Accumulating research: a systematic account of how cumulative meta-analyses would have provided knowledge, improved health, reduced harm and saved resources. by Mike Clarke, Anne Brice, Iain Chalmers

“…<h4>Background</h4>"Cumulative meta-analysis" describes a statistical procedure to calculate, retrospectively, summary estimates from the results of similar trials every time the results of a further trial in the series had become available. …”
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Evidence of disorientation towards immunization on online social media after contrasting political communication on vaccines. Results from an analysis of Twitter data in Italy. by Samantha Ajovalasit, Veronica Maria Dorgali, Angelo Mazza, Alberto d'Onofrio, Piero Manfredi

“…<h4>Objectives and methods</h4>First, we supplied a definition of disorientation, as the "lack of well-established and resilient opinions among individuals, therefore causing them to change their positions as a consequence of sufficient external perturbations". Second, procedures for testing for the presence of both short and longer-term collective disorientation in Twitter signals were proposed. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Allergenspecific Immunotherapy in Children with Pollinosis Using Doppler Study of Sublingual Salivary Glands by M. V. Ryazanov, L. S. Namazova-Baranova, M. V. Gorshkov, I. A. Krotov, V. Yu. Yaltikov

“…All children underwent an ultrasound procedure of sublingual salivary glands; children with pollinosis underwent it twice, with an assessment of intraparenchymal hemodynamics before and after ASIT.Results. 160 children with pollinosis in remission period aged 5–17 and 40 children aged 5–17 without burdened allergic history were included in the study. …”
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Validation of laparoscopy and flexible ureteroscopy tasks in inanimate simulation training models at a large-scale conference setting by Jirong Lu, Karthik Thandapani, Tricia Kuo, Ho Yee Tiong

“…Each participant's experience (no experience, 1–30 or >30 procedures) in laparoscopy, rigid ureteroscopy (RURS) and FURS was self-reported. …”
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Evaluation of biochemical, hematological, RIBA and PCR assays in predicting viremia in anti-HCV positive patients by Mumtaz Cem Sirin, Buket Cicioglu Aridogan, Emel Sesli Cetin, Fevziye Burcu Sirin

“…However, high costs, long and laborious procedures limit their widespread usage. This retrospective study was conducted to assess the predictive performances of biochemical and hematological parameters, anti-HCV signal-to-cutoff (S/CO) ratios and RIBA assay for HCV viremia. …”
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A review on WSN based resource constrained smart IoT systems by Shreeram Hudda, K. Haribabu

“…SDN) addresses diverse IoT network needs across domains like smart grids, healthcare, traffic signaling, agriculture, and smart homes by enabling efficient communication, network management, and innovative control procedures. However, SDN’s application for anomaly detection and primary defense against security threats in IoT systems remains underexplored. …”
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Proprioceptive Training with Visual Feedback Improves Upper Limb Function in Stroke Patients: A Pilot Study by Jieying He, Chong Li, Jiali Lin, Beibei Shu, Bin Ye, Jianhui Wang, Yifang Lin, Jie Jia

“…However, evidence-based training procedures and cost-efficient training setups for patients with poststroke are still limited. …”
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Enterococci in cheese – phenotypization and antibiotic resistance by Snežana BULAJIĆ, Zora MIJAČEVIĆ

“…The examination of antibiotic resistance/sensitivity profiles was performed by applying disk-diffusion procedure on Muller-Hinton agar. The number of enterococci determined in cheese samples depended on applied technological process. …”
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Tumor cerebral e gravidez Brain tumors and pregnancy by José Carlos Lynch, João Cláudio Emmerich, Sara Kislanov, Fabiano Gouvêa, Lygia Câmara, Sonia Maria Santos Silva, Marcos Machado D’Ippolito

“…AIM: To identify the best medical procedure to be followed for a pregnant patient harboring a brain tumor. …”
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Microdissection testicular sperm extraction outcomes in azoospermic patients post-orchidopexy surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Hao-Nan He, Hong Xiao, Rui-Jie Yao, Shi-Jie Liao, Jun-Hang Zheng, Hui-Liang Zhou

“…Earlier orchidopexy and much later m-TESE procedures, as well as undescended testis closer to the scrotum, increase the likelihood of successful sperm retrieval. …”
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Geometric Investigation of Al-Wind Dam Reservoir Northeastern Iraq, using Digital Elevation Models and Spatial Analyses System by Sabbar A. Saleh, Iktifaa T. Abdul Qadir, Amin M. Ibrahim, Huda M. Hussain

