A Location-Inventory-Routing Problem in Forward and Reverse Logistics Network Design by Qunli Yuchi, Zhengwen He, Zhen Yang, Nengmin Wang

“…Numerical experiments on the benchmark instances of a simplified version of the LIRP-FRL, the capacitated location routing problem, and the randomly generated LIRP-FRL instances demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed NTS algorithm in problem resolution.…”
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Higher Levels and Intensity of Physical Activity Are Associated with Reduced Mortality among Community Dwelling Older People by Eva Hrobonova, Elizabeth Breeze, Astrid E. Fletcher

“…People aged 75–84 years (n = 1449) participating in a randomized trial of health screening in UK general practice were interviewed about their physical activity (PA) and were assessed for a wide range of health and social problems. …”
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Nonlinear time series prediction algorithm based on AD-SSNET for artificial intelligence–powered Internet of Things by Banteng Liu, Wei Chen, Meng Han, Zhangquan Wang, Ping Sun, Xiaowen Lv, Jiaming Xu, Zegao Yin

“…First, the optimal clustering scheme of randomly distributed neurons in the network is adaptively obtained by the AIC-DSCA, then the AD-SSNET is constructed according to the intra-cluster priority connection algorithm. …”
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analysis the effective factors on the formation of women\'s ideal territory in urban parks (Case study: El Goli, shams , valiasr of Tabriz) by sara ghahri lalaklou, rasool darskhan, mahsa faramarzi asli, morteza mirgholami, samad sabbagh dehkharghani

“…The study is field and library based.the statistical population includes women with different cultures ages behaviors in ealgoli park,women's shams park,valiasr park of Tabriz that the woman were randomly selected.the sample size is 384 and it based on the Cochran formula. …”
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Health Implications of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids: Usage, Risks, and Treatment Approaches - The Literature Review by Krzysztof Jodłowski, Ewa Dubniewicz, Paula Majewska, Alicja Staszek, Wiktoria Łoskot, Jan Szwech, Mateusz Matczak, Karol Jasiński, Aleksandra Broda, Kacper Hoksa

“…Despite the growing concern over AAS misuse, current research is limited by methodological constraints, including a lack of randomized controlled trials and long-term studies. …”
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A discrete event simulation model of compressive creep for LDPE by Seyyed Saeed Vaezzadeh, Md Mahbubur Rahman, Alireza Godsi Chafjiri, Robert Kelley Bradley

“…Inspection of the data revealed a pattern to the scatter consistent with straight-line linear segments that randomly switched between three distinct creep rates (i.e. slopes). …”
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Physiological and sanitary quality of soybean seeds in response to harvest delay by Carlos Henrique Conceição Sousa, Alan Mario Zuffo, Ricardo Mezzomo, Leandra Matos Barrozo, Fábio Steiner, Mohamed A. El-Tayeb, Hamada AbdElgawad, Charline Zaratin Alves

“…The experimental design used was completely randomized blocks, arranged in a split-plot scheme, with three replicates. …”
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An Evaluation of Cellulose Hydrogels Derived from <i>tequilana</i> Weber Bagasse for the Regeneration of Gingival Connective Tissue in Lagomorphs by Silvia López-Domínguez, Juan Carlos Cuevas-González, León Francisco Espinosa-Cristóbal, Judith Virginia Ríos-Arana, Rosa Alicia Saucedo Acuña, María Verónica Cuevas-González, Erasto Armando Zaragoza-Contreras, Karla Lizette Tovar Carrillo

“…Three treatment modalities were randomly implanted in the gingival diastema area in 16 rabbits. …”
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Assessing technical and scale efficiencies in tilapia production: influential factors and insights by Sumon Shah Mahmud, Hossain Mohammad Sabbir, Uddin Md. Nezum, Badiuzzaman Professor

“…This study assessed the technical and scale efficiency of tilapia farmers in Bangladesh with a focus on identifying key factors influencing their efficiency levels. Data from 199 randomly selected tilapia farmers were analyzed using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), followed by a Tobit regression model to determine the key variables affecting efficiency. …”
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Noninferiority trial in veal calves on the efficacy of oxytetracycline and florfenicol treatment for pneumonia guided by quick thoracic ultrasound by Stan Jourquin, Florian Debruyne, Laurens Chantillon, Thomas Lowie, Randy Boone, Jade Bokma, Bart Pardon

“…The trial involved 320 veal calves, randomly assigned into one of 2 groups: one receiving OTC (n = 160) and the other FF (n = 160) on d 1 (2-d metaphylaxis). …”
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Three Weeks on a Ketogenic Diet Reduces Free Testosterone and Free Estradiol in Middle-Aged Obese Men and Women by Mads Svart, Nikolaj Rittig, Thien Vinh Luong, Nigopan Gopalasingam, Esben Thyssen Vestergaard, Lars Gormsen, Esben Søndergaard, Henrik Holm Thomsen, Claus H. Gravholt

