Evaluation of the effect of Irritrol as final irrigant against Staphylococcus epidermidis: an in Vitro Study. by Hezha Saadi Hassan, Diyar Khalid Bakr

“…All of the samples were infected with standard strains of Staphylococcus Epidermidis. Samples were randomly divided into five groups, and five teeth were put as a control group to be compared to the samples after disinfection. …”
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Optimizing sowing date for enhanced heat stress tolerance in canola (Brassica napus L.): Investigating impacts on seed yield, oil content, and fatty acids composition by Seyed Ahmad Kalantar Ahmadi, Mohsen Sarhangi

“…An experiment was carried out as strip block based on randomized completed block design with three replications in Safiabad Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center of Dezful during two cropping seasons (2017–2019). …”
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Contradictory Effect of Lymphocyte Therapy and Prednisolone Therapy on CD3+CD8+CD56+ Natural Killer T Population in Women with Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion by Fatemeh Rezayat, Nafiseh Esmaeil, Abbas Rezaei, Roya Sherkat

“…One hundred and five women with RSA were distributed into three treatment groups randomly. Materials and Methods: Fifty women in the group of low-dose prednisolone therapy, fifty women in the LIT group and five women without any treatment as the control group were included in the study. …”
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Implementation of a goal-directed Care Bundle for intracerebral hemorrhage: Results of embedded process evaluation in the INTERACT3 trial. by Menglu Ouyang, Anila Anjum, Francisca Gonzalez Mc Cawley, Mohammad Wasay, Lu Ma, Xin Hu, Xiaoying Chen, Alejandra Malavera, Xi Li, Paula Muñoz Venturelli, H Asita de Silva, Nguyen Huy Thang, Kolawole W Wahab, Jeyaraj D Pandian, Octavio M Pontes-Neto, Carlos Abanto, Venessa Cano-Nigenda, Antonio Arauz, Chao You, Stephen Jan, Lili Song, Craig S Anderson, Hueiming Liu, INTERACT3 Investigators

“…The third, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized, Intensive Care Bundle with Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Trial (INTERACT3), has shown that a goal-directed multi-faceted Care Bundle incorporating protocols for the management of physiological variables was safe and effective for improving functional recovery in a broad range of patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). …”
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Paeoniflorin alleviates sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in mice by inhibiting aerobic glycolysis through the β-catenin/c-Myc pathway by GONG Yu, LEI Jiao, ZHANG Ming

“…Twenty-four male C57BL/6J mice （6~8 weeks old， weighing 20~25 g） were randomly divided into Control group， model group， PF group （intraperitoneally injected with 50 mg/kg PF 30 min before LPS administration）， and β-catenin specific agonist BML284 group （10 mg/kg BML284 by intraperitoneal injection after 50 mg/kg PF administration）. …”
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Compliance of healthcare workers with the infection prevention and control guidance in tertiary care hospitals: quantitative findings from an explanatory sequential mixed-methods s... by Syed Shariful Islam, Syed Moniruzzaman, M Atiqul Haque, Sarmin Sultana, Marium Salwa, Mohammad Tanvir Islam, Md Maruf Haque Khan

“…Objectives To assess healthcare workers’ (HCWs) compliance with the infection prevention and control (IPC) practices and identify the factors influencing this compliance using the Health Belief Model as the theoretical framework.Design Quantitative data from an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study were employed in this research.Participants and settings From 17 May to 30 August 2020, 604 physicians and nurses working at six randomly selected tertiary care facilities in Dhaka City in Bangladesh took part in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measures Compliance with the WHO’s guidance on IPC measures, as well as the associated factors, was the primary outcome.Results A mean compliance score of 0.49 (±0.25) was observed on a 0–1 scale. …”
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Hormonal induction maturation of silver pompano Trachinotus blochii by Wiwin Kusuma Atmaja Putra, Tengku Said Raza’i

“…This study used a completely randomized design with four treatments and three replications, i.e NaCl 90% (control) (0.5 mL/kg), hCG (20 IU/kg fish body weight), PMSG (20 IU/kg fish body weight), and PG600 (20 IU/kg fish body weight). …”
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Post-Marketing Pharmacovigilance of Canakinumab from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) by Weidong Zhang, Yunzhou Chen, Zeyu Yao, Mengling Ouyang, Minghui Sun, Shupeng Zou

“…Furthermore, 30 PTs demonstrated a high level of evidence, primarily derived from FDA prescribing information, randomized controlled trials, and systematic reviews. …”
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Problems of healing chronic wounds by N. M. Babenko, O. B. Litvinova, S. B. Pavlov, M. V. Kumechko, V. V. Komarchuk

“…Despite the positive results obtained using the methods described above, there is a need for additional experimental studies and randomized controlled trials. Conclusions. Chronic wounds develop as a result of severe systemic diseases, and major mechanical injuries against the background of a decrease in physiological reserves due to emotional and psychological stress, obesity, etc. …”
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The optimal dose of intravenous tranexamic acid for reducing blood loss in spinal surgery: a network meta-analysis by Bo Shi, Wenjuan Xie, Jia Kai, Lijun Li, Lin Sun

