Evaluation of the skeletal, dental, and soft-tissue changes after the en-masse retraction of upper anterior teeth stimulated by low-intensity electrical current: a randomized contr... by Rashad I. Shaadouh, Mohammad Y. Hajeer, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Kinda Sultan, Ossama Aljabban

“…Objective This trial aimed to assess the effectiveness of the LIES technique in shortening the en-masse retraction time and evaluate skeletal, dental, or soft tissue changes on lateral cephalograms. …”
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Randomised, controlled clinical trial evaluating the effects of preoperative insomnia treatment on postoperative pain control and recovery: a protocol for the Promoting Sleep to Al... by Martin Kraepelien, Michael R Irwin, Eva Kosek, Michael T Smith, Martin F Bjurström, Kristoffer Bothelius, Pernilla Maathz, Susanna Jernelöv, Alexander H C Rosenström, Andrea Niklasson, Richard Olmstead, Patrick H Finan

“…Given that insomnia is a potentially modifiable risk factor, interventions targeting sleep prior to surgery may improve postoperative pain control and enhance key outcomes of recovery.Methods and analysis Promoting Sleep to Alleviate Pain-Arthroplasty (PROSAP-A) is a randomised, parallel group, two arm, controlled trial evaluating the effects of preoperative sleep-promotion on postoperative pain control, brain health and physical recovery. …”
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Evaluating the impact of reciprocal teaching embedded within a Web 2.0 tool upon fifth-grade students’ reading during integrated readers’ workshop at a Professional Development Sch... by Aisja Jones, Suzy Hardie

“…Design/methodology/approach – This action research followed a convergent parallel mixed-methods design. Two quantitative data collection instruments were used. …”
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Evaluation of the correlation between Caesium-137 inventory, magnetic susceptibility, and organic matter content to assess soil erosion status in two agricultural fields within El... by Meryem Moustakim, Moncef Benmansour, Rabab Bouarfa, Nour Eddine Amenzou, Azouz Benkdad, Brahim Damnati

“…Measurements of magnetic susceptibility, 137Cs, and organic matter were taken along two parallel transects in Field 1 and a single transect in Field 2. …”
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Evaluation of Effectiveness and Multi-Scenario Analysis of Land Use Development Strategies and Ecological Protection Redlines on Carbon Storage in the Great Bay Area of China Using... by Yuhao Jin, Yan Li, Han Zhang, Xiaojuan Liu, Hong Shi

“…Then, this study employed the PSM model, along with a series of criteria (i.e., similar ecological backgrounds and parallel historical trends), to evaluate the effectiveness of the ecological development strategy and ecological protection redlines on carbon storage compared with the natural development strategy. …”
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Evaluation of the efficacy of integrating digital therapeutics with home-based cardiac rehabilitation on cardiovascular health in high-risk post-PCI patients (DTx-HBCR): Study prot... by Shuangliang Ma, Zhongxiu Chen, Junyan Zhang, Jiani Liu, Lin Xu, Baotao Huang, Mingang Zhou, Hua Wang, Yong Chen, Mian Wang, Chen Li, Yong He

“…Methods The DTx-HBCR trial is a parallel-arm, randomized controlled trial that will enroll 366 high-risk patients undergoing PCI at West China Hospital of Sichuan University. …”
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Establishment and evaluation of a patient-derived organoids-based xenograft model of primary aldosteronism using [18F]AlF-NOTA-pentixather PET/CT: bridging preclinical and clinical... by Xuezhou Zhang, Tiantian Mou, Yuxuan Wang, Qi Miao, Wei Wang, Zhipeng Sun, Yuxuan Bo, Jiayuan Cui, Jiahui Zhao, Mingchuan Li, Baoan Hong, Hongzhi Mi, Ning Zhang

