Cost-effectiveness analysis of depression case finding followed by alerting patients and their GPs among older adults in northern England: results from a regression discontinuity s... by Qian Zhao, David John Torgerson, Kerry Jane Bell, Joy Ann Adamson, Caroline Marie Fairhurst, Sarah Cockayne, Jennie Lister, Kalpita Baird, David Ekers

“…Participants with baseline Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) ≥5 were allocated to the intervention arm and those >5 to SoC. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous nephrolithotomy, flexible ureterorenoscopy and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for lower pole stones: the PUrE RCTs by Oliver Wiseman, Daron Smith, Kath Starr, Lorna Aucott, Rodolfo Hernández, Ruth Thomas, Steven MacLennan, Charles Terry Clark, Graeme MacLennan, Dawn McRae, Victoria Bell, Seonaidh Cotton, Zara Gall, Ben Turney, Samuel McClinton

“…PCNL is highly likely to be cost-effective at the usual cost-effectiveness threshold values used for decision-making in the UK NHS (e.g. probability of 0.87 at £20,000 per QALY gained). These results, however, are dependent on the method used to estimate the costs of the initial interventions. …”
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Data-Driven Distributionally Robust Optimization for Solar-Powered EV Charging Under Spatiotemporal Uncertainty in Urban Distribution Networks by Tianhao Wang, Xuejiao Zhang, Xiaolin Zheng, Jian Wang, Shiqian Ma, Jian Chen, Mengyu Liu, Wei Wei

“…The first stage determines day-ahead charging schedules, solar utilization levels, and grid allocations across an urban-scale distribution feeder. …”
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Building radiomics models based on ACR TI-RADS combining clinical features for discriminating benign and malignant thyroid nodules by Xingxing Chen, Xingxing Chen, Lili Zhang, Bin Chen, Jiajia Lu

“…PurposeThe aim of this study was to establish and validate a radiomics model combining the American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging, Reporting and Data System (ACR TI-RADS) and clinical features and to build a nomogram that could be utilized to enhance the diagnostic performance of malignant thyroid nodules.MethodFrom January 2019 to September 2022, 329 thyroid nodules from 323 patients who had been referred for surgery and had pathological evidence of them were gathered retrospectively and randomly allocated to training and test cohorts (8:2 ratio). …”
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The Moderating Effect of Financial Constraint on the Relationship between Economic Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Financialization by Vahid Taghizadeh Khanqah, Younes Badavar Nahandi

“…The independent variable in this study was economic policy uncertainty defined as a situation in which the probabilities of future events are indeterminate; even when potential events are known, their associated probabilities remain uncertain. …”
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Symbiosis effects of Mycorrhizal and Pseudomonas on morphophysiological traits of mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) under moisture stressed condition by Mohammad Salehi, Ali Faramarzi, Manochehr Farboodi, Nasser Mohebalipour, Jalil Ajalli

“…The main factors allocated to three levels of drought stress included: normal irrigation (control), stopping irrigation in flowering stage, stopping irrigation in pods formation stage. …”
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Integrated transportation system planning with gravitational search algorithm approach based on fuzzy mutant controller by Alireza Hosseinzadeh Kashani, Seyed Ahmad Shayannia, Mohammad Mehdi Movahedi, Soheila Sardar

“…So, unlike the traditional positioning method, in the routing positioning method, considering the tour, it simultaneously looks for the optimal places of facilities and also the optimal routes.…”
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Identification and validation of clinical phenotypes in Staphylococcus aureus blood stream infection and their association with mortality (FEN-AUREUS cohort-based study)Research in... by Belén Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, Belén Gallego-Mesa, Achim J. Kaasch, Matthias Riediger, Siegbert Rieg, Marta Trigo, Sonsoles Salto-Alejandre, Francisco Anguita-Santos, Ángela Cano, Andrea Prolo-Acosta, Salvador López-Cárdenas, María Teresa Pérez-Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Martínez-Marcos, Esperanza Merino-Lucas, Blanca Anaya-Baz, Ana Arizcorreta, Antonio Plata-Ciézar, Marco Piscaglia, Alexandra Aceituno, Lidia Romero-Calderón, Daniel Hornuss, Aurora Alemán-Rodríguez, Adelina Gimeno-Gascón, Esther Recacha, Julián Torre-Cisneros, Nicolás Merchante, Álvaro Pascual, Luis Eduardo López-Cortés, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño

“…Findings: Cluster analysis identified three clinical phenotypes based on the probable portal of entry: A (skin and soft tissues), 458 cases; B (vascular device-associated), 573 cases; and C (other portals of entry or unknown), 1097 cases. …”
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Bayesian Analysis of Time-To-Event Data in a Cluster-Randomized Trial: Major Outcomes With Personalized Dialysate TEMPerature (MyTEMP) Trial by Yongdong Ouyang, Bin Luo, Stephanie N. Dixon, Ahmed A. Al-Jaishi, P.J. Devereaux, Michael Walsh, Ron Wald, Merrick Zwarenstein, Sierra Anderson, Amit X. Garg

“…In addition, we used cause-specific parametric Weibull methods to model survival time, as semi-parametric methods were not available in the standard Bayesian statistical software package at the time of analysis. …”
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The OPTION trial: outpatient induction of labour – study protocol for a prospective, non-inferiority, multicentre randomised controlled trial by Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Susanne Hesselman, Sophia Brismar Wendel, Magnus Domellöf, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, Maria Jonsson, Verena Sengpiel, Helen Elden, Ylva Carlsson, Sofie Graner, Tove Wallström, Helena Kopp-Kallner, Heléne Sangskär, Andreas Herbst

