The Safety and Tolerability of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Phosphate with Sodium Ferrous Citrate in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bahrain by Feryal Al-Saber, Waleed Aldosari, Mariam Alselaiti, Hesham Khalfan, Ahmed Kaladari, Ghulam Khan, George Harb, Riyadh Rehani, Sizuka Kudo, Aya Koda, Tohru Tanaka, Motowo Nakajima, Abdulla Darwish

“…This prospective, randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled, dose escalating pilot clinical trial assessed the safety of 5-ALA with SFC at doses up to 200 mg 5-ALA/229.42 mg SFC per day in patients living in Bahrain with type 2 diabetes mellitus that was uncontrolled despite the use of one or more antidiabetic drugs. …”
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Gender bias in urology: The role of gender in selecting urology as a medical specialty by Mansour Alnazari, Abdullah K. Aljohani, Emad S. Rajih, Abdulaziz Bakhsh, Ghadi S. Alghamdi, Faris S. Sebaa, Ali A. Alraddadi, Adel Moalwi

“…Data were collected from November 2023 to June 2024 using a structured questionnaire administered electronically. A pilot study was conducted to evaluate the questionnaire’s reliability and clarity. …”
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Pipeline for development of acylated peptide based CGRP receptor antagonist with extended half-life for migraine treatment by Jens Bjelke Kristensen, Lisbeth Elster, Morten Lundh, Borja Ballarín-González, Flora Alexopoulou, Martin Kræmer, Ditte Marie Jensen, Ulrike Leurs, Jens Christian Nielsen, Henrik H. Hansen, Kristian A. Haanes, Matilda Degn

“…Half-life of hαCGRP8-37 analogues carrying a C20-diacid was estimated in mice in a pilot study (n = 1–2). Half-lives ranged from 7.3 to 13.7 h. …”
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Acceptance and adoption determinants of telemedicine in public healthcare institutions by Kokisa E. Phorah, Lovemore Motsi

“…In order to ensure that the instrument was accurate, a pilot study was carried out prior to the main investigation. …”
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Probiotic Amelioration of Azotemia in 5/6th Nephrectomized Sprague-Dawley Rats by Natarajan Ranganathan, Beena Patel, Pari Ranganathan, Joseph Marczely, Rahul Dheer, Tushar Chordia, Stephen R. Dunn, Eli A. Friedman

“…Herein we describe a prospective, blinded, placebo-controlled pilot study, using 5/6th nephrectomized Sprague Dawley rat as a chronic renal failure model. …”
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Automatic History Matching for Adjusting Permeability Field of Fractured Basement Reservoir Simulation Model Using Seismic, Well Log, and Production Data by Le Ngoc Son, Nguyen The Duc, Sumihiko Murata, Phan Ngoc Trung

“…In basic reparameterization techniques including zonation and pilot point methods, the calibrations are usually based solely on the production data with no systematic link to the geological and geophysical data, and therefore, the obtained permeability distribution may be not geologically consistent. …”
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Perceived Nuisance Caused by Air Pollution on Amateur Endurance Athletes/Exercisers: Development of a Psychometric Scale by George Koskinas, Ilias Mavroidis, Yiannis Giossos

“…To this aim, a questionnaire was developed, initially through a pilot stage. The fully developed scale was provided to two hundred and ninety-two (292) amateur endurance athletes/exercisers for an exploratory factor analysis to be carried out. …”
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Worth the effort? A practical examination of random effects in hidden Markov models for animal telemetry data by Brett T. McClintock

“…To help put my findings in context and illustrate some potential challenges that practitioners may encounter when applying mixed HMMs, I revisit a previous analysis of long‐finned pilot whale biotelemetry data.…”
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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of PHAROS, a perioperative pharmaceutical management intervention for older adults – a qualitative interview study from the perspect... by Moritz Sebastian Schönfeld, Julia Rinke, Claudia Langebrake, Levente Kriston, Cynthia Olotu, Rainer Kiefmann, Corinna Bergelt

“…Methods We performed a qualitative interview study within a pilot intervention study comparing a comprehensive MTM with standard care in older inpatients (≥ 65 years) in Germany. …”
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Over-the-Scope Clip-Associated Endoscopic Muscular Dissection for Seven Cases of Small Gastric Submucosal Tumor: A Video-Based Case Series by Xin Li, Rongfen Wei, Jianfu Qin, Fei Qin, Peng Peng, Mengbin Qin, Shiquan Liu, Jiean Huang

“…To evaluate the methodology, feasibility, safety, and efficacy of a novel method called over-the-scope clip- (OTSC-) associated endoscopic muscular dissection for small GSMT. Methods. A pilot study on small GSMT diameter≤1 cm was performed. …”
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Application of the weighted histogram method for calculating the thermodynamic parameters of the formation of oligodeoxyribonucleotide duplexes by I. I. Yushin, V. M. Golyshev, D. V. Pyshnyi, A. A. Lomzov

