Benefit from the Chin-Down Maneuver in the Swallowing Performance and Self-Perception of Parkinson’s Disease Patients by Annelise Ayres, Geraldo Pereira Jotz, Carlos R. M. Rieder, Maira Rozenfeld Olchik

“…We performed an open-label trial, with three groups compounds by PD individuals: the experimental group, control group, and orientation group. …”
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Air Bubble Technique for Fundus Visualization during Vitrectomy in Aphakia by Mahmoud Mohamed Farouk, Takeshi Naito, Mohammed Elagouz, Hatem Ammar, Alahmady Hamad Alsmman, Engy Mohamed Mostafa

“…The air bubble technique as visualization method for vitrectomy in aphakia is an effective and cheap technique for immediate management of complications of phacoemulsification surgery. This trial is registered with Pan African Clinical Trial Registry PACTR201709002466296.…”
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The Importance of Risk and Subgroup Analysis of Nonparticipants in a Geriatric Intervention Study by Elizabeth Rosted, Ingrid Poulsen, Carsten Hendriksen, Lis Wagner

“…Comparative study based on a randomized controlled trial. Setting. University hospital in the Capital Region of Denmark. …”
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Cost Analysis of Noninvasive Helmet Ventilation Compared with Use of Noninvasive Face Mask in ARDS by Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, Louis-Philippe Gagnon, Raphaëlle Robidoux, Kednapa Thavorn, Dipayan Chaudhuri, Daniel Kobewka, John P. Kress

“…A recent randomized controlled trial by Patel et al. (2016) showed lower intubation rates and 90-day mortality when comparing helmet to face mask NIV in ARDS. …”
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Swirling Flow and Wall Shear: Evaluating the BioMimics 3D Helical Centerline Stent for the Femoropopliteal Segment by Timothy M. Sullivan, Thomas Zeller, Masato Nakamura, Colin G. Caro, Michael Lichtenberg

“…A 271-patient multicenter international MIMICS-2 trial and a 500-patient real-world MIMICS-3D registry are underway.…”
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Synbiotics in caries prevention: A scoping review. by Mohammed Nadeem Bijle, Manikandan Ekambaram, Edward C M Lo, Cynthia Kar Yung Yiu

“…No controlled clinical trials or systematic reviews on the role of synbiotics in caries prevention could be identified. …”
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Pengembangan Instrumen Keterampilan Berpikir Kritis pada Pembelajaran Matematika SMA by Budi Harjo, Sudarmadi Putra, Kafin Jaladri, Joko Subando

“…The subsequent expanded trial evaluated construct validity and reliability using CFA. …”
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Acupuncture for psoriasis: protocol for a systematic review by Lei Wang, Weiming Wang, Haoyu Yang, Nuo Li, Yanping Bai

“…We will also try to obtain literature by manually searching reference lists, conference proceedings and registers of clinical trials (eg, the Meta Register of Controlled Trials and the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry). …”
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Drainage of Complex Walled-Off Pancreatic Fluid Collections in LAMS Era: A Multicenter Study by Thanawat Luangsukrerk, Kamin Harinwan, Stanley Khoo, Pradermchai Kongkam

“…Complex WOPFC had larger diameter of lesions, higher proportion of solid component, higher prevalence of pancreatic duct leakage, and higher number of DEN is required than group noncomplex lesions. Trial Registration. This trial is registered with TCTR20180223004.…”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Intratendinous Prolotherapy Injection with Conventional Treatment to Treat Focal Supraspinatus Tendinosis by John George, Shyan Ch’ng Li, Zulkarnain Jaafar, Mohamad Shariff A. Hamid

“…Ultrasound-guided intratendinous prolotherapy injection significantly improves patient’s range of abduction and improves sleep within 12 weeks of treatment compared to conventional physiotherapy management. Trial Registration. This study was registered under Current Controlled Trials (UK) and given International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN) of 43520960.…”
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Assessment of the Efficacy of L-Lysine Sulfate vis-à-vis L-Lysine Hydrochloride as Sources of Supplemental Lysine in Broiler Chickens by Vijay Bahadur, Sudipto Haldar, Tapan Kumar Ghosh

