Risk factors for disruptive behaviours: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of quasi-experimental evidence by Essi Viding, Francesca Solmi, Simon Russell, Lucy Karwatowska, Bianca Lucia De Stavola, Sara Jaffee, Jean-Baptiste Pingault

“…The current review will identify the most stringent evidence of putative risk factors for disruptive behaviour from quasi-experimental studies, which enable stronger causal inference.Methods and analysis The review will be carried out according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. …”
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Our experience of buffalo improvement in India: last 50 years journey by T. K. Datta

“…It is well documented that buffaloes are efficient milk producers and the most preferred animal over cattle in many parts of the country owing to their superior quality of milk, disease resistance, longer productive life, and higher milk productivity. …”
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Policy instrument terms in patriotic health campaign documents issued by Chinese national government agencies from 1952 to 2023: a quantitative textual analysis by Yuanyuan LA, He ZHU, Qiqi WANG, Hongyan YAO, Xiaoyun LIANG

“…In terms of policy objectives, more attention has been paid to population health and regional health objectives, and the preference for policy instrument selection varies with different policy objectives. …”
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Impact of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of university students and recommendations for the post-pandemic period: A systematic review by Tamiris Beppler Martins, Joaquim Henrique Lorenzetti Branco, Taís Beppler Martins, Gilmar Moraes Santos, Alexandro Andrade

“…Method: This systematic review was conduced in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO). …”
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Antimicrobial resistance in wild game mammals: a glimpse into the contamination of wild habitats in a systematic review and meta-analysis by Claire Julie Akwongo, Luca Borrelli, Kurt Houf, Alessandro Fioretti, Maria Francesca Peruzy, Nicoletta Murru

“…Methods This study aimed to describe the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in mammalian wild game, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. …”
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Safety assessment of tolvaptan: real-world adverse event analysis using the FAERS database by Peiyang Cao, Qian Wang, Yan Wang, Qing Qiao, Liyuan Yan

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to analyze the adverse drug events (ADEs) associated with tolvaptan in the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System database from the fourth quarter of 2009 to the second quarter of 2024.MethodsAfter standardizing the data, various signal detection techniques, including Reporting Odds Ratio (ROR), Proportional Reporting Ratio (PRR), Bayesian Confidence Propagation Neural Network, and Multi-Item Gamma Poisson Shrinker, were employed for analysis.ResultsAmong the 7,486 ADE reports where tolvaptan was the primary suspected drug, a total of 196 preferred terms were identified, spanning 24 different system organ classes. …”
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High-risk adverse events in two types of single inhaler triple-therapy: a pharmacovigilance study based on the FAERS database by Zhishen Ruan, Chunbin Wang, Shasha Yuan, Yiling Fan, Bo Xu, Xiaodong Cong, Dan Li, Qing Miao

“…The aim was to explore associations between drugs and preferred term (PT) and system organ classification (SOC) levels. …”
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Help-seeking for depression among Vietnamese migrant workers in Japan and factors related to their intentions to seek help from a psychiatrist: a cross-sectional study by Yui Fukuda, Atsuko Taguchi, Akane Futami, Yusuke Umegaki, Pham Nguyen Quy, Toshihiko Nakajima, Akihito Uezato

“…Among the 53.5% of participants who scored 10 or more on the PHQ-9, 4.4% had sought help from a healthcare professional in Japan. A lower preference for coping on one’s own, greater recognition of the effectiveness of help, greater ability to make work adjustments, and a higher level of Japanese language proficiency were related to greater intentions to seek help from a psychiatrist. …”
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Developing a youth-friendly internet-enabled HIV risk calculator: A collaborative approach with young key populations, living in Soweto, South Africa. by Mamakiri Mulaudzi, Gugulethu Tshabalala, Stefanie Hornschuh, Kofi Ebenezer Okyere-Dede, Minjue Wu, Oluwatobi Ifeloluwa Ariyo, Janan J Dietrich

“…Participants' recommendations were considered in developing the HIV risk calculator. They indicated a preference for an easy-to-use, interactive, real-time assessment offering discrete and private means to self-assess HIV risk. …”
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Mapping Canada’s Green Economic Pathways for Battery Minerals: Balancing Prospectivity Modelling With Conservation and Biodiversity Values by Christopher J. M. Lawley, Matthew G. E. Mitchell, Diana Stralberg, Richard Schuster, Eliot McIntire, Joseph R. Bennett

