Effectiveness of Yijinjing exercise in the treatment of early-stage knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial protocol by Yihang Wang, Fei Yao, Min Fang, Guangxin Guo, Xiruo Xu, Kaiqiu Lu, Xuanying Zhu, Yijia Gu, Guangpu Yang

“…Therefore, we designed a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of Yijinjing exercise on patients with early-stage KOA.Methods and analysis This is a parallel-design, two-arm, analyst assessor-blinded, randomised controlled trial. …”
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Endometrial expression of e-cadherin in relation to estrogen-progesterone receptor characteristics of the endometrium by S. S. Aganezov, V. N. Ellinidi, A. V. Morotskaya, A. S. Artemyeva, A. O. Nyuganen, N. V. Aganezova

“…Aim: to evaluate the endometrial expression of e-cadherin in relation to the estrogen-progesterone-receptor status of the endometrium.Materials and methods. …”
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Effect of different feeding regimes in amur common carp fingerlings: compensatory growth, physio-metabolic responses, and expression of IGF-1 gene by Chowdhury Arka, Ghosh Tapas Kumar, Khatua Sanjib, Hore Sayani, Kumari Palak, Kajal Kumari, Jana Prasanta

“…The experiment was intended to evaluate the competent restricted feeding strategy for amur common carp fingerlings reared under actual pond condition. …”
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Early Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Preserves Muscle Size and Quality and Maintains Systemic Levels of Signaling Mediators of Muscle Growth and Inflammation in Patients with... by Luciana Vieira, Paulo Eugênio Silva, Priscilla Flavia de Melo, Vinicius Maldaner, Joao Q. Durigan, Rita de Cassia Marqueti, Otavio Nobrega, Sunita Mathur, Chris Burtin, Fabrício Barin, Wilcelly Machado-Silva, Sergio Ramalho, Gaspar R. Chiappa, Nadia Oliveira Gomes, Celso R. F. Carvalho, Graziella F. B. Cipriano, Gerson Cipriano

“…Two-arm, single-blinded, parallel-group, randomized, controlled trial with a blinded assessment. …”
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Sex-specific effects of predator scent stress on fear, anxiety-like behavior and methamphetamine seeking in rats by CG Modrak, CS Wilkinson, AD Claypool, AJ Moore, L Wu, LA Knackstedt, M Schwendt

“…PSS-exposed females reinstated methamphetamine-seeking, but control-exposed females did not, in parallel with higher reinstatement-induced infralimbic cortex c-Fos expression. …”
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Development, validation, and application of a dual-color fluorescent assay for high-throughput screening of anti-chikungunya drugs by Pattadon Sawetpiyakul, Duangpron Peypala, Pathaphon Wiriwithya, Gridsada Phanomchoeng, Tanatorn Khotavivattana, Warintorn Chavasiri, Sittiporn Pattaradilokrat, Siwaporn Boonyasuppayakorn

“…Traditional primary screening were performed in parallel with the dual-color fluorescent assay for 60 unknown compounds to evaluate inhibition performance of inhibition and approximate cytotoxicity assessment. …”
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Viroscope™: a universal solution for plant virus and viroid diagnostics using HTS and cloud-based analysis by Verónica Morgante, Juan Cristóbal Jiménez, Claudio Ponce, Cristóbal Urrutia, Fernanda Vera, Camila Farías, Rocío Camps de la Maza, Valentina Caro, Marco Muñoz, Bernardo Pollak

“…Tissue samples provided by the Chilean phytosanitary agency were processed and deep-sequenced (n = 144) using the Illumina® platform, with parallel analysis using conventional and RT-qPCR methods. …”
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Impact of physical exercise intervention and PPARγ genetic polymorphisms on cardio-metabolic parameters among a Chinese youth population by Ting Zhang, Hui Wang, Chong Shen, Juan Su, Yuanrui Tian, Haixu Hu, Wanjian Gu, Mengxia Li, Harvest F Gu

“…Eighttagged single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the PPARγ gene were genotyped with TaqMan allelicdiscrimination.Results After physical exercise intervention forthree months, in parallel with increased physical activities, BMI and skeletalmuscle content in all subjects was enhanced, while heart rate and bloodpressures were decreased. …”
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The Efficacy and Safety of a <italic>Bacillus</italic> Probiotic Combination for the Treatment of Acute Diarrhea in Children: A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Multice... by Ashish Ramchandra Dhongade, Sanjay Sudhakar Joshi, Suhas Venkatesh Kulkarni, Shashank S Jadhav, Neeta Nargundkar, Deepak Deshmukh, Anirudh Dilip Mehta

“…In the present study, the efficacy and safety of probiotic <italic>Bacillus subtilis</italic> HU58 and probiotic <italic>Bacillus coagulans</italic> SC208 in combination were evaluated in children for the treatment of acute diarrhea. …”
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Effectiveness of a Cognitive Stimulation Program in Older Adults with Mild Neurocognitive Disorder: Insights from fNIRS Analysis in a Randomized Controlled Trial by Susana I. Justo-Henriques, Rosa C. G. Silva, Janessa O. Carvalho, João L. A. Apóstolo, Débora Nogueira, Telmo A. S. Pereira

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-week individual cognitive stimulation (iCS) program on cognitive performance, mood, and prefrontal cortex activation in older adults with mild NCD using a single-blind, randomized, parallel two-arm RCT. …”
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Simultaneous Energy Optimization of Heating Systems by Multi-Zone Predictive Control—Application to a Residential Building by Rina Bitar, Nicolas Youssef, Julien Chamoin, Fadi Hage Chehade, Didier Defer

