Association between wide-ranging food intake and Parkinson’s disease: a comprehensive mendelian randomization study by Yana Su, Yulei Hao, Wanhui Dong, Ruqing Qiu, Ying Zhang

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Driver identification in advanced transportation systems using osprey and salp swarm optimized random forest model by Akshat Gaurav, Brij B. Gupta, Razaz Waheeb Attar, Ahmed Alhomoud, Varsha Arya, Kwok Tai Chui

“…In this context, this work suggests a new method to find drivers by means of a Random Forest model optimized using the osprey optimization algorithm (OOA) for feature selection and the salp swarm optimization (SSO) for hyperparameter tuning based on driving behavior. …”
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Vibration therapy as an intervention for trochanteric hip fractures – A randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial by Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Pui Yan Wong, Chaoran Liu, Chun Sing Chui, Wing Hong Liu, Ning Tang, James Griffith, Ning Zhang, Wing Hoi Cheung

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Submental liposuction for the management of lymphedema following head and neck cancer treatment: a randomized controlled trial by Uthman Alamoudi, Benjamin Taylor, Colin MacKay, Matthew H. Rigby, Robert Hart, Jonathan R. B. Trites, S. Mark Taylor

“…Study design was a non-blinded randomized controlled trial. Twenty patients were randomized into a treatment arm (underwent submental liposuction n = 10) and control arm (n = 10). …”
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Efficacy of Tui Na in idiopathic constipation in children with cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Huijuan Wang, Bichan Chen, Qian Long, Qiuping Yang, Jiawen Mao, Qinghua Ma, Xingqian Yi, Ying Wang, Yinghan Liu, Zhiliang Cao, Jianda Xu, Yong Ye, Wei Tang

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy and potential adverse events of Tuina therapy for idiopathic constipation in children with cerebral palsy (CP).MethodsA total of 60 CP children with idiopathic constipation were enrolled and randomly divided into Tuina and control groups. The control group was treated with basic treatment and 12 sessions of lactulose oral solution, whereas the Tuina group received basic treatment and 12 sessions of infantile Tuina treatment. …”
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Assessment of relationships between epigenetic age acceleration and multiple sclerosis: a bidirectional mendelian randomization study by Hongwei Liu, Hanqing Zhang, Zhaoxu Yin, Miaomiao Hou

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Comparison of sensory recovery between random pattern flap and axial pattern flap in finger defect reconstruction by Tien Duc Nguyen

“…Background: This study aimed to investigate the association between the use of different flaps, including random- and axial-pattern flaps, and sensory recovery following finger soft tissue reconstruction using local pedicle flaps. …”
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Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of Triphala mouthwash and Curcumin mouthwash in the treatment of gingivitis – A randomized controlled study by S. Divya Bharathi, S.P. Aiswarya, Archana R. Sankar

“…Methods: By purposive sampling, 81 patients of both sexes with gingivitis were randomized by lottery method into 3 groups - A, B and C. …”
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Association between osteoarthritis and cognitive function: results from the NHANES 2011–2014 and Mendelian randomization study by Kun Zhao, Liuyan Nie, Jingting Zhao, Yankai Dong, Kaixiu Jin, Song Wang, Xiangming Ye

“…Objectives: We aimed to investigate associations between OA and cognitive function using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and to investigate the causality using Mendelian randomization (MR). Design: This is a cross-sectional study and MR study. …”
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Seismic Random Noise Suppression Using Optimal ANFIS as an Adaptive Self-Tuning Filter and Wavelet Thresholding by K. Geetha, Malaya Kumar Hota

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Antisecretory factor in severe traumatic brain injury (AFISTBI): protocol for an exploratory randomized placebo-controlled trial by Linus Réen, David Cederberg, Niklas Marklund, Edward Visse, Peter Siesjö

