Comparison of different GnRH compounds on fertility outcomes in ovulation synchronized and presynchronized beef cows by Nicola Oosthuizen, Lucas M. Goncalves, Samir Burato, Molly S. Smith, Kelsey M. Harvey, Graham Cliff Lamb, Graham Cliff Lamb, Pedro L. P. Fontes

“…Cows (n = 1,585) were enrolled in a completely randomized design with a 2×2 factorial arrangement of treatments. …”
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Upadacitinib in active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis: 2-year data from the phase 3 SELECT-AXIS 2 study by Filip Van den Bosch, Atul Deodhar, Denis Poddubnyy, Walter P. Maksymowych, Désirée van der Heijde, Tae-Hwan Kim, Mitsumasa Kishimoto, Xenofon Baraliakos, Xianwei Bu, Ivan Lagunes-Galindo, In-Ho Song, Peter Wung, Koji Kato, Anna Shmagel

“…Results Of 313 patients randomized and treated, 224 (continuous upadacitinib n = 117; placebo/upadacitinib n = 107) completed 104 weeks of treatment. …”
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Pre-CCRT 18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT improves survival in patients with advanced stages p16-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma via accurate radiation treatment plannin... by Tsung-Ming Chen, Wan-Ming Chen, Mingchih Chen, Ben-Chang Shia, Szu-Yuan Wu

“…Abstract Purpose No large-scale prospective randomized study with a long-term follow-up period has evaluated the survival outcomes of preconcurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography (18FDG PET–CT) in patients with non–human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). …”
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Longitudinal impact of cross-clamp duration on postoperative sleep disturbance and quality of life in elderly cardiac surgery patients: a secondary analysis of the MINDDS trial by Grace E. Namirembe, Jamie Sparling, Alexis Novak, Ariel Mueller, Julia Bertsch, Kwame Wiredu, Jason Z. Qu, M. Brandon Westover, Timothy T. Houle, Oluwaseun Akeju

“…ObjectivesThis study aimed to assess the enduring impact of cross-clamp duration on postoperative sleep disturbance and functional outcomes (up to 180 days) in cardiac surgery patients.DesignThis is a secondary analysis of data from a randomized, double-blind trial comparing dexmedetomidine to placebo for delirium prevention (Minimizing ICU Neurological Dysfunction with Dexmedetomidine-induced Sleep).SettingData from patients recruited at a tertiary medical center in Boston, Massachusetts, between March 2017 and February 2022 were analyzed in January 2024.ParticipantsThe study included 394 patients aged ≥60 who underwent cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.InterventionsThe primary exposure was cross-clamp time, while secondary exposures included surgical type [isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or not] and dexmedetomidine randomization.Measurements and main resultsThe primary outcome was sleep quality, assessed using the PROMIS Sleep Disturbance questionnaire at 30, 90, and 180 days postoperatively. …”
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A clinical study of the immunogenicity and protective potency of a live recombinant GamLPV vaccine for intranasal use for the prevention of whooping cough in adult volunteers by Alevtina A. Lidzhieva, Alisa Yu. Medkova, Sergey V. Kulikov, Ludmila N. Sinyashina, Rezida A. Sioundioukova, Andrey P. Markov, Aleksey B. Verveda, Natalia E. Abaeva, Irina N. Chernyshova, Marina V. Gavrilova, Kristina K. Bushkova, Ilya N. Dyakov, Gennady I. Karataev

“…Confirmation of the immunogenicity and protective antibacterial potency of GamLPV in a randomized multicenter clinical trial on adult volunteers. …”
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Bacillus subtilis HGCC-1 improves growth performance and liver health via regulating gut microbiota in golden pompano by Ming Li, Hui Liang, Jian Zhang, Jie Chen, Shichang Xu, Wenhao Zhou, Qianwen Ding, Yalin Yang, Zhen Zhang, Yuanyuan Yao, Chao Ran, Zhigang Zhou

“…Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Bacillus subtilis HGCC-1, an indigenous probiotic isolated from fish, on growth performance, host lipid metabolism, liver inflammation and gut microbiota of golden pompano. 160,000 golden pompanos with the initial body weight of 93.6 ± 5.0 g was randomly assigned to two dietary groups: Control and HGCC-1 (control diet supplemented with 0.3 g/kg Bacillus subtilis HGCC-1 fermentation product), and after three weeks of feeding, 26 golden pompanos were randomly collected from each group for gut microbiome and host phenotype analysis. …”
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Relative bioavailability of selenium yeast, selenomethionine, hydroxyl-selenomethionine and nano-selenium for broilers by Guoqing Liu, Guoqing Liu, Sumei Cao, Sumei Cao, Liang Huang, Xuanxu Lin, Zheng Sun, Gang Lin, Liyang Zhang, Lin Lu, Xugang Luo, Xiudong Liao

“…A total of 576 one-day-old Arbor Acres commercial male broilers were randomly assigned to 16 treatments with 6 replicate cages per treatment in a completely randomized design involving a 5 (Se sources: SY, SM, SO, NS and SS) × 3 (added Se levels: 0.15, 0.30 and 0.45 mg Se/kg) factorial design of treatments plus 1 (a Se-unsupplemented control) for 21 d. …”
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Perceptual Hashing-Based Robust Image Authentication Scheme for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks by Hongxia Wang, Bangxu Yin

