Systematic review: e-cigarettes vs. conventional cigarettes by Mateusz Janik, Barbara Ufnalska, Joanna Rychlewska-Duda, Justyna Lisiecka, Artur Fabijański, Anna Konarska, Anna Machowiak, Michał Nowak, Wojciech Firlej, Adrianna Dukacz

“…The search was limited to studies published up to December 2023. Both observational and experimental studies were included.   …”
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Effectiveness of home-based walking exercise for patients with peripheral artery disease and intermittent claudication: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zheng Xu, Jing Chuo, Xiaoqin Zhao

“…Objective This study aimed to assess the effect of home-based exercise interventions on walking performance in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and intermittent claudication (IC).Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources We searched the Medline, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus and Cochrane Library databases to identify randomised controlled trials of patients with PAD and IC published in English up to August 2024.Eligibility criteria Randomised controlled trials of patients who participated in home-based exercise interventions and were assessed for walking performance were eligible for inclusion. …”
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Roles of Copper Transport Systems Members in Breast Cancer by Yichang Chen, Chen Li, Mengxin Li, Bing Han

“…Methods A comprehensive search of the PubMed database was conducted to identify articles published over the past 30 years that focus on the relationship between copper transport system members and breast cancer. …”
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Meta-analyses of Culex blood-meals indicates strong regional effect on feeding patterns. by Jet S Griep, Eve Grant, Jack Pilgrim, Olena Riabinina, Matthew Baylis, Maya Wardeh, Marcus S C Blagrove

“…Data on 29990 blood-meals from 70 different Culex species were extracted from published literature. The percentage of blood-meals on amphibian, avian, human, non-human mammalian, and reptilian hosts was determined for each Culex species. …”
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Knowledge translation strategies for policy and action focused on sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and well-being: a rapid scoping review by Etienne V Langlois, Leah Boulos, Lori Wozney, Janet A Curran, Helen Wong, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Robin Urquhart, Hwayeon Danielle Shin, Allyson J Gallant, Julia Kontak

“…KT strategies and policies published in English from January 2000 to May 2020 onwards were eligible for inclusion.Results Only 4% of included 90 studies were conducted in low-income countries with the majority (52%) conducted in high-income countries. …”
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Meta-analysis of risk factors for postoperative lower extremity deep vein thrombosis in patients with gynecologic malignancies by Danzhu Gong, Qi Wang

“…IntroductionThis study aims to elucidate the risk factors associated with postoperative lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients afflicted with gynecologic malignancies.MethodsA comprehensive search was conducted across CNKI, CQVIP, Wanfang, and PubMed databases for literature published from January 1, 2024, concerning the risk factors for postoperative DVT in patients with gynecologic cancers. …”
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The Taking Charge After Stroke (TaCAS) study protocol: a multicentre, investigator-blinded, randomised controlled trial comparing the effect of a single Take Charge session, two Ta... by Mark Weatherall, Harry McNaughton, Vivian Wai Yin Fu

“…It has been approved by the Central Health and Disability Ethics Committee (15/CEN/115). Results will be published and presented at relevant stroke meetings within New Zealand and internationally, informing the use of a self-management intervention after stroke.Trial registration Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615001163594. …”
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Recent methods for the diagnosis and differentiation of ameloblastoma: a narrative review by Ke Hu, Xudong Zhang, Ruixue Chen, Xiangjun Li

“…A comprehensive review was conducted by searching the database of PubMed for studies published up to May 2023. Panoramic radiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging have been used to detect ameloblastoma, whereas fine-needle aspiration cytology and biopsies have been used to enhance diagnostic precision and clinical diagnosis. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and FDG positron emission tomography(PET) have been used to detect metastasis of ameloblastoma to determine the prognosis of the disease. …”
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Social support sources for people with palliative care needs at home: a scoping review by Trudy Schutter, Ian Koper, Kris Vissers, Jeroen Hasselaar

“…Methods A scoping review was conducted to search for literature on social support by the community and professionals from the welfare domain to people with palliative care needs at home, using the databases PubMed and Web of Sciences for studies published between January 1, 2007, and June 1, 2023. …”
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Thermodynamic Molecular Switch in Sequence-Specific Hydrophobic Interaction: Two Computational Models Compared by Paul Chun

“…We have shown in our published work the existence of a thermodynamic switch in biological systems wherein a change of sign in ΔCp°(T)reaction leads to a true negative minimum in the Gibbs free energy change of reaction, and hence, a maximum in the related Keq. …”
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Scoping review of hearing loss attributed to congenital syphilis. by Aleena Amjad Hafeeez, Karina Cavalcanti Bezerra, Zaharadeen Jimoh, Francesca B Seal, Joan L Robinson, Nahla A Gomaa

