Efficacy and Safety of Non-Vitamin K Anticoagulants for Atrial Fibrillation in Relation to Different Renal Function Levels: A Network Meta-Analysis by Hao Jin, Kongbo Zhu, Lina Wang, Yifan Li, Jingjun Meng, Hong Zhi

“…Background. We performed a network meta-analysis (NMA) comparing the efficacy (stroke or systemic embolism) and safety (major bleeding) among different non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and renal impairment, with the aim of recommending the proper drug and the dose based on renal function. …”
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The effects of different cooking methods on some fatty acid composition in sea bass grown in marine, freshwater, and culture environments by Ali Şen, Gürkan Uçar

“…Fatty acid composition analysis was performed using the COI / T.20 / Doc.no.17 gas chromatographic method and GC-FID device.…”
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TiMON: a real-time integrated monitor for improving the placement and wear of emergency tourniquets by John Quan Nguyen, Avery Goss, Helen Keshishian, Francis Berchard, Jonathan Parks, Conor Evans

“…In the second study, 30 lay volunteers from Massachusetts General Hospital with no prior tourniquet training were recruited and taught how to apply a tourniquet under normal conditions prior to being asked to perform the same exercises as the soldiers. In both studies, data collected for statistical analysis consisted of the real-time applied pressure along with the elapsed time for each subject to finish applying the emergency tourniquet. …”
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Development of a new data management system for the study of the gut microbiome of children who are small for their gestational age by Felix Manske, Magdalena Durda-Masny, Norbert Grundmann, Jan Mazela, Monika Englert-Golon, Marta Szymankiewicz-Bręborowicz, Joanna Ciomborowska-Basheer, Izabela Makałowska, Anita Szwed, Wojciech Makałowski

“…To answer these questions, investigators have to perform comparative analyses on their classified sequences based on the collected metadata, such as treatment, condition of the patient, or the environment. …”
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Comprehensive coronary CT angiography in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Binh T Nguyen, Edward Hulten, Venkatesh L Murthy, Tarin Phillips, Gregory M Blake, Jonathan A Aun, Lisa M Conte, Ritika Gadodia, Aakash Tuli, Sara L Robinson, Travis E Harrell

“…A sensitivity analysis was performed with a fixed effects model. Publication bias was assessed by visual inspection of funnel plots and formal testing by Egger’s and Begg’s tests. …”
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Influencing factors of survival rate after replantation of severed palm and fingers and related nursing strategies (断指断掌再植术后成活率影响因素分析及护理对策)... by WEI Suhui (韦素惠), MO Julian (莫菊莲), TENG Lichu (滕立初)

“…Univariate analysis and logistic regression model were performed to identify potential factors influencing the survival rate after replantation. …”
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Les macaques de Tonkéan (Macaca tonkeana) et les macaques rhésus (Macaca mulatta) discriminent-ils les mêmes indices sociaux d’un partenaire humain ? by Charlotte Canteloup, Dalila Bovet, Helene Meunier

“…Nous avons testé deux espèces de macaques socialement divergentes, les macaques de Tonkéan, (Macaca tonkeana), tolérants et égalitaires, et les macaques rhésus, (Macaca mulatta), caractérisés par une hiérarchie de dominance plus stricte, afin d’investiguer l’influence du type de sociabilité sur ces performances cognitives. Les macaques rhésus, vivant dans une société hautement hiérarchique, devraient être plus sensibles à des indices sociaux subtils tels que l’état des yeux que les macaques de Tonkéan subissant moins de pressions sociales au sein de leur groupe. …”
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Effects of Exergaming on Morphological Variables, Biochemical Parameters, and Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents with Overweight/Obesity: A Systematic Review with Meta-Anal... by Jordan Hernandez-Martinez, Joaquín Perez-Carcamo, Hassan Melki, Izham Cid-Calfucura, Edgar Vasquez-Carrasco, Pedro Delgado-Floody, Claudio Romero, Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela, Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco, Pablo Valdés-Badilla

“…Nine meta-analyses were performed, showing significant decreases in body mass index (<i>p</i> = 0.04), waist circumference (<i>p</i> = 0.03), and systolic blood pressure (<i>p</i> = 0.007). …”
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Identifikasi Nada antara Suling Sunda dan Suling Rekorder dengan Menggunakan Metode Frequency Cpstral Coefficients (MFCC) dan Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) by Fawwaz Muhammad Suryadikarsa, Youllia Indrawaty Nurhasanah, Irma Amelia Dewi

“…This research was made using an algorithm Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) to perform feature extraction and algorithm processes Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) is used to identify the time difference of recording. …”
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Meta-Analysis of Daoyin Therapy on Therapeutic Effect and Quality of Life in Patients with Stable Angina Pectoris by QIAO Meng, WANG Zhifei, TAN Chaoren, DAI Jingang

“…The retrieval time was from inception to December 2021.The risk of bias assessment tool provided by the Cochrane Reviewers Handbook 5.1 was used to assess the quality of the literature, and the RevMan 5.3 software (provided by the Cochrane Collaboration) was used to perform a meta-analysis. Primary outcomes included the number of angina attacks, the angina duration and Seattle angina questionnaire (SAQ) scores. …”
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High and low body mass index increases the risk of short-term postoperative complications following total shoulder arthroplasty by Salvatore Capotosto, MD, Matthew Kim, MD, Kenny Ling, MD, Alireza Nazemi, MD, Ryan Tantone, MD, Elizabeth Wang, MD, David E. Komatsu, PhD, Edward D. Wang, MD

