Bioimpedance: A tool for screening oral cancer – A systematic review by Vaibhav Gupta, Usha Agrawal, Poonam Goel

“…Results: A total of 6754 articles were identified; of which 481 were eligible for inclusion. Only five articles met the eligibility criteria and were included in the study. …”
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HPV-Vaccine Hesitancy in Colombia: A Mixed-Methods Study by Veronica Cordoba-Sanchez, Mariantonia Lemos, Diego Alfredo Tamayo-Lopera, Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin

“…To identify the behavioural components of HPV-vaccine hesitancy in females aged 15 and under and their families, we conducted a convergent mixed-methods study in which 196 parents/caregivers responded to an online questionnaire and 10 focus groups were held with 13 of these parents/caregivers, and 50 age-eligible girls. The study is novel as it is the first to explore the factors influencing HPV-vaccine hesitancy alongside the COVID vaccine within an integrative model of behaviour change, the capability-opportunity-motivation-behaviour (COM-B) model. …”
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Roles of Exosomes in Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Systematic Review by Karolina Dżaman, Katarzyna Czerwaty

“…Of 250 records identified, 17 were eligible, all of which had a low to moderate risk of overall bias. …”
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Predictive Model of Adaptive Cruise Control Speed to Enhance Engine Operating Conditions by Srikanth Kolachalama, Hafiz Malik

“…This article presents a novel methodology to predict the optimal adaptive cruise control set speed profile (ACCSSP) by optimizing the engine operating conditions (EOC) considering vehicle level vectors (VLV) (body parameter, environment, driver behaviour) as the affecting parameters. …”
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Recovery of Routine Immunisation: Mapping External Financing Opportunities for Reaching Zero-Dose Children by Sarah Tougher, Nikhil Mandalia, Ulla Kou Griffiths

“…Our methods, which focus on current donor financing, are novel and reveal substantial variations in access to external financing to support immunisation in high-burden countries. …”
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Interventions Designed to Improve Adherence to Growth Hormone Treatment for Pediatric Patients and Their Families: A Narrative Review by Selina Graham, Sophia Quirke-McFarlane, Vivian Auyeung, John Weinman

“…The interventions identified were divided into two broad categories: novel injection devices, and patient choice of device. …”
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A meta-analysis to gauge the impact of pedagogies employed in mixed-ability high school biology classrooms by Malavika E. Santhosh, Jolly Bhadra, Zubair Ahmad, Noora Al-Thani

“…A meta-analysis was performed on 32 eligible studies sorted via the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology. …”
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A cumulative meta‐analysis of the effects of individual physical activity interventions targeting healthy adults by Love, R, Adams, J, van Sluijs, E, Foster, C, Humphreys, D

“…The purpose of this cumulative meta‐analysis was to investigate the evolution of randomized controlled trial evidence of individual‐level physical activity interventions to asses if new trials are contributing novel evidence to the field. Through a two‐staged search process, primary studies examining the effects of interventions targeted at increasing physical activity within healthy adult populations were pooled and selected from eligible systematic reviews. …”

Distribution and prevalence of ticks and tick-borne pathogens of wild animals in South Africa: A systematic review by Maphuti B. Ledwaba, Khumalo Nozipho, Danisile Tembe, ThankGod E. Onyiche, Mamohale E. Chaisi

“…This systematic review focuses on the distribution of ticks and prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in different wild animals in South Africa to identify potential reservoir hosts and possible hotspots for emergence of novel tick-borne pathogens. Following several screening processes, 38 peer-reviewed studies published from 1970 to 2021, were deemed eligible. …”
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Leucine-rich alpha-2 glycoprotein as a potential biomarker for large vessel vasculitides by Natsuka Umezawa, Fumitaka Mizoguchi, Yasuhiro Maejima, Naoki Kimura, Hisanori Hasegawa, Tadashi Hosoya, Minoru Fujimoto, Minoru Fujimoto, Hitoshi Kohsaka, Tetsuji Naka, Tetsuji Naka, Shinsuke Yasuda

