Feasibility and efficacy of a multicomponent exercise medicine programme in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing neoadjuvant therapy (the EXPAN trial): study protocol of a du... by Hao Luo, Robert U Newton, Daniel A Galvão, Dennis R Taaffe, Andrew Dean, Nigel Spry, Colin Tang, Kevin Jasas, Mikael Johansson, Ian Yusoff

“…Forty patients with borderline resectable or locally advanced PanCa undergoing NAT will be randomised equally to an exercise intervention group (individualised exercise+standard NAT) or a usual care control group (standard NAT). …”
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Acute alcohol intoxication among adolescents in Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium: a cross-national hospital chart comparison study by Stijn Verhulst, Nico van der Lely, Andrea Orsi, Giancarlo Icardi, Guido Van Hal, Hanna van Roozendaal, Louise Pigeaud, Allegra Ferrari, Loes de Veld, Inge Glazemakers, Jozef De Dooy

“…The median age of patients was 16 years across all countries. Sex was equally distributed among Dutch patients; however, in Italy (not statistically significant, 55.6%) and Belgium (statistically significant, 56.8%), more males were admitted. …”
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Ethnic differences in efficacy of drug treatment in patients with an acute manic episode: an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials by Bram W. C. Storosum, Sem E. Cohen, Cedrine A. Steinz, Taina K. Mattila, Carlijn C. Welten, Wim van den Brink, Kit Roes, Lieuwe de Haan, Damiaan A. J. P. Denys, Jasper B. Zantvoord

“…Discussion In White,Black, and Asian patients with an acute manic episode drug treatment is equally effective.…”
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The Role of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Reducing Pain, Pruritis, and Improving Wound Healing of Skin Graft Donor Site by Sheikh Sarfraz Ali, Imran Ahmad, Mohammed Fahud Khurram, Gautam Chaudhury, Somnath Karad, Sudanshu Tripathi, Aditi Sharma

“…The donor site raw area after harvesting split-thickness graft was measured and the surface area was divided into two equal halves. One half was dressed using PRP and the other half was dressed using paraffin gauze piece only. …”
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A comparative study of ultrasound-guided caudal block versus anatomical landmark-based caudal block in pediatric patients undergoing infra-umbilical surgeries by Suman Halder, Amrita Roy, Payel Mitra, Maitreyee Mukherjee, Arpita Laha

“…Aims and Objectives: This study was done to compare the success rate and complications between ultrasound (USG) and landmark-guided caudal epidural analgesia in infra-umbilical surgeries in children aged more than 1 month–<12 years. Materials and Methods: A total of 150 subjects were randomly allocated into two equal groups (each of 75 patients). …”
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Hippocampus-sparing volume-modulated arc therapy in patients with World Health Organization grade II glioma: a feasibility study by Renxian Xie, Renxian Xie, Hongxin Huang, Hongxin Huang, Qingxin Cai, Jiayang Lu, Tong Chen, Tong Chen, Keyan Xie, Jianzhou Chen, Chuangzhen Chen

“…Regarding the protection of OARs, HS VMAT plans were equally capable and even lowered the radiation dosages to the brainstem (35.56 vs. 41.74 Gy, p = 0.017) and spinal cord (1.34 vs. 1.43 Gy, p = 0.006). …”
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Anxiolytic, memory improvement, hepatoprotective, and antioxidant effects of Thymus vulgaris on alcohol withdrawal syndrome in mice by Nadège Emégam Kouémou, Franklin Mbeboh Savo, Simon Pale, Aimé Paul Noubissi, Sylviane Mireille Nguepi Dongmo, Germain Sotoing Taiwe, Elisabeth Ngo Bum

“…This study was conducted to assess the anxiolytic, memory-improving, hepatoprotective, and antioxidant effects of T. vulgaris on alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Methods: In this preclinical study 42 mice were grouped into seven equal sets of normal control, negative control, positive control (piracetam; 200 mg/kg), and test (T. vulgaris; 25, 50, 100, or 200 mg/kg) groups. …”
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Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and positive treponemal serology in Solomon Islands guest workers in Australia by Mikaela Seymour, Sean O’Connor, Levi Hou, Sarai Tafa, Sarat Tata, Nicholas Smoll, Stefanie Vaccher, Annie Preston-Thomas, Nishila Moodley

“…Treponemal-specific reactive tests (48.5%) suggested yaws or syphilis exposure despite being asymptomatic, with 37.1% of these having an rapid plasma reagin titre equal to or exceeding 1:16. Women were 3.71 times more likely to have chlamydia [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.97-6.93]. …”
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Impact of climate change on adipose-derived stem cells: A molecular and histological study by Saeed Motesaddi Zarandi, Rasoul Yarahmadi, Rasul Nasiri, Mohammad Bayat, Hossein Nasiri, Abdollah Amini, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Hassan Rasoulzadeh

