Preliminary Study: Expulsive Effect of Empagliflozin on Small Lower Ureteric Stones in Type II Diabetic Patients by Alsayed S. Abdelaziz, Mohab AS. Abdalaziz, Mostafa M. Ebraheem, Ali A. Raheem, Ayman M. Ghoneem

“…Methods Between July 2018 and March 2020, 111 diabetic patients coming to urology outpatient clinics with a single 5–10 mm lower ureteral stone were randomly assigned to two groups: Empagliflozin group (Group A, n=54): Patients got an oral dose of 10 mg of empagliflozin once daily, and Tamsulosin group (Group B, n=57): Patients received tamsulosin 0.4 mg once daily but no SGLT2 inhibitor. …”
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Designing a Web Page to Improve Tutors’ Role in Nursing Students Formation by Juan Carlos Alvarado Peruyero, Zulema Bos Rodríguez, Nancy Ester Sosa Botana, Lourdes Montenegro Arias, Ariel Barceló Bos

“…In order to identify tutors’ needs, a questionnaire and a diagnostic test were applied to 33,7 % of active-teaching tutors, randomly selected from a total of 169. During the second phase of this research contents for the web site were prepared and validated through expert criteria. …”
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Influence of Compliance by Knowledge Education Based Health Promotion Intervention for Patients with Cerebral Hemorrhage Hematoma Removal by Qianzhu ZHANG

“…Objective:To study the influence of compliance by knowledge education based health promotion intervention for patients with cerebral hemorrhage hematoma removal.Methods:A total of 118 patients with cerebral hemorrhage hematoma removal were selected and divided into research group and control group randomly, 59 cases in each group. The control group was given by routine nursing, while the research group was given knowledge education based health promotion intervention in the basis of the control group. …”
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Effect of Work-Related Stress on Employee's Performance among Construction Professionals in Julius Berger PLC, Abuja, Nigeria by Waziri Babamaaji Goodnews, Kabiru Jinjiri Ringim, Halima Shuaibu

“…The study involved the administration of a questionnaire to 83 construction professionals randomly selected from Julius Berger plc, Abuja, Nigeria.. …”
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Changes in the Diaphragm Lipid Content after Administration of Streptozotocin and High-Fat Diet Regime by Bartlomiej Lukaszuk, Agnieszka Miklosz, Malgorzata Zendzian-Piotrowska, Beata Wojcik, Jan Gorski, Adrian Chabowski

“…Male Wistar rats were randomly allocated into 3 groups: control, streptozotocin-induced (STZ) type-1 diabetes, and rodents fed with high-fat diet (HFD). …”
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The percentage of Body Fat and its Relationship with Blood Pressure in Adults from Rural and Urban Areas by Carlos Enrique García Yerena, Omar Oliveros Rangel, Brian Johan Bustos Viviescas, Amalia Villamizar Navarro, John Alexander García Galviz

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive and correlational study with a quantitative approach was carried out on a randomly chosen sample, composed of 406 subjects for the inhabitants of the rural sector and 409 of the urban sector between 18 and 40 years of age from the Carmen Chucurí municipality. …”
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Abundance, Species Diversity, and Distribution of Diurnal Mammals in Humbo Community-Based Forest Area, Southern Ethiopia by Adanech Lemma, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign

“…It was conducted on foot along a randomly selected transect line. A total of eight large and medium mammalian species were recorded. …”
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In-season whole-body vibration training enhances vertical jump performance in professional soccer goalkeepers by Adam Hawkey, David Morrıson

“….; mass = 84 ± 10.3 kg; height = 1.84 ± 0.1 m) from the English Football League Division One were randomly assigned to either a WBVT or control group. …”
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Evaluation of different levels of effective microorganism treated teff straw supplementation with concentrate feed on nutrient utilization and performance of yearling local lambs by Abito Asres, Yeshambel Mekuriaw, Likawent Yeheyis

“…For this experiment, a randomized whole-block design was used. Results: According to the results of the study, the CP content of the teff straw treated with different concentrations of beneficial microbes was marginally higher than that of the teff straw that was left untreated. …”
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Physicochemical and Sensory Acceptance of Jelly Drink Watermelon Albedo (Citrullus vulgaris) With Soursop Juice (Annona muricata) by Putri Rizky Amalia, Amalya Nurul Khairi

