Causal relationship between lipid profile and muscle atrophy: A bi‐directional Mendelian randomization study by Kun Chen, Peng Gao, Xiaoxiang Fang, Kexing Tang, Pan Ouyang, Zongchao Li, Liangjun Li, Zhenhan Deng

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Effects of nanocurcumin supplementation on metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Gofarana Wilar, Cecep Suhandi, Kohji Fukunaga, Masanori Shigeno, Ichiro Kawahata, Rizky Abdulah, Takuya Sasaki

“…Methods: A systematic literature search identified 20 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with 1394 participants. …”
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Prenatal labor analgesia education program on outcomes for primiparas: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Jiali Wu, Jing Chen, Weiwen Zhang, Jiangtao OuYang, Jia Li, Xujuan Zheng

“…Methods A single-blinded, randomized, controlled, parallel-design trial will be conducted. …”
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Auricular Acupuncture for Perioperative Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Zhou Y, Bao Q, Yang C, Li S, Yin Z, Xiong J, Sun M, Yang J, Liu F, Liang F

“…Yan Zhou,1,* Qiongnan Bao,1,* Chen Yang,1,* Shuhao Li,1,* Zihan Yin,1 Jian Xiong,1 Mingsheng Sun,1 Jiao Yang,2 Fang Liu,3 Fanrong Liang1 1Acupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 2Rehabilitation Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fanrong Liang, Acupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610075, People’s Republic of China, Email acuresearch@126.com Fang Liu, Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People’s Republic of China, Email liufang@scszlyy.org.cnPurpose: We conducted a more comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture (AA) in perioperative pain management.Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) findings were retrieved from the Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, Web of Science, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, Wanfang, VIP, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure databases from their inception to March 2024 using the search terms “pain”, “auriculotherapy”, and “randomized controlled trial”. …”
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Oxytocin as a physiological correlate of dyadic music therapy relationships — a randomized crossover pilot study by Paula Kristin Busse, Lutz Neugebauer, Götz Kaschubowski, Dennis Anheyer, Dennis Anheyer, Dennis Anheyer, Thomas Ostermann

“…The aim of this pilot study (Clinical Trial No: DRKS00035174) is to investigate whether oxytocin is usable and feasible as a biomarker of attachment to demonstrate the development of therapeutic alliance between therapist and patient in a dyadic music therapy setting.MethodsIn a single-measure crossover design, children aged 6–12 years from a special school for social and emotional disorders, were randomly with either music therapy followed by a waiting list control group that performed silent work, or vice versa. …”
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Impact of iron chelation with deferasirox on telomere length and oxidative stress in hemodialysis patients: A randomized study by Blanca Olivia Murillo Ortiz, Joel Ramírez Emiliano, Marcos Javier Romero Vázquez, Lauro Fabián Amador Medina, Sandra Martínez Garza, Edna Montserrat Ramos Rodríguez

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Asymmetric Randomly Censored Mortality Distribution: Bayesian Framework and Parametric Bootstrap with Application to COVID-19 Data by Rashad M. EL-Sagheer, Mohamed S. Eliwa, Khaled M. Alqahtani, Mahmoud EL-Morshedy

“…This article investigates a survival analysis under randomly censored mortality distribution. From the perspective of frequentist, we derive the point estimations through the method of maximum likelihood estimation. …”
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A randomized controlled study of auricular point acupressure to manage chemotherapy-induced neuropathy: Study protocol. by Nada Lukkahatai, Michael V Nguyen, Jingyu Zhang, Yu-Min Cho, Chitchanok Benjasirisan, Heijingzi Monica Jia, Claudia M Campbell, Jennifer Kawi, Hulin Wu, Hongyu Wang, Rupsikha Bora, Johannes Thrul, Constance M Johnson, Thomas J Smith

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This is a three-arm randomized controlled clinical trial protocol. Patients aged 18 and older who are experiencing CIN are randomly assigned to one of the three groups: an APA group (in-person APA; mAPA), a sham control group (virtual APA; vAPA), and a wait-list usual care control group (UC). …”
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Prediction of Associations between OMIM Diseases and MicroRNAs by Random Walk on OMIM Disease Similarity Network by Hailin Chen, Zuping Zhang

“…Therefore, there is a strong incentive to develop computational methods to detect potential OMIM disease-miRNA associations. In this paper, random walk on OMIM disease similarity network is applied to predict potential OMIM disease-miRNA associations under the assumption that functionally related miRNAs are often associated with phenotypically similar diseases. …”
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LED Lighting System Reliability Modeling and Inference via Random Effects Gamma Process and Copula Function by Huibing Hao, Chun Su, Chunping Li

