Emotional literacy programme in special schools for children with a learning disability in England: the ZF-SEND feasibility RCT by Biza Stenfert Kroese, Gemma Unwin, Richard Hastings, Andrew Jahoda, Rachel McNamara, David Gillespie, Jeremy Segrott, Kate Ingarfield, Myrsini Gianatsi, Elizabeth Randell, Zoe Mather, Barbara Barrett, Poushali Ganguli, John Rose, Mariam Sahle, Emily Warren, Nathan Da Cruz

“…Future work On the basis of the current findings, an application for a full trial will be prepared and submitted with a number of amendments. Trial registration This trial is registered as ISRCTN83610691. …”
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Affordable Condominium Housing by Rosa Elena Donoso Gomez

“…There is room for improvement when it comes to the registration of property because this is essential to good housing policy implementation and evaluation. …”
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The effect of intrawound vancomycin powder on surgical site infection in inguinal lymph node dissection: a randomized controlled trial pilot study by Jessica B. DiSilvestro, Emily Zitek, Katina Robison, Jasmine Ebott, Corinne Jansen, Katrin Eurich, Cara Mathews, Paul DiSilvestro, Matthew Oliver, Ashley Stuckey, Katherine Miller, Elizabeth Lokich

“…The data supports proceeding with a larger trial to further elucidate the impact of this low-cost intervention.Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05625373.…”
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Coronary artery calcium and cardiovascular risk factors analysis after radiotherapy for breast cancer (the CLARIFIER: a gender-based preventive medicine study) by Daniela Trabattoni, Maria Cristina Leonardi, Maria Elisabetta Mancini, Barbara A. Jereczek-Fossa, Barbara A. Jereczek-Fossa, Federica Cattani, Giulia Santagostino Baldi, Alice Bonomi, Arianna Galotta, Saima Mushtaq, Saima Mushtaq, Andrea Annoni, Davide Alio, Maria Giulia Vincini, Cristiana Iuliana Fodor, Ludovico La Grutta, Piero Montorsi, Piero Montorsi, Gianluca Pontone, Gianluca Pontone

“…Clinical Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov, Identifier (NCT05775822).…”
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Diagnoses and treatments for participants with interstitial lung abnormalities detected in the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial by Martyn P T Kennedy, Bobby Bhartia, Matthew E J Callister, Paul Beirne, Neil Hancock, Philip A J Crosbie, Suzanne Rogerson, Rhian Gabe, Bethany Shinkins, Irene Simmonds, Alison Boland, Claire Eckert, Claire Bradley, Jason Lindop, Sara Upperton, Mike Darby, Tim J T Sutherland

“…This is the largest screening cohort to report eventual diagnoses and treatments and provides an estimate of the level of clinical activity to be expected by ILD services as lung cancer screening is implemented. Further research is needed to clarify the optimal management of screen-detected ILD.Trial registration number ISRCTN42704678.…”
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A practice and exploration of blended learning in medical morphology during the post-COVID-19 pandemic era by Qinlai Liu, Na Yuan, Yongan Wang, Beibei Sun, Leiying Yang, Zhaopeng Wang, Chen Fang, Wenping Sun, Baihua Luo, Yaling Liu, Xin Liu, Li Ge

“…It also has substantial promotional instructive modeling value. Clinical trial registration Not applicable.…”
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Mapping the Evidence on Compassion Skills in Applied Behavior Analysis: Protocol for Scoping Review by Daniele Nunes Longhi Aleixo, Daiton Junior Martins de Souza, Stela Regina Pedroso Vilela Torres de Carvalho, Marcia Regina Furlani, Cíntia Canato Martins, Emerson Roberto dos Santos, João Daniel de Souza Menezes, Matheus Querino da Silva, Sônia Maria Maciel Lopes, Marcos Sanches Rodrigues, Natalia Almeida de Arnaldo Silva Rodriguez Castro, Helena Landim Gonçalves Cristóvão, Josimerci Ittavo Lamana Faria, Vânia Maria Sabadoto Brienze, Alba Regina de Abreu Lima, Patrícia da Silva Fucuta, Denise Cristina Móz Vaz Oliani, Neide Aparecida Micelli Domingos, Maria Cristina Oliveira Santos Miyazaki, Gerardo Maria de Araújo Filho, Júlio César André

