Protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis for risk factors for lung cancer in individuals with lung nodules identified by low-dose CT screening by Matthew Callister, Harry J de Koning, Robert C Rintoul, Carolyn Horst, Arjun Nair, John K Field, Christine D Berg, Samantha Quaife, Rhian Gabe, Stephen Duffy, Sam Janes, Philip AJ Crosbie, Mark M Hammer, Panos Alexandris, Michael PA Davies

“…Individual participant data (IPD) will be collected to perform a one-stage IPD meta-analysis using hierarchical univariate models. …”
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Exploring the Resources Governance Connectivity of Cultural Ecosystem Services: Evidence in Tanjung Lesung SEZ Tourism, Banten Province, Indonesia by Okky Rizal Kusuma, Luky Adrianto, Fery Kurniawan, Andi Zulfikar

“…The data obtained were analyzed using the stages of social-ecological network analysis. The results show a significant influence and strong interaction between resource governance (RG) components and other components. …”
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Systemic vasoconstriction and mortality in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: A cohort of patients who underwent non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring. by Marcelo Eidi Ochiai, Kelly Regina Vieira Novaes, Lucas Hideki Kato Myakava, Marcelo Villaça Lima, Euler Cristovan Ochiai Brancalhão, Juliano Novaes Cardoso, Solange de Sousa Andrade, Wilson Jacob Filho, Antonio Carlos Pereira Barretto

“…Identifying prognostic factors is crucial for distinguishing patients who may benefit from drug therapy from those with end-stage disease. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of systemic vasoconstriction in patients with decompensated heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction. …”
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Predictor’s of Mortality in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage and Reebleding by Dannys Rivero Rodríguez, Claudio Scherle Matamoros, Leda Fernández Cúe, Jose Luis Miranda Hernández, Yanelis Pernas Sánchez, Jesús Pérez Nellar

“…Risk factors (HTA, smoke, alcohol consumption, and DM), complication, multiplex rebleeding and stage of WFNS, and Fisher’s scale were not related to mortality. …”
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X-ray diffraction and SEM/EDX studies on technological evolution of the oxide-fluoride ceramic flux for submerged arc-surfacing by Sokolsky V.E., Roik A.S., Davidenko A.V., Kazimirov V.P., Lisnyak V.V., Galinich V.I., Goncharov I.A.

“…High temperature X-ray diffraction (HTXRD) was used to examine structural transformation in the solid at 600 °C < T < 1200 °C and stages of thermal evolution of ceramic flux were determined. …”
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Simulation of β-induced Alfvén eigenmode instabilities and mode transition for HL-3 hybrid scenario by Yunpeng Zou, Vincent S Chan, Yasushi Todo, Ruirui Ma, Miao Xue, Xiaoran Zhang, Yiren Zhu, Wei Chen

“…The EP distribution is modified only slightly in both real and velocity space from its initial state because of a narrow mode structure near the axis. …”
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Active Moss Biomonitoring of Mercury in the Mine-Polluted Area of Abbadia San Salvatore (Mt. Amiata, Central Italy) by Federica Meloni, Sergio Calabrese, Orlando Vaselli, Francesco Capecchiacci, Francesco Ciani, Lorenzo Brusca, Sergio Bellomo, Walter D’Alessandro, Kyriaki Daskalopoulou, Stefania Venturi, Barbara Nisi, Daniele Rappuoli, Franco Tassi, Jacopo Cabassi

“…GEM (Gaseous Elemental Mercury) concentrations were also measured at the same sites where the mosses were exposed, although only as a reference in the initial stages of biomonitoring. The results revealed that the main Hg emissions sources were associated with the former mining area of Abbadia San Salvatore, in agreement with the measured GEM concentrations, while arsenic and antimony were related to soil enriched in As-Sb waste material. …”
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A Comparative Study of Physical Activity Levels Between Rural and Urban Settings in Zimbabwe by Norman Manyeruke, Kerry Vermaak, Nicholas Mudonhi, Wilfred Njabulo Nunu

“…Setting: The study took place in Bulawayo city (urban) and Mashonaland East province (rural). Methods: Multi-stage probability-based sampling was used to select 200 male respondents from Bulawayo Province (urban) and 200 male respondents from Mashonaland East Province (rural). …”
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Fluorescence Imaging Analysis of Upstream Regulators and Downstream Targets of STAT3 in Melanoma Precursor Lesions Obtained from Patients Before and After Systemic Low-Dose Interfe... by Amanda Pfaff Smith, John M. Kirkwood, Howard D. Edington, Drazen M. Jukic, Daniel L. Farkas, Dorothea Becker

“…Using cyanine dye-conjugated antibodies, fluorescence imaging analysis revealed expression of JAK2, JNK1, AKT1, NF-κB, and IFN-αβ receptor in benign and atypical nevi, and early- and advanced-stage melanomas. To determine possible changes in the level of expression of these molecules in atypical nevi, excised before and after 3 months of systemic low-dose IFN-α treatment, newly designed optical imaging software was used to quantitate the captured fluorescent hybridization signals on a cell-by-cell basis and across an entire nevus section. …”
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Impact of Pediatric Chronic Dialysis on Long-Term Patient Outcome: Single Center Study by Daniella Levy Erez, Irit Krause, Amit Dagan, Roxana Cleper, Yafa Falush, Miriam Davidovits

