Meta-analysis of nifedipine and enalapril combination therapy for hypertensive patients with coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Kun Wang, Wenchao Ma, Leina Sun, Fangcheng Su

“…Heterogeneity in the studies was evaluated based on the results of the Q test (P value), and the OR value of the combined effect was calculated using either the model with fixed effects or the one with random effects, with the results presented in a forest plot. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis was conducted by excluding articles with the highest impact, and potential bias in publication was assessed through the utilization of a funnel plot. …”
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Incidence of suspected human rabies virus exposure and associated risk factors in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis by Mengistie Kassahun Tariku, Abebe Habtamu Belete, Daniel Tarekegn Worede, Sewnet Wongiel Misikir

“…Data were displayed using forest plots of incidence and risk ratio (RR) with a 95% confidence interval. …”
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Chemical Composition, Antioxidant Potential, and Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oil Cones of Tunisian Cupressus sempervirens by Aicha Ben Nouri, Wissal Dhifi, Sana Bellili, Hanene Ghazghazi, Chedia Aouadhi, Ameur Chérif, Mohamed Hammami, Wissem Mnif

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Chemical Fingerprint Analysis for Discovering Markers and Identifying Saussurea involucrata by HPLC Coupled with OPLS-DA by Qingdong Ma, Xiaoxiang Chen, Ke Zhang, Dahong Yao, Lu Yang, Hangyu Wang, Santai Bulemasi, Jian Huang, Jinhui Wang

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Sub-seasonal Patterns of PM10 and Black Carbon in a Coastal City: A Case Study of Salé, Morocco by Anas Otmani, Abdeslam Lachhab, Abdelfettah Benchrif, Mounia Tahri, Mohamed Azougagh, Mohammed El Bouch, El Mahjoub Chakir

“…The study centered on the repercussions of fossil fuel combustion (BCFF specifically, emissions from traffic) and biomass burning (BCBB Consisting of forest fires and agricultural burning) on BC2.5 levels. …”
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Assembly of soil multitrophic community regulates multifunctionality via multifaceted biotic factors in subtropical ecosystems by Chao Chang, En Hu, Xiaofeng Tang, Sisi Ye, Dan Zhao, Zhi Qu, Ming Li

“…Here, we analyzed 331 soil samples from different land-use types (cropland, forest, and grassland) in the Qinling-Daba Mountains to investigate the drivers, assembly processes, and network stability of multitrophic organisms. …”
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An Analysis of Land Use Conflicts and Strategies in the Harbin–Changchun Urban Agglomeration Based on the Production–Ecological–Living Space Theory and Patch-Generating Land Use Si... by Xiaomeng Wang, Yanjun Zhang, Xiaoyan Li, Shuwen Cao

“…The results indicate the following: (1) From 2000 to 2020 and different scenarios in 2030, the PELS of the HCUA is dominated by forest ecological space (E1) and agricultural production space (P1), with no substantial alterations in the overall spatial distribution of the PELS. (2) Absolute and relative conflicts between 2000 and 2020 are mainly concentrated in the plains of the western regions, characterized by conflicts arising from the encroachment of living space on production space; however, absolute conflicts have declined annually, accompanied by a notable enhancement in ecological quality. (3) The spatial pattern of absolute conflicts in 2030 exhibits minimal variation, illustrating higher values in the western regions compared to the eastern parts, with living space surpassing ecological space and plains showing higher conflict values than mountains. …”
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Variations in rumen microbiota and host genome impacted feed efficiency in goat breeds by Alaa Emara Rabee, Ibrahim Abou-souliman, Ahmed I. Yousif, Mebarek Lamara, Mohamed A. El-Sherbieny, Eman Ali Elwakeel, Ahmed M. Sallam

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Vegetation Dynamics and Sensitivity Responds to Climate Change in the Upstream of the Yellow River, China by XiangYu Lan, RuoWei Li, Xin Wang, TianCai Zhou, YunHui Li, JieJi Duo, Jian Sun

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ENERGY AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION DEPENDING ON THE QUALITY OF CORN GRAIN by Vitalii Palamarchuk, Roman Lohosha, Vadim Krychkovskyi

