A phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a valproate/lithium combination in ALS patients by M.-C. Boll, M. Alcaraz-Zubeldia, C. Rios, D. González-Esquivel, S. Montes

“…Methods: Outpatients with a typical ALS presentation were enrolled in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to assess the efficacy of orally administered VPA-Li. …”
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Determination of the physicochemical and microbiological quality of buffalo milk in the south of lake Maracaibo by Luis Álvarez, Alexis Zambrano, Datty Rosales-Zambrano

“…Samples of Milk was taken in triplicate from the tanks according to the COVENIN 938-1983 standard, from the four buffalo production units in the southern area of Lake Maracaibo, collecting 400 mL of milk for each sample, in taking the milk sample. it was homogenized for 5 minutes by stirring. A completely randomized experimental design was carried out, where the parameters evaluated were the mean (x̄), the standard deviation (S), coefficient of variation (CV), Tukey’s post hoc tests using the statistical program Minitab 15 V. 2021. …”
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Application of Zhuang medicine ironing therapy and external application in early functional rehabilitation of patients after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (壮医药熨联合壮医敷贴治疗... by HUANG Biqiu (黄碧秋), MO Lilu (莫理璐), LAN Yanglu (蓝阳露), ZHAO Xiangyue (赵香越)

“…All patients underwent arthroscopic single-bundle reconstruction with autogenous semitendinosus tendon and gracilis tendon. They were randomly divided into observation group and control group, with 50 cases in each group. …”
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Evaluation of a 90-minute school-based resuscitation course with 340 middle school students – a multicenter intervention study by Josephina Kehlert

“…The practical skills were assessed in randomly selected subgroups.Results One month after the course, up to 25% more of the students were able to answer questions correctly regarding relevant CPR parameters. …”
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Effect of Chickpea Straw Silage Processing with Urea, Molasses and Cellulase Enzyme on Chemical Composition, Gas Production, Ruminal and intestinal Digestibility by Zahra Abbasinavand, Jamal Seifdavati, Mojtaba Alipour einaldin, hossein abdibenemar, Farzad Mirzaei Aghjehgheshlagh, reza seyedsharifi

“…After performing the initial calculations and collecting all the data, statistical analysis of the data was done using the SAS statistical software in the form of a completely random design and a 4x4 factorial experiment with the GLM procedure.Results and Discussion: According to the results, processing chickpea straw with urea, molasses, and enzymes increased the percentage of dry matter and the amount of crude protein in the treatments. …”
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A Meta-analysis of Sanyrene in preventing radiation dermatitis of head and neck tumor (赛肤润预防头颈部肿瘤放射性皮炎的Meta分析) by ZHENG Ya (郑雅), ZENG Guqing (曾谷清), PENG Lingying (彭玲英), NI Xiaoyan (倪晓燕), WANG Aoyi (王傲一), PAN Rongjia (潘荣佳), NIAN Fang (年芳)

“…Methods The data of PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, CBM database, Viper database, Wanfang database and CNKI database were searched, and randomized controlled studies on the use of Sanyrene to prevent radiation dermatitis were collected. …”
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Clinical observation of external application of compound Baiyu powder in treating cracked nipples during lactation period and related nursing management (复方白玉散外敷治疗哺乳期乳头皲裂临床疗效观察及护理)... by CHEN Shuangshuang (陈双双), WANG Yuan (王媛), YOU Tingli (游婷李), CHEN Juan (陈娟)

“…Methods A total of 120 women with cracked nipples during lactation period were randomly divided into group A, group B and control group, with 40 cases in each group. …”
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Response of Agronomic Characteristics and Yield of Garlic Plant (Allium sativum L.) to Different Levels of Planting Density and Nutrition by Hadi khavari, Masoud Rafiee

“…Materials and Methods This experiment was conducted as a factorial layout based on a randomized complete block design with three replications during the growing season of 2016- 2017 at the experimental field of Beiranshahr city of Khorramabad in Lorestan Province, Iran. …”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis to examine intrapartum interventions, and maternal and neonatal outcomes following immersion in water during labour and waterbirth by Priscilla J Hall, Claire Feeley, Ethel Burns, Jennifer Vanderlaan

“…Fixed effects models were used when I2 was less than 50%, otherwise random effects models were used. The fail-safe N estimates were calculated to determine the number of studies necessary to change the estimates. …”
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Effect and Mechanism of Action of Pushing Method on Rats with Skeletal Muscle Overuse Injury based on Wnt/β-catenin Signaling Pathway by DUAN Miaomiao, HUANG Bo, RUAN Lei, MU Pangpang, CHEN Yiming, PENG Liang

“…ObjectiveTo observe the effect of pushing method on the repair and regeneration of rats with overuse injury of skeletal muscle, and to explore its mechanism of action based on Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.MethodsForty-two rats were selected and divided into blank group, model group and intervention group according to randomized table method, with 14 rats in each group. …”
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Selection of Superior Sugar Beet Genotypes using the Analysis of Quantitative and Qualitative Traits by Mahdi Hassani, Ali Saremirad, Hamed Mansouri

