Effectiveness of the adolescent-community reinforcement approach for treating Cannabis use disorder in Iranian adolescents: A randomized controlled trial by Najmeh Khosrovan Mehr, Fahimeh Fathali Lavasani, Alireza Noroozi, Hojjatollah Farahani, Banafsheh Gharraee

“…A total of 40 male adolescents aged 15 to 18 (Mean = 15.87, SD = 1.02), diagnosed with CUD, were recruited from child labor welfare educational centers in Tehran through purposive sampling. Participants were randomly assigned to the A-CRA group (n = 20) or Treatment as Usual (TAU) group (n = 20). …”
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The Effect of Three Eye Care Methods on the Severity of Lagophthalmos in Intensive Care Patients: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial by Tahere Nikseresht, Mansour Rezaei, Alireza Khatony

“…A total of 156 patients connected to ventilators were included in this clinical trial using the convenience sampling method. They were randomly divided into three groups: “polyethylene cover,” polyethylene cover plus artificial tear drops,” and “polyethylene cover plus Lubratex eye ointment.” …”
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Efficacy of Laparoscopic-Assisted Subcostal Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial by Sadaf Ishaque, Sarmad Masud, Rizwan Ahmed Khan, Nauman Ismat Butt

“…Methodology: 100 patients of either gender scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy were included using consecutive probability sampling method. After informed consent, patients were randomized into Intervention TAP GroupA and Control Group-B. …”
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Predicting low birth weight risks in pregnant women in Brazil using machine learning algorithms: data from the Araraquara cohort study by Audêncio Victor, Francielly Almeida, Sancho Pedro Xavier, Patrícia H.C. Rondó

“…To address class imbalance, the Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE) was applied. Model performance was assessed using metrics such as area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), F1-score, and precision-recall. …”
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Using an ensemble approach to predict habitat of Dusky Grouse ( Dendragapus obscurus ) in Montana, USA by Elizabeth A Leipold, Claire N Gower, Lance McNew

“…As a first step toward developing methods for unbiased population monitoring, we must identify appropriate sampling sites, which requires knowledge of Dusky Grouse habitat. …”
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Novel Smartphone App and Supportive Accountability for the Treatment of Childhood Disruptive Behavior Problems: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Oliver Lindhiem, Claire S Tomlinson, David J Kolko, Jennifer S Silk, Danella Hafeman, Meredith Wallace, I Made Agus Setiawan, Bambang Parmanto

“…MethodsA nationwide sample of parents of children aged 5 years to 8 years with disruptive behaviors (N=324 dyads) are randomly assigned to the stand-alone app (UseIt!…”
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Disinfection with chlorhexidine is more effective than ethanol for buttonhole cannulation in arteriovenous fistula: a randomized cross-over trial by Karin Staaf, Vendela Scheer, Lena Serrander, Anders Fernström, Fredrik Uhlin

“…The present study assessed whether chlorhexidine is more effective than ethanol in patients treated with haemodialysis via AVF. Methods In this randomized, cross-over, clinical trial, we compared 5 mg/mL chlorhexidine in 70% ethanol to 70% ethanol alone with and without arm washing using serial sampling of normal skin flora directly before disinfection, immediately after the disinfectant effect time, and 2 and 4 h after disinfection during four different dialysis treatments. …”
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Potential of random forest machine learning algorithm for geological mapping using PALSAR and Sentinel-2A remote sensing data: A case study of Tsagaan-uul area, southern Mongolia by Munkhsuren Badrakh, Narantsetseg Tserendash, Erdenejargal Choindonjamts, Gáspár Albert

“…Overall, findings emphasize the critical role of dataset configuration, such as class balance and representative sampling, in optimizing Random Forest-based geological mapping.…”
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Effectiveness of a single emotional freedom techniques session on facilitating forgiveness and mental health: a randomized clinical trial by Peta Stapleton, Kyra Le Sech, Loren L. Toussaint, Hui Kuang Hsieh

“…This pre-registered clinical trial investigated the effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) in promoting forgiveness and mental health. A sample of 98 adults (91% female, aged 28–72) from Australia and the U.S. self-selected and were randomly allocated to an online EFT intervention or control task. …”
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SFRP2 mediates Epstein-Barr virus and bladder cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization study and colocalization analysis by Jian Li, Bing Yang, Lei Guo, Wenqi Huang, Qiong Hu, Hongting Yan, Changpu Du, Rong Tan, Dongxin Tang

