Effect of electrical stimulation with a cochlear implant on tinnitus impact: protocol of an individual patient data meta-analysis by Inge Stegeman, Adriana L Smit, Kelly Assouly

“…While several studies have shown a reduction in tinnitus distress following cochlear implantation, others showed an increase or no change after implantation. …”
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Transversus Thoracis Muscle Plane Block in Paediatric Patients Who Underwent Minimally Invasive Closure of Transthoracic Ventricular Septal Defect: A Retrospective Study by Qiong Ling, Shuhua Zhao, Yongyong Shi, Xiangyu Li, Ping Li, Gaofeng Zhao, Qianqian Zhu

“…Discussion. This study showed that TTMPB was a beneficial and safe regional anaesthesia technique for paediatric patients who underwent minimally invasive closure of transthoracic VSD, although prospective randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm the results.…”
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A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, multiple dose, parallel study to investigate the effects of a cathepsin S inhibitor in celiac disease by Darren Bentley, Marie Mannino, Marianne Manchester, Priscila Camillo Teixeira, Bernhard Reis, Malcolm Boyce, Sandra Nagel

“…Participants in the RO5459072 arm also showed decreased intestinal permeability, and a decrease in the number of circulating B cells, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells compared to baseline. …”
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Less cytotoxic phthalocyanine derivative promotes in vitro wound healing compared to chlorhexidine by Caique Andrade Santos, Adriano de Souza Pessoa, Fabiano Vieira Vilhena, Rodrigo Cardoso de Oliveira, Paulo Sérgio da Silva Santos, Carla Andreotti Damante, Mariana Schutzer Ragghianti Zangrando

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Characterization and Machine Learning-Driven Property Prediction of a Novel Hybrid Hydrogel Bioink Considering Extrusion-Based 3D Bioprinting by Rokeya Sarah, Kory Schimmelpfennig, Riley Rohauer, Christopher L. Lewis, Shah M. Limon, Ahasan Habib

“…These predictive models serve as valuable tools for bioink formulation optimization, allowing researchers to determine effective viscosities without extensive experimental trials to accelerate tissue engineering.…”
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A scoping review key elements and effects of cardiovascular disease management programs based on community-based participatory research. by Juhyeon Yang, Bohyun Park

“…In addition, among the 21 studies selected were 6 randomised controlled trials, all of which showed a significant positive effect in experimental groups compared to control groups.…”
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Comparison of the Frontal Plane Projection Angle and the Dynamic Valgus Index to Identify Movement Dysfunction in Females with Patellofemoral Pain by Lori A Bolgla, Haley N Gibson, Daniel C Hannah, Tiana Curry-McCoy

“…Paired-sample area difference under the ROC curves showed a similar (*p* = 0.10) AUC for the knee FPPA and DVI. …”
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Can Soil Compaction Alter Morphophysiological Responses and Soybean Yield under Application of Selective Herbicides? by Bruno César Silva Pereira, Camila Jorge Bernabé Ferreira, Guilherme Braga Pereira Braz, Matheus de Freitas Souza, Rose Luiza Moraes Tavares, Márcio Rosa, Eduardo Lima do Carmo, Gabriel Henrique Vian, Ana Paula Sousa Silva, Fellipe Goulart Machado

“…For this purpose, two trials were carried out, one in a greenhouse and the other under field conditions. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Everolimus Plus Exemestane in Postmenopausal Women with Treatment-refractory Hormone Receptor-positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-negative Adv... by Yuan-Ching Chang, Kun-Ming Rau, Dar-Ren Chen, Tsu-Yi Chao, Ming-Feng Hou, Chiun-Sheng Huang*

“…Background: This phase IIIb, open-label study enrolled patients from nine Asian and Middle Eastern countries to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the combination therapy in underrepresented patient populations from the Breast Cancer Trials of Oral Everolimus-2 (BOLERO-2). Here, we report the Taiwanese subset data. …”
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Prognostic Value of Creatine Phosphate and Inflammatory Markers for Mitral Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yanhui Zhu, Chengwei Zou, Jun Zhang, Lei Chen, Yanting Jia

