Prognostic Factors and a Predictive Nomogram of Cancer-Specific Survival of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Patients with Pelvic Exenteration Treatment by Ting Wang, Xin Fu, Lei Zhang, Shuna Liu, Ziqi Tao, Fang Wang

“…A total of 454 EOC patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database were collected according to the inclusion criteria and randomly divided into the training (n = 317) and validation (n = 137) cohorts. …”
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Comparison of Local Load Influence on Crack Evolution of Coal and Briquette Coal Samples by Hongbao Zhao, Tao Wang, Huan Zhang, Ziqiang Wei

“…The results show that the raw coal and briquette coal samples are different mainly in number, dimension, and complexity of the internal microstructures, so it is not right to replace raw coal with briquette coal when performing observational study of the crack evolution of microstructures; under the effect of local load, local property, randomness of crack initiation position, and crack initiation stress of raw coal samples are greater than those of briquette coal samples; law of instantaneous maximum effective cut-through rate of raw coal samples is more complex than that of briquette coals; under the effect of uniformly distributed load, end effect factor Fe, sample microstructure influencing factor Fs, and preset center hole factor Fh are the major factors influencing crack growth, among which the amplified end effect factor Fe and sample microstructure influencing factor Fs are dominant factors; under the effect of local load, local load influencing factor Fp, end effect factor Fe, sample microstructure influencing factor Fs, and preset center hole factor Fs are the major factors influencing crack growth, among which the local load influencing factor Fp, end effect factor Fe, and sample microstructure influencing factor Fs are dominant factors. …”
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AMMI analysis of elite bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) selections for genotype by environment interaction and stability of grain yield in Southern Ethiopia. by Liyew Alemayehu, Mesfin Kebede, Eyasu Wada

“…Hence, a multi-location field trial was conducted across four locations in south Ethiopia during the 2022/23 main cropping season with the objective of estimating the magnitude of genotype by environment interaction (GEI) effect, and determine the stable genotype among the 10 Ethiopian bread wheat advanced selections using a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. …”
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Acute and Repeated Dose 28-Day Oral Toxicity Study of the Aqueous Extracts from the Leafy Stem and Fruit of Pedalium murex D.Royen EX.L in Wistar Rats by Gérard Bessan Dossou-Agoin, Maxime Machioud Sangaré-Oumar, Téniola Isabelle Sacramento, Mariette Sindété, Egnon Jacques Hougbénou-Houngla, Nounagnon Darius Tossavi, Simon Azonbakin, Adam Gbankoto

“…The acute toxicity test was performed according to the line 423 of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) guidelines. The rats were randomly divided into three groups (n = 3). The control group received distilled water, while the experimental groups were given at a single dose, 5000 mg/kg of each extract. …”
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The Impact of Different Oxygen Delivery Methods on Corneal Epithelial Repair after Injury by Shanshan Li, Qingfen Tian, Gang Ding, Yuqin Sun, Zhongkai Hao, Xu Wang, Chenming Zhang, Yuan Tao

“…A total of 75 healthy New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into three groups, A, B, and C, with 25 rabbits in each group. …”
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Antecedents and service contact in an observational study of 242 suicide deaths in middle-aged men in England, Scotland and Wales, 2017 by Nav Kapur, Saied Ibrahim, Jane Graney

“…Of the 288 suicide deaths in middle-aged men randomly selected for review, we obtained data about antecedents on 242 (84%). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Osteoporosis Medication in Renal Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Amir Sheikholeslami, Amir Behnam Kharazmi, Tahereh Sabaghian, Mohammad Javad Nasiri

“…Results: We enrolled 594 participants from 7 randomized controlled trials. Combining trial results reveals that using anti-osteoporotic agents (Ibandronate, Risedronate, and Pamidronate) reduces the risk of vertebral fractures compared to the placebo. …”
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The Effects of Exenatide Once Weekly (EXQW) and Exenatide Twice a Day (EXBID) on Beta-Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Jie Wang, Xinye Jin, Ping An, Songyan Yu, Yiming Mu

“…PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase databases were searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Network meta-analysis was performed, and network diagrams were constructed to evaluate the effects. …”
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Sleep recovery ameliorates submandibular salivary gland inflammation associated with paradoxical sleep deprivation in male Wistar rats by Jude Ijuo Abeje, Shehu-Tijani T. Shittu, Olayinka Olawale Asafa, Bimpe Bolarinwa, Taye J. Lasisi

“…Methodology: Male Wistar rats were randomly assigned into three groups as control, partial SD (PSD) with sleep recovery for four hours a day and total SD (TSD). …”
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Soil Properties, Crop Yield, and Economic Return in Response to Lime Application on Acidic Nitisols of Southern Highlands of Ethiopia by Getahun Haile, Habtamu Berihun, Helina Abera, Getachew Agegnehu, Mulugeta Lemenih

