CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF AURICULAR STIMULATION -A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS

Cardiovascular effects of auricular stimulation -a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials

BackgroundThe number of randomized controlled trials using auricular stimulation (AS) such as transauricular vagus nerve stimulation, or other auricular electrostimulation or auricular acupuncture or acupressure, in experimental and clinical settings, has increased markedly over the last three decades.This systematic review focusses on cardiovascul

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Introducing Image Classification Efficacies

Accuracy assessment is essential in all image classification-related fields, ranging from molecular imaging to earth observation.However, existing accuracy metrics are too sensitive to class imbalance or lack explicit interpretations for click here assessing classification performance.Consequently, their scores may be misleading when they are appli

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Mental distress, food insecurity and university student dropout during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: evidence from South Africa

BackgroundStudent dropout has been a key issue facing universities for many years.The COVID-19 pandemic was expected to exacerbate these trends; however, international literature has produced conflicting findings.Limited literature from Africa has investigated the impact of COVID-19 on student dropout trends, despite the documented devastation, inc

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