An Artificial-Intelligence- and Telemedicine-Based Screening Tool to Identify Glaucoma Suspects from Color Fundus Imaging by Alauddin Bhuiyan, Arun Govindaiah, R. Theodore Smith

“…Design, Setting, and Participants. 1546 disc-centered fundus images were selected, including all 457 images from the Retinal Image Database for Optic Nerve Evaluation dataset, and images were randomly selected from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study and Singapore Malay Eye Study to develop the system. …”
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Fuzzy-Swarm Intelligence-Based Short-Term Load Forecasting Model as a Solution to Power Quality Issues Existing in Microgrid System by Demsew Mitiku Teferra, Livingstone M. H. Ngoo, George N. Nyakoe

“…This is because it was highly influenced by a number of variables like load type, weather conditions, time of day, the seasonality factor, economic constraints, and other randomness effects. The loads are categorized as holiday loads (national and religious), weekdays, and weekend days. …”
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Differential Effects of Calorie Restriction and Exercise on the Adipose Transcriptome in Diet-Induced Obese Mice by Karrie E. Wheatley, Leticia M. Nogueira, Susan N. Perkins, Stephen D. Hursting

“…We tested the hypothesis that obesity reversal by calorie restriction (CR) versus treadmill exercise (EX) differentially modulates adipose gene expression using 48 female C57BL/6 mice administered a diet-induced obesity (DIO) regimen for 8 weeks, then randomized to receive for 8 weeks either: (1) a control (AIN-76A) diet, fed ad libitum (DIO control); (2) a 30% CR regimen; (3) a treadmill EX regimen (with AIN-76A diet fed ad libitum); or (4) continuation of the DIO diet. …”
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Influence of Moxifloxacin on Hepatic Redox Status and Plasma Biomarkers of Hepatotoxicity and Nephrotoxicity in Rat by Ayokanmi Ore, Ebenezer Tunde Olayinka

“…Twenty-four Wistar rats, 180–200 g, were randomized into four groups (I–IV). Animals in group I (control) received 1 mL of distilled water, while animals in groups II, III, and IV received 1 mL each of MXF equivalent to 4 mg/kg b.w., 8 mg/kg b.w., and 16 mg/kg b.w., respectively. …”
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Empirically validating a computational model of automatic behavior shaping. by Vincent Berardi, Tian Lan, Ariane Guirguis, Uri Maoz

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Participants (n = 54) operated a computer mouse and attempted to locate a hidden, randomly-placed target circle on a blank computer screen and clicks within some threshold distance of the target circle were reinforced by a pleasant auditory tone. …”
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Effect of Different Growing Niches on Stand Structure of Highland Bamboo (Yushania alpina) in West Amhara, Northern Ethiopia by Amsalu Alamerew, Menale Mulu, Asmamaw Abtew, Demel Fanta, Beyene Alem, Melkamu Mekonnen, Mulugeta Asres

“…Inventory was carried out from 324 randomly selected plots of bamboo stands. The height of bamboo culms ranged between 12.2 ± 0.14 and 14.7 ± 0.12 m, and the diameter was between 4.9 ± 0.12 and 6.1 ± 0.11 cm with a mean value of 5.7 ± 0.102 cm. …”
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Quantifying Anisotropic Properties of Old–New Concrete Interfaces Using X-Ray Computed Tomography and Homogenization by Guanming Zhang, Yang Lu

“…Conversely, the result of average cosine similarity at the interface shows randomness that originates from the anisotropy of materials. …”
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Protective Effect of Melatonin on Nonylphenol-Induced Reproductive and Behavioral Disorders in First-Generation Adult Male Rats by Mahsa Tavakoli, Ali Akbar Moghadamnia, Fereshteh Pourabdolhossein, Mohammad Hossein Asghari, Sohrab Kazemi

“…Pregnant Wistar rats were randomly assigned into five groups: control, NP (25 mg/kg), NP (25 mg/kg)+MLT (10 mg/kg), NP (25 mg/kg)+MLT (20 mg/kg), and MLT (20 mg/kg). …”
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Promoting Inclusion and Well-Being Through Inclusive Physical Education and Parasports: an Approach for Adolescents with Motor Impairment by Omar Ben Rakaa, Mustapha Bassiri, Said Lotfi

“…The participants were randomly assigned into three groups: a control group with no specific programme, a group following an APE programme (24 sessions), and a third group with APE and additional para-athletics sessions (24 sessions), including competitions for three months. …”
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Two-Phase Model of Multistep Forecasting of Traffic State Reliability by Jufen Yang, Zhigang Liu, Guiyan Jiang, Lin Zhu

