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ArticleNature2022

Microfluidic chain reaction of structurally programmed capillary flow events.

Mohamed Yafia, Oriol Ymbern, Ayokunle O Olanrewaju, Azim Parandakh, Ahmad Sohrabi Kashani, Johan Renault, Zijie Jin, Geunyong Kim, Andy Ng, David Juncker

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Article in Nature, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Mohamed Yafia *Biomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Oriol Ymbern *Biomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ayokunle O OlanrewajuBiomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Azim ParandakhBiomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ahmad Sohrabi KashaniBiomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Johan RenaultBiomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Zijie JinBiomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9579-1452
Geunyong KimBiomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Andy NgBiomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3257-0801
David JunckerBiomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. david.juncker@mcgill.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7313-1162

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chain reactions, characterized by initiation, propagation and termination, are stochastic at microscopic scales and underlie vital chemical (for example, combustion engines), nuclear and biotechnological (for example, polymerase chain reaction) applications

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COVID-19Microfluidic Analytical TechniquesHumansLab-On-A-Chip DevicesMicrofluidicsPolymerase Chain ReactionSARS-CoV-2

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