Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for postoperative gastroparesis syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yichuan Xv, Yiyi Feng, Jiang Lin

“…Acupuncture is widely used to aid recovery, but its efficacy and safety have not been systematically evaluated.MethodWe retrieved randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using acupuncture as the primary intervention from six databases. …”
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The efficacy and safety of indobufen in patients with ischemic cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases: systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaolu Luo, Chenglu Lai, Tielong Chen

“…Twelve trials, all randomized controlled trials (RCTs), met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Feasibility, safety and tolerability of estrogen and/or probiotics for improving vaginal health in Canadian African, Caribbean, and Black women: A pilot phase 1 clinical trial. by Biban Gill, Jocelyn M Wessels, Christina L Hayes, Jenna Ratcliffe, Junic Wokuri, Elizabeth Ball, Gregor Reid, Rupert Kaul, Jesleen Rana, Muna Alkhaifi, Wangari Tharao, Fiona Smaill, Charu Kaushic

“…Considering the high prevalence of BV among African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) women, we conducted a prospective, randomized, open-label phase 1 clinical trial to determine the feasibility, safety and tolerability of administering low-dose estrogen, probiotics or both in combination to improve vaginal health and decrease HIV-1 susceptibility.…”
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Neuromodulation of risk and reward processing during decision making in individuals with general anxiety disorder (GAD) by Vahid Nejati, Jamal Amani Rad, Amir Hosein Hadian Rasanan

“…The vmPFC is more relevant for value-based decision making with a positive expectation and chance-based randomness, whereas the dlPFC is more relevant for logic-based decision making.…”
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Adapting self-measured blood pressure monitoring to reduce health disparities (ASPIRE): a pilot hybrid effectiveness‑implementation study protocol by Rasha Khatib, Nicole Glowacki, Iridian Guzman, Maureen Shields, Joseph Chase, Melanie Gordon

“…Methods This pilot hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted at a primary care clinic in South Side Chicago, serving a diverse patient population. …”
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Corneal Topographic Changes Due to Pediatric Epiblepharon Surgery by Shindo J, Matsumura N, Nakamura J, Asano M, Ohno T, Mizuki N

“…The study included 89 eyes from 50 children aged 3– 12 years (mean age, 7.5 ± 2.4 years) diagnosed with moderate epiblepharon. Patients were randomly assigned to the incisional (45 eyes from 25 patients) or nonincisional (44 eyes from 25 patients) groups. …”
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Effects of Different Inspiratory Muscle Training Protocols on Exercise Capacity, Respiratory Muscle Strength, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Hypertension by İrem Hüzmeli, Nihan Katayıfçı, Fatih Yalçın, Esra Doğru Hüzmeli

“…This study aimed to explore how varying inspiratory muscle training workloads affect exercise capacity, health-related quality of life (HrQoL), depression, peripheral and respiratory muscle strength, pulmonary function, dyspnea, fatigue, and physical activity levels in hypertension (HT) patients. Methods. A randomized, controlled three-arm study. Forty-five patients (58.37 ± 8.53 y, 7F/38M) with HT received IMT (7 days/8 weeks) by POWERbreathe® Classic LR device and were randomized to control group (CG, 10% maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP), n: 15), low-load group (LLG, 30% MIP), and high-load group (HLG, %50 MIP). …”
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Military medicine and morale: Perceptions of inequities in triage impact national security by Tanisha M. FAZAL, Jane L. SUMNER, Jessica KORONA-BAILEY, Tracey Pérez KOEHLMOOS

“…Service members were randomly assigned scenarios regarding a theoretical conflict. …”
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Treatment Effect of a Vascular-Disrupting Agent Dynamically Monitored by DWI: An Animal Experimental Study by Danping Huang, Ruimeng Yang, Yong Zou, Hongmei Lin, Xiangdong Xu, Xinhua Wei, Hanzheng Chang, Liqiong Wu, Wenshuang Ding, Wenjie Tang, Xinqing Jiang

“…Methods. 28 New Zealand white rabbit models with VX2 liver tumors were established and were randomly divided into M410 (intravenous injection of M410 at a dose of 25 mg/kg every three days) and control (intravenous injection of saline every three days) groups. …”
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Efficacy of Hi-Lo Evac Endotracheal Tube in Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Mechanically Ventilated Poisoned Patients by Ahmad Ghoochani Khorasani, Shahin Shadnia, Mohammad Mashayekhian, Mitra Rahimi, Abbas Aghabiklooei

“…Materials and Methods. In this clinical randomized trial, 91 eligible patients with an expected duration of mechanical ventilation of more than 48 hours were recruited and randomly assigned into two groups: (1) subglottic secretion drainage (SSD) group who were intubated by Evac ETT (n=43) and (2) control group who were intubated by C-ETT (n=48). …”
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Erratum to “Learning to Boost the Performance of Stable Nonlinear Systems” by Luca Furieri, Clara Lucia Galimberti, Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate

