Usual prevention in unusual settings: A scoping review of place-based health interventions in public-facing businesses. by Jack Tsai, Nicholas A McCann

“…While there have been 9 randomized trials conducted across various health conditions, these trials are limited to focus on a few select settings and lack of objective health outcome measures. …”
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Antibacterial Efficacy and Healing Potential of Honey from Different Zones in Nigeria on Diabetic-Induced Wound Infection in Wistar Rats by Obakpororo Ejiro Agbagwa, Chimezie Ekeke, Precious Chidinma Israel

“…The present study determined Nigeria honey’s antibacterial efficacy in treating diabetes-induced wound infections in Wistar albino rats. 54 Wistar rats randomly divided into 9 groups of 6 each were used for the study: group I (negative control, no treatment), group II (positive control, diabetes without treatment), group III (diabetes treated with 1% silver sulfadiazine), and groups IV–IX (diabetes treated with different honey samples). …”
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Protective Effect of Shenfu Injection against Sepsis-induced Acute Lung Injury by Suppressing Inflammation and Apoptosis Through the Regulation of the Janus Kinase 2/Signal Transdu... by Li-Juan Cao, Hai-Tang Xie, Zhong-Xia Chu, Yue Ma, Ming-Ming Wang, Shi Zhuang

“…Materials and Methods: We established a mouse model of sepsis-induced ALI by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). The mice were randomly divided into three groups (n = 8): Sham, CLP, and SFI (10 mL/kg). …”
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Exploring Current Evidence on the Past, the Present, and the Future of the Heart Team: A Narrative Review by Alexandru Burlacu, Adrian Covic, Mircea Cinteza, Paula Madalina Lupu, Radu Deac, Grigore Tinica

“…The observation that Guidelines’ indications regarding Heart Team carry a level C indication underlines the very future of this Team: randomized controlled trials proving solid benefits in an evidence-based world. …”
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MRSA Spinal Epidural Abscess as a Neurosurgical and Infectious Disease Emergency with Unresolved Antimicrobial Solution by James Ebot, W. D. Freeman, Robert Wharen, Mark Anthony Diaz, Claudia Libertin

“…The patient’s outcome was unfavorable due to the advanced nature of his infection and multiple comorbidities, but his negative blood cultures after the addition of ceftaroline to his regime require further investigation into this dual therapy. Randomized controlled trials of 5th generation or combinatorial antibiotics should be considered for this disease.…”
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Cultural Aspects of Type-2 Diabetes-related Social Stigma: A Cultural Epidemiological Study among General Community Members in Urban Pune, India by Abhay Machindra Kudale, Mayuri Dnyandeo Ghawat, Akshada Vikram Gopale, Mugdha Sharad Phutane, Saju Joseph

“…A cross-sectional community-based survey using a locally adapted Explanatory Module Interview Catalog was conducted among 100 randomly selected general community members who did not have diabetes from slum pockets of Pune city. …”
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Professors and students’ perceptions about the use of the portfolio in the Prevention in Health subject by Bárbara Zabala Enrique, Natasha Sánchez Bouza, José Demián Rodríguez Medina, Esteban Sánchez Martínez, Rubén Darío García Núñez, Ileana María Enrique Corona

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> educational research, at the Cienfuegos Medical Sciences University in the first period of the 2022 academic year, a universe made up of the total number of second-year students who took the subject and the professors who served as tutors. The sample was randomly selected, 64 students and 36 teachers, who agreed to participate in the research respecting ethical principles. …”
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Sportsmanship Behaviors in Early Adolescence and Gender and Family Attitudes by Sedat Özcan, Mehmet Fatih Eröz, Tahir Kılıç

“…Materials and Methods: The study group consisted of a total of 300 students with a mean age of 12.48±.79, randomly selected from second-level primary schools in Isparta province. …”
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Use of art as therapeutic intervention for enhancement of hand function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A pilot study by Sayali Khedekar, Apurv P Shimpi, Ashok Shyam, Parag Sancheti

“…Methods: A single-blinded, randomized controlled pilot study was conducted on 17 participants suffering from RA. …”
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Therapeutic potential of boric acid as a local drug delivery agent in periodontitis: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Reham Abdel-Fatah, Ghada A. Elhusseiny, Wafaa Saleh