“…The area under the curve for the receive operating characteristics (ROC) plot and the preferred gradient boosting machines model is 0.972, reducing the search space for more than 90% of deposits in the test set by 89%. …”
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TEVAR for acute type B aortic dissection in pregnant women (35 weeks gestation) with Takayasu's arteritis after cesarean section: a rare case report and literature review by Taiyu Bi, Xiaotian Duan, Yipeng Yin

“…Under the premise of stable hemodynamics, the fetus is delivered by cesarean section first and then TEVAR is the preferred treatment. The diagnosis and treatment plan of AD during pregnancy should be developed and implemented by multiple disciplines according to the vital signs of mother and fetus. …”
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The Role of Probiotics in Managing Glucose Homeostasis in Adults with Prediabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Chao Sun, Qingyin Liu, Xiaona Ye, Ronghua Li, Miaomiao Meng, Xingjun Han

“…This systematic review and meta-analysis is aimed at evaluating the evidence for the efficacy of probiotics in managing blood glucose, blood lipid, and inflammatory factors in adults with prediabetes. Methods. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Analysis checklist was used. …”
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Assessment of the knowledge, attitudes, and risk perceptions of pharmacy students regarding HIV/AIDS by Wael Mansy, Wajid Syed, Salmeen Babelghaith, Mohamed N. Al-Arifi

“…In addition, 35% of students thought that patients with HIV should be quarantined, 45% of students were concerned about workplace transmission of HIV and their safety on the job, and 41% of them would prefer not to take care of patients with HIV. Furthermore, students aged between 23 and 26 years had a high knowledge level compared to other groups (p < 0.001). …”
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Antibiotic-induced changes in the human gut microbiota for the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in primary care in the UK: a systematic review by Alastair D Hay, Alyson L Huntley, Karen T Elvers, Esther T van der Werf, Victoria J Wilson, Ashley Hammond, Lorna Duncan

“…We investigated the magnitude and duration of changes in gut microbiota in response to antibiotics commonly prescribed in UK primary care.Methods We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE and AMED, all years up to May 2020 including all study designs, collecting and analysing data on the effect of antibiotics prescribed for respiratory and urinary tract infections. We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses and Cochrane standard methods. …”
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Effectiveness of Digital Mental Health Interventions in the Workplace: Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews by Gillian Cameron, Maurice Mulvenna, Edel Ennis, Siobhan O'Neill, Raymond Bond, David Cameron, Alex Bunting

“…MethodsA systematic search was conducted to identify systematic reviews relating to digital interventions for the workplace, using the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis). …”
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Positive Expression of IGFBP2 as a Novel Prognostic Biomarker for Patients with Lower-Grade Gliomas by Yanguo Li, Jiawei Fan, Zhuo Shen, Jun Zhang, Xuemei Yin, Fang Han, Wenfei Li

“…For patients with LGG overexpressing IGFBP2, radiotherapy may be a preferable choice over chemotherapy.…”
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Out-of-field dose assessment for pencil beam scanning proton radiotherapy versus photon radiotherapy for breast cancer in pregnant women by Menke Weessies, Murillo Bellezzo, Britt J.P. Hupkens, Frank Verhaegen, Gloria Vilches-Freixas

“…These findings support the adoption of PBS-PRT as the preferred approach for treating pregnant breast cancer patients, should radiotherapy be required.…”
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Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding practices of male and female surgical sterilization procedures in Lebanon by Jad Najdi, Alexandre Armache, Elia Abou Chawareb, Nassib Abou Heidar, Marwan Zein, Anthony Fadel, Jimmy Nehme, Bassel Bachir

“…Most physicians perceived the general public preferring tubal ligation as a sterilization method (98%). …”
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Sex differences of fall-risk-increasing drugs in the middle-aged and elderly: a descriptive, cross-sectional study of FDA adverse event reporting system by Ying Zhao, Yuke Zhong, Liuqing Wu, Jiao Yan, Weitao Lu

“…To establish a list of FRIDs and describe their sex differences, we used preferred terms from the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities to search for AEs in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), and then perform disproportionality analyses and female/male ratio analyses. …”
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Chemical Characterization of Marine Aerosols in a South Mediterranean Coastal Area Located in Bou Ismaïl, Algeria by Sidali Khedidji, Konrad Müller, Lyes Rabhi, Gerald Spindler, Khanneh Wadinga Fomba, Dominik van Pinxteren, Noureddine Yassaa, Hartmut Herrmann

“…Additionally, PM10 constituent diagnostic ratios and the carbon preference index (CPI) for n-alkanes indicated the importance of anthropogenic emissions.…”
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