Prevalence of HIV drug resistance among patients experiencing first-line treatment failure in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Melashu Balew, Gedefaw Abeje, Alemtsehay Mekonnen, Getu Degu

“…This alarms health care workers, programmers and decision makers to consider ways of controlling the emergence of HIV drug resistance and the spread of drug-resistant strains. …”
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Genital chlamydia prevalence in Europe and non-European high income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis. by Shelagh M Redmond, Karin Alexander-Kisslig, Sarah C Woodhall, Ingrid V F van den Broek, Jan van Bergen, Helen Ward, Anneli Uusküla, Björn Herrmann, Berit Andersen, Hannelore M Götz, Otilia Sfetcu, Nicola Low

“…<h4>Background</h4>Accurate information about the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis is needed to assess national prevention and control measures.…”
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Effect of Nitrogen Fertilizer Applications on Nitrogen Remobilization and Grain Yield in Soybean (Glycine max [L] Merril) in the Savelugu-Nanton Municipality in Northern Region of... by John Bokaligidi Lambon, Joseph Sarkodie- Addo, James Mantent Kombiok

“…Nitrogen remobilization was also observed in all plots, which indicate that soybean needs greater levels of N during grain filling. …”
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Desarrollo de una metodología de infestación artificial de plantas de tomate con el pasador del fruto Development of an artificial infestation methodology of tomato plants with the... by Nelson Enrique Casas Leal, Edwin Fernando Restrepo Salazar, Franco Alirio Vallejo Cabrera, Edgar Iván Estrada Salazar

“…The affected fruits were increased in 5.29% by every female introduced into the cage. If it is needed to get fruits losses similar to those seen in very susceptible commercial plots (50-60%) six female must be introduced into the cage.…”
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Time since last birth and the risk of endometrial cancer: A meta-analysis of observational studies. by Juan Gu, Yuchen Lai, Huafeng Shou, Liping Wang

“…A fixed-effects model was applied if P > 0.1 and I2 ≤ 50%; otherwise, a random-effects model was used to account for significant heterogeneity Publication bias was assessed using funnel plots and Egger's test. Our meta-analysis included 3 cohort studies and 5 case-control studies with a total of 3,310,734 participants, published between 1994 and 2024. …”
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Identification of Diagnostic Biomarkers for Colorectal Polyps Based on Noninvasive Urinary Metabolite Screening and Construction of a Nomogram by Yang Xie, Yiyi Jin, Zide Liu, Jun Li, Qing Tao, Yonghui Wu, Youxiang Chen, Chunyan Zeng

“…Traditional diagnostic methods are invasive, prompting a need for noninvasive biomarkers. This study aimed to identify urinary metabolite biomarkers for diagnosing CRPs and construct a diagnostic nomogram based on noninvasive urinary metabolite screening. …”
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Feasibility of blood self-sampling with HemaSpot HF for Anti-Clostridium tetani Toxin IgG detection by R. Kettlitz, J. Ortmann, T. Kerrinnes, J. J. Ott, S. Castell

“…However, collecting venous blood samples poses multiple logistic challenges and needs to be carried by practitioners at study centres. …”
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Metabolomic analysis in severe childhood pneumonia in the Gambia, West Africa: findings from a pilot study. by Evagelia C Laiakis, Gerard A J Morris, Albert J Fornace, Stephen R C Howie

“…<h4>Background</h4>Pneumonia remains the leading cause of death in young children globally and improved diagnostics are needed to better identify cases and reduce case fatality. …”
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Evaluation of the diagnostic value of a three-miRNA panel in prostate cancer: a discovery and validation study by Xutai Li, Chen Sun, Zhenjian Ge, Yingqi Li, Huimei Zhou, Yutong Wu, Shengjie Lin, Pengwu Zhang, Xionghui Wu, Yongqing Lai

“…By plotting receiver operating characteristic curve, the miRNAs with the highest diagnosis value were chosen. …”
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All-cause and cause-specific mortality in psoriasis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yi Yang, Qin Zhang, Anning Huang, Jinpeng Zhao, Jianren Yang, Lulu Wang, Guomei Xu

“…Sensitivity analyses, subgroup analyses, and assessments of publication bias (via funnel plots and Egger’s test) were also performed.ResultA total of 20 studies involving 8825989 participants were included. …”
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Predictability of Air Pollutants Based on Detrended Fluctuation Analysis: Ekibastuz Сoal-Mining Center in Northeastern Kazakhstan by Oleksandr Kuchanskyi, Andrii Biloshchytskyi, Yurii Andrashko, Alexandr Neftissov, Svitlana Biloshchytska, Sergiy Bronin

