Propolis mouthwashes efficacy in managing gingivitis and periodontitis: a systematic review of the latest findings by Muhammed Al-Huda Ballouk, Mohamed Altinawi, Abeer Al-Kafri, Talar S. Zeitounlouian, Piotr S. Fudalej

“…Results At first, 151 results were reached, but then after removing duplicates, 99 records remained, and were later screened, assessed, and studied in full details based on the set PICOS criteria. …”
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Harnessing Big Heterogeneous Data to Evaluate the Potential Impact of HIV Responses Among Key Populations in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for the Boloka Data Repository Initiative by Refilwe Nancy Phaswana Mafuya, Edith Phalane, Amrita Rao, Kalai Willis, Katherine Rucinski, K Alida Voet, Amal Abdulrahman, Claris Siyamayambo, Betty Sebati, Mohlago Seloka, Musa Jaiteh, Lerato Lucia Olifant, Katharine Journeay, Haley Sisel, Xiaoming Li, Bankole Olatosi, Neset Hikmet, Prashant Duhoon, Francois Wolmarans, Yegnanew A Shiferaw, Lifutso Motsieloa, Mashudu Rampilo, Stefan Baral

“…The data will be filtered and screened to enable high-quality analyses (stage 3). …”
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Computational Phenotyping of Obstructive Airway Diseases: A Systematic Review by Bashir MBA, Milani GP, De Cosmi V, Mazzocchi A, Zhang G, Basna R, Hedman L, Lindberg A, Ekerljung L, Axelsson M, Vanfleteren LEGW, Rönmark E, Backman H, Kankaanranta H, Nwaru BI

“…Two reviewers independently screened studies for eligibility, extracted data, and assessed study quality. …”
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Machine learning for predicting neoadjuvant chemotherapy effectiveness using ultrasound radiomics features and routine clinical data of patients with breast cancer by Pu Zhou, Pu Zhou, Hongyan Qian, Pengfei Zhu, Jiangyuan Ben, Jiangyuan Ben, Guifang Chen, Qiuyi Chen, Lingli Chen, Jia Chen, Ying He, Ying He

“…Z-score normalization, Pearson correlation analysis, and the least absolute shrinkage selection operator (LASSO) were utilized for further screening ultrasound radiomics and clinical features. …”
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Diabetes distress among immigrants of south Asian descent living in New York City: baseline results from the DREAM randomized control trial by Farhan Mohsin, Laura Wyatt, Hayley Belli, Shahmir Ali, Deborah Onakomaiya, Supriya Misra, Yousra Yusuf, Shinu Mammen, Jennifer Zanowiak, Sarah Hussain, Haroon Zafar, Sahnah Lim, Nadia Islam, Naheed Ahmed

“…Conclusions Findings highlight the rate and risk factors of DD among individuals of South Asian descent living in NYC. Screening for DD in patients with prediabetes or diabetes should be integrated to address mental and physical health needs. …”
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Use of Digital Health Technologies for Dementia Care: Bibliometric Analysis and Report by Hebatullah Abdulazeem, Israel Júnior Borges do Nascimento, Ishanka Weerasekara, Amin Sharifan, Victor Grandi Bianco, Ciara Cunningham, Indunil Kularathne, Genevieve Deeken, Jerome de Barros, Brijesh Sathian, Lasse Østengaard, Frederique Lamontagne-Godwin, Joost van Hoof, Ledia Lazeri, Cassie Redlich, Hannah R Marston, Ryan Alistair Dos Santos, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Yongjie Yon, David Novillo-Ortiz

“…Two independent reviewers conducted a 2-stage screening process with disagreements resolved by a third reviewer. …”
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Administration of Sex Hormone Preparations as a Risk Factor in the Development of Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy and Biliary Sludge in Pregnant Women by Yu. B. Uspenskaya, I. V. Kuznetsova, A. A. Sheptulin, N. V. Goncharenko, A. N. Gerasimov, M. M. Amiraslanova

“…For the pregnant women taking sex hormone preparations and/or becoming pregnant after ART programs, it is important to conduct laboratory and ultrasound screening for early detection and timely treatment of ICP and BS. …”
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The Benefits of Using a Small Caliber Ureteroscope in Evaluation and Management of Urethral Stricture by Walid Shahrour, Pankaj Joshi, Craig B. Hunter, Vikram S. Batra, Hazem Elmansy, Sandesh Surana, Sanjay Kulkarni

