Evaluation of a Guided Chatbot Intervention for Young People in Jordan: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Anne Marijn de Graaff, Rand Habashneh, Sarah Fanatseh, Dharani Keyan, Aemal Akhtar, Adnan Abualhaija, Muhannad Faroun, Ibrahim Said Aqel, Latefa Dardas, Chiara Servili, Mark van Ommeren, Richard Bryant, Kenneth Carswell

“…Immediately after baseline, participants were randomized 1:1 into the STARS intervention or enhanced care as usual (ECAU). …”
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Effectiveness of Mobilization with Movement on the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials by Gidey Gomera Weleslassie, Melaku Hailu Temesgen, Abayneh Alamer, Gebrerufael Solomon Tsegay, Teklehaimanot Tekle Hailemariam, Haimanot Melese

“…A comprehensive search of literature was conducted using the following electronic databases: Google Scholar, PubMed, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), Science Direct, Cochrane Library, and Scopus. Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included, and the methodological quality of the studies was appraised using the PEDro scale. …”
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Improving Clinical, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Dysfunctions in Patients with Schizophrenia: A Neurofeedback Randomized Control Trial by Renata Markiewicz, Agnieszka Markiewicz-Gospodarek, Beata Dobrowolska, Bartosz Łoza

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Causal relationship between blood lipids and diabetic kidney disease：a Mendelian randomization study by Wang Hao-hao, Liu Hao-fei, Miao Shao-bo, Jia Run-ke, Ma Ji-wei

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Design of a dual randomized trial in a type 2 hybrid effectiveness—implementation study by June Stevens, Sarah Denton Mills, Mary-Louise Millett, Feng-Chang Lin, Jennifer Leeman

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Address Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Study by Hellen Livia Drumond Marra, Martin Luiz Myczkowski, Cláudia Maia Memória, Débora Arnaut, Philip Leite Ribeiro, Carlos Gustavo Sardinha Mansur, Rodrigo Lancelote Alberto, Bianca Boura Bellini, Adriano Alves Fernandes da Silva, Gabriel Tortella, Daniel Ciampi de Andrade, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Orestes Vicente Forlenza, Marco Antonio Marcolin

“…We conducted a double-blinded randomized sham-controlled trial using rTMS over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). …”
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Association of genetically proxied cancer-targeted drugs with cardiovascular diseases through Mendelian randomization analysis by Chuchun Fang, Xuewei Liu, Chen Yu, Songlin Li, Xueying Liu, Shifeng Qiu, Hongbin Liang, Caiwen Ou, Jiancheng Xiu

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Effect of cracking and randomness of inputs on corrosion initiation of reinforced concrete bridge decks exposed to chlorides by P. Konecny, P. Lehner

“…The paper is aimed at the indicative evaluation of the effect of random scatter of input parameters in case of durability of reinforced concrete bridge deck. …”
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Effectiveness of a training program for the acquisition of motor milestones in infants: a randomized clinical trial by Luis Fernández-Sola, Beatriz Cano-Díez, Yessica Pons-Solaz, Begoña Vera-Egido, Sergio Moreno-González

“…The research group comprised 82 full-term infants divided into an experimental group (EG) and a control group (CG) of 41 subjects each. A randomized clinical trial study was performed. The routine follow-up program consisted of four informative sessions on the experimental group at the beginning of each trimester with information about the expected motor milestones and how to stimulate their infants to achieve them. …”
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H∞ Synchronization of Semi-Markovian Jump Neural Networks with Randomly Occurring Time-Varying Delays by Mengping Xing, Hao Shen, Zhen Wang

“…Based on the Lyapunov stability theory, this paper mainly investigates the H∞ synchronization problem for semi-Markovian jump neural networks (semi-MJNNs) with randomly occurring time-varying delays (TVDs). The continuous-time semi-MJNNs, where the transition rates are dependent on sojourn time, are introduced to make the issue under our consideration more general. …”
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Mediating Mendelian randomization in the proteome identified potential drug targets for obesity-related allergic asthma by Jiannan Lin, Shuwen Lu, Xiaoyu Zhao

