Comparison between the Effects of Acupuncture Relative to Other Controls on Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis by Haizhen Zheng, Rixin Chen, Xiaofeng Zhao, Guanhui Li, Yi Liang, Hao Zhang, Zhenhai Chi

“…Future high-quality and large-sample-size studies with adequate quantity-effect design need to be conducted.…”
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Premalignant features of the prostate can be ameliorated by Uvaria chamae root extract: Modeling prostate cancer with cadmium and alternative treatment option in adult Wistar rats by Edem GD, Sakpa CL, Ezeuko VC

“…The animals were sacrificed after the last dose schedule, blood sample taken for hormonal assay and prostate tissues were preserved in 10% buffered formalin for histology. …”
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University students’ ambition levels and vocational tendencies associated with common culture by H. A. Danaa, M. M. Al-mzary, W. N. Halasa, L. M. Obeidat, M. A. Rababah, M. Kh. Al-Alawneh

“…A quantitative method was adopted to analyse the data. The study sample consisted of 500 male and female students studying at Al-Balqa Applied University (BAU) chosen randomly. …”
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Impacts of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention on Malaria Burden among under Five-Year-Old Children in Borno State, Nigeria by J. P. Ambe, S. T. Balogun, M. B. Waziri, I. N. Nglass, A. Saddiq

“…Thick blood smear, thin blood smear, and capillary sample were collected two weeks after the 4th cycle of SMC. …”
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Analysis of ICIs alone or in combination rechallenged outcomes after progression from first-line ICIs plus chemotherapy in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer by Guisen Yin, Xin Liu, Xiangtao Yu, Song Tan, Fen Liu

“…However, there is a lack of large sample randomized controlled studies and evidence-based medical evidence, and more clinical studies are needed to further confirm.…”
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The effect of an economic empowerment and relationship strengthening intervention on food insecurity among couples living with HIV in Malawi by Joshua Kiyingi, Fred M. Ssewamala, Torsten B. Neilands, Scott Tebbetts, Nancy Mulauzi, James Mkandawire, Amy A. Conroy

“…A full-scale efficacy study is needed to confirm findings with a larger sample and longer follow-up. Study clinical trial registration Mlambe was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT #04906616, 08/15/2019).…”
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The effect of incorporating whole body vibration into exercise therapy on the corticomotor excitability of the quadriceps in athletes following anterior cruciate ligament reconstru... by Roya Khanmohammadi, Sahar Zare, Ali Musavi, Morteza Ahmadi

“…Nonetheless, it is important to consider the small sample size and low statistical power when interpreting these results. …”
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Tailored treatment of specific diagnosis improves symptoms and quality of life in patients with myocardial Ischemia and Non-obstructive Coronary Arteries by Piotr Szolc, Bartłomiej Guzik, Łukasz Niewiara, Paweł Kleczyński, Anna Bernacik, Marta Diachyshyn, Maciej Stąpór, Krzysztof Żmudka, Jacek Legutko

“…Despite the observational nature of the study, both symptoms and quality of life improved, underscoring the need for future prospective randomized controlled trials. Further research, including adequately powered sample sizes of patients is warranted to evaluate the influence of pathophysiology-tailored treatment of INOCA on long-term major cardiovascular events.…”
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Does Total Gastrectomy Provide Better Outcomes than Distal Subtotal Gastrectomy for Distal Gastric Cancer? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Jin Qi, Peng Zhang, Yanan Wang, Hao Chen, Yumin Li

“…<h4>Results</h4>Ten retrospective cohort studies and one randomized control trial involving 5447 patients were included. …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Diarrhea among Under-Five Children in Benna Tsemay District, South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Pastoralis... by Mulusew Alemayehu, Tsegaye Alemu, Ayalew Astatkie

“…A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 722 under five children selected randomly from eight pastoralists and two agropastoralist kebels. …”
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Vitamin A rich food consumption and its predictors among children aged 6 up to 23 months old in Ethiopia by Girma Beressa

“…This study used Ethiopian demographic and health survey and mini demographic and health survey (EDHS-2005–2016 and EMDHS-2019) data with a total weighted sample size of 8291 among children aged 6–23 months old. …”
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BASNEF behavioral transformation: effect of empowerment program on children’s knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and practice of nail biting by Zohour Ibrahim Rashwan, Hamida Ahmed Mostafa Darweesh, Fatma Ahmed Elsobky, Samah Abdallah Mohamed Amer, Mabrouka Attia Ali Nada