“…The xenografted mice were subjected to [18F]AlF-NOTA-pentixather PET/CT to evaluate tracer uptake and lesion detectability. In parallel, clinical PA patients underwent [18F]AlF-NOTA-pentixather PET/CT to assess the imaging performance in a clinical setting. …”
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Evaluation of the cobas SARS-CoV-2 & Influenza A/B v2 assay for detecting SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A and B viruses in nasopharyngeal swab specimens by Eunjung Jeong, Minhee Kang, Hyeonseek Park, Ji-Youn Kim, Sun Ae Yun, Yun Young Cho, Jae-Hoon Ko, Tae Yeul Kim, Hee Jae Huh, Nam Yong Lee

“…In the present study, we evaluated the cobas SARS-CoV-2 & Influenza A/B v2 assay (Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland) using the Roche cobas 5800 system, comparing it to the Allplex SARS-CoV-2/FluA/FluB/RSV assay (Seegene, Seoul, Republic of Korea). …”
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An innovative complex-valued encoding black-winged kite algorithm for global optimization by Chengtao Du, Jinzhong Zhang, Jie Fang

“…The complex-valued encoding manipulates the dual-diploid configuration to encode the black-winged kite, and the actual and fictitious portions are inserted into the BKA, which transforms dual-dimensional encoding into a single-dimensional manifestation. With the inherent parallelism and consistency, the actual and fictitious portions are renewed separately for each search agent, which reinforces population pluralism, restricts discovery stagnation, extends identification area, promotes estimation excellence, advances information resources, and fosters collaboration efficiency. …”
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Evaluating the effects of liraglutide, empagliflozin and linagliptin on mild cognitive impairment remission in patients with type 2 diabetes (LIGHT-MCI): study protocol for a multi... by Jie Liu, Jie Zhang, Wen Zhang, Ying Wang, Lu Zhang, Bing Zhang, Kun Wang, Weili Yan, Yan Bi, Zhou Zhang, Xiang Xu, Wenhui Zhu, Fangyi Li, Xiaoya Zhang, Xiaowei Zhu, Congcong Yu, Huijie Yang, Shihua Chen, Sijue Yang, Beibei Zhai, Tianyu Wu, Shengyi Zhao, Xuewei Tong, Yanjie Duan, Yining Chao, Jindan Wu, Xinhua Ye, Haiyan Cheng

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Evaluation of the neuroprotective effect of ketoprofen on rats submitted to permanent focal brain ischemia Avaliação do efeito neuroprotetor do cetoprofeno em ratos submetidos à is... by Manoel Nunes da Silva, Benedicto Oscar Colli, Norberto Cysne Coimbra, Joaquim Coutinho Netto

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Evaluation of a Maternal Behavior Change Communication (MBCC) dental public health intervention on pregnant women to prevent early childhood caries in their infants: a study protoc... by Arun M. Xavier, Balagopal Varma R, Radhamany K, Chandrashekar Janakiram, Nigel King, Sherene Alexander, Kavita Rai

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Effect of a Primary Care Walking Intervention with and without Nurse Support on Physical Activity Levels in 45- to 75-Year-Olds: The Pedometer And Consultation Evaluation (PACE-UP)... by Tess Harris, Sally M Kerry, Elizabeth S Limb, Christina R Victor, Steve Iliffe, Michael Ussher, Peter H Whincup, Ulf Ekelund, Julia Fox-Rushby, Cheryl Furness, Nana Anokye, Judith Ibison, Steve DeWilde, Lee David, Emma Howard, Rebecca Dale, Jaime Smith, Derek G Cook

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>A parallel three-arm cluster randomised trial was randomised by household, with 12-mo follow-up, in seven London, United Kingdom, primary care practices. …”
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Evaluation of platelet derived growth factor-BB levels in injectable platelet rich fibrin coated graft using gingival pedicle split thickness tunnel technique for isolated gingival... by Leena Patil, M. Jayasheela, M.G. Triveni, G.V. Gayathri

“…The study was aimed to evaluate the platelet derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB) levels in cases of isolated gingival recession using gingival pedicle split thickness tunnel technique (GPST) and de-epithelialized gingival graft (DGG) with or without coating it with i-PRF. …”
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Comparative evaluation of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) versus Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) scaffolds in regenerative endodontic treatment of immature necrotic permanent maxillary centr... by Hazim Mohamed Rizk, Consultant, Mohamed Sherif Mohamed Salah Al-Deen, Professor, Asmaa Aly Emam, Lecturer

