Effects of home-based mirror therapy and cognitive therapeutic exercise on the improvement of the upper extremity functions in patients with severe hemiparesis after a stroke: a pr... by Josefa Gonzalez-Santos, Raul Soto-Camara, Paula Rodriguez-Fernández, Maria Jimenez-Barrios, Jeronimo Gonzalez-Bernal, Carla Collazo-Riobo, Maha Jahouh, Yolanda Bravo-Anguiano, Jose M Trejo-Gabriel-Galan

“…The objective of this study is to evaluate which of these techniques, MT and CTE, combined with task-oriented training, is more effective in functional recovery and movement patterns of the upper extremities in patients with severe hemiparesis after a stroke.Methods and analysis This is a home-based, single-blind, controlled, randomised clinical trial with three parallel arms, including 154 patients who had a stroke aged above 18 years. …”
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Efficacy of pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapy on chronic cancer pain intensity of adults with cancer: A network meta-analysis protocol. by Wenhao Su, Xueling Li, Yanru Wang

“…Included studies must evaluate the effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments in patients with chronic cancer pain. …”
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The influence of bronchial asthma control level on the quality of life indices by O. V. Herasymova, T. L. Protsiuk, L. O. Protsiuk, N. M. Surkova, L. D. Kotsur, O. V. Kuleshov

“…General QL was evaluated using РedsQL (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0). …”
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Dosage reduction and discontinuation of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis: pro... by Ellen-Margrethe Hauge, Salome Kristensen, Robin Christensen, Lene Dreyer, Maria E Suarez-Almazor, Line Uhrenholt, Annette Schlemmer

“…Introduction The The BIOlogical Dose OPTimisation (BIODOPT) trial is a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled, open-label, parallel-group, equivalence study designed to evaluate tapering of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in sustained clinical remission or low disease activity (LDA). …”
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Diagnostic Potential of Exosomal and Non-Exosomal Biomarkers in Lung Cancer: A Comparative Analysis Using a Rat Model of Lung Carcinogenesis by Sherien M. El-Daly, Sahar S. Abdelrahman, Amira Mohamed Abd El-Jawad, Mahmoud A. Abdel-Monem, Gamila S. M. El-Saeed

“…The expression of exosomal miRNAs dynamically changed in parallel with the tumor induction process, demonstrating high diagnostic efficacy. …”
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Effectiveness of theory-based breast self-examination intervention for breast cancer prevention among female college teachers in Pakistan: A cluster randomized controlled trial stu... by Benazir Mahar, Malina Binti Osman, Fatimah Binti Ahmad Fauzi

“…This protocol outlines a single-blind, parallel cluster randomized controlled trial (CRCT) with an intervention period of three months. …”
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Effects of positive sex education and pelvic floor strengthening program on sexual and pelvic health among youngest old: a randomized controlled trial by Ayse Deliktas Demirci, Alime Buyuk, Kamile Kabukcuoglu

“…This study aimed to examine the effects of a positive sex education and pelvic floor strengthening program on youngest-old women’s sexual function, sexual esteem, and quality of sexual life as primary outcomes and pelvic floor health as a secondary outcome. Methods A parallel two arms randomized controlled trial was conducted, involving 70 youngest-old women (mean age = 65.80 ± 5.20). …”
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Effectiveness of cold vibratory stimuli on pain perception governing infiltration anesthesia in the maxillary arch in children: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Hoda Mohamed Hambouta, Dina Aly Sharaf, Nadia Aziz Wahba

“…Methods Randomized controlled clinical trial with parallel arms. Forty-eight cooperative children aged 6–8 years indicated for maxillary first or second primary molar extractions were selected. …”
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Pressure bag irrigation vs manual pressure and gravity drainage for reducing patient discomfort during flexible cystoscopy, A Study protocol for a randomised double blinded control... by David Armany, Ankur Dhar, Ashan Canagasingham, Lawrence H. C. Kim, Audrey Wang

“…Discussion This trial will evaluate the role of pressure bags to elevated fluid irrigation pressure and its effect on reducing patient discomfort during flexible cystoscopy using a rigorous methodology. …”
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The effect of exercise on GDF‐15 levels in individuals with prediabetes: A randomized controlled trial by Elif Yıldırım Ayaz, Banu Mesci, Özden Ezgi Üner, Fatoş Nimet Kaya, Berna Dincer, Ferruh Kemal İşman, Aytekin Oğuz

“…Serum GDF‐15 levels were evaluated at the beginning and the end of the 12th week. …”
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Prolonged irrigation time in endoscopic aqueous medium impairs MSC/β-TCP adhesion and osteogenic potential by Wugui Chen, Guangfeng Ling, Chengshou Lin, Hengmei Chen, Kongning Chen, Shijie Chen, Yuchao Ye, Chengzhao Liu

