Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Flap Technique versus Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling for Vitrectomy in Highly Myopic Eyes with Macular Hole-Induced Retinal Detachment: An U... by Ling Ling, Yao Liu, Baixing Zhou, Feifei Gao, Zhe Hu, Man Tian, Yiqiao Xing, Kaibao Ji, Tao Sun, Wentian Zhou

“…The PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were comprehensively searched from inception to November 10, 2019, for published studies comparing the two techniques for the treatment of MHRD. …”
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A Meta-analysis: Effect of Stem Cells Transplantation on Rehabilitation of Diabetes Mellitus with Limb Ischemia by Yongjin LIU, Bo DU, Bowei HUANG, Suping HUANG

“…Objective:To systematically review the effect of stem cells on the rehabilitation of diabetes mellitus with limb ischemia.Methods:We electronically searched databases including PubMed, FMRS, SCI, CNKI, WanFang and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about the rehabilitation of diabetes mellitus with limb ischemia which published before October 2016. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. …”
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Gastric precancerous conditions or lesions and Helicobacter pylori by M Areia, M. Dinis-Ribeiro

“…A PubMed literature search was performed to obtain relevant publications associated with gastric precancerous conditions or lesions and H. pylori, published between April 2023 and March 2024. Articles that were considered the most pertinent to the topic were selected. …”
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Human-Gorilla and Gorilla-Human: Dynamics of Human-animal boundaries and interethnic relationships in the central African rainforest by Takanori Oishi

“…This paper is a revised version of a book chapter published by Oishi, in Japanese in 2012.…”
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A systematic review of the effect of personal health records on patient activation by Irina Osovskaya, Ann Blandford, Henry WW Potts

“…Methods A literature search was conducted for randomised controlled trials and quasi-experimental studies published up to January 2024 across EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL and PubMed. …”
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Nonpharmacological Interventions for Protection of Myocardial Ischemia-reperfusion Injury among Patient with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Brief Review by Mandeep Kumar Jangra, Mehroz Ahmed Mirza, Manu Goyal

“…Materials and Methods: This review followed Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion pattern for nonsystematic reviews. Article published form 2015 to November 2023 were retrieved from PubMed, Science direct, and Scopus. …”
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Current conceptions and promising tools to prevent cataractogenesis by M.A. Kovalevskaya, Yu.V. Vladimirova, L.A. Filina, V.L. Kokorev

“…Further studies are needed to assess the effects of pirenoxine in various cataracts and risk of cataracts. Cited published data best illustrate the crux of this issue.…”
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China’s national continuing medical education program for general practitioners: a cross-sectional survey (2016–2023) by Conglei You, Lingling Wang, Jian Zhang, Mi Yao

“…A diverse range of CME providers were identified, with hospitals and publishing/education companies being the primary providers. …”
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Exposure of Mycobacteriodes abscessus clones to mucin affects bacterial phenotype by Amy Leestemaker-Palmer, Tiffany Ong, Luiz E Bermudez

“…To begin understanding how the bacterium adapts to the lung environment, pure colonies of M. abscessus strain 19,977 were grown in 7H9 broth with or without mucin over 30-day intervals for 6 months and analyzed for colony morphology, 7 day-growth curves, the ability to form biofilms after 14 days, and the susceptibility to antibiotics determined using previous published methods. In presence of mucin by month 3 the non-replicating stage of growth occurred by day 3, compared to earlier months. …”
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Exploring digital health interventions for pregnant women at high risk for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in low-income and-middle-income countries: a scoping review by Emily Seto, Anam Shahil Feroz, Noreen Afzal

“…Objective To explore digital health interventions that have been used to support pregnant women at high risk for pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (HRPE/E) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).Design Scoping review.Data source EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and CINAHL were searched between 1 January 2000 and 20 October 2020.Eligibility criteria The review included original research studies that were published in English, involved pregnant women at HRPE/E and implemented digital health interventions for PE/E in LMICs.Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers independently completed the data extraction for each of the 19 final articles. …”
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A Throughfall Collection Method Using Mixed Bed Ion Exchange Resin Columns by Mark E. Fenn, Mark A. Poth, Michael J. Arbaugh