“…In this paper, we assume that the system has two performance characteristics, and each performance characteristic is governed by a random effects Gamma process where the random effects can capture the unit to unit differences. …”
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Pegilated interferon alpha 2b «Pegaltevir» chronic hepatitis C treatment (randomized clinical trial) by Marina V. Mayevskaya, Ye. N. Bessonova, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, K. V. Zhdanov, V. G. Morozov, V. D. Pasechnikov, I. Yu. Khomenko, A. V. Yagoda, V. T. Ivashkin

“…These qualities formed the basis for development of the Russian pegilated interferon-alpha 2b (Pegaltevir®, LLC «FARMAPARK», Russia) and carrying out doublestaged randomized open clinical trial: study of safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of Pegaltevir® at single injection of increasing doses in various groups of healthy volunteers - the I stage; studying of efficacy and safety of Pegaltevir® in comparison to PegIntron® (Schering-Plough, USA) at CHC as a part of double antiviral therapy with ribavirin (Rebetol®, Schering-Plough, USA) - the II stage. …”
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Randomized and Efficient Time Synchronization in Dynamic Wireless Sensor Networks: A Gossip-Consensus-Based Approach by Nan Xiong, Minrui Fei, Taicheng Yang, Yu-Chu Tian

“…This paper proposes novel randomized gossip-consensus-based sync (RGCS) algorithms to realize efficient time calibration in dynamic wireless sensor networks (WSNs). …”
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Protein kinase inhibitors as targeted therapy for glioblastoma: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials by José Pinto-Fraga, Celia García-Chico, Simone Lista, Pedro Miguel Lacal, Giuseppe Carpenzano, Maurizio Salvati, Alejandro Santos-Lozano, Grazia Graziani, Claudia Ceci

“…Upon disease progression, the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) monoclonal antibody bevacizumab, can be considered.Given the limited efficacy of pharmacological treatments, particularly for the recurrent disease, several molecularly targeted interventions have been explored, such as small-molecule protein kinase inhibitors (PKIs), inhibiting tyrosine kinase growth factor receptors and downstream signaling pathways involved in GBM angiogenesis and infiltrative behavior.This meta-analysis, based on searches in PubMed and Web Of Science, evaluated 12 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining PKIs in patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent GBM. …”
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Advantages and disadvantages of coronary drug-eluting stent: a 23-year journey of randomized clinical trials by Alfredo E. Rodriguez, Juan Mieres, Juan M. Rokos

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The Effect of auriculotherapy on sleep quality in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a randomized clinical trial by Laleh Mohammadi, Zahra Tagharrobi, Khadijeh Sharifi, Zahra Sooki, Mohammad Zare, Fatemeh Zare Joshaghani

“…Fifty-two eligible samples were selected using convenience sampling and randomly assigned to intervention and sham groups. …”
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Effects of Tocotrienol on Cardiovascular Risk Markers in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Liana Trugilho, Lívia Alvarenga, Ludmila Cardozo, Bruna Paiva, Jessyca Brito, Isis Barboza, Jonatas Almeida, Juliana dos Anjos, Pramod Khosla, Marcelo Ribeiro-Alves, Denise Mafra

“…This double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial aimed to evaluate the effects of a tocotrienol-rich fraction (TRF) supplementation (300 mg/day) on oxidative stress and inflammatory markers, including transcription factors in nondialysis (ND) and hemodialysis (HD) CKD patients for three months. …”
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Finding projection in the two-stage supply chain in DEA-R with random data using (CRA) model by Mohammad Reza Mozaffari, Sahar Ostovan

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Randomized Controlled Trial of Polyethylene Glycol versus Oral Sodium Phosphate for Bowel Preparation in Unsedated Colonoscopy by Dong Yang, Ke Tao, Geng Chen, Luping Zhang, Qingying He, Hong Xu

“…Between April 2019 and April 2020, a total of 586 outpatients scheduled for unsedated colonoscopy at the First Hospital of Jilin University (Changchun, China) were randomized into one of two groups, namely, the polyethylene glycol (PEG) group or the oral sodium phosphate solution (OSP) group. …”
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Fast Random Permutation Tests Enable Objective Evaluation of Methods for Single-Subject fMRI Analysis by Anders Eklund, Mats Andersson, Hans Knutsson

“…In this work, it is shown how the computational power of cost-efficient graphics processing units (GPUs) can be used to speed up random permutation tests. A test with 10000 permutations takes less than a minute, making statistical analysis of advanced detection methods in fMRI practically feasible. …”
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Trabeculectomy and EX-PRESS Implantation in Open-Angle Glaucoma: An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Yi Sun, Bowen Zhang, Rouxi Zhou, Tao Wang, Juan Deng

“…Thus, we conducted the updated meta-analysis to clarify the issue. Methods. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were selected through search of databases PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and the Cochrane Library from their inception up until November 2018. …”
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