A Mobile Ecological Momentary Intervention for Reducing Experiential Avoidance in the Context of Rumination: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Steven Barnes, Marta Szastok, Małgorzata Para, Fabian Morawiec, Maciej Grzeszczuk, Szymon Wójcik, Barbara Karpowicz, Pavlo Zinevych, Anna Jaskulska, Wiesław Kopeć, Monika Kornacka

“…MethodsConsenting individuals (target N=60) who meet the inclusion criteria (self-reporting problems with repetitive negative thinking) will be randomly assigned to 1 of 4 conditions: (1) intervention with therapist support and daily sampling, (2) intervention without support and with daily sampling, (3) partial intervention (emotion validation EMI only) with daily sampling, or (4) control (daily sampling only). …”
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Randomized controlled trial evaluating the utility of urine HPV DNA for cervical cancer screening in a Pacific Island population by Brenda Y. Hernandez, Aileen C Tareg, Martina Reichhardt, Angelica Agapito, Xuemei Zhu, Angela Sy, Arnice Yuji, Jeffrey Killeen, Owen Chan, Lee E Buenconsejo-Lum

“…Adult women aged 21-65 (n=217) were randomized by the order of sample collection. Concordance of HPV DNA, evaluated by the Roche Linear Array, was compared in paired self-collected urine and clinician-collected liquid cytology samples. …”
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Honey as a Wound Care Modality in Treating Deep Neck Space Abscesses: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Dian Paramita Wulandari, Yanri Wijayanti Subronto, Agus Surono

“…MethodsThis is a single-blind randomized controlled trial. Randomization will be done through simple random sampling. …”
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Bayesian Inference for Long Memory Stochastic Volatility Models by Pedro Chaim, Márcio Poletti Laurini

“…The logarithmic variance persistence in these models is represented by a Fractional Gaussian Noise process, which we approximate as a linear combination of independent first-order autoregressive processes, lending itself to a Gaussian Markov Random Field representation. Our results from Monte Carlo experiments indicate that this approach exhibits small sample properties akin to those of Markov Chain Monte Carlo estimators. …”
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Randomized trial testing a self-guided digital mental health intervention teaching calming skills for Ukrainian children by Joshua S. Steinberg, Jingxuan Sun, Katherine E. Venturo-Conerly, Gauri Sood, Patrick Mair, Oksana Davydenko, Robert Porzak, Dennis Ougrin, John R. Weisz

“…In this pre-registered randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Record: NCT06217705 ; first submitted January 12, 2024), we assessed the acceptability, utility, and clinical efficacy of one such DMHI (Project Calm) relative to a usual schoolwork control among a sample of Ukrainian students in grades 4–11. …”
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Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for early postpartum stress urinary incontinence: A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. by Yi Yang, Meng Xu, Qingguo Liu, Xiaoqing Ding, Xi Wang, Dongfeng Wang, Qisheng Sun, Xiaowei Shi, Xiuping Zhang, Dong Liu, Shufeng Shi

“…<h4>Design and methods</h4>This is a randomized controlled trial. Seventy-two PSUI patients between 42 days and 1 year postpartum will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either the acupuncture group (n = 36) or the sham acupuncture group (n = 36). …”
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Leveraging machine learning to uncover multi-pathogen infection dynamics across co-distributed frog families by Daniele L. F. Wiley, Kadie N. Omlor, Ariadna S. Torres López, Celina M. Eberle, Anna E. Savage, Matthew S. Atkinson, Lisa N. Barrow

“…Methods We selected 12 widespread and abundant focal taxa within three ecologically distinct, co-distributed host families (Bufonidae, Hylidae, and Ranidae) and sampled them across the eastern two-thirds of the United States of America. …”
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Machine Learning Model Coupled with Graphical User Interface for Predicting Mechanical Properties of Flax Fiber by T. Nageshkumar, Prateek Shrivastava, L. Ammayapan, Manisha Jagadale, L. K. Nayak, D. B. Shakyawar, Indran Suyambulingam, P. Senthamaraikannan, R. Kumar

“…Flax fiber was tested under five independent parameters i.e, type of fiber (Tf), moisture content (Mc), weight of sample (Ws), gauge length (Gl) and loading rate (Lr) with response variables, i.e., breaking load and elongation. …”
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On the Firmness Code Noising to the Statistical Analysis of the Observable Data of Repeated Repetition by V. M. Deundyak, J. V. Kosolapov

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Causal relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease and chronic obstructive respiratory disease: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Shan Lin, Dingfeng Lai, Wanmei He, Qingyuan Zhan

