Emerging Therapeutic Modalities and Pharmacotherapies in Neuropathic Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Parallel Randomized Controlled Trials by Ernest Kissi Kontor, Catherine Wellan, Hafiz Mohammad Maaz, Daha Garba Muhammad, Almonzer Al-Qiami, Amin Sharifan, Jessica Kumah, Hester Lacey, Abdelmonem Siddiq, Nityanand Jain

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Clinical Effect of Teucrium polium Extract Ointment on Post Pilonidal Sinus Excision Wound Healing: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Reza Hosseinpour, Nuruddin Hosseini, Seyedeh Fatemeh Hekmatzadeh, Saadat Mehrabi, Hossein Sadeghi Mansourkhani, Marita Mohamadshahi

“…A total of 132 participants admitted to public hospitals in Yasuj with pilonidal sinus disease were randomized into three groups: T. polium ointment, serum, and placebo. …”
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Effect of Task Specific Exercises, Gait Training, and Visual Biofeedback on Equinovarus Gait among Individuals with Stroke: Randomized Controlled Study by Mohamed Elsayed Khallaf, Ahmed Maher Gabr, Eman Elsayed Fayed

“…Sixteen subjects with ischemic stroke were randomly assigned to two equal groups (G1 and G2). …”
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Local Anesthesia Versus Saddle Block for Open Hemorrhoidectomy: Cost-Analysis From a Randomized, Double Blind Controlled Trial. by Sikakulya, Franck Katembo, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Okedi, Xaviour Francis, Baluku, Moris, Lule, Herman, Kiyaka, Sonye Magugu, Muhumuza, Joshua, Selamo, Fabrice Molen, Bassara, Godefroy Nyenke, Waziri, Musa Abbas, Kithinji, Stephen Mbae, Mugisho, Munyerenkana Leocadie, Byamungu, Pahari Kagenderezo, Munihire, Jeannot Baanitse, Vahwere, Bienfait Mumbere, Kiswezi, Ahmed, Kyamanywa, Patrick

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Pain Assessment Following Open Hemorrhoidectomy Under Local Anesthesia Versus Saddle Block: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. by Sikakulya, Franck Katembo, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Okedi, Xaviour Francis, Baluku, Moris, Lule, Herman, Kiyaka, Sonye Magugu, Kyamanywa, Patrick

“…Methods This was a prospective equivalence randomized, double-blind controlled trial conducted from December 2021 to May 2022 among patients with primary uncomplicated 3rd or 4th-degree hemorrhoids. …”
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A cross-tissue transcriptome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility genes for benign prostatic hyperplasia by Li Wang, Si-yu Chen, Jian-wei Yang, Kang-yu Wang, Kun-peng Li, Shun Wan, Xiao-ran Li, Li Yang

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An integrated investigation of mitochondrial genes in COPD reveals the causal effect of NDUFS2 by regulating pulmonary macrophages by Xiaoli Zou, Qiqing Huang, Tutu Kang, Shaoran Shen, Chenxi Cao, Jianqing Wu

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Prediction of Thermal Conductivity of a Rock Wool Board by Computer X-Ray Tomography Technique Scanning and Random Generation-Growth Model by Xiaoguang Li, Rui Zhang, Diya Zhang, Xin Fan, Meiqi Guo, Jinyi Qin

“…Although distribution of fibers in a realistic rock wool board is unclear, it can be simulated by computer X-ray tomography technique (CT) followed by rearrangement through the random generation-growth (RGG) model. An ideal CT-RGG structure model of rock wool boards (CT-random generation-growth model) was established by simplifying material properties based on the mesostructure parameters of the RGG model. …”
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Limiting Behavior of the Maximum of the Partial Sum for Linearly Negative Quadrant Dependent Random Variables under Residual Cesàro Alpha-Integrability Assumption by Jiangfeng Wang, Qunying Wu

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Ordinal Random Tree with Rank-Oriented Feature Selection (ORT-ROFS): A Novel Approach for the Prediction of Road Traffic Accident Severity by Bita Ghasemkhani, Kadriye Filiz Balbal, Kokten Ulas Birant, Derya Birant

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A Real-Time Train Timetable Rescheduling Method Based on Deep Learning for Metro Systems Energy Optimization under Random Disturbances by Jinlin Liao, Feng Zhang, Shiwen Zhang, Cheng Gong