“…Therefore, this study aims to better understand the impact of BMI on 30-day post-TSA outcomes by performing a comprehensive risk stratification based on BMI using a large national database. …”
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Investigating the Occurrence of Soil-Transmitted Parasites Contaminating Soil, Vegetables, and Green Fodder in the East of Nile Delta, Egypt by Samah H. Yahia, Samia E. Etewa, Abd Allah A. Al Hoot, Salwa Z. Arafa, Nesreen S. Saleh, Mohamed H. Sarhan, Suzan I. Rashad, Shimaa S. Hassan

“…Statistical analysis was performed with the SPSS software version 22 (IBM, Chicago, IL, USA). …”
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Evaluasi Usability Website Berita Online Prokal.Co Menggunakan Evaluasi Heuristic dan Webuse by M. Gilvy Langgawan Putra, Nisya Rani Sabilla, Sri R. Natasia

“…Since founded in 2015, the evaluation related to the usability of the website has yet to be performed. It affects PROKAL's plan to redesign the user interface of the website in 2020, because PROKAL still doesn’t know the needs and problems experienced by users also what website will look like in the future. …”
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Efek Pemberian Vitamin C terhadap Gambaran Histopatologi Hati Tikus Wistar yang Terpapar Timbal Asetat by Arifuddin ., Aswiyanti Asri, Elmatris .

“…This research was conducted at Pharmacy Laboratory and Pathology laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University. The study performed on 28 male Wistar rats, 3 months old, body weight 200 g.             …”
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Urinary Incontinence in Men with Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study by İsmail Uysal, Özgür Nadiye Doğrukök, Yalcin Golcuk, Fatih Özden, Mehmet Özkeskin, Miray Başer, Bircan Yücekaya, Zeynep Nisa Karakoyun

“…The UI assessment was performed with the Urogenital Distress Inventory (UDI-6) and the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7 (IIQ-7). …”
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Genome-wide identification, characterization and expression analysis of WRKY transcription factors under abiotic stresses in Carthamus tinctorius L by Zhengwei Tan, Dandan Lu, Yongliang Yu, Lei Li, Lanjie Xu, Wei Dong, Qing Yang, Chunming Li, Xiufu Wan, Huizhen Liang

“…Gene structure, conserved domain, motif, cis-elements, and expression profiling were performed. Syntenic analysis revealed that there were 27 pairs of repetitive fragments. …”
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Predictors of developing severe COVID-19 among hospitalized patients: a retrospective study by Hussain Abduljaleel Alkhalifa, Ehab Darwish, Zaenb Alsalman, Aman Alfaraj, Abdullah Alkhars, Fatimah Alkhalifa, Mohammed Algaraash, Ahmed Mohammed Elshebiny, Emad Alkhoufi, Khaled Mohamed Amin Elzorkany

“…Comparative tests as well as both univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to identify risk factors for developing severe COVID-19 and poor outcomes.ResultsBased on the comparative statistical tests patients with severe COVID-19 were statistically significantly associated with older age and had higher respiratory rate, longer hospital stay, and higher prevalence of diabetes than non-severe cases. …”
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Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase-3 Aggravates Neuroinflammatory Injury After Intracerebral Hemorrhage via Activation NF-&kappa;B/IL-17A Pathway in Mice by Wang J, Li Y, Tan C, Shao J, Tang W, Kong Q, Sheng W, Ding Z, Li F, Piao J, Lv D, Hu L, Wang Q, Jiang X

“…The effect of IRAK3 on ICH mice was assessed by Western blotting and short-term and long-term neurological function evaluation. RNA-seq was performed to explore the mechanism by which IRAK3 promotes inflammation after ICH. …”
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Comparative analysis of 2 approaches to monitor countries' progress towards full and equal access to sexual and reproductive health care, information, and education in 75 countries... by Jewel Gausman, Richard Adanu, Delia A B Bandoh, Neena R Kapoor, Ernest Kenu, Ana Langer, Magdalene A Odikro, Thomas Pullum, R Rima Jolivet

“…The main limitation of our methodology is that there is no gold standard for measurement of the phenomenon under study, and thus we are unable to specify with total certainty which indicator performs better.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our results illustrate underlying challenges with the current indicator formulation that impact its interpretability. …”
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High-throughput untargeted metabolomics reveals metabolites and metabolic pathways that differentiate two divergent pig breeds by S. Bovo, M. Bolner, G. Schiavo, G. Galimberti, F. Bertolini, S. Dall’Olio, A. Ribani, P. Zambonelli, M. Gallo, L. Fontanesi

“…Comparative analyses of metabolomic profiles in purebred pigs can provide insights into the basic biological mechanisms that may explain differences in production performances. Following this concept, this study was designed to compare, on a large scale, the plasma metabolomic profiles of two Italian heavy pig breeds (Italian Duroc and Italian Large White) to indirectly evaluate the impact of their different genetic backgrounds on the breed metabolomes. …”
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