Novel Bounds for Incremental Hessian Estimation With Application to Zeroth-Order Federated Learning by Alessio Maritan, Luca Schenato, Subhrakanti Dey

“…The Hessian estimator is randomized and incremental, and its computation requires only point function evaluations. …”
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Leaf Gas Exchange and Root Nodulation Respond to Planting Density in Soybean [Glycine max (L) Merrill] by Louis Hortensius Mwamlima, Josephine Pamela Ouma, Erick Kimutai Cheruiyot

“…The experiment was conducted as a randomized complete block design (RCBD) in a 5 by 2 factorial treatment arrangement and was replicated three times. …”
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Preservation of Teak Sapwood by Cold Soaking Using Boron Against Drywood Termite (Cryptotermes cynocephalus Light.) Attacks. by Afif Sumaryanto, Sutjipto Achmad Hadikusumo, Ganis Lukmandaru

“…The experiment materials were the sapwood parts from teak boards obtained from the felled trees in the community forest of Kali Bawang, Kulon Progo. A complete randomized block design was arranged in a factorial with two factors, which were the type of preservatives (boric acid and borax in 5% concentration) and duration of cold soaking (12, 24, 36, and 48 hours). …”
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Evaluation of Impact of Prescribing Safety Assessment Workshop on Medical Doctors Using Kirkpatrick Model by Adnan Jehangir, Khalid Farooq Danish, Rahila Yasmeen, Waqas Rabbani, Farhana Ayub

“…Afterwards, they were randomized into 02 groups, group A went through PSA and group B followed conventional prescription writing (CPW) 01-day workshop. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Different Decontamination Methods on Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilm by Ece Açıkgöz Alparslan, Ufuk Bağcı, Ayşegül Kurt

“… Purpose: The current in-vitro study aims to compare the effectiveness of various mechanical decontamination modalities in the elimination of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm from titanium surfaces using qualitative and quantitative techniques.Materials and methods: A total of 48 titanium discs were inoculated with Staphylococcus aureus and randomly allocated into four experimental groups consisting of control, plastic curettes (PC), ultrasonic-driven plastic tips (UPT), and ultrasonic-driven stainless-steel tips (UST). …”
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For a Higher Sprint Running Performance, in Which Part of the Warm-Up Protocol Should the Dynamic Stretching Phase be Applied? by Recep Özçelik, Cem Bediz, Caner Çetinkaya, Erkan Günay, Egemen Mancı

“…The study included forty-four soccer players, aged 16.59 ±1.06 years, who played for amateur teams. Participants were randomly divided into two groups on the first day of the study. …”
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The Effects of Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) on Soils and Plant Communities in the Deserted Rangelands of Bahrain by Manal A. M. Sadeq, Mohammed S. Abido, Ahmed A. Salih, Jameel A. Alkhuzai

“…Likewise, the number of plant species was assessed in four 1 × 1 m randomly distributed quadrates in the understory and the uncanopied adjacent areas. …”
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Antioxidant Activity and Physicochemical Characteristics of Dry Noodles with a Mixture of Wheat Flour and Kidney Bean Flour With the Addition of Butterfly Pea (Clitoria Ternatea L.... by Rina Yenrina, Ismed Ismed, Wina Hildayani, Jihan Rahma

“…The design used in this study used a completely randomized design (CRD) with 5 treatments and 3 replications. …”
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ADMINISTRATION OF EARLY POST-PARTUM ORAL DRENCH IN DAIRY COWS: EFFECTON METABOLIC PROFILE by R. Schallenberger Gonçalves, F. Cardoso, F. de Souza Guagnini, L. J. Reyes Castañeda, F. Gonzalez

“…a total of 48 cows from a herd in r io Grande do s ul state (southern Brazil) was used in the study. The animals were randomly selected and treated orally with d rench ( n = 32, propylene glycol, electrolytes and choline in 40 L of water) and water ( n = 16) used as control. …”
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High-Cadence Cycling Promotes Sustained Improvement in Bradykinesia, Rigidity, and Mobility in Individuals with Mild-Moderate Parkinson’s Disease by Angela L. Ridgel, Dana L. Ault