“…The scope can also aid in placing a guide wire, evaluating the posterior urethra, and screening for urethral or bladder stones. It can also improve the preoperative patient counselling and avoid unwanted surprises.…”
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Investigating the Efficacy of the Web-Based Common Elements Toolbox (COMET) Single-Session Interventions in Improving UK University Student Well-Being: Randomized Controlled Trial by Jeffrey Lambert, Maria Loades, Noah Marshall, Nina Higson-Sweeney, Stella Chan, Arif Mahmud, Victoria Pile, Ananya Maity, Helena Adam, Beatrice Sung, Melanie Luximon, Keren MacLennan, Clio Berry, Paul Chadwick

“…ResultsOf the 831 people screened, 468 participants were randomized to a condition, 407 completed the postintervention survey, 147 returned the 2-week follow-up survey, 118 returned the 4-week follow-up survey, and 89 returned both. …”
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Preoperative ultrasound risk factors for peripartum hysterectomy among PAS suspected pregnancies by Lulu Wang, Tianjiao Liu, Yang Yang, Yalan Li, Li Xiao, Xin Li, Sumei Wei

“…Abstract Objective This study aimed to identify risk factors for peripartum hysterectomy among pregnancies complicated by suspected Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) in preoperative obstetric imaging screening. Methods Data were retrospectively extracted from the Longitudinal Placenta Accreta Spectrum Study (LoPASS), covering pregnancies with PAS from January 2018 to March 2023 at our institute. …”
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Navigating Emergency Management of Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Study on First-Time, End-Stage, and Other Established Diagnoses in a High Turnover Emergency County Hospital by Mihaela Corlade-Andrei, Radu-Alexandru Iacobescu, Viorica Popa, Alexandra Hauta, Paul Nedelea, Gabriela Grigorasi, Monica Puticiu, Roxana Elena Ciuntu, Andreea Ivona Sova, Diana Cimpoesu

“…These data highlight the importance of prehospital care, particularly for cancer screening and palliative care, and the importance of fostering multidisciplinary collaboration in the emergency room with oncologists, geriatricians, and palliative care specialists to improve patient outcomes.…”
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Selection of lactic acid bacteria as a probiotic and evaluated its performance on gnotobiotic catfish Clarias sp. by Enita Romasni Turnip, Widanarni, Widanarni, Anja Meryandini

“…Keywords: Aeromonas hydrophila, catfish, LAB, probiotic, screening     ABSTRAK Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menyeleksi bakteri asam laktat (BAL) sebagai probiotik potensial penghasil senyawa antimikrob guna menanggulangi penyakit motile aeromonad septicemia akibat Aeromonas hydrophila pada ikan lele Clarias sp. dan evaluasi kinerjanya pada ikan lele gnotobiotik. …”
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The fibrosis-4 index and its association with carotid atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in China by Ying Miao, Yu Wang, Qin Wan, Nanwei Tong

“…Additionally, it seeks to determine whether this relationship is influenced by factors including gender, age, body mass index (BMI), hypertension, and other variables. Methods Screening based on inclusion and exclusion criteria identified 2658 hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes. …”
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Sexual dimorphism related to growth in climbing perch Anabas testudineus by Rahmat Hidayat, Odang Carman, , Alimuddin

“…Body weight and body length were individually recorded every 15 days, sex was determined at the end of the experiment by surgering the fish and gonad was weighed to calculate gonadosomatic index (GSI). …”
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Examining the therapeutic potential and side effects of calcium channel blockers in mortality and morbidity of patients with stroke: A systematic review of pre-clinical and clinica... by Sevak Hatamian, Asad Abdi, Fatemeh Sadat Seyedi Asl, Armin Tafazolimoghadam, Arian Tavasol, Seyed Ali Mousavi Nejad, Reza Madadi, Zohre Tajabadi, Mina Dehghani, Najmeh Ahmadpoor, Mobina Fathi, Mohammadreza Hajiesmaeili, Navid Nooraei