“…Colocalization analysis were conducted for positive exposures, mediators, and BCa, with multiple sensitivity analyses confirming the robustness of the results. The two-sample Mendelian randomization study found that EBNA-1 (OR = 1.15, 95% CI: 1.01–1.30; p = 0.039) and VCA-p18 (OR = 1.36, 95% CI: 1.13–1.64; p = 0.001) may increase BCa risk, with only VCA-p18 (P_fdr = 0.006) showing a significant effect after False Discovery Rate (FDR) correction. …”
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Effect of structural characteristics on the stability of multi-weak rock slopes considering the spatial variability of geotechnical parameters by Qingqing Zhang, Huabin Zhang, Laigui Wang, Quanen Li, Haoyi Yu

“…The Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) method was employed to efficiently generate parameters random fields. …”
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The Mediation of Circulating Inflammatory Proteins in the Causal Pathway from Immune Cells to COPD by Yan K, Wang Y, Xin P

“…These findings facilitate the identification of individuals at high risk of COPD and offer novel insights for early prevention and clinical intervention.Keywords: Mendelian randomization, Bayesian weighted Mendelian randomization, immune cells, circulating inflammatory proteins, COPD, mediation analysis…”
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Transforming Cardiac Care: Machine Learning in Heart Condition Prediction Using Phonocardiograms by Sandra D’Souza, Niranjan Reddy S, Saikonda Krishna Tarun, Sohan P, aneesha acharya k

“…The data set consists of 831 normal and 260 abnormal data, and the duration of each sample is 5 seconds. Features extracted from the data are up-sampled and applied to the logistic regression and random forest classification models. …”
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Associations between moderate alcohol consumption, brain iron, and cognition in UK Biobank participants: Observational and mendelian randomization analyses. by Anya Topiwala, Chaoyue Wang, Klaus P Ebmeier, Stephen Burgess, Steven Bell, Daniel F Levey, Hang Zhou, Celeste McCracken, Adriana Roca-Fernández, Steffen E Petersen, Betty Raman, Masud Husain, Joel Gelernter, Karla L Miller, Stephen M Smith, Thomas E Nichols

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Observational associations between brain iron markers and alcohol consumption (n = 20,729 UK Biobank participants) were compared with associations with genetically predicted alcohol intake and alcohol use disorder from 2-sample mendelian randomization (MR). Alcohol intake was self-reported via a touchscreen questionnaire at baseline (2006 to 2010). …”
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Uncovering Key Factors of Student Performance in Math: An Explainable Deep Learning Approach Using TIMSS 2019 Data by Abdelamine Elouafi, Ilyas Tammouch, Souad Eddarouich, Raja Touahni

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Causal relationship between inflammatory cytokines and posttraumatic stress disorder: a Mendelian randomization study and potential mechanism analysis by Yingchong Li, Bangliang Xu, Zhitao Chen

“…The causality between inflammatory cytokines and PTSD risk remains unclear.Methods: We conducted a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study using genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from 41 inflammatory cytokines and PTSD. …”
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The effect of povidone-iodine 10% plus levofloxacin 0.5% before cataract surgery: a randomized clinical trial by Ali Azimi, Mohammad Reza Jafari, Ehsan Namvar, Nasrin Masihpour, Shadi Meshksar

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The effect of the four-handed method on the pain caused by gastric tube insertion in premature infants: A randomized clinical trial by Maryam Shirdel, Batool Pouraboli, Setareh Sagheb, Vafa Ghorban Sabagh, Shima Haghani

“…This study, conducted from 2022 to 2023, involved 80 premature infants selected using a convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups of 40 by coin toss. …”
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Impact of self-directed learning strategy, an innovative method in nursing undergraduates: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. by Sabina Chaudhary, Adarsh Lata Singh

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This quantitative, randomized controlled trial will enroll and randomize 140 undergraduate nursing students in the experimental and control group using stratified random sampling and follow them for 12 weeks. …”
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A discrete extension of the Xgamma random variable: mathematical framework, estimation methods, simulation ranking, and applications to radiation biology and industrial engineering... by Mohamed S. Algolam, Mohamed S. Eliwa, Mohamed El-Dawoody, Mahmoud El-Morshedy

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