“…This study used a completely randomized design (CRD) with variations of watermelon albedo juice and soursop F1 = 100% soursop juice; F2 = 40:60%; F3 = 50:50%; and F4 = 60:40%. …”
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Effects of Biochar and Compost Application on Soil Properties and on the Growth and Yield of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) by Temesgen Kebede, Dargie Tsegay Berhe, Yohannes Zergaw

“…The field experiment was conducted in the 2020 and 2021 growing seasons by adopting a randomized complete block design with a factorial experiment using CPC, CPB, and CPC_CPB treatments in different application rates. …”
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Antiobesogenic and Antiatherosclerotic Properties of Caralluma fimbriata Extract by Soundararajan Kamalakkannan, Ramaswamy Rajendran, Ramasamy V. Venkatesh, Paul Clayton, Mohammad A. Akbarsha

“…The Diet-Induced Obesity (DIO) rat model was used to investigate CFE's anorexigenic effects. Rats were randomly divided into three groups: (i) untreated control (C), (ii) control for cafeteria diet (CA), and (iii) cafeteria diet fed + CFE treated. …”
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Predictors of Diabetes Self-Management among Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Azylina Gunggu, Chang Ching Thon, Cheah Whye Lian

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted among samples from four randomly selected diabetes clinics in Sarawak, Malaysia. …”
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Plant Growth of Crop and Manglid Species (Magnolia champaca) on the Agroforestry Pattern by Aditya Hani, Levina Pieter Geraldine

“…The study used a complete Randomized Block Design (RCBD) consisting of treatment of manglid spacing:3 mx3 m (J1), 3 mx 4 m (J2), 3 mx 5 m (53), 3 mx 6 m (14). …”
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A multi-centre, randomised trial for diagnostic efficacy of the automatic breast volume scanner ultrasound for breast cancer screening in China by Ying Xu, Yali Xu, Songjie Shen, Feng Mao, Xiaohui Zhang, Yanna Zhang, Yan Lin, Yidong Zhou, Qiang Sun

“…This study marks the first large-scale opportunistic screening of ABUS in the population.MethodsBetween January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2019, 10,537 women aged 35–75 years from nine districts were randomly assigned to either HHUS or ABUS groups. Diagnostic methods were quantified, and comparisons were made using the Chi-square test.ResultsThe screening groups consisted of 5,445 participants for HHUS and 4,936 for ABUS. …”
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DETERMINATION OF MACHINING PARAMETERS OF COLD ROLL-BEATING SPLINE SURFACE ROUGHNESS by LIU DongYa, WANG XiaoQiang, LIU Fei, CUI FengKui, ZHU QiPing, LIU ZhiFei

“…Five sets of processing parameters were randomly extracted from the processing parameter fields corresponding to each accuracy level,and the maximum relative error between the surface roughness test value and the predicted value was 2. 75 %.Therefore,it is shown that the determined cold roll-beating spline surface roughness processing parameter domain is accurate and reliable. …”
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Framing impacts on citizen science data collection and participant outcomes by Amanda E. Sorensen, Rebecca C. Jordan

“…., science literacy, trust in science, motivations to contribute).MethodsTo establish the impact of framing in citizen science on data quality and participant outcomes, an experimental web-based citizen science program was created where participants were engaged in tree phenology research. Participants were randomized to one of two differently framed conditions where they were engaged in the same exact data collection task, but the rhetoric around participant contribution was framed differently. …”
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The Effects of Prepaid Metering Systems on Customer Satisfaction in Niger State, Nigeria by Ayooluwa Femi Aribisala, Musa Mohammed

“…In carrying out the study, the structured questionnaire was administered to 393 randomly chosen respondents drawn from prepaid meter users, out of which 344 responded generating a response rate of 87.5%. …”
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Suffering from Loneliness Indicates Significant Mortality Risk of Older People by Reijo S. Tilvis, Venla Laitala, Pirkko E. Routasalo, Kaisu H. Pitkälä

“…A postal questionnaire was sent to randomly selected community-dwelling of elderly people (>74 years) from the Finnish National Population Register. …”
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Physicochemical Characteristics of Edible Film Sodium Caseinate with Sappan Wood Extract Addition by Govinda Anggita Fortin, Yohana Sutiknyawati Kusuma Dewi, Lucky Hartanti

“…The method used in this study was a one-factor Randomized Block Design (RBD) consisting of 5 levels of sappan wood extracts (0%, 2.5%, 5%, 7.5%, and 10% w/v_total) with 5 replications. …”
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