Efficacy and safety of musculoskeletal manipulations in elderly population with musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review by Alessandro Mauro, Donatella Bagagiolo, Michela Persiani, Luca Cicchitti, Luca Vismara, Irene Bruini, Francesca Buffone

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Randomised controlled trial with parallel process evaluation and health economic analysis to evaluate a nutritional management intervention, OptiCALS, for patients with amyotrophic... by Simon Waterhouse, Chin Maguire, Vanessa Halliday, Cindy Cooper, Elizabeth Coates, Mike Bradburn, Pamela J Shaw, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Tracey Anne Young, Christopher J McDermott, Wendy Baird, Paul Norman, Janet Cade, Sean White, Daniel Beever, Gemma Hackney, Elaine Scott, David Alexander White, Arron Peace, Shamila Ditta, Jonathan Woodward, Naseeb Ezaydi, Haris Stavroulakis

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Does intermittent nutrition enterally normalise hormonal and metabolic responses to feeding in critically ill adults? A protocol for the DINE-Normal proof-of-concept randomised par... by Paul White, Matt Thomas, Javier T Gonzalez, Aravind V Ramesh, Anthony E Pickering, Danielle Milne, Borislava Borislavova, Clodagh Emer Beattie, Harry A Smith, Michael Ambler, Kati Hayes, James A Betts

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Treating sleep problems in young people at ultra-high-risk of psychosis: study protocol for a single-blind parallel group randomised controlled feasibility trial (SleepWell) by Apostolos Tsiachristas, Daniel Freeman, Thomas Kabir, Felicity Waite, Louise Johns, Jill Mollison, Ariane Petit, Emma Černis, Daniel Maughan

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Horticultural performance and QTL mapping of snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) populations with organic and conventional breeding histories by Hayley E. P. Richardson, Ryan M. King, Joel Davis, James R. Myers

“…Although a growing number of studies have focused on organic plant breeding in cereal crops, very few have focused on vegetable crops, especially those such as snap beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) that are grown for both fresh market and processing use.MethodsWe developed four populations of recombinant inbred lines under parallel organic and conventional management; utilizing these populations, we explored how historic breeding history influences the performance of snap bean progeny.ResultsWe identified significant increases in germination speed and rate, suggesting that beans bred within an organic production environment are more resilient to early-season stressors without support of chemical interventions. …”
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Effects of a theory driven and culturally tailored educational program on promoting cervical cancer screening in rural populations by Mengyue Zhang, Janet W. H. Sit, Kai Chow Choi, Ka Ming Chow, Carmen W. H. Chan

“…The study, a two-arm parallel, non-randomized controlled trial, was conducted in 10 villages. …”
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Healing practices of the Russian population of the Southern Urals: border loci, sacred objects and items by Galieva F.G.

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A predictive framework for identifying source populations of non-native marine macroalgae: Chondria tumulosa in the Pacific Ocean by James T. Fumo, Patrick K. Nichols, Taylor Ely, Peter B. Marko, Amy L. Moran, Brian S. Powell, Taylor M. Williams, Randall K. Kosaki, Celia M. Smith, Keolohilani H. Lopes Jr., Jennifer E. Smith, Heather L. Spalding, Stacy A. Krueger-Hadfield, Karla J. McDermid, Brian B. Hauk, James Morioka, Kevin O’Brien, Barbara Kennedy, Frederik Leliaert, Mutue T. Fujii, Wendy A. Nelson, Stefano G. A. Draisma, Alison R. Sherwood

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Increase in colonic propionate as a method of preventing weight gain in adults aged 20–40 years: iPREVENT, a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, parallel-group trial by Gary Frost, Joana C Vasconcelos, Jennifer E Pugh, Aisha Anjum, Katerina Petropoulou, George Thom, Louise McCombie, Martina Tashkova, Sumayya Alshehhi, Daphne Babalis, Leah Holroyd, Christina Prechtl, Tom Preston, Mike J Lean, Waljit Dhillo, A Toby Prevost, and Douglas Morrison

“…Background Overweight and obesity affect over 60% of the United Kingdom population and constitute a major risk factor for the development of comorbidities. …”
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Community intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease in Chicago (CIRCL-Chicago): protocol for a type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study using a parallel cluster-randomi... by Justin D. Smith, Allison J. Carroll, Yacob G. Tedla, Olutobi A. Sanuade, James L. Merle, Jennifer Heinrich, Jenn Bannon, Emily M. Abramsohn, Faraz S. Ahmad, Danielle Lazar, Stacy Tessler Lindau, Megan C. McHugh, Rasha Khatib, Ramona Donovan, Elizabeth A. Pinkerton, Linda L. Rosul, Theresa L. Walunas, Ricky Watson, Tejashri Ganbote, Namratha Kandula, Quentin R. Youmans, Paris Davis, Abel N. Kho

