Psychological Distress during Ovarian Cancer Treatment: Improving Quality by Examining Patient Problems and Advanced Practice Nursing Interventions by Cynthia Kline O'Sullivan, Kathryn H. Bowles, Sangchoon Jeon, Elizabeth Ercolano, Ruth McCorkle

“…Secondary analysis of research records from a six month randomized control trial included 32 women with primary ovarian cancer. …”
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Association between Self-Reported Bruxism and Sleeping Patterns among Dental Students in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shereen M. Shokry, Eman E. El Wakeel, Nassr Al-Maflehi, Zaheera RasRas, Nida Fataftah, Enam Abdul Kareem

“…This questionnaire was randomly distributed among all college preclinical and postclinical students. …”
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The Impact of Periodontal Therapy on Systemic Inflammatory Markers and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Patients with Chronic Periodontitis by Deepti Shrivastava, Abdullah R. F. Alanazi, Zayed M. A. Altimani, Abdullah M. Alsalem, Mohammad K. Alam, Kumar C. Srivastava

“…Materials and Methods: In this randomized controlled experiment, 100 individuals with a diagnosis of chronic periodontitis were included. …”
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Improvement by imagining actions: Bimanual transfer effects after action imagery practice in a sequential reaction time task by Stephan F. Dahm, Sandra Sülzenbrück, Martina Rieger

“…This study explored the representation types in kinesthetic action-imagery-practice (K-AIP) and visual action-imagery-practice (V-AIP) in a serial reaction time task using the crossed hand transfer paradigm. 169 participants (age M ± SD = 25.2 ± 3.9) were randomly assigned to AEP, K-AIP, V-AIP, or control-practice (CP), practicing with uncrossed hands on ten consecutive days. …”
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Coding Readiness Assessment: A Measure of Computational Thinking for Preschoolers by Emily Relkin, Christopher Doss, Victoria L. Jones, John F. Pane

“…We mitigated this by implementing a brief delay between the appearance of the question and the timeframe in which children could respond. In a subsequent randomized control trial, the CRA was administered 1637 times by Head Start educators. …”
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Plant Density and Time of White Lupine (Lupinus Albus L.) Relay Cropping with Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) in Additive Design in the Highlands of Northwest Ethiopia by Yirsaw Hunegnaw, Getachew Alemayehu, Dereje Ayalew, Mulatu Kassaye

“…The treatments were as follows: tef was planted at a 20 cm inter-row spacing, lupine was sown at 20 and 40 cm inter-row spacing (row ratio of 1 tef: 1 lupine and 2 tef: 1 lupine) and lupine intercropped three times (1, 2, and 3 weeks after tef planting). Randomized complete block design (RCBD) with 3 replications were used. …”
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Explainable prediction model for punching shear strength of FRP-RC slabs based on kernel density estimation and XGBoost by Sheng Zheng, Tianyu Hu, Nima Khodadadi, Antonio Nanni

“…Researchers have attempted to add steel reinforcement in the form of studs and randomly distributed fibers to concrete slabs to improve the punching strength. …”
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The Potential of Trichoderma AA1 and AA2 as Local Indonesian Cellulolytic Inoculum in the Fermentation of Gliricidia sepium Leaf Meal by A. M. W. Mulyono, M. Husein

“…Experiments of Gliricidia sepium fermentation using Trichoderma AA1 and AA2 were each designed using Completely Randomized Design. The treatments used consisted of fermentation duration of 0 (control), 2, 4, and 6 days—identification of Trichoderma AA1 and AA2 species using molecular identification method. …”
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Waste Skin of Hawaiian Ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis) Utilization as Gelatin Raw Material With Immersion Solution Combination by Devi Faustine Elvina Nuryadin, Sakinah Haryati, Indra Taruna Widodo, Aris Munandar, Dini Surilayani, Ginanjar Pratama, Afifah Nurazizatul Hasanah

“…The production of gelatin from the skin of Hawaiian ladyfish was carried out using a one-factor completely randomized design (CRD) with 2 replications (duplo) accompanied by non-parametric analysis which was carried out for organoleptic testing with a hedonic scale using the Kruskal Wallis test. …”
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Soil Nutrient Balance and Soil Fertility Status under the Influence of Fertilization in Maize-Wheat Cropping System in Nepal by Nabin Rawal, Keshab Raj Pande, Renuka Shrestha, Shree Prasad Vista

