Effect of Humulus lupulus L. (Hop) on Postmenopausal Sexual Dysfunction: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Zahra Vahedpoorfard, Samira Ferdosi, Habibollah Rahimi, Hossein Motedayyen

“…Methods. In the current randomized clinical trial, study populations consisted of 63 postmenopausal women who were randomly categorized into two groups. …”
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HEADPLAY Personal Cinema System Facilitates Intravenous Cannulation in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Evangeline Lim, Teddy Fabila, Thong Sze Ying, Josephine Tan

“…We studied the use of HEADPLAY PCS as a distraction tool in facilitating intravenous cannulation in children undergoing anaesthesia. 60 children were enrolled into the study and randomized into 2 groups. EMLA local anaesthetic cream was used to reduce the pain associated with intravenous cannulation. …”
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Identification of biomarkers for chronic lymphocytic leukemia risk: a proteome-wide Mendelian randomization study by Changyu Jin, Zehong Lu, Yuzhan Chen, Huijie Hu, Miao Zhou, Yanli Zhang, Guifang Ouyang, Tongyu Li, Lixia Sheng

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Evaluating the association between lipidome and female reproductive diseases through comprehensive Mendelian randomization analyses by Ye Ma, Fang Wu, Zeming Yu, Lu Yang

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Heart Rate Variability during Nostril-Regulated Yoga Breathing: A Randomized Crossover Study by Shirley Telles, Alok Singh, Sachin Kumar Sharma, Acharya Balkrishna

“…Methods: Forty-seven healthy male participants (group mean age ± standard deviation [SD]; 26.34 ± 6.38 years) with prior experience of yoga breathing (group mean age ± SD; 43.64 ± 32.84 months) were randomly assigned to four sessions on separate days: (i) SBP, (ii) CBP, (iii) Breath awareness, and (iv) Quiet rest. …”
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Role of plasma metabolome in mediating the effect of plasma lipidome on NAFLD: a Mendelian randomization study by Zhuyuan Zheng, Shaojie Yang, Wanlin Dai, Yang Sun, Jingnan Wang, Xiaolin Zhang, Yiming Zheng, Jing Kong

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Mendelian randomization analysis of plasma proteins reveals potential novel tumor markers for gastric cancer by Wenhai Fan, Zhenjiang Wu, Shenghao Xu, Zhiheng Liu, Yiming Huang, Pan Wang

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Efficacy and safety of acupuncture with moxibustion for knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Rui-Xin Zhu, Xing Li, Zhao-Bo Yan, Cheng Chen, Wei Zhai, Heng-Cai Zhang, Wen-Juan Ma, Fu-Kun Wang, Mi Liu, Ge-Shu Du

“…This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture combined with moxibustion versus other standard treatments in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Methods Searches were conducted in Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials to retrieve relevant RCTs. …”
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Effectiveness of a New Device for Hand, Wrist, and Forearm Rehabilitation: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Adriana M Ríos Rincón, Christine Guptill, Yilina Liubaoerjijin, Mathieu Figeys, Farnaz Koubasi, Geoffrey Gregson, Antonio Miguel Cruz

“…MethodsThirty-eight patients with impairments of distal upper extremities were randomly assigned either to the intervention group (FEPSim and standard care, n=19) or to the control group (standard care, n=19). …”
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Use of generalized randomized response model for enhancement of finite population variance: A simulation approach. by Javid Shabbir, Zabihullah Movaheedi

“…Recently Azeem et al. presented a new randomized response model in estimating the finite population variance. …”
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The effect of the use of omeprazole versus famotidine on the kidney transplant function: a randomized controlled study by Miłosz Miedziaszczyk, Marek Karczewski, Ilona Idasiak-Piechocka

“…The aim of the study is to compare the effect of omeprazole and famotidine on the tacrolimus concentration and the kidney transplant function. A randomized study was conducted in 24 adult patients with stable kidney transplant function who received a standard triple immunosuppression regimen. …”
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Mendelian randomization analysis reveals causal relationship between depression, antidepressants and benign paroxysmal vertigo by Yayun Liao, Kejian Zhou, Zhiyan Guo, Lu Qin, Shan Deng, Hong Yang, Baohui Weng, Liya Pan

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Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Adolescent’s Knowledge of Tobacco Consumption: A Randomized Control Trial by Prasanta Majumder, Pallavi A. Thomas, Vaibhav Motghare, Pranav V. Manek, Lubna Nazneen, Suchetana Basak, Sheetal Acharya

“…Methodology: A single-blinded randomized control trial (parallel design) was conducted among randomly selected two government schools in Agartala, Tripura, India. …”
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The Effect of External Cold and Vibration on Infiltration-Induced Pain in Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Reihaneh Faghihian, Mona Esmaeili, Hossein Asadi, Mohammad Hossein Nikbakht, Fateme Shadmanfar, Mehdi Jafarzadeh

“…Thirty children aged 6–12 years who required profound restoration of deciduous or permanent first molars were recruited in this randomized double-blind clinical trial. The anesthetic gel and BUZZY device were used in half of the children’s jaws, and the anesthetic gel and the cold alone were used in the other half of the jaws. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Amarantha and Chlorhexidine Mouthwashes in Chronic Generalized Gingivitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Swapna Ediga, Ruchi Gulati, Heeralal Chokotiya, Meet Modi, Vasundhra Sethi, Sagar Kumar Kashyap

“…Material and Method: Forty-five patients between the ages of 30 and 50 having persistent generalized gingivitis were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to three groups: Group A received oral prophylaxis, group B received oral prophylaxis and prescribed chemical mouthwash, group C received oral prophylaxis and prescribed herbal mouthwash. …”
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Virtual reality head-mounted display game for intermittent exotropia in a randomized controlled trial by Hee Kyung Yang, Dong Hyun Kim, Je Hyun Kim, Taeg Keun Whangbo, Jeong-Min Hwang

“…Patients were randomly assigned to a video-game group that induced convergence (exercise group) and a placebo-game group not inducing convergence (control group), and completed the program 15 min/day for 4 weeks. …”
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Randomized studies in China show that studying and promoting civic honesty needs to consider local norms by Iris W. Hung, Yuho Yiu, Sihan Wu, Dan Liu, Liman Wang, Xiao Han

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Causal relationship of familial hypercholesterolemia with risk of intestinal vascular disorders: A mendelian randomization study by Gang Wei, Cheng Zhang, Feng-Jie Shen, Hua-Qi Guo, Lin Liu

“…Methods: A Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed by extracting summary-level datasets for FH or FH concurrently with ischemic heart disease (IHD) and intestinal vascular diseases from the FinnGen study including 329,115, 316,290 and 350,505 individuals. …”
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Genetic Biomarkers and Circulating White Blood Cells in Osteoarthritis: A Bioinformatics and Mendelian Randomization Analysis by Yimin Pan, Xiaoshun Sun, Jun Tan, Chao Deng, Changwu Wu, Georg Osterhoff, Nikolas Schopow

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Folic Acid Supplementation Mitigates Alzheimer’s Disease by Reducing Inflammation: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Hui Chen, Shuai Liu, Lu Ji, Tianfeng Wu, Yong Ji, Yuying Zhou, Miaoyan Zheng, Meilin Zhang, Weili Xu, Guowei Huang

“…Patients newly diagnosed with AD (age > 60 years; n=121; mild to severe; international criteria) and being treated with donepezil were randomly assigned into two groups with (intervention group) or without (control group) supplemental treatment with folic acid (1.25 mg/d) for 6 months. …”
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