“…The research methodology uses dynamic thermal simulation, parallel predictive models based on multiple linear regressions, and a multi-objective non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) for the optimization process, which evaluates various generated heating strategies. …”
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Clinical Study of DLBS2411, a Mucoprotector and Proton Pump Inhibitor Bioactive Fraction Derived From Cinnamomum burmanii, on the Intragastric Acidity by Raymond Rubianto Tjandrawinata, Murdani Abdullah, Marcellus Simadibrata, Liana W Susanto, Kaka Renaldi

“…Methods: In a 3-arm, parallel, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, healthy subjects received a single dose of DLBS2411 (250 mg or 500 mg) or placebo. …”
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Alterations of the paired maternal fecal microbiota and neonatal meconium microbiota in newborns from pregnant women with hypertensive disorders by Heng Yang, Zhijiang He, Jianfen Lai, Jing Yang, Qianrong Huang, Ying Chang, Mingyuan Tian, Hongli Huang

“…This study aimed to characterize the gut microbiota of pregnant women with HDP and evaluate its potential influence on the meconium microbiota of their newborns.MethodsA cohort of 67 pregnant women, including 36 diagnosed with HDP (HDP group) and 31 healthy, age-matched controls (HC group), along with their offspring, were recruited. …”
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A physical activity counseling intervention to promote health among pregnant women: a study protocol of randomized clinical trial by Xin Chen, Yong-fang Deng, Chun-feng Fu, Xiao Yang, Lingling Gao

“…Methods/design We will conduct a single-center, parallel, randomized controlled trial at a maternal–child health care center. …”
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Enhancing physical activity during pregnancy using a multi-theory model: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in China by Wei Zhang, Yu Shen, Le Zhang, Ying Jin, Ningning Liu, Suwen Feng, Xuesong Zhang

“…Appropriate physical activity (PA) intervention programmes based on health behaviour change theory are lacking. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a PA intervention based on the multi-theory model (MTM) by assessing changes in PA levels, MTM constructs, exercise self-efficacy, quality of life, prenatal depressive symptoms, gestational weight gain and pregnancy and delivery outcomes.Methods and analysis This single-centre, parallel, randomised, controlled trial will be conducted at a tertiary care institution in Hangzhou, China. …”
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Local Fault Tolerance Analysis in Strictly Nonblocking Clos and Multi-Log_{<italic>q</italic>}<italic>N</italic> Networks by Bey-Chi Lin

“…Among MINs, the nonblocking properties of Clos and multi-Log<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${}_{q} N$ </tex-math></inline-formula> networks, commonly used in parallel and high-performance computing systems, have been widely studied. …”
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Effects of Light Stimulation Age on Body Weight and Egg Production Traits of Broiler Pure-lines in the Laying Period by Musa Sarıca, Beyhan Yeter, Emrah Oğuzhan, Kadir Erensoy, Sinan Çağlak, İsmail Özkan, Ramazan Yavuz

“…The data obtained were evaluated according to light stimulation age and pure-lines by two factor analysis of variance. …”
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Effectiveness of a novel selective medium ‘Modified MacConkey Agar for Burkholderia’ for isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from contaminated specimen by Aunta Melan, Saika Farook, Elisha Khandker, Fahmida Rahman, Farhan Muhib Udoy, Maisha Islam, Md. Shariful Alam Jilani

“…Following seven days of incubation, each sample was sub-cultured onto both MMB and Ashdown media in parallel. Both media successfully grew 21 (4.20 %) isolates of B. pseudomallei, among 500 samples tested, showing equal sensitivity for isolating the organism (p = 1.00). …”
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Pitavastatin and Atorvastatin double-blind randomized comPArative study among hiGh-risk patients, including thOse with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, in Taiwan (PAPAGO-T Study). by Ping-Yen Liu, Liang-Yu Lin, Hung-Ju Lin, Chien-Hsun Hsia, Yi-Ren Hung, Hung-I Yeh, Tao-Cheng Wu, Ju-Yi Chen, Kuo-Liong Chien, Jaw-Wen Chen

“…To test the hypothesis that treatment with pitavastatin (2 mg/day) is not inferior to treatment with atorvastatin (10 mg/day) for reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), a 12-week multicenter collaborative randomized parallel-group comparative study of high-risk ethnic Chinese patients with hypercholesterolemia was conducted in Taiwan. …”
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Development and Pilot Testing of a Patient‐Centered Reproductive Decision Aid for Pregnancy‐Capable People With Rheumatic Diseases by Mehret Birru Talabi, Megan E. B. Clowse, Kaleab Abebe, Susan J. Blalock, Lisa S. Callegari, Traci M. Kazmerski, Raelynn O'Leary, Ashley Deal, Catherine Wright, Leslie E. Pierce, Olivia M. Stransky, Goutham Lakkaraju, Swetha Jasti, Sonya Borrero

“…We conducted a pilot trial to assess feasibility and acceptability of MyVoice:Rheum and to assess its preliminary effectiveness compared to a freely available online pamphlet about reproductive and RMDs. Methods Using a parallel‐arm randomized pilot trial design, we assigned women aged 18 to 44 years with RMDs in a 3:1 ratio to receive either MyVoice:Rheum or the control pamphlet immediately before a rheumatology clinical encounter. …”
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