluation studies in the literature using the checklists published by the relevant ministry, there is almost no work to create safety indexes for workplaces by combining the relevant lists with the ELMERI observation method. …”
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Does task delegation to non-physician health professionals improve quality of diabetes care? Results of a scoping review. by Sanas Mirhoseiny, Tjarko Geelvink, Stephan Martin, Horst Christian Vollmar, Stephanie Stock, Marcus Redaelli

“…<h4>Research design and methods</h4>Systematic searches were performed using the PubMed, Embase and Google Scholar databases to retrieve papers published between January 1994 and December 2017. Randomised/non-randomised controlled trials and studies with a before/after design that described the delegation of tasks from physicians to non-physicians in diabetes care were included in the search. …”
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Different Strategies for the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in China: An Economic Evaluation by Bin Wu, Jin Li, Houwen Lin, Haixiang Wu

“…Clinical data related to treatments were obtained from published randomized clinical trials. Direct medical costs and resource utilization in the Chinese health care setting were taken into account. …”
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Comparison of efficacy and safety of complementary and alternative therapies for essential hypertension with anxiety or depression disorder. by Xueyan Han, Xinxin Liu, Fengxing Zhong, Yiguo Wang, Qiming Zhang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and registered and ongoing trials of Chinese and English databases, related to supplementation and replacement therapies of EH with anxiety or depression disorder, published from initial state to February 2021, will be collected in the form of computer retrieval. …”
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A 2D cell segmentation protocol for monitoring multiple STAT signaling pathways by fluorescence microscopy by Gergő Szanda, Éva Wisniewski, László Barna, Gábor Turu, Ken Mackie

“…The protocol can be adapted to other signaling molecules undergoing nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling and to high-throughput applications.This protocol enables simultaneous monitoring of two STAT isoforms using only conventional techniques and equipment and improves upon the assay published in Szanda et al.1 : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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