“…Method A quasi-experimental study was conducted in the pediatric wards of Menoufia University Hospital and Benha University Hospital. A convenience sample of 135 children (6 to 18 years) was randomly assigned to the study or control group who received routine care. …”
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Autonomic nervous system development-related signature as a novel predictive biomarker for immunotherapy in pan-cancers by Cunen Wu, Cunen Wu, Cunen Wu, Cunen Wu, Weiwei Xue, Yuwen Zhuang, Dayue Darrel Duan, Dayue Darrel Duan, Zhou Zhou, Zhou Zhou, Xiaoxiao Wang, Zhenfeng Wu, Jin-yong Zhou, Xiangkun Huan, Ruiping Wang, Haibo Cheng, Haibo Cheng

“…A pan-cancer predictive model for ICI prognosis based on ANSDR.Sig was constructed, with the random forest algorithm yielding the most robust performance. …”
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Evaluación de patógenos en clones de lulo (Solanum quitoense Lam.) Pathogenity evaluation on Solanum quitoense Lam. Clones by Consuelo Montes Rojas, Luis Armando Muñoz, Víctor Felipe Terán G, Fabio A Prado C, Magally Andrea Quiñónez

“…The statistical design consisted of a complete randomized block design with 4 repetitions, the working sampling plot consisted on 6 plants arranged in triangles at distances of 2 m within rows, the inter row distance was 2,5 m. …”
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Comparison of eight weeks of resistance training and high-intensity intermittent aerobic training on the expression of microRNAs associated with adipose tissue angiogenesis and ant... by Hamid Sadeghian, Marefat Siahkohian, Mohsen Akbarpour Beni, Lotfali Bolboli

“…To evaluate the effect of resistance training and high-intensity intermittent aerobic training and high-fat diet (58% of calories in the form of fat) on miR-221, miR-222, miR-329 and VEGF variables, subjects in each group were killed 48 hours after the last training session. Sampling of mesenteric adipose tissue was performed immediately after killing the animals. …”
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The effect of an ISBAR-based clinical supervision model during handover on clinical decision-making and self-efficacy of nursing internship students: a quasi-experimental study by Faezeh Gheisari, Sedigheh Farzi, Mohammad Javad Tarrahi, Tahere Momeni-Ghaleghasemi, Saba Farzi, Fateme Nazari, Reza Tajmir riahi

“…Participants were selected through convenience sampling and then randomly allocated to either the intervention or control group. …”
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The Burden and Determinants of Non Communicable Diseases Risk Factors in Nepal: Findings from a Nationwide STEPS Survey. by Krishna Kumar Aryal, Suresh Mehata, Sushhama Neupane, Abhinav Vaidya, Meghnath Dhimal, Purushottam Dhakal, Sangeeta Rana, Chop Lal Bhusal, Guna Raj Lohani, Frank Herbert Paulin, Renu Madanlal Garg, Regina Guthold, Melanie Cowan, Leanne Margaret Riley, Khem Bahadur Karki

“…A multistage cluster sampling method was used to randomly select the 4,200 respondents. …”
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Evaluation of watershed management interventions on biomass carbon sequestration and stakeholders’ perception about watershed condition improvement (case study: Dehchenashk sub-wat... by Zeinab Karimi, Vahedberdi Sheikh, Amir Sadoddin, Naghmeh Mobarghaee Dinan

“…The croplands and orchards as controls and terracing and tree saplings activities (biological measures) as the treatment measures were compared in terms of carbon sequestration. Sampling was conducted using randomly selected plots along the defined transects. …”
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Análisis comparativo de un programa educación física en niños con discapacidad auditiva sobre la edad motora equivalente (Comparative analysis of the effect of physical education p... by Paulina Yesica Ochoa-Martínez, Javier Arturo Hall López, Abel Alberto Carmona López, Zeltiel Edier Reyes Castro, Pedro Sáenz-López Buñuel, Cristina Conde García

“…The participants were randomly divided into a control group (n=15) and an experimental group (n=23). …”
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Probiotic Supplementation Alleviates Corticosterone-Induced Fatty Liver Disease by Regulating Hepatic Lipogenesis and Increasing Gut Microbiota Diversity in Broilers by Yuyan Feng, Wenqing Mei, Qu Chen, Xiaojing Chen, Yingdong Ni, Mingming Lei, Jie Liu

“…At 28 days of age, fatty liver was induced in 16 broilers that were randomly selected from the CON or PB group. At the end of the experiment, broilers from four groups, (i) the control group (CON), (ii) corticosterone group (CORT), (iii) probiotic group (PB), and (iv) PB plus CORT group (CORT&PB), were slaughtered for sampling and analysis. …”
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