Effects of inulin-type fructans supplementation on cardiovascular disease risk factors: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Russell J de Souza, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, John L Sievenpiper, Dena Zeraatkar, Laura Banfield, Vanessa Ha, David J A Jenkins, Jhalok Ronjan Talukdar, Matthew Adam Cooper, Lyuba Lyutvyn, Rahim Ali, Rachel Bierbrier, Sabrina Janes, Pauline B Darling

“…We will use the χ2 test to compare compliance of CONSORT and CONSORT-A checklists and Poisson regression to identify factors associated with better reporting.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is not required for secondary analysis of already published data. …”
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Intraperitoneal paclitaxel for patients with primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a phase I/II dose escalation and safety study—INTERACT MESO by Job P van Kooten, Jacobus W A Burger, Cornelis Verhoef, Joachim G J V Aerts, Eva V E Madsen, Alexandra R M Brandt-Kerkhof, Stijn L W Koolen, Ron H J Mathijssen, Michelle V Dietz, Niels A D Guchelaar

“…Through this PAC, 8–16 weekly cycles of intraperitoneal chemotherapy will be administered.Ethics and dissemination The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO, The Hague, The Netherlands) and the Medical Research Ethics Committee (METC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) have granted permission to carry out this study protocol. …”
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Towards PErsonalised PRognosis for children with traumatic brain injury: the PEPR study protocol by Jaap Oosterlaan, Marsh Königs, Job B M van Woensel, Marc Engelen, Marjan E Steenweg, Petra J W Pouwels, Cece C Kooper, Hilgo Bruining, Arne Popma, Dennis R Buis, Maayke Hunfeld

“…Outcome measures of the prognostic models are (1) motor functioning, (2) intelligence, (3) behavioural functioning and (4) school performance, all assessed at 6 months post-injury.Ethics and dissemination Ethics has been obtained from the Medical Ethical Board of the Amsterdam UMC (location AMC). …”
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Developing a core outcome set for interventions in people with mild cognitive impairment: study protocol by Angus G K McNair, Nicholas Turner, Alan Richardson, Elizabeth Coulthard, Jemima Dooley, Julie Clayton, Sam Harding, Sarah Rudd, Victoria Grace Gabb, Winsome Barrett-Muir, Natalie Woodward, Sophie Alderman, Joseph Webb

“…Two rounds of Delphi surveys followed by a consensus meeting will be used to reach stakeholder consensus on which outcomes should be included in the final COS.Ethics and dissemination We have received ethical approval from the London—Queen Square Research Ethics Committee (23/PR/1580). …”
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Biological and psychosocial factors associated with the persistence of pruritus symptoms: protocol for a prospective, exploratory observational study in Germany (individual project... by Sonja Ständer, Stefan W Schneider, Gudrun Schneider, Stefan Kahnert, Manuel Pedro Pereira, Christian Mess, Volker Huck, Konstantin Agelopoulos, Gina Frank

“…Within 1 year, patients and 80 age-matched and sex-matched healthy controls will be examined at three time points, allowing cross-sectional comparison and a longitudinal investigation of predictive outcome factors in patients under treatment according to existing guidelines.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the ethics committees of Hamburg (2020-10200-BO-ff) and Münster (2020-676 f-S), Germany. …”
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Is acupuncture effective for knee osteoarthritis? A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jing-Wen Yang, Jian-Feng Tu, Myeong Soo Lee, Chuan-Yang Liu, Ling-Yu Qi, Fang-Ting Yu, Shi-Yan Yan, Jin-Ling Li, Lu-Lu Lin, Xiao-Wan Hao, Xin-Tong Su, Li-Qiong Wang

“…The strength of recommendations and quality of evidence will be assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment Development and Evaluation working group methodology.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is not required because individual patient data are not included. …”
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Azithromycin to prevent acute lower respiratory infections among Australian and New Zealand First Nations and Timorese children (PETAL trial): study protocol for a multicentre, int... by Anne B Chang, Keith Grimwood, Yuejen Zhao, Gabrielle B McCallum, Catherine A Byrnes, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Peter S Morris, Christine Connors, Adrian Trenholme, Shirley Lawrence, Joshua Francis, Kobi L Schutz, Mark D Chatfield, Nevio Sarmento, Robyn L. Marsh, Emily R Bowden, Nicholas Fancourt, Adriano Vieira, Kim M Hare, Dennis Bonney, Felicity Marwick, Bronwyn Karvonen, Carolyn Maclennan, Milena Santos Lay, Endang Soares da Silva