“…In this retrospective observational study, we investigated whether leucine-rich α-2 glycoprotein (LRG), a known biomarker in several inflammatory diseases, could be a novel biomarker for LVVs.Methods49 eligible patients with Takayasu arteritis (TAK) or giant cell arteritis (GCA) whose serum was preserved in our laboratory were enrolled. …”
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Quabodepistat in combination with delamanid and bedaquiline in participants with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis: protocol for a multicenter, phase 2b/c, open-label, random... by Rodney Dawson, Andreas H. Diacon, Simbarashe Takuva, Yongge Liu, Bo Zheng, Vatsala Karwe, Jeffrey Hafkin

“…There is currently a need for more potent, less-toxic drugs with novel mechanisms of action that can be used in combination with these newer agents to shorten the duration of treatment as well as prevent the development of drug resistance. …”
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Association between neutrophil to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and disease severity in patients with acute biliary pancreatitis by Lin Yang, Chiyi He, Wei Wang

“…However, its association with acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) remains unknown.Methods This study included 1335 eligible patients diagnosed with ABP from April 2016 to December 2022. …”
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The role of transplantation in Hodgkin lymphoma by Michael Maranzano, Monica Mead

“…As the management of relapsed/refractory (R/R) cHL evolves with the introduction of novel agents, so too does the role of transplantation. …”
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Exploring Non-Invasive Salivary Biomarkers for Acute Pain Diagnostics: A Comprehensive Review by Laura Stendelyte, Mantas Malinauskas, Dovile Evalda Grinkeviciute, Lina Jankauskaite

“…The review aims to summarize the literature on non-invasive salivary biomarkers, such as proteins and hormones, for pain assessment in urgent pediatric care settings. Eligible studies were those that included novel protein and hormone biomarkers in acute pain diagnostics and were not older than 10 years. …”
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Mendelian randomization study of the genetic interaction between psoriasis and celiac disease by Lin Li, Lixin Fu, Liwen Zhang, Yanyan Feng

“…While we found that genetically determined psoriasis was not associated with the risk for CD (IVW: p = 0.985, OR [95% CI] 1.000 [0.965–1.037]). Our study provided novel genetic evidence that patients with CD were at an increased risk of developing psoriasis, while psoriasis was not associated with the risk for CD. …”
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Intragastric injection of botulinum toxin in the treatment of obesity: a single-center study by Hasan Tankut Köseoğlu, Kerem Kenarli, Ahmet Akbay, Çağdaṣ Erdoğan, Alper Macif, Meryem Didem Göktaṣ, Mevlüt Hamamci, Çağdaṣ Kalkan, Firathan Sarialtin, Mahmut Yüksel

“…Background: In recent years, various novel surgical and non-surgical therapeutic options have been developed for treating obesity. …”
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Digital Cognitive Biomarker for Mild Cognitive Impairments and Dementia: A Systematic Review by Zihan Ding, Tsz-lok Lee, Agnes S. Chan

“…Results showed that 78 studies were eligible. Around 90% of the included studies were rated as high quality based on the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS). …”
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Reactive Oxygen Species Based Nanotechnology for Cardiovascular Diseases by Yun Liang, Yun Liang, Shenjie Liao, Xiaoshen Zhang

“…Because of its unique properties, reactive oxygen species (ROS)-based nanotechnology offers novel solutions to the diagnosis and treatment of CVDs. …”
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Targeting Chemokine Receptor CCR1 as a Potential Therapeutic Approach for Multiple Myeloma by Annette Gilchrist, Stephanie L. Echeverria

“…Antagonists targeting chemokine-receptor 1 (CCR1) may provide a novel approach for treating multiple myeloma. In vitro CCR1 antagonists display a high degree of specificity, and in some cases signaling bias. …”
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The performance of the new prognostic grade and stage groups in conservatively treated prostate cancer by Cheng Chen, Ye Chen, Lin-Kun Hu, Chang-Chuan Jiang, Ren-Fang Xu, Xiao-Zhou He

“…We evaluated the prognosis of the new grade groups and American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage groups in men with prostate cancer (PCa) who were treated conservatively. A total of 13 798 eligible men were chosen from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results database. …”
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