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The MethodologicAl STandards for Epidemiological Research (MASTER) scale demonstrated a unified framework for bias assessment
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2021 , Article)
Objective: This paper presents a unified framework for assessment of the methodological quality of analytic study designs. Study Design and Setting: A systematic review of 393 methodological quality assessment tools that ...
Albumin administration in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis: A meta-analytic update
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Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
, 2021 , Article Review)
End-stage liver disease and its related complications exert a huge disease burden and reduce the survival rates of many patients. Albumin administration for patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis has been a controversial ...
Core outcomes in gestational diabetes for treatment trials: The Gestational Metabolic Group treatment set
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
, 2021 , Article)
Aims
With the rising number of outcomes being reported following gestational diabetes (GDM), the outcomes in existing studies vary widely making it challenging to compare and contrast the effectiveness of different ...
Towards a better understanding of self-management interventions in type 2 diabetes: A concept analysis
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2022 , Article)
Objectives: Diabetes self-management educational (DSME) interventions can vary considerably, and it is unclear what is the operational conceptualization of the ideal delivery to individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). ...
A review of breast cancer pathology reports in Nigeria
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ecancer Global Foundation
, 2021 , Article Review)
Background: Diagnosis and treatment of cancer rely heavily on imaging, histopathology and molecular information. Incomplete or missing tumour information can hinder the delivery of high-quality care in oncology practice, ...
Pharmacotherapy in COVID-19 patients: a review of ACE2-raising drugs and their clinical safety
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Taylor and Francis Ltd
, 2020 , Article Review)
The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by the severe acute-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-2 that uses ACE2 as its receptor. Drugs that raise serum/tissue ACE2 levels include ACE inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin-II receptor ...
NiFe2O4/poly(ethylene glycol)/lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles for anti-cancer drug delivery
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Royal Society of Chemistry
, 2020 , Article)
The present study reports the fabrication of hybrid nanoparticles consisting of nickel ferrite (NFO) for anti cancer drug delivery. The hybrid system was formulated from poly(vinyl alcohol)/stearic acid with PEG containing ...
Reply to "Double-counting of effect sizes and inappropriate exclusion of studies in "The influence of vitamin D supplementation on IGF-1 levels in humans: A systematic review and meta_analysis"
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Other)
Dear Editor,
We appreciate the comments provided to us in the letter from Amiri et al. We would like to offer some clarifications in response to the comments.
Firstly, the authors claimed that we included the control ...
Needle-free Mental Incisive Nerve Block: In vitro, Cadaveric, and Pilot Clinical Studies
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Article)
The present study aimed to optimize Needle-Free Liquid Jet Injection (NFLJI) for Mental Incisive Nerve Blocks (MINB) and evaluate its clinical safety and feasibility. A MINB protocol was developed and optimized by series ...
Progressive Operational Perceptrons with Memory
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2020 , Article)
Generalized Operational Perceptron (GOP) was proposed to generalize the linear neuron model used in the traditional Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) by mimicking the synaptic connections of biological neurons showing nonlinear ...