Prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in a sample of medical students in Erbil city by Dilan Burhan Yousif, Zana Qadir Omer

“…Methods: 230 students were randomly selected with the age group of 18-25 years, from all colleges of Hawler medical university, from March 2019 to June 2019. …”
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RESIDENTS’ COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING SETBACKS IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA by ADEJUMO, S. A., FATIMAH O. BADIRU

“…A total of 327 copies of pretested questionnaire were administered to residents of Ibadan North Local Government Area, especially building owners in three randomly selected communities representing high, medium and low residential densities. …”
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A Meta-analysis: Effect of Stem Cells Transplantation on Rehabilitation of Diabetes Mellitus with Limb Ischemia by Yongjin LIU, Bo DU, Bowei HUANG, Suping HUANG

“…Objective:To systematically review the effect of stem cells on the rehabilitation of diabetes mellitus with limb ischemia.Methods:We electronically searched databases including PubMed, FMRS, SCI, CNKI, WanFang and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about the rehabilitation of diabetes mellitus with limb ischemia which published before October 2016. …”
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Clinical Utility of Zuranolone for Postpartum Depression: A Narrative Review by Giannopoulos A, Singh J, Deligiannidis KM

“…This narrative review reports on the evidence for the clinical utility of zuranolone in PPD treatment. In double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trials, zuranolone demonstrated rapid, statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in depressive symptoms. …”
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A participatory lens to enhance collaborative learning among university students in rural South Africa by Bunmi Isaiah Omodan, Andy Mafunda, Enathi Mbebe, Somikazi Mdolota

“…Focus group discussions were conducted to elicit information from 10 randomly selected rural university students enrolled in a particular module at a selected university in the Eastern Cape province. …”
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Development of an expectation management intervention for patients with Long COVID: A focus group study with affected patients. by Manuel Funk, Max Reinke, Bernd Löwe, Petra Engelmann

“…The study results informed the finalization of the treatment manual within the SOMA.COV project, which investigates the effectiveness of this intervention for patients with Long COVID in a three-armed randomized controlled trial.…”
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Study of Seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii Explants Growth in the Different Salinity Concentrations by Muhammad Aris, Fatma Muchdar, Rusmawati Labenua

“…The method used in this study was a completely randomized design (CRD) with the different salinity treatments namely 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 ppt. …”
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Short-Term Exercise Approaches on Menopausal Symptoms, Psychological Health, and Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women by Ayşegül Ağıl, Faruk Abıke, Arzu Daşkapan, Rıdvan Alaca, Handan Tüzün

“…The women aged 45–60 years and experiencing menopause naturally were included in the study. They were randomly divided into aerobic (𝑛=18) and resistance (𝑛=18) exercise groups. …”
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Deep Learning Models to Predict Fatal Pneumonia Using Chest X-Ray Images by Satoshi Anai, Junko Hisasue, Yoichi Takaki, Naohiko Hara

“…All labeled CXR images were randomly allocated to the training, validation, and test datasets of deep learning models. …”
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Comparison of analgesic efficacy of continuous transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block with continuous epidural analgesia in renal transplant recipients by Hemant Ojha, Ishwar Bhukal, Aveek Jayant, Sarbpreet Singh, Reshma Mulla, Pulak Priyadarshi Padhi

“…Methods: A total of 62 participants were randomly allotted to receive either continuous epidural or continuous TAP block. …”
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EFFECT OF SOME ESSENTIAL OIL AND ORGANIC ACIDS ON BLOOD PICTURE , LIPID PROFILE AND INTESTINAL HEALTH IN BROILER CHICKENS by Saad M. H., S. S. Hameed, A. J. Ali

“…For this purpose, 240 chicks (Ross-308) one-day old were divided randomly into 6 equal groups each group 40 chicks as follow. …”
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Comparison of different universal adhesives’ bond strength to laser-assisted bleached enamel by Fatma Dilsad Oz, Ayşe Rüya Yazıcı, Cansu Atalay