“…The phenotypic assessment of these experimental genotypes was conducted throughout the 2021 crop year at the Hamedan Agricultural Research Station utilizing an augmented randomized complete block design. The genotypes were cultivated in eight-meter rows spaced 50 cm apart within five incomplete blocks. …”
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Simulation-based training program effect on pediatric nurses’ knowledge and performance regarding heel-prick during newborn blood screening test by Abdulaziz Asiri, Abeer A. Almowafy, Shimaa M. Moursy, Hanan A. Abd-Elhay, Shimaa Abdelrahim Khalaf Ahmed, Aml S. Abdelrahem, Marim T. Abo Seif, Faransa A. Ahmed

“…The sample consisted of 50 nurses recruited from the Maternity & Children Hospital Bisha, Al-Namas General Hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Pediatric Assiut University Hospital in Egypt; they were randomly divided into two groups of 25 nurses, intervention and control. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Outcomes of Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy with D2 and D3 Lymphadenectomy in the Treatment of Patients with Right Colon Cancer by A. A. Nevolskikh, V. A. Avdeenko, Yu. Yu. Mikhaleva, T. P. Pochuev, P. V. Sokolov, R. F. Zibirov, I. P. Reznik, N. D. Silin, L. O. Petrov, S. A. Ivanov, A. D. Kaprin

“…To definitively determine the role of D3 lymph node dissection in the treatment of patients with RCC, large multicenter randomized studies are certainly needed.…”
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Risk assessment of incontinence-related dermatitis in critically ill patients and analysis of related graded nursing measures (危重症患者发生失禁相关性皮炎的风险及相关分级护理措施分析)... by ZHUANG Haiyan (庄海燕), ZHANG Yuanyuan (张媛媛), XIONG Meifeng (熊梅凤)

“…The patients were divided into observation group and control group according to computer random number table method, with 40 cases in each group. …”
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Application of diversified follow-up in diet management of patients with maintenance hemodialysis (多元化随访方式在维持性血液透析患者饮食管理中的应用) by LI Caimei (李彩梅), SHI Chunlian (施春连), REN Yunfeng (任云凤), WANG Jinqiong (王进琼)

“…Methods Totally 68 patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis were randomly divided into the observation group and control group, with 34 cases in each group. …”
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Effect of the Iridoid-rich Fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones on Oxidative Stress in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury by Jiaojuan HUANG, Wenchun WANG, Deqi XIONG, Hao LU, Wu XIANG, Xiaohua ZHAO, Ruihan ZHOU, Anren ZHANG

“…Objective:To investigate the effects of iridoid-rich fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones on oxidative stress in rats with spinal cord injury(SCI)from the histological and molecular biological levels.Methods:A total of sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing(250±30)g were randomly divided into three groups(20 rats per group):the sham-operated group, the model group, and the treatment group with 10 mg/kg iridoid-rich fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones. …”
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Effect of Xingbi Gel Nasal Drops on Rats with Allergic Rhinitis Based on the Nasal Mucosa-Hippocampus Neuroimmune Mechanism by FAN Xueqi, QIU Caixia, YAN Shuiping, ZHUANG Xiangli, AI Si, GUO Lihua, ZHENG Jian

“…ObjectiveTo explore the effect of Xingbi gel nasal drops on rats with allergic rhinitis (AR) based on the nasal mucosa-hippocampus neuroimmune mechanism.MethodsA total of 40 SPF SD rats at postnatal day 21 (PND21) were randomly divided into normal group, model group, traditional Chinese medicine group and western medicine group, with 10 cases in each group. …”
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Micro-expression recognition based on self-supervised masked optical flow(基于自监督掩码光流的人脸微表情识别) by 刘晓宇(LIU Xiaoyu), 谢志华(XIE Zhihua), 周志武(ZHOU Zhiwu)

“…Finally, the augmented dataset is used to pre-train the SMOF model. This method randomly masks partial local patches of the input image and reconstructs the missing pixels in these patches, demonstrating its ability to recover the original information from partial features, thus showcasing strong feature representation capabilities. …”
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Hesperidin enhances broiler growth performance by augmenting gastric acid secretion via the proton pump pathway by Yunfei Li, Mingyuan An, Shasha Wan, Yifan Li, Yusong Du, Yufei Zhao, Huimin Li, Qingzhen Zhong, Zewei Sun

“…A total of 200 newly hatched (1-day-old) broilers with similar body weight were randomly allocated into four groups as follows: the control group receiving only the basal diet, and the other three groups supplemented with 50, 100, and 150 mg of hesperidin per kg of the basal diet, respectively. …”
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A study on the status quo and influencing factors of ICU nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards physical restraints in general hospitals in Guangxi (广西壮族自治区ICU护士实施身体约束知信行... by MA Qiang (马强), LI Gaoye (李高叶), LIAO Tingting (廖婷婷), YU Qin (玉琴), HUANG Xiaobo (黄晓波), WEI Xiu (韦秀), XIE Haijuan (谢海娟)

“…Objective To explore the status quo of ICU nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice of physical restraints use in general hospitals in Guangxi, and to provide a theoretical basis for clinical training and quality control. Methods A simple random sampling method was used to select ICU nurses from Grade III and Grade II hospitals in Guangxi, including 2 Grade III hospitals and 3 Grade II hospitals, with a total of 201 ICU nurses. …”
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