Efficacy and safety of pharmacotherapy for cancer cachexia: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis by Hao Chen, Masashi Ishihara, Hiroki Kazahari, Ryusuke Ochiai, Shigeru Tanzawa, Takeshi Honda, Yasuko Ichikawa, Nobuyuki Horita, Hisashi Nagai, Kiyotaka Watanabe, Nobuhiko Seki

“…Results Seven placebo‐controlled randomized trials involving 1421 patients were analyzed. Pairwise analysis showed that body weight increases were 4.6 kg (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.83–8.37 kg) for olanzapine, 3.82 kg (95% CI 0.73–6.91 kg) for espindolol (20 mg), 2.36 kg (95% CI 1.84–2.89 kg) for anamorelin (100 mg), and 1.31 kg (95% CI 0.42–2.19 kg) for anamorelin (50 mg). …”
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The Effect of Combining mHealth and Health Professional–Led Intervention for Improving Health-Related Outcomes in Chronic Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Masashi Kanai, Takahiro Miki, Toshiya Sakoda, Yuta Hagiwara

“…In the short term, subjective outcomes showed significant improvement (SMD 0.31; 95% CI 0.12-0.50; I2=0%), while objective outcomes did not (SMD 0.11; 95% CI –0.05 to 0.27; I2=0%). …”
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Comparisons of open surgical repair, thoracic endovascular aortic repair, and optimal medical therapy for acute and subacute type B aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-... by Jianping Liu, Xiaohong Chen, Juan Xia, Long Tang, Yongheng Zhang, Lin Cao, Yong Zheng

“…The results require further large-scale randomized controlled trials.…”
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Efficacy and safety of various drug combinations in treating plaque Psoriasis: A meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Nayak Snehasis, Karshe Haji Ali, Pendyala Siri, Ngabo Herve, Sayed Zafar

“…Conclusion This study showed that combination therapy is very effective for plaque psoriasis, with promising combinations of pioglitazone. …”
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Identification of QTL for Plant Height Traits in Single-segment Substitution Lines of Wild Rice by Xingxin DAI, Yanjie LIU, Chengxia LI, Rui TANG, Jiamei MU, Xuelin FU

“…Both qPHb1-4 and qPHb10-1 showed the phenotype contributions of more than 18.00%, and qPHb10-1 might be a novel QTL controlling plant height traits in BAR-SSSLs from O. barthii.…”
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Unconventional use of injectable long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine against HIV-1 in PWH in clinical need: 52 weeks real-world data by Valentina Iannone, Roberto Rossotti, Nicholas Brian Bana, Gabriele Cavazza, Federico D’Amico, Francesca Lombardi, Pierluigi Francesco Salvo, Gianmaria Baldin, Simona Di Giambenedetto, Dario Bernacchia, Gabriele Pagani, Alberto Borghetti, Stefano Rusconi

“…Abstract Background Long-acting Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine (LA CAB + RPV) shows potential advantages in heavily comorbid and even in viremic people with HIV (PWH). …”
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Dufulin Impacts Plant Defense Against Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Infecting Tomato by Liping Huang, Yingying Tang, Shuaixin Wang, Jianbin Chen, Jiao Du, Shuo Yan, Deyong Zhang, Xiaobin Shi, Yong Liu, Fan Li

“…Plants treated with dufulin showed reduced symptomatology and lower viral titers compared to the controls. …”
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Beyond averaging: A transformer approach to decoding event related brain potentials by Philipp Zelger, Manuel Arnold, Sonja Rossi, Josef Seebacher, Franz Muigg, Simone Graf, Antonio Rodríguez-Sánchez

“…Traditional methods involve averaging the EEG signal of multiple trials to extract valuable neural signals from the high noise content of EEG data. …”
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Evaluation of ChatGPT-4 for the detection of surgical site infections from electronic health records after colorectal surgery: A pilot diagnostic accuracy study by Josep M. Badia, Daniel Casanova-Portoles, Estela Membrilla, Carles Rubiés, Miquel Pujol, Joan Sancho

“…Minor differences in outcomes were observed between colon and rectal surgeries, as well as between the hospitals participating in the study. Conclusions: ChatGPT shows high sensitivity and good overall accuracy for detecting SSI. …”
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Haemodynamic changes of interatrial shunting devices for heart failure: a systematic review and meta‐analysis by Tieci Yi, Min Li, Fangfang Fan, Lin Qiu, Zhi Wang, Haoyu Weng, Xiaoke Shang, Changdong Zhang, Wei Ma, Yan Zhang, Yong Huo

