Study Protocol for the Hand OsteoArthritis Self-Management and Integrated Scheme (OASIS-H) to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Hand Osteoarthritis—an Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial by Iris Yan Ki Tang, Lai Man Tang, Brian Ho, Joyce Wong, Amanda Lau, Suet Kei Kwok, Carmen Tze Kwan Ho

“…This study examines the efficacy of the Hand OsteoArthritis Self-management and Integrated Scheme (OASIS-H) compared to routine clinical care for patients with symptomatic hand OA. In this open-label, randomized controlled trial, symptomatic OA hand patients are included and randomized into early intervention and routine clinical care groups. …”
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The Efficacy and Safety of the Chinese Herbal Formula, JTTZ, for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes with Obesity and Hyperlipidemia: A Multicenter Randomized, Positive-Controlled, Open-Label Clinical Trial by Xiaotong Yu, Lipeng Xu, Qiang Zhou, Shengping Wu, Jiaxing Tian, Chunli Piao, Hailong Guo, Jun Zhang, Liping Li, Shentao Wu, Meizhen Guo, Yuzhi Hong, Weirong Pu, Xiyan Zhao, Yang Liu, Bing Pang, Zhiping Peng, Song Wang, Fengmei Lian, Xiaolin Tong

“….; and triglycerides (TG) ≥ 1.7 mmol/L) were randomly assigned, in equal proportions, to two groups in this multicenter randomized, positive-controlled, open-label trial. One group received JTTZ formula, and the other received metformin (MET) for 12 consecutive weeks. …”
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Method for Rapid Labeling of Waste Sludge from a Food Factory with 15N-Glycine and Evaluation of N Use Using Komatsuna (Brassica rapa Var. perviridis) by Mizuho Miura-Ido, Yuzuri Iwamoto, Hiroi Kouya, Yoshihiko Takahashi, Amjad Hassan, Norikuni Ohtake, Hidetaka Hori, Takuji Ohyama

“…To search movement of N from the SF-PMM to plants, we developed a new method to label small amounts of SF-PMM with 15N-glycine. 50 L of wastewater from a food factory was incubated with 1 L of active sludge and 3 g of 15N-glycine (98 atom% 15N), and 175 g of labeled sludge was obtained in a day. …”
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Data-Driven Bearing Fault Diagnosis of Microgrid Network Power Device Based on a Stacked Denoising Autoencoder in Deep Learning and Clustering by Fast Search without Data Labels by Fan Xu, Xin Shu, Xin Li, Xiaodi Zhang

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Label-Free Detection of Human Serum Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Based on Highly Branched Gold Nanoparticle Substrates for Discrimination of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Xiaowei Cao, Zhenyu Wang, Liyan Bi, Jie Zheng

“…In this study, a potential label-free serum test based on SERS spectroscopy was developed to analyze human serum for the diagnosis of the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). …”
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An Open‐Label Phase II Trial of Pembrolizumab, an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Alone or in Combination With Oral Azacitidine as Second‐Line Therapy for Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancers by Vinod K. Ramani, Srimonta Gayen, Radheshyam Naik

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HER-SAFE study design: an open-label, randomised controlled trial to investigate the safety of withdrawal of pharmacological treatment for recovered HER2-targeted therapy-related cardiac dysfunction by Robin Chung, James C Moon, Alexander R Lyon, Charlotte H Manisty, Muhummad Sohaib Nazir, Malcolm Walker, Peter Kellman, Benjamin Dowsing, Daniel Chen, Jessica Artico, Mark Westwood, Hakim-Moulay Dehbi, Rebecca Roylance, Tom Crake, Peter Schmid, Arjun Ghosh, Maria Sol Andres, Joanna Pedra, Orla Worn

