Comparative Study on the Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Acitretin and MTX in the Treatment of Pustular Psoriasis by TLR7/MyD88/CXCL16 Pathway by Jiajing Lu, Yu Wang, Ying Li, Yu Gong, Yangfeng Ding, Yuling Shi

“…A total of 54 patients with pustular psoriasis were randomly divided into control group (n=14) and study group (n=40). …”
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Effect of Xingnao Kaiqiao Acupuncture combined with EEG Biomimetic Electrical Stimulation on Evoked Potential of Patients with Persistent Vegetative State by Lixia DENG, Jiquan LIU, Liangxiang ZHANG, Xiao LV, Xing CHEN, Yigang FENG, Yingying NI

“…Objective:To observe the effect of Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture combined with EEG biomimetic electrical stimulation on brainstem auditory evoked potential (BEAP) and somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) in patients with persistent vegetative state (PVS).Methods:A total of ninety patients with PVS treated in the PVS awareness center of Guangdong 999 Brain hospital were randomly divided into Acupuncture group, Bionic electricity group and Combined group, with thirty cases in each group. …”
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Assessment of Reproductive Performance and Husbandry Practices of Horro and Crossbred Cattle Under Smallholder in Sibu Sire District of East Wollega Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia by Abriham Kebede Deresa, Jiregna Dugassa Kitessa, Yobsan Tamiru Terefa

“…Method A questionnaire survey was used to assess reproductive performance and husbandry practices by using 100 randomly selected animal owners. Result Seventy‐nine percent of animal owners involved were men, ages between 30 and 60. …”
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Gap analysis of maternity service quality and associated factors at a maternity hospital in northwest Iran: a cross-sectional survey using SERVQUAL and HEALTHQUAL questionnaires by Parnian Rahimi, Farzaneh Miri, Alireza Hajizadeh, Azadeh Anbari, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Edris Kakemam

“…Methods This cross-sectional study consists of 350 randomly selected participants visiting a maternity hospital in Tabriz, Iran between November 2022 and February 2023. …”
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Effect of Stroke Unit Nursing Mode on the Prognosis of Patients with Ischemic Stroke by Limin ZHANG, Dong PANG

“…Objective:To observe the effect of stroke unit nursing on the prognosis of patients with ischemic stroke.Methods:A total of 216 patients with ischemic stroke which were treated in the first affiliated hospital of Harbin Medical University were randomly divided to the control group and observation group, with 108 patients in each group. …”
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Impact of fish oil supplementation on plasma levels of highly unsaturated fatty acid-containing lipid classes and molecular species in American football athletes by Veronica Anne Mullins, Justin M. Snider, Bryce Michael, Lydia Rose Porter, Roberta Diaz Brinton, Floyd H. Chilton

“…Methods We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study on 29 Division 1 collegiate American football players, exploring the impact of DHA (2.5 g) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (1.0 g) supplied as ethyl esters, on levels of plasma lipids shown to cross the blood-brain barrier. …”
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The predicted value for venous thromboembolism based on a modified model of caprini combined with fasting blood glucose and D-dimer: a retrospective study by Ping Wang, Yusi Yang, Lin Zheng, Xiaotong Qi, Sheng Yan, Honglin Dong

“…Results and methods We included 953 LEF patients from January 2019 to December 2021 and randomized them in a 7:3 ratio into a training set (n = 667) and a validation set (n = 286). …”
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IMPACT OF DIFFERENT DOSES OF GAMMA IRRADIATION AND ETHYL METHANE SULPHONATE (EMS) ON PLANT GROWTH AND BULB YIELD OF ONION (Allium cepa L.) by Ghosh Shompa Rani, Hossain Md. Mokter, Islam Md. Rofiqul, Md. Nazmul Hasan Mehedi

“…The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with three replicates and nine (9) treatments viz. four gamma irradiation doses (GD50, GD100, GD150, GD200) and four Ethyl Methane Sulphonate (EMS) doses (ED0.1%, ED0.3%, ED0.5%, ED0.7%) and control. …”
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Effect of dietary supplementation of xylanase alone or combination of xylanase and β-glucanase on growth performance, meat quality, intestinal measurements, and nutrient utilizatio... by Deok Yun Kim, Kang Hyeon Kim, Eun Cheol Lee, Ju Kyoung Oh, Min Ah Park, Dong Yong Kil

“…Methods A total of four hundred 8-d-old Ross 308 broiler chickens were randomly allotted to 1 of 4 treatment groups with 10 replicates. …”
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Long-term outcome of photodynamic therapy with hexyl aminolevulinate, 5-aminolevulinic acid nanoemulsion and methyl aminolevulinate for low-risk Basal Cell Carcinomas by M. Salmivuori, M. Grönroos, T. Tani, J. Räsänen, E. Snellman, N. Neittaanmäki

“…Methods: Ninety-eight histologically verified low-risk BCCs on the trunk or extremities were included and randomized into three arms to receive PDT in two sessions with MAL, BF-200 ALA or HAL. …”
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Social Media Potential and Impact on Changing Behaviors and Actions in Skin Health Promotion: Systematic Review by Justyna Martyna Brzozowska, Joanna Gotlib

