Protocol for a process evaluation: face-to-face physiotherapy compared with a supported home exercise programme for the management of musculoskeletal conditions: the REFORM trial by David Wong, Catherine Sherrington, Manuela L Ferreira, Christopher G Maher, Hueiming Liu, Joshua R Zadro, Lisa A Harvey, Hannah G Withers, Joanne V Glinsky, Jackie Chu, Matthew D Jennings, Alison J Hayes, Ian J Starkey, Blake A Palmer, Lukas Szymanek, Jackson J Cruwys, Kitty Duong, Anne Barnett, Matthew J Tindall, Barbara R Lucas, Tara E Lambert, Deborah A Taylor

“…Ethical approval was obtained on 17 March 2017 from the Northern Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (trial number: HREC/16HAWKE/431-RESP/16/287) with an amendment for the process evaluation approved on 4 February 2020. …”
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Web-based mindfulness and skills-based distress reduction for patients with cancer: study protocol of the multicentre, randomised, controlled confirmatory intervention trial Reduct by Dirk Schadendorf, Peter Martus, Stephan Zipfel, Yesim Erim, Alexander Bäuerle, Martin Teufel, Caterina Schug, Johanna Graf, Wolfgang Bethge, Andreas Dinkel, Anja Neumann, Jasmin Steinbach, Jana Heinen, Julia Barbara Krakowczyk, Mirjam Damerau, Sebastian Dries, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Mitra Tewes, Jörg Wiltink, Alexander Wünsch

“…The primary endpoint, distress, will be analysed using a baseline-adjusted ANCOVA for distress measurement once the intervention (T1) has been completed, with study arm as a binary factor, baseline as continuous measurement and study centre as an additional categorical covariate.Ethics and dissemination The Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty Essen has approved the study (21-10076-BO). …”
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Low-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for the treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (LOW-TMP): protocol for a phase III randomised, placebo-controlled, dose-comparison tri... by Andrea Benedetti, Cecilia T Costiniuk, Kosar Khwaja, Andrew Johnson, Barret Rush, Darrell Tan, Ranjani Somayaji, Salman Qureshi, Michaeline McGuinty, Nicole Ezer, Sara Belga, Emily G. McDonald, Zahra N. Sohani, Guillaume Butler-Laporte, Andrew Aw, Alex Carignan, Matthew P. Cheng, Bryan Coburn, Dan Gregson, Alexander Lawandi, Victor Leung, Sylvain Lother, Derek MacFadden, Leighanne Parkes, Valerie Roy, Ilan Schwartz, Miranda So, Emilie Trinh, Todd C. Lee

“…Primary and secondary outcomes will be compared using logistic regression adjusting for stratification and presented with 95% CI.Ethics and dissemination This study has been conditionally approved by the McGill University Health Centre; Ethics approval will be obtained from all participating centres. …”
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Functional Improvement Trajectories After Surgery (FIT After Surgery) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study to evaluate significant new disability after major... by E Jacobsohn, Duminda N Wijeysundera, Gerald Lebovic, M Davis, Martine T E Puts, Shabbir M H Alibhai, Karim S Ladha, C Wong, Daniel I McIsaac, C Hanley, T Barnes, G Lorello, N Siddiqui, P Serrano, Tyler R Chesney, S Choi, J Van Vlymen, D Sussman, D Macdonald, P Jüni, Emily Hladkowicz, C David Mazer, M Bosch, CD Mazer, A Jerath, J Pazmino-Canizares, E Kennedy, R Spence, V Lyon, Alice C Wei, Julian F Daza, Sahar Ehtesham, Janet M van Vlymen, DN Wijeysundera, KS Ladha, JF Daza, G Mattina, E Hladkowicz, M Tessier, S Ehtesham, S Nnorom, SMH Alibhai, M Puts, G Lebovic, TR Chesney, AC Wei, S Drozdz, M Louridas, RH Breau, M Lalu, S Abdellatif, S Gagne, E Duceppe, K Zarnke, D Dumerton, M Karizhenskaia, H El Beheiry, F Bonazza, A Zahavich, M Thorleifson, S L Russell, H Bagry, SY MacDonell, J Dale-Gandar, L Kaustov, A Fleet, E Al Azazi, M Parotto, S A McCluskey, H Poonawala, D Dillane, Di McIsaac, S Avramescu, S Shabeen