“… BackgroundApplied behavior analysis (ABA) is a scientific approach that applies principles of learning and motivation to assess, design, implement, and evaluate social and environmental modifications to produce meaningful changes in human behavior. …”
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Do preoperative interventions affect patient satisfaction or expectation fulfilment following total hip arthroplasty? A systematic review by April-Rose Matt, Joanne L. Kemp, Andrea B. Mosler, Lucy Salmon, Diogo Almeida Gomes, Alysha De Livera, Erica Hateley, Adam L. Semciw

“…Background: Preoperative interventions are routinely implemented for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA), but little is known about how they affect patient satisfaction. …”
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Efficacy of psychotherapy versus pharmacotherapy, or their combination, in chronic depression: study protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis using aggregated and... by Toshi A Furukawa, Pim Cuijpers, Adriani Nikolakopoulou, Julia Müller, Elisabeth Schramm, Martin B Keller, Daniel N Klein, Moritz Elsaesser, Efthimiou Orestis, Nana-Adjoa Kwarteng, Theodoros Evrenoglou

“…All results will be disseminated as peer-reviewed publication in a leading journal in this field and presented at (inter)national scientific conferences.PROSPERO registration number CRD42024526755.…”
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Effectiveness of participatory women’s groups scaled up by the public health system to improve birth outcomes in Jharkhand, eastern India: a pragmatic cluster non-randomised contro... by Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Audrey Prost, Andrew Copas, Amit Kumar, Rajkumar Gope, Vikash Nath, Nirmala Nair, Vasudha Chakravarthy, Tanja AJ Houweling, Shibanand Rath, Suchitra Rath, Prasanta K Tripathy, Hemanta Pradhan, Parabita Basu, Amit Ojha, Akay Minz, Pradeep Baskey, Manir Ahmed, Riza Mahanta

“…Groups prioritised maternal and newborn health problems, identified strategies to address them, implemented the strategies and evaluated progress. Intervention coverage and quality were tracked state-wide. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of a primary healthcare intervention to treat male lower urinary tract symptoms: the TRIUMPH cluster randomised controlled trial by Matthew J Ridd, Jodi Taylor, Jonathan Rees, Stephanie MacNeill, Emily Sanderson, Athene Lane, Gordon Taylor, Luke A Robles, Mandy Fader, Nikki Cotterill, Margaret Macaulay, Sian Noble, Madeleine Cochrane, Jessica Frost, Lucy McGeagh, Marcus J Drake, Jo Worthington, Hashim Hashim

“…This indicates that the intervention can be implemented in general practice at neutral cost.Trial registration number ISRCTN11669964.…”
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Family profiles in relation to early childhood caries: a cross-sectional study in France by Hélène Behal, Thomas Marquillier, Marie Craquelin, Thomas Trentesaux, Caroline Delfosse, Caroline Duhamel, Romane Matteucci, Soline Nonclercq, Antoine Duhr, Angéline Leblanc, Elodie Tiertant, Pierre Lombrail, Sylvie Azogui-Levy

“…These at-risk profiles highlight the need to implement specific interventions acting at different levels and focused on oral health education in interprofessional practice during the key period of the first 1000 days of life. …”
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Evaluating SinergiAPS, an intervention based on patient feedback to improve patient safety in primary care: a cluster randomized trial by Maria Antònia Fiol-deRoque, José María Valderas, María Jesús Serrano-Ripoll, Montserrat Gens-Barbarà, Francisco Martín-Luján, Encarna Sánchez-Freire, Juan José Montaño, Sofía Mira-Martínez, Guadalupe Pastor-Moreno, Rocío Zamanillo-Campos, Pau Riera-Serra, Ignacio Ricci-Cabello

