Text message intervention delivered from Australian general practices to improve breast cancer survivors’ physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors: protocol for the EMPOWE... by Karice K Hyun, Christine Mitchell, Julie Redfern, Nashid Hafiz, Rebecca Raeside, Brooke Nickel, Carolyn Ee, Jennifer McIntosh, Elisabeth Elder, Raymond J Chan, David Mizrahi, Stephanie R Partridge, Anna C Singleton, Allyson Ruth Todd, Kirsty E Stuart

“…Text message interventions sent from general practice to survivors may offer a low-resource solution but have not been evaluated. This randomised controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of a text message intervention called EMPOWER-SMS-GP in Australian general practices.Methods and analysis Multi-centre single-blind hybrid I RCT (n=678; 1:1 allocation) comparing EMPOWER-SMS-GP (n=339) to usual care (n=339) at 6 months (postintervention), 12, 18 and 24 months (maintenance) and parallel mixed-methods process evaluation using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance framework. …”
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Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding? by Robert Lücking, M. Catherine Aime, Barbara Robbertse, Andrew N. Miller, Hiran A. Ariyawansa, Takayuki Aoki, Gianluigi Cardinali, Pedro W. Crous, Irina S. Druzhinina, David M. Geiser, David L. Hawksworth, Kevin D. Hyde, Laszlo Irinyi, Rajesh Jeewon, Peter R. Johnston, Paul M. Kirk, Elaine Malosso, Tom W. May, Wieland Meyer, Maarja Öpik, Vincent Robert, Marc Stadler, Marco Thines, Duong Vu, Andrey M. Yurkov, Ning Zhang, Conrad L. Schoch

“…This allows objective evaluation of diagnostic characters, either phenotypic or molecular or both. …”
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Influence of external nitrogen-containing donors on polymerization behavior of neodymium-based cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber by LI Xin1, DONG Jing2, HAN Zhuo-ling1, WANG Feng1, ZHANG Xue-quan1, LIU Heng1*

“…Besides TOA, other types of nitrogen-containing donors could also give parallel results. For instance, incorporation of N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine, 2,6-dimethylpyrdine and 2,6-dichloropyridine could enhance the cis-1,4-unit selectivities to 97.79%-98.94%, suggesting the universal influence of nitrogen-donors." …”
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Telehealth-delivered cognitive rehabilitation for people with cognitive impairment as part of the post-COVID syndrome: protocol for a randomised controlled trial as part of the CIC... by Martina Vanova, Aysha Mohamed Rafik Patel, Iona Scott, Gina Gilpin, Emily N. Manning, Charlotte Ash, Philippa Wittenberg, Jason Lim, Zoe Hoare, Rachel Evans, Nathan Bray, Christopher M. Kipps, Ciara Devine, Saliha Ahmed, Ross Dunne, Anna Koniotes, Catherine Warren, Dennis Chan, Aida Suarez-Gonzalez

“…Methods This is a multi-centre, parallel-group, individually randomised controlled trial, comparing standard clinical care with and without cognitive rehabilitation. …”
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Experimental study of settlement and migration patterns of proppant in long narrow fractures in deep shale by LIU Haoqi, CHEN Fuhong, YU Zhili, GONG Wei, LUO Xi, LIN Hun

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Determining the feasibility of a codesigned and personalised intervention (Veg4Me) to improve vegetable intake in young adults living in rural Australian communities: protocol for... by Ralph Maddison, John C Mathers, Sarah A McNaughton, Lauren C Blekkenhorst, Katherine M Livingstone, Gavin Abbott, Laura Alston, Jonathan C Rawstorn, Eric O, Yuxin Zhang, Scott Barnett, Stephanie R Partridge, Stephanie L Godrich, Gilly A Hendrie, Kate Dullaghan

“…This study will determine the feasibility of delivering a personalised Veg4Me programme and compare preliminary effects with a non-personalised Veg4Me (control).Methods and analysis A 12-week assessor-blinded, two-arm, parallel randomised controlled trial will be undertaken from August 2023 until April 2024. …”
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Assessing effectiveness of ABCDE Framework for teaching condylar fracture reduction in dental education: a mixed methods study by Jun Pang, Zhigan Lv, Haifeng Zhang, Siyao Yang, Yuanyuan Wang, Yang Wu, Xiaoxing Hao, Lin Cheng, Pengfei Xin

“…All participants completed a two-day training program combining lectures and hands-on sessions. A convergent parallel mixed-methods design was used: quantitative assessments via pre- and post-intervention tests; qualitative analysis of open-ended questionnaires via thematic coding. …”
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Comparative efficacy and safety of adalimumab biosimilar (BCD-057) and innovator in patients with psoriasis vulgaris. Results of the BCD-057-2/CALYPSO phase III international, mult... by Т. V. Korotaeva, A. V. Samtsov, A. L. Bakulev, M. M. Kokhan, I. K. Minullin, O. A. Vylegzhanina, V. V. Dubensky, B. V. Khalilov, A. A. Khotko, O. S. Zykova, I. V. Chumachenko, A. M. Lukyanov, A. V. Artemyeva, S. I. Derbin, E. Yu. Stukalina, E. V. Chernyaeva, R. A. Ivanov