“…After a literature search and detailed evaluation, six trials enrolling a total of 203 individuals were included in the quantitative analysis. …”
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The Application of Incretin-Based Pharmacotherapy in the Contemporary Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Review of the Literature by Jakub Waszczyński, Wojciech Kulej, Wiktor Biesiada, Piotr Kulej, Justyna Woźniak, Justyna Weronika Kmieć, Anna Mariia Chernysh, Aleksandra Dusińska, Kamila Fuczyło, Karolina Stankević

“…Materials and Methods Data was sourced from recent clinical trials and literature (post-2020) from PubMed, Google Scholar, Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, American Diabetes Association, Research Gate. …”
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The Role of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Vasiliki Tsampasian, Ranu Baral, Rahul Chattopadhyay, Maciej Debski, Shruti S Joshi, Johannes Reinhold, Marc R Dweck, Pankaj Garg, Vassilios S Vassiliou

“…Recent randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have shown a significant prognostic benefit of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in the cardiovascular (CV) profile of patients with diabetes. …”
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Agrobiological characteristics of hulless barley cultivars developed at Omsk agrarian Scientific Center by P. N. Nikolaev, O. A. Yusova, N. I. Aniskov, I. V. Safonova

“…‘Maysky’ had higher stress tolerance (–1.35), while the reference ‘Omsky golozerny 2’ showed increased homeostasis (0.118). Thus, ‘Omsky golozerny 4’ exceeded the previous two cultivars in adaptability and stability.…”
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Exploring the association between statins use or HMG-CoA reductase inhibition and migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hamdy A. Makhlouf, Amr K. Hassan, Nereen A. Almosilhy, Ahmed S.A. Osman, Shrouk Ramadan, Moaz Elsayed Abouelmagd

“…Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) showed that statins significantly reduced monthly migraine frequency (MD= -3.16, 95%CI= [-5.79, -0.53]; p = 0.02, I2 = 79%; P = 0.03). …”
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Sodium‐glucose cotransporter‐2 inhibitors in heart failure: an updated meta‐analysis by Yang Cao, Pengxiao Li, Yi Li, Yaling Han

“…Methods and results PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library were searched to identify randomized controlled trials comparing SGLT2i vs. placebo in HF patients. …”
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Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index: A Promising, Non-Invasive Biomarker for Crohn’s Disease Activity and Severity Assessment by Deng Y, Fu T, Gao D, Zhou J, Nie X, Wang F, Yu Q

“…We recommend randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or studies with larger sample sizes to improve the model.Keywords: Crohn’s disease, biomarkers, inflammation, nomograms, disease progression…”
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The use of methylene blue in adult patients with septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ka Ting Ng, Pei En Kwok, Wei En Lim, Wan Yi Teoh, Mohd Shahnaz Hasan, Mohd Fitry Zainal Abidin

“…As compared to the placebo, our pooled analysis showed that methylene blue significantly increased mean arterial pressure (MD: 1.34 mmHg, 95% CI 0.15 to 2.53, p = 0.03, level of evidence: very low). …”
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Adaptive potential of spring durum wheat (<i>Triticum durum</i> Desf.) under the conditions of Primorsky Territory by P. M. Bogdan, A. G. Klykov, I. V. Konovalova, N. V. Kuzmenko

“…The adaptive potential of 16 genotypes was determined through multi-environment trials at the Federal Scientific Center of Agricultural Biotechnology of the Far East named after A.K. …”
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A comprehensive comparison of PARP inhibitors as maintenance therapy in platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Shiya Ji, Lu Chen, Yebo Yu, Xupeng Chen, Liwen Wei, Lili Gou, Cheng Shi, Susu Zhuang

“…Conclusion All included PARPis showed various degrees of benefit in survival outcomes and safety profile was acceptable for PSROC patients. …”
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Need to clamp indwelling urinary catheters before removal after different durations: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaoyan Fan, Sumin Ma, Jiayi Gu

“…The pooled results of the meta-analysis showed that the clamping group had a significantly higher risk of urinary tract infections (RR=1.47; 95% CI 1.26 to 1.72; p&lt;0.00001) and a longer hour to first void (SMD=0.19; 95% CI 0.08 to 0.29; p=0.0004) compared with the free drainage group. …”
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