“…The study employs a type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation approach with a parallel cluster-randomized trial. Sixteen clinics will be randomized to implement a community-adapted Kaiser bundle with or without practice facilitation. …”
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Impact of land surface temperature variability and population growth on ecosystem services in the central districts of Antalya by Betül Tülek, Gamze Seçkin Gündoğan

“…This research examines the macroform change in parallel with the population increase over the years in the 5 central districts of the Province of Antalya (Konyaaltı, Döşemealtı, Kepez, Muratpaşa and Aksu), which were selected as the study area. …”
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Shedding dynamics of a DNA virus population during acute and long-term persistent infection. by Sylvain Blois, Benjamin M Goetz, Anik Mojumder, Christopher S Sullivan

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Economic instruments for population diet and physical activity behaviour change: a systematic scoping review. by Ian Shemilt, Gareth J Hollands, Theresa M Marteau, Ryota Nakamura, Susan A Jebb, Michael P Kelly, Marc Suhrcke, David Ogilvie

“…Systematic electronic searches and parallel snowball searches retrieved >1 million study records. …”
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Proximal tibial anthropometry in the Iranian population and its implications for custom total knee prosthesis design by Salman Ghaffari, Parna Hosseini, Mehran Razavipour, Faezeh Ghaffari, Hesamoddin Arabnozari, Seyyed Afshin Shorofi

“…AutoCAD software measured the anteroposterior (AP) length, mediolateral (ML) length, and 18 lengths parallel to the AP length for a more precise representation of the proximal tibial morphology. …”
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Kidney Transplant Outcome Is Associated with Regulatory T Cell Population and Gene Expression Early after Transplantation by Magdalena Krajewska, Katarzyna Kościelska-Kasprzak, Dorota Kamińska, Marcelina Żabińska, Marta Myszka-Kozłowska, Agnieszka Gomułkiewicz, Piotr Dzięgiel, Marian Klinger

“…Successful long-term kidney allograft survival with parallel reduction of complications resulting from prolonged immunosuppressive treatment is a goal in kidney transplantation. …”
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Genetic Mapping of QTL Associated with 100-Kernel Weight Using a DH Population in Maize by Huawei Li, Hao Li, Jian Chen, Xiangbo Zhang, Baobao Wang, Shujun Zhi, Haiying Guan, Weibin Song, Jinsheng Lai, Haiming Zhao, Rixin Gao

“…The phenotypes of the DH population were acquired over three years in two different locations, while the DH lines were genotyped by next-generation sequencing technology of massively parallel 3ʹ end RNA sequencing (MP3RNA-seq). …”
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Seasonally migratory songbirds have different historic population size characteristics than resident relatives by Kevin Winker, Kira Delmore

“…Modern genomic methods enable estimation of a lineage’s long-term effective population sizes back to its origins. This ability allows unprecedented opportunities to determine how the adoption of a major life-history trait affects lineages’ populations relative to those without the trait. …”
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Association between 45T/G Polymorphism of Adiponectin Gene and Coronary Artery Disease in an Iranian Population by Somaye Sabouri, Majid Ghayour Mobarhan, Mohsen Moohebati, Mitra Hassani, Jamal Kassaeian, Farnoosh Tatari, Fatemeh Mahmoodi-kordi, Habib A. Esmaeili, Shima Tavallaie, Roghayeh Paydar, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Shahireh Omidvar Tehrani, Gordon Ferns, Javad Behravan

“…A significantly higher frequency of the TG genotype and G allele, which was paralleled by a lower frequency of the TT genotype and T allele, was observed in both CAD+ and CAD- patients when compared with the control group (p ≤ 0.001). …”
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Problems of follicular thyroid carcinoma diagnostics by S. E. Titov, S. A. Lukyanov, S. V. Sergiyko, Yu. A. Veryaskina, T. E. Ilyina, E. S. Kozorezov, S. L. Vorobyov

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A systems analysis and improvement approach to optimizing syringe services programs' delivery of HIV testing and referrals: Study protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlle... by Angela R Bazzi, Alexis M Roth, Christopher F Akiba, Shelby L Huffaker, Sheila V Patel, Jessica Smith, Rose Laurano, Stephen Orme, Gary A Zarkin, Antonio Morgan-Lopez, Barrot H Lambdin

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