Silent protocol modifications in multiple sclerosis clinical trials: a registry-based cross-sectional study by Alejandro Rivero-de-Aguilar, Mónica Pérez-Ríos, Joseph S. Ross, Marta Mascareñas-García, Alberto Ruano-Raviña, Marilina Puente-Hernandez, Leonor Varela-Lema

“…Efforts must be made to promote more transparency in the field of MS clinical research.…”
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Trends in clinically significant anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation and service utilisation among US medical students, 2018–2023 by Xue Du, Yusen Zhai, Laurence M Boitet, John Soldner, Jennifer D Lockman

“…The analytic sample comprised 5313 students enrolled in MD programmes from diverse US universities. …”
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Gamma activity as a guide for the building raw materials selection and controlling the environmental hazards by T. Ibrahim, Kh. H. Ali, A. Sroor, N. Walley El-Dine, A. El-Shershaby,\, Z. El-Tayeb

“…From the study all the samples contain high concentration of barium and ru-bidium which can separate using different methods in order to use in different important industry.…”
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Endocervical miRNA-142 expression in patients with pelvic inflammatory disease positive for Chlamydia trachomatis by Aliaa Zara Allah Hussein Al-Tememy, Maysaa S. Alshukri, Asmaa Kadhim Gatea

“…Objectives: This work investigates the changes in the host miRNA-142 expression profile during chlamydial infection and not infected control group women Materials and Methods: The study included 200 female patients who were sampled, including endocervical swab from each female patient. …”
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Efficacy of probiotics for oral candidiasis management: a systematic review by Pengjin Li, Xizhe Yu, Chen Chen, Zhibai Zhao, Xiaoqing Lu, Yuan Fan

“…Conclusion The treatment effect in the susceptible populations appeared to have lower heterogeneity and more stable outcomes, indicating that the application of probiotics is beneficial for oral candidiasis, and the effects vary according to the population characteristics and sample size. …”
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Altered gut microbiota in erectile dysfunction patients: a pilot study by Quanxin Su, Kenan Wang, Yayin Luo, Qizhen Tang

“…This study aimed to compare the changes in gut microbiota and metabolic pathways between ED males and healthy control group, contributing to the exploration of ED pathogenesis.MethodsFecal samples were collected from 19 ED patients and 15 healthy controls (aged from 18 to 60 years), with erectile function assessed using the 5-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5). …”
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Innovating supportive nutrition assessment for pediatric cancer patients undergoing radio-chemotherapy by Ateya Megahed Ibrahim, Donia Elsaid Fathi Zaghamir

“…Data were collected using two instruments: an interview questionnaire sheet and a physical assessment sheet covering clinical, anthropometric and laboratory investigations. Results: More than half (55.6%) of the sample population received their food orally, a factor strongly associated with supportive dietary habits in children with cancer, as highlighted by the results. …”
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Immunohistochemical study of proinflammatory markers in periapical lesions by Heba Faiz Hamodat

“…A sample size of 40 could provide preparatory information, and increasing the sample size greatly enhances the reliability and toughness of the study’s findings. …”
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Determining the Dental Hygiene of Removable Prostheses from the Patient’s Perspective by Saima ., Muhammad Sartaj Khan, Muhammad Raza

“…The patients were assured that their data would be kept confidential. The study sample consisted of 150 subjects with removable dental prostheses. …”
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The Effects of Comparisons of Physical Appearance on Social Media and Social Approval on Eating Attitudes by Kefeli Col B, Gumusler Basaran A, Birben Kurt T, Genc Kose B

“…Ethics committee approval was received for this research. The research sample consisted of 371 students enrolled in a university.Results: In the sample, 80.3% of the participating students were female, and 23.7% were overweight/obese. …”
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Candida albicans infection in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma by Čanković Miloš, Bokor-Bratić Marija

“…Samples were inoculated in Sabouraud' dextrose agar. …”
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The color stability of different composite shades using variable light-curing times by Hozan Tofiq Ahmed, Anas Hussein Yousif, Abdulkareem Ramadhan Ibrah, Doaa Waleed Jameel

“…Aims: The current study aimed to evaluate how the color stability of the composite resins was affected by the duration of light-curing time using light-emitting diode (LED) curing units and various composite shades. Materials and methods: The LED curing unit was used in different durations (10s), (20s), and (40s) for each shade (A1, A2) to prepare and polymerize samples in two shades of two different types of composite resin. …”
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High-risk HPV genotypes in women with abnormal cytology: a 12-year retrospective study by Masoumeh Aslanimehr, Shabnam Nemati, Hamid Sadeghi, Fatemeh Samiee-Rad, Sahand Ghafari, Taghi Naserpour-Farivar

“…HPV-18 was detected only in 3 (3.15%) of cases. Of the HPV-positive samples, 82.11% had multiple infections, with HPV-16, HPV-33, and HPV-45 more prevalent in these cases. …”
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Pricing strategies of Online Stores and its influence on Consumers’ buying decision. by Dr. Waqar Ahmad

“…Using a modified questionnaire derived from scholarly sources, the current study employed quantitative research methods. A total of 174 online shoppers made up the sample for this investigation. …”
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Costs of colorectal cancer screening in Sweden: an observational, longitudinal cost description by Johannes Blom, Naimi Johansson, Camilla Nystrand

“…The sum of costs for colonoscopy procedures was more than two times as high as the costs for FOBT. …”
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Physical activity and sedentary behaviour of primary school learners in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa by Howard Gomwe, Eunice Seekoe, Philemon Lyoka, Chioneso S. Marange, Dennyford Mafa

“…The sample consisted of primary school learners, both boys and girls, aged 9–14 years. …”
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Association of behavioral factors, liver function and NAFLD: Bayesian Mendelian randomization by Lei Pu, Cheng Pu, Xiaoyan Zhang

“…Therefore, this study aimed to assess these associations. Methods We performed two-sample Mendelian randomization (2SMR) and multivariable MR (MVMR) analysis using summary-level data to assess the associations between BFs and NAFLD. …”
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Women's Quality of Life After Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer by Daniel Alejandro Arroyo Zumarraga, Ximena Elizabeth Trujillo Romero, Miguel Ramos Argilagos

“…<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to evaluate the level of quality of life and psychosexual functioning of women after surgical treatment for breast cancer. <br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of 250 women who had undergone surgical treatment for breast cancer. …”
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Radiation-hygienic monitoring and assessment of the doses of the public residing on the radioactively contaminated territories of the Tula region by A. E. Lomovtsev, T. E. Sheveleva, A. S. Karpukhin, A. I. Volodicheva

“…It included the evaluation of the indicators of the radiation safety of more than 50 thousand samples of the main food products, sampled in the areas of the radioactive “Chernobyl” contamination of the region with the simultaneous measurement of the external gamma-radiation dose rate in the stationary control points. …”
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An Immunogenic Cell Death-Related Gene Signature Predicts the Prognosis and Immune Infiltration of Cervical Cancer by Fangfang Sun, Yuanyuan Sun, Hui Tian

“…Patients classified into cluster 2 demonstrated higher levels of immune cell infiltration and exhibited a more favorable prognosis. Subsequently, an ICD-related gene signature comprising 3 genes (IL1B, IFNG, and FOXP3) was established for CC. …”
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