“…Sixteen subjects with mild-moderate idiopathic PD were randomized into either a high-cadence cycling or a control (stretching) group. …”
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Still No Substantial Evidence to Use Prophylactic Antibiotic at Operative Vaginal Delivery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yifru Berhan, Sisay Kirba, Achamyelesh Gebre

“…Few studies showed a weak association of OVD with postpartum infection without being adjusted to perineal wound, but the pooled meta-analysis showed statistically significant association with non-OVD. In the included randomized trial, 97% of the study participants had perineal wound for whom repairs were performed; the risks of maternal infection and perineal wound breakdown were comparable, and maternal infections other than perineal wound infection did not show significant difference between prophylactic antibiotic and placebo groups. …”
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The effects of fluid resuscitation on the hemodynamic parameters of experimental induced endotoxemia in the neonatal calves by Enes Akyüz, Alparslan Coşkun, İsmail Şen

“…Calves which included into the study randomly divided two groups as lypopplisaccharide (LPS) and Control groups: Group I(LPS): 0.9% NaCl (IV) was given to calves at 1th hour following of LPS administration (1 μg/kg, IV, 50 mL 0.9% NaCl/30 min). …”
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Effectiveness of Academic Engagement Training on the Ability to Forgiveness and increasing Positive Orientation Towards School by Vajiheh Zohoorparvandeh, Elham Zirak

“…In this research, 30 students were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 students in the experimental group and 15 students in the control group). …”
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Probiotic post feed restriction supplementation on realimentation performances, carcass characteristic, gut morphology and gut microbes of broiler chicken by Razieh Valipourian, Farid Shariatmadari, Hamed Ahmadi, Mohammad Amir Karimi Torshizi

“…A total of 384 one-day-old male broiler chicks (Arian) were randomly assigned to four treatment groups with 6 replicate cages and 16 broiler chickens per cage. …”
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Integrated intraoperative predictive model for malignancy risk assessment of thyroid nodules with atypia of undetermined significance cytology by Cheng Li, Yong Luo, Yan Jiang, Qi Li

“…A retrospective cohort study was conducted on patients with AUS/FLUS cytology and negative BRAF V600E mutation who underwent thyroid surgery. The cohort was randomly divided into training and validation sets. …”
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Acute in Vitro Exposure of Potassium Dichromate on Oxidative Stress, Cell Density, and Cell Viability of Osteochilus Vittatus by Wijayanti Gratiana E., Mentari Diani, Habibah Aulidya N.

“…An experimental study applying a completely randomized design was conducted to evaluate the impact of in vitro exposure to K2Cr2O7 on MDA level, cell density, and cell viability in Osteochilus. vittatus testis. …”
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THE EFFECT OF PLATELET RICH PLASMA ON MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLs (MSCs) DIFFERENTIATION INTO CHONDROBLAST by Dwikora Novembri Utomo, I Gde Adi Widiastana

“…This research is to find  out  the  effect  of  platelet  rich  plasma  on  mesenchymal  stem  cell's differentiation and proliferation into chondroblast on in vitro media. Randomized control group posttest only design. Blood was taken from the rabbit's vein to be processed into platelet rich plasma (PRP). …”
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Influence of compost supplemented with jatropha cake on soil fertility, growth, and yield of maize (zea mays L.) in a degraded soil of Ilorin, Nigeria by Adebayo Abayomi Olowoake, Oluremi Solomon Osunlola, James Adebayo Ojo

“…The treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) and replicated three times. …”
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Evaluation of Different Rates of NPS on Growth and Yield Performances of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) in Cheha District, Gurage Zone, Ethiopia by Bewuket Gashaw

“…The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design and replicated three times. …”
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Cultivation of straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) on oil palm empty fruit bunch growth medium by Sugeng Triyono, Agus Haryanto, Mareli Telaumbanua, Jamalam Lumbanraja, Filip To

“…The first stage was for identifying the optimum physical parameters of EFB, and the second stage focused on enhancing the performance of EFB chosen based on the findings of the first experiment. A randomized complete block design with 3Ã3 factorial arrangement in both stages of the study used the same approach. …”
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