“…This is a sign of changes in the dynamics of the pollutant release concentrations and may indicate possible excess emissions that need to be controlled. Calculating the dynamic changes in the Hurst exponent for the emission time series made it possible to identify two distinct clusters corresponding to periods of persistence and randomness in the operation of the coal-fired power station. …”
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The inconclusive superiority debate of allogeneic versus autologous MSCs in treating patients with HFrEF: a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs by Omar T. F. Ahmed, Ziyad Tarek Ahmed, Abdulrahman W. Dairi, Maha Saad Zain Al-Abeden, Mohammed H. Alkahlot, Rana H. Alkahlot, Ghazi I. Al Jowf, Lars M. T. Eijssen, Khawaja Husnain Haider

“…Abstract Background Recent randomized controlled trials have consistently demonstrated the safety and potential efficacy of MSC therapy for heart failure patients. …”
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Metformin: A Dual-Role Player in Cancer Treatment and Prevention: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Imran Rangraze, Adil Farooq Wali, Mohamed El-Tanani, Mohamed Anas Patni, Syed Arman Rabbani, Rasha Babiker, Shakta Mani Satyam, Yahia El-Tanani, Manfredi Rizzo

“…ROBINS-I and the RoB 2 tool were used for assessing the risk of bias in observational studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs), respectively. The strength of the evidence with respect to the GRADE criteria was checked. …”
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Feasibility and preliminary findings of a bacterial diversity study in periodontitis: a pilot investigation from the Western Cape by Salma Kabbashi, Yvonne Prince, Ndonwi Elvis Ngwa, Haly Holmes, Glenda Mary Davison, Saarah F. G. Davids, Manogari Chetty

“…Data visualization, including beta diversity plots, was conducted with the Phyloseq package in R.ResultsBeta-diversity measures revealed significant differences between periodontitis cases and controls (p-value = 0.04), whereas alpha-diversity was higher in cases, though without statistical significance (p-value ≥ 0.05). …”
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Exploring Global Interest in Propolis, Nanosilver, and Biomaterials: Insights and Implications for Dentistry from Big Data Analytics by Magdalena Sycińska-Dziarnowska, Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld, Krzysztof Woźniak, Gianrico Spagnuolo

“…By adapting future material development to emerging trends and clinical needs, dentistry can use these insights to develop infection control strategies, improve restorative materials, and deal with persistent challenges such as antimicrobial resistance, peri-implantitis, and tooth caries treatment.…”
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Predictors of sexual violence among female students in higher education institutions in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Bereket Kefale, Melaku Yalew, Yitayish Damtie, Mastewal Arefaynie, Bezawit Adane

“…Life skill training and law enforcement are needed to control alcohol consumption. Additionally, more focused interventions should be done in rural settings.…”
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Effects of traditional Chinese exercises on cardiopulmonary function in stroke patients: A meta-analysis by Danmeng Tong, Hongyu Li, Wei Zhao, Wang Guo, Bin Chen, Qiang Tang

“…Publication bias was assessed using funnel plots as well as Begg's and Egger's tests, employing Stata 17.0 software. …”
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Limited Short-Term Impact of Annual Cover Crops on Soil Carbon and Soil Enzyme Activity in Subtropical Tree Crop Systems by Abraham J. Gibson, Lee J. Kearney, Karina Griffin, Michael T. Rose, Terry J. Rose

“…Inter-row biomass was quantified at the end of winter and summer in the control (no cover crop) and cover crops treatments. …”
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Interlaboratory evaluation of high molecular weight DNA extraction methods for long-read sequencing and structural variant analysis by Alison S. Devonshire, Jordi Morata, Claire Jubin, Rui Pedro Abreu Pereira, Laura Hernandez-Hernandez, Dilek Yener, Eric Cabannes, Steven McGinn, Marc Delepine, Cédric Fund, Raúl Tonda, Simon Heath, Marc Dabad, Javier Gutierrez-Cuesta, Ignacio Sanchez Escudero, Maria Cristina Frias-Lopez, Simon Cowen, Alexandra Whale, Thorsten Voss, Jean-François Deleuze, Ivo Gut, Marta Gut, Carole A. Foy

“…Megabase scale SVs were challenging to analyse with SV callers and required confirmation based on coverage plots and mapping of junction sequences, and the findings of earlier studies were only partially confirmed. …”
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Longitudinal Comparison of Geographic Atrophy Enlargement Using Manual, Semiautomated, and Deep Learning Approaches by Jacob Bogost, Rachel E. Linderman, PhD, Robert Slater, PhD, Thomas F. Saunders, OD, Caleb Pacheco, Jeong Pak, PhD, Rick Voland, PhD, Barbara Blodi, MD, Amitha Domalpally, MD, PhD

“…Artificial intelligence performance was evaluated based on its need for human edits and frequency of regression errors. …”
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