“…The experiment included three-factor randomized complete block design with three doses of each N, P, and K which was replicated three times. …”
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Effects of high-intensity interval training on physical performance, systolic blood pressure, oxidative stress and inflammatory markers in skeletal muscle of spontaneously hyperten... by Thaynara Zanoni D'Almeida, Mariana Janini Gomes, Leticia Estevam Engel, Ines Cristina Giometti, Natalia Zamberlan Ferreira, Rafael Stuani, Camila Renata Corrêa, Robson Chacon Castoldi, Sarah Gomes Nunes, Andreo Fernando Aguiar, Anthony César Castilho, Marina Politi Okoshi, Francis Lopes Pacagnelli

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Nineteen male SHR rats were randomly assigned to two groups: sedentary (SHRC) and trained (SHR+T). …”
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Real-World Experience with Cangrelor as Adjuvant to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Single-Centre Observational Study by Troels Thim, Lars Jakobsen, Rebekka Vibjerg Jensen, Nicolaj Støttrup, Ashkan Eftekhari, Erik Lerkevang Grove, Sanne Bøjet Larsen, Jacob Thorsted Sørensen, Steen Carstensen, Sahar Amiri, Karsten Tange Veien, Evald Høj Christiansen, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Michael Maeng, Steen Dalby Kristensen

“…The benefits and risks, in terms of patient outcomes, should ideally be assessed in randomized trials.…”
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A Novel Radio Wave Propagation Modeling Method Using System Identification Technique over Wireless Links in East Africa by Solomon T. Girma, Dominic B. O. Konditi, Ciira Maina

“…Measured received signal levels were collected from three randomly selected urban areas in Ethiopia using a computer, Nemo test tool, Actix software, Nokia phone, and GPS. …”
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Assessment of avocado grafting practices and propagules quality against minimum certification standards in Tanzania by Nugwa F. Bugudole, Emmanuely Z. Nungula, Newton Kilasi, Yasinta Nzogela

“…This study evaluated current grafting practices and propagule quality against TOSCI standards across three regions: Morogoro, Mbeya, and Njombe, involving 90 randomly selected avocado seedling growers. Recent findings indicate that 40%, 98.9%, 7.8%, 63.3%, 96.7%, 98.9%, and 84.4% of growers adhered to recommended nursery isolation distances, utilized local market seeds for rootstock, treated seeds before prepared media with a mixture of soil and organic matter, did not sterilize grafting equipment, used healthy rootstock, selected scions from orchards younger than seven years, respectively. …”
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Experimental Study of Enriched Environment on Neurological Functional Repair in Rats with Cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion Injury by Kewei YU, Yi WU, Hongyu XIE, Gang LIU, Junfa WU

“…Objective:To observe the effect of enriched environment on neurological function in rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury.Methods:Sprague-Dawley rats (50-60 g) were randomly assigned to standard environment or enriched environment for 30 days. …”
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Clinical, Socioeconomic, and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Blood Pressure Control and Adherence: Results from a Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular National Program Providing U... by Daniela Sandoval, Carolina Nazzal, Tomás Romero

“…Cross-sectional study in randomly selected 992 hypertensive patients under a Chilean national comprehensive Cardiovascular Health Program (CVHP). …”
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Rural Household Perception of Drought Occurrence and Its Influence on Livelihood Strategy in Northeast Ethiopia by Sisay Demeke Molla, Menberu Teshome Zeleke, Sisay Misganaw Tamiru

“…The quantitative data were collected from 354 randomly selected household heads, whereas the qualitative data were collected from purposefully selected household head focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informants. …”
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Radiological Hazard Assessment and Human Exposure to Natural Radionuclides in Soils of Udege Mbeki Mining Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria by O. S. Eghaghe, O. M. Adeleye, A. J. Rabba, J. Eneye, D. J. Koffa, E. Echioda, O. J. Aremu

“…Twenty-one (21) soil samples were randomly collected in the mining site and analyzed using gamma ray spectrometer. …”
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Effects of Different Soilless Growing Media on the Growth and Development of Tobacco Seedlings by Misheck Chandiposha, Tobias Takadini

“…The design used was a randomized complete block design with three replications. …”
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Ziwuliuzhu Acupuncture on Primary Insomnia Therapy: A Meta-Analysis by Dunbing HUANG, Shinong GU, Fanping ZHOU, Sai'e HUANG

“…Objective:To systematically review the clinical efficacy of Ziwuliuzhu acupuncture on primary insomnia therapy.Methods:Randomized controlled trials (RCT) about Ziwuliuzhu acupuncture on treating primary insomnia were electronically searched in CNKI, VIP, Wanfang Data, CBM, PubMed and the Cochrane Library. …”
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