Accuracy and consequences of using trial-of-antibiotics for TB diagnosis (ACT-TB study): protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial by Neil French, Peter MacPherson, Titus Henry Divala, Katherine L Fielding, Marriott Nliwasa, Chikondi Charity Kandulu, Lingstone Chiume, Sanderson Chilanga, Masiye John Ndaferankhande

“…Second primary outcome will be day 29 incidence of a composite endpoint of either death or hospitalisation or missed tuberculosis diagnosis. …”
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Potential Harms of Feedback After Web-Based Depression Screening: Secondary Analysis of Negative Effects in the Randomized Controlled DISCOVER Trial by Franziska Sikorski, Bernd Löwe, Anne Daubmann, Sebastian Kohlmann

“…However, it cannot be ruled out that nontailored feedback may increase the risk of deterioration in suicidal ideation. …”
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Thermal Degradation Study of Hydrogel Nanocomposites Based on Polyacrylamide and Nanosilica Used for Conformance Control and Water Shutoff by Aleksey Telin, Farit Safarov, Ravil Yakubov, Ekaterina Gusarova, Artem Pavlik, Lyubov Lenchenkova, Vladimir Dokichev

“…Naturally, for such operations, service companies try to select compositions with the minimum required nanoparticle content, which would ensure injection efficiency but at the same time would not lose economic attractiveness. …”
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Evaluation of the Arabin cervical pessary for prevention of preterm birth in women with a twin pregnancy and short cervix (STOPPIT-2): An open-label randomised trial and updated me... by Jane E Norman, John Norrie, Graeme MacLennan, David Cooper, Sonia Whyte, Sue Chowdhry, Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Xue W Mei, Joel B E Smith, Andrew Shennan, Stephen C Robson, Steven Thornton, Mark D Kilby, Neil Marlow, Sarah J Stock, Phillip R Bennett, Jane Denton, STOPPIT-2 collaborative group

“…Smaller treatment effects cannot be ruled out.<h4>Trial registration</h4>ISRCTN Registry ISRCTN 02235181. …”
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Delta troponin does not distinguish acute coronary syndrome in emergency department patients with renal impairment and an initial positive troponin by Praveen Mital, John Forrester, Samuel Abecassis, John Haverty, Ximena Arata, Margaret Gorlin, Thomas Perera

“…However, evidence supporting the use of delta troponin to rule in or out ACS in patients with renal impairment and initial elevated troponin levels is limited. …”
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Food biodiversity and total and cause-specific mortality in 9 European countries: An analysis of a prospective cohort study. by Giles T Hanley-Cook, Inge Huybrechts, Carine Biessy, Roseline Remans, Gina Kennedy, Mélanie Deschasaux-Tanguy, Kris A Murray, Mathilde Touvier, Guri Skeie, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Alemayehu Argaw, Corinne Casagrande, Geneviève Nicolas, Paolo Vineis, Christopher J Millett, Elisabete Weiderpass, Pietro Ferrari, Christina C Dahm, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Torkjel M Sandanger, Daniel B Ibsen, Heinz Freisling, Stina Ramne, Franziska Jannasch, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Matthias B Schulze, Konstantinos K Tsilidis, Anne Tjønneland, Eva Ardanaz, Stina Bodén, Lluís Cirera, Giuliana Gargano, Jytte Halkjær, Paula Jakszyn, Ingegerd Johansson, Verena Katzke, Giovanna Masala, Salvatore Panico, Miguel Rodriguez-Barranco, Carlotta Sacerdote, Bernard Srour, Rosario Tumino, Elio Riboli, Marc J Gunter, Andrew D Jones, Carl Lachat

“…DSR of an individual's yearly diet was calculated based on the absolute number of unique biological species in each (composite) food and drink. Associations were assessed by fitting multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression models. …”
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Considerations on the Human Body in European Art from Ancient Times to Present Day by Liviu Nedelcu

“…Towards the end of the century, another French artist, Edouard Manet, breached this consecrated model, imposing, in its compositions, nudes without any mythological connotation simply inspired from real life with anatomical effects and disproportions inherent to a live model. …”
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poetics of Eevhen Hrebinka’s poem “Bohdan”: (anti)colonial strategies of the art CONSCIOUSNESS by Olga V. Shaf, Oleksandra V. Goniuk

“…The discursive “non-alignment” of these plans is reflected in the compositionally unjustified retardation of the prologue (the scene of the mermaids` game), in the multiplicity of characters/images embodying sense of national resentment – the girl, Nalyvayko, Pavlyuk, Ostryanitsa, the oak tree, the Voice from under the stone, and the Spirit of Midnight. …”
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