Impact of position of bolster on outcome of prone PCNL—A randomized clinical trial by Vikram Singh, Ishwar Ram Dhayal, Sanjeet Kumar Singh, Alok Srivastava, Nandan Rai

“…Materials and Methods It was a randomized clinical trial. Patients in whom superior calyceal puncture was done were divided into two groups by systematic sampling method, group 1 (horizontal bolster) and group 2 (vertical bolster), 50 patients in each group. …”
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Mesalazine for People with Diverticular Disease: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials by Andrea Iannone, Marinella Ruospo, Germaine Wong, Michele Barone, Mariabeatrice Principi, Alfredo Di Leo, Giovanni F. M. Strippoli

“…Results. We identified 13 randomized trials (n=3028 participants). There was a higher likelihood of disease remission with mesalazine than controls in acute uncomplicated diverticulitis (1 trial, 81 participants, RR=2.67, 95%CI=1.05-6.79), but not in symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease (1 trial, 123 participants, RR=1.04, 95%CI=0.81-1.34). …”
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A Novel Simulator of Nonstationary Random MIMO Channels in Rayleigh Fading Scenarios by Qiuming Zhu, Xinglin Liu, Xuefeng Yin, Xiaomin Chen, Cuiwei Xue

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А quantitative estimate of uncertainty of the random scattering of the average clearance and interference in mating by N. N. Chigrik

“…The main result of the study is related with ensuring the receipt for the assembly of an equal number of parts, to the conclusion possessing novelty of the analytical dependences of finding a quantitative estimate of the uncertainty of the random scattering of the average clearance and interference in the mating, the random scattering of the average size relative to the upper and lower acceptance boundaries. …”
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ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY FOR TREATING SPINAL STENOSIS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS by Rafael Augusto da Silva Aparício, Rodrigo Freitas Maringoni de Oliveira, Felipe de Almeida Pinto, Carlos Gorios, Lorran Azevedo Zanon, Alessandra Masi

“…Method: This is an integrative literature review that surveyed the PUBMED database using the following search strategy: spinal[title] AND stenosis[title] AND surgery[title]. Only randomized clinical trials published in the last 10 years were included in the sample. …”
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Testing the Strength of Chaotic Systems as Seeds in a Pseudo Random Bit Generator by Lazaros Moysis, Marcin Lawnik, Christos Volos, Murilo S. Baptista, Sotirios K. Goudos, George F. Fragulis

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Pulse Width Modulation Control of Mecanum-Wheeled Mobile Robot With Random Noise by Ruijie Yin, Zhaojing Wu, Likang Feng

“…Pulse width modulation (PWM) control is investigated for the Mecanum-wheeled mobile robot (MWMR) driven by servo motors with random disturbance. As a preliminary, PWM strategy of random nonlinear systems is obtained by the aid of the functional analysis tool. …”
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Stochastic dynamics and survival analysis of a cell population model with random perturbations by Cristina Anton, Alan Yong

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Vulnerability analysis on random matrix theory for power grid with flexible impact loads by Chuan Long, Shengyong Ye, Xinying Zhu, Minghai Xu, Xinting Yang, Yuqi Han, Liyang Liu

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Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotics after Surgery for Peritonitis: A Randomized Controlled Study by Juliette C. Slieker, Steve Aellen, Philippe Eggimann, Valentine Guarnero, Markus Schäfer, Nicolas Demartines

“…Patients with peritonitis were randomized postoperatively. The control group received antibiotics for a defined duration according to institutional guidelines. …”
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Levetiracetam versus Phenobarbitone in Neonatal Seizures - An Open label Randomized Controlled Trial by Nikhil D Kulkarni, Suman Rao P N, B Lakshmi Parvathi, Swarnarekha Bhat

“…An open-label parallel randomized controlled trial RCT was conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit NICU in IndiaResultsnbspSeizure cessation rates were 70 in the levetiracetam group and 66.6 in the phenobarbitone group with no statistically significant difference P 0.83.ConclusionnbspLevetiracetam and phenobarbitone demonstrated comparable efficacy and safety in managing neonatal seizures. …”
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A note on the probability structure of a doubly randomized delayed start design by Zhao Yang

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TWO-POINT BOUNDARY PROBLEM SOLUTION BY NON-GRADIENT RANDOM SEARCH METHOD by V. A. Malkin

Subjects: “…dynamical system, optimal control, pontryagin’s maximum principle, non-gradient random search method…”
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A measure of the difference between test sets for generating controlled random tests by V. N. Yarmolik, V. V. Petrovskaya, I. Mrozek

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Causal role of plasma liposome in diabetic retinopathy: mendelian randomization (MR) study by Kai Yin, Lu Ding, Xueyan Li, Yuqi Zhang, Siyu Song, Liyuan Cao, Ruixue Deng, Min Li, Zirui Li, Qinjing Xia, Daqing Zhao, Xiangyan Li, Zeyu Wang

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Traverse Vibration of Axially Moving Laminated SMA Beam considering Random Perturbation by Hao Ying, Gao Minglei

“…The nonlinear random vibration of axially moving shape memory alloy (SMA) laminated beam under transverse loads is investigated. …”
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Randomized radial basis function neural network for solving multiscale elliptic equations by Yuhang Wu, Ziyuan Liu, Wenjun Sun, Xu Qian

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Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analysis of the Association Between Mitochondrial Proteins and Neurodegenerative Diseases by Fangyuan Wang, Zhou Jing, Qingyi Wang, Minghe Li, Bingqi Lu, Ao Huo, Chenglin Zhao, Huanyu Zhou, Wulong Liang, Weihua Hu, Xudong Fu

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Polarity dependent predictable and random resistive switching in forming-free unipolar memristors by Venkata Rao Rayapati, Sahitya Varma Vegesna, Vinayak Jayram Bhat, Daniel Blaschke, Marco Diegel, Andrea Dellith, Jan Dellith, Danilo Bürger, Ilona Skorupa, Heidemarie Schmidt

“…Polycrystalline, hexagonal HoMnO3 thin films sandwiched between an un-patterned Pt/Ti bottom electrode and a circularly patterned Al top electrode reveal forming-free, polarity dependent predictable and random, unipolar resistive switching with stable retention, and a resistance ratio between high resistance state (HRS) and low resistance state (LRS) larger than 104. …”
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Rheumatoid Arthritis, Circulating Inflammatory Proteins, and Hypertension: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Guobing Jia, Tao Guo, Lei Liu, Chengshi He

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