Preventing adverse events during paediatric cancer treatment: protocol for a multi-site hybrid randomised controlled trial of catheter lock solutions (the CLOCK trial) by Paul Monagle, Andrew Wood, Robert Ware, Adam Irwin, Joshua Byrnes, Natalie Bradford, Susan Moloney, Michelle Martin, Tricia Kleidon, Andrew Moore, Roni Cole, Fiona Newall, Victoria Gibson, Samantha Keogh, David Eisenstat, Amanda Ullman, Mari Takashima, Elouise Comber, Eloise Borello, Nicole Henson, Philippa Howard, Karen McCleary, Jordana McLean, Michelle Noyes, Gemma Rowan, Amanda St John, Joshua Wolf

“…The findings will also be disseminated through local health and clinical trial networks by investigators and presented at conferences.Trial registration number ACTRN12622000499785.…”
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Effectiveness of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Children under Ten Years of Age in Senegal: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomised Trial. by Badara Cissé, El Hadj Ba, Cheikh Sokhna, Jean Louis NDiaye, Jules F Gomis, Yankhoba Dial, Catherine Pitt, Mouhamed NDiaye, Matthew Cairns, Ernest Faye, Magatte NDiaye, Aminata Lo, Roger Tine, Sylvain Faye, Babacar Faye, Ousmane Sy, Lansana Konate, Ekoue Kouevijdin, Clare Flach, Clare Flach, Ousmane Faye, Jean-Francois Trape, Colin Sutherland, Fatou Ba Fall, Pape M Thior, Oumar K Faye, Brian Greenwood, Oumar Gaye, Paul Milligan

“…Fifty-four health posts were randomised. Nine started implementation of SMC in 2008, 18 in 2009, and a further 18 in 2010, with 9 remaining as controls. …”
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Handling of missing component information for common composite score outcomes used in axial spondyloarthritis research when complete-case analysis is unbiased by Christos Polysopoulos, Stylianos Georgiadis, Lykke Midtbøll Ørnbjerg, Almut Scherer, Daniela Di Giuseppe, Merete Lund Hetland, Michael John Nissen, Gareth T. Jones, Bente Glintborg, Anne Gitte Loft, Johan Karlsson Wallman, Karel Pavelka, Jakub Závada, Ayten Yazici, Maria José Santos, Adrian Ciurea, Burkhard Möller, Brigitte Michelsen, Pawel Mielnik, Johanna Huhtakangas, Heikki Relas, Katja Perdan Pirkmajer, Ziga Rotar, Ross MacDonald, Bjorn Gudbjornsson, Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma, Marleen van de Sande, Myriam Riek

“…Trial registration Not applicable as study uses data from patient registries.…”
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Exploring Gender Differences in Veterans in a Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness for Chronic Pain by Diana J. Burgess, Emily M. Hagel Campbell, Mariah Branson, Collin Calvert, Roni Evans, Kelli D. Allen, Ann Bangerter, Lee J.S. Cross, Mary A. Driscoll, Sierra Hennessy, John E. Ferguson, Jessica K. Friedman, Marianne S. Matthias, Laura A. Meis, Melissa A. Polusny, Stephanie L. Taylor, Brent C. Taylor

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Evaluating impacts of improved flooring on enteric and parasitic infections in rural households in Kenya: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial by Elizabeth Allen, Robert Dreibelbis, Katherine E Halliday, Rachel L Pullan, Charles S Mwandawiro, Carlos Mcharo, Doris Njomo, Stella Kepha, William E Oswald, Hugo Legge, Martin Rono, Lynne Elson, Beatrice K Kakoi, Sharon Muli, Jacinta Mwongeli, Margaret M Njoroge, Victoria Ochwal, Tuva K Safari, Ulrike Filinger, James Wambua Kaluli

“…Following the 12-month implementation period and final assessments, control households are offered improved floors. …”
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Use of sedative drugs in specialist palliative care (iSedPall): a multi-modal intervention pilot study protocol by Christoph Ostgathe, Claudia Bausewein, Eva Schildmann, Jeremias Bazata, Maria Heckel, Saskia Kauzner, Carsten Klein, Sabine H. Krauss, Alexander Kremling, Manuela Schneider, Andreas Seifert, Kerstin Ziegler, Christian Jäger, Jan Schildmann

