Harnessing Internet Search Data as a Potential Tool for Medical Diagnosis: Literature Review by Gregory J Downing, Lucas M Tramontozzi, Jackson Garcia, Emma Villanueva

“…MethodsWe conducted a comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed literature and informational interviews with subject matter experts to examine the landscape of internet search data use in medical research. We searched for published peer-reviewed literature on the PubMed database between October and December 2023. …”
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Interventions for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Management Among Indigenous Children and Youth: A Systematic Review by Edmund Wedam Kanmiki, Yaqoot Fatima, Thuy Linh Duong, Roslyn Von Senden, Tolassa W. Ushula, Abdullah A. Mamun

“…Methods A comprehensive search of five electronic databases was carried out in February 2023 to identify relevant studies published in English. We included studies of all designs involving Indigenous children and youth under 25 years of age. …”
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Analysing the scientific literature on transgender and gender diverse persons’ experiences with sexual and reproductive health care services from an intersectional perspective by Susan Heward-Belle, Sarah Ciftci, Renee Lovell

“…Studies were included if they were in English, conducted in OECD countries, published between 2012 to 2022 in peer-reviewed journals, based upon empirical research, involving human participants and presenting disaggregated data for TGD populations. …”
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Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Gastrointestinal Tract: Report of Five Cases and Review of the Literature by Massimo Ambroggi, Elisa Maria Stroppa, Patrizia Mordenti, Claudia Biasini, Adriano Zangrandi, Emanuele Michieletti, Elena Belloni, Luigi Cavanna

“…Selected for the present review were papers published in English before June 2012. Five of 980 patients (0.5%) showed gastrointestinal metastases from breast cancer, 3 patients had gastric involvement, 1 jejunum, and 1 rectum. …”
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Conservative treatment for cataract: state-of-the-art by S.Yu. Petrov, I.V. Kozlova, R.P. Poleva

“…This paper addresses published data for different years on the studies on this issue. …”
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Public perceptions on the application of artificial intelligence in healthcare: a qualitative meta-synthesis by Jing Gao, Xinyu Chen, Xiaolian Jiang, Chenxi Wu, Huiqiong Xu, Dingxi Bai

“…Here, a meta-synthesis was conducted to analyse and summarise the public’s understanding of the application of AI in the healthcare field, to provide recommendations for future use and management of AI in medical practice.Design This was a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.Method A search was performed on the following databases to identify studies published in English and Chinese: MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of science, Cochrane library, Embase, PsycINFO, CNKI, Wanfang and VIP. …”
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Low-Level Zoonotic Transmission of Clade C MERS-CoV in Africa: Insights from Scoping Review and Cohort Studies in Hospital and Community Settings by Andrew Karani, Cynthia Ombok, Silvia Situma, Robert Breiman, Marianne Mureithi, Walter Jaoko, M. Kariuki Njenga, Isaac Ngere

“…We reviewed 16 studies (n = 6198) published across seven African countries between 2012 and 2024 to assess human MERS-CoV cases. …”
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Clinical Evidence in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea with Oral Appliances: A Systematic Review by Andrea Rossi, Antonino Lo Giudice, Camilla Di Pardo, Alberto Teodoro Valentini, Francesca Marradi, Nicola Vanacore, Cristina Grippaudo

“…All the abstracts which were published before February 18, 2019, have been identified in three electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane). …”
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Promising source material for winter triticale breeding under the conditions of the Middle Urals by G. N. Potapova, N. L. Zobnina, A. V. Bezgodov, M. S. Ivanova

“…Plants were assessed for winter hardiness, yield, density of productive stems, plant height, ear length, number of spikelets and grains per ear, weight of 1000 grains, and ear productivity in accordance with published guidelines.Results. Cvs. ‘Privada’, ‘Tsekad 90’ and ‘Nemchinovsky 58’ combined high winter hardiness (70–81%) with resistance to damage by snow mold (15–20%), high density of productive stems (324–425 pcs/m2), and high yield (562–616 g/m2). …”
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Ovulation Induction Techniques in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Systematic Review by Daria Michałka, Natalie Papachristoforou, Natalia Tekiela, Zuzanna Gałuszka, Monika Makar, Tomasz Bartuś, Emilia Bąk, Justyna Głowacka, Aleksandra Kocjan, Radosław Chmiel

“…Our aim was to review various studies, including meta-analyses and comparisons of methods from published texts, to gain valuable insights into the topic. …”
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Successful open defecation-free intervention in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative synthesis systematic review protocol by Vera Yulyani, Iswanto Iswanto, Daniel Daniel, Fitrina Mahardani Kusumaningrum, Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi

“…Research examining sanitation interventions in schools, shelters, disability communities and virtual communities was excluded, as the review focused exclusively on community-based interventions. Studies published in English and Indonesian were included without limitation of the initial year until 31 January 2025. …”
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Deciphering the regulatory programs of RNA binding proteins in rheumatoid arthritis through single-cell transcriptome analysis by Hongbin Luo, Qunya Zheng, Youzheng Zhou, Weipeng Lai, Nanwen Zhang, Peng Chen

“…Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data from published datasets were obtained to investigate the expression and dysregulation of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), which are critical for alternative mRNA splicing and translational control in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …”
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Direct and Indirect Protection with Pediatric Quadrivalent Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccination in Europe Estimated by a Dynamic Transmission Model by Laetitia Gerlier, Judith Hackett, Richard Lawson, Sofia Dos Santos Mendes, Catherine Weil-Olivier, Markus Schwehm, Martin Eichner

“…For each country, the basic reproduction number (R0) was calibrated to published influenza incidence statistics. Assumed vaccine efficacy for children was 80% (QLAIV) and 59% (QIV). …”
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Lens disorders in degenerative myopia. Treatment options by M.H. Rabadanova, Zh.G. Oganezova, E.V. Kremkova, M.M. Yakh'yaeva

“…This article discusses the pathogenesis of cataracts with a focus on oxidative stress, which is also important for myopia progression. The published and authors' data on the association between myopia and cataracts are addressed. …”
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Sex-specific differences in recurrence and progression following cytostatic intravesical chemotherapy for non-muscle invasive urothelial bladder cancer (NMIBC) by Laila Schneidewind, Bernhard Kiss, Thomas Neumann, Jennifer Kranz, Friedemann Zengerling, Sebastian Graf, Annabel Graser, Annemarie Uhlig

“…Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted on studies published between 1976 and 2024, following PRISMA guidelines. …”
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Beyond destruction: emerging roles of the E3 ubiquitin ligase Hakai by Juan-José Escuder-Rodríguez, Andrea Rodríguez-Alonso, Lía Jove, Macarena Quiroga, Gloria Alfonsín, Angélica Figueroa

“…However, important recent published research has highlighted the noncanonical role of Hakai, independent of its E3 ubiquitin ligase activity, underscoring its involvement in the N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) writer complex and its impact on the methylation of RNA. …”
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Remodeling of Mitochondria–Endoplasmic Reticulum Contact Sites Accompanies LUHMES Differentiation by Emad Norouzi Esfahani, Tomas Knedlik, Sang Hun Shin, Ana Paula Magalhães Rebelo, Agnese De Mario, Caterina Vianello, Luca Persano, Elena Rampazzo, Paolo Edomi, Camilla Bean, Dario Brunetti, Luca Scorrano, Samuele Greco, Marco Gerdol, Marta Giacomello

“…Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) are often used to study the subcellular mechanisms underlying differentiation into neurons in vitro. Works published to date have focused on the pathways that distinguish undifferentiated NPCs from mature neurons, neglecting the earlier and intermediate stages of this process. …”
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Efficacy and safety of non-pharmacological interventions for neonatal pain: an overview of systematic reviews by Xufei Luo, Qiao Shen, Zixuan Huang, Hongyao Leng, Xianlan Zheng

“…Objectives To synthesise current evidence from systematic reviews (SRs) regarding the efficacy and safety of non-pharmacological interventions to prevent and treat pain in newborn infants.Design Overview of SRs.Data sources We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CINAHL, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Wanfang Database, Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database (VIP) and Google Scholar to identify all relevant SRs published in the last 5 years.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies We included SRs that evaluated the efficacy and safety of non-pharmacological interventions for neonatal pain.Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers independently extracted the data, assessed the methodological quality using a Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) 2 and graded the evidence quality with the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE).Results A total of 29 SRs were included in this overview, of which 28 focused on procedural pain and only 1 focused on postoperative pain. …”
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Improving patient safety through better teamwork: how effective are different methods of simulation debriefing? Protocol for a pragmatic, prospective and randomised study by Wolf E Hautz, Juliane E Kämmer, Julia Freytag, Fabian Stroben, Dorothea Eisenmann

“…All students will participate voluntarily and will sign an informed consent after receiving written and oral information about the study. Results will be published.…”
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NARX Neural Network Derivations of the Outer Boundary Radiation Belt Electron Flux by D. A. Landis, A. A. Saikin, I. Zhelavskaya, A. Y. Drozdov, N. Aseev, Y. Y. Shprits, M. F. Pfitzer, A. G. Smirnov

“…This study serves as a companion paper to another recently published study on reconstructing the radiation belts during Solar Cycles 17–24 (Saikin et al., 2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020sw002524), for which the results featured in this paper were used.…”
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