The efficacy and safety of MARS-PD: Meridian activation remedy system for Parkinson's disease-A single-center, assessor and statistician-blinded, parallel-group randomized, controlled trial protocol. by Miso S Park, SangSoo Park, Jie-Yoon Kang, In Chul Jung, HoRyong Yoo

“…<h4>Methods</h4>In this single-center, assessor and statistician-blinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial, we aim to investigate the clinical efficacy of MARS-PD through 16 interventions administered over 8 weeks in 88 PD patients. …”
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Clinical Phenotype of Fucosidosis in Cuba by Víctor Jesús Tamayo Chang, George Alberto Pérez Benítez

“…The arithmetic mean was used as a statistician of central tendency and as a statistician of dispersion: the standard deviation. …”
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Effective of Nonextraction Orthodontic Treatment of Angle Class I Malocclusion: A Nonrandomized Pre–post Interventional Study by Diem Hong Chau, Lam Nguyen Le, Thao Thi Do, Khanh Phuong Vu Le

“…Data were analyzed by linear regression and T-test statistical test using R software version 4.3.0 by a blinded statistician. Results: Thirty-three participants (mean age: 20.5 ± 0.5, 75.6% female) completed the intervention and were included in the analyses. …”
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Which Are the Most Relevant Questions in the Assessment of Outcome after Distal Radial Fractures? by Donald Buchanan, D. Prothero, J. Field

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Investigating the influence of reference group judgements of global warming on consumers by Maria A.O. Dos Santos

“…The scale was evaluated by renowned researchers and a statistician. It was pretested prior to being administered to consumers using mall intercept. 548 responses were obtained and the data analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 20.0. …”
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A study of sleep hygiene practices and quality of sleep in health professional students by Neha D. Gawade, David N. Isaac, Rita M. Khadkikar, Catherine D. Isaac

“…Data were recorded in Excel and analyzed by a statistician. Results: Of the 320 participants, 74.4% (238 students) exhibited a moderate SHI, 13.4% (43 students) had a fair SHI, 11.6% (37 students) demonstrated excellent sleep hygiene, and 0.6% (2 students) showed poor sleep hygiene. …”
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Familial Aggregation for Ischemic Heart Disease by José Leandro Pérez Guerrero, William Arias Salazar

“…The following variables were used: sex, age, family history of ischemic heart disease and environmental risk factors: smoking, hyperlipidemia, high blood pressure and sedentary lifestyle. The Chi square statistician was used by the Mantel-Haenszel method. …”
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Association between bronchial asthma severity, control level and life quality in children by Alexander Torres Molina

“…The analyzed variables were: age, sex, severity, level of control and quality of life. Statisticians, absolute frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation were calculated. …”
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Customised Enriched Coconut Oil as Panacea for Oral Biofilm Mediated Diseases - A Prospective Study by Shamini Sai, Raga T Nivedha, Srinivasan Narasimhan, Aruna K. Veronica, Jayaraman Selvakumar, Anand V. Susila

“…Settings and Design: Parallel, double-blinded (outcome assessor and statistician), randomised controlled institution-based pilot study. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of occupational burnout among first-year medical residents in Oman: the role of trait emotional intelligence by Salim Al-Huseini, Mohammed Al Alawi, Naser Al-Balushi, Hamed Al Sinawi, Hassan Mirza, Rola Al Balushi, Manal Al Balushi, Sachin Jose, Angie Cucchi, Nasser Al-Sibani, Samir Al-Adawi, Nagina Khan

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Cross-Platform Analysis of Mammography Narratives: A Comparative Study on Social Media Engagement by Thomas Stirrat, Jonathan Garner, Parth Tailor, Daniel Weitz, Muhammad Umair, Yusuf T. Akpolat

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Causes of Death in Implant Patients Treated in the Edentulous Jaw: A Comparison between 2098 Deceased Patients and the Swedish National Cause of Death Register by Jan Kowar, Victoria Stenport, Mats Nilsson, Torsten Jemt

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Cessation of thumb/finger sucking habit in children using electronic habit reminder versus palatal crib: a randomized clinical pilot study by Tassneim Eltager, Adel El Bardissy, Fatma Abdelgawad

“…Blinding was not feasible except for the statistician. Twenty-two children were included with age range (6–14), erupted upper first permanent molar and with thumb/finger sucking habit that resulted in open bite. …”
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Modeling Possible Cooling-Water Intake System Impacts on Ohio River Fish Populations by Elgin Perry, Greg Seegert, Joe Vondruska, Timothy Lohner, Randy Lewis

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A role for qualitative methods in researching Twitter data on a popular science article's communication by Travis Noakes, Corrie Susanna Uys, Patricia Ann Harpur, Izak van Zyl

“…In this study, a small data set was analyzed using NVivo™ by a pragmatist and MAXQDA™ by a statistician. The pragmatist's multimodal content analysis found that health professionals shared links to the article, with its popularity tied to its role as a communication event within a longstanding debate in the health sciences. …”
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Structured follow-up pathway to support people after transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke (SUPPORT TIA): protocol for a feasibility study and process evaluation by Grace M Turner, Melanie Calvert, Sue Jowett, Robbie Foy, Jonathan Mant, Sarah Tearne, Lou Atkins, Rachael Jones, Smitaa Patel, Phillip Collis

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Facial Anthropometry and Self-expressed Behaviours: A Systematic Review by Ankit Srivastava, Vilas Chimurkar, Nisha Mani Pandey, Anand Bihari

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Changes in household purchasing of soft drinks following the UK soft drinks industry levy by household income and composition: controlled interrupted time series analysis, March 20... by Jean Adams, Martin White, Stephen J Sharp, Harry Rutter, David Pell, Steven Cummins, Richard D Smith, Nina Trivedy Rogers

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Estimating the need for diabetic retinopathy services in north India: evidence from a population-based survey in the catchment population of an eye care provider in central Uttar P... by Andrew Bastawrous, Vaibhav Jain, Ian McCormick, Shalinder Sabherwal, Ishaana Sood, Atanu Majumdar, Shamanna B R, Mohd Javed, Sandeep Buttan, Simrat Chandi, Basitali Lakhani, Shreya Tyagi, Utsav Deep

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Mixed-methods evaluation of a behavioural intervention package to identify and amend incorrect penicillin allergy records in UK general practice by Sarah Tonkin-Crine, Robert West, Sinisa Savic, Jonathan Sandoe, Ly-Mee Yu, Sue Pavitt, Ushma Galal, Christopher C Butler, Marta Wanat, Bethany Shinkins, Mina Davoudianfar, Emily Bongard, Sue H Pavitt, Philip Howard, Catherine Porter, Mandy East, Marta Santillo, Louise Savic, Joanne Fielding, Jenny Boards, Catherine E Porter, Jonathan AT Sandoe

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