The Effectiveness of Schema Therapy on Emotional Inhibition and Response to Stress in Young Girls with Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder by Hossein HabibiManesh, Negin Abjadian, Fatemeh Zeinali, Azadeh Tork, Mahin Gharaei

“…The statistical population for this study consisted of all young girls seeking assistance at the Afaq counseling center in 2022 due to psychological issues. Participants were randomly divided into two groups, with each group containing 15 individuals (15 in the control group and 15 in the experimental group). …”
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Nitroglycerin for Management of Retained Placenta: A Multicenter Study by Maria Bullarbo, Hans Bokström, Håkan Lilja, Elisabeth Almström, Nina Lassenius, Agneta Hansson, Erling Ekerhovd

“…One hundred and five women with retained placenta were randomly selected to receive either 1 mg nitroglycerin or placebo tablets sublingually if intravenous oxytocin had failed to expel the placenta. …”
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Tackling local environmental challenges with livelihoods strategies: insights from small-scale farmers in the vulnerable region of Ghana by Bright Osei Boateng, Henry Mensah, Eric Kwame Simpeh, Patrick Opoku, Lilian Amponsaa Boateng

“…Data were collected from 325 SSF randomly selected in Juaben Municipality, Ghana. Quantitative analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics, while qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis. …”
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Probiotics Addition Potential to Increase Body Weight, Feed Consumption and Feed Conversion on Pre-Layer Laying Hens by Sukmawati Lailatul Jannah, Mirni Lamid, Mohammad Sukmanadi, Mohammad Anam Al Arif, Sri Hidanah, Sri Chusniati

“…This study was conducted for 2 weeks using pre layer chickens aged 21 weeks to 23 weeks old as many as 24 chickens, randomized into 4 treatments with 6 replications with P0 as control, P1 = 2 ml, P2 = 4 ml, and P3 = 6 ml. …”
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Temperature-Sensitive Gels for Intratumoral Delivery of β-Lapachone: Effect of Cyclodextrins and Ethanol by Marcilio S. S. Cunha-Filho, Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo, Ramón Martínez-Pacheco, Mariana Landin

“…Pluronic dispersions prepared at various concentrations in the absence and the presence of ethanol and randomly methylated β-cyclodextrin (RMβCD) were characterized regarding their rheological properties, drug solubilization capacity, and in vitro release. …”
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Social Support Network among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Iran by Ameneh Setareh Forouzan, Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari, Homeira Sajjadi, Yahya Salimi, Masoumeh Dejman

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted on 224 people with HIV/AIDS who refer to behavioral counseling centers. Participants were randomly selected among all people with HIV/AIDS from these centers. …”
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Designing and validating Sternberg's successful intelligence training package and its effectiveness on students' academic vitality by Abedeh Nazari, Ismail Sadipour, Soghra Ebrahimighavam, Hasan Asadzadeh Dehrai

“…The research sample consisted of 60 female students of Farzangan, Zahedan city, who were first selected through available sampling method and then randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (30 people in each group). …”
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Effect of lactose-free milk powder on lactose intolerance symptoms and nutritional status of pet dogs by Y. Wang, H. Lou, A.M. Turpeinen, L. Liu, F. Xue

“…Forty adult Springer Spaniels with lactose intolerance were randomly allocated into four groups with ten dogs each and fed one of the milk powders or water for 21 d. …”
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Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Patients Receiving Parental Nutrition Is Associated with Increased Morbidity and Mortality: A Review by Puja Rajender Kumar, Pam Crotty, Maitreyi Raman

“…Unfortunately, all the currently available studies are retrospective in design; a large, prospective, randomized controlled trial regarding glycemic control in patients receiving PN is required for the development of standardized protocols.…”
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Effects of a Flexibility and Relaxation Programme, Walking, and Nordic Walking on Parkinson's Disease by I. Reuter, S. Mehnert, P. Leone, M. Kaps, M. Oechsner, M. Engelhardt

“…The present study investigated the effects of a flexibility and relaxation programme, walking, and Nordic walking (NW) on walking speed, stride length, stride length variability, Parkinson-specific disability (UPDRS), and health-related quality of life (PDQ 39). 90 PD patients were randomly allocated to the 3 treatment groups. Patients participated in a 6-month study with 3 exercise sessions per week, each lasting 70 min. …”
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Dynamic Hierarchical Optimization for Train-to-Train Communication System by Haifeng Song, Mingxuan Xu, Yu Cheng, Xiaoqing Zeng, Hairong Dong

