Strengthening research preparedness for crises: lessons from Norwegian government agencies in using randomized trials and quasi-experimental methods to evaluate public policy inter... by Unni Gopinathan, Ingeborg Elgersma, Therese Dalsbø, Mona Bjørbæk, Atle Fretheim

“…Contributing to the study were 10 government agencies across sectors such as development assistance, education, health, social welfare, statistics and taxation. Many of these agencies have conducted or commissioned RCTs or quasi-experimental studies in the past 5 years, with evaluations ranging from 1 or 2 to more than 15 per agency. …”
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Central Obesity Is Associated with Variations in TSH and ACTH Levels among Euthyroid Obese Individuals by Difei Lu, Zhenfang Yuan, Ying Gao, Wei Liu, Junqing Zhang

“…Thyroid function, morning serum ACTH and cortisol levels, thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb), thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb), body composition, and metabolic indicators, including liver function and the lipid profile, were measured at the first visit. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 21.0 (IBM, USA). …”
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Identifying the Dimensions and Consequences of Digital Customer Experience: A Phenomenological Study by Fatemeh Eslahi, Seyed Mohammad Reza Mirahmadi, Mojtaba Aghajani

“…MethodologyThe research employs a qualitative and descriptive phenomenological approach. The statistical population consists of individuals who engage in internet purchasing on websites at least twice a month, with a monthly purchasing amount exceeding 500 thousand Tomans. …”
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Core Outcome Set Development for Tension-Type Headache Treatment Using Traditional Chinese Medicine: Protocol for a Delphi Consensus Study by Guojing Fu, Yunmeng Chen, Xiao Liang, Chunli Guo, Xueming Fan, Xiao Gong, Wenjie Chen, Jing Teng, Jun Tang, Xing Liao, Jingjing Wei, Yunling Zhang

“…Second, a 2-round Delphi survey will be conducted, inviting stakeholders, including health care experts and patients with tension-type headaches, to determine the importance of each outcome. Statistical analysis will be used to assess the level of consensus and prioritize outcomes based on predefined criteria. …”
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The combination of kidney function variables with cell cycle arrest biomarkers identifies distinct subphenotypes of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: a post-hoc analysis (the... by Dimitri Titeca-Beauport, Momar Diouf, Delphine Daubin, Ly Van Vong, Guillaume Belliard, Cédric Bruel, Yoann Zerbib, Christophe Vinsonneau, Kada Klouche, Julien Maizel

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Playing hide and seek with primates: A comparative study of Theory of Mind by Aurore San‑Galli, Marie Devaine, Cinzia Trapanese, Shelly Masi, Sébastien Bouret, Jean Daunizeau

“…Moreover, in every species, at least one individual exhibited mild (but statistically significant) ToM sophistication. Taken together, these data indicate that the distribution of ToM sophistication within each of these non-human primate species is quite heterogeneous. …”
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Prevalence of asymptomatic Leishmania donovani infection and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Habtamu Belay, Adugna Abera, Esayas Aklilu, Tesfahun Bishaw, Ayinalem Alemu, Geremew Tasew, Berhanu Erko

“…Original research articles in English considered. Statistical analyses performed using STATA version 16. …”
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The impact of teacher emotional support on learning engagement among college students mediated by academic self-efficacy and academic resilience by Wenjing Guo, Juan Wang, Na Li, Luxin Wang

“…For data analysis, Pearson correlation analysis was performed first, followed by the bias-corrected percentile Bootstrap method. (1) The study detected no significant systematic bias, and the correlations among teacher emotional support, learning engagement, academic self-efficacy, and academic resilience were all statistically significant. (2) Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, this study clarifies the relationship between teacher emotional support and learning engagement. …”
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Enhancing Semi-Supervised Learning With Concept Drift Detection and Self-Training: A Study on Classifier Diversity and Performance by Jose L. M. Perez, Roberto S. M. Barros, Silas G. T. C. Santos

“…Concept drift occurs in supervised, semi-supervised and unsupervised learning environments, and is addressed through different approaches such as statistics, machine learning, among others. Currently, the use of drift detectors with base classifiers in semi-supervised learning is uncommon. …”
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DNA replication stress underpins the vulnerability to oxidative phosphorylation inhibition in colorectal cancer by Xiao Hong Zhao, Man Man Han, Qian Qian Yan, Yi Meng Yue, Kaihong Ye, Yuan Yuan Zhang, Liu Teng, Liang Xu, Xiao-Jing Shi, Ting La, Yu Chen Feng, Ran Xu, Vinod K. Narayana, David P. De Souza, Lake-Ee Quek, Jeff Holst, Tao Liu, Mark A. Baker, Rick F. Thorne, Xu Dong Zhang, Lei Jin

