Ultrasound-Guided Thoracic Paravertebral Injection of Platelet-Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Thoracic Herpes Zoster-Related Pain: A Study Protocol by Liu Wang, Xinyu Lei, Zhixuan Lan, Ruilin He, Zongbin Jiang

“…Participants will be randomly assigned to the PRP treatment in combination with antiviral therapy group or the antiviral therapy group at a 1:1 ratio. …”
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The effect of Shirodhara on essential hypertension: Systematic review and meta-analysis by Meenakshi Khapre, Dhanlika Dhanlika, Sriloy Mohanty, Amrita Mehndiratta

“…The Revised Cochrane Risk of Bias tool for randomized control trials (RoB-2) was used for the quality assessment of randomized control trials. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of anterior and posterior approaches for interscalene brachial plexus block: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Luis Eduardo Ciconini, Theodoro Beck, Catreen Abouelsaad, Karandip Bains, Mauren F. Carbonar

“…Results: The search strategy identified 2229 articles, of which six Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) met the inclusion criteria for the meta-analysis. …”
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Vitamin D Supplementation Ameliorates Metabolic Dysfunction in Patients with PCOS: A SystematicReview of RCTs and Insight into the Underlying Mechanism by Shan Guo, Reshef Tal, Haoyu Jiang, Tao Yuan, Ying Liu

“…Literature research was conducted in Pubmed, Embase, Web of Science, Clinical Trials, and Cochrane Library to identify relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) up to March 2020. …”
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Supplementing volatile-flavour herbal-extract mixture to the diet of sows and their weaned offspring improves the growth performance of weaned piglets by D.X. Dang, K.D. Han, I.H. Kim

“…A total of 18 sows (Landrace × Yorkshire) were randomly assigned to dietary treatments based on average parity (1.78) with nine replicates per treatment. …”
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Pengaruh Pemberian Ekstrak Biji Melinjo (Gnetum gnemon) Terhadap Kadar Trigliserida pada Tikus dengan Diet Tinggi Lemak by Pritasa Muthia Ulfa, Yustini Alioes, Biomechy Oktomalio Putri

“…Penelitian ini berjenis eksperimental murni dengan randomized pre-post test randomized control group design yang terdiri dari 5 kelompok (K-, K+, P1, P2, dan P3). …”
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Measuring overall functional diversity by aggregating its multiple facets: Functional richness, biomass evenness, trait evenness and dispersion by Laurie Anne Wojcik, Ursula Gaedke, Ellen vanVelzen, Toni Klauschies

“…We compared K to other, more classic metrics measuring fewer facets of functional diversity by calculating all these indices for randomly and non‐randomly generated communities. We showed that K overcomes several limitations of other indices (e.g. lack of accuracy, not computable for simple communities, unclear ecological interpretation) and is strongly correlated with ecosystem functions in simulated predator–prey communities. …”
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Reassessing the Significance of Mycobacterium in Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Study Protocol in Nigeria by Ngozi Ekeke, Francis Sunday Iyama, Edmund Ndudi Ossai, Joseph Ngozi Chukwu, Chinwe Chika Eze, Daniel Egbule, Charles Nwafor, Martin I. Njoku, Anthony O. Meka, Michael Odama, Okechukwu E. Ezeakile, Ngozi N. Murphy-Okpala

“…Methods: A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted in four local government areas (clusters) with the highest incidence of leprosy, BU, or LF. …”
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Comparison of thermal ablation and surgery for hyperparathyroidism: a meta-analysis by Huan-yu Cui, Xiu-mei Bai, Hong Yang, Yun He

“…Further validation of these results necessitates conducting comprehensive multicenter randomized controlled trials.…”
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Can Jurors Disregard Inadmissible Evidence? Using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy to Test Interventions Derived from Cognitive and Social Psychological Theories by Pamela N. Sandberg, Tess M. S. Neal, Karey L. O’Hara

“…Study 1 used a 2⁴ full factorial randomized controlled trial to evaluate the four candidate intervention strategies. …”
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Iron deficiency and common neurodevelopmental disorders-A scoping review. by Scout McWilliams, Ishmeet Singh, Wayne Leung, Sylvia Stockler, Osman S Ipsiroglu

