Road Traffic Injuries and Related Safety Measures: A Multicentre Analysis at Military Hospitals in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia by Umar Yagoub, Nasrin S. Saiyed, Bahaa-eldin E. A. Rahim, Nizar Musawa, Attiya Mohammed Al Zahrani

“…Logistic regression analysis indicated that drivers who had road traffic collision and used mobile phones while driving were four times more likely to have severe injuries (OR = 3.89; 95% CI (2.53, 5.95)), those who drove the vehicle at an excessive speed limit were three times more likely to have severe injuries (OR = 2.71; 95% CI (1.01, 4.97)), and those who attempted to overtake another vehicle were two times more likely to have severe injuries (OR = 1.85; 95% CI (1.24, 3.77)). …”
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The Effects of Action Observation Speed on Motor Function in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: From Observation to Execution by Mónica Grande-Alonso, Manuel Estradera-Bel, Carlos Forner-Álvarez, Ferran Cuenca-Martínez, Celia Vidal-Quevedo, Alba Paris-Alemany, Roy La Touche

“…For post-video observation, participants replicated the observed actions three times without specific performance instructions, allowing for the assessment of their execution speed. …”
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Returning to the emergency department: a retrospective analysis of mental health re-presentations among young people in New South Wales, Australia by Rebecca Ivers, Michael Dinh, Patricia Cullen, Bette Liu, Katharine Steinbeck, Natasha Walker, Robert Neil Leong

“…Count regression models were fitted to estimate factors associated with higher likelihood of re-presentations.Results Forty thousand two hundred and ninety patients were included in the analyses, and 9713 (~25%) re-presented during the following year; 1831 (20%) presented at least three times. On average, patients re-presented 0.61 times per 365 person-days, with average time until first re-presentation of ~92 days but greatest risk of re-presentation within first 30–60 days. …”
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Alleviating symptoms of paediatric acute rhinosinusitis and acute otitis media with otorrhea using nasal-spraying Bacillus probiotics: a randomized controlled trial by Thanh Huu Khieu, Dung Phuong Le, Binh Thanh Nguyen, Binh Thanh Ngo, Hong Thi Chu, Duc Minh Truong, Hung Minh Nguyen, Anh Hoa Nguyen, Tung Dinh Pham, Anh Thi Van Nguyen

“…Eighty-two patients (41 per group), aged 1 month to 12 years, received standard care along with nasal spraying of either physiological saline (Control group) or LiveSpo Navax (Navax group), administered three times daily over a 7-day follow-up period. A total of sixty-one patients (30–31 per group) completed the trial. …”
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Numerical Analysis of the Influence of Rectangular Deflectors and Geometry of L-Shaped Channel over the Performance of a Savonius Turbine by Andrei Luís Garcia Santos, Jaifer Corrêa Martins, Liércio André Isoldi, Gustavo da Cunha Dias, Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha, Jeferson Avila Souza, Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos

“…The use of deflectors resulted in increases of two and three times in available and mechanical powers, respectively, when the cases with one and two deflectors are compared with those without deflectors. …”
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Intraindividual variation in histone acetylation and its impact on autoimmune thyroid diseases by Emi Haga, Naoya Inoue, Yoshinori Iwatani, Yuya Arakawa, Emi Morita, Hidemi Hashimoto, Yusuke Noguchi, Yoh Hidaka, Mikio Watanabe

“…At 4 days, blood was also collected before meals three times a day (at 8:30–9:00, 12:30–13:00, and 16:30–17:00) to evaluate circadian variation. …”
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Inosine enhances the efficacy of immune‐checkpoint inhibitors in advanced solid tumors: A randomized, controlled, Phase 2 study by Haiqing Zhao, Wei Zhang, Yuting Lu, Yin Dong, Zhihao He, Hongchao Zhen, Qin Li

“…Methods This single‐center, prospective, randomized, open‐label study was conducted, from January 2021 to December 2022, in Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, and participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to either the inosine (trial) or non‐inosine (control) group that received inosine (dosage: 0.2 g, three times/day) + PD‐1/PD‐L1 inhibitor or only PD‐1/PD‐L1 inhibitor ± targeted ± chemotherapy, respectively. …”
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Giant Photoluminescence Enhancement of Ga‐Doped ZnO Microwires by X‐Ray Irradiation by Siyuan He, Shuiyan Cao, Ying Liu, Wenfa Chen, Pin Lyu, Weidian Li, Jincheng Bao, Wenhui Sun, Caixia Kan, Mingming Jiang, Yanpeng Liu

“…In addition, the X‐ray irradiated microwires further exhibit elevated electroluminescence by over three times. The enhanced photoluminescence and electroluminescence as well as long‐term stability enable us to imagine the super‐rapid applications of ZnO microwires in modern optoelectronic devices.…”
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Effects of Probiotic Bacillus sp. on Food Convertion and Growth of Catfish Pangasius hypophthalmus by Dedi Jusadi, E. Gandara, Ing Mokoginta

“…During rearing period, fish were fed on the diet three times a day at satiation. Prior the feeding, probiotic (contained Bacillus sp. 4,2x106 CFU.ml-1) were added into the diet at a dosage of 0, 5, 15 or 25 ml.kg-1 diet. …”
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Two Transcutaneous Stimulation Techniques in Shoulder Pain: Transcutaneous Pulsed Radiofrequency (TPRF) versus Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS): A Comparative Pil... by Mu-Lien Lin, Hung-Wei Chiu, Zao-Ming Shih, Po-Ying Lee, Pei-Zhi Li, Chin-Hong Guo, Yuan-Jie Luo, Shen-Chieh Lin, Kwan-Yu Lin, Yu-Ming Hsu, Angela Pang, Weiwu Pang

