Adrenergic System Activation Mediates Changes in Cardiovascular and Psychomotoric Reactions in Young Individuals after Red Bull© Energy Drink Consumption by Ana Cavka, Marko Stupin, Ana Panduric, Ana Plazibat, Anita Cosic, Lidija Rasic, Zeljko Debeljak, Goran Martinovic, Ines Drenjancevic

“…Participants were subjected to 4 different study protocols by randomized order, before and 30 minutes after consumption of 500 mL of Red Bull©. …”
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Evaluation of Clinical and Immunological Responses: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study in Children with Allergic Rhinitis due to House Dust Mite by Heleen Moed, Roy Gerth van Wijk, Rudi W. Hendriks, J. C. van der Wouden

“…From a large trial, 59 children were randomly selected. The following variables were compared: clinical symptoms, allergen skin tests, specific IgE, T-cell proliferation, IL-5, IL-13, IFN-gamma, IL-10, TGF-beta, CD4+CD25hi cells, and Foxp3 expression. …”
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Production, Characterization, and In Vitro Antifungal Evaluation of Itraconazole-Loaded Fibrous Sheets Prepared by Electrospinning with a Factorial Design by Emőke-Margit Rédai, Orsolya Péterfi, Attila Levente Gergely, Enikő Barabás, Andrada Pintea, Paula Antonoaea, Robert-Alexandru Vlad, Nicoleta Todoran, Cornelia-Titiana Cotoi, Adriana Ciurba, Emese Sipos

“…The electrospinning process led to smooth-surfaced, randomly oriented, and bead-free fibers. The average fiber diameter ranged from 887 nm to 1175 nm. …”
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Effect of Physalis Peruviana Consumption on Blood Glucose in Overweight or Obese Young Adults by Ludeña-Meléndez, Victor, Ishikawa-Arias, Paula, Gutiérrez-Guerrero, Ana, Guevara-Coronel, Cristhian, Laiza-Pajilla, Danna, Ledesma-Chavarria, Leonardo, Fustamante-Rafael, Adrian Jamier, Loyola-Ascate, Estheysi Scarlett, Reyes-Beltrán, Maria Esther Daisy

“…Materials and Methods: Pre- and post-test quasi-experimental study with a sample of 28 young adults between 18-26 years old randomly divided into 2 groups: unmasked control and experimental. …”
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Improving Perinatal Care in the Rural Regions Worldwide by Wireless Enabled Antepartum Fetal Monitoring: A Demonstration Project by Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Shelley Lyford, Rodrigo Saucedo, Michael Casale, Hector Gallardo, Karen Becerra, Jonathan Mack, Ricardo Mujica, Daniel Estrada, Antonio Sanchez, Ramon Sabido, Carlos Meier, Joseph Smith

“…Study participants were randomized to receive either prototype wireless monitoring or standard-of-care. …”
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The Effect of Beneng Taro (Xanthosoma undipes K.Koch) Flour Substitution on Physical and Sensory Characteristics of Muffins by Winda Nurtiana, Rina Rismaya, Eko Yuliastuti Endah Sulistyawati, Athiefah Fauziyyah, Dini Nur Hakiki, Mohamad Rajih Radiansyah, Alfi Rahmawan

“…This study used a completely randomized design (CRD) with one factor, namely the concentration of substituted beneng taro flour (0%, 15%, 20%, 25%, and 30%). …”
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Hydroxytyrosol Protects against Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury through a PI3K/Akt-Dependent Mechanism by Ying-hao Pei, Jiao Chen, Liang Xie, Xiao-min Cai, Run-Hua Yang, Xing Wang, Jian-bin Gong

“…Methods. The rats were randomized into five groups: sham group, I/R group, HT+I/R group, HT+LY294002+I/R group, and LY+I/R group. …”
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Cerebral Hemodynamics and Cognitive Function in Cirrhotic Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy by Yuqing Zhou, Qian Dong, Rong Zhang, Shunfeng Zhou, Linqiang Li, Keran Cheng, Rui Kong, Qiang Yu, Shizan Xu, Jingjing Li, Sainan Li, Jiao Feng, Liwei Wu, Tong Liu, Xiya Lu, Kan Chen, Yujing Xia, Jie Lu, Yingqun Zhou, Chuanyong Guo

“…Patients in group 3 were subsequently randomized to two subgroups: the control (group A) and the treated (group B, treated with lactulose for two months), and they were retested for ammonia and TCD after treatment. …”
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The role of Kegel exercises in reducing involuntary loss of urine in Overactive Bladder and Mixed Urinary Inconti-nence by Lucian Șerbanescu, Vadym Rotar, Elena-Valentina Ionescu, Alexandra-Ecaterina Ciota, Sebastian Mirea, Paris Ionescu, Andreea Cristina Costea