“…In the proposed scheme, first, the cluster head node generates a secure pseudorandom chaotic sequence with keys and sends it to the image capturing node, then the image capturing node uses the received chaotic sequence to divide randomly the captured image into several overlapping rectangles, after that, two gravity centers of each rectangular region block are calculated, and finally the binary distance of the two gravity centers will be calculated in each general cluster member node. …”
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Efficacy of Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis with Azithromycin in Cesarean Sections by Sumangali Thirunavukkarausu, Poornima Chinnappa, Anupriya Kaliamoorthi

“…Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a serious concern in cesarean sections, leading to research on improved preventive measures, to evaluate the effectiveness of standard antibiotic prophylaxis alone versus an extended regimen that includes azithromycin in reducing SSIs in nonelective cesarean sections. Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 288 women who were undergoing nonelective cesarean sections at a tertiary care hospital in South India were involved. …”
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Modeling and Simulation of Polarization in Internet Group Opinions Based on Cellular Automata by Yaofeng Zhang, Renbin Xiao

“…However, both taking the opinion leaders as zealots and taking some randomly selected individuals as zealots are not conductive to the consensus. (4) Double opinion leaders with consistent opinions will accelerate the formation of group consensus, but the opposite opinions will lead to group polarization. (5) Only small external influences can change the evolutionary direction of Internet group opinions.…”
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Tennis Rehabilitation Training-Assisted Paclitaxel Nanoparticles in Treatment of Lung Tumor by Di Hu, YiMin Yang

“…The TA2 series of experimental rats were selected to establish animal lung tumor models, and they were randomly divided into 5 groups: local injection of saline, porphyrin, and low-, medium-, and high-dose paclitaxel nanoparticles for treatment. …”
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Optimization of LMBP high-speed railway wheel size prediction algorithm based on improved adaptive differential evolution algorithm by Yu Zhang, Jiawen Zhang, Lin Luo, Xiaorong Gao

“…Aiming at the shortcomings of back propagation neural network algorithm for randomly initializing connection weights and thresholds to fall into local extreme value, the differential evolution algorithm is used to optimize the initial connection weights and thresholds between the layers of the neural network. …”
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DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES by Samuel Olufemi Omoyele, Jayeola Olabisi

“…A single cross-sectional design was adopted for the study and a well-structured questionnaire was administered to 318 randomly chosen senior managers from Mobil Oil, Guinness, Coca-Cola, Nestle, MTN, and Cadbury Plc within Lagos Metropolis. …”
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Application of oral nutritional supplements to control body weight loss in postoperative patients suffering from solid tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ying Liu, Zhen Wu, Tingting Shao, Wanzhen Zheng, Jing Huang

“…Data from eligible studies were extracted, and pooled mean differences (MD) along with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for BWL were computed.ResultsA total of 12 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with 2,268 participants were finally included. …”
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Digital Storytelling Intervention on Prosocial Behavior Improvement among Early Childhood by Ifti Aisha, Dian Veronika Sakti Kaloeti

“…The research subjects were 11 preschool children ranged from 5-7 years old. This study uses a randomized experiments research design with the program is carried out consecutively in five days, consists of 1 session each day before class begins. …”
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Is Exploration of Alternate Immune Pathways Needed in Hidradenitis Suppurativa? A Case of Atopic Dermatitis and Concurrent Hidradenitis Suppurativa Responding to Dupilumab by Sean McCormack, Noor Tazudeen, Benjamin C. Garden

“…HS has been effectively treated with biologic medications; however, many such biologics lack large randomized controlled trials. Only one such biologic, adalimumab, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of HS. …”
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Using Fuzzy Logic in Test Case Prioritization for Regression Testing Programs with Assertions by Ali M. Alakeel

“…We have conducted a case study in which the proposed approach is applied to various programs, and the results are promising compared to untreated and randomly ordered test cases.…”
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Acupuncture Combined with Kinesitherapy in Treating 40 Cases of Senile Stroke Patients with Sleep Disorder by Jiachun LU, Xingang BAI, Xinghua LEI, Xingjuan XIONG, Yan CHEN, Quan WEN, Bibo LU, Min HE, Wenchun WANG, Anren ZHANG

“…Objective:To observe the curative effects of acupuncture combined with kinesitherapy for the treatment of sleep disorder in senile stroke patients.Methods:80 sleep disorder in senile stroke patients were randomly assigned to treatment group (<italic>n</italic>=40) and control group (<italic>n</italic>=40). …”
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Clinical Observation of Patients with Post-stroke Fatigue in Community Treated with Buyang Huanwu Decoction by Caide YE, Wugeng XUE, Hao WU, Jinxiu DUAN, Xiumei LIU, Min KONG, Zhigang CHEN

“…Objective:This study was aimed to observe the clinical effect of modified Buyang Huanwu decoction in treating patients from community with post-stroke fatigue.Methods:Forty-four eligible patients from community with post-stroke fatigue were randomly assigned to the control group (24 cases) and the treatment group (20 cases). …”
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Effect on Lower Limb Motor Function of Cerebral Infarction Patients with Foot-drop Following Early Functional Electrical Stimulation by Hongyu LI, Luwen ZHU, Qiang TANG, Huijie CHEN

“…Objective:To investigate the effects on lower limb motor function of cerebral infarction patients with foot-drop following early functional electrical stimulation.Methods:Forty patients with foot-drop were randomly divided into control group and treatment group. …”
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