“…The bleached teeth were randomly assigned into three groups according to different universal adhesive systems (n=24); Single Bond Universal-SU, All-Bond Universal-ABU and Adhese Universal-ADU. …”
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Community responses to a novel house design: A qualitative study of "Star Homes" in Mtwara, southeastern Tanzania. by Salum Mshamu, Judith Meta, Bipin Adhikari, Salma Halifa, Arnold Mmbando, Hannah Sloan Wood, Otis Sloan Wood, Thomas Chevalier Bøjstrup, Nicholas P J Day, Steven W Lindsay, Jakob Knudsen, Jacqueline Deen, Lorenz von Seidlein, Christopher Pell

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>To evaluate the impact of a novel design "Star Home" on the incidence of malaria, respiratory tract infections and diarrheal diseases among children, randomly selected households in Mtwara, Tanzania were offered a free, new Star Home. …”
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Age and gender differences in the recognition, use and perception of a selection of Anglicisms by Carlos Ponce Folgado

“…The present research aims to explore and examine the knowledge, use and perception of a specific selection of Anglicisms, taking into consideration age and gender variables, in a group of one hundred randomly chosen native Spanish individuals. Firstly, a theoretical framework that defines the concept of Anglicism, is presented emphasising its pragmatic functions, in order to understand the purpose behind their use and the general population’s perception of them. …”
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Estimation of Optimal and Maximum Standardized Ileal Digestible Methionine Requirements Based on Performance for Male Broilers Aged 0 to 21 Days by Su-Hyun An, Changsu Kong

“…A total of 720 and 288 birds were allocated to Experiments 1 and 2, respectively, and assigned six dietary treatments in a randomized complete block design. The experimental diets were formulated with corn, soybean meal, and synthetic amino acids to achieve varying SID Met levels (3.8 to 5.8 g/kg in experiment 1 and 3.0 to 5.5 g/kg in experiment 2), with increments of 0.4 and 0.5 g/kg. …”
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Influence of Cooking by Boiling on Lead and Cadmium in Meat and Liver of Chickens by Wasan E Hashem, Raghad A Abdaljaleel

“…A total of 80 samples were randomly collected and examined: 40 frozen (10 from each of the liver and meat) before and after cooking) and 40 fresh (10 from each the liver and meat) before and after cooking) from different regions in AL-Karkh Province, Baghdad. …”
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Optimal Dose and Concentration of Hypertonic Saline in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review by Martin SUSANTO, Ika RIANTRI

“…Research articles in the form of meta-analyses, clinical trials, and randomized controlled trials were preferred. Those with ambiguous remarks, irrelevant correlations to the main issue, or a focus on other disorders were excluded. …”
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Corelation between Machines Assisted Endodontic Irrigant Agitation and Apical Extrusion of Debris and Irrigant: A Laboratory Study by Jatin Gupta, Vineeta Nikhil, Padmanabh Jha

“…Biomechanical preparation was completed using ProTaper rotary files until number F4 and 1 mL of 3% NaOCl solution after each file use. Samples were randomly divided into closed or open chamber sets which were further subdivided into 6 groups, based on the agitation techniques: no agitation (control), canalBrush, lentulospiral, passive ultrasonic agitation (PUA), EndoActivator, and EndoVac. …”
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Effects of acepromazine, xylazine and propofol on spinal reflexes in healthy dogs by Ali Sheykhbahaedinzade, Ali Asghar Sarchahi, Hossein Kazemi Mehrjerdi

“…Objectives To investigate the effects of acepromazine, xylazine, and propofol on spinal reflexes in healthy dogs. Methods In a randomized, blinded study, ten native adult mixed‐breed dogs were participated in three groups with a 1‐week washout period between each group. …”
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A Synthetic Voice for an Assistive Conversational Agent: A Survey to Discover Italian Preferences regarding Synthetic Voice’s Gender and Quality Level by Marialucia Cuciniello, Terry Amorese, Claudia Greco, Zoraida Callejas Carrión, Carl Vogel, Gennaro Cordasco, Anna Esposito

“…To collect data regarding each voice, randomly audited by participants, the shortened version of the Virtual Agent Voice Acceptance Questionnaire (VAVAQ) was exploited. …”
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