Effects of using different levels of dietary chitosan on some immune indices and antioxidant defense system in Vannamei shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei by Saeed Dayani, Valiallah Jafari, Roghayeh Safari, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar

“…We prepared 4 groups, each with three repetitions, including the basal diet of zero (control), 1 g (treatment 1 = T1), 2 g (T2) and 4 g (T3) chitosan per kilogram of feed in a completely randomized design for 8 weeks. At the end of the trial, samples were randomly taken from the rearing tanks and hemolymph indices including serum biochemical, immune and antioxidant indices were measured. …”
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Effect of arm-ergometry versus treadmill supervised exercise on health-related quality of life and mental health in patients with peripheral artery disease: secondary outcomes from... by Sandra Magalhães, Mário Santos, Sofia Viamonte, Fernando Ribeiro, Joana Martins, Cristine Schmidt, Henrique Cyrne-Carvalho

“…Participants were randomized (1:1) to a 12-week AEx or TEx, along with the core components of a CRP (nutritional and psychological support). …”
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The effect of exercise intervention on inhibitory function in obese and overweight children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Aona Chen, Chenggen Guo, Shuhua Qu

“…Results The analysis included 24 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with a total of 1,247 participants. …”
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Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as treatment of childhood-trauma related post-traumatic stress disorder (Ch-PTSD) in adults: eff... by Martine Daniëls, Marie-Louise Meewisse, Annet Nugter, Sophie A. Rameckers, Eva Fassbinder, Arnoud Arntz

“…Therefore, we evaluated the effects of two treatments for adult patients with Ch-PTSD on Schema Modes.Method: Participants (n = 114) of the Imagery Rescripting and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (IREM) Randomized Clinical Trial (Boterhoven de Haan, K. L., Lee, C. …”
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The Promising Effect of Tocilizumab on Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection (cAMR) of Kidney Transplant by Łukasz Świątek, Miłosz Miedziaszczyk, Dominik Lewandowski, Filip Robakowski, Piotr Tyburski, Marta Jakubowska, Marek Karczewski, Ilona Idasiak-Piechocka

“…The bias assessment was obtained with Methodical Index for Non-Randomized Studies (MINORS), whereas meta-analysis was performed using MedCalc. …”
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Assessing the Impact of a Virtual Reality Cognitive Intervention on Tennis Performance in Junior Tennis Players: Pilot Study by Joaquin A Anguera, Aleem Choudhry, Michael Seaman, Dominick Fedele

“…MethodsData were collected from a cohort of tennis players in a randomized controlled trial design led by the dedicated research team. …”
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The Use of Developmental Rehabilitation Services. Comparison between Bedouins and Jews in the South of Israel by Hasia Lubetzky, Shifra Shvarts, Joav Merrick, Gideon Vardi, Aharon Galil

“…The purpose of this study was to look at the utilization and the number of appointments for child rehabilitation services by the Bedouin population compared to the general population in the south of Israel at the Zusman Child Development Center (CDC).The records of appointments to the CDC between the years 19951999 inclusive were studied and we randomly chose to limit the study to January, April, July, and October of each year, and randomly chose the daily records of nine therapists, three from each discipline (occuptional therapy [OT], physical therapy [PT], and speech and language therapy [SLT]). …”
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Nutrient Availability and Changes on Chemical Attributes of a Paleudult Soil Amended with Liquid Sewage Sludge and Cropped with Surinam Grass by Luiz Carlos Ceolato, Ronaldo Severiano Berton, Aline Renée Coscione

“…The liquid sewage sludge (LSS) was applied on a field experiment during four years at successive applications to evaluate the changes in soil attributes and on Surinam grass (Brachiaria decumbens) uptake of nutrients. A randomized blocks experimental design, with two treatments (with and without LSS) and three repetitions, was used. …”
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Extracorporeal shock wave therapy versus dexamethasone iontophoresis as a treatment for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis by Shimaa Taha Abu El Kasem, Sahar Ahmed Abdalbary, Mohamed I. Mabrouk, Engy Badreldin S. Moustafaa, Asmaa Abonour, Rania R. Mohamed

“…Sixty patients with unilateral symptomatic KOA were randomly divided into three groups. Intensity of pain, pressure threshold for pain, knee function, and knee range of motion (ROM) were measured before and after therapy in all three groups. …”
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Pelatihan Mindfulness Teaching untuk Meningkatkan Kesejahteraan Subjektif Guru Sekolah Inklusi by Ulin Nuha Rahmawati, Fuad Nashori, Ratna S. Rachmahana

“…This research used non-randomized pretest-posttest control group design. There were 22 respondents which divided into 11 respondents for treatment group and 11 respondents for control group. …”
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Current Trends in Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Devices by Jens Garbade, Hartmuth B. Bittner, Markus J. Barten, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr

“…Currently, results using nonpulsatile continuous flow pumps document the evolution in outcomes following destination therapy achieved subsequent to the landmark Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure Trial (REMATCH), as well as the outcome of pulsatile designed second-generation LVADs. …”
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Komparasi Tampilan dan Hasil Lima Varietas Jagung Manis (Zea mays saccharata, Sturt) di Kota Pekanbaru by Surtinah Surtinah, Neng Susi, Sri Utami Lestari

“…The method used is an experimental method to design treatment 5 varieties of sweet corn that is v1 = Sugar 75; v2 = Star Asia; v3 = Bonanza; v4 = Sagita sweet; v5 = Master sweet, and using a completely randomized design environment and repeated 6 times. …”
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Constellation Optimization for MIMO VLC System With Signal-Dependent Noise: Receiver-Side Design and Lookup Table Establishment by Jiaqi Wei, Yuan Wang, Nuo Huang, Yan-Yu Zhang, Yi-Jun Zhu, Wenliang Hao, Chen Gong

“…For the scenario where receiver randomly moves, the constellation lookup table is proposed to transform real-time optimization into table lookup operation, which effectively reduces the real-time computational complexity. …”
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Analysis of influencing factors of physical fatigue based on grounded theory-entropy weight TOPSIS model by Shuicheng TIAN, Xuteng BAI, Hongxia LI, Xiaoya ZHANG, Junrui MAO

“…In order to effectively control the occurrence of human accidents caused by physical fatigue of miners, in this study, grounded theory is used to construct the index system of influencing factors of miners’ physical fatigue and the questionnaire of miners’ physical fatigue is developed; based on the data of the questionnaire, entropy weighting method is used to explore the influence degree of each index on miners’ physical fatigue, and put forward corresponding safety management promotion strategies; and TOPSIS model is applied to evaluate the physical fatigue of 15 miners randomly selected. The results show that: the physical fatigue of miners is affected by their own condition, work pressure and work environment, among which work pressure is the most important factor; the TOPSIS comprehensive rating model of miners’ physical fatigue can judge the grade of miners’ physical fatigue reasonably and effectively.…”
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Selecting the appropriate design in biomedical research: experimental studies. Part II by Raúl Aguilera Eguía, Ángel Roco Videla, Olga Patricia López Soto, Brenda Herrera Serna, Héctor Fuentes Barria, Mariana Melo Lonconao

“…Considerations are issued from the historical evolution and theoretical foundations, to the practical implementation of experimental designs, with a particular focus on randomized clinical trials, for their robustness in demonstrating causal relationships and influence in optimizing clinical decisions. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Tuberculosis in the State of Mexico, Mexico by Adrian Zaragoza Bastida, Marivel Hernández Tellez, Lilia P. Bustamante Montes, Imelda Medina Torres, Jaime Nicolás Jaramillo Paniagua, Germán David Mendoza Martínez, Ninfa Ramírez Durán

“…The conclusion is that TB in the State of Mexico is not randomly distributed but is concentrated in areas close to Mexico City.…”
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Prediction of NOx Emissions from a Direct Injection Diesel Engine Using Artificial Neural Network by J. Mohammadhassani, Sh. Khalilarya, M. Solimanpur, A. Dadvand

“…In addition, 10% of the data (randomly selected) is used for network validation and the remaining data is employed for testing the accuracy of the network. …”
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PENGARUH PEMBERIAN SARI KULIT NANAS (Ananas comosus (L) Merr) TERHADAP JUMLAH KOLONI BAKTERI PADA IKAN BANDENG (Chanos chanos F.) by Zainal Berlian, Fitratul Aini, Melda Yunita

“…The study design used a completely randomized design (CRD), the treatment of P0 (0%), P1 (12.5%), P2 (25%), P3 (50%) and P4 (100%). …”
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Delay-Dependent Finite-Time H∞ Filtering for Markovian Jump Systems with Different System Modes by Yong Zeng, Jun Cheng, Shouming Zhong, Xiucheng Dong

“…Particularly, two different Markov processes have been considered for modeling the randomness of system matrix and the state delay. Based on the derived condition, the H∞ filtering problem is solved, and an explicit expression of the desired filter is also given; the system trajectory stays within a prescribed bound during a specified time interval. …”
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Uniformity Assessment of TRISO Fuel Particle Distribution in Spherical HTGR Fuel Element Using Voronoi Tessellation and Delaunay Triangulation by Libing Zhu, Xincheng Xiang, Yi Du, Gongyi Yu, Ziqiang Li, Yahui Peng, Xiangang Wang

“…Results indicate that both the Voronoi volume distribution and the nearest neighbor-distance distribution follow the log-normal distributions, which provide strong evidence that the TRISO particles are approximately randomly uniformly distributed. Further study will be focused on validating the conclusion with more SFE data.…”
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