“…The traffic flow is characterized by randomness, regularity, and volatility according to the traffic flow theory. …”
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Transfer Accuracy of 3D-Printed Customized Devices in Digital Indirect Bonding: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Alessandra Campobasso, Giovanni Battista, Gianluigi Fiorillo, Giulia Caldara, Eleonora Lo Muzio, Domenico Ciavarella, Giorgio Gastaldi, Lorenzo Lo Muzio

“…Therefore, 3D-printed transfer devices may be considered an accurate method for bonding position during IBT, both in vitro and in vivo. Additional randomized clinical studies in vivo should be suggested.…”
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Retention proposal in complex cavities. by Pedro Alvarez Rodríguez, Eduardo M. Curbeira Hernández, Eduardo Duarte Marrero, Yisell Peláez Rivas, Aracelis Navarro Sánchez

“…<strong><br />Method: </strong>An observational descriptive study was applied to 53 patients(42% of the universe ), sample which was selected by means of a simple randomized sample . From a proximal-occlusal cavity, the preparations were extended in a box-like shape towards the bucal or lingual region and the additional retainers were substituted for a surcus which was performed in the gingival wall of the preparation. …”
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A System Review: Effect of Robot-assisted Training on Improvement of Lower Extremities Function of Stroke Patients in Early Rehabilitation by Xuejing LI, Jiajia WU, Tao YE, Qiang TANG

“…Objective:To systematically review the effect of robot-assisted training on lower extremities function of stroke patients in the early stage of rehabilitation.Methods:We electronically searched databases including PubMed, EMbase, Clinicaltrials.gov, EBSCO, CNKI, and WanFang to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about robot-assisted training for improvement of lower extremities motor and balance function of patients in early stage of stroke (duration&lt;1 month) which published before October 2017. …”
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Micro CT Analysis of Hard Tissue Debris Accumulation Created by SAF vs. ProTaper systems by Diyar Kh Bakr, Hussien Al-Hwaizi, Raid Salman

“…Methods: Twenty extracted single canalled teeth were utilized for this study; and randomly divided into 2 groups. In the first group, the root canals were prepared by using protaper rotary system till F2 and the root canal irrigated with 1ml of normal saline after each instrument. …”
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Characteristics of Analog Jerky from Moringa Leaves (Moringa Oleifera L.) with the Addition of White Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus Ostreatus) Powder by Rici Elvinas, Kesuma Sayuti, Fauzan Azima

“…This research used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 4 treatments (the addition of white oyster mushroom 0%, 40%, 50%, and 60%) with 5 replications. …”
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The effects of acute interval cycling and blood flow restriction on hematologic factors of beginner cyclists by Hadi Bashafaat, Mohammad Ismail Afzalpour, Ali Asghar Fallahı, Saeed Nazıfı, Said Ilbeıgı

“…The participants were divided randomly into two equal groups of interval cycling with BFR (n=10) and interval cycling without BFR (n=10). …”
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Application of Radiomics Model of CT Images in the Identification of Ureteral Calculus and Phlebolith by Qiuyue Yu, Jiaqi Liu, Huashan Lin, Pinggui Lei, Bing Fan

“…The enrolled patients were randomly categorized into the training set (n = 86) and the testing set (n = 36) with a ratio of 7 : 3. …”
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The Evaluation of Various Restoration Techniques on Internal Adaptation of Composites in Class V Cavities by D. Dionysopoulos, C. Papadopoulos, E. Koliniotou-Koumpia

“…Twenty-five extracted human premolars were prepared with standardized class V cavity outlines (3 mm × 2 mm × 2 mm). The cavities were randomly divided into 5 groups of 10 cavities each and restored according to manufacturer’s instructions: Group 1: preheating (55°C) conventional composite (Filtek Z250), Group 2: flowable composite (Filtek Flow), Group 3: Filtek Flow + Filtek Z250 light-cured separately, Group 4: Filtek Flow + Filtek Z250 light-cured simultaneously, and Group 5 (control): Filtek Z250 at room temperature (23°C). …”
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Screening of Soybean Genotypes for Waterlogging Stress Tolerance and Understanding the Physiological Mechanisms by Khadeja Sultana Sathi, Abdul Awal Chowdhury Masud, Maliha Rahman Falguni, Naznin Ahmed, Khussboo Rahman, Mirza Hasanuzzaman

“…The experiment was laid out in a completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications consisting of 2 water levels (control and waterlogging) and 12 genotypes (Sohag, BARI Soybean-5, BINAsoybean-1, BINAsoybean-2, BINAsoybean-3, BINAsoybean-5, BINAsoybean-6, SGB-1, SGB-3, SGB-4, SGB-5, and GC-840). …”
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Matching Subsequence Music Retrieval in a Software Integration Environment by Zhencong Li, Qin Yao, Wanzhi Ma

“…This article uses 100 different kinds of MP3 format music as the music library and randomly selects 4 pieces each time, and it tests the system under different system parameters, recording duration, and environmental noise. …”
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