“…Nutrient metabolizability, N retention, protein utilization efficiency and live weight gain : lysine intake ratio also improved (𝑃<.01) with L-lysine sulfate. A fasting trial conducted after the completion of the feeding trial indicated that the birds receiving L-lysine sulfate retained more of their live weight than the control and the L-lysine hydrochloride dietary groups (𝑃<.05). …”
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Rotor Speed Control of a Direct-Driven Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator-Based Wind Turbine Using Phase-Lag Compensators to Optimize Wind Power Extraction by Ester Hamatwi, Innocent E. Davidson, Michael N. Gitau

“…However, there are a number of shortcomings associated with these controllers; the trial-and-error design procedure used to determine the P, I, and D gains presents a possibility for poorly tuned controller gains, which reduces the accuracy and the dynamic performance of the entire control system. …”
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Multicenter randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study of the effect of prolonged noisy galvanic vestibular stimulation on posture or gait in vestibulopathy. by Chisato Fujimoto, Takuya Kawahara, Yayoi S Kikkawa, Makoto Kinoshita, Teru Kamogashira, Mineko Oka, Tsukasa Uranaka, Naoya Egami, Kentaro Ichijo, Kayoko Kabaya, Sachiyo Katsumi, Ikumi Takashima, Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Masato Yagi, Tatsuya Yamasoba, Shinichi Iwasaki

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>This trial was registered in the Japan Pharmaceutical Information Center Clinical Trials Information registry (jRCT1080224083). …”
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Rats and mice rapidly update timed behaviors by N. Aggadi, S. Krikawa, T. A. Paine, P. Simen, C. D. Howard

“…We then quantified the rate of updating to new trial durations and found that rodents consistently updated their start times within 2–3 trials following a change in interval duration, before stabilizing their behavior by the third or fourth trial. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Malt Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Varieties for Yield and Quality Traits in Eastern Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia by Abebe Assefa, Getawey Girmay, Tesfaye Alemayehu, Alemu Lakew

“…The trial was conducted using a randomized complete block design with three replications on a plot size of 1.2 m width with that of 2.5 m length. …”
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Bailing Out the Protester by Alireza Nourani-Dargiri

“…If they cannot, they must remain in jail until their trial, until the charges are dropped, or until they are able to raise enough money to be released. …”
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The Effect of Long-Term Exercise on the Production of Osteoclastogenic and Antiosteoclastogenic Cytokines by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and on Serum Markers of Bone Metabol... by J. Kelly Smith, Rhesa Dykes, David S. Chi

“…We conclude that long-term moderate intensity exercise exerts a favorable effect on bone resorption by changing the balance between blood mononuclear cells producing osteoclastogenic cytokines and those producing antiosteoclastogenic cytokines. This trial is registered with Clinical Trials.gov Identifier: NCT02765945.…”
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Modulation of gut microbiota in targeted cancer therapy: insights on the EGFR/VEGF/KRAS pathways by Li Gong, Shixue Yang, Junli Huang, Yongsheng Li

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Digital humanistic program to manage premature frailty in young breast cancer survivors with gender perspective by Yun Hu, Joshua Wiley, Lulu Jiang, Xiyi Wang, Ran Yi, Jiehui Xu, Yanyan Liu, Aozhou Weng, Futai Zou, Eun-Ok Im

“…This randomized controlled trial, registered at the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR2200058823), tests the “AI-TA” program’s efficacy on premature frailty and quality of life in YBCSs. …”
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Co-design of ‘Ways of Being’, a web-based experience to optimise online arts and culture for mental health in young people by Rebecca J. Syed Sheriff, Eloise Sinclair, Jen Young, Sophia Bhamra, Louise Chandler, Tharuka Arachchige, Helen Adams, Laura Bonsaver, Evgenia Riga, Laura Bergin, Negin Mirtorabi, Leenah Abuelgasim, Hadassah Beuchner, John Geddes

“…Aims and method We aimed to co-design an intervention optimising the benefits of online arts and culture for mental health in young people for subsequent testing in a trial. Co-design followed the double diamond phases of design, discover, define, develop and deliver. …”
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