When you have the average production of three machines, it is easy to calculate the average or mean production. You just add up the three means and divide by three. But what if I want the average ...

Introduction Physical exercise has been used to assist smoking cessation, but supervised programmes are bounded by limited ...

Introduction Patients with SLE have an increased risk of infections and infection-related mortality, which may be associated ...

Objectives This study aimed to assess the pooled proportion of dropout from the maternal continuum of care (CoC) and its associated factors in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Study ...

Background Rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy is characterised by the deposition of hydroxyapatite crystals in one of the rotator cuff tendons and can be managed by ultrasound-guided lavage. However, ...

The optimal intranasal sedative agent for pediatric dental procedures remains a subject of debate. We systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed head-to-head trials comparing intranasal dexmedetomidine ...

The p-value is a number measuring the “statistical significance” of an experiment, and it’s often treated as the adjudicator ...

Introduction: The prevalence and risk factors for postoperative incisional hernia (IH) following cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC) remain ...

The authors present solid evidence with analysis and selected functional validation showing that some long-lived animals share common changes while others appear to use opposing strategies. The ...

In game theory, the Shapley value is a manner of fairly distributing both gains and costs to several actors working in ...

Background Premature (<40 years) or early (40–44 years) menopause is associated with increased risks of cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and premature mortality. Low- and middle-income countries ...