“…Repeated blood sampling was used to monitor plasma β-OHB and testosterone levels. Study II, another randomized, controlled, crossover trial, included 11 middle-aged participants (five males). …”
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Long-Term Safety of Ixekizumab Treatment in Patients with Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, or Axial Spondyloarthritis: a Post Hoc Analysis of Cerebro-Cardiovascular Events by Mark Lebwohl, Atul Deodhar, Sergio Schwartzman, Carlo Salvarani, Meghan Feely McDonald, Natalia Bello, Elsie L. Grace, Elsa Inman, Andris Kronbergs, Marcus Ngantcha, Proton Rahman, Kim A. Papp, Joseph F. Merola, Alice B. Gottlieb, Andrew Blauvelt

“…., adjudicated cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and non-fatal stroke), DVT, and PE was assessed in adults who received ≥ 1 dose of IXE across 25 randomized clinical trials (17 PsO, 4 PsA, 4 axSpA). …”
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Effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on neonatal calf diarrhea when administered at a disease alert generated by automated milk feeders by A. Welk, M.C. Cantor, H.W. Neave, J.H.C. Costa, J.L. Morrison, C.B. Winder, D.L. Renaud

“…ABSTRACT: The objective of this randomized clinical trial was to assess whether early intervention with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) following a disease alert generated by automated milk feeders could reduce diarrhea severity and improve performance in dairy calves. …”
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Meat characteristics of buffaloes (Bubalus bub- alis) in two production systems and two slaugh- ter weights by David Hernández-Sánchez, René Rodríguez-Florentino, Luis A. de la Cruz-Cruz, Efrén Ramírez-Bribiesca, María M. Crosby Galván, Miguel Á. Mata-Espinosa, René Pinto-Ruiz

“…Twenty-eight male buffaloes uncastrated of 216 ± 21.9 kg LW were used and were randomly distributed into four treatments (T): T1 and T2, grazing buffaloes (GB), slaughtered at 400 and 600 kg LW, respectively; T3 and T4, buffaloes in intensive system (IS), slaughtered at 400 and 600 kg LW, respectively. …”
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How to estimate the probability of a live birth after one or more complete IVF cycles? the development of a novel model in a single-center by Xiangyi Kong, Zhiqiang Liu, Chunyu Huang, Xiuyu Hu, Meilan Mo, Hongzhan Zhang, Yong Zeng

“…A total of 4413 patients who completed ovarian stimulation treatment and reached the trigger were involved. 70% of the patients were randomly placed into the training set (n = 3089) and the remaining 30% of the patients were placed into the validation set (n = 1324) randomly. …”
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Growth performance of neonatal Holstein heifers fed acidified waste milk containing essential oil blend and encapsulated butyrate alone or in combination by Ting Liu, Zhihao Luo, Peng Li, Shuru Cheng, Jianping Zhu, David.P. Casper

“…Sixty-four heifers were blocked by calving day and randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatments (n = 16/treatment) using a randomized complete block design. …”
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Effect of peer support nursing on improvement of caregiver preparedness for care of low anal fistula in infants (同伴支持式护理提升婴儿低位肛瘘照顾者准备度的研究)... by GUO Yufan (郭雨凡), WANG Yanmei (王晏美), LI Jianan (李佳楠), LAI Lixia (来丽霞), WANG Yanzhi (王艳芝)

“…Methods A prospective, randomized, single-blind control study was conducted, and 60 cases of infants with anal fistula were included and randomly divided into two groups. …”
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Treatment of chronic hepatitis C by cepeginterferon alpha-2b in combination to ribavirin by M. V. Mayevskaya, O. O. Znoyko, Ye. A. Klimova, S. L. Maximov, S. N. Kizhlo, N. A. Petrochenkova, F. I. Nagimova, Yu. N. Linkova

“…Comparative study of efficacy and safety of Algeron in dozes of 1,5 and 2,0 mkg/kg and PegIntron in combination to ribavirin within combined mode of treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) with subsequent assessment of therapeutic doze of Algeron.Material and methods. In open randomized «noninferiority» clinical study of II–III phase 150 previously untreated by interferon adult CHC patients (genotypes 1, 2, 3) were randomized in three medical groups: Algeron 1,5 mkg/kg, Algeron 2,0 mkg/kg and active control group — PegIntron 1,5 mkg/kg. …”
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4-Octyl itaconate inhibits synovitis in the mouse model of post-traumatic osteoarthritis and alleviates pain by Yu-Zhen Tang, Wan Chen, Bao-Yun Xu, Gang He, Xiu-Cheng Fan, Kang-Lai Tang

“…Methods: In the phenotypic validation experiment, the mice were randomly divided into 3 groups: wild-type (WT) group, sham group, and destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) group. …”
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Propolis mouthwashes efficacy in managing gingivitis and periodontitis: a systematic review of the latest findings by Muhammed Al-Huda Ballouk, Mohamed Altinawi, Abeer Al-Kafri, Talar S. Zeitounlouian, Piotr S. Fudalej

“…The focus was on clinical randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that examined the effectiveness of propolis-containing mouthwashes in comparison with propolis-free ones for the treatment of gingivitis and periodontitis, employing related periodontal indices. …”
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