Should the Food and Drug Administration Limit Placebo-Controlled Trials? by Max Goodman, Connor Pedersen

“…However, the trial was deemed exploitative by a public watch group when it was revealed that the drug was already FDA-approved in the United States, and the manufacturer of that drug was undertaking another study with the same drug in Europe without any placebos. To justify withholding treatment from a vulnerable population in a developing country, the manufacturer stated that they would be providing a drug that would otherwise be unavailable to many participants, and the risks would be compensated by upgrades to the host country’s medical infrastructure. …”
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How the approach to the Epoch of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is changing in the Lithuanian Historiography today? by Vytautas Jarutis

“…This allowed to uncover the ethnocultural positions of interwar Lithuanian historians, the intuitionalism of the Soviet times and the constructivism of today, which implicate the cognitive step from "the plough of the nation" to the "Lithuanian europeism" in the Lithuanian collective consciousness. …”
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Batterer typologies: substance use, impulsivity and results of an IPVAW offender treatment program in Spain by Pedro V. Mateo-Fernández, Pedro V. Mateo-Fernández, Pedro V. Mateo-Fernández, Iria Osa-Subtil, Iria Osa-Subtil, Iria Osa-Subtil, Román Ronzón-Tirado, María Elena de la Peña Fernández

“…Meanwhile, the tools used included AUDIT and EuropASI to assess alcohol consumption, CTS2 to measure the frequency and intensity of violent behaviors over the last year, and SCID-II for personality disorders.ResultsOur findings reflected marked improvements in conflict resolution strategies, especially in terms of reduced psychological violence and sexual coercion, but not physical violence. …”
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Характеристика яловичини, отриманої від бугайців української чорно-рябої молочної породи за різного покриву туш жировою тканиною... by Крук О.П., Угнівенко А.М.

“…Після забою бугайців визначили конформацію туш та покриття їх жиром згідно з методикою EUROP (2008). Згідно з класифікацією JMGA (2000), оцінювали колір м’язової та жирової тканин за використання шкали від 1 до 7 балів, а мармуровість m. longissimus dorsi – між 12-м та 13-м ребром – за шкалою від 1 до 12 балів. …”
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