“…The primary feasibility outcomes and formative evaluation of the implementation process will be explored using quantitative (retrospective cohort study, survey) and qualitative elements (focus groups, interviews). …”
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A workplace organisational intervention to improve hospital nurses’ and physicians’ mental health: study protocol for the Magnet4Europe wait list cluster randomised controlled tria... by Peter Griffiths, Jonathan Drennan, Jackie Bridges, Luk Bruyneel, Jane Ball, Linda H Aiken, Douglas M Sloane, Anners Lerdal, Matthew McHugh, Herbert Smith, Anne Marie Rafferty, Reinhard Busse, Walter Sermeus, Julia Köppen, Lars E Eriksson, Kaat Siebens, Matthew D McHugh, Anne Scott, Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne, Sydney Anstee, Peter Van Bogaert, Rikard Lindqvist, Linda Aiken, Douglas Sloane, Hans De Witte, Wilmar B Schaufeli, Hans De Witte, Simon Dello, Dorothea Kohnen, Claudia Bettina Maier, Lisa Smeds Alenius, Mary Del Guidice, Timothy Cheney, Claudia Maier, Joan Kleine, Elaine Lehane Vera McCarthy, Noeleen Brady, Monica Bukkøy Kjetland, Paul Van Aken, Danny Van Heusden

“…Findings will be disseminated at conferences, through peer-reviewed manuscripts and via social media.Trial registration number ISRCTN10196901.…”
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Cluster randomised controlled trial of screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the pilot study for the SAFER trial by Martin R Cowie, Stephen Morris, Gregory Lip, Richard J McManus, Stephen Sutton, Jonathan Mant, Simon J Griffin, Sarah Hoare, Jenni Burt, Rachel Johnson, Mark Lown, Alison Powell, Natalie Armstrong, FD Richard Hobbs, Trudie Lobban, Rakesh Narendra Modi, Ben Freedman, David A Fitzmaurice, Stephen Kaptoge, Jenny Lund, Duncan Edwards, Kate Williams, H Thom, Francesco Fusco, Michael J Sweeting, Andrew Dymond, The SAFER Authorship Group

“…Dissemination will be via publications, patient-friendly summaries, reports and engagement with the UK National Screening Committee.Trial registration number ISRCTN72104369.…”
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QbTest for ADHD assessment and medication management: a mixed-methods systematic review of impact on clinical outcomes and patient, carer and clinician experiences by Amanda Owen-Smith, Nicky J Welton, Mary Ward, Penny Whiting, Hanyu Wang, Hayley E Jones, Josephine G Walker, Chris Cooper, Mariska Leeflang, Eve Tomlinson, Melissa Benavente, Catalina Lopez Manzano, Dietmar Hank

“…However, barriers to test implementation were reported. Clinicians cited staffing, room requirements and issues with technology, and patients highlighted the test length and repetitive nature. …”
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Effectiveness of the Integrated Administrative Information System (PATEN) in Public Service by Yeni Pariyatin, Eri Satria, Dini Destiani SF, Rina Kurniawati

“…Problems related to population administration and civil registration, such as identity falsification and duplicate data due to lack of accurate details of population data documents, the process of obtaining a Population Identity Card and issuing a civil registration certificate still takes a long time because the data input process is still done manually. …”
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Three-dimensional motion corrected free-breathing simultaneous multislice-balanced steady state free precession myocardium perfusion imaging by Naledi Adam, Ronald Mooiweer, Andrew Tyler, Karl Kunze, Radhouene Neji, Peter Speier, Daniel Stäb, John Ng, Shino Kuriakose, Reza Razavi, Muhummad Sohaib Nazir, Amedeo Chiribiri, Sébastien Roujol

“…Methods: A fast diaphragmatic respiratory navigator (fastNAV) module (<15 ms) was implemented into an SMS-bSSFP sequence for prospective slice-tracking. …”
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Defining Keypoints to Align H&E Images and Xenium DAPI-Stained Images Automatically by Yu Lin, Yan Wang, Juexin Wang, Mauminah Raina, Ricardo Melo Ferreira, Michael T. Eadon, Yanchun Liang, Dong Xu

“…Currently, it is labor-intensive for domain experts to manually place keypoints to perform image registration in the Xenium Explorer software. We present Xenium-Align, a keypoint identification method that automatically generates keypoint files for image registration in Xenium Explorer. …”
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Interventions to improve mental health and well-being in care-experienced children and young people aged less than 25: the CHIMES systematic review by Rhiannon Evans, Sarah MacDonald, Robert Trubey, Jane Noyes, Michael Robling, Simone Willis, Soo Vinnicombe, Maria Boffey, Charlotte Wooders, Asmaa El-Banna, GJ Melendez-Torres

“…How do contextual characteristics shape implementation factors and what are key enablers and inhibitors of implementation? …”
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Workforce development in community pharmacies in England: Opportunities and tensions for a private sector provider of NHS services. by Jayne L Astbury, Sally Jacobs, Imelda McDermott, Sarah C Willis, Aidan Moss, Selma Stearns, Catherine Fenton, Ali M K Hindi, Elizabeth M Seston, Ellen I Schafheutle

“…<h4>Objective</h4>This study sought to determine how PhIF funded learning pathways for post-registration pharmacists and accuracy checking pharmacy technicians enabled community pharmacy workforce transformation, in what circumstances, and why.…”
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Study protocol: The effect of a Medication Coordinator on the quality of patients' medication treatment (MEDCOOR)-Randomized controlled trial. by Maja Schlünsen, Trine Graabæk, Andreas Kristian Pedersen, Jan Dominik Kampmann, Lene Juel Kjeldsen

“…Hopefully, this can contribute to a reduction in the risk of potentially inappropriate post-hospital medication usage. Trial registration: The study has been registered at ClinicalTrial.gov with the registration number: NCT06383364. https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06383364.…”
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Web-Based Intern Admission System At The ATR / BPN Office Of Medan City Using Weighted Product Method by Rizki Ikhwansyah Purba, Muhamad Alda

“…To achieve this, the Weighted Product (WP) method was implemented as a decision support system. This method calculates the final score of applicants based on weighted values from three main criteria: GPA, academic program, and completeness of the CV.Key features of the system include: online registration forms, document uploads, automated scoring using the WP method, real-time application status tracking, and an admin dashboard to manage participant data and selection results. …”
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ANALYSIS OF OPTIONAL QUALITY TERM (OQT): MOUNTAIN LABEL FROM PRODUCER’S PERSPECTIVE: STUDY OF MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES SURROUNDING BRAȘOV, ROMANIA by Kiran MAINALI, Felix H. ARION, Cătălina ROGOZAN

“…A general producer survey with questionnaires was planned, organized, and implemented on the three mountain massifs surrounding Brașov city to elicit the necessary findings. …”
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Hepatocellular carcinoma in Korea: an analysis of the 2016-2018 Korean Nationwide Cancer Registry by Jihyun An, Young Chang, Gwang Hyeon Choi, Won Sohn, Jeong Eun Song, Hyunjae Shin, Jae Hyun Yoon, Jun Sik Yoon, Hye Young Jang, Eun Ju Cho, Ji Won Han, Suk Kyun Hong, Ju-Yeon Cho, Kyu-Won Jung, Eun Hye Park, Eunyang Kim, Bo Hyun Kim

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DATA 5.0—Data Acquisition, Translation & Analysis—a prospective urooncological data warehouse for the 21st century by Viktoria Schütz, Christine Geisler, Mathias Rath, Sarah Böning, Thomas Treber, Albrecht Stenzinger, Alexander Brobeil, Oliver Reinhard, Anette Duensing, Anette Duensing, Stefan Duensing, Stefan Duensing, Markus Hohenfellner, Magdalena Görtz

“…BackgroundProspective data registration is the basis of clinical oncological research. …”
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Evaluating a brief imagery-based intervention for adolescent depression: study protocol for a Phase IIB randomised control trial (INDIGO) in secondary schools by Victoria Pile, Rose Tinch-Taylor, Ben Carter, Jessica Richardson, Lisa De Rijk, Mary Leamy, Simon E. Blackwell, Richard Meiser-Stedman, Barnaby D. Dunn, Sarah Byford, Emily A. Holmes, Cathy Creswell, Patrick Smith

“…Trial registration ISRCTN, ISRCTN14015295. Registered 11 September 2023, https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN14015295 .…”
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