Which variables are associated with recruitment failure? A nationwide review on obstetrical and gynaecological multicentre RCTs (2003–2023) by Ben W Mol, Madelon van Wely, L Ramos, J J Duvekot, J B Derks, Fulco van der Veen, Ruben Duijnhoven, H J van Beekhuizen, M J E Mourits, J A M van der Post, E Pajkrt, M A Oudijk, H C J Scheepers, Mariette Goddijn, J Huirne, Marijke C van der Weide, A Kwee, C Willekes, M Y Bongers, Judith Rikken, Romee Casteleijn, S Middeldorp, I M Custers, M P Lambregtse – van den Berg, V Mijatovic, F J M Broekmans, A Hoek, J P de Bruin, M H Mochtar, S Mastenbroek, J P W R Roovers, F Mol, A Vollebregt, C H van der Vaart, K B Kluivers, M E Vierhout, R C Painter, P M A J Geomini

“…Objective We aim to assess which variables are associated with recruitment failure of obstetrical and gynaecological randomised controlled trials (RCTs), leading to an extension of the study period.Design Nationwide study.Setting A cohort of RCTs supported by the trial centre of the Dutch Consortium of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.Population We included 83 RCTs that recruited patients between 1 March 2003 and 1 December 2023.Main outcome measures Main outcome was recruitment target not achieved within 6 months after the preplanned recruitment period. …”
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Association of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T Gene Polymorphisms with Mild Cognitive Impairment Susceptibility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jiahui Sun, Xuefan Jiang, Ming Zhao, Lina Ma, Hui Pei, Nanyang Liu, Hao Li

“…PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure databases were searched from their inception to March 21, 2021, with language restricted to English or Chinese. …”
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Geographical distribution and evolutionary dynamics of H4Nx avian influenza viruses by Ye Ge, Jing Liu, Yuanguo Li, Peng Peng, Yan Zhou, Jiantao Yu, Miaotong Huo, Xiaodong Liang, Yuwei Gao, Qiucheng Yao

“…In the present study, we collected fecal and swab samples from wild birds and poultry in Guangdong Province from January 2019 to March 2024, and various subtypes of AIVs were isolated, including 19 strains of H4 subtype AIVs. …”
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ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Patients with COVID-19: Case Series by Sofia Lakhdar, Chandan Buttar, Laura Guzman Perez, Nso Nso, Mahmoud Nassar, Giovina Collura

“…The authors conducted a retrospective study of patients admitted to NYC Health + Hospitals, Queens, New York City, USA, with confirmed COVID-19 reverse transcriptase-PCR test findings between 29th March 2020 and 1st May 2020. The authors used a retrospective case series design to evaluate the association between laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection and hospitalisation for acute myocardial infarction. …”
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Intravenous Contrast Agent in Abdominal CT: Is It Really Needed to Identify the Cause of Bowel Obstruction? Proof of Concept by Federica Vernuccio, Dario Picone, Gregorio Scerrino, Massimo Midiri, Giuseppe Lo Re, Roberto Lagalla, Giuseppe Salvaggio

“…We retrospectively evaluated abdominal CT scans of patients operated for bowel obstruction from March 2013 to October 2017. Two radiologists evaluated CT scans before and after contrast agent in two reading sessions. …”
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Clinical Effect of Teucrium polium Extract Ointment on Post Pilonidal Sinus Excision Wound Healing: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Reza Hosseinpour, Nuruddin Hosseini, Seyedeh Fatemeh Hekmatzadeh, Saadat Mehrabi, Hossein Sadeghi Mansourkhani, Marita Mohamadshahi

“…Methods: This randomized double-blind clinical trial was conducted from April 2021 to March 2022. A total of 132 participants admitted to public hospitals in Yasuj with pilonidal sinus disease were randomized into three groups: T. polium ointment, serum, and placebo. …”
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Prospective clinical evidence from over 1,000 pan-cancer patients: a complement to fosaprepitant in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting by Lijuan He, Jize Wang, Weigao Pu, Haiyuan Li, Ben Liu, Zhuanfang Wang, Qinying Han, Yunpeng Wang, Bo Xu, Jike Hu, Guodong Sun, Hao Chen