“…We will use multivariable logistic regression models to determine the association of preoperative characteristics and surgery type with outcomes, joint modelling to characterise longitudinal time trends in WHODAS scores over 12 months after surgery, and longitudinal latent class mixture models to identify clusters following similar trajectories of disability.Ethics and dissemination The FIT After Surgery study has received research ethics board approval at all sites. …”
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Protocol of the TransformUs SecondaryTeachers’ perceptions of the program reach, effectiveness,adoption, implementation and maintenance schools program: a type II hybrid implementa... by Harriet Koorts, Anna Timperio, Jo Salmon, David Revalds Lubans, Gavin Abbott, Nicola D Ridgers, Natalie Lander, Ana María Contardo Ayala, Emiliano Mazzoli

“…Additionally, qualitative data will be thematically analysed using deductive and inductive coding in NVivo.Ethics and dissemination These trials were approved by the Deakin University Human Research Ethics Committee (2021–269) and by the following education authorities: Australian Capital Territory Education Directorate (RES 2317), New South Wales Department of Education (2022253), Northern Territory Department of Education (20865), Victoria Department of Education (2023_004712), Queensland Department of Education (550/27/2585), South Australian Department of Education (2022–0019), Tasmanian Department of Education (2022–25), Western Australian Department of Education (D23/1152724), and Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (1232). …”
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PrEP15-19 Choices: an implementation study protocol of HIV prevention with oral and long-acting injectable cabotegravir PrEP in real-world settings among sexual and gender minority... by Inês Dourado, Eliana Miura Zucchi, Laio Magno, Alexandre D Grangeiro, Márcia Thereza Couto, Mateus Westin, Eduardo Oliveira, Maria Mercedes Escuder, Dirceu Greco, Thais Regis Aranha Rossi, Fabiane Soares, Lorenza Dezanet, Paula Massa, Priscilla Caires, Ricardo de Paula Vasconcelos, Unaí Tupinambas, Beo Leite, Joilson Nascimento Paim, Guilherme Barreto Campos, Lucas Miranda Marques, Nathalia Suzart, Suilan Pedreira, DulceAurélia deSouza Ferraz, Dyemison Pinheiro, Eliane Sala, Raphaella Goulart, Ana Paula Silva, Erica Dumont Pena, Gabriella Jomara daSilva, Marília Greco, Matheus dePaula Alves

“…The study was approved by the WHO Ethics Review Committee and by the local IRBs from the universities coordinating the study, the University of São Paulo, the Federal University of Bahia and the Federal University of Minas Gerais. …”
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Cluster randomised controlled trial of screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the pilot study for the SAFER trial by Martin R Cowie, Stephen Morris, Gregory Lip, Richard J McManus, Stephen Sutton, Jonathan Mant, Simon J Griffin, Sarah Hoare, Jenni Burt, Rachel Johnson, Mark Lown, Alison Powell, Natalie Armstrong, FD Richard Hobbs, Trudie Lobban, Rakesh Narendra Modi, Ben Freedman, David A Fitzmaurice, Stephen Kaptoge, Jenny Lund, Duncan Edwards, Kate Williams, H Thom, Francesco Fusco, Michael J Sweeting, Andrew Dymond, The SAFER Authorship Group

“…An economic evaluation using the pilot data will confirm whether it is plausible that screening might be cost-effective.Ethics and dissemination The London—Central Research Ethics Committee (19/LO/1597) and Confidentiality Advisory Group (19/CAG/0226) provided ethical approval. …”
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Community awareness, perceptions, and behavior regarding antibiotic consumption in an urban area of Pondicherry by C. Niranjhanadevi, P. Stalin