“…Existing predictive approaches are based on an analysis of experimental data and the consequent construction of predictive models. The ongoing pilot studies aimed at devising methods for predicting the properties of NAs by computational modeling techniques are based only on knowledge about the structure of oligonucleotides. …”
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Conceptual model of sustainable development of pedagogical staff competences in quality assurance of higher education by Andrii Biloshchytskyi, Andrii Biloshchytskyi, Oleksandr Kuchanskyi, Oleksandr Kuchanskyi, Oleksandr Kuchanskyi, Yurii Andrashko, Aidos Mukhatayev, Khanat Kassenov

“…Based on the results of the pilot implementation of the first stage of the competence project, project participants were selected on the basis of this conceptual model and training was organized to improve the level of competence in the field of education quality management. …”
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Blockchain-Enabled VANET for Smart Solid Waste Management by Muhammad Saad, Maaz Bin Ahmad, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Khalid Khan, Toqeer Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood

“…The experimental results are also obtained by deploying a pilot project in Karachi, Pakistan. The real-time dashboard is also obtained to demonstrate the daily statistics of the waste collection and performance of the waste vehicles. …”
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Emission Characteristics of PCDD/Fs, Heavy Metals, and Nuclides during Incineration of Waste Resins Containing Nuclides by Yuhan Feng, Yingzhe Du, Shiying Li, Lili Li, Shi Feng, Kunfeng Li, Mingxiu Zhan, Jinqing Wang, Xu Xu, Peng Lin

“…Almost no solid residue was generated due to sufficient incineration in the tubular furnace. In the pilot scale experiment, when the resin was incinerated at 900°C, the PCDD/F concentration in the flue gas was 16.97 ng m−3 (0.8 ng I-TEQ m−3). …”
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Signs of Nervous System Sensitization in Female Runners with Chronic Patellofemoral Pain by Brian J. Eckenrode, David M. Kietrys, Allison Brown, J. Scott Parrott, Brian Noehren

“… # Hypothesis/Purpose The primary objective of this pilot study was to quantify and compare pain sensitivity as identified through QST measures, in active female runners with and without PFP…”
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SLC6A4 5HTTLPR Polymorphism Affects Insulin Secretion in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Barbara Šenk, Katja Goričar, Nika Aleksandra Kravos, Mojca Jensterle Sever, Andrej Janež, Vita Dolžan

“…Purpose. To investigate in a pilot study of genetic polymorphisms in serotonin system influencing basal- and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). …”
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Effects of Blink Rate on Tear Film Optical Quality Dynamics with Different Soft Contact Lenses by María García-Montero, Laura Rico-del-Viejo, Irene Martínez-Alberquilla, Jose Luis Hernández-Verdejo, Amalia Lorente-Velázquez, David Madrid-Costa

“…A prospective randomized, double-blind, cross-over pilot study including four SHCLs (A: lotrafilcon B (Air Optix plus HydraGlyde, Alcon Laboratories); B: samfilcon A (Ultra, Bausch & Lomb); C: comfilcon A (Biofinity, CooperVision); and D: filcom V3 (Blu:gen, Mark’Ennovy)). …”
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Enteral Nutrition Practices and Complications in ICU Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study of Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives in Saudi Arabia by Zaher S, Alhindi R, Alturki L, Alsobhi E, Alahmadi L, Aldhowayan HA

“…We also investigated the factors influenced the HCPs’ perception in reporting these EN complications.Methods: In this cross-sectional pilot study, data was collected through an online survey from 25 December 2022 to the end of February 2023. …”
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Pre-Operative Scapular Rehabilitation for Arthroscopic Repair of Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tear: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial by Luane Landim de Almeida, Adriano Fernando Mendes Júnior, José da Mota Neto, Leandro Furtado De Simoni, Karine Helena Souza Lopes, Paloma Carvalho Guimarães, Brenda Iasmin de Oliveira Valério, Aaron Sciascia

“… # Study Design Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) – pilot. # Methods Twenty adult individuals (age range: 47-69 years), with a diagnosis of traumatic rotator cuff tear and arthroscopic surgical repair, were randomized and allocated into two groups: experimental (EG) (n = 10) and control group (CG) (n = 10). …”
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Composite Primary Outcomes Reported in Studies of Critical Care: A Scoping Review by Prashanti Marella, MD, Sansuka De Silva, Antony G. Attokaran, Kevin B. Laupland, PhD, Lars Eriksson, BA, Mahesh Ramanan, MMed

“…Independent double-screening of abstracts/full texts and data extraction was performed using a pilot-tested extraction template. The data collected included characteristics of CPO, definitions, trends, and death handling techniques used while reporting the CPO. …”
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