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Do Motion Controllers Make Action Video Games Less Sedentary? A Randomized Experiment by Elizabeth J. Lyons, Deborah F. Tate, Dianne S. Ward, Kurt M. Ribisl, J. Michael Bowling, Sriram Kalyanaraman

“…Young adults (N = 100) were randomized to play three games using either motion-based or traditional controllers. …”
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Effect of Vitamin B12 supplementation in late-life depression: A randomized controlled trial by Pooja Misal, Shrikant Srivastava, Akanksha Sonal, Vivek Agarwal, Wahid Ali

“…Materials and Methods: It was a prospective randomized controlled trial of 4 weeks; 62 depressed older adults (age >50 years) with low but not below the normal range of serum Vitamin B12 levels (>187 but <350 pg/ml) were randomized to receive either Vitamin B12 (7500 μg intramuscular injection over 15 days in 5 divided dosages) and an antidepressant (case) or only an antidepressant (control). …”
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Association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and osteoporosis: Mendelian randomization combined with bibliometric analysis by Fangjun Yang, Huaming Wang, Miaomiao Liu, Shengtai Pei, Xiaoming Qiu

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Priming and task‐specific training for arm weakness post stroke: A randomized controlled trial by Erin C. King, Jacob M. Schauer, Shyam Prabhakaran, Alexandra Wax, Sebastian Urday, Sangeetha Madhavan, Daniel M. Corcos, Mary Ellen Stoykov

“…Methods In this single‐blind, randomized controlled trial, 76 adults with moderate to severe upper limb hemiparesis ≥6 months post‐stroke were stratified by baseline impairment and randomized to receive either BUMP or CP prior to receiving the same TST protocol. …”
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The Challenges of Conducting a Nurse-Led Intervention in a Randomized Controlled Trial with Vulnerable Participants by Tanya Park, Kim Usher, Kim Foster

“…This paper discusses the challenges encountered by researchers while conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) testing the efficacy of a healthy lifestyle educational and exercise intervention for people with serious mental illness. …”
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Autologous Bone Marrow-Derived Chondrocytes for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Mir Sadat-Ali, Abdallah S. AlOmran, Sulaiman A. AlMousa, Hasan N. AlSayed, Khalid W. AlTabash, Mohammed Q. Azam, Tarek M. Hegazi, Sadananda Acharya

“…Patients and Methods. A prospective, randomized study was undertaken in patients with OAK grades II and III of Kellgren–Lawrence grading (KLG) in two groups. …”
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Laparoscopy Combined with Enhanced Recovery Pathway in Ileocecal Resection for Crohn’s Disease: A Randomized Study by Yibin Zhu, Jianjian Xiang, Wei Liu, Qian Cao, Wei Zhou

“…However, there are no randomized trials that have focused on patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) treated by laparoscopy and enhanced recovery pathway. …”
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Smartphone-Based Telemonitoring for Better Oral Health With Toothbrushes: 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial by Jaeyeon Kim, Yiseul Choi, Yoolbin Song, Wonse Park

“…ObjectiveThis 6-month prospective randomized controlled trial aimed to compare the clinical effectiveness, defined as improved oral hygiene measured by plaque reduction and halitosis control, of an interactive telemonitoring toothbrush (ITT), an oscillating-rotating power toothbrush (ORT), and a manual toothbrush (MT). …”
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Comparative Efficacy of Esketamine vs Sufentanil with Propofol for Sedation in EUS: A Randomized, Controlled Study by Liu C, Wang Y, Yin Y, Wang P, Ji X, Sun J, Zhao S, Jia Y, Liu S, Zhou Z

“…In addition, other procedures and anesthesia-related outcomes, and postoperative complications were recorded.Results: A total of 340 patients underwent randomization. Of these, 172 were assigned to the esketamine group and 168 were assigned to the sufentanil group. 1 patient in the esketamine group was lost in the follow-up. …”
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