“…Conclusions In the context of the health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, SinergiAPS did not improve patient safety in Spanish PHC centres. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03837912).…”
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Layer-by-Layer Multifractal Scanning of Optically Anisotropic Architectonics of Blood Plasma Films: Fundamental and Applied Aspects by Alexander Ushenko, Natalia Pavlyukovich, Oksana Khukhlina, Olexander Pavlyukovich, Mykhaylo Gorsky, Iryna Soltys, Alexander Dubolazov, Yurii Ushenko, Olexander Salega, Ivan Mikirin, Jun Zheng, Zhebo Chen, Lin Bin

“…In the proposed model, algorithms were developed to relate the real and imaginary parts of the complex elements of the Jones matrix to the theziograms of linear and circular birefringence. To experimentally implement these algorithms, a novel optical technology was introduced for polarization-interference registration and phase scanning of the laser speckle field of blood plasma facies. …”
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Associations Among Diet, Health, Lifestyle, and Gut Microbiota Composition in the General French Population: Protocol for the Le French Gut – Le Microbiote Français Study by Chloe Connan, Sébastien Fromentin, Mourad Benallaoua, Anne-Sophie Alvarez, Nicolas Pons, Benoît Quinquis, Christian Morabito, Julie-Anne Nazare, Elise Borezée-Durant, Florence Haimet, Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich, Karine Valeille, Alexandre Cavezza, Hervé Blottière, Patrick Veiga, Mathieu Almeida, Joël Doré, Robert Benamouzig

“…One obstacle is the substantial variability in wet-laboratory procedures and data processing implemented during gut microbiota studies, which poses a challenge of comparability and potential meta-analysis. …”
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Long-term cost-effectiveness of health behaviour intervention to manage type 2 diabetes in Nepal by Padam Kanta Dahal, Corneel Vandelanotte, Lal Rawal, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Grish Paudel, Melanie Lloyd, Yeji Baek, Biraj Karmacharya, Tomohiko Sugishita, Zanfina Ademi

“…Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the long-term cost-effectiveness of implementing a health behaviour intervention to manage T2DM in Nepal. …”
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Multilevel Intervention to Increase Patient Portal Use in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Who Access Health Care at Community Health Centers: Single Arm, Pre-Post Pilot Study by Robin Whittemore, Sangchoon Jeon, Samuel Akyirem, Helen N C Chen, Joanna Lipson, Maritza Minchala, Julie Wagner

“…Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05180721; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05180721…”
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Computer-aided X-ray screening for tuberculosis and HIV testing among adults with cough in Malawi (the PROSPECT study): A randomised trial and cost-effectiveness analysis. by Peter MacPherson, Emily L Webb, Wala Kamchedzera, Elizabeth Joekes, Gugu Mjoli, David G Lalloo, Titus H Divala, Augustine T Choko, Rachael M Burke, Hendramoorthy Maheswaran, Madhukar Pai, S Bertel Squire, Marriott Nliwasa, Elizabeth L Corbett

“…<h4>Trial registration</h4>clinicaltrials.gov NCT03519425.…”
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Effectiveness of a Mobile Health Intervention (DOT Selfie) in Increasing Treatment Adherence Monitoring and Support for Patients With Tuberculosis in Uganda: Randomized Controlled... by Juliet Nabbuye Sekandi, Esther Buregyeya, Sarah Zalwango, Damalie Nakkonde, Patrick Kaggwa, Trang Ho Thu Quach, David Asiimwe, Lynn Atuyambe, Kevin Dobbin

“… BackgroundDirectly observed therapy (DOT) is the standard method for monitoring adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment. However, implementing DOT poses challenges for both patients and providers due to limited financial and human resources. …”
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New framework for the development of clinical guidelines in Russia by D. V. Blinov, E. S. Akarachkova, A. S. Orlova, E. V. Kryukov, D. I. Korabelnikov

“…The recently adopted requirements for CG registration are compared with the previous methodological recommendations of the regulatory bodies.Discussion. …”
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