A Long-Term Follow-Up Programme for Maintenance of Motor Function after Stroke: Protocol of the life after Stroke—The LAST Study by Torunn Askim, Birgitta Langhammer, Hege Ihle-Hansen, Jon Magnussen, Torgeir Engstad, Bent Indredavik

“…This is a prospective, multi-site randomised controlled trial, with blinded assessment 18 months after inclusion. A total of 390 patients will be recruited and randomised to a control group, receiving usual care, or to an intervention group 10 to 16 weeks after onset of stroke. …”
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Direct anterior approach (DAA) vs. conventional approaches in total hip arthroplasty: A RCT meta-analysis with an overview of related meta-analyses. by Philip Lazaru, Simon Bueschges, Nikolai Ramadanov

“…<h4>Results</h4>Nine studies on THA through DAA met the criteria for final meta-analysis, involving 998 patients. Three studies were blinded RCTs with a level I evidence, the other 6 studies were non-blinded RCTs with a level II evidence. …”
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Oral 5-Aminosalicyclic Acid Versus 6-Methylprednisolone in Active Crohn's Disease by Jürgen Schölmerich, Harro Jenss, Franz Hartmann, Hanne Döpfer, The German 5-ASA Study Group

“…The response to 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) in active Crohn's disease was studied in comparison to methylprednisolone in a 24 week randomized double-blind multicentre study. Sixty-two patients were included in the analysis. …”
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Metformin increases mammographic breast density: a randomized controlled trial by Sadaf Alipour, Ladan Hosseini, Zohreh Forootan, Hadith Rastad, Leila Bayani, Mahboubeh Abedi, Bita Eslami

“…The aim of this study was to determine the effect of metformin on MBD in non-diabetic premenopausal women. Methods A double-blind, placebo-controlled study was performed. A total of 151 premenopausal women received 500 mg metformin tablets twice a day for 6 months, or a placebo, were included. …”
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APPLICATION OF MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEMS IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY by V. G. Mikhailov

“…The analysis of systems and the functions which are subject to automation for truck and special cars is carried, questions of application of microprocessor systems for reception of experimental data on roads (microprofile and longitudinal cross-section) and their use at car modelling, and also maintenance of road safety: distance maintenance between cars, control of blind zones; an exception засыпания the driver during movement, reduction of harmful influence from noise and vibrations.It is offered complexing realised functions and systems of their control. …”
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Nitazoxanide in Acute Rotavirus Diarrhea: A Randomized Control Trial from a Developing Country by Samarendra Mahapatro, Nijwm Mahilary, Amit Kumar Satapathy, Rashmi Ranjan Das

“…Objective. This double-blind, randomized trial was designed to study the role of nitazoxanide in acute rotavirus diarrhea. …”
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Determination of the optimal horizontal boring mill for the repair of the pipe-rolling reduction-stretching mill’s body stands by O. N. Filonchik

“…Since it is necessary to restore deep blind holes in the repaired housing, it is impossible to use a drilling rod. …”
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Gendering the Decision-Making Positions in Higher Education: A Cross-Sectional Gender Audit in Three Selected Universities in Malawi by Juliet Chiwaya Kamwendo

“…In addition, all three institutions suffer gender-blind promotion criteria and systematic institutional resistance which makes it difficult for women to ascend to decision-making positions hence the hierarchy is highly dominated by males. …”
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The landscape of spiritual health and spirituality in Canada: A scoping review protocol. by Helana Marie Boutros, Merna Mina, Nelly Van Doorn-Harder, Maurita T Harris

“…Two reviewers, HMB and MM, will independently and blindly screen all title/abstracts and full-text studies for eligibility. …”
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Suicide risks associated with pregnancy outcomes: a national cross-sectional survey of American females 41–45 years of age by David C. Reardon

“…This hypothesis can be tested by examining women’s own self-assessments of the degree, if any, that abortion and other pregnancy outcomes contributed to suicidal thoughts and behaviors.Methods A topic blind survey was distributed to 2829 American females 41–45 years of age. …”
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Mobilizing Ordinary People for the Sake of the Environment: Challenges of Urban Activists within Clientelistic Conditions in Lebanon by Lyne Jabri

“…In fact, mobilizing people is the only way to go when political leaders and public officials turn a blind eye. The article concentrates on the experience of Lil-Madina Initiative, an activist group in the city of Saida that has been trying to make a case for ecological rejuvenation in the city since the formation of the collective in 2013. …”
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Later-Life Mortality and Longevity in Late-18th and 19th-Century Cohorts. Where Are We Now, and Where Are We Heading? by Rick Mourits

“…However, in order to find out the determinants of later-life mortality, external validity of results, blind spots due to missing data, and familial clustering need to be studied more thoroughly.…”
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IJSIE ABSTRACTS by Kananga Robert Mukuna

“…The International Journal of Studies in Inclusive Education (IJSIE) is a double-blinded, peer-reviewed, fully open-access journal providing an advanced platform and opportunities for inclusive education-related research outputs. …”
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Path Planning of Unmanned Helicopter in Complex Environment Based on Heuristic Deep Q-Network by Jiangyi Yao, Xiongwei Li, Yang Zhang, Jingyu Ji, Yanchao Wang, Yicen Liu

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Impact of Brand and Testing Method on Coffee Taste Perception between Genders: A Comparative Study of Two Leading Coffee Brands in Taiwan by Yi-Lang Chen, Ya-Chien Chen

“…Thirty young men and thirty young women were asked to drink Starbucks and 7-Eleven Americanos and then report their perceived preference levels under three method-related conditions (i.e., blind test [BT], correct brand information [CI], and incorrect brand information [II]). …”
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Trigonometric Regression for Analysis of Public Health Surveillance Data by Steven E. Rigdon, George Turabelidze, Ehsan Jahanpour

“…Even though assumptions of normality, independence, and stationarity are typically violated in the biosurveillance data, statistical process control (SPC) charts adopted from industry have been widely used in public health for communicable disease monitoring. But, blind usage of SPC charts in public health that ignores the characteristics of disease surveillance data may result in poor detection of disease outbreaks and/or excessive false-positive alarms. …”
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Oportunidades para Pesquisa e Publicação em Contabilidade: Um Estudo Preliminar sobre as Revistas Acadêmicas de Língua Inglesa do Portal de Periódicos da CAPES by José Alonso Borba, Fernando Dal-Ri Murcia

“…As classificações foram realizadas de acordo com os seguintes critérios: país de origem, distribuidor eletrônico, enfoque, periodicidade, blind review, indexação ao Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), indexação ao Scopus e grau de impacto de acordo com o Journal of Citation Report (JCR). …”
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Rationale for the Use of Cord Blood in Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy by Izabela Zdolińska-Malinowska, Dariusz Boruczkowski, Dominika Hołowaty, Paweł Krajewski, Emilian Snarski

“…Two phase-2 clinical studies are ongoing under the United States regulations, namely one controlled study and one blinded study.…”
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A Rare Cause of Pain in a Patient Following Roux-en-Y Choledochojejunostomy by Kristiana Sather, Matthew Wheelwright, Guru Trikudanathan, Gregory Beilman

“…Although it has rarely been reported to occur in the distal blind CBD remnant following either RYCJ or hepaticojejunostomy, it is important to consider this in the differential for patients with abdominal pain following any bilioenteric reconstruction.…”
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