“…We also performed stratified analyses to investigate the impact of different factors on fosaprepitant for the prevention of CINV in the acute phase. Results Between March 2021 to August 2021, 1001 patients were enrolled in this study. …”
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Effectiveness, speed of action and safety of brodalumab in elderly psoriasis patients: a multicenter real-world study – IL PSO (Italian Landscape Psoriasis) by D. Orsini, D. Graceffa, M. Burlando, A. Campanati, E. Campione, C. Guarneri, A. Narcisi, P. Pella, P. Romita, M. Travaglini, L. Zichichi, L. M. H. Arancio, G. Baggini, R. Balestri, L. Bianchi, A. M. G. Brunasso, A. E. Cagni, Giacomo Caldarola, G. Calianno, A. Carpentieri, M. Carriero, A. Carugno, F. Cona, A. Costanzo, E. Cozzani, Giacomo Dal Bello, Giovanni Carlo Lazzaro Danzuso, A. Dattola, A. Di Tano, F. Diotallevi, M. Donnarumma, E. De Col, M. Esposito, C. S. Fiorella, M. Galluzzo, F. Graziola, M. Licciardello, A. Legori, P. Malagoli, Federica Mola, G. Moretta, A. Muracchioli, A. Musumeci, M. L. Musumeci, G. Pagnanelli, V. Panasiti, E. Provenzano, D. Rizzo, M. Rubatto, Oriele Sarno, D. Strippoli, F. Vaira, M. C. Fargnoli

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Relativistic Electron Model in the Outer Radiation Belt Using a Neural Network Approach by Xiangning Chu, Donglai Ma, Jacob Bortnik, W. Kent Tobiska, Alfredo Cruz, S. Dave Bouwer, Hong Zhao, Qianli Ma, Kun Zhang, Daniel N. Baker, Xinlin Li, Harlan Spence, Geoff Reeves

“…In addition, ORIENT‐R was run for a completely out‐of‐sample period between March 2018 and October 2019 when the AL index ended and was replaced with the predicted AL index (lasp.colorado.edu/home/personnel/xinlin.li). …”
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Novel technique for endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage to skip the needle tract dilation step: Efficacy of a 6-mm antimigration metal stent with a thin, tapered deli... by Keiichi Hatamaru, Masayuki Kitano, Masahiro Itonaga, Yasunobu Yamashita, Takashi Tamura, Yuki Kawaji, Junya Nuta

“…Methods : Between April 2017 and March 2020, 21 patients with acute cholecystitis unsuitable for cholecystectomy underwent EUS-GBD using the metal stent. …”
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Relatively high interest but limited active engagement in HIV cure research: Awareness, interest, and information-seeking among affected communities in the Netherlands by Maaike A.J. Noorman, John B.F. de Wit, Tamika A. Marcos, Sarah E. Stutterheim, Thijs Albers, Kai J. Jonas, Chantal den Daas

“…Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from July 2023 to March 2024, involving 499 people with HIV and 578 individuals without HIV, including partners and gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. …”
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Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria on the Mobile Phones and Computer Keyboards of Healthcare University Students in Ghana by Michael Olu-Taiwo, Christian Afotey Laryea, David Kweku Mykels, Akua Obeng Forson

“…This was a cross-sectional study conducted from March to June 2017 with 240 swabs collected from the surfaces of mobile phones and computer keyboards used by healthcare students. …”
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A prospective study on association between comprehensive lifestyle scores and cognitive function changes in community-dwelling older adults in Tianjin city by Muya ZHANG, Xian CAI, Liping ZU, Huichao ZHAO, Tianyu WANG, Chenyu LI, Jing YUAN, Fei MA