“…The results of studies of the influence of foliar fertilisation with a bacterial preparation based on beneficial symbiotic and associative microorganisms Biomag, microfertilisers "ROSTOK" corn, Ecolist Mono Zinc, carried out in the phase of 5-7 and 10-12 leaves of corn, on the level of pre-harvest grain moisture, the number of rows of grains are presented, number of grains in a row, weight of 1000 grains, starch content in grain, productivity and bioethanol yield in hybrids of early maturing group Kharkiv 195 MV (FAO 190) and DKS 2971 (FAO 200), medium early group DKS 3795 (FAO 250) and DKS 3871 (FAO 2480) and medium maturing group DK 315 (FAO 310) and DK 440 (FAO 350) in agro-ecological conditions of the Forest-Steppe of Right-Bank Ukraine. The research is grounded in an evaluation of the efficacy of optimising the supply of plant nutrients through foliar fertilisation in the formation of grain yield and quality. …”
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Characterization of Wood Cellular Structure of Plantation Grown Anogeissus leiocarpa and Eucalyptus camaldulensis in the Savannah Ecological Zone, Ghana by Enoch Gbapenuo Tampori, Francis Kofi Bih, Emmanuel Appiah-Kubi, Issah Chakurah, Michael Awotwe-Mensah, Mark Bright Donkoh

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Developing a decision support tool to predict delayed discharge from hospitals using machine learning by Mahsa Pahlevani, Enayat Rajabi, Majid Taghavi, Peter VanBerkel

“…Three ML classifiers, Random Forest (RF), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), and eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB), were tested to classify patients as ALC or not. …”
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Clinical Predictors of Aspirin Resistance in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Fan Zhang, Hongyan Zheng

“…The pooled results were visually displayed using forest plots. …”
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Differentiated TB care matrix: Validating an assessment tool for healthcare workers providing differentiated TB care using Delphi technique by Riswana S. Ansari, Ankeeta Menona Jacob, Avinash K. Shetty, Shazia Anjum

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Advancing Objective Mobile Device Use Measurement in Children Ages 6–11 Through Built-In Device Sensors: A Proof-of-Concept Study by Olivia L. Finnegan, R. Glenn Weaver, Hongpeng Yang, James W. White, Srihari Nelakuditi, Zifei Zhong, Rahul Ghosal, Yan Tong, Aliye B. Cepni, Elizabeth L. Adams, Sarah Burkart, Michael W. Beets, Bridget Armstrong

“…Five machine learning models, logistic regression (LR), support vector machine, neural net (NN), k-nearest neighbors (k-NN), and random forest (RF), were trained using 57 features generated from the sensor output to perform multiclass classification. …”
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Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and its associated factors among adults in East African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Habtamu Wagnew Abuhay, Tigabu Kidie Tesfie, Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu, Muluken Chanie Agimas, Getaneh Awoke Yismaw, Gebrie Getu Alemu, Nebiyu Mekonnen Derseh, Bantie Getnet Yirsaw

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We extensively searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Google for relevant studies. A forest plot was used to estimate the pooled prevalence of diabetic retinopathy using DerSimonian and Laird's random-effects model. …”
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Zmienność runa leśnego w grądzie wysokim rezerwatu Las Bielański pod wpływem ruchu turystycznego by Anita Grutkowska

“…Las Bielański covers 150 hectares, it is a unique remnant of the ancient Mazowiecka Forest. At present 130 hectares out of 150 hectares are a nature reserve, where the influence of humans is limited only to tourist paths. …”
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Remotely sensed spectral indicators of bird taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity across Afrotropical urban and non-urban habitats by Adewale G. Awoyemi, Tunrayo R. Alabi, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo

“…To do so, we sampled birds at 400 points equally distributed across eight Nigerian areas, two vegetation zones (rainforest vs savannah), and two habitats (urban vs non-urban), and extracted 29 indicators (mean and SD) at 50-m radius of each point (exact area of bird censuses). Random Forest Regressions and Generalized Linear Mixed Effect Models were used to identify the topmost ranked indicator of each avian diversity component, and its variation between urban and non-urban areas. …”
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Rethinking village malaria workers in Cambodia: Perspectives from the communities, programme managers, and international stakeholders. by Long Heng Orng, Monnaphat Jongdeepaisal, Panarasri Khonputsa, Lek Dysoley, Siv Sovannaroth, Thomas J Peto, James J Callery, Christopher Pell, Richard J Maude, Marco Liverani

“…VMWs, particularly mobile malaria workers tasked with active case detection among forest workers, were deemed necessary to maintain effective malaria control. …”
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Evaluación de tecnologías alternativas de manejo para disminuir los daños causados por el viento en frutos de pera cv. Williams, en el alto valle de río negro, argentina by A. RODRÍGUEZ, E. THOMAS, H. CANCIO, F. MENNI

“…Se observó que con vientos fuertes, una cortina forestal adecuada, disminuye hasta un 20% la proporción de frutos dañados y otorga una protección significativa hasta aproximadamente 5H de distancia. …”
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