The effect of the menstrual cycle phases on back squat performance, jumping ability and psychological state in women according to their level of performance -a randomized three-arm... by Eduard Isenmann, Steffen Held, Stephan Geisler, Ulrich Flenker, Ian Jeffreys, Christoph Zinner

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Effect of bundling auricular acupressure and fluid restriction program on salivary flow rate and fluid control adherence among children undergoing hemodialysis: a randomized contro... by Zohour Ibrahim Rashwan, Marwa Mohamed Mahmoud Abdellah, Ferial Moursi, Esraa Mohammed Abd El-Samie Ismail

“…A sample of 60 children receiving HD was randomly assigned to two parallel groups. …”
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The effect of diverse sports skills interventions on physical fitness and brain development among Chinese high school students: a cluster randomized controlled trial study protocol by Youzhi Ke, Menghan Bao, Xuliang Qu, Yiping Yan, Li Li, Yemei Wang, Yeli Wu, Xiaokai Li, Yang Liu

“…The expected sample size is approximately 450 students, divided into four experimental groups and a control group. …”
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Preventing physical and emotional violence by teachers in public schools in Pakistan: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial of the intervention Interaction Compe... by Alaptagin Khan, Katharina Goessmann, Florian Scharpf, Fakhar Khawaja Saqlain Shah, Anette Kirika, Khadeeja Azhar, Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, Anke Hoeffler, Tobias Hecker

“…At each school, 30 students in the sixth year of school and all teachers (expected average number: 15) are recruited. Thus, the final sample comprises at least 1300 students and 720 teachers. …”
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Using a Co-Designed Implementation Enhancement Plan to Increase the Adoption of a Digital Fall Prevention Platform: A Non-Randomized Pre-Post Interventional Study by Delaforce A, Li J, Niven P, Maddock E, Grujovski M, Fahy MJ, Good NM, Jayasena R

“…This study sought to ascertain the impact of a co-designed implementation enhancement plan on the adoption and effect of a digital fall prevention platform in a new hospital.Methods: A non-randomized pre-post interventional study using multi-methods. …”
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The Effect of Dual Trigger on In Vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Outcomes in Patients with Suboptimal Ovarian Response (POSEIDON Classification Group I): A Ran... by Maryam Hafezi, Arezoo Arabipoor, Maryam Zareei, Samira Vesali, Parisa Mostafaei, Nadia Zameni

“…At the point of the final ovarian stimulation, patients were randomly assigned into two groups using the permuted block randomization method. …”
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Protocol for the economic evaluation alongside the PARTICIPATE (PArticipatory Research model for medicaTIon adherenCe In People with diAbetes and hyperTEnsion) multicenter cluster... by Vivek Verma, Denny John, Tanu Anand, Dinesh Kumar, K Sunitha, Tanveer Rehman, Pooja Reddy, Anuja Jha, Harshal Gupta, Avi Kumar Bansal, Smita Mahapatra, Sudhira Kumar Parida, Mamata Jena, A Charles Pon Ruban, Shantaraman Kalyanaraman, Jerin Jose Cherian

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A multicenter trial-based economic evaluation of a mobile health intervention for individuals with chronic non-specific low back pain: randomized controlled trial protocol by Maria Augusta de Araújo Mota, Tarson Brito Landolfi, Marina Cardoso de Melo Silva, Bruna de Melo Santana, Ângela Jornada Ben, Johanna M. van Dongen, Judith E. Bosmans, Raymond Ostelo, Thomaz Nogueira Burke, Fernanda Pasinato, Caroline R. Tottoli, Rodrigo Luiz Carregaro

“…Following the collection of baseline data, participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups using a permuted block randomization: (1) mhealth; (2) Conventional exercise delivered through a booklet. …”
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Efficacy of a Mobile App–Based Behavioral Intervention (DRIVEN) to Help Individuals With Unemployment-Related Emotional Distress Return to Work: Protocol for a Randomized Controlle... by Elizabeth C Danielson, Mystie Saturday, Sarah Leonard, Alexandra Levit, Andrea K Graham, Melissa Marquez, Keith Alperin, Stewart A Shankman, James W Griffith

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to test the efficacy of the 6-week intervention for job seekers in a randomized controlled trial. MethodsThis is a parallel-assignment randomized control trial comparing a 6-week return-to-work intervention versus job seeking as usual for a stratified sample of job seekers (n=150). …”
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Microbiological and Ergonomic Effects of Three Prototypes of a Device to Reduce Aerosol Dispersion in Dental Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Tri... by Camila N. Baldasso, Ruy Teichert-Filho, Daniel R. Marinowic, Maria M. Campos, Maximiliano S. Gomes

“…<b>Results</b>: The final sample comprised 59 participants (mean age 38.6 ± 11.4 years, 55.2% male). …”
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Strategies to Promote Resiliency: A Randomized Embedded Multifactorial Adaptative Platform (REMAP) Clinical Trial to Study Interventions to Improve Recovery After Surgery in High-R... by Katherine M. Reitz, MD, MSc, Hasan Nassereldine, MD, Jason Kennedy, MS, Ryan Zeh, MD, Farah Khandwala, MS, Christopher W. Seymour, MD, Melanie Quintana, PhD, Kert Viele, PhD, Michelle Detry, PhD, Alison Morris, MD, Barbara Methe, MD, Brian Zuckerbraun, MD, Timothy D. Girard, MD, Oscar C. Marroquin, MD, Stephen Esper, MD, Jennifer Holder-Murray, MD, Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH, Timothy R. Billiar, MD, Scott Berry, PhD, Derek C. Angus, MD, Matthew D. Neal, MD