“…The secondary outcomes are the rates and proportions of children with ALRI-related hospitalisation, chronic symptoms/signs suggestive of underlying chronic suppurative lung disease or bronchiectasis, serious adverse events, and antimicrobial resistance in the upper airways, and cost-effectiveness analyses.Ethics and dissemination The Human Research Ethics Committees of the Northern Territory Department of Health and Menzies School of Health Research (Australia), Health and Disability Ethics Committee (New Zealand) and the Institute National of Health-Research Technical Committee (Timor-Leste) approved this study. …”
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Application Analysis of the Language Model by Cai Bochao

“…But at the same time, they may have problems about privacy, decision affectivity, ethics, and unemployment. This essay will hopefully provide a suggestion for the use and specification of LMs that will come later. …”
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Generazione Jakarta. (Im)mobilità e neoliberismo ordinario tra i giovani di Louga (Senegal) by Bruno Riccio, Guido Nicolas Zingari

“…Through the rielaboration of ordinary ethics and forms of social and spatial mobilities, they seem protagonists of a reinterpretation from below of the neoliberal contradictory dicourses and policies characterizing the migration-development nexus. …”
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S. Kahn. Kant and the trolley / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev by A. V. Nekhaev

“…The article explores the applicability of Kant’s ethics, which prohibited the use people as mere means, in solutions to various Trolley problem scenarios. …”
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Spinoza’s ‘Infinite Modes’ Reconsidered by Kristin Primus

“…One aim is to provide a new interpretation of the ‘infinite modes’ in Spinoza’s Ethics. I argue that for Spinoza, God, conceived as the one infinite and eternal substance, is not to be understood as causing two kinds of modes, some infinite and eternal and the rest finite and non-eternal. …”
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The Personal Values of Small-Business Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Brazil by Daniel Lima, Edson Kubo, Eduardo Oliva

“…Results show that, in the Brazilian context, ethics and capitalist values have a greater influence on professionalism than do risk, innovation, family history, etc. …”
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Protocol for 3D photogrammetry and morphological digitization of complex skulls by Naomi De Leo, Claudio Chimenti, Luigi Maiorano, Davide Tamagnini

“…. : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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Digitalization Directions within Financial Audit Missions by Dragos Ovidiu TOFAN, Dinu AIRINEI

“…Thus, concrete examples are given, depending on the stages of the financial audit, such as the auditor's own controls or the collection of evidence, processes to which digitalization contributes significantly but also a series of conditions regarding the opportunity, ethics or legal compliance of such technologies.…”
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Le recours aux jeux vidéo dans la sensibilisation à la ville durable. Analyse comparative pour une évaluation en termes d’éthique et d’engagement du citoyen-joueur. by Hélène Bailleul, Anne Gagnebien

“…Finally, the identification of the various forms of ethics mobilised by the player allows us to conclude on the impact of these devices on citizen engagement.…”
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Etyczny wymiar myślenia i działania ekologicznego w edukacji wczesnoszkolnej by Elżbieta Buchcic, Ilona Żeber–Dzikowska

“…This paper provides an analysis of selected topics in the field of eco-ethics. The school should be more involved in the protection of the natural environment, mainly by shaping truly responsible attitudes. …”
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The Concept of Akrasia in D. Husak’s Theory of Criminal Responsibility and the Advantages of Its Alternative by Gediminas Šataitis

“…By using influential texts of ancient and Christian ethics, as well as contemporary research on akratic behavior, this article outlines a different conception of akrasia, one that is based on intrapersonal conflict. …”
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Improving Public Policy for Children: A Vote for Each Child by Robert H. Pantell, Maureen T. Shannon

“…The purposes of this paper are to: 1) summarize, from the fields of ethics, government, law, social welfare and public health, current thinking about enfranchisement of children; 2) review the evolution of voting and representation in the US and identify misperceptions about barriers to equitable representation of children; 3) discuss the legal basis for children being regarded as adults and adult proxy decision making for children; and 4) suggest strategies to stimulate an equitable system of child representation by altering our current system of voting.…”
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واقع تدریس مقرر أخلاقیات المعلومات فی أقسام علوم المعلومات بالجامعات الحکومیة السعودیة: دراسة وصفیة تحلیلیة... by د. احمد فرج أحمد

“…This study focuses on the description and analysis of the current status ofteaching information ethics and legislation course at the curriculum of InformationScience Departments at Saudi governmental universities. …”
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