The TESS–Keck Survey. XXIV. Outer Giants May Be More Prevalent in the Presence of Inner Small Planets by Judah Van Zandt, Erik A. Petigura, Jack Lubin, Lauren M. Weiss, Emma V. Turtelboom, Tara Fetherolf, Joseph M. Akana Murphy, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Gregory J. Gilbert, Teo Močnik, Natalie M. Batalha, Courtney Dressing, Benjamin Fulton, Andrew W. Howard, Daniel Huber, Howard Isaacson, Stephen R. Kane, Paul Robertson, Arpita Roy, Isabel Angelo, Aida Behmard, Corey Beard, Ashley Chontos, Fei Dai, Steven Giacalone, Michelle L. Hill, Rae Holcomb, Steve B. Howell, Andrew W. Mayo, Daria Pidhorodetska, Alex S. Polanski, James Rogers, Lee J. Rosenthal, Ryan A. Rubenzahl, Nicholas Scarsdale, Dakotah Tyler, Samuel W. Yee, Jon Zink

“…We defined a distant giant (DG) to have a = 1–10 au and ${M}_{p}\sin i=$ 70–4000 M _⊕ = 0.2–12.5 M _J , and required transiting planets to have a  < 1 au and R _p  = 1–4 R _⊕ . We assembled our sample of 47 stars using a single selection function and observed each star at monthly intervals to obtain ≈30 RV observations per target. …”
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Eradication of Helicobacter pylori for prevention of aspirin-associated peptic ulcer bleeding in adults over 65 years: the HEAT RCT by CJ Hawkey, Anthony J Avery, Carol AC Coupland, Colin J Crooks, Jennifer S Dumbleton, FD Richard Hobbs, Denise Kendrick, Michael Moore, Clive Morris, Gregory Rubin, Murray Smith, Diane Stevenson

“…Follow-up Outcomes were ascertained from electronic general practice records, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics mortality data. A randomly selected sample underwent repeat breath testing at the end of the study. …”
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Endoscopic variceal ligation combined with carvedilol versus endoscopic variceal ligation combined with propranolol for the treatment of oesophageal variceal bleeding in cirrhosis:... by Jing Wang, Meng Li, Lei Wang, Li Zhang, Ling Yang, Jian Wang, Duolao Wang, Rong Wang, Ya Peng, Chao Ma, Yiling Li, Yi Chen, Jing Xu, Xiaolong Qi, Hua Ye, Zhendong Jin, Hongyun Zhao, Wei Yan, Liwei Zhang, Chuan Liu, Andres Cardenas, Li Du, Ying Song, Biao Xie, Zhi Wei, Jianzhou Li, Wenhui Zhang, Qinghua Pan, Huiling Xiang, Shaoting Zhang, Shuairan Zhang, Xuan Liang, Shengjuan Hu, Lijun Peng, Xiaojie Zhang, Jingyi Xu, Xiaochao Liu, Huanhai Xu, Zhixu Fan, Lichun Shao, Pengyuan He, Qianlong Li, Yunhai Wu, Liyao Zhang, Dianliang Fang, Quanke Li, Dongli Xia, Yuchen Lv, Zongchao Zhang, Chaoguang Yan, Yuxia Wan, Haiming Fang, Wenlong Yang, Xiangman Zhang, Wei Rao, Xiurong Xia, Qiang Qiao, Ruimiao Yu, Changzhen Ren, Yuejun Yang, Zhenzhen Zhai, Xuejin Liu, Xingjun Lu, Yansheng Jia

“…Eligible participants are patients with liver cirrhosis and EVB. Participants are randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive EVL combined with either carvedilol or propranolol. …”
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Standards of Specialized Diabetes Care / Edited by Dedov I.I., Shestakova M.V., Mayorov A.Yu. 11th Edition by I. Dedov, M. Shestakova, A. Mayorov, N. Mokrysheva, E.  Andreeva, O. Bezlepkina, V. Peterkova, E. Artemova, P. Bardiugov, D. Beshlieva, O. Bondarenko, F. Burumkulova, O. Vikulova, N. Volevodz, G. Galstyan, I. Gomova, O. Grigoryan, Z. Dzhemilova, L. Ibragimova, V. Kalashnikov, I. Kononenko, T. Kuraeva, D. Laptev, D. Lipatov, O. Melnikova, M. Mikhina, M. Michurova, O. Motovilin, T. Nikonova, R. Rozhivanov, O. Smirnova, E. Starostina, E. Surkova, O. Sukhareva, A. Tiselko, A. Tokmakova, M. Shamkhalova, E. Shestakova, I. Jarek-Martynowa, M. Yaroslavceva

“…This publication is dedicated to the memory of Alexander Yuryevich, who was an example of the service to patients and medicine, a friend, teacher, mentor, generously sharing his knowledge and the sample of the execution of the medical duty to all of us. …”
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Multimodal versus non-contrast computed tomography for