“…An adaptive sample size of (N = 1000–2500) would identify at least a 15% improvement in HFD-90 for >1 metformin doses. …”
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Early initiated noradrenaline versus fluid therapy for hypotension and shock in the emergency department (VASOSHOCK): a protocol for a pragmatic, multi-center, superiority, randomi... by Lasse Paludan Bentsen, Thomas Strøm, Jakob Lundager Forberg, Gerhard Tiwald, Peter Biesenbach, Malik Kalmriz, Jens Henning Rasmussen, Nikolaj Raaber, Sören Möller, Mette Løkke, Gitte Boier Tygesen, Hanne Nygaard, Josephine Hyldgaard Brok, Julie Westergaard Andersen, Nikolett Bajusz, Mikkel Brabrand

“…Methods This protocol describes a pragmatic, multi-center, superiority randomized controlled trial, randomizing patients with hypotension to intervention or control. …”
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Spatiotemporal evaluation and impact of superficial factors on surface water quality for drinking using innovative techniques in Mahanadi River Basin, Odisha, India by Abhijeet Das

“…Water quality at all sampling locations was expressed in terms of Me-WQI. …”
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Clinical effects of erythritol, glycine and trehalose as subgingival air-polishing powders on non-surgical periodontal treatment:a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomize... by Yuan Zi-le, Yuan Zi-le, Tang Yan-xi, Tang Yan-xi, Zhou Ying, Zhou Ying, Wenjie Li, Wenjie Li, Chen Jun, Chen Jun, Meilu Zhou

“…The sample size, treatment time, and outcome indicators including periodontal probing depth (PPD), clinical attachment level (CAL), and bleeding on probing (BOP) were extracted from the articles. …”
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Feasibility, safety, and efficacy of high-dose intermittent theta burst stimulation in children with autism spectrum disorder: study protocol for a pilot randomized sham-controlled... by Junzi Long, Junzi Long, Junzi Long, Maoyuan Niu, Maoyuan Niu, Xingxing Liao, Xingxing Liao, Xingxing Liao, Kaiyue Han, Kaiyue Han, Jiarou Chen, Jiarou Chen, Wenlong Su, Xianna Wang, Jianjun Liu, Yan Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang

“…Forty children with ASD will be randomized into either the intervention or control group. …”
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Association of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists with atrial fibrillation, cardiac arrest, and ventricular fibrillation: Casual evidence from a drug target Mendelian random... by Xinyi Zhang, Nanqin Peng, Xiaoyue Zhang, Zicheng Zhu, Yan Miao, Yuting Wu, Jitao Ling, Chen Li, Wenli Gu, Jing Zhang, Abudukeremu Ayiguli, Ziheng Zheng, Peng Yu, Xiao Liu

“…Methods This study aimed to assess the causal relationship between GLP-1RAs and arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF), cardiac arrest, and ventricular fibrillation. We performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to examine the associations between genetically proxied GLP-1RAs and the risk of arrhythmias. …”
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Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of 48-Week Low-Dose Dienogest Administration in Patients With Dysmenorrhea Caused by Endometriosis: Protocol for a Randomized, Open-Label, Parall... by Kyoko Kikuno, Ryuta Asada, Takuma Ishihara, Yoshimasa Bomoto, Saki Murase, Yoko Ueda, Tomomi Shiga, Yoh Hayasaki, Tatsuro Furui, Satoko Matsuzaki, Masahiko Takemura, Kazutoshi Matsunami, Makoto Kubo, Naoki Ito, Masanori Isobe, Ken-ichirou Morishige

“…Participants are randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive either dienogest 1 mg/day or 2 mg/day. …”
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A complex intervention to reduce hospital admissions for people living with dementia in shared-housing arrangements in Germany: results of the multicenter, cluster-randomized contr... by Julia Misonow, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Janissa Altona, Annika Schmidt, Susanne Stiefler, Serhat Guenay, André Kratzer, Antonia Keck, Carolin Donath, Elmar Graessel

“…Poisson-models with hierarchical random effects were used for statistical analysis. …”
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Correlation between mRankin scale at 3 months and mTICI score: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression on randomized controlled trials and registries by Gianluca De Rubeis, Luca Prosperini, Francesca Romana Pezzella, Sebastiano Fabiano, Luca Bertaccini, Andrea Wlderk, Sabrina Anticoli, Luca Saba, Claudio Gasperini, Enrico Pampana

“…Material and Methods: Literature search was performed on PubMed/OVID for studies in 2015–2021, mTICI, mRS, and sample size were recorded. Exclusion criteria were monocentric, non-human, and non-English studies. …”
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Efficient collision-avoidance navigation strategy for autonomous surface vehicles in unstructured and constricted marine environments by Wenlong Meng, Rongdian Ku, Yanbo Pu, Xiaoxiao Shi, Ya Gong

“…More specifically, we generate multiple random trees from these sampling points, thereby bolstering both navigational accuracy and overall computational efficiency. …”
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