“…To assess the risk of bias, the following tools were used: the Cochrane Collaboration tool for risk-of-bias assessment (randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental studies) and the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine checklist (cross-sectional studies). …”
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Comparative effectiveness of manual therapy, pharmacological treatment, exercise therapy, and education for neck pain (COMPETE study): protocol of a systematic review with network... by Ana Izabela Sobral de Oliveira-Souza, Jordana Barbosa-Silva, Douglas P. Gross, Bruno R. da Costa, Nikolaus Ballenberger, Tiago V. Pereira, Liz Dennett, Susan Armijo-Olivo

“…Methodology Systematic review (SR) with NMA of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Studies should include adults (aged > 18) with neck pain who received any of the interventions of interest (education, ET, MT, and medication). …”
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Effects of a 16-week dance intervention on loneliness and self-esteem in left behind children: a randomised controlled trial by Xiaolin Li, Qian Yang, Jiayi Long, Linghui Zhou, Chunxia Lu, Zhenqian Zhou, Ming Zeng, Weixin Dong

“…Independent researchers used SPSS 29.0 to randomly assign the eligible 1270 participants to the Experimental group (n = 635) and Control group (n = 635) in a 1:1 ratio. …”
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mHealth-Augmented Care for Reducing Depression Symptom Severity Among Patients With Chronic Pain: Exploratory, Retrospective Cohort Study by Dan Holley, Amanda Brooks, Matthew Hartz, Sudhir Rao, Thomas Zaubler

“…Moreover, our study set the stage for further research, including randomized controlled trials to evaluate causal relationships between mHealth engagement and treatment outcomes in integrated care settings.…”
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a web-based routine assessment with integrated recommendations for action for depression and anxiety (RehaCAT+): protocol for a cluster rand... by Reinhold Kilian, Harald Baumeister, Yannik Terhorst, Johannes Knauer, Paula Philippi, Selina Kallinger, Sandro Eiler, Tamara Waldmann, Morten Moshagen, Martina Bader

“…Twelve participating rehabilitation clinics in Germany will be randomly assigned to a control (RehaCAT) or experimental group (RehaCAT+) in a 1:1 design. …”
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Epicutaneous immunotherapy for food allergy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaohong Xiang, Jingwei Hu, Rangui Sachu, Chonghua Gao, Hongyan Niu, Yi Gao, Shiju Chen, Xiaotian Cui, Xiang Li

“…Two authors independently screened potential studies based on the following criteria: food allergy, epidermal immunotherapy, and randomized controlled trials(RCTs). The risk-of-bias assessment was performed using the Cochrane risk-of-bias 2 (ROB 2) tool. …”
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Systemic therapy a risk factor for glaucoma development and progression by A.M. Getmanova, A.Yu. Brezhnev, A.V. Kuroyedov, V.I. Baranov, A.S. Dvornikov

“…Hence, well-designed prospective randomized controlled studies are required to evaluate these effects. …”
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Study protocol for a randomised-controlled study on emotion regulation training for adolescents with major depression: the KONNI study by Ellen Greimel, Lisa Feldmann, Charlotte Piechaczek, Frans Oort, Jürgen Bartling, Martin Schulte-Rüther, Gerd Schulte-Körne

“…Specifically, we will investigate whether the CR training improves the ability to downregulate negative affect in MD individuals as assessed by behavioural and neurobiological indices, and whether training effects generalise outside the laboratory.Methods and analysis Adolescents with MD will be randomly allocated to a group that either receives a task-based training in CR or a control training. …”
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Prevalence, Causes, and Risk Factors of Visual Impairment in Emiratis and Non-Emiratis of Dubai: A Subnational Population-Based Cross-Sectional Survey by Manal O. Taryam, M. Mansur Rabiu, Shurooq AlBanna, Noora Al Shamsi, Bushra Albastaki, Hayat Khan, Salam Chettiankandi, Wafa Khamis Alnakhi, Hamid Y. Hussain, Prasan Rao, Gurdeep Singh, Sivakami Pai, Mazen M. Sinjab, Lama Toufik Sharbek, Xianwen Shang, Mingguang He

“…Cluster sampling was used to randomly select local (Emirati) and expatriate (non-Emirati) Dubai residents aged 40 years and older. …”
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Partial replacement of soybean meal with mixed plant proteins yields comparable growth and carcass quality in growing-finishing pigs by Wei Han Zhao, Wei Han Zhao, Joo Hyun Ha, Joo Hyun Ha, Sungbo Cho, Sungbo Cho, In Ho Kim, In Ho Kim

“…ObjectiveThis study evaluated the impacts of partial replacement of soybean meal with different concentrations of mixed plant protein products (rapeseed meal (RSM) - palm kernel meal (PKM) -distillers dried grains with soluble (DDGS)) on growth performance and carcass quality of growing-finishing pigs.MethodsA total of 180 crossbred [Yorkshire x Landrace] pigs with average initial weight of 29.72 + 1.65 Kg were randomly assigned to one of five dietary treatment groups on the basis of weight and sex, and the experimental duration was 105 days. …”
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