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A Pilot Study on the Age-Dependent, Biomechanical Properties of Longitudinal Ligaments in the Human Cervical Spine by Narendra Singh, Ana Trajkovski, Jovan Trajkovski, Robert Kunc, Jose Felix Rodriguez Matas

“…However, when introducing age as a variable into the context of the ALL and PLL, statistically significant differences became evident. …”
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Diffuseness of coronary artery disease impacts on immediate hemodynamic and predicted clinical outcomes by Shigetaka Kageyama, Pruthvi Chenniganahosahalli Revaiah, Tsai Tsung-Ying, Kotaro Miyashita, Akihiro Tobe, Neil O’Leary, Johan H. C. Reiber, Shengxian Tu, Azfar Zaman, Manel Sabaté, Helge Möllmann, Faisal Sharif, Julien Lemoine, Adrian Wlodarczak, Scot Garg, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W. Serruys

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Protocol publication rate and comparison between article, registry and protocol in RCTs by Sylvain Mathieu, Jean-Baptiste Bouillon-Minois, Laurent Renard Triché, Emmanuel Coudeyre, De Chazeron Ingrid, Finotto Thomas, Catherine Laporte, Xavier Moisset, Ludovic Samalin, Guillaume Villatte, Bruno Pereira, Methodology And Evidence Statistics for Transparency in medical Research and Outcome reporting (MAESTRO) working group

“…Five hundred and twenty-eight (89.6%) RCTs were registered, 225 over 510 (44%) were registered before the study start with no differences in PO and SS between article and registry. …”
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Temporal trends, associated risk factors and longitudinal cardiovascular outcomes of body roundness among middle-aged and older Chinese adults: from the China Health and Retirement... by Ying-Yuan Gan, Yun-Dan Luo, Lu Zhai, Rong-Rui Huo, Xia Dai, Qian Liao

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Multimodal marvels of deep learning in medical diagnosis using image, speech, and text: A comprehensive review of COVID-19 detection by Md Shofiqul Islam, Khondokar Fida Hasan, Hasibul Hossain Shajeeb, Humayan Kabir Rana, Md. Saifur Rahman, Md. Munirul Hasan, AKM Azad, Ibrahim Abdullah, Mohammad Ali Moni

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Assessment of physiological status of felids as indicator of their welfare in the wild by Ekaterina V. Pavlova, Evgeny A. Ivanov, Vadim E. Kiriluk, Vyacheslav V. Rozhnov

“…We suggest that abundance and availability of weakened deer and carcasses could facilitate hunting for leopards and help them to avoid starvation. In the second study we used WBC counts as a health index for three felid species: Pallas cat (Daursky State Nature Biosphere Reserve, 2010), Far Eastern leopard (Southwestern Prymorie, 2011), Siberian tiger (Ussuriskii Reserve, 2010-2011). …”
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Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation of Small (1–2 cm) Hepatocellular Carcinomas Inconspicuous on B-Mode Ultrasonographic Imaging: Usefulness of Combined Fusion Imaging with MRI an... by Min Woo Lee, Hyo Keun Lim, Hyunchul Rhim, Dong Ik Cha, Tae Wook Kang, Kyoung Doo Song, Ji Hye Min, Geum-Youn Gwak, Seonwoo Kim, David S. K. Lu

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Serum Level Alteration of IL-6, IL-1β, and IFN-γ in Groups of Healthy Adults with Oxidative DNA Damage in Najaf Governorate by Dhuha S. Saleh, Hayder S. Hussain, Hasan N. Al-Haidari, Samia K. Abbas, Ayaid K. Zgair, Seenaa M. Ali

“…The results showed significant statistical elevation with the corresponding p value cut-off p≤0.01 in IL-6, IFN-γ, and IL-1β in the sera of three test groups as compared with the results of the control group. …”
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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and colorectal cancer risk: a large case control study in the Moroccan population by Khaoula El Kinany, Zineb Hatime, Achraf El Asri, Abdelilah Benslimane, Meimouna Deoula, Btissame Zarrouq, Pagona Lagiou, Karima El Rhazi

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UAE pharmacists’ perceptions of the causes of unwanted or unused medications, their practices, and barriers to promoting safe medication disposal by the public by Maram O. Abbas, Semira Beshir, Doaa Kamal AlKhalidi, Eiman Shamseldin Al Gailani Ali, Yosra Lozon, Rizah Anwar Assadi, Hana Ghdaiba, Rahaf Adnan AL-Zeer

“…The data was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 29. …”
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