Comparative safety of the sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kris Aubrey-Bassler, John-Michael Gamble, Jennifer R Donnan, Catherine A Grandy, Eugene Chibrikov, Carlo A Marra, Karissa Johnston, Michelle Swab, Jenna Hache, Daniel Curnew, Hai Nguyen

“…Six large databases were searched from inception to May 2018. Random effects models were used to estimate pooled relative risks (RRs).Intervention SGLT2 inhibitors, compared with placebo or active comparators.Primary outcomes Acute kidney injury (AKI), diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), urinary tract infections (UTI), bone fractures and lower limb amputations.Results We screened 2418 citations of which 109 were included. …”
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Code-Switching in Algerian English as a Foreign Language Speakers’ Facebook Interactions: Exploring Functions and Motives by Saida Tobbi

“…The findings reveal that code-switching among these students is not a random occurrence but a deliberate and strategic choice. …”
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Study on the effect of health education on dietotherapy and medicated diet for the community-dwelling elderly in Nanning city (南宁市社区老年人食疗药膳健康教育效果研究)... by LIN Xiaomin (林小敏), QIN Yi (覃毅), LING Xingping (凌鑫萍), HUO Lijuan (霍李娟), CHEN Yu (陈裕)

“…Methods By using the methods of cluster random sampling, a survey was conducted on the knowledge and needs of dietotherapy and medicated diet among 81 elderly people from several communities of Nanning. …”
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Does completion of radical hysterectomy improve oncological outcomes of women with clinical early-stage cervical cancer and intraoperative detection of nodal involvement?: protocol... by Hui Xu, Qing Liu, Yu Xu, Yi Du, Ai Zheng, Cui Hu, Ya Jia, Qianwen Zhang, Yue-Dong He, Shuang-Shuang Cui, Yong Tian, Lin Ran, Fengmei Ke

“…Given the clinical heterogeneity among the included studies, data on outcomes will be pooled by random-effects models. Heterogeneity will be evaluated using the I2 statistic. …”
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Effect of supplementing epinephrine in maturation media on the developmental competence of buffalo oocytes by Ali Husnain, Abdul Khaliq, Talha Ashraf, Abdul Rehman, Muhammad Yasir Zahoor, Muhammad Binyameen, Amjad Riaz

“…The statistical model included the fixed effect of treatment and random replication. Orthogonal polynomial contrasts were built to assess the dose-response of epinephrine. …”
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Systematic review and meta‐analysis of the pelvic organ prolapse and vaginal prolapse among the global population by Tharanga Mudalige, Vindya Pathiraja, Gayathri Delanerolle, Heitor Cavalini, Shuqi Wu, Julie Taylor, Om Kurmi, Kathryn Elliot, Sharron Hinchliff, Carol Atkinson, Kristina Potocnik, Paula Briggs, Lucky Saraswat, Helen Felicity Kemp, George Eleje, Toh Teck Hock, Cristina Laguna Benetti‐Pinto, Irfan Muhammad, Rabia Kareem, Yassine Bouchareb, Peter Phiri, Ruishu Zhang, Yunfei Weng, Ieera Aggarwal, Jian Qing Shi, Ashish Shetty, Ian Litchfield, Nirmala Rathnayake, Sohier Elneil

“…Data were analysed using random‐effects and common‐effects models with subgroup and sensitivity analyses. …”
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Employee retention through effective human resource management practices in Maldives: Mediation effects of compensation and rewards system by Zubair Hassan

“…METHODOLOGY: A sample of 250 respondents among the employees working in the retail sector in Capital City of Maldives was selected using the random probability sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was distributed, and data was collected. …”
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Temporal changes in plasma and milk lipids in response to an esophageal bolus of rumen-protected fish oil in lactating Holstein dairy cows by J.E. Rico, V. Sáinz de la Maza-Escolà, N.D. Senevirathne, P. Deme, N.J. Haughey, R. Gervais, J.W. McFadden

“…Data were analyzed under a mixed model with the random effect of cow, and the fixed effects of treatment, hour, and period. …”
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Topical chlorhexidine 0.2% versus topical natamycin 5% for fungal keratitis in Nepal: rationale and design of a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial by Victor Hu, David Macleod, Helen Anne Weiss, Matthew J Burton, Simon Arunga, Astrid Leck, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Jeremy John Hoffman, Reena Yadav, Sandip Das Sanyam, Pankaj Chaudhary, Abhishek Roshan, Einoti Matayan

“…Participants will be randomised to alternative topical antifungal treatments (topical chlorhexidine 0.2% and topical natamycin 5%; 1:1 ratio, 2–6 random block size). Patients are reviewed at day 2, day 7 (with reculture), day 14, day 21, month 2 and month 3. …”
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Factors influencing waist circumference among urban bank employees in Northeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Woynshet Yimer, Lakew Asmare, Fikre Bayu Gebeyehu, Tihtna Alemu, Anisa Mehamed, Fanos Yeshanew Ayele

“…Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate waist circumference and the factors associated with it among bank workers in Northeast Ethiopia.MethodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study was carried out in Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia, between 2 October 2023 and 24 October 2023. A random selection method was employed to select 363 bank workers. …”
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COVID-19 morbidity in Afghanistan: a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study by Siyu Chen, Fatima Arifi, Mohammad Nadir Sahak, Sayed Ataullah Saeedzai, Lisa J White, Amal Barakat, Eman Abdelkreem Aly, Margo van Gurp, Giti Azim, Bahara Rasoly, Soraya Safi, Jennifer A Flegg, Nasar Ahmed, Mohmmad Jamaluddin Ahadi, Niaz M Achakzai, Alaa AbouZeid

