Outcomes of specialist physiotherapy for functional motor disorder: the Physio4FMD RCT by Glenn Nielsen, Louise Marston, Rachael Maree Hunter, Alan Carson, Laura H Goldstein, Kate Holt, Teresa C Lee, Marie Le Novere, Jonathan Marsden, Irwin Nazareth, Hayley Noble, Markus Reuber, Jon Stone, Ann-Marie Strudwick, Beatriz Santana Suarez, Mark J Edwards

“…The trial was powered to detect a 9-point difference in the primary outcome with 90% power at the 5% level of significance. …”
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Effect of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine on maternal gestational weight gain in low-income and middle-income countries: a systema... by Enju Liu, Uttara Partap, Sachin Shinde, Dongqing Wang, Janaína Calu Costa, Ilana R. Cliffer, Molin Wang, Sudeer Kumar Nookala, Vishak Subramoney, Brittany Briggs, Davidson H. Hamer, Hellen Akurut, Alemayehu Argaw, Ulla Ashorn, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Meghna Desai, Titus H. Divala, Alison M. Elliott, Julie R. Gutman, Alain Hien, Lieven Huybregts, Richard Kajubi, Abel Kakuru, Simon Kariuki, Carl Lachat, Miriam K. Laufer, Mari Luntamo, Kenneth Maleta, Don P. Mathanga, Teddy Ochieng, Maria Ome-Kaius, Noel Patson, Dominique Roberfroid, Stephen J. Rogerson, Laéticia Céline Toe, Holger W. Unger, Emily L. Webb, Wafaie W. Fawzi

“…GWG percent adequacy (%) and total weight gain (gram) at delivery were calculated according to the Institute of Medicine 2009 guidelines. …”
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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…Long-term (over a lifetime) cost-effectiveness was calculated using a de novo hybrid model comprising a decision-tree model and a partitioned survival model. …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…To identify areas with changes in noise exposures we calculated the coefficients of variation (CoV) of daily aircraft noise levels by postcode for the entire dataset (all four seasons) or by season (summer, summer transition, winter and winter transition). …”
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Providing a model of consumer behavior in creating brand attachment with an emphasis on the packaging component of food industry companies by maziar Ghasemzadeh Sangroudi, karim hamdi, SHADAN VAHABZADEH MUNSHI

“…Using Cochran's formula for unlimited communities, the required number of 384 people was calculated and the final samples were selected through random-cluster sampling with proportional distribution. …”
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Enhanced recovery pathway for older people with hip fracture and cognitive impairment in acute hospitals: the PERFECTED research programme including an RCT by Chris Fox, Simon P Hammond, Lee Shepstone, Fiona Poland, Catherine Henderson, Tamara Backhouse, Bridget Penhale, Simon Donell, Martin Knapp, Douglas Lewins, Alasdair MacLullich, Martyn Patel, Opinder Sahota, Toby O Smith, Justin Waring, Jane L Cross

“…Some measures we planned to use to calculate its costs were not completed by enough people to analyse in the study, suggesting that a future trial should have different measures. …”
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Study on the Compatibility of C₆F₁₂O Gas Mixture with EPDM by Shuangshuang TIAN, Benli LIU, Guangyu DENG, Xiaoxing ZHANG, Huihui LI, Weihao LIU, Hui CHEN

“…Three characteristic peaks of elemental F were detected on the EPDM surface for metal fluoride at 683 eV, organofluoride at 684.5 eV, and —CF₂CH₂— at 687 eV. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…Sample size Separate calculations for model development and validation cohorts, from literature estimates of detrusor overactivity, bladder outlet obstruction and detrusor underactivity prevalences of 57%, 31% and 16%, respectively. …”
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Cervical ripening at home or in hospital during induction of labour: the CHOICE prospective cohort study, process evaluation and economic analysis by Mairead Black, Cassandra Yuill, Mairi Harkness, Sayem Ahmed, Linda Williams, Kathleen A Boyd, Maggie Reid, Amar Bhide, Neelam Heera, Jane Huddleston, Neena Modi, John Norrie, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Julia Sanders, Gordon C S Smith, Rosemary Townsend, Helen Cheyne, Christine McCourt, Sarah Stock

“…Low numbers of women having at-home cervical ripening limited the power to detect differences in safety, effectiveness, cost and acceptability between study groups. …”
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Supporting antiretroviral therapy uptake and adherence: the SUPA research programme and RCT by Rob Horne, Caroline Sabin, Trudie Chalder, Vanessa Cooper, Lucy Campbell, Elizabeth Glendinning, Iris Mosweu, Paul McCrone

“…Substantial numbers of PLWH in the UK are not prescribed ART or have a detectable viral load when prescribed ART. This is a problem because both delays to start ART and non-adherence compromise the health and well-being of PLWH, increase the risk of HIV transmission and increase NHS costs. …”
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Invasive urodynamic investigations in the management of women with refractory overactive bladder symptoms: FUTURE, a superiority RCT and economic evaluation by Mohamed Abdel-Fattah, Christopher Chapple, Suzanne Breeman, David Cooper, Helen Bell-Gorrod, Preksha Kuppanda, Karen Guerrero, Simon Dixon, Nikki Cotterill, Karen Ward, Hashim Hashim, Ash Monga, Karen Brown, Marcus Drake, Andrew Gammie, Alyaa Mostafa, Rebecca Bruce, Victoria Bell, Christine Kennedy, Suzanne Evans, Graeme MacLennan, John Norrie

“…Sample size Outcome data were required on 986 participants per group for 90% power to detect a minimum of 10% superiority of urodynamics over CCA only. …”
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