“…The 7 intervention studies were all uncontrolled and published in 1983 or earlier and reported variable results following treatment with penicillin, prednisone, and/or ACTH.…”
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Application of System Dynamics in Construction Engineering and Management: Content Analysis and Systematic Literature Review by Nebiyu Kedir, Nasir Siraj, Aminah Robinson Fayek

“…In this study, a systematic literature review and content analysis were used to investigate 213 journal articles published from 1995 through 2021, presenting applications of SD in CEM research. …”
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NEUROlogical Prognosis After Cardiac Arrest in Kids (NEUROPACK) study: protocol for a prospective multicentre clinical prediction model derivation and validation study in children... by Elizabeth S Draper, John Pappachan, Kent Thorburn, David Inwald, Richard Feltbower, Buvana Dwarakanathan, Patrick Davies, Kate Penny-Thomas, James Martin, Rum Thomas, Kevin P Morris, Roger Parslow, Timothy Thiruchelvam, Sophie Skellett, Hari Krishnan Kanthimathinathan, Victoria Hiley, Peter Barry, Sian Cooper, Rohit Saxena, Cormac Breatnach, Barnaby Robert Scholefield, Sarah Evans, Mirjam Kool, Alice J Sitch, Fang Smith, Yamuna Thiru, Richard Levin, Rachel Agbecko, James Weitz, Akash Deep, Sandra Gala-Peralta, Milly Lo, Rachael Barber, Stewart Reid, Siva Oruganti, Kalai Sadasivam, Mark Bebbington

“…The results of this study will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented in conferences.Trial registration number NCT03574025.…”
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EFFECT OF LEMON AROMATHERAPY IN PREGNANT WOMEN ON EMESIS GRAVIDARUM: A LITERATURE REVIEW by Rizeki Dwi Fibriansari, Nurul Hayati

“…Methods: The method used in this study is a literature review with data collection techniques using PubMed and Scholar based on inclusion criteria, among others, the intervention in the form of giving lemon aromatherapy, using the quasi-experiment or pre-experimental design or literature review method, using Indonesian and English, published within 10 years (2017-2022). Keywords in the literature review used when searching "Pregnancy” AND "Emesis Gravidarum” OR "Lemon Aromatherapy”. …”
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Central Asia, Euro-centrism and Colonialism by N. T. Nurulla-Khodzhaeva

“…The latter is reflected in numerous articles about the frozen (and sadly deadlock) dilemma on why and how were the lands of Tajiks, Uzbeks and Kazakhs divided. By publishing conventional analyses on the region's "clumsy separation", experts illustrate their subaltern, narrowly framed by the colonial world, knowledge and hence, remain as gravestones of the Eurocentric methodology. …”
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Acute and transient psychotic disorders: A review of Indian research by Sandeep Grover, Sanjana Kathiravan

“…We also did a hand search for additional relevant articles, including published abstracts of the Indian Journal of Psychiatry from 2007 to 2023. …”
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Redshifting the Study of Cold Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets: The Mid-infrared Wavelength Region as an Indicator of Surface Gravity and Mass by S. K. Leggett, Pascal Tremblin

“…The unusual Y dwarf WISEPA J182831.08+265037.8 is blue in W2−W3, and we find that the 4–18 μ m JWST spectrum is well reproduced if the system is a pair of high-gravity 400 K dwarfs. Recently published JWST colors and luminosity-based effective temperatures for late-T and -Y dwarfs further corroborate the ATMO 2020++ models, demonstrating the potential for significant improvement in our understanding of cold, very-low-mass bodies in the solar neighborhood.…”
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Functional Analysis of DNMT1 SNPs (rs2228611 and rs2114724) Associated with Schizophrenia by Sonal Saxena, Pranay Amruth Maroju, Sumana Choudhury, Vidhya Chitta Voina, Poonam Naik, Kavitha Gowdhaman, Poornima Kkani, Kiranmai Chennoju, S. Ganesh Kumar, C. Ramasubramanian, G. Prasad Rao, Trinath Jamma, Kumar Pranav Narayan, K. Naga Mohan

“…This significant association persisted after Bonferroni correction when the previously published data of 301 controls and 325 patients were also considered (P ≤ 0.0002). …”
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Understanding the implementation of interventions to improve the management of frailty in primary care: a rapid realist review by David Reeves, Thomas Blakeman, Harm Van Marwijk, Khulud Alharbi, Jung Yin Tsang

“…Second, earlier patient involvement may also improve intervention implementation and adherence.PROSPERO registration number The published protocol for the review is registered with PROSPERO (CRD42019161193).…”
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Community case study: an academia-industry-government partnership that monitors and predicts outbreaks in Tri-County Detroit area since 2017 by Irene Xagoraraki, Liang Zhao, Yabing Li, Brijen Miyani, John Norton, James Broz, Andrew Kaye, Anna Mehrotra, Anil Gosine, Scott Withington, Stacey McFarlane, Russell A. Faust

“…Our data are available to the local health departments, and our methodological advancements are published and have been used by other communities nationwide and beyond. …”
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