A review of the statistical analysis of randomised controlled trials conducted within OCTRU by Alexander Ooms, Caitlin Waldron, Daphne Kounali, Ioana R. Marian, M. Sofia Massa, Nicholas Peckham, Matthew Parkes, Elizabeth Conroy, Jonathan A. Cook

“…We found most RCTs adopted what could be considered a ‘standard’ design, using appropriate, but not complex, analysis methods. Consideration of variation in practice across other groups, both academic and commercial, through a larger review would allow systematic exploration of methodological differences, less common study design usage, and would enable a fuller understanding of practice, outcomes, and methods used in different clinical areas and contexts.…”
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Enhancing enteral nutrition care: Innovating and validating a communication tool for healthcare networks by Kelly Cristina Uniat, Caroline Opolski Medeiros, Maria Eliana Madalozzo Schieferdecker

“…In content validation, the Content Validity Index (CVI) was analyzed by items and complete instruments, concerning the criteria: relevance and clarity. CVI score values equal to or greater than 0.80 were considered for clarity and relevance equal to or greater than 0.90. …”
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Cyclic fatigue resistance of a blue heat-treated engine-driven file with different angles of canal access using different kinematics; an in vitro study by Bassem Eid, Mohammed Kataia, Tarek Elsewify, Tarek Elsewify

“…ObjectivesTo evaluate the effect of angle of access and kinematics on the dynamic cyclic fatigue resistance of E3 Azure rotary NiTi files at body temperature.MethodsEighty E3 Azure files, 25/06, were randomly divided into two equal groups according to the kinematics used, rotation, and reciprocation. …”
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Relationship between time under tension of muscle in resistance training with angiogenesis effective factors in inactive girls by Raziyeh Shiri, Mahsa Abdi, Sadegh Amani Shalamzari

“…Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 6-week resistance training with different Time under Tension (TUT) on some serum vascular growth factors in inactive girls.Methods: 20 female volunteer students (mean age 22.3 yrs) were randomly and equally divided into two groups with different TUT of (1s – 1s) and (2s – 4s). …”
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Basics of the Wolfgang Stützel’s Balance Mechanics by Alan K. Karaev, Vadim V. Ponkratov

“…It has been established that the total amount of all expenses shall be necessarily equal to the total income. Therefore, the total amount of financial savings (changes in the net financial value of assets) of all the economic agents in a closed economy (or world economy) always equals zero. …”
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Analysis of the results of personal monitoring to ionizing radiation at workplaces by Sylwia Papierz, Joanna Domienik-Andrzejewska

“…Results In 2022, the average annual dose of Hp(10) was equal to 0.26 mSv, whereas Hp(0.07) measured using ring and wrist dosimetry was equal to 0.63 mSv and 0.78 mSv, respectively. …”
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Ear Canal Role and Psychoacoustic Parameters: Loudness, Sharpness, Roughness, and Fluctuation Strength by Hadi Asady, Farhad Forouharmajd, Siamak Pourabdian, Mehdi Jalali, Ali Ahmadi, Fatemeh Ansari, Adrian Fuente

“…Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether psychoacoustic parameters could be significantly influenced by the human ear canal and whether gender played a significant role in these effects. Methods: In this study, sixty participants were enrolled, with an equal distribution of 30 male and 30 female individuals. …”
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Designing and Validating Performance Standards for Clinical Instructors at Technical Institutes of Nursing by Fatma A. Abd El-Fatah, Harisa M. A. El-Shimy, Sanaa A. Ibrahim, Marwa M. Abd El-Aleem

“…The overall value of scale-content validity/universal agreement (S-CVI/UA) was equal to 0.852, and the overall value of scale-content validity/average (S-CVI/AVE) was equal to 0.988. …”
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Welfare state, social policy and social sustainability, within the context of the permacrisis by Nikos Papadakis, Stylianos Ioannis Tzagkarakis

“…IntroductionSustainable development is based on three interrelated and equally important pillars; the environmental, the economic and the social. …”
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Association between obesity and permanent teeth eruption in a sample of primary school children from Tanta City by Eman M. Esmael, Amina M. El-Hosary, Shaimaa S. EL-Desouky

“…Aim This study aimed to assess the association between the eruption of permanent teeth and obesity among a sample of primary school children from Tanta City. Methods A case-control study was carried out on 2520 healthy students aged 6–12 years selected from 10 primary schools in Tanta City (equally included from public and private schools). …”
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Speech Emotion Recognition Using Two-Stage Multiple Instance Learning Networks by ZHANG Shiqing, CHEN Chen, ZHAO Xiaoming

“…Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.…”
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The role of a magnet-resonance tomography in diagnosis of a teno-synovial giant-cell tumor (the pigment villo-nodular synoviitis) of a knee joint by Yu. O. Kostogryz, O.A. Kostogryz

“…A number «2» was selected not incidentally, because the estimate in 2 points in accordance to the scale equals a criterion «good», and in a 3 points - a criterion «excellent». …”
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Mutagenic treatment induces high transposon variation in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) by Kornelia POLOK, Roman ZIELINSKI

“…With respect to a transposon type, BARE-1 and Tpo1-like were equally active in inducing mutations. However, their activity differs in that the former was mainly responsible for new insertions while the latter equally for insertions and deletions. …”
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Nursing care of a patient with scrub typhus combined with multi-organ failure by Yang Li, Ou Shaoxiang, Wang Dan, Xie Jialun, Zhu Guifang, Gao Bihua, Zhong Liling

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Determinants of incomplete vaccination among children 12-23 months in Nigeria: An analysis of a national sample by Olorunfemi Akinbode Ogundele, Tolulope Ogundele, Funmito Omolola Fehintola, Aderonke Tolulope Fagbemi, Omolola O Beloved, Olugbenga Olusegun Osunmakinwa

“…Objectives: The study aimed to assess the prevalence and the determinants of incomplete childhood vaccination in Nigeria. Materials and Methods: The data for this study was the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. …”
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Evaluation Uncertainty in the Volume of Oil in Place in Mishrif Reservoir by Loay Khamees, Farah Abdulrazzaq

“…Formation volume factors, initial water saturation, and formation porosity values might be used to produce a range of values for the reserve via the volumetric method.  A reserve requires to be proven when there is a probability of 90% indicating that the recovered quantities in reality are equal or above the estimates. …”
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Effect of Nursing Exercise Protocol on Hemodynamics and Functional Capacity among Patients after Cardiac Surgery by Asmaa A. A. Mohamed, Manal S. Hassan, Yasser S. M. Mubarak, Lobna M. Gamal

“…A purposive sample including 60 male and female patients, classified equally into two equal groups; study group (n= 30) and control group (n= 30), collected through 14 months. …”
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Beliefs related to COVID-19 vaccine receipt in the Chicago area by Sarah Lomahan, Abigail Silva, Jessica Bishop-Royse, Paris Thomas, Molly A. Martin

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Distribution of Heterogeneous, Highly Impure Soy Material in a Deep Air Channel by M. N. Moskovskiy, S. I. Borzenko

“…Due to the ratio of the core accelerator height and the height above the material, the air flow velocity inside and above the separated layer is equalized.…”
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Relationship Between Lifestyle and Incidence Rate of Asymptomatic Hypertension among Early Middle Age People by Raghdaa Sahib Al-Rubaie, Fatima Wanas Al-Hasnawy

“… Background: Asymptomatic hypertension is characterized as increased systolic blood pressure equal to or more than 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure equal to or more than 90 mmHg without immediate signs of end-organ injury. …”
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