“…The per-protocol population for efficacy evaluation included 342 patients. At week 16, the primary endpoint of PASI75 was shown to be achieved by 62.5% (105/168) and 66.46% (109/164) of the patients in the BCD-057 and Himura® groups, respectively; p=0.45). …”
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Effect of CYP3A4 inhibitor and induction on the pharmacokinetics and safety of FHND9041, a novel EGFR T790M inhibitor, in healthy Chinese by Chang Lu, Dongmei Cheng, Yunqiu Xie, Minghong Shang, Rongzhen Chen, Yongqiang Zhu, Jian Gong, Huan Zhou

“…Patients and methods This study employed a single-center, open-label, fixed-sequence design, comprising two parallel groups: Group 1 received FHND9041 40 mg in combination with Itraconazole, while Group 2 received Rifampicin in combination with FHND9041 80 mg. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a diabetes education and behavioural weight management programme versus a diabetes education programme in adults with a recent diagnosis of type... by Jennifer Bostock, Robbie Duschinsky, Stephen J Sharp, Stephen Morris, Simon J Griffin, Brett Doble, Alan Brennan, Amy L Ahern, Jenny Woolston, Emma Wells, Nazrul Islam, Emma Ruth Lawlor, Andrew J Hill, Ed Wilson, Carly A Hughes, Clare Boothby

“…The Glucose Lowering through Weight management (GLoW) trial will evaluate whether a tailored diabetes education and behavioural weight management programme (DEW) is more effective and cost-effective than a diabetes education (DE) programme in helping people with overweight or obesity and a recent diagnosis of T2D to lower their blood glucose, lose weight and improve other markers of cardiovascular risk.Methods and analysis This study is a pragmatic, randomised, single-blind, parallel group, two-arm, superiority trial. …”
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Pericardiectomy with routine cardiopulmonary bypass: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial by Jing-bin Huang, Chang-chao Lu, Zhao-ke Wen

“…This study is a multicenter, randomized controlled, evaluator blinded, parallel group study with an advantageous framework. …”
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Ternary cyclotomic numbers and ternary Jacobi sums by Zhichao Tang, Xiang Fan

“…The cyclotomic problem, focused on determining all cyclotomic numbers, or equivalently evaluating all Jacobi sums of a given order, has been a subject of extensive research. …”
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New Realities of the Enterprise Management System Information Support: Economic and Mathematical Models and Cloud Technologies by Anatolii Asaul Asaul, Mykhailo Voynarenko, Liudmyla Yemchuk, Larysa Dzhulii

“…In the process of research, the sequence of construction and the overall structure of the enterprise management system, based on the use of cloud technologies, are determined, which allowed to build a mathematical model for calculating the probability of making an error-free decision, evaluating the efficiency of decision-making, a model of making a management decision for a certain time with the parallel method of operation of elements of the enterprise management system.…”
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Accelerated chemical shift encoded cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging with use of a resolution enhancement network by Manuel A. Morales, Scott Johnson, Patrick Pierce, Reza Nezafat

“…FastCSE showed similar image sharpness compared to a standardized parallel imaging method.…”
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Inner–Outer Loop Intelligent Morphology Optimization and Pursuit–Evasion Control for Space Modular Robot by Wenwei Luo, Ling Meng, Fei Feng, Pengyu Guo, Bo Li

“…In addition, by implementing the algorithm on the JAX framework for parallel computing, the computational efficiency was significantly enhanced, allowing the entire optimization process within 17.3 h. …”
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Inhibitive effect of azine and diazine derivatives on the corrosion of 316L SS in acidic media by A.S. Fouda, Desoky A.M. El, A.A. Keshk

“…The inhibition of these derivatives on the uniform corrosion was evaluated by anodic and cathodic polarization curves of the electrode in the tested media. …”
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Content validity of the questionnaire considering opinions of the Finnish physicians on euthanasia and assisted suicide by Elina Tolvanen, Reetta P. Piili, Pekka Louhiala, Minna Hökkä, Jukka Vänskä, Juho T. Lehto

“…Abstract Despite numerous surveys conducted across the world considering assisted death, content validity evaluations of the survey questionnaires are seldom published. …”
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The grasshopper Eremippus simplex (Eversmann) (Orthoptera, Acrididae) in South Siberia: Rediscovery of a rare species by Michael G. Sergeev, Olesya G. Buleau, Marya N. Kim-Kashmenskaya, Vladimir V. Molodtsov, Oxana V. Yefremova

“…It is one of the most widespread representatives of the genus and is the only species crossing the 52nd parallel in the north direction. The species is associated with dry steppes, semi-deserts and northern deserts and prefers habitats with dominance of different low sagebrushes (Artemisia spp.) and salinized soils. …”
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Integration of solar technology into the electric railway system in dense urban regions by Ahmed Mohamed, Rohama Ahmad, Bonny Xavier

“…Abstract This paper investigates the deployment of solar technology throughout an electric railway system to accommodate tractive power needs. The approach is evaluated from both a technical and financial standpoint to better understand its overall feasibility. …”
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Applying Probability Theory for the Quality Assessment of a Wildfire Spread Prediction Framework Based on Genetic Algorithms by Andrés Cencerrado, Ana Cortés, Tomàs Margalef

“…The core of this framework is evaluated according to the probability theory principles. …”
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