“…MethodsA prospective cohort study was conducted. From March to April 2016, eldly adults aged 65 years and above were recruited as research subjects in Tianjin through multi-stage cluster random sampling. …”
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“It doesn’t make any sense to even try”: the disruptive impact of COVID-19’s first wave on people with chronic pain using medical cannabis in New York by Yuval Zolotov, Jacinta Lomba, Megan Ghiroli, Mariya Masyukova, Julia H. Arnsten, Joanna L. Starrels, Jonathan Ross, Chinazo O. Cunningham, Deepika E. Slawek

“…Methods We conducted 1:1 semi-structured qualitative telephone interviews from March through May 2020 with a convenience sample of 14 individuals enrolled in a longitudinal cohort study. …”
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Reconstructing the experienced temperature during the larval oceanic migration of anguillid eels from otolith stable oxygen isotopes by Mari Kuroki, Shunsuke Hayasaka, Kozue Nishida, Toyoho Ishimura, Akihiro Okamura, Yoshiaki Yamada, Yu-San Han, Kotaro Shirai

“…The δ18Ootolith values of A. japonica glass eels were significantly higher at higher recruitment latitudes from Taiwan to Japan and later recruitment periods of 6 months, from November to March, indicating that the individuals were exposed to lower water temperatures along the Kuroshio flowing northward as they reached the higher latitudes in the later recruitment seasons. …”
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Characterization and Outcome of Two Pediatric Intensive Care Units with Different Resources by Rania G. Abdelatif, Montaser M. Mohammed, Ramadan A. Mahmoud, Mohamed A. M. Bakheet, Masafumi Gima, Satoshi Nakagawa

“…We collected and compared data of nonsurgical patients admitted between March 2018 and February 2019, including the patients’ demographics, diagnosis, PICU length of stay, outcome, predicted risk of mortality using pediatric index of mortality-2 (PIM-2), and functional neurological status using the Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category (PCPC) scale. …”
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Deep anterior chamber depth may be a risk factor for axial length growth in children by Huijie Cao, Huijie Cao, Yongguo Xiang, Yongguo Xiang, Hong Cheng, Hong Cheng, Kexin Sun, Kexin Sun, Shijie Zheng, Shijie Zheng, Miaomiao Du, Miaomiao Du, Ning Gao, Ning Gao, Tong Zhang, Xin Yang, Jiuyi Xia, Wenjuan Wan, Wenjuan Wan, Ke Hu, Ke Hu

“…All participants underwent a standard ophthalmologic examination including uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), noncycloplegic refraction, AL, and corneal topography in March 2023. Six months later, the above examinations were repeated to obtain follow-up data. …”
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Global Geomagnetic Perturbation Forecasting Using Deep Learning by Vishal Upendran, Panagiotis Tigas, Banafsheh Ferdousi, Téo Bloch, Mark C. M. Cheung, Siddha Ganju, Asti Bhatt, Ryan M. McGranaghan, Yarin Gal

“…We evaluate our model across models in literature for two specific storms of 5 August 2011 and 17 March 2015, while having a self‐consistent benchmark model set. …”
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The Association Between Periodontitis, Gingivitis, Tooth Loss and Stroke: An Umbrella Study with Meta-Analysis by Jad El Masri, Ahmad Al Malak, Diala El Masri, Maya Ghazi, Silva Al Boussi, Yasmina El Masri, Mohammad Hassoun, Maryam Tlayss, Pascale Salameh, Hassan Hosseini

“…Methods: PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus and Web of Science databases were searched for all meta-analyses assessing the effect of PD on CVA in accordance with Joanna Briggs Institute guidance for umbrella reviews in March 2024. Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) was used for quality assessment. …”
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Portable devices for periodic monitoring of bioelectrical impedance along meridian pathways in healthy individuals by Yu-Chen Xu, Xiu-Yan Cao, Shuai Liu, Bo Liu, Hao Chen, Min Cheng, Wei-Hua Ye

“…The second group, comprising the spleen, stomach, bladder, kidney, gallbladder, and liver meridians, exhibited marked differences primarily between March and April (P < 0.05), with a peak in April and relatively stable values thereafter. …”
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