“…The experiment consisted of six liming rates (control, 2.74, 4.11, 5.48, 6.85, and 8.22 t·ha−1) laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. …”
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Leveraging Mobile Augmented Reality Devices for Enabling Specific Human Behaviors in Design and Constructability Review by Suleiman Alsafouri, Steven K. Ayer

“…Specifically, 32 participants were tasked with collaboratively laying out and reviewing a simple office design using the randomly assigned AR device. Results showed 11 different behaviors were observed and different mobile computers elicited different behaviors. …”
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Tailoring the Ablative Strategy for Atrial Fibrillation: A State-of-the-Art Review by Zefferino Palamà, Martina Nesti, Antonio Gianluca Robles, Antonio Scarà, Silvio Romano, Elena Cavarretta, Maria Penco, Pietro Delise, Mariano Rillo, Leonardo Calò, Luigi Sciarra

“…In any case, the superiority of ablation over pharmacological therapy in terms of effectiveness, reduction of hospitalizations, and improvement has been well demonstrated in recent randomized trials. Triggers, substrate, and modulating factors (elements of Coumel’s triangle) play different roles in paroxysmal and persistent AF, so induction and perpetuation mechanisms of arrhythmia may be different in each patient. …”
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Efficacy and safety of hydroxyurea therapy on patients with β-thalassemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tianmin Huang, Huixian Jiang, Ganling Tang, Jingyi Li, Xiaoman Huang, Zhenguang Huang, Hongliang Zhang

“…The secondary outcomes were the adverse events incidence rates of HU in β-thalassemia patients.ResultsTwo randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and 25 single-armed observational studies with typically 1,748 individuals were involved in our analysis. …”
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Augmented Feedback Response Prediction by Peak Vertical Ground Reaction Force in Adolescent Female Athletes by Hannah Jaime, Drew Rutherford, Becky Heinert, C. Nate Vannatta, Sherwin Toribio, Thomas W Kernozek

“…Following training, athletes completed six post-feedback trials (with no feedback) and six dual-task (transfer) trials where they randomly caught a basketball during landing. Peak vGRF was measured. …”
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The effects of sex and load on quantifying the bilateral force deficit during an upper body Wingate test by Angie K. Antolinez, Philip F. Edwards, Michael W. R. Holmes, Duane C. Button, Duane C. Button

“…In each session they completed the tasks with the dominant-arm, non-dominant arm and with both arms, randomly. WAnT intensities were 3, 4, and 5% body weight (BW). …”
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The Effects of Whole-Body Vibration Exercise on Anticipatory Delay of Core Muscles in Patients with Nonspecific Low Back Pain by Yi-Li Zheng, Hao-Yu Hu, Xiao-Chen Liu, Xuan Su, Pei-Jie Chen, Xue-Qiang Wang

“…Forty participants with NSLBP were randomly divided into the WBV group and the control group. …”
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Data on the administrative workload and perceived administrative burden of farmers in SwitzerlandZenodo by Gabriele Mack, Christian Ritzel, Jeanine Ammann, Katja Heitkämper, Nadja El Benni

“…The survey was mailed to 2000 randomly selected Swiss farmers from the two largest Swiss language regions (German and French) in February 2019. …”
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Optimizing Breast Cancer Mammogram Classification Through a Dual Approach: A Deep Learning Framework Combining ResNet50, SMOTE, and Fully Connected Layers for Balanced and Imbalanc... by Abdullah Fahad A. Alshamrani, Faisal Saleh Zuhair Alshomrani

“…The framework includes an interpretable visualization technique for randomly selected predictions across all classes. Our approach significantly improves diagnostic accuracy in breast cancer classification from Mammogram scans, effectively addressing the challenge of imbalanced data in medical image analysis. …”
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Effect of Jiangu Granule on miR-141 and Osteogenic Gene Dlx5/Msx2/Runx2 in Ovariectomized Mice by Zhiheng ZHANG, Wenming ZHANG, Zhenpu WEI, Chutian ZHANG, Juan YANG, Yanping LIN

“…Objective:To observe the effect of Jiangu granule on the expression of miR-141, Dlx5, Msx2 and Runx2 in bone tissue of ovariectomized mice, and to explore the mechanism of Jiangu granule in preventing and treating postmenopausal osteoporosis.Methods:A total of 30 C57 mice were randomly divided into sham operation group, saline group and Jiangu granule group, with 10 cases in each group. …”
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Dentinal Crack Formation and Quality of Obturation Using Two Single File Systems and Two Obturation Techniques: A micro-CT Study. by Shaban Shaban Omar, Bahar Jafaar Selivany

“…Methods: 40 extracted mandibular premolars were decoronated, leaving 13mm roots. The roots were randomly divided into two main groups TRN and GN ((n=20)) according to instrumentation, afterwards each group subdivided into two subgroups ((n=10)) according to obturation techniques. …”
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