“…The computer retrieved PubMed, Science Citation Index (SCI), Embase, VIP, CNKI, CBM, and Wanfang database and manually retrieved randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published at home and abroad on the central muscle protection role of creatine phosphate in heart valve replacement, and the search period was established until February 2018. …”
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State of the art progress of Evolvulus alsinoides in pharmacological activity and plant tissue culture: A potent Chinese medicinal plant by Collince Omondi Awere, Valentine Chikaodili Anadebe, Rakkammal Kasinathan, Pandiyan Muthuramalingam, Ramesh Manikandan

“…The diverse medicinal profile shows that it has the potential to treat a variety of health issues. …”
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Research status of east Asian traditional medicine treatment for chronic cough: A scoping review. by Boram Lee, Chan-Young Kwon, Ye Ji Kim, Jae Hyun Kim, Kwan-Il Kim, Beom-Joon Lee, Jun-Hwan Lee

“…<h4>Results</h4>Among 474 included studies, the study designs were mainly randomized controlled trials (72.4%), and the population was evenly distributed between children and adults. …”
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Fermented soy whey induced changes on intestinal microbiota and metabolic influence in mice by Wei Han, Xuhui Zhuang, Qian Liu, Bo Sun, Haijiang Miao, Xiaolin Zhang

“…The results showed that, when SW was concentrated 15 times, the count of viable Lactobacillus casei reached 3.4 × 109 CFU/mL by liquid fermentation method, which was the highest viable cell count among all test strains. …”
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Clinical Efficacy and Meta-Analysis of Stem Cell Therapies for Patients with Brain Ischemia by Lukui Chen, Guilong Zhang, Ahsan Ali Khan, Xiaoyuan Guo, Yuchun Gu

“…We searched Cochrane Library, PubMed, Ovid, CBM, CNKI, WanFang, and VIP Data from its inception to December 2015, to collect randomized controlled trials (RCT) of stem cell transplantation for the ischemic stroke. …”
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The risk of malnutrition as a predictor of arrhythmia recurrence after catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal non-valvular atrial Fibrillation and heart failure with preserv... by Zixi Zhang, Cancan Wang, Qiming Liu, Yichao Xiao, Jiabao Zhou, Keke Wu, Yunying Huang, Zeying Zhang, Shiping Liu, Qiuzhen Lin

“…Further large-scale randomized controlled trials are required to validate these findings.…”
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In vivo mapping of sodium homeostasis disturbances in individual ALS patients: A brain 23Na MRI study. by Aude-Marie Grapperon, Mohamed Mounir El Mendili, Adil Maarouf, Jean-Philippe Ranjeva, Maxime Guye, Annie Verschueren, Shahram Attarian, Wafaa Zaaraoui

“…The main areas involved were the corticospinal tracts. Half of patients showed abnormal TSC increase within more than 1% of whole brain voxels. …”
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Clinical Effect of Preservation or Nonpreservation of Left Colic Artery in Total Mesorectal Excision under Laparoscopy: A Meta-analysis by Jiefeng Liu, Yujing Gong, Miao He, Xinyu Zeng, Yiping Liu

“…We searched databases including PubMed, Web of Science, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) to collect randomized and controlled trials which compared the effect of preservation or nonpreservation of the LCA in TME under laparoscopy. …”
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The Renal and Liver Complications Development among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Kirkuk City by Wasan Talib Abed, Walaa Esmael Jassim, Emad Mohamed Rasheed

“… Diabetes is a chronic metabolic malady that has raised levels of blood glucose, which in last, it will cause severe harms to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves. In this article trials to investigate the development of the renal and liver disorders among patients with T2DM in a population of Kirkuk city. …”
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Effectiveness of Vestibular Rehabilitation in Children Post-Concussion: A Systematic Review by Devashish Tiwari, Melisa Erdal, Kristyn Alonzo, Victoria Twombly, Paige Concannon, August West, Mairead O'Byrne

“… # Results Overall, twelve studies (three randomized controlled trials, five cohort studies, two case series and two case reports) were included in the review. …”
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Development of the adaptive spring bread wheat cultivar ‘Omskaya Yubileynaya’ under the conditions of the Siberian region by N. A. Popolzukhina, P. V. Popolzukhin, A. A. Gaidar, Yu. Yu. Parshutkin, N. A. Yakunina

“…The experiments and observations were performed in accordance with the techniques recommended by the State Commission for Crop Variety Trials.Results. The research showed that cv. ‘Omskaya Yubileynaya’ was characterized by resistance to lodging and to major plant diseases. …”
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