Quality assessment of clinical practice in neuro-oncology by Renata Carolina Acri Nunes Miranda, Suzana Maria Fleury Malheiros, André Felix Gentil, Gisele Sampaio Silva, Fabiana de Campos Cordeiro Hirata, Sérgio Eduardo Alonso Araujo, Luís Otávio Sales Caboclo

“…It was approved by the Research Ethics Committee and followed the Declaration of Helsinki. Data was collected and analyzed confidentially via REDCap. …”
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Physical fitness of young Greco-Roman athletes under the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic by Ruslan Rusanov, Leonid Vostroknutov, Shi Ke, Katarzyna Prusik, Julia Golenkova

“…This study was conducted by the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of University. …”
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Uncertainty management strategies in clinical reasoning: perceptions of nurses in post-anesthesia care units by Lara Daniela Matos Cunha, Paul K. J. Han, Filipa Ventura, Márcia Pestana-Santos, Lurdes Lomba, Margarida Reis Santos

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Instytucja dyktatury w Republice Rzymskiej by Jan Rudnicki

“…The supreme power of the dictator was limited to the maximum of six months. He was able to control and direct all ordinary magistrates and he was not bound by the rule of incompatibilitas. …”
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TREATMENT OF SPASTICITY AND DEGENERATIVE-DYSTROPHIC CHANGES IN MUSCLES IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY by О. Данилов, О. Шульга

“…The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee of the All-Ukrainian Centre for Motherhood and Childhood of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine. …”
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Correlation analysis between the mDIXON-quant fat quantification parameters of the infrapatellar fat pad and the severity of knee osteoarthritis by Bao-Gen Zhao, Yu-Jin Zhang, Meng Wang, Ning Wang, Yong Wang, Ting Gao, Li Zhang

“…Methods Seventy patients with KOA and forty-four healthy controls (HCs) were prospectively recruited for conventional MR and mDIXON-Quant sequence scanning. …”
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Tablet-based sensorimotor home-training system for amnestic mild cognitive impairments in the elderly: design of a randomised clinical trial by Robin Bekrater-Bodmann, Annette Löffler, Stefano Silvoni, Lutz Frölich, Lucrezia Hausner, Simon Desch, Dieter Kleinböhl, Herta Flor

“…We hypothesise that both trainings will have positive effects on cognitive function with the sensorimotor training being superior compared with the control training based on its improvement in basic perceptual skills underlying memory encoding and retrieval. …”
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Rationale for the Use of Acupuncture to Stabilize Blood Pressure Fluctuations During Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Protocol for a Pilot Parallel-Group Randomized Clinical Trial by Jee Young Lee, Ju-Won Roh, Kyung-Hee Han, Min-Jeong Kim, Young Jeong Na, Bo Seong Yun, Joohyun Lee

“…MethodsThis is a prospective, single-center, randomized controlled clinical trial with a parallel-group design. …”
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AEROfen: protocol for a phase I, open-label, randomised crossover study evaluating the efficiency of nebulised fentanyl in healthy volunteers – comparing facial versus intranasal a... by Muriel Quillard, André Gillibert, Florian Vallin, Nathalie Donnadieu, Sophie Ruault, Cassandre Follet, Audrey Dumont, Melanie Roussel, Cyprienne Boedard, Davis Nunes Ferreira, Tony Pereira, Luc-Marie Joly, Virginie Lvovschi, Thomas Duflot

“…Nebulised fentanyl, combined with pupillometry for objective monitoring of opioid impregnation, may offer a rapid and safe alternative for pain management.Methods and analysis This phase I, open-label, randomised, exploratory, crossover, single-centre prospective controlled trial will employ pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic (PK–PD) modelling to assess the variability in bioavailability of nebulised fentanyl administered via intranasal route versus facial aerosol. 20 healthy volunteers will receive three repeated administrations of fentanyl over two visits. …”
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Facteurs renforçant l’impact du leadership communautaire comme pilier stratégique de la politique et du système de santé dans la riposte au VIH-SIDA. Recherche effectuée dans la Zo... by Benjamin Ndjoo Shongo, John Lokale Lohose, Samuel Bapidia Nzengu, Franck Mutumbi Abeli, Bernard Ntoto Nkuzi

“…Dans la Déclaration d’Alma Ata de septembre 1978, les soins de santé primaires exigent au maximum l’auto responsabilité des collectivités et des individus au fonctionnement et au contrôle des soins de santé primaires. …”
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Yangxinshi Tablets Versus Trimetazidine on Exercise Tolerance After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Rationale and Design of the Double-blind, Randomized HEARTRIP Trial by Yi Li, Jian Zhang, Hong Chen, Yi Zhang, Jing Li, Haichu Yu, Xiaoping Meng, Haitao Yuan, Lili Shao, Yaling Han

