Mining hypertension predictors using decision tree: Baseline data of Kharameh cohort study by abbas Rezaianzadeh, Samane Nematolahi, maryam jalali, Shayan Rezaeianzadeh, Masoumeh Ghoddusi Johari, Seyed Vahid Hosseini

“…The study included 2510 hypertensive and 7840 non-hypertensive individuals. 70% of the cases were randomly allocated to the training dataset for establishing the decision tree, while the remaining 30% were used as the testing dataset for performance evaluation of the decision-tree. …”
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Early growth and dry matter partitioning of yellow passion fruit as affected by time of application and method of poultry manure placement by Okorie Okoro Ndukwe, Ibeabuchi Uko, Stella Muojiama, Chinyere Ndukwe, Amanda Okoh, Paul Baiyeri

“…The experiments were laid out as completely randomized design, replicated five and six times, respectively for PM placement methods and time of PM application. …”
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IMPACT OF NANO-CONVENTIONAL NPK FOLIAR APPLICATION AND ROW DISTANCE ON SOME GROWTH AND CHEMICAL TRAITS OF SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L.) by J. J. Hashim, S. A. Kakarash

“…This study explored the effect of different levels of NPK fertilizers, including nano-conventional NPK foliar applications at two stages 30 and 55 days after planting and two row distance (50, 70 cm) on the growth and chemical traits of sunflower using a factorial experimental design within a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replicates. …”
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Under a not so white sky: visual impacts of stratospheric aerosol injection by Ansar Lemon, David W Keith, Steve Albers

“…During high sun, sky whitening from sulfate SAI at −2 W m ^−2 is undetectable for roughly half of observers chosen randomly from the global population. For the remainder of the population, we expect whitening to still be unnoticeable for all but perhaps the most astute observers aided by color samples. …”
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Evaluation of three remineralizing agents on surface roughness of enamel. by Vian O. Majeed, Hemn M. Sarmamy, Rebin A. Mohammedamin

“…Afterward, specimens were randomly divided into four groups of 10 teeth. Each group was immersed and kept in an artificial saliva solution. …”
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Zinc Supplementation Mitigates High Salt Diet-Induced Bone Damage: A Histological Evaluation of Osteocyte Apoptosis by Kaukab Anjum, Abdullah Qamar, Nomana Mahmood, Muhammad Marghoob Khan, Shazia Imran, Ayesha Ali

“…Thirty female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups: control (Group C), high-salt diet (Group A), and high-salt diet with zinc supplementation (Group B). …”
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Characteristics of Chips From Scales of Carp, Tilapia and Gourami Fish Using Various Coating Flours by Decky Sapuan Ramadhani, Reza Widyasaputra, Ngatirah Ngatirah

“…This study using a randomized complete block design with two factors. The first factor is the type of fish scales, A1 (carp fish scales), A2 (tilapia fish scales) and A3 (gourami fish scales). …”
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Psychological interventions for refugees with depression: a systematic literature review by Cornelia Uhr, Silke Pawils, Nexhmedin Morina, Heba Alkailani, Franka Metzner

“…Nine studies were designed as a randomized controlled trial (RCT), with only one of them using an active control group. …”
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Outcomes for Dostarlimab and Real-World Treatments in Post-platinum Patients With Advanced/Recurrent Endometrial Cancer: The GARNET Trial Versus a US Electronic Health Record-Based... by Scott Goulden, Qin Shen, Robert L. Coleman, Cara Mathews, Matthias Hunger, Ankit Pahwa, Rene Schade

“…**Discussion:** Consistent with previous analyses, patients treated with dostarlimab had significantly longer OS than patients in the US real-world cohort after adjusting for the lack of randomization using stabilized IPTW. Additionally, patients had a long TTD when treated with dostarlimab, suggesting a favorable tolerability profile. …”
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Effect of Nigella sativa extract on nasal mucosal inflammation in rats exposed to cigarette smoke by Fathika Alamanda, Anna Mailasari Kusuma Dewi, Dwi Marliyawati, Yanuar Iman Santosa

“…Twenty-five Wistar rats were randomly assigned to one of the five groups: negative control (K-), positive control (K+), and three treatment groups of P1, P2, and P3 receiving NS at the dose of 0.5, 1, and 1.5 g/kg bw/day, respectively. …”
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Optimizing growth, yield, and water use efficiency of Allium hirtifolium with salicylic acid under water stress condiions by Peyman Yousefvand, Yousef Sohrabi, Andrea Mastinu, Gholamreza Heidari, Weria Weisany

“…Conducted over three consecutive growing seasons in a field (2016–2019), The study was conducted as split plot based on randomized complete block design with four replications. …”
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Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization and Nitrogen Fixing Endophytic Bacteria Supplementation on Soil Fertility, N Uptake, Growth, and Yield of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Cultivated o... by Le Vinh Thuc, Tran Ngoc Huu, Trinh Minh Ngoc, Nguyen Hong Hue, Le Thanh Quang, Do Thi Xuan, Tran Chi Nhan, Ly Ngoc Thanh Xuan, Le Thi My Thu, Isao Akagi, Jun-Ichi Sakagami, Nguyen Quoc Khuong