“…Mountains—Closed-loop trajectories before training (left) and after training (middle and right) over 100 randomly sampled initial conditions marked with $\circ$. …”
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Development and validation of the Michigan Chronic Disease Simulation Model (MICROSIM). by James F Burke, Luciana L Copeland, Jeremy B Sussman, Rodney A Hayward, Alden L Gross, Emily M Briceño, Rachael Whitney, Bruno J Giordani, Mitchell S V Elkind, Jennifer J Manly, Rebecca F Gottesman, Darrell J Gaskin, Stephen Sidney, Kristine Yaffe, Ralph L Sacco, Susan R Heckbert, Timothy M Hughes, Andrzej T Galecki, Deborah A Levine

“…Yet the effects of different BP control strategies across the life course on AD/ADRD are unknown. Randomized trials may be infeasible due to prolonged follow-up and large sample sizes. …”
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Comparison of Two Wavefront Autorefractors: Binocular Open-Field versus Monocular Closed-Field by Gonzalo Carracedo, Carlos Carpena-Torres, Laura Batres, Maria Serramito, Anahí Gonzalez-Bergaz

“…A cross-sectional, randomized, and single-masked study was performed. Ninety-nine eyes of 99 healthy participants (37.22 ± 18.04 years, range 8 to 69 years) were randomly analyzed. …”
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Efficacy of Acupuncture Combined with Patient-Controlled Analgesia in the Treatment of Acute Pain after Back Surgery: A Meta-Analysis by Daling Deng, Feng Xu, Yafeng Wang, Lulin Ma, Tianhao Zhang, Wenjing Zhao, Xiangdong Chen

“…Results. A total of 12 randomized controlled trials (n = 904) met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Exploratory testing of functional blood oxygenation level dependent-MRI to image the renoprotective effect of Remote Ischaemic PreConditioning during partial nephrectomy by Frederick Heuzeroth, Christian Wetterauer, Daniel Boll, Timm H. Westhoff, Maeve Dreher, Helge Seifert, Cyrill Rentsch, Jan Ebbing

“…Overall, 15 patients were enrolled in this randomized controlled trial. Randomization was 1:1, with RIPC in the intervention arm. …”
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Reliability of the Expanded Cutting Alignment Scoring Tool (E-CAST) to Assess Trunk and Limb Alignment During a 45-Degree Side-Step Cut by Lauren S. Butler, Alexa R. Martinez, Dai Sugimoto, Charles W. Wyatt, Eryn K. Milian, Sophia Ulman, Ashley Erdman, Alex Loewen, Kristin Hayden, Amie DeVerna, Kirsten Tulchin-Francis, PRiSM Injury Prevention Research Interest Group

“…Participants were recorded performing a side-step cut in frontal and sagittal planes. One trial was randomly selected for analysis. Two physical therapists independently scored each video using the E-CAST on two separate occasions, with randomization and a two-week wash-out between rounds. …”
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Effectiveness of deliberate practices versus conventional lecture in trauma training for medical students by Suksan Kanoksin, Bhapapak Na Songkhla, Amarit Tansawet, Issaree Laopeamthong, Pakkapol Sukhvibul, Suphakarn Techapongsatorn

“…The participants were randomly assigned to either the deliberate practice group (n = 24) or the conventional lecture group (n = 24). …”
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The impact of sleep interventions combined with enhanced nutritional support on sleep quality, nutritional status, pain management, psychological well-being, and quality of life in... by Gang Wang, Shengjie Pan

“…Participants were randomized into two groups: the intervention group, which received standard care supplemented with sleep and nutritional interventions, and the control group, which received standard care alone. …”
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Effects of self-monitoring physical activity with wearable activity trackers on perceived joint function and health-related quality of life in people with hip and knee osteoarthrit... by Elin Östlind, Frida Eek, Kjerstin Stigmar, Eva Ekvall Hansson

“…Method A two-armed cluster-randomized controlled trial (C-RCT) was conducted in southern Sweden including 160 individuals with hip or knee OA. …”
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Effects of carob rich-polyphenols on oxidative stress markers and physical performance in taekwondo athletes by Nawel Gaamouri, Hassane Zouhal, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Mehrez Hammami, Aloui Ghaith, El Hafedh El Mouhab, Anthony C. Hackney, Ismail Laher, Omar Ben Ounis

“…We utilized a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled design to study the putative antioxidant role of six weeks of daily polyphenol supplementation on selected blood markers of oxidative stress and performance in taekwondo athletes. …”
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