“…This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Kegel exercises, or pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT), in reducing symptoms of urinary incontinence among women with overactive bladder (OAB) and mixed urinary incontinence (MUI). A randomized control trial was conducted with a total of 50 participants (young women ages 18-35) out of which 35 were diagnosed with OAB and 15 with MUI. …”
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Comparison of Concomitant Mesalamine and Immunomodulator Therapy and Immunomodulator Monotherapy for Crohn’s Disease by Min Seob Kwak, Kyung-Jo Kim, Jae Hee Cheon, Wan Soo Kim, Jeong-Mi Lee, Sung Wook Hwang, Sang Hyoung Park, Dong-Hoon Yang, Byong Duk Ye, Jeong-Sik Byeon, Seung-Jae Myung, Suk-Kyun Yang

“…Each patient was matched with 3 randomly selected controls who were treated with concomitant therapy during the same period. …”
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Cardiopulmonary Profile in Streptozotocin-Induced Type 1 Diabetic Rats during Systemic Endotoxemia by Ching-Hsia Hung, Che-Ning Chang, Yu-Wen Chen, Yu-Chung Chen, Jann-Inn Tzeng, Jhi-Joung Wang

“…Thirty-two adult male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to a control group or to a group treated with streptozotocin (STZ) to create an animal model of type 1 diabetes. …”
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Pri-DDQN: learning adaptive traffic signal control strategy through a hybrid agent by Yanliu Zheng, Juan Luo, Han Gao, Yi Zhou, Keqin Li

“…However, most of them neglect the important difference of samples and the dependence of traffic states, and cannot quickly respond to randomly changing traffic flows. In this paper, we propose a new single-intersection traffic signal control method (Pri-DDQN) based on reinforcement learning and model the traffic environment as a reinforcement learning environment, and the agent chooses the best action to schedule the traffic flow at the intersection based on the real-time traffic states. …”
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Dexmedetomidine to Help Nerve Regeneration in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Injury Model by Wook Jeong, Hsichiang Kung, Chia Chi Cheng, Changwoo Lim, Min Jung Jung, Jaeho Lee, Doo Sik Kim, Yusom Shin

“…Forty-five Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to three groups: group 1 (control SHAM), group 2 (sciatic nerve injury + normal saline), and group 3 (sciatic nerve injury + DXM). …”
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Effect of Bodyweight Squat Exercise With Blood Flow Restriction on Sprint and Jump Performance in Collegiate Soccer Players by Okan Kamiş, Hadi Nobarı, Christopher Macdonald, Robert Blaisdell, Muhammet Kurt

“…Twenty-four male collegiate soccer players (age: 19.3±1.0 years; height: 178.8±5.8 cm; body mass: 73.5±10.7 kg) were randomly divided equally into BFR or control groups. …”
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Optimizing Antipsychotic Therapy in Acute Alcoholic Hallucinosis through Pharmacogenetic Testing by Valentin Skryabin, Anton Masyakin, Sergei Pozdniakov, Igor Shatokhin, Svetlana Sokolova, Valentina Ivanchenko

“…Fifty patients undergoing inpatient treatment for acute alcoholic hal- lucinosis were enrolled in a randomized clinical trial. The main group (n = 25) received treatment adjusted based on pharmacogenetic testing, while the control group (n = 25) received standard therapy with- out genetic data. …”
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Different Strategies for the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in China: An Economic Evaluation by Bin Wu, Jin Li, Houwen Lin, Haixiang Wu

“…Clinical data related to treatments were obtained from published randomized clinical trials. Direct medical costs and resource utilization in the Chinese health care setting were taken into account. …”
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Dexmedetomidine versus Remifentanil for Sedation during Awake Fiberoptic Intubation by Davide Cattano, Nicholas C. Lam, Lara Ferrario, Carmen Seitan, Kash Vahdat, Darrell W. Wilcox, Carin A. Hagberg

“…Thirty-four adult ASA I-III patients were enrolled in a double-blinded randomized pilot study to receive remifentanil (REM) or dexmedetomidine (DEX) for sedation during AFOI (nasal and oral). …”
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Protective Effect and Mechanisms of Radix Astragali Injection on the Intestinal Mucosa of Rats with Obstructive Jaundice by Zhang Xiping, Weng Ke, Yu Yaping, Zhao Hongchan, Cheng Qihui

“…Methods. The rats were randomly divided into sham-operated, model control and Radix Astragali treated group. …”
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Hemorheological Alterations in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Treated by Resveratrol by Roland Gal, Dora Praksch, Peter Kenyeres, Miklos Rabai, Kalman Toth, Robert Halmosi, Tamas Habon

“…In our double-blind, placebo-controlled human clinical trial, we enrolled 60 outpatients with heart failure. Patients were randomized into two groups: receiving either 100 mg resveratrol capsule daily or placebo for 3 months. …”
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The effect of clinician-expressed empathy and nocebo-alleviating information on breast-cancer-patients' anxiety and side effects during active chemotherapy: A clinical feasibility... by Lara C. Gröschel, Fiona T. Brosig, Marcel Soesan, Katherina T. Vourtsis, Mirte van der Spek, Elise Sluiter, Liesbeth M. van Vliet

“…Methods: Using a clinical proof-of-principle randomized controlled trial, female breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy viewed one of four videos, varying in the level of nocebo-alleviating information(+/−) and clinician-expressed empathy(+/−). …”
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