“…The study protocol was approved by the institutional ethics committee (RC/2022/07). Student’s t-test and ANOVA were used to calculate P values. …”
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Serum levels of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, kidney injury molecule-1, and cystatin-C in renal artery stenosis: A pilot study by Raghunandan Prasad, Reeta Choudhary, Anuradha Singh, Surabhi Agarwal, P Kaushik, Kritika Singh, Rajanikant R Yadav, Amar Singh Yadav, Dharmendra Singh Bhadauria, Hira Lal

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 13 patients of magnetic resonance angiography confirmed RAS and 14 normotensive healthy controls were enrolled in the study after obtaining ethics approval and informed consent. Serum was collected from participants to check for serum levels of NGAL, KIM-1, and Cys-c by quantitative enzyme immunoassay. …”
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Communication competence in the activities of law enforcement institutions by Augustė Taraskevičiūtė, Rasa Dobržinskienė

“…Communication is legally regulated by codes of ethics, public relations legislation, and professional standards. …”
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ANTHROPODICY BY I.A. ILYIN by Ivan V. Makarov

“…The practical value of the work is determined by the fact that the results of the research can be used in the development of courses “Philosophy”, “History of Philosophy”, “Ethics”, “Cultural Studies”, “Fundamentals of Russian statehood”.…”
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Protocol for recording physiological signals from the human cerebellum using electroencephalography by Ami Kumar, Yi-Mei Wang, Ming-Kai Pan, Sheng-Han Kuo

“….,2 and Wang et al.3 : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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Protocol for functional screening of CFTR-targeted genetic therapies in patient-derived organoids using DETECTOR deep-learning-based analysis by Mattijs Bulcaen, Ronald B. Liu, Kasper Gryspeert, Sam Thierie, Anabela S. Ramalho, François Vermeulen, Xavier Casadevall I Solvas, Marianne S. Carlon

“…We also detail procedures for applying pre-trained models and training custom models on new customized datasets.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, refer to Bulcaen et al.1 : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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Compliance and Experience of Quarantine during the 1st Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Mumbai by Shilpa Nellikkal, Rujuta Hadaye, Apurva Lonikar

“…Materials and Methods: After approval from the institutional ethics committee, a telephonic interview survey was conducted. …”
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The role and place of the High Qualifications Commission of Judges of Ukraine in the justice system of Ukraine by V. I. Teremetskyi

“…These bodies were designed to ensure: organizational conditions for the selection, qualification assessment, career, disciplinary responsibility of judges and their dismissal from office; transparency of court activities; administration of fair and impartial justice; compliance of judges with professional ethics and integrity. It has been proven that the problems of the formation of these bodies and the impossibility of their exercising their powers are an obstacle to solving the issues of the selection of judges, the formation of an independent and professional judicial corps. …”
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Euthanasia as a professional dilemma in nursing students by María Verónica Aveiga Hidalgo, Clara Eliza Pozo Hernández, Olga Mireya Alonso Pico, Erika Marcela León Ravelo

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the euthanasia conflict is determined by the ethics involved in the matter in question.</p>…”
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Information sharing and organizational knowledge production in two Finnish firms: an exploration using activity theory by Gunilla Widén-Wulff, Elisabeth Davenport

“…Information behaviour is a repertoire of actions and operations and judgements about timing and ethics that are brought into play across work cycles and routines. …”
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Opportunities, challenges and school strategies for integrating generative AI in education by Davy Tsz Kit Ng, Eagle Kai Chi Chan, Chung Kwan Lo

“…However, three major challenges are also identified: school's readiness, teachers' AI competencies, and students' AI literacy and ethics. Teachers suggest several strategies to motivate GenAI integration, including professional development, clear guidelines, and access to AI software and technical support. …”
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Severity and mortality of COVID-19 among people with disabilities: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Abay Woday Tadesse, Abubeker Alebachew Seid, Aragaw Asfaw Hasen

“…Pooled OR with 95% CI will be used to calculate the pooled results for outcome variables.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval and informed consent are not required as this is a systematic review of existing publications. …”
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