“…The experiment followed a completely randomized block design with two factors. The first one was the levels of N fertilizer used, including 0, 50, 75, and 100% N of recommended fertilizer formula (RFF), and the other consisted of no bacteria applied, an individual strain of Enterobacter cloacae ASD-48 or E. cloacae ASD-21 applied, and their mixture, with 5 replicates. …”
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Diagnostic role of circulating long non-coding RNA LINC00312 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study by Ruoqian Zhang, Yan Jiang, Jing Gu, Xilin Zhang, Yanping Xie

“…The participates were randomly assigned into the training and validation groups with a ratio of 6:4, while the remaining was named as the exosomal group. …”
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A solution at the doorsteps: Improved biofertilizer enhances soil fertility and yield of Chili ( Capsicum an-nuumL.) in Bhutan by Sonam Tashi, Kesang Wangchuk, Erica Udas, Sonam Gaki, Kamal Aryal

“…The experiments were Randomized Complete Block Designs (RCBD) consisting of three treatments (cattle dung/ urine: Jholmal 1, cattle urine: Jholmal 2, and Control), and each treatment was replicated four times. …”
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Relationship between Heightened Level of Aggression and Lower Digit Ratio in a Cohort of Children in Conflict with the Law by Isyaku Gwarzo Mukhtar, Hassan Sani Umar, Safiyyu Mujitapha Umar

“…Materials and Methods: One hundred and twenty participants aged 12–17 years (median = 15) consisting of 60 male children in conflict with the law at a remand home in Northern Nigeria and 60 age-matched normal controls were randomly recruited. Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire was used to assess aggression, whereas 2D:4D was measured directly on the second and fourth fingers. …”
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Advancing precision agriculture with deep learning enhanced SIS-YOLOv8 for Solanaceae crop monitoring by Ruiqian Qin, Yiming Wang, Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaoyan Liu, Helong Yu

“…The research introduces three key modules: 1) a Fusion-Inception Conv module to improve feature extraction against complex backgrounds like rain and haze; 2) a C2f-SIS module incorporating Style Randomization to enhance generalization ability for different crop diseases and extract more detailed disease features; and 3) an SPPF-IS module to boost model robustness through feature fusion. …”
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A Mechanism Exploration of Metabolic Syndrome Causing Nodular Thyroid Disease by Zexin Li, Lili Zhang, Yingshi Huang, Peixuan Yang, Wencan Xu

“…A total of 2722 subjects, who underwent health checkup in our institute from December 2014 to November 2018, were retrospectively and randomly collected. After exclusion, 2068 subjects were chosen, and their anthropic and clinical data were collected. …”
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Fracture resistance and failure mode of three esthetic CAD-CAM post and core restorations by Islam T. Fathey, Amir Shoukry Azer, Islam M. Abdelraheem

“…The prepared teeth were randomly allocated to receive a post and core restoration made of one of the following materials (n=13): glass fiber-reinforced composite (FRC), polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and polymer-infiltrated ceramic-network (PICN). …”
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Is it possible to talk about violence climate in grassroots sport? A study on the psychosocial adaptations of young athletes by Juan González-Hernández, Manuel Gómez-López, Gustavo Carlo, David Manzano-Sánchez

“…The present study aimed to establish a predictive model of the influence of exposure to violence in initiation sports on peer social relations under competitive situations in young athletes.MethodThrough a descriptive, non-randomized, and associative study, a sample of 503 young athletes (Mage = 14.76 1 ± 72 years; 54.80% girls) was recollected, belonging to different Spanish sports centres who completed instruments designed to identify their exposure to violence, prosocial and aggressive tendencies among peers, and competitiveness.ResultsThe results show that increased exposure to violence in sports amplifies those effects that excessive motivation for success and external influences, increases the likelihood of aggressive behaviors in young athletes (mainly in boys), while the emergence of prosocial skills in both boys and girls reduces aggressiveness and exposure to violent behaviors.DiscussionFor this reason, to offer a more than relevant background in reducing the effects of excessive competitiveness in grassroots sport, scientific contributions on the protective efficacy of prosocial tendencies against the emergence of aggressive behavior. …”
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Study on the Analgesic Efficacy of Femoral Nerve Block for Post-Hip Arthroscopy Pain by Mengwen Xue, Li Zhang, Ruiping Bai, Rui An, Jiarui Li, Xin Shen

“…Methods A total of 148 patients undergoing hip arthroscopy were included and randomly divided into three groups: 0.3% ropivacaine FNB group, 0.4% ropivacaine FNB group, and 0.4% ropivacaine intra-articular injection (IAI) group (positive control). …”
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