Iliopsoas plane block versus femoral nerve block for postoperative quality of recovery following hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial by Bo-wei Jiang, Ying Guo, Ya-nan Han, Yan-hui Bai, Xu Chen, Ke-fei Zhao, Yi-bo Liu, Chun-guang Wang

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Effects of colloid versus crystalloid priming on early haemodynamics in critically ill patients receiving CRRT: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Ling Zhang, Bo Wang, Zhifeng Zhou, Yingying Yang, Renli Mao

“…Introduction Despite the acknowledged advantage of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in maintaining stable haemodynamics compared with intermittent haemodialysis, hypotension remains a common complication, affecting up to 43% of patients immediately following CRRT. …”
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0.9% Saline versus Ringer’s lactate as initial fluid in children with diabetic ketoacidosis: a double-blind randomized controlled trial by Devi Dayal, Karthi Nallasamy, Muralidharan Jayashree, Ashish Agarwal, Savita Verma Attri

“…Participants were randomized to receive either NS or RL as initial fluid (used for both resuscitation and replacement). The primary outcome was time to resolution of DKA. …”
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THE REVIEW OF THE CONDITION OF BRANCH OF TRANSFORMER MANUFACTURE AND TENDENCIES OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESIGN OF POWER TRANSFORMERS by S. S. Kostinskiy

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Effect of glycemic control and type of diabetes treatment on unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes among people with TB-Diabetes: A systematic review. by Hemant Deepak Shewade, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Preetam Mahajan, Amar N Shah, Richard Kirubakaran, Raghuram Rao, Ajay M V Kumar

“…<h4>Background</h4>Stringent glycemic control by using insulin as a replacement or in addition to oral hypoglycemic agents (OHAs) has been recommended for people with tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus (TB-DM). …”
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Simulator training in focus assessed transthoracic echocardiography (FATE) for undergraduate medical students: results from the FateSim randomized controlled trial by Johannes Matthias Weimer, Franziska Marietta Sprengart, Thomas Vieth, Sebastian Göbel, Anna Dionysopoulou, Rebecca Krüger, Jan Beer, Andreas Michael Weimer, Holger Buggenhagen, Roman Kloeckner, Lukas Pillong, Johanna Helfrich, Elias Waezsada, Philipp Wand, Julia Weinmann-Menke

“…While motivation remained consistently high among both groups, the study group rated their “personal overall learning experience” and the “realistic nature of the training” significantly worse than the control group (p < 0.0001). Both groups supported the use of ultrasound simulators as a “supplement to human training” (study: 1.6 ± 1.1 vs. control: 1.7 ± 1.2; p = 0.38), but not as a “replacement for human training” (study: 5.0 ± 2.3 vs. control: 5.4 ± 2.1; p = 0.37). …”
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Severe Dietary Energy Restriction for Compensated Cirrhosis Due to Metabolic Dysfunction‐Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial by Dimitrios A. Koutoukidis, Susan A. Jebb, Jeremy W. Tomlinson, Ferenc E. Mozes, Michael Pavlides, Miriam Lacharie, Francesca Saffioti, Paul Aveyard, Jeremy F. Cobbold

“…Methods In this randomised controlled trial, adults with CC‐MASLD and obesity in a tertiary hepatology centre were randomised 2:1 to receive one‐to‐one remote dietetic support with a low‐energy (880 kcal/day, 80 g protein/day) total diet replacement programme for 12 weeks and stepped food reintroduction for another 12 weeks or standard of care (SoC). …”
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Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation studies of inhibitor candidates against Anopheles gambiae 3-hydroxykynurenine transaminase and implications on vector control by Eunice O. Adedeji, Olubanke O. Ogunlana, Gbolahan O. Oduselu, Rainer Koenig, Ezekiel Adebiyi, Opeyemi S. Soremekun, Segun Fatumo

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Research of the Trajectory Planning Method of Multi- bar Mechanism Driven by Electronic Cam by Peng Jingyang, Wang Wenge

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Effects on coronary heart disease of increasing polyunsaturated fat in place of saturated fat: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. by Dariush Mozaffarian, Renata Micha, Sarah Wallace