“…Methods A systematic search was conducted in the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library database from inception until November 2023. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) incorporating diverse TXA dosing regimens for spinal surgery were included. …”
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Cell-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Shoulder and Elbow Tendinopathies: A Scoping Review by Berardo Di Matteo, Riccardo Ranieri, Angelo Manca, Simone Cappato, Maurilio Marcacci, Elizaveta Kon, Alessandro Castagna

“…However, the lack of high-level evidence and the presence of controversial issues, such as interproduct variability, harvest source, and application strategies, do not allow standardization of these novel biologic approaches, whose efficacy needs to be confirmed with properly designed randomized trials.…”
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Using waist circumference as a predictor of hypertension in Manzese, Dar es Salaam: a community-based cross-sectional study, 2023 by Godbless Henry Mfuru, James N. Allan, Agnes Njau, Omary Ubuguyu, Khadija Y. Malima

“…Adults who attended a screening campaign were systematically randomly sampled. Data were collected using WHO STEPwise Approach to Chronic Disease Risk Factor Surveillance questionnaire. …”
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Unlocking the full potential of resistance training: a comparative analysis of low- and high-intensity effects on neurotrophic growth factors and homocysteine by Chongwen Zuo, Yi Yin, Zhiyang Zheng, Ren Mu, Yuxin Liang, Shan Wang, Chaoqun Ye

“…Methods Twelve young male adults, predominantly engaged in various sports activities but without prior strength training experience, were recruited to participate in a randomized controlled cross-over trial. They implemented two different resistance training protocols: high intensity (HIRT, 12 repetitions at 80% 1RM) and low intensity (LIRT, 24 repetitions at 40% 1RM). …”
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Effect of Liuzijue Combined with Inspiratory Muscle Training on Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by WANG Qing, LIU Siyuan, CAO Haihao, QU Xinjie, ZHANG Linlin, BI Hongyan

“…ObjectiveTo explore the effect of Liuzijue combined with inspiratory muscle training on lung function, exercise endurance and quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).MethodsA total of 60 patients with COPD in the rehabilitation department of the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from March 2020 to June 2021 were randomly divided into control group, inspiratory muscle training group and Liuzijue combined with inspiratory muscle training group (combined group), with 20 cases in each group. …”
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Photostimulation decreases fearfulness, but improves growth performance and egg quality of breeder Pekin ducks by E.M. Oluwagbenga, J.M. Schober, M.M. Bergman, D.M. Karcher, C. Chavez, G.S. Fraley

“…Lighting is a critical environmental factor that influences production performance and welfare of poultry, however Pekin ducks can typically be housed under 24 h (24 h) of light. 460 hatchlings were randomly allocated to 4 rooms with two pens in each room. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of histophysiology, transcriptomics and metabolomics in goslings exposed to gossypol acetate: unraveling hepatotoxic mechanisms by Jun Yu, Jun Yu, Haiming Yang, Jian Wang, Zixin Huang, Shi Chen, Hongchang Zhao, Jun Wang, Zhiyue Wang

“…Forty-eight 7-day-old male goslings with similar body weight (BW) were randomly assigned to two groups: a control group, receiving a saline solution (0.9%, 2.5 mL/kg BW), and a GA-treated group, administered GA at 50 mg/kg BW orally for 14 days. …”
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Comparison of Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and Microcurrent Nerve Stimulation (MENS) in the Management of Masticatory Muscle Pain: A Comparative Study by B. Saranya, Junaid Ahmed, Nandita Shenoy, Ravikiran Ongole, Nanditha Sujir, Srikant Natarajan

“…The patients with TMD were randomly divided into two groups, A and B, based on their VAS scale. …”
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Efficacy in Japanese adults with growth hormone deficiency receiving weekly somapacitan or daily growth hormone: results from phase 3 REAL 1 trial by Fumio Otsuka, Michael Højby Rasmussen, Takaaki Endo, Claus Sværke, Shigeyuki Tahara, Gudmundur Johannsson

“…This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of somapacitan and daily GH in Japanese individuals with AGHD.MethodsThis subgroup study included the 34-week main period of the multinational, randomized, parallel-group, phase 3 trial, REAL 1 (NCT02229851). …”
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Comparison of the Clinical Performance of Refractive Rotationally Asymmetric Multifocal IOLs with Other Types of IOLs: A Meta-Analysis by Zequan Xu, Wenzhe Li, Lianqun Wu, Shuang Xue, Xu Chen, Qiang Wu

“…A comprehensive literature search of PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and Web of Science up to February 2017 was performed to identify randomized controlled trials (RCT) and comparative cohort studies. …”
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Effects of Food on the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of HA121-28 Tablet, a Novel Multi-Targeting Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, in Healthy Chinese Subjects: A Phase I Clinical Trial by Liu Y, Li X, Zhang M, Men Y, Wang Y, Zhu X, Zheng L

“…The objectives of this study were to assess the effect of high-fat and high-calorie food on the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile and safety of HA121-28 tablet in healthy subjects.Patients and Methods: A single-dose, randomized, open-label, two-period, crossover-designed phase I clinical trial was conducted. …”
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