Breakfast Intake and Factors Associated with Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among Lebanese High School Adolescents by Rana Mounayar, Rana Jreij, Jennifer Hachem, Frida Abboud, Maya Tueni

“…A cross-sectional survey was carried out on randomly selected students (268 boys and 332 girls), aged between 15 and 18 years old, from private and public schools in Beirut and Mount Lebanon. …”
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Combination therapy of intravitreal ranibizumab and sub-tenon triamcinolone for treatment of resistant diabetic macular edema: a clinical study in Egypt by Hossam Eldin M. A. Khalil, Hazem E. Haroun, Alaa A. I. Shalan, Waleed M. Mahran

“…Methods This is a two-arm, randomized, prospective clinical trial that included 100 eyes of patients with refractory DME divided into 2 equal groups: group 1 received posterior subtenon triamcinolone (STTA) and anti-VEGF injections (0.5 mg ranibizumab), and group 2 received anti-VEGF injections (0.5 mg ranibizumab) only, in the same session. …”
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Meta-Analysis of 11 Heterogeneous Studies regarding Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitor Add-On Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Treated with Insulin by Katsuya Shibuki, Shuji Shimada, Takao Aoyama

“…We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, which compared the efficacy and safety of adding DPP-4 inhibitors or placebo to insulin therapy; the level of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) in the patients was >7.0%, and the duration of treatment was ≥8 weeks. …”
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Effect of Total Saponins of Panax Notoginseng on Lipids Deposition of Apolipoprotein E-Knockout Mice by Changgeng FU, Ruina BAI, Yue LIU, Linzi LONG, Keji CHEN

“…All ApoE^-/-mice were randomly divided into three groups (model group, simvastatin group and total saponins group),and the wild type C57BL/6J mice were taked as the control group. …”
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Index-based livestock insurance schemes to manage climate risks in Ethiopia: determinants of farmer’s willingness to pay and lessons learned from Dasenech district, South Omo by Tagesse Melketo, Degefa Tolossa, Meskerem Abi, Sisay Bedeke, Tenaw Fentaw

“…Cross-sectional data were obtained from 157 cattle farmers, drawn randomly from the study area. The study also used key informant interviews and focus group discussions to collect qualitative data. …”
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The effect of bioelectric and manual impressions on quality of complete dentures and quality of life: A cross over pilot study by Aditi Nanda, Modhupa Ghosh, Smiti Bhardwaj, Mahesh Verma, Harsimran Kaur

“…Material and methods: Ten completely edentulous participants were enrolled in the crossover, pilot study. Participants were randomized in 2 groups. Five participants in each group were rehabilitated by dentures fabricated with TENS facilitated definitive impression technique (group T) and conventional impression technique (group C). …”
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Effectiveness and safety of oral vancomycin for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis: a systematic review and pooled analysis by Wassel Sannaa, Mazen Almasry, Mustafa Peedikayil, Alyssa A. Grimshaw, Mashary Attamimi, Abdulelah AlMutairdi, Badr Al-Bawardy

“…Further prospective randomized trials are needed to confirm the dosing, efficacy, treatment duration, and long-term safety of OVT for the treatment of IBD-PSC. …”
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Physalis Calyx seu Fructus relieves chicken intestinal damage to heat via improving the antioxidant ability by Bin Yin, Changning Juan, Rongling Zhang, Shifa Yang, Haiting Wang, Yueyue Liu, Shikai Song, Zunxiang Yan, Yunpeng Yi, Zengcheng Zhao, Zhongli Huang, Shuqian Lin

“…Primary chicken embryo duodenum cells and 90 30-day-old specific-pathogen-free chicken were randomly divided into control and JDL groups to establish heat stress models in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Responsiveness Index versus the RASS-Based Method for Adjusting Sedation in Critically Ill Patients by Johanna E. Wennervirta, Mika O. K. Särkelä, Markus M. Kaila, Ville Pettilä

“…Methods. 32 critically ill adult patients with mechanical ventilation and administration of sedation were randomized to either RI- or RASS-guided sedation. Patients received propofol and oxycodone, if possible. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of beef providers and consumers regarding microbial safety measures along the supply chain in Mizan-Aman, southwest Ethiopia by Girma Mamo Zegene, Seblework Mekonen Shegen, Seid Tiku Mereta

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among randomly selected beef retailers' owners, managers (n = 44) and systematically selected beef consumers (n = 422). …”
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Stover yield, morphological fractions and nutrient composition of five stay-green sorghum (Sorghum biochar L.) varieties at the physiological maturity stage by Abuye Tulu, Mekonnen Diribsa, Birmeduma Gadisa, Worku Temesgen

