Rehabilitation using virtual gaming for Hospital and hOMe-Based training for the Upper limb in acute and subacute Stroke (RHOMBUS II): results of a feasibility randomised controlle... by Cherry Kilbride, Tom Butcher, Meriel Norris, Nana Anokye, Alyson Warland, Karen Baker, Dimitrios A Athanasiou, Guillem Singla-Buxarrais, Jennifer Ryan, Francesca Gowing, Elmar Kal, Carole Pound, Victoria Stewart, Basaam Aweid, Arul Samiyappan

“…Impairment, activity and participation outcomes were also collected at baseline and 7 weeks to assess their suitability for use in a definitive trial.Randomisation Computer-generated, allocation sequence concealed by opaque, sealed envelopes.Blinding Participants and assessors were not blinded; statistician blinded for data processing and analysis.Results 192 stroke survivors were screened for eligibility, and 24 were recruited and randomised. …”
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Exploring consumer preferences and policy implications in local food systems: Does taste or labeling matter in honey? by Belinda Lopéz-Galán, Tiziana de-Magistris

“…The participants were exposed to two treatments (blind and informed treatment). The findings showed that knowledge about the geographical origin of honey influences consumers’ hedonic evaluations and that the WTP for honey is more strongly influenced by geographical origin than by taste.…”
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Parallel-group, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial of high-flow nasal cannula versus non-invasive ventilation for emergency patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oed... by Apichaya Monsomboon, Onlak Ruangsomboon, Nattakarn Praphruetkit

“…The outcome assessors and data analysts will be blinded to the intervention. These categorical outcomes will be analysed by calculating the risk ratio. …”
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Methods to address functional unblinding of raters in CNS trials by Steven D. Targum, William P. Horan, Vicki G. Davis, Alan Breier, Stephen K. Brannan

“…First, we compared the scores of remote (site-independent) raters, blinded to TEAEs, who listened to audio recorded, site-based Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) interviews. …”
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Acute Effects of Dry Needling on Myofascial Trigger Points in the Triceps Surae of Ballet Dancers: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Jennifer A Janowski, Deanna M L Phelan-Smith, Maria N Kroat Brady, Kelsey L Michels, Alexandra H Timm, Nicole M Boucher, Kedron D Casteen, David Village, Mark D Sleeper

“… # Study Design Randomized, double-blinded pilot study # Methods Professional ballet dancers that fit inclusion and exclusion criteria (n=11) were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. …”
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Lerociclib plus fulvestrant in patients with HR+/HER2− locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have progressed on prior endocrine therapy: LEONARDA-1 a phase III randomize... by Binghe Xu, Qingyuan Zhang, Yang Luo, Zhongsheng Tong, Tao Sun, Changping Shan, Xinlan Liu, Yumin Yao, Bing Zhao, Shusen Wang, Xiaohua Zeng, Changlu Hu, Xi Yan, Xiaojia Wang, Hongyan Jia, Zhendong Chen, Fuming Qiu, Xinhong Wu, Deyong Zhang, Tong Li

“…The LEONARDA-1, a randomized, double-blind, phase III study, was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lerociclib in HR+/HER2− locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer patients, who had relapsed or progressed on prior endocrine therapy. …”
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Safety and efficacy of laryngeal mask airway placement in term of oropharyngeal leak pressure: A comparison between conventional insertion and laryngoscope guided insertion by Ayan Ghorui, Baisakhi Laha, Sandip Roy Basunia, Debasish Saha

“…Aims and Objectives: The present study was undertaken to compare the conventional blind insertion versus laryngoscope-guided insertion of LMA using OLP as the main indicator. …”
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The Effect of Cromolyn Sodium and Nedocromil Sodium Administered by A pressurized Aerosol with A spacer Device on Exercise-Induced Asthma in Children by F. M. de Benedictis, G. Tuteri, A. Niccoli, D. Mezzetti, L. Rossi, L. Bruni

“…To compare the effectiveness of cromolyn sodium (CS) (10 mg) and nedocromil sodium (NS) (4 mg) administered by a metered dose inhaler (MDI) with a spacer device in preventing exercise-induced asthma (EIA), eight asthmatic children with EIA were studied in a randomized double-blind, cross-over, placebo-controlled study, CS and NS provided significant, comparable protection from EIA and both were better than placebo. …”
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The army of Alexander the Great and combat stress syndrome (326 BC) by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…A possible reason for such drastic action by an army which had, until that point, followed its king with blind devotion, was that severe combat stress may have set in. …”
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Elements of positivism in the Ukrainian philosophy and culture of the second half of the 19th century by Vyacheslav Artyukh