“…<h4>Results</h4>For ADHD, 22/30 studies and 4/4 systematic reviews showed an association of ADHD occurrence or severity with iron deficiency; 6/6 treatment studies including 2 randomized controlled trials demonstrated positive effects of iron supplementation. …”
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Some complex probabilistic hesitant fuzzy aggregation operators and their applications to multi-attribute decision making by Yanpo Yang, Baoquan Ning, Fengjuan Tian, Guihui Lu

“…Abstract As a generalization of complex fuzzy set (CFS), complex hesitation fuzzy set (CHFS) is a powerful tool to express two-dimensional fuzzy information, but it ignores the randomness that exists widely in real life. Considering the randomness and ambiguity often simultaneously occur in real-world problems, we come up with an innovative fuzzy set called complex probabilistic hesitant fuzzy set (CPHFS) in this article, which is a joint extension of CFS and probabilistic hesitant fuzzy set (PHFS). …”
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Efficacy of fish oil supplementation on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a meta-analysis by Like Zhou, Dongmei Sun, Houqiao Bai

“…Outcomes measured were aspects of liver injury, lipid profile, insulin resistance, anthropometric measurements, and more.ResultsSeven randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving 439 participants were incorporated into the analysis. …”
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Clinical and radiographic assessment of the efficacy of platform switched implant and papilla preservation flap design in minimizing crestal bone loss around single tooth implant:... by Tejaswani Kaur, Dilip Naik, Ashita Uppoor, Sangeeta Umesh Nayak, Pragya Atray

“…Material and Methods: In this parallel design randomized controlled trial, a total of 21 patients with single implant site were taken and were randomly divided into three groups—Group A: Platform matched implants with conventional flap design, Group B: Platform switched implants with conventional flap design, and Group C: Platform switched implants with papilla preservation flap design. …”
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A scoping review of Do-It-Yourself Automated Insulin Delivery system (DIY AID) use in people with type 1 diabetes. by Amy E Morrison, Kimberley Chong, Peter A Senior, Anna Lam

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>There is extensive real-world data, but a lack of randomized control trial evidence supporting DIY AID system use, due to the user-driven, unregulated nature of these systems. …”
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Evaluation of the Efficacy of 3D-Printed Customized Orthodontic Brackets in Reducing Treatment Time and Improving Outcomes by Mohammad K. Alam, Mohammad Y. Hajeer, Abdullah H. Alshammari, Zeyad M. M. Alenezi, Shouq B. Aldhafeeri

“…Materials and Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 60 patients aged 12–25 years requiring orthodontic treatment. …”
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Vestibular patients generate more regular head movements than healthy individuals during gaze-stabilization exercises by Cecelia Shuai, Omid A. Zobeiri, Jennifer L. Millar, Michael C. Schubert, Mark Shelhamer, Kathleen E. Cullen

“…Analyzing statistical pattern of sequences of stereotyped behaviors to characterize degrees of randomness or repeatability has proven to be a powerful approach for diagnosing disease states, yet this approach has not been applied to patients with vestibular loss. …”
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VSRDiff: Learning Inter-Frame Temporal Coherence in Diffusion Model for Video Super-Resolution by Linlin Liu, Lele Niu, Jun Tang, Yong Ding

“…However, the inherent randomness of diffusion models presents significant challenges for controlling content. …”
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Impact of BRACTS exercises on muscular strength in eumenorrheic women by Wajiha Shahid, Rabiya Noor

“…Participants were randomly allocated with a 1:1 ratio into Group A (control group) and Group B (treatment group). …”
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Propolis as an Adjuvant in the Healing of Human Diabetic Foot Wounds Receiving Care in the Diagnostic and Treatment Centre from the Regional Hospital of Talca by Verónica Mujica, Roxana Orrego, Roberto Fuentealba, Elba Leiva, Jessica Zúñiga-Hernández

“…This was evaluated in a randomized placebo-controlled study of subjects receiving care in the Diagnostic and Treatment Centre from the Regional Hospital of Talca, Chile. …”
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