“…The elements above are basics in geometric studies, which are used to design the procedure of reservoir operating, as the control on storage, and releases from the gates of the dam in the different operating conditions, it is control the changes that will occur on the land uses after beginning the storage at each level, as well as the changing on the outcrops of geological formations that would be inundated with changing in water level, accordingly, the secure operation level were determine to avoid the hazards on the dam, and decrease the wastage in the land use and the stored water, and decrease the immersed areas, the mathematical relationship between the inundated areas and the capacity of the reservoir were derived to use it in the future for the operation and routing of the reservoirs, determine the surface area of ​​the reservoir as well as predict the capacity of the reservoir at each level. …”
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Clinical experience and outcomes of post chemotherapy midline extraperitoneal approach to retroperitoneal lymph node dissection by Basil Razi, James Kovacic, Ankur Dhar, Andrew Shepherd, Venu Chalasani, Matthew Winter

“…The median length of the procedure was 300 min, blood loss was 300mL, length of stay was 5 days, and post-operative days until bowel opening was 2 days. …”
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INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF REPAIRING, MANUFACTURING AND OPERATION OF THE TPP FACILITIES BY TECHNOLOGY OF GAS-THERMAL COATING AND LASER SURFACE MELTING by O. E. Grachev, V. M. Neuimin, D. V. Nasteka

“…In as much the base melts smallest, the coating characteristics depend mainly on the properties of adding material. The procedure of laser coating passes through several stages including physical contact creation, chemical interaction (laser radiation absorption), volumetrical processes resulting in formation of stable bonds in volume of the materials that have reacted. …”
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A Novel Mathematical Approach to Gait Analysis: The Reliability and Validity of the ZAY Angle for Step Length Estimation in Healthy Adults by Ziad M. Haroun, Hoda M. Zakaria, Zizi M. Ibrahim, Osama R. Abdelraouf, Aya A. Khalil

“…(1) Background: The application of a mathematical formula to human gait at certain phases is a considerable method to avoid the issues associated with complicated procedures of gait assessment. The purpose of this study was to identify the validity and reliability of an angle (the ZAY angle) in estimating and predicting the step length in healthy subjects. (2) Methods: Thirty-three college-aged students participated in this study. …”
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Purse string suture for rapid access hemostasis after removal of large-caliber femoral venous delivery sheaths in children with atrial septal defects by Gang Luo, Zhixian Ji, Bei Zhang, Yueyi Ren, Silin Pan

“…Conclusions The PSS is a simple, effective, and safe procedure that may play a valuable role in achieving rapid hemostasis after the removal of the large-caliber venous delivery sheaths in children. …”
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Sensor Technologies and Rehabilitation Strategies in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Current Landscape and Future Directions by Theodora Plavoukou, Spiridon Sotiropoulos, Eustathios Taraxidis, Dimitrios Stasinopoulos, George Georgoudis

“…Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is a well-established surgical intervention for the management of end-stage knee osteoarthritis. While the procedure is generally successful, postoperative rehabilitation remains a key determinant of long-term functional outcomes. …”
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Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate versus transurethral resection of the prostate in treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia: A meta-analysis of 13 randomized control tria... by Besut Daryanto, Wisnu Syahputra Suryanullah, Probo Yudha Pratama Putra

“…The prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in older men increases with age, beginning at 40–45 years and reaching to 60% by 60 years and 80% by 80 years. Surgical procedures such as holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) and transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) are the preferred treatments for BPH. …”
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Design and analysis of a 60 GHz high gain wideband magneto electric dipole antenna array based on trapped printed gap waveguide technology by Haitham Hamada, Mohamed Mamdouh M. Ali, Shoukry I. Shams, Ashraf A. M. Khalaf, A. M. M. A. Allam

“…Both ME-dipole sub-arrays and the out-of-phase power divider with WR-15 standard interface are designed and studied separately, where a systematic design procedure is presented to obtain initial design parameters. …”
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Forensic within the Framework of Expert-Analytical and Auditing Activities: Theoretical Research of the Concept by Mikhail A. Gorodilov, Natalya A. Shklyaeva

“…Forensic is an independent activity to investigate, analyze and develop procedures to counteract all types of financial fraud. …”
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A method for identifying relevant topics of pilot simulator training based on clustering of flight safety reports by Z. R. Zabbarov, A. K. Volkov

“…The paper presents a scheme of a method for identifying relevant topics of pilot simulator training based on clustering of flight safety reports. The procedures of text preprocessing and the construction of its vector space are described. …”
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