“…For each region, 31–44 enumeration areas (EAs) were randomly selected, and a total of 360 clusters and 16 households per EA were selected using random sampling. …”
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Infestation and damage status assessment of white mango scale (Aulacaspis tubercularis) insect at boloso sore and boloso bombe districts of Wolaita Zone South Ethiopia by Andualem Alemayehu, Zerhun Tomas

“…Among mango-producing farmers by using a semi-structural questionnaire 45 farmers were intervened through random selection. Geographic location and ten samples of mango leaf were collected from four cardinal directions per tree of each stop for examining the infestation and severity status of WMS. …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Cervical Core Strengthening Exercise in the Treatment of Cervicogenic Headache by PEI Qian, GUO Xianfeng, HUANG Qiang

“…ObjectiveTo explore the clinical efficacy of cervical core strengthening exercise in the treatment of cervicogenic headache.MethodsA total of 168 patients with cervicogenic headache who visited Rehabilitation Medicine Department of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital from January 2016 to December 2017 were randomly divided into control group and treatment group using a random number table sampling method, with 84 cases in each group. …”
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Pengaruh Pemberian Ekstrak Rosella (Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn) Terhadap Kadar Malondialdehid dan Aktivitas Katalase Tikus yang Terpapar Karbon Tetraklorida by Zuraida , Eti Yerizel, Eliza Anas

“…Samples were taken at random and divided into 4 groups consisting of a negative control group, positive control (CCl4), treatment 1 (CCl4 and roselle extract 250 mg / kg bw) and treatment 2 (CCl4 and roselle extract 500 mg / kg bw). …”
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Hemodynamics Change and Clinical Efficacy on Cervical Spondylosis of Vertebral Artery Type Treated by Hot Compress Therapy with Medicinal Salt Pillow by Li CHEN, Lijun YAO, Li ZHAO, Chunqiao FU, Xiaoyu XU

“…Objective:To investigate the effect of hot compress therapy with medicinal salt pillow on cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type, and to observe the effects on symptoms, cervical function and clinical effect of patients.Methods:A total of 80 patients with cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type were randomly divided into observation group and control group according to the proportion of 1∶1 used by SPSS 17.0 software random sequence generation module, with 40 cases in each group. …”
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Plasma phospho-tau217 as a predictive biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease in a large south American cohort by Neetesh Pandey, Zikun Yang, Basilio Cieza, Dolly Reyes-Dumeyer, Min Suk Kang, Rosa Montesinos, Marcio Soto-Añari, Nilton Custodio, Lawrence S. Honig, Giuseppe Tosto

“…AD n = 113) using generalized mixed regression models, adjusting for sex, age, education, APOE-e4 allele (fixed effects) and study site (random effect). We also tested biomarker levels in MCI (n = 178) vs. other groups. …”
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Risk Factors of Anaemia among Children under Five Years in the Hohoe Municipality, Ghana: A Case Control Study by Phyllis Atta Parbey, Elvis Tarkang, Emmanuel Manu, Hubert Amu, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Fortress Yayra Aku, Sorengmen Amos Ziema, Samuel Adolf Bosoka, Martin Adjuik, Margaret Kweku

“…Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select mothers attending Child Welfare Clinic (CWC) for the screening of their children. …”
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Neurological history both twinned and queried by generative artificial intelligence by Jung-Hyun Lee, Jung-Hyun Lee, Jung-Hyun Lee, Eunhee Choi, Sergio L. Angulo, Sergio L. Angulo, Robert A. McDougal, Robert A. McDougal, Robert A. McDougal, Robert A. McDougal, William W. Lytton, William W. Lytton, William W. Lytton

“…Three standard GPT-4 models were designated Models P: patient digital twin; N: neurologist to query Model P; and S: supervisor to synthesize the N-P dialogue into a derived HPI and formulate the differential diagnosis. Given the random variability of GPT-4 output, each case was presented five separate times to check consistency and reliability.ResultsThe study achieved an overall HPI content retrieval accuracy of 81%, with accuracies of 84% for headache, 82% for stroke, and 77% for neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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Temporal segmentation method for 30-meter long-term mapping of abandoned and reclaimed croplands in Inner Mongolia, China by Deji Wuyun, Liang Sun, Zhongxin Chen, Luís Guilherme Teixeira Crusiol, Jinwei Dong, Nitu Wu, Junwei Bao, Ruiqing Chen, Zheng Sun, Hasituya, Hongwei Zhao

“…By employing a binary classification strategy and adaptive optimization, the efficiency of sample generation improved, providing more effective samples for the Random Forest algorithm. Cropland status maps were successfully generated for Inner Mongolia from 2000 to 2022 with annual accuracy between 97% and 99%. …”
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Proteomic and serologic assessments of responses to mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 vaccines in human recipient sera by Thomas E. Hickey, Uma Mudunuri, Heidi A. Hempel, Troy J. Kemp, Nancy V. Roche, Keyur Talsania, Brian A. Sellers, James M. Cherry, Ligia A. Pinto

“…Sera from male recipients of BNT162b2 demonstrated upregulated markers of immune response to doublestranded RNA and cell-cycle G(2)/M transition at 1-month. Random Forest analysis of proteomic data from pre-third-dose sera identified 85 markers used to develop a model predictive of robust or weaker IgG responses and antibody levels to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein at 6-months following boost; no specific markers were individually predictive of 6-month IgG response. …”
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