“…Methods/design This is a single-center, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical phase 2 trial, investigating the clinical superiority of Salovum® given as a food supplement during 5 days to adults with severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) < 9), admitted to the neurocritical intensive care unit (NICU) at Skane university hospital, Lund, Sweden. …”
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A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Lifestyle Intervention and Pioglitazone for Normalization of Glucose Status in Chinese with Prediabetes by Yingying Luo, Hongyuan Wang, Xianghai Zhou, Cuiqing Chang, Wei Chen, Xiaohui Guo, Jinkui Yang, Linong Ji, Sanjoy K. Paul

“…Materials and Methods. We conducted a randomized, multicenter, 2×2 factorial designed study to examine whether intensive lifestyle intervention and/or pioglitazone could revert prediabetes to normal glucose tolerance. …”
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Associations among immunophenotype, plasma metabolites, and benign prostatic hyperplasia: a mediation Mendelian randomization study by FAN Jiuming, ZHAO Yiqiao, JIA Haichang, WANG Tiankun, HAN Yutong, QIN Zihao, CHEN Ping, ZENG Xiantao

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Investigating the dual causative pathways linking immune cells and venous thromboembolism via Mendelian randomization analysis by Ning Qi, Zhuochen Lyu, Lu Huang, Yun Zhao, Wan Zhang, Xinfeng Zhou, Yang Zhang, Jiasen Cui

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Deconvolution Filtering for Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with Randomly Occurring Sensor Delays via Probability-Dependent Method by Yuqiang Luo, Guoliang Wei, Hamid Reza Karimi, Licheng Wang

“…This paper deals with a robust H∞ deconvolution filtering problem for discrete-time nonlinear stochastic systems with randomly occurring sensor delays. The delayed measurements are assumed to occur in a random way characterized by a random variable sequence following the Bernoulli distribution with time-varying probability. …”
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Genetic Determinants of Immune Cells and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk: A Bioinformatics and Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Tong WU, Fei GAO, Fei TENG, Qiaoli ZHANG

Subjects: “…mendelian randomization…”
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Isolation of Salt Stress-Related Genes from Aspergillus glaucus CCHA by Random Overexpression in Escherichia coli by Jie Fang, Xiaojiao Han, Lihua Xie, Mingying Liu, Guirong Qiao, Jing Jiang, Renying Zhuo

“…Here, a full-length cDNA library of A. glaucus under salt stress was constructed to identify genes related to salt tolerance, and one hundred clones were randomly selected for sequencing and bioinformatics analysis. …”
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Effect of Antioxidants on the Gut Microbiome Profile and Brain Functions: A Review of Randomized Controlled Trial Studies by Aleksandra Hyży, Hanna Rozenek, Ewa Gondek, Mariusz Jaworski

“…Objectives: This review aims to evaluate the effects of antioxidants on the gut microbiome and cognitive function, with a focus on findings from randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Methods: The studies involved human participants across a range of age groups, with interventions encompassing natural antioxidant sources, such as berries, as well as specific antioxidant vitamins. …”
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Spectral-Spatial Hyperspectral Image Semisupervised Classification by Fusing Maximum Noise Fraction and Adaptive Random Multigraphs by Eryang Chen, Ruichun Chang, Kaibo Shi, Ansheng Ye, Fang Miao, Jianghong Yuan, Ke Guo, Youhua Wei, Yiping Li

“…This paper proposes a novel fusion method based on the maximum noise fraction (MNF) and adaptive random multigraphs for HSI classification. Considering the overall spectrum of the object and the correlation of adjacent bands, the MNF was utilized to reduce the spectral dimension. …”
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An Improved Form of 2D SPH Method for Modeling the Excavation Damage of Tunnels Containing Random Fissures by Xuhua Ren, Shuyang Yu, Jixun Zhang, Haijun Wang, Zhaohua Sun

“…In order to investigate the influence of tunnel shapes and fissure geometries, the kernel function in the traditional SPH method has been improved, which can realize the brittle fracture characteristics of particles and can be called the Improved Kernel of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (IKSPH-2D). Meanwhile, the random fissure generation method in IKSPH has been put forward. …”
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