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A multi-center trial-based economic evaluation of the SELF-program: A function-focused care program for nursing staff providing long-term care for geriatric clients in nursing home... by Ruben M W A Drost, Ghislaine A P G van Mastrigt, Stan Vluggen, Silke F Metzelthin, Michel H C Bleijlevens, Getty Huisman-de Waal, Janneke M de Man-van Ginkel, Sandra M G Zwakhalen

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The economic evaluation ran parallel to a two-arm multicenter cluster-randomized trial, in which the nursing staff in the intervention group received the SELF-program, and nursing staff in the control group received no program and delivered care as usual. …”
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Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial evaluating feasibility and acceptability of cognitive remediation group therapy compared with mutual aid group therapy for people a... by Andrew David Eaton, Shelley L Craig, John W McCullagh, Sharon L Walmsley, Sean B Rourke, Teresa Sota, Barbara A Fallon

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Phase IV adaptive randomised clinical trials evaluating efficacy and cost-efficacy of pre-emptive pharmacogenetic genotyping strategies in the Spanish National Health System: iPHAR... by Xandra García-González, Alberto M Borobia, Antonio J Carcas, Miriam Estébanez, Montserrat Carmona, Irene García García, Francisco Abad-Santos, Luis A López-Fernández, Esther Cubo, Iñaki Imaz-Iglesia, Alicia Marín-Candón, Miriam Saiz-Rodríguez, Irene Taladriz-Sender, Pedro Arias, Rocío Rosas-Alonso, Enrique Seco-Meseguer, Stefan Stewart, Elena Diago-Sempere, María del Mar García Saiz, Emilio J Laserna-Mendieta, Ana M Peiró, Magí Farré, Consuelo Rodriguez-Jimenez, Judith Sanabria-Cabrera, Lucia Pedrosa, Ignacio Bernardino, Javier Guiijarro-Eguinoa, Arturo Gómez López De Las Huertas, Susana Martín-López, Olga Hladun Alvaro, Vicente Arrate, Ana Fries, Daniel Rodriguez Díaz, Fernando Marqués García, Núria Alonso Pedrol, Modesto M Maestre Muñiz, Leticia Rodríguez Alcolado, Carlos Ortiz-Bautista, Angela Remesal-Doblado, María Isabel Lucena, Zaida Salmón González, Inmaculada Coca-Prieto

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Multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase IV–III study to evaluate the efficacy of cloxacillin plus fosfomycin versus cloxacillin alone in adult patients with methicillin-suscepti... by Joaquin López-contreras, Josep M Miró, Cristian Tebe, Jordi Carratalà, Guillermo Cuervo, Oriol Gasch, Miquel Pujol, Esther Calbo, Yolanda Meije, Ariadna Padullés, Sebastian Videla, José M Aguado, Francesca Gioia, Luis Eduardo López-Cortés, Sara Grillo, Rafael San-Juan, Silvia Gomez-Zorrilla, Aina Gomila-Grange, Simona Iftimie, Graciano Garcia-Pardo, Lucía Boix-Palop, Isabel Oriol, Alfredo Jover-Sáenz, Gorane Euba, Malen Aguirregabiria, Maria Jose Garcia-Pais, Jose Ramón Paño, Maria Luisa Pedro-Botet, Rosa Maria Benítez, Maria Teresa Pérez-Rodríguez, Maria Belén Loeches-Yagüe, Gertrudis Horna, Damaris Berbel, Maria Ángeles Domínguez, Sara Cobo, Pilar Hereu, Natàlia Pallarés

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Comparative Evaluation of Functional and Aesthetic Outcomes in Reconstruction of Commissure of Mouth with Radial Forearm Free Flap with and without Palmaris Longus Tendon in Patien... by Imran Saleem Solanki, Rajanikanth Kambala, Nitin Bhola

“…Need of the study: This study aims to evaluate the functional and aesthetic results of reconstructing the lip and buccal mucosa in cases of Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC). …”
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