“…Many studies have been published, providing a large database of throughfall deposition inputs to forests. …”
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Study protocol of a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of probiotic and peanut oral immunotherapy (PPOIT) in inducing desensitisation or toleran... by Michael O’Sullivan, Michael S Gold, Francesca Orsini, Adriana Chebar Lozinsky, Paxton Loke, Susan L. Prescott, Patrick Quinn, Audrey DunnGalvin, Mimi LK Tang, Anne-Louise Ponsoby, Ee Lyn Su, Marnie Robinson, Dean Tey, Kuang-Chih Hsiao, Molly O’Sullivan, Christine Axelrad, Sigrid Pitkin, Jessica Metcalfe, Susan Fahy-Scheer, Thalayasingam Meera, Jovanka King, Fuad Abass, Abigail Cheung, Rachel Wallace, Samara Baldwin

“…The dual primary outcomes are: (1) the proportion of children who attain 8-week SU in the PPOIT group versus placebo group and (2) the proportion of children who attain 8-week SU in the PPOIT group versus OIT group.Ethics and dissemination This study has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committees at the Royal Children’s Hospital (HREC 35246) and the Child and Adolescent Health Service (RGS 2543). Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and disseminated via presentations at international conferences.Trial registration number ACTRN12616000322437.…”
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Effect of tropical climates on the quality of commonly used antibiotics: the protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Johnstone Thitiri, Moses Ngari, Christina W Obiero, James A Berkley, Tsegaye Melaku, Sultan Suleman, Gemmechu Hasen, Sileshi Belew, Jimmy Shangala

“…Therefore, this systematic review aims to synthesise data from published studies describing the effects of storage conditions on the quality of antibiotic medicines commonly used in LMICs.Methods and analysis We will search literature from databases, including the PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar, and grey literature between 1987 and 2022. …”
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The impact of life events and transitions on physical activity: A scoping review. by Hannes Gropper, Jannika M John, Gorden Sudeck, Ansgar Thiel

“…Articles were included if they had been published in peer-reviewed journals between 1998 and 2020 and assessed the impact of at least one life event or transition on PA.…”
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Dynamic Balance is Similar Between Lower Extremities in Elite Fencers by Nader Abdelkader, Stephen H.M. Brown, Tyson A.C. Beach, Samuel J. Howarth

“…A secondary objective was to compare dynamic balance performance of elite fencers to previously published data from high-level athletes participating in other sports…”
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The Republics of the Southern Caucasus on their way to the ‘Socialist federation’ (1917–1922) by L. S. Gatagova

“…On the basis of a wide range of Soviet, Russian, and foreign researches, as well as recently published primary sources, the author examines the landmark events in the history of the states of the South Caucasus in the period preceding the formation of the USSR. …”
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Workplace interventions to prevent suicide: A scoping review. by Nutmeg Hallett, Helen Rees, Felicity Hannah, Lorna Hollowood, Caroline Bradbury-Jones

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A realist perspective was taken, to identify within organisational suicide prevention interventions, what works, for whom and in what circumstances. Published and unpublished studies in six databases were searched. …”
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Sustainable and smart multi-analyte HPTLC determination of tolperisone HCl together with three pain killers using smartphone camera as a detector: Comparative study with benchtop d... by Mohamed Rizk, Emad Ramzy, Safaa Toubar, Amr M. Mahmoud, Marwa I. Helmy

“…To evaluate the environmental impact and sustainability of the constructed methods and compare them with other published methods reported in the literature, the whiteness of the developed methods utilizing the RGB 12 algorithm combined with the two highly cited greenness assessment metrics, the analytical Eco-scale (AES) and the Analytical GREEnness (AGREE), were employed.…”
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Exploring intersectional determinants of, and interventions for, low uptake of human papillomavirus vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol by Peter Ntoiti Kailemia, Victoria Mukami

“…Six databases, PubMed/MEDLINE, LIVIVO, Google Scholar, BASE (Grey Literature), preprint databases (eg, OSF and medRxiv) and African Journals Online will be searched, with results limited to English language publications and those published from 2006 to 2024. Two forms will be used for data extraction from determinant and intervention studies by two independent reviewers. …”
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Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography of Macular Perfusion Changes after Anti-VEGF Therapy for Diabetic Macular Edema: A Systematic Review by Ayman G. Elnahry, Gehad A. Elnahry

“…Multiple databases were searched including PubMed, Ovid Medline, EMBASE, and Google Scholar for relevant studies published between January 2016 and November 2020 which were included in this review. …”
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