“…By employing PICOS criteria, we evaluated randomized controlled trials assessing the effects of subgingival boric acid application alongside non-surgical periodontal therapy in treatment of periodontitis. …”
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Preventing Hypothermia in Preterm Neonates Using Polyethylene Plastic Bag Wrap: A Systematic Review by Hikmi Muharromah Pratiwi, Desiyani Nani, Saryono Saryono

“…Quasi-experimental studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are included in this study. …”
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Rhein Inhibits NF-κB Signaling Pathway to Alleviate Inflammatory Response and Oxidative Stress of Rats with Chronic Glomerulonephritis by Qian Chen, Hai Guo, JuanJuan Hu, Xiaofeng Zhao

“…Twenty-four eight-week-old male SD rats were randomly divided into following 4 groups (6 rats in each group): control group, CGN group, rhein group, and benazepril (Ben) group. …”
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Detection of mental disorders with the Patient Health Questionnaire in primary care settings in Nigeria by Michael O. Olatawura, Olawale Olusegun Ogunsemi, Christopher O. Alebiosu, Olufemi E. Amoran, Adekunle J. Ariba, Francis A. Oluwole, Festus Abasiubong, Adebayo R. Erinfolami

“…Over a period of eight weeks, consecutive and consenting patients who attended three randomly selected primary health care facilities in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun state were recruited and administered a questionnaire that included a socio-demographic section and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ). …”
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Optimal Pathways to Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care Settings: A Scoping Review by Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis, Izolde Bouloukaki, Antonios Christodoulakis, Antonia Aravantinou-Karlatou, Ioanna Tsiligianni

“…Our keywords included “lung cancer”, “primary care”, “early detection”, “screening”, “best practices”, and “pathways”. We included randomized controlled trials, cross-sectional studies, and cohort studies focused on lung cancer screening in primary care. …”
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Ascorbic acid alleviates reproductive toxicity of di-(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate in female Wistar rats by Kalaivani Manokaran, Ravi Sankar Bhaskaran, Jayesh Mudgal, Prabu Paramasivam, Sachin Shetty, Deepak Nayak, Sunitha Carnelio, Vennila Jaganathan, Dharani Abirama Sundari Shanmugam, Karkala Sreedhara Ranganath Pai

“…Methods: Forty female Wistar rats [30 days old, weighing (60±10)g] were randomly divided into five groups (n=8 per group). …”
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Reliability and Agreement of Hand-Held Dynamometry Using Three Standard Rater Test Positions by Frank Aerts, Holly Sheets, Chance Anderson, Natalie Bussie, Rose Hoskins, Amanda Maninga, Emily Novak

“…Raters were blinded to the randomized force magnitudes. The rater’s measurements were compared to measurements taken against an external fixation stabilization device. …”
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The Effect of Combination Foot Massage and Active Range of Motion (ROM) on Foot Sensitivity among Patients with Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus by I Made Cahyadi Agastiya, Ni Ketut Romani, I Made Artana

“…Conclusion: Future studies should incorporate a control group and randomization to enhance validity. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Trypanosomosis in Dromedary Camels in the Pastoral Areas of the Guji Zone in Ethiopia by Gossa Alemu, Rahmeto Abebe

“…To this end, blood samples were collected from randomly selected 450 camels in heparinized capillary tubes and analyzed for the presence of Trypanosoma evansi using the buffy coat technique and Giemsa-stained thin smears. …”
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Modeling Ionospheric TEC Using Gradient Boosting Based and Stacking Machine Learning Techniques by Ayanew Nigusie, Ambelu Tebabal, Roman Galas

“…The testing data comprised the data for the year 2015 and the initial 6 months of 2017. The RandomizedSearchCV algorithm was used to determine the optimal hyperparameters of the models. …”
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Acceptance and commitment therapy reduces perceived ostracism in suicidal patients by Emilie Olié, Manon Malestroit, Véronique Brand-Arpon, Philippe Courtet, Deborah Ducasse

“…Mindfulness training, which is at the core of third-wave behavioral therapies such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), might reduce social distress and inhibit negative affect. Methods This randomized controlled trial included 32 patients with a history of suicide attempt in the past year who followed seven weekly sessions of ACT or progressive relaxation therapy (PRT). …”
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