“…Before introducing outpatient induction into clinical routine, studies need to assure safety for the child and woman as well as efficacy of the method.Method and analysis A register-based randomised controlled multicentre non-inferiority trial to study if outpatient induction in low-risk inductions is (1) as safe for the child (perinatal composite of mortality and morbidity) and (2) as effective (proportion of vaginal deliveries) as inpatient induction at the hospital. …”
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A group psychological intervention for postnatal depression in British mothers of South Asian origin – the ROSHNI-2 RCT by Nusrat Husain, Karina Lovell, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Farah Lunat, Penny Bee, Matthias Pierce, Najia Atif, Saadia Aseem, Kamaldeep Bhui, Peter Bower, Traolach Brugha, Nasim Chaudhry, Akbar Ullah, Linda Davies, Nadeem Gire, Deepali Sharma, Jahanara Miah, Waqas Ahmed, Joe Kai, Ilyas Mirza, Jillian Morrison, Naeem Mohmed, Atif Rahman, Shanaya Rathod, Najma Siddiqi, Waquas Waheed, Christopher Williams, Nosheen Zaidi, Richard Emsley, Richard Morriss

“…A total of 732 participants across four study centres took part in the study. These were allocated completely by chance to either the Positive Health Programme arm or the treatment-as-usual arm. …”
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Pramipexole in addition to mood stabilisers for treatment-resistant bipolar depression: the PAX-BD randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial by Hamish McAllister-Williams, Nicola Goudie, Lumbini Azim, Victoria Bartle, Michael Berger, Chrissie Butcher, Thomas Chadwick, Emily Clare, Paul Courtney, Lyndsey Dixon, Nichola Duffelen, Tony Fouweather, William Gann, John Geddes, Sumeet Gupta, Beth Hall, Timea Helter, Paul Hindmarch, Eva-Maria Holstein, Ward Lawrence, Phil Mawson, Iain McKinnon, Adam Milne, Aisling Molloy, Abigail Moore, Richard Morriss, Anisha Nakulan, Judit Simon, Daniel Smith, Bryony Stokes-Crossley, Paul Stokes, Andrew Swain, Zoë Walmsley, Christopher Weetman, Allan H Young, Stuart Watson

“…Those eligible for the trial were randomly allocated to receive either pramipexole or placebo. …”
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DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A RISK MANAGEMENT MODEL ADAPTED TO PROJECTS CARRIED OUT WITH EUROPEAN FUNDING by Robert-Anton V. ION, Dorina Nicoleta MOCUȚA

“…In this context, but also based on that a significant benefit is considered to have the best possible results with limited resources, we aimed to focus on the economic events in the area of grants allocated to Romania through the European Structural and Investment Funds and to approach the chosen topic, understanding that, probably, the most important challenge for the next period will be for potential beneficiaries to identify and subsequently position themselves in an environment characterized by a balance between risk, cost and added value, which will certainly no longer be achievable without a clear determination of the main key risks they may face during the steps required to carry out an investment project, as well as the measures to mitigate any adverse effects resulting from the occurrence of the risks.…”
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A study on the convergence of lean and green management goals by Larinina Tatyana, Djoldosheva Tamara, Mottaeva Asiiat

“…Goal setting determines the transformation of production management methods and approaches. Real practice often differentiates Lean and Green approaches. …”
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BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF ARONIA MELANOCARPAFRUIT JUICE IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS WITH DIET-INDUCED METABOLIC SYNDROME by M. Abtulov, M. Eftimov, S. Marinova, M. Salbashian, M. Zhelyazkova-Savova, S. Valcheva-Kuzmanova

“…PURPOSE: This study evaluated the effects of polyphenol-rich Aronia melanocarpafruit juice (AMFJ) on the behavior of rats with metabolic syndrome (MS)induced by high-fat high-fructose diet. METHODS: Fifty rats were allocated into 5 groups (10 rats per group): control, MS, MS + AMFJ2.5, MS + AMFJ5and MS + AMFJ10. …”
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Prediction of KRAS gene mutations in colorectal cancer using a CT-based radiomic model by Wenjing Wang, Qingbiao Zhang, Shimei Fan, Yuyin Wang, Xingyan Le, Min Ai, Chunqi Du, Junbang Feng, Chuanming Li

“…They were randomly allocated to a training group (160 patients) or a testing group (41 patients) at a ratio of 8:2. …”
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Scoping Review of the Zika Virus Literature. by Lisa A Waddell, Judy D Greig

“…Future updates of this project will probably demonstrate enhanced evidence and understanding of ZIKV and its impact on public health.…”
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An epidemiological study of traumatic brachial plexus injury patients treated at an Indian centre by Darshan Kumar A. Jain, Praveen Bhardwaj, Hari Venkataramani, S. Raja Sabapathy

“…Background: Epidemiological studies on traumatic brachial plexus injuries are few and these studies help us to improve the treatment, rehabilitation of these patients and to allocate the resources required in their management. …”
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Nomogram establishment for gastrointestinal bleeding prediction in ICU patients with traumatic brain injury based on the MIMIC-IV database by Ziming Huang, Hengfa Ge, Ying Sun

“…A 7:3 ratio was applied to allocate patients into the training and validation cohorts. …”
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The Effect of Vaginal Administration Isosorbide Mononitrate on Cervical Ripening and Induction of Labor In Postterm Pregnancy by Hamideh Yazdizadeh, Parvin Abedi, Shahnaz Najar, Kambiz Ahmadi, Vahideh Zaker Zakerhoseiyni

“…Conclusion: Vaginal administration Isosorbide mononitrate is probable effective for cervical ripening.…”
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