“…A well-trained decision network can provide effective solutions in real time after random disturbances occur, in order to optimize the net traction energy consumption of trains in metro systems. …”
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Water conservation assessment and its influencing factors identification using the InVEST and random forest model in the northern piedmont of the Qinling Mountains by Song He, Hui Qian, Yuan Liu, Xiaoguang Zhao, Fengmei Su, Huan Ma, Zilong Guan, Tao Zhang

“…Study focus: By combining the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) and random forest model, the current study assessed the water conservation in the NPQM, one of the most significant Earth's critical zone in China, and identified the key factors influencing it. …”
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Estimating the accumulation and re-accumulation of commercial tobacco, electronic cigarette, and cannabis waste based on a stratified random sample of census blocks by Georg E. Matt, Lydia Greiner, Kristina Tran, Joseph Gibbons, Michael Vingiello, Paula Stigler Granados, Ronald Shadbegian, Thomas E. Novotny

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Investigating Contributors to Hit-and-Run Violations in Urban River-Crossing Road Tunnels: A Random Parameter Logit Model With Heterogeneity in Means by Dengzhong Wang, Jiayu Zhou, Gen Li, Haigen Min, Chenming Jiang, Linjun Lu

“…This paper built three models (the logit model, the random parameter logit model, and the random parameter logit model with heterogeneity in means) based on a dataset consisting of crashes reported in thirteen river-crossing tunnels in Shanghai, China. …”
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Implementation of a Time-Domain Random-Walk Method into a Discrete Element Method to Simulate Nuclide Transport in Fractured Rock Masses by Yuexiu Wu, Quansheng Liu, Andrew H. C. Chan, Hongyuan Liu

“…It is essential to study nuclide transport with underground water in fractured rock masses in order to evaluate potential radionuclide leakage in nuclear waste disposal. A time-domain random-walk (TDRW) method was firstly implemented into a discrete element method (DEM), that is, UDEC, in this paper to address the pressing challenges of modelling the nuclide transport in fractured rock masses such as massive fractures and coupled hydromechanical effect. …”
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Changes in seasonal influenza vaccination uptake among older adults during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: Repeated random telephone surveys by Xue Liang, Cichong Cai, Fuk-Yuen Yu, Danhua Ye, Yuan Fang, Phoenix K. H. Mo, Zixin Wang

“…This study investigated the changes in seasonal influenza vaccination (SIV) uptake and its determinants among older adults during and after the COVID-19 period. Two rounds of random telephone surveys were conducted among 440 and 373 community-living individuals aged ≥65 y, the first between November 2021 and January 2022 and the second between October 2023 and January 2024. …”
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Tracer transport in fractured porous media: Distribution of tracer concentration within the rock matrix and the implementation of time domain random walk algorithm by Qing Zhao, Shuo Meng, Longcheng Liu

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Evaluation of the Utility of the Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Method and of the Semi-Specific PCR to Assess the Genetic Diversification of the Gerbera jamesonii Bolus Line by Zbigniew Rusinowski, Olga Domeradzka

“…The studies of the genetic diversification of Gerbera cultivars employing the aforementioned methods made it possible to conduct a concentration analysis and evaluation of the genetic distance between the lines, manifesting at the same time the superiority of the semi-random PCR method. Moreover, it transpired that the use of mixtures of RAPD primers not always leads to an increase of the number of generated polymorphic bands.…”
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Prediction of fish (Coilia nasus) catch using spatiotemporal environmental variables and random forest model in a highly turbid macrotidal estuary by Vishal Singh Rawat, Gubash Azhikodan, Katsuhide Yokoyama

“…This study aims to predict the catch per unit effort (CPUE) of the Japanese Grenadier Anchovy (Coilia nasus) in the Chikugo River estuary by analyzing an extensive dataset of hourly fish catches and environmental variables through Random Forest (RF) models. The fish catch data for C. nasus, collected at 14.6–16 km upstream from the river mouth during the spawning season of every year from 2009 to 2020 using traditional fishing methods, was used. …”
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Non-random mating behaviour between diverging littoral and pelagic three-spined sticklebacks in an invasive population from Upper Lake Constance by Tobias Zeidler, Albert Ros, Samuel Roch, Arne Jacobs, Juergen Geist, Alexander Brinker

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