“…This study assessed five stay-green sorghum varieties at the Bako Agricultural Research Centre using a randomized complete block design with three replications in 2020, 2021, and 2022. …”
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Impact of serum lipid on recurrence of uterine fibroids: a single center retrospective study by Yimin Ma, Jingjing Weng, Yingying Zhu

“…All included patients were randomly assigned to the training group for nomogram development and the testing group for nomogram validation, with a ratio of 7:3. …”
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Remote Inflammatory Preconditioning Alleviates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Lung Injury via Inhibition of Intrinsic Apoptosis in Rats by Yong Liu, Jiahang Xu, Liang Zhao, Jing Cheng, Baojun Chen

“…Eighteen rats were equally and randomly divided into the control (NS injection), LPS (LPS injection), and RInPC groups. …”
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Curative Effect of AD-MSCs against Cisplatin-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Rats is Potentiated by Azilsartan: Targeting Oxidative Stress, MAPK, and Apoptosis Signaling Pathways by Amany Abdlrehim Bekhit, Olivia N. Beshay, Michael A. Fawzy, Sara Mohamed Naguib Abdel-Hafez, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Farid S. Ataya, Moustafa Fathy

“…After characterization and labeling of AD-MSCs by PKH26 dye, 54 Wistar male albino rats were randomly divided into nine groups: I (CONT), II (AZIL.H), III (CISP), IV (CISP + AZIL.L), V (CISP + AZIL.H), VI (CISP + AD-MSCs), VII (CISP + AZIL.L + AD-MSCs), VIII (CISP + AZIL.H + AD-MSCs), and IX (CISP + VITA C). …”
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Tailored exercise and manual therapy versus standardised exercise for patients with shoulder subacromial pain: a feasibility randomised controlled trial (the Otago MASTER trial) by J Haxby Abbott, Daniel C Ribeiro, Zohreh Jafarian Tangrood, Gisela Sole, Ross Wilson

“…Objectives The aim of this study was to assess whether it was feasible to conduct a full trial comparing a tailored versus a standardised exercise programme for patients with shoulder subacromial pain.Design Two-arm, patient-blinded and assessor-blinded, randomised controlled feasibility trial.Methods Twenty-eight participants with shoulder subacromial pain were randomly allocated into one of two intervention groups—tailored or standardised exercise. …”
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Randomised, pragmatic, waitlist controlled trial of cannabis added to prescription opioid support on opioid dose reduction and pain in adults with chronic non-cancer pain: study pr... by A Eden Evins, Ellie Grossman, Julia Jashinski, Aurora Quaye, Corinne Cather, Kevin Potter, David A Schoenfeld, Jodi M Gilman

“…Participants will be randomly assigned in 1:1 ratio to use cannabis products, primarily from commercial cannabis dispensaries or to abstain from cannabis use for 6 months. …”
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The Effects of Various Restorative Techniques on the Fracture Resistance of Pulpotomized Permanent Premolars by Yasamin Ghahramani, Fereshteh Shafiei, Zahra Jowkar, Sepideh Kazemian

“…One hundred and eight sound extracted maxillary premolars were randomly assigned to nine experimental groups (n = 12). …”
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Chinese Herbal Medicine Combined with Intravitreal Antivascular Growth Factor Agents in Treatment of Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Systematic Review and Meta... by Su Xiaojuan, Li Xiaodong, Fu Zhongmei, Ye Hejiang

“…Seven databases were searched without language or publication status restrictions. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing anti-VEGF combined with CHM (anti-VEGF + CHM) versus anti-VEGF in participants with RVO-ME were included in this study. …”
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Investigation of the Morphometric Diversity of Ali Kazemi Rice in Iran by Seyedeh Mahsa Safiedin Ardebili, Reza Azizinezhad, Sara Saadatmand, Rahim Ahmadvand, Iraj Mehregan

“…In this study, the experiment was carried out in a completely randomized design to discover the diversity among 300 Ali Kazemi rice populations from three provinces (ten populations) in the north of Iran using SPSS, Past, Graph Pad, and Excel software. …”
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Impact of Scleroderma‐Associated Autoantibodies on Clinical Outcome Assessments: Post Hoc Analysis From a Randomised, Double‐blind, Placebo‐controlled, Phase 3 Trial of Tocilizumab... by Basmah Al Dulaijan, Suiyuan Huang, Celia J. F. Lin, Christopher P. Denton, Dinesh Khanna

“…Our objective was to assess the influence of baseline SSc‐Abs on the trajectories of the clinical outcome assessments (COAs) in a phase III randomized controlled trial. Methods We used data on both the groups who received placebo (Pbo) and tocilizumab from the focuSSced trial. …”
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