“…In vivo, irrigation > 15 min markedly reduced bone formation (P < 0.05) and parallel reductions in mineralized matrix(P < 0.05). …”
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Метод оценки частоты выполнения фрагментов кода последовательной программы by Alexander Shalimov

“…This task is important for such applications as program optimization, paralleling program execution, computing resources allocation, program compaction, and malicious software detection. …”
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Dewatering behavior of perched aquifer in waste dumpsite using deep well system in the Mae Moh Mine, Thailand by Nantipat Pongsri, Apinun Buritatum, Apichat Suddeepong, Artit Udomchai, Suksun Horpibulsuk, Sarayoot Netsakkasame, Noppadon Mungpayabal, Menglim Hoy, Teerasak Yaowarat, Arul Arulrajah

“…A dewatering system with Single Well Pumping (SP) and Parallel Well Pumping (PP) operations was installed in the failure zone. …”
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A standardized educational Intervention to enhance acceptance and adherence to self-intermittent catheterization: Protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial by Rosario Caruso, Laura Pelizzari, Giovanni Cardilli, Simone Bajardo, Tatiana Bianconi, Maria Luisa Giordano, Giorgio Scivoletto, Alessandro Giammò, Luisa De Palma, Lina Di Lucente, Maria A. Marquez, Lisa Morbidelli, Alexandra Pellegrino, Daniela Monducci, Antonio Boffa, Stefania Musco

“…This multicenter, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial will enroll 128 male patients, randomly assigned to either the intervention group, receiving standard training plus an informational booklet and video tutorial, or the control group, receiving standard training alone. …”
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Levosimendan for postoperative subclinical heart failure after noncardiac surgery: a randomized, double-blinded, phase III trial by Christian Reiterer, Barbara Kabon, Alexander Taschner, Alexandra Graf, Nikolas Adamowitsch, Katharina Horvath, David Emler, Oliver Zotti, Nicole Hantakova, Beatrix Hochreiter, Melanie Fraunschiel, Theresa Clement, Edith Fleischmann

“…In this prospective, double-blinded, parallel group, placebo-controlled, phase III trial 115 patients were assigned to perioperative single-dose of 12.5 mg of levosimendan and 115 to placebo between October 2020 through November 2023 (clinicaltrials.gov: NCT04329624). …”
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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON BIOCHEMICAL AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES OF TWO APPLE VARIETIES GROWN IN ALGERIA by Noui Yassine*, Lekbir Adel*, Douibi Zakaria*, Ferrani Lahcene*, Bekrar Amel**, Haffas Maamar***, Hameurlaine Samir****

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the physicochemical properties of two apple varieties, Golden delicious (GD) and Royal Gala (RG) from the Arris region of Algeria. …”
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Fused oxazepine-naphthoquinones as novel cytotoxic agents with diverse modes of action in yeast by Laura Anaissi-Afonso, Silvia Santana-Sosa, Isabel Lorenzo-Castrillejo, Grant McNaughton-Smith, Félix Machín

“…Interestingly, CM-568 labels cells with highly refractive non-fluorescent parallel rods. We conclude that the oxazepine moiety confers novel cytotoxic MOAs to naphthoquinones, which may be potentially useful in pharmacology.…”
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Spectrum of VHL mutations in clear cell renal cell carcinoma by N. N. Mazurenko, I. V. Tsyganova, V. V. Strelnikov, A. V. Balbutsky, T. F. Malivanova, E. B. Kuznetsova, V. A. Draudin-Krilenko, O. V. Shangina, A. F. Mukeria, V. B. Matveev, D. G. Zaridze

“…We have examined VHL mutations in sporadic 98 ccRCC cases to evaluate their localization in relation to functionally important motifs of the VHL protein. …”
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Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis Model Based on Multi-Scale Depthwise Separable Convolutional Neural Network Integrated with Spatial Attention Mechanism by Zhixin Jin, Xudong Hu, Hongli Wang, Shengyu Guan, Kaiman Liu, Zhiwen Fang, Hongwei Wang, Xuesong Wang, Lijie Wang, Qun Zhang

“…The effectiveness of the proposed model was evaluated using bearing datasets and field-collected industrial data. …”
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The fusion of machine olfactory data and UV–Vis-NIR-MIR spectra enabled accurate prediction of key soil nutrients by Shuyan Liu, Lili Fu, Xiaomeng Xia, Jiamu Wang, Yvhang Cao, Xinming Jiang, Honglei Jia, Zengming Feng, Dongyan Huang

“…Conventional approaches for evaluating soil nutrients typically involved lengthy and resource-intensive analytical procedures, rendering them inadequate for large-scale and high-throughput testing. …”
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