“…The procedures set out in this protocol are in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the Good Clinical Practice guidelines. …”
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Protocol for a prospective multicentre cohort study to address the question whether diabetes and its management is still a risk factor in fast-track joint arthroplasty by Sten Madsbad, Søren Overgaard, Torben Bæk Hansen, Claus Varnum, Henrik Kehlet, Martin Lindberg-Larsen, Manuel Josef Bieder, Kirill Gromov, Thomas Jakobsen, Luma Mahmoud Issa, Mikkel Rathsach Andersen, Christoffer Calov Jørgensen

“…Introduction Perioperative glycaemic control is important. However, the complexity of guidelines for perioperative diabetes management is complicated due to different and novel antihyperglycaemic medications, limited procedure-specific data and lack of data from implemented fast-track regimens which otherwise are known to reduce morbidity and glucose homeostasis disturbances. …”
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Development and evaluation of an intervention based on the provision of patient feedback to improve patient safety in Spanish primary healthcare centres: study protocol by Joana Ripoll, Joan Llobera, Ignacio Ricci-Cabello, Jose Maria Valderas, Maria J Serrano-Ripoll, Guadalupe Pastor-Moreno, Antonio Olry de Labry Lima

“…Stage 3 (evaluating the intervention) will involve: (i) a 12-month, two-arm, two-level cluster randomised controlled trial (1248 PHC professionals within 48 PHC centres; with randomisation at the centre level in a 1:1 ratio) to evaluate the impact of the intervention on patient safety culture (primary outcome), patient-reported safety experiences and outcomes (using the PREOS-PC survey), and avoidable hospitalisations; (ii) qualitative study with 20 PHC providers to evaluate the acceptability and perceived utility of the intervention and identify implementation barriers.Ethics and dissemination The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Balearic Islands (CEI IB: 3686/18) with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments. …”
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Proinflammatory interleukins 2, 6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus depending on the presence of metabolic-associated liver steato... by O.M. Radchenko, O.J. Komarytsia, M.O. Borovets, R.S. Ivasivka, R.R. Guta

“…All of them were treated on an outpatient basis according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the Declaration of Helsinki. Participants were divided into the main group with MALS (n = 24, males 45.8 %, females 54.2 %; average age 55.83 ± 0.89 years) and the control group without steatosis (n = 11, males 54.5 %, females 45.5 %; average age 53.00 ± 1.55 years). …”
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Analysis of the effectiveness of regulatory legal acts on counterfeiting of medicines in Ukraine by S. O. Lebed, A. S. Nemchenko

“…Any state that aimed to ensure highly effective control over the circulation of medicines has to elaborate a comprehensive solution to this problem, primarily to adopt high-quality national legislation. …”
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Association between polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescent girls and vitamin D levels by T.V. Sorokman, T.S. Komshuk, I.S. Sokolnyk, P.M. Moldovan

“…Twenty-three patients aged 14–18 years with PCOS were examined on the basis of the Chernivtsi Regional Clinical Hospital. The control group consisted of 25 girls of a similar age without disorders of gynecological status. …”
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Apnoeic oxygenation during paediatric tracheal intubation: a study protocol for a single-centre, cluster randomised clinical trial (ApOx-Pedi-Trial) by Markus A Weigand, Marietta Kirchner, Stefan Mohr, Davut Deniz Uzun, Benjamin P Zimmermann, Sebastian Knoeller, Aleksandar R Zivkovic, Felix C F Schmitt

“…The study is following institutional Guidelines and the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975 in its most recent version. …”
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Ridge splitting using autogenous bone wedge versus the conventional intercortical augmentation technique in horizontally deficient anterior maxilla: a randomized clinical trial by Mohammed Omara, Sameh Mekhemer, Sally Mansour, Yasmin Ahmed

“…Results The outcome of the studied grafts showed a significant increase of the immediate postoperative bone width in the control group more than the intervention group, with a mean difference from the preoperative bone width (2.17 ± 1.10) mm for the control group and only (1.44 ± 0.66) for the intervention group. …”
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Renewable Energy Sources and the New Paradigm in Energy Engineering by Eden Mamut

“…</p><p>One of them was a declaration of the representative of a large company from Brazil, mentioning that his country has a huge stockpile of biomass and if it shall be used as bioenergy resource, it is plenty to assure the welfare of that country. …”
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Clinical experience of cone-beam computed tomography in interventional neuroradiology by D.V. Shchehlov, S.V. Chebanyuk, O.E. Svyrydiuk, S.V. Konotopchyk, O.F. Sydorenko, V.R. Pankiv, M.B. Vyval

“…Our center has implemented rotation 3D images with contrast of the CBCT at the stage of preparation and planning of the interventional procedure, rotation with subtraction (3D-DSA) ‒ to control implanted devices and its relationship to the vessels and long-term rotation of the CBCT without contrast ‒ to control the straightening and positioning of the stent. …”
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