“…This study specifically investigates the impact of these two key aspects of climate change on adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) as a pilot study and starting point for further examinations into the biological effects of climate change-associated conditions. Methods: One-month-old male rats were kept for 4 months (equal to a 10-year climatic period) in 4 groups and exposed to conditions based on climatic data from Tehran's synoptic stations. …”
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Trends in paediatric anaesthesia research publications and the impact of author sex, country of origin, topic, and external funding by Andy Jeon, Aine Sommerfield, Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg

“…In addition, the findings underline the already recognised need to reach better sex equality in academic paediatric anaesthesiology publications.…”
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New categorized machine learning models for daily solar irradiation estimation in southern Morocco's, Zagora city by Zineb Bounoua, Laila Ouazzani Chahidi, Abdellah Mechaqrane

“…The study further demonstrates that empirical models underperform compared to machine learning methods in all included categories.…”
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The Effect of Spice and Herbs Mixture on Electrolytes and Liver and Renal Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Muhammad Khattak, Nor Mohd-Shukri, Tahir Mahmood, Qamaruddin Ahmed, Mehran Rahimlou

“…Thirty patients with T2DM were assigned to 3 equal groups to receive each mentioned dose fed for 30 days. …”
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Evaluation of post-extraction healing after atraumatic axial tooth extraction using Benex system II versus conventional extraction: Randomized control trial by Alaa Z. Makki, Afnan A. Nassar, Wajan M. Alharbi, Walaa F. Bisharah, Mona A. Alabdali, Anwar M. Alqurashi, Noor A. Basandawa

“…They were divided into two equal groups: one in which teeth were extracted using the conventional method and one in which extractions were performed by Benex. …”
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Sexual health in female and male cancer survivors – compared with age-matched cancer-free controls in Norway by Emilie Åsberg, Guro F. Giskeødegård, Jarle Karlsen, Cecile E. Kiserud, Guro Aune, Marianne Nilsen, Randi J. Reidunsdatter

“…This study investigated sexual health in cancer survivors shortly after diagnosis and at long-term follow-up compared to the general population. Methods: A nationwide survey stratified by sex and age was distributed to a representative sample of the Norwegian population. …”
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Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of 1% and 3% Sodium hypochlorite in reducing the microbial counts in primary teeth root canals using Bioluminometer – A randomized clinical t... by Divya Mukundan, Ganesh Jeevanandan, Satish Vishwanathaiah, Suman Panda, Tazeen Dawood, Aseel Abutaleb, Prabhadevi C. Maganur

“…Conclusion: This study shows that 1% NaOCl is equally effective as 3% NaOCl in reducing bacterial count in root canals. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Adhesive Retention and Denture Weight in Different Residual Ridge Morphologies: A Cross‐Over Randomized‐Controlled Trial by Naseer Ahmed, Maria Shakoor Abbasi, Asra Salahuddin, Lareb Tariq, Sarrah Siraj, Gotam Das, Ghazala Suleman, Fahim Vohra, Artak Heboyan

“…ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to compare the retentive strengths of various forms of denture adhesives (paste, powder, and strips) on different types of mandibular residual alveolar ridges, considering their respective denture weights. Materials and Methods In this crossover randomized‐controlled trial, the patients were randomly and equally divided into 3 groups based on clinical features and radiographic findings according to the Wical–Swoope classification. …”
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Effect and clinical mechanism exploration of acupuncture intervention for chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) in triple-negative breast cancer: study protocol for a ra... by Wenqi Yang, Wenqi Yang, Qing Zhang, Chong Gao, Jingzhi Zhang, Jingzhi Zhang, Xingwei Guo, Xingwei Guo, Xin Liu, Xin Liu

“…Participants will be randomly assigned to two groups, with an equal 1:1 allocation ratio into either the intervention group or the control group. …”
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Descriptive characterization of the cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak in Zamfara State, 2017-18 by Ahmad Njidda, Ismail Raji, Sulaiman Lawal, Hakeem Yusuf, Evaristus Aniaku, Rabi Usman, Auwal Usman Abubakar, Jamilu Nikau, Moreen Kamateeka, Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Patrick Nguku

“…Therefore, we conducted a descriptive analysis of the outbreak to determine its epidemiology. Methods: We line-listed all suspected cases during the outbreak between September 4th 2017, and May 22nd 2018. …”
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An enhanced multimodal fusion deep learning neural network for lung cancer classification by Sangeetha S.K.B, Sandeep Kumar Mathivanan, P Karthikeyan, Hariharan Rajadurai, Basu Dev Shivahare, Saurav Mallik, Hong Qin

“…MFDNN excels in precision, with 87.4 % accuracy in predicting cancer cases, and equally impresses in recall, capturing approximately 86.4 % of actual cancerous cases. …”
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CNN-Based End-to-End CPU-AP-UE Power Allocation for Spectral Efficiency Enhancement in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks by Yoon-Ju Choi, Ji-Hee Yu, Seung-Hwan Seo, Seong-Gyun Choi, Hye-Yoon Jeong, Ja-Eun Kim, Myung-Sun Baek, Young-Hwan You, Hyoung-Kyu Song

“…Traditional power allocation methods such as equal power allocation and max–min power allocation fail to fully exploit the cooperative characteristics of APs, leading to suboptimal network performance. …”
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