“…By discussing elements of positivist thought in the works of Mykhailo Drahomanov, Ivan Franko and Pantaleimon Kulish, the author argues that all three were under direct influence of positivist thought, but none of them was a blind adherent of positivism. Positivism particularly influenced their thinking about history and the issue of determinism. …”
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L’évolution des paysages de référence, un angle mort dans la gouvernance des paysages ? by Clémence Moreau, Cécile Barnaud, Raphaël Mathevet

“…Our results show that the evolution of baseline landscapes is a blind spot in the landscape governance. Baseline landscapes are used in the development project as a unifying element, considered as consensual and static. …”
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Methodology for conducting linguistic research into visual impairment: Challenges and recommendations by Jolanta Sak-Wernicka

“…The lack of methodological rigour in previous studies as well as large diversity of the population, small incidence of visual impairment and little awareness of blind people’s needs make this field of study challenging for researchers. …”
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Resection Margin Involvement with Crohn's Disease and Postoperative Anastomotic Integrity by J. Wong, R.M. Preshaw, D.F. Reid, J.K. Kelly

“…A prospective double-blind trial was conducted in Crohn's disease subjects in whom a resection was being performed, to assess the hypothesis that marginal disease would adversely influence healing of the anastomosis. …”
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Design and Evaluation of an Electromagnetic Bounce-Type Refreshable Braille Display by Dapeng Chen, Song Zhang, Lianshun Shen, Chenkai Li, Jianying Hua, Jia Liu, Aiguo Song

“…To help the blind or visually impaired (BVI) read digitally conveniently and at low cost, we propose a bounce-type actuator driven by electromagnetic force, and based on this, a refreshable Braille display (RBD) which can display both Braille and tactile graphic information is manufactured. …”
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Machine learning and AVO class II workflow for hydrocarbon prospectivity in the Messinian offshore Nile Delta Egypt by Nadia Abd-Elfattah, Aia Dahroug, Manal El Kammar, Ramy Fahmy

“…By iterating over multiple attributes and validating the models on blind test sets and on a blind section, which excluded a known shallow gas field, the workflow significantly improved the ability to detect potential hydrocarbon reservoirs characterized by low seismic amplitude. …”
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Digital cognitive training in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Sally Richmond, Hannah Kirk, Kim Cornish, Mark A Bellgrove, Tori Gaunson, Meg Bennett

“…The data analyst will be blinded to group membership.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been obtained from the Monash University HREC (20495). …”
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Responsiveness Index versus the RASS-Based Method for Adjusting Sedation in Critically Ill Patients by Johanna E. Wennervirta, Mika O. K. Särkelä, Markus M. Kaila, Ville Pettilä

“…The following standardized sedation protocol was utilized in both groups to achieve the predetermined target sedation level: either RI 40–80 (RI group) or RASS −3 to 0 (RASS group). RI measurement was blinded in the RASS group, and the RI group was blinded to RASS assessments. …”
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Tailored exercise and manual therapy versus standardised exercise for patients with shoulder subacromial pain: a feasibility randomised controlled trial (the Otago MASTER trial) by J Haxby Abbott, Daniel C Ribeiro, Zohreh Jafarian Tangrood, Gisela Sole, Ross Wilson

“…Objectives The aim of this study was to assess whether it was feasible to conduct a full trial comparing a tailored versus a standardised exercise programme for patients with shoulder subacromial pain.Design Two-arm, patient-blinded and assessor-blinded, randomised controlled feasibility trial.Methods Twenty-eight participants with shoulder subacromial pain were randomly allocated into one of two intervention groups—tailored or standardised exercise. …”
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The efficacy of acupuncture in relieving postoperative pain in patients with low simple anal fistula: Protocol of a prospective, randomised, controlled trial. by Min Yang, De Zheng, Xingtao Jin, Huili Tang, Weiwei Cao, Qianqian Ye, Yin Qu, Zubing Mei

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This single-centre, patient-blinded, assessor-blinded, placebo-controlled randomised controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted at a tertiary referral hospital. …”
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Artificial neural network detection of pancreatic cancer from proton (1H) magnetic resonance spectroscopy patterns of plasma metabolites by Meiyappan Solaiyappan, Santosh Kumar Bharti, Raj Kumar Sharma, Mohamad Dbouk, Wasay Nizam, Malcolm V. Brock, Michael G. Goggins, Zaver M. Bhujwalla

“…We tested the accuracy of the ANN performance using blinded plasma samples. Results We show that our ANN approach yields, in a cross validation-based training of 170 samples, a sensitivity and a specificity of 100% for malignant versus non-malignant (normal and disease combined) discrimination. …”
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