“…After the title and abstract screening, 56 human and animal studies were selected to be discussed in this article. …”
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Immunogenicity and safety of a COVID-19 DNA vaccine in healthy adults and elderly: A randomized, observer-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial by Siyue Jia, Chengwei Shao, Xin Cheng, Hongxing Pan, Zhijian Wang, Yu Xia, Jianfang Xu, Xuefen Huai, Danjing Leng, Jiarong Wang, Gan Zhao, Bin Wang, Jingxin Li, Fengcai Zhu

“…A total of 781 volunteers were recruited and screened for eligibility, with 320 eligible young adults (≥18 to <60 years old) and 320 elderly (≥60 to ≤85 years old) were randomly assigned to receive the low-dose (1.0 mg, n = 120) or high-dose (2.0 mg, n = 120) INO-4800, or placebo (n = 80). …”
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Competing health risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and early response: A scoping review. by Stefan Baral, Amrita Rao, Jean Olivier Twahirwa Rwema, Carrie Lyons, Muge Cevik, Anna E Kågesten, Daouda Diouf, Annette H Sohn, Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Gregorio Millett, Julia L Marcus, Sharmistha Mishra

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A scoping literature review was completed using searches of PubMed and preprint servers (medRxiv/bioRxiv) from November 1st, 2019 to October 31st, 2020, using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms related to SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 and HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, sexual and reproductive health, and malnutrition. …”
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Genetic characteristics of influenza A and B viruses circulating in Russia in 2019–2023 by Svetlana B. Yatsyshina, Anna A. Artamonova, Maria A. Elkina, Anna V. Valdokhina, Victoria P. Bulanenko, Aleksandra A. Berseneva, Vasily G. Akimkin

“…Data processing and analysis were carried out using DNASTAR, Nextclade, FluSurver and BioNumerics v.6.6 software. Results. …”
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Impact of antiparasitic therapy on cardiovascular outcomes in chronic Chagas disease. A systematic review and meta-analysisResearch in context by Anis Rassi, Jr, Alyssa Grimshaw, Ashwin Sarwal, Ranjit Sah, Sangam Shah, Nelson I. Agudelo Higuita, Fabio Mahamed Rassi, Michaele Francesco Corbisiero, Hannah M. Kyllo, Jordan Stellern, Samantha Kaplan, Luis A. Marcos, Edgar A. Ramírez-García, Martin Casapia, Peter Hotez, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Shital Patel, Carlos Franco-Paredes, José Antonio Marin-Neto, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez

“…Findings: Out of 4666 reports screened, 23 met the pre-specified inclusion criteria (8972 participants). …”
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Risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality during yellow fever outbreak in Brazil by Max McClure, Izabela Maurício de Rezende, Leonardo Soares Pereira, Maria Rita Teixeira Dutra, Jordana Rodrigues Barbosa Fradico, Rodrigo Macedo, Marcelle Cardoso Marçal, Lívia Soares Coelho Fonte Boa, Alexandre Maurício Castro Bragato, Flávio Augusto de Almeida Faria, Livia Pamplona, Rodrigo Fabiano do Carmo Said, Carlos Eduardo Calzavara-Silva, Dario Brock Ramalho, Cintia Lopes de Brito Magalhães, Pedro Augusto Alves, Thaysa Drummond Palmeira Gama, Gláucia Fernandes Cota, Thomas P. Monath, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Marcelo Antônio Pascoal-Xavier, Andrea Teixeira-Carvalho, Betânia Paiva Drumond, A. Desiree LaBeaud, Yellow Fever Collaborative Group, Argus Leão Araújo, Barbara Lenoir, Bruno Dala Vedova Gomes Beato, Carolina Lins Rodrigues Vieira, Daniel Vitor de Vasconcelos Santos, Flavia Mansur Starling, Gabriela Miana de Mattos Paixão, Indiara Penido, Izabela Aparecida Coelho, Leandro Henrique Malta Cunha, Letícia Menezes, Livia Frota Rabelo, Letícia Lemos Jardim, Lívia Fulgêncio da Cunha Melo, Lívia Zignago Moreira dos Santos, Ludmila de Paula, Luísa Lages de Abre Paladino, Natalia Soares Albuquerque, Simone Lopes Oliveira Lemos, Tayrine Araújo

“…These clinical markers should be applied to improve patient screening and management during future YF epidemics.…”
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