“…Furthermore, a communication link quality assessment function is proposed based on stochastic network calculus, which accounts for channel randomness, allowing for a more precise adaptation to the actual channel environment. …”
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Effects of vitamin C on cardiovascular oxidative stress induced by hypothyroidism in neonatal and juvenile rats by Farimah Beheshti, Reza Mohebbati, Mahmoud Hosseini, Saeed Niazmand, Masomeh Mirzaei, Mahdiyeh Hedayati-Moghadam, Maryam Paseban

“…Methods: Sixteen pregnant rats were randomly divided into five groups after delivery: a control group, a group receiving propylthiouracil (PTU), and three treatment groups receiving PTU along with 10, 100, and 500 mg/kg of vitamin C. …”
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Icatibant for Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor-Induced Angioedema in Intubated Patients: Case Series and Literature Review by Erin K. Yeung, Haritha Saikumar, Jose Castaneda-Nerio, Sandra G. Adams, Mark Wong

“…The suggested benefit of icatibant in intubated ACEI-induced angioedema patients should be verified by randomized clinical trials and cost-benefit analyses should be performed at individual institutions.…”
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Evaluation and Application of Surrounding Rock Stability Based on the Improved Weighting Multidimensional Cloud Model by Jing Long Li, Chao Yuan, Bo Zhang, Bin Sui

“…The multidimensional cloud model based on improved weighting not only solves the two major problems of randomness and ambiguity in surrounding rock stability evaluation but also fully considers the influence of the information contained in each evaluation factor on the results. …”
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Ovicidal Effects of Pineapple Peel Juice (Ananas comosus L.) as a Control of Ascaridians in Chicken (Gallus domesticus) In Vitro by Indira Vania Carisya, Setiawan Koesdarto, Tjuk Imam Restiadi, Nove Hidajati

“…The research design used was a completely randomized design (CRD) with four treatments , the concentration of pineapple peel juice was 0% (Control), 5%, 10%, and 20%. …”
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Fretting Fatigue Damage Nucleation and Propagation Lifetime Using a Central Point Movement of Power Spectral Density by Thanh Q. Nguyen, Hieu C. Doan, Luan C. Vuong, H. Nguyen-Xuan, Nhi K. Ngo

“…Additionally, it is found that randomization of the first phase from 0 to 2π yields more accurate modelling of the fatigue phenomenon. …”
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IS THERE A PRICE DISPARITY BETWEEN MEDIUM AND PREMIUM RICE IN TRADITIONAL MARKETS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC? by Pellokila M.R., Nendissa D.R., Camdra S., Elvani S., Bahagia S.J., Paul G.T., Jalaludin, Yuan V.E.

“…Monthly data from January 2018 to December 2023 were analyzed using the Coefficient of Variation and simultaneous testing (F-test) within a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Results show that prior to the pandemic, Medium-1 rice prices were stable at around IDR 11,000/kg, decreasing to IDR 9,800/kg. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Iguratimod for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Jiangtao Li, Hejuan Mao, Yan Liang, Yanrong Lu, Shuo Chen, Nanping Yang, Guixiu Shi

“…All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of iguratimod for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to assess its efficacy and safety are included in this paper. …”
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Effect of Trandolapril on Regression of Retinopathy in Hypertensive Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Prespecified Analysis of the Benedict Trial by Piero Ruggenenti, Ilian Iliev, Marco Filipponi, Stefano Tadini, Annalisa Perna, Maria Ganeva, Bogdan Ene-Iordache, Paolo Cravedi, Roberto Trevisan, Antonio Bossi, Giuseppe Remuzzi

“…We compared the incidence of retinopathy regression in 90 hypertensive type 2 diabetics randomized to at least 3-year blinded ACEi with trandolapril (2 mg/day) or non-ACEi therapy who had preproliferative or proliferative retinopathy at baseline. …”
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An Analysis of Relationship between the Microfracture Features and Mineral Morphology of Granite by Meiben Gao, Tianbin Li, Junxun Zhu, Hongyu Yin, Yongyi Yang

“…The microfracture features of quartz are highly irregular, with many randomly distributed intergranular and transgranular cracks, small particles or granule bulges, similar to quartz crystal, and this is due to the noncleavage feature of quartz itself. …”
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