“…Owing to a shortage of kidney donors in Israel, children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) may stay on maintenance dialysis for a considerable time, placing them at a significant risk. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of early oogenesis in pigs by Wei Ge, Yi-Lin Niu, Yu-Kang Li, Li Li, Han Wang, Wen-Wen Li, Tian Qiao, Yan-Ni Feng, Yu-Qing Feng, Jing Liu, Jun-Jie Wang, Xiao-Feng Sun, Shun-Feng Cheng, Lan Li, Wei Shen

“…Projection of the germ cell clusters at different stages of oogenesis into the spatial atlas unveils a “cortical to medullary (C-M)” distribution of germ cells in the developing porcine ovaries. …”
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Comparative legal analysis of the expertise in court under the criminal law of Ukraine and CIS countries by A. N. Protsenko

“…The expert is summoned to court for expertise, when: new circumstances have been established in the court proceedings that require research; several examinations were conducted at the pre-trial stage and experts came to the opposite conclusion; previously conducted expert research is incomplete. …”
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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING RATIOS AS A TOOL FOR THE EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT OF MILLS COMPANY by EGU USANG INAH, AGIM, DAVID AGIABEKONG, IYANG GODWIN USHIE

“…The sampling techniques used was a two-stage sampling technique which are purposeful and a simple random sampling technique. …”
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Prophylactic Role of Averrhoa carambola (Star Fruit) Extract against Chemically Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Swiss Albino Mice by Ritu Singh, Jyoti Sharma, P. K. Goyal

“…Administration of ACE was made orally at a dose of 25 mg/kg b.wt/day for 5 consecutive days and it was withdrawn 48 hrs before the first administration of DENA (preinitiational stage). CCl4 was given after 2 weeks of DENA administration. …”
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Gross and applied anatomy pedagogical approaches in occupational therapy education: protocol for a scoping review by Emily S Ho, Anne Agur, Andrea Duncan, Erica Dove, Kelly Hennessy, Athena Kirou-Mauro, Lorna Aitkens

“…The purpose of this scoping review is to map the types of musculoskeletal gross and applied anatomy pedagogical approaches used in occupational therapy curricula.Methods and analysis Using Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) six-stage scoping review framework, approximately 304 different search combinations will be searched across five electronic library databases (ie, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, AMED and ERIC) from their inception to December 2021, in addition to conducting consultation exercises with relevant stakeholders. …”
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Revolutionizing Payment Systems: The Integration of TRAM and Trust in QRIS Adoption for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Indonesia by Adisthy Shabrina Nurqamarani, Sarah Fadilla, Ari Juliana

“…Objective: To observe determinants of QRIS adoption by integrating the Technology Readiness Acceptance Model (TRAM) and Trust in the emerging Indonesian market where QRIS is in a growing stage. Methods: This study collects data through the survey of 210 MSME owners and staff who are familiar with and/or have used QRIS through convenience sampling. …”
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PREVENTION OF COMPLICATIONS IN CASTRATE-REFRACTORY PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS WITH BONE METASTASES by K. M. Nushko, A. S. Kalpinskiy, A. D. Kaprin

“…Despite improvements in diagnostic methods and implementation of programs for active detection of the disease in its early stages, the number of patients suffering from advanced forms of prostate cancer remains high. …”
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THE ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF NON-TARIFF BARRIERS ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA TRADE WITHIN CEFTA 2006 by Senija Nuhanović, Mirnesa Baraković Burikić

“…The mentioned countries are included in the Stabilisation and Association Process (with the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) as its main segment) and they are in a different stage of EU accession. Cooperation among the Western Balkan countries within the Central European Free Trade – CEFTA 2006, is the starting point for their future cooperation with the EU member states, allowing them to prepare for joining the common EU market more quickly and efficiently. …”
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Prognostic and Diagnostic Significance of circRNA Expression in Esophageal Cancer: A Meta-analysis by Hong Lin, Jinpeng Yuan, Guoxi Liang, Yanxuan Wu, Liming Chen

“…Upregulated expression of oncogenic circRNA was correlated with poor clinicopathological features, including lymph node metastasis, tumor size, and T classification, while downregulation of tumor-suppressor circRNA was contributed to worse TNM stage. As for prognosis, upregulated expression of circRNA carried out a diverse survival outcome, with a pooled HR of 2.76 for tumor promoter and that of 0.21 for tumor suppressor. …”
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Triassic evolution of the Adriatic-Dinaridic platform’s continental margins—insights from rare dolerite subvolcanic intrusions in External Dinarides, Croatia by Slovenec, Damir, Belak, Mirko, Badurina, Luka, Horvat, Marija, Šegvić, Branimir

“…Accordingly, two geodynamic interpretations are suggested: (i) Middle Triassic north-vergent active subduction of the Paleotethys beneath the Andean-type active Laurasian continental margin coupled by the formation of a pericontinental volcanic arc and subsequent extension and back-arc rifting, within the Adria Plate, which led to the formation of locally aborted rift systems and subsidence of the platform, and (ii) Middle Triassic extension, unaffected by contemporaneous active subduction, of the High Karst nappe unit of the Greater Adria as a result of an ephemeral syn-rift volcanic stage, which featured the formation of the Dinaridic aborted rift system followed by the platform subsidence and emergence of local sedimentary basins.…”
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