“…<h4>Background</h4>Reduced saturated fat (SFA) consumption is recommended to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD), but there is an absence of strong supporting evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of clinical CHD events and few guidelines focus on any specific replacement nutrient. …”
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Preventive-Corrective Control for Static Voltage Stability Under Multiple <tex>$N-1$</tex> Contingencies Considering Wind Power Uncertainty by Yuerong Yang, Shunjiang Lin, Qiong Wang, Mingbo Liu, Qifeng Li

“…The objective is to minimize the control variable adjustment cost including the load shedding cost of each contingency. …”
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Implementation of hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) for microbial safety of enteral feeding solutions at Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia, Iran by Mohammad Yousefi, Kave Koorehpaz, Morteza Bagheri, Yaghob Sharifi, Amir Rahimirad, Yousef Roosta

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Sporozoite immunization of human volunteers under mefloquine prophylaxis is safe, immunogenic and protective: a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial. by Else M Bijker, Remko Schats, Joshua M Obiero, Marije C Behet, Geert-Jan van Gemert, Marga van de Vegte-Bolmer, Wouter Graumans, Lisette van Lieshout, Guido J H Bastiaens, Karina Teelen, Cornelus C Hermsen, Anja Scholzen, Leo G Visser, Robert W Sauerwein

“…Four control volunteers received mefloquine prophylaxis and bites from uninfected mosquitoes. …”
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Transcutaneous bilirubin in newborns before, during, and after home phototherapy-Results from a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. by Felicia Erlandsson Speychal, Miriam Pettersson, Mats Eriksson, Andreas Odlind, Andreas Ohlin

“…Patients requiring phototherapy were assigned to home (intervention) or hospital-based phototherapy (control). Transcutaneous bilirubin measurement was made at the sternum (uncovered skin) and at sacrum (covered by the diaper during treatment). …”
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Improved active disturbance rejection control for grid type photovoltaic energy storage system based on fixed-time convergence sliding mode by Zhenyang HU, Jiali WANG, Zuochao FU, Yueming LIU, Jinfeng HUANG

“…In the field of grid control technology，virtual synchronous generator technology has been widely used，but the traditional proportional integral （PI） control strategy it relies on has some problems，such as weak anti-interference ability and insufficient transient stability. …”
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Comprehensive Assessment of Genital Infections and Reproductive Health in Women Visiting a Fertility Clinic in Warangal, India—A Case‐Control Study by Naresh Patnaik, Uttam Sarkar, Malathi Jojula, Hema Vaddiraju, Ruchi Jain Dey

“…This included the removal of exact ages, which were replaced with age ranges, and the omission of exact dates or photographs during presentation of the data.…”
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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Serious Game to Deliver Health Education About Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Clustered Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial by Lauren Bloomfield, Julie Boston, Martin Masek, Lesley Andrew, Donna Barwood, Amanda Devine

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to develop a serious game that can replace a face-to-face educator in a classroom setting to educate adolescents aged 12 years to 15 years. …”
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Large Language Model–Assisted Risk-of-Bias Assessment in Randomized Controlled Trials Using the Revised Risk-of-Bias Tool: Usability Study by Jiajie Huang, Honghao Lai, Weilong Zhao, Danni Xia, Chunyang Bai, Mingyao Sun, Jianing Liu, Jiayi Liu, Bei Pan, Jinhui Tian, Long Ge

“…From 86 eligible reviews of randomized controlled trials (covering 1399 RCTs), we randomly selected 46 RCTs (23 per category). …”
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The effect of clinical decision support systems on clinical outcomes in acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Obieda Altobaishat, Mohamed Abouzid, Ahmed Mazen Amin, Abdallah Bani-Salameh, Mohammad Tanashat, Omar Abdullah Bataineh, Mustafa Turkmani, Mohamed Abuelazm, Muner M. B. Mohamed

“…There was no significant difference between CDSS and usual care in all-cause mortality (RR: 1.00 with 95% CI [0.93, 1.07], p = 0.91) and renal replacement therapy (RR: 1.11 with 95% CI [0.99, 1.24], p = 0.07). …”
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A novel lubricating method of oil pump with self-adaptive adjustment function for transmission by Yangfeng Cao, Dazhou Liu, Peng Zhang, Hao Zhou, Shengdun Zhao

“…This paper aims to develop a mechatronic system for gearbox lubrication to replace traditional forced and splash lubrication. …”
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