“…The Randomised Controlled Trial for the Safety of Withdrawal of Pharmacological Treatment for Recovered HER2 Targeted Therapy Related Cardiac Dysfunction (HER-SAFE) aims to evaluate whether HFT can be safely withdrawn in non-high cardiovascular (CV) risk patients with ‘recovered’ HER2 CTRCD.Methods and analysis This is a multicentre, open-label randomised controlled trial investigating whether withdrawal of HFT is non-inferior to continuation in non-high CV risk, breast cancer survivors with recovered HER2 CTRCD after cancer treatment completion. …”
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Clinical efficacy of 0.1% cyclosporine A in dry eye patients with inadequate responses to 0.05% cyclosporine A: a switching, prospective, open-label, multicenter study by Sook Hyun Yoon, Eun Chul Kim, In-Cheon You, Chul Young Choi, Jae Yong Kim, Jong Suk Song, Joon Young Hyon, Hong Kyun Kim, Kyoung Yul Seo

“…Design This study was designed as a switching, prospective, multicenter, 12-week, open-label study. Methods Patients with dry eye disease (DED), who experienced inadequate responses to at least 3 months of treatment with 0.05% cyclosporine, were enrolled in this study. …”
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Proteomic analysis of murine norovirus-infected Raw 264.7 cells reveals the induction of Ras GTPases by Sung Ho Yun, Md Arif-Ur Rahman, Soo-Bin Nam, Soo Hyeon Kim, Gyuri Kim, Kun Cho, Jong-Soon Choi

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Clinical confocal laser endomicroscopy for imaging of autofluorescence signals of human brain tumors and non-tumor brain by Marlen Reichenbach, Sven Richter, Roberta Galli, Matthias Meinhardt, Katrin Kirsche, Achim Temme, Dimitrios Emmanouilidis, Witold Polanski, Insa Prilop, Dietmar Krex, Stephan B. Sobottka, Tareq A. Juratli, Ilker Y. Eyüpoglu, Ortrud Uckermann

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Learning with semantic ambiguity for unbiased scene graph generation by Shanjin Zhong, Yang Cao, Qiaosen Chen, Jie Gong

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Comparative color stability assessment of orthodontic clear aligners: an in vitro study by Nancy Ajwa, Fatimah Radhi, Rana Aloraini, Ghadi AlSaydalani

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Electrochemical properties of hydroxyapatite immobilization material for potential cytosensor fabrication by Dennis Adusei, Bernard O. Asimeng, Francis D. Krampa, Elvis K. Tiburu

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O artista popular e o contrato: lógicas divergentes nas produções musicais by Mariana Mont\u2019Alverne Barreto Lima

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An assessment of compliance with proposed regulations to restrict on-package marketing of packaged foods to improve nutrition in South Africa by Safura Abdool Karim, Tamryn Frank, Alice S. Khan, Morongoa G. Tlhako, Sikhumbule K. Joni, Elizabeth C. Swart

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Efficient method for identification of Escherichia coli strains isolated from various chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) organs by V. P. Terletskiy, V. I. Tyshchenko, O. B. Novikova, E. D. Dzhavadov, I. Ya. Shakhtamirov, N. L. Adaev

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How quality conventions shape the governance of the dairy value chains of Senegal by Serena Ferrari, Guillaume Duteurtre, Christian Corniaux

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Investigating the effect of neighboring buildings’ orientation and the passage on the amount of energy consumption (case example: common residential buildings in Tehran) by Meysam Zekavat, Mansoure Tahbaz, Mohammad Reza Hafezi

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The Influence of Private Brand and National Brand on Brand Loyalty with Perceived Quality as an Intervening Variable on Tissue Products in Soloraya by Putri Febriqa Khairun Nisa’, Moechammad Nasir

Subjects: “…Brand Loyalty, Perceived Quality, Private Label Brand, National Brand, Indomaret…”
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Phase 1, open-label, dose-escalation study on the safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of intravenous Coxsackievirus A21 (V937), with or without pembrolizumab, in patients with advanced solid tumors by Christy Ralph, Sumati Gupta, Matthew Zibelman, Brendan D Curti, Kevin J Harrington, Steven J O'Day, Andrew G Hill, David C Campbell, Gavin M Wright, David E Gerber, Jonathan E Rosenberg, Jaime R Merchan, Charles M Rudin, Hardev S Pandha, Wallace L Akerley, Daphne Day, Timothy D Clay, Ross R Jennens, Yixin Ren, Emmett V Schmidt, Lisa Guttman

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