“…Both groups underwent either treatment for 15 minutes every other day, three times total. Our primary goals were to find any treatment comfort level, adverse event, and changes in Constant–Murley shoulder (CMS) scores. …”
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The Efficacy and Brain Network Mechanism of Acupuncture for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Study Protocol for Randomized Controlled Neuroimaging Trial by Sun YY, Wang ML, Zhao RH, Hao MY, Song S, Zhou Y, Zhang N

“…Therefore, this study uses KOA as the research vehicle, focuses on the abnormal connectivity patterns of brain functional networks, and integrates clinical pain assessments to thoroughly investigate the central mechanisms of acupuncture therapeutic effects on KOA.Patients and Methods: In this parallel, randomized, sham-controlled neuroimaging trial, 60 KOA patients will be randomly divided into the acupuncture group and sham acupuncture group in a 1:1 ratio, treated three times weekly for a total of 12 sessions. Patients will undergo clinical symptom assessments and cranial fMRI scans at baseline (− 1– 0 weeks), post-treatment (4 weeks), and at the follow-up (16 weeks). …”
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Evaluation of Elemental and Chemical Compositions of Some Fuelwood Species for Energy Value by A. M. Dadile, O. A. Sotannde, B. D. Zira, M. Garba, I. Yakubu

“…The selected trees were harvested at Dbh level, replicated three times. Four fuel materials were obtained from each tree sample; these include wood without bark (100% wood sample), wood with 5% bark inclusion, wood with 10% bark inclusion, and whole bark samples and they were evaluated for their inherent elemental and chemical compositions by employing ASTM and TAPPI methods. …”
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Influence of lemongrass and oregano essential oils and their combination on in vitro ruminal fermentation and greenhouse gas emissions in total mixed ration for dairy cows by Sara Glorio Patrucco, Alessandro Lotto, Martina Dorigo, Rita Fornaciari, Antonio Sagliano, Nicola Martinelli, Alessandra Cosani, Khalil Abid, Salvatore Barbera, Hatsumi Kaihara, Sonia Tassone

“…Each treatment was repeated three times in two experimental runs. Only EO combinations reduced total gas (−9%, p=0.001). …”
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Efficacy, efficiency and safety of a cardiac telerehabilitation programme using wearable sensors in patients with coronary heart disease: the TELEWEAR-CR study protocol by Andrew Xanthopoulos, Eleni Kapreli, Garyfallia Pepera, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis, Varsamo Antoniou, Gregory Giamouzis, Constantinos Davos, Ladislav Batalik, Vasileios Stavrou, John Skoularigis

“…All participants will perform aerobic training at 70% of their maximal heart rate, as obtained from cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) for 20 min plus 20 min for strengthening and balance training, three times per week. The primary outcomes will be the assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness, expressed as peak oxygen uptake assessed by the CPET test and the 6 min walk test. …”
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The recirculated aquaculture system (RAS) development with nanobubble application to improve growth performance of grouper fish fry culture by Iik Muslihul Hanif, Irzal Effendi, Tatag Budiardi, Iis Diatin

“…Each treatment was replicated three times. The total aquaria used for this study were 27 as each size was 1.5 m × 0.5 m × 0.5 m. …”
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Factors affecting the prolongation of mechanical ventilation in patients after cardiac surgery by Mahdieh Sharifzadeh Kermani, Tania Dehesh, Shiva Pouradeli, Bahareh Soltani Esmaili

“…The risk of PMV in the patients who had cerebrovascular accident(CVA) increased by more than three times [OR = 3.75, 95% CI = 1.26,4.84; P-value = 0.044]. …”
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Effects of a 16-week dance intervention on loneliness and self-esteem in left behind children: a randomised controlled trial by Xiaolin Li, Qian Yang, Jiayi Long, Linghui Zhou, Chunxia Lu, Zhenqian Zhou, Ming Zeng, Weixin Dong

“…Participants were measured three times using the Children’s Loneliness Scale and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale: baseline (T0), after 8 weeks (T1), and post-intervention (16 weeks, T2). …”
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Sole and Combined Application of Biodigestate, N, P, and K Fertilizers: Impacts on Soil Chemical Properties and Maize Performance by Aruna Olasekan Adekiya, Olufunmilayo Titilayo Ande, Samuel Olatunde Dahunsi, Joshua Ogunwole

“…The 10 treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design and replicated three times. Results showed that both low and high rates of fertilizer application improved soil chemical properties, growth parameters, and yield of maize compared with the control. …”
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Effectiveness of Ai Chi as Aquatic Intervention for Balance Impairments in Community-dwelling Older Adults in India: A Randomised Controlled Study by Purnima Singh, Pratap Chandra Sarma

“…Both groups received 40-minute aquatic therapy sessions three times a week for eight weeks. Balance was assessed using the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT), and Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) before (P1), after four weeks (P2), and after eight weeks of intervention (P3). …”
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The effect of different feed on the spawning performance of mud crab Scylla serrata broodstock by Bethsy J. Pattiasina, Endang Jamal, Agapery Y. Pattinasarany

“…PB (artificial feed dose of 10%) of BW, each treatment was repeated three times. Parameters measured were the duration of ovarian to mature, egg diameter, hatching rate, fecundity, and zoea production. …”
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