“…To this end, we utilized a two-sample Mendelian randomization approach (MR) to investigate the potential causal dynamics between GERD and these chronic obstructive respiratory diseases. …”
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Feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of non-invasive application of chlorhexidine dental coating for seniors in the community: a randomized controlled study by Heidi Sveistrup, Irene Elizabeth DeHaan, Andrea Pepe, Howard C. Tenenbaum, Anton Svendrovski, Brenda Turgeon, Ross Perry

“…The objectives of this study were to: i) document the oral health status of a sample of Canadian seniors; and then ii) evaluate feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of non-invasive application of chlorhexidine for preventive oral health in the community. …”
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Measuring the credit gap: a forecast combination approach by N. Kundan Kishor, Nam Nguyen

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Effect of Synbiotic Supplementation on Fatigue and Sleep Quality in End-stage Renal Disease Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Mina Jangpour, Ali Asghar Jesmi, Akram Kooshki, Neda Mahdavifar, Ali Taj

“…Results: The samples, consisting of 26 males (50%) and 26 females (50%), were randomly allocated to the placebo (n=24, 46.16%), 12 males and 12 females, and the synbiotic supplement (n=28, 53.84%), 14 males and 14 females, groups. …”
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Effect of integrating traditional and modern healthcare systems on tuberculosis case detection in Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled study by Desalegne Amare, Kefyalew Addis Alene, Fentie Ambaw

“…A paired t-test and two sample independent t-test were used to compare baseline and end line data for both groups. …”
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Obesity Status Prediction Through Artificial Intelligence and Balanced Label Distribution Using SMOTE by Arif Riyandi, Mahazam Afrad, M Yoka Fathoni, Yogo Dwi Prasetyo

“…Four AI algorithms were analyzed: Artificial Neural Network (ANN), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Random Forest, and Support Vector Machine (SVM). The Synthetic Minority Over-Sampling Technique (SMOTE) was applied to address dataset imbalance. …”
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Which factors affect anxiety in rural older adults in China? by Hui Wang, Chi Wang, Yi Li, Yuran Liu, Hongxu Yuan, Yujie Chen, Hong Ding

“…The study also aims to improve the well-being and quality of life of older adults.MethodsA multi-stage cluster random sampling was conducted in rural Anhui Province, China from July 2023 to February 2024, involving a total of 1,546 older adults. …”
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Vitamin D and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity in the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative: A Mendelian randomization study. by Guillaume Butler-Laporte, Tomoko Nakanishi, Vincent Mooser, David R Morrison, Tala Abdullah, Olumide Adeleye, Noor Mamlouk, Nofar Kimchi, Zaman Afrasiabi, Nardin Rezk, Annarita Giliberti, Alessandra Renieri, Yiheng Chen, Sirui Zhou, Vincenzo Forgetta, J Brent Richards

“…Vitamin D Mendelian randomization (MR) studies have provided results that are concordant with large-scale vitamin D randomized trials. …”
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The Effect of Deep Respiration and Prone Position on Common Respiratory Symptoms in Patients with COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Sima Alipour Nasrabadsofla, Afshin Mansourian, Mohammad Gholamnezhad, Ardashir Afrasiabifar, Asadolah Mosavi, Shahla Najafi Doulatabad

“…Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial that was conducted in a hospital in Yasuj city, Iran, in 2021, 96 patients with COVID-19 were selected using a non-random convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned to three groups of deep respiration, prone position, and deep respiration and prone position. …”
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The Effect of Mobile Application on Subcutaneous Anti-TNF Drug Administration in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients: A Randomized Experimental Study by Cengiz Korkmaz, Ayşe Özkaraman, Füsun Uzgör

“…In the second stage, 32 patients who met the sampling criteria were randomized to mobil and booklet groups. …”
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Community health worker-facilitated telehealth for moderate-severe hypertension care in Kenya and Uganda: A randomized controlled trial. by Matthew D Hickey, Asiphas Owaraganise, Sabina Ogachi, Norton Sang, Erick M Wafula, Jane Kabami, Nicole Sutter, Jennifer Temple, Anthony Muiru, Gabriel Chamie, Elijah Kakande, Maya L Petersen, Laura B Balzer, Diane V Havlir, Moses R Kamya, James Ayieko

“…In intention-to-treat analyses, we compared outcomes between randomized arms with targeted minimum loss-based estimation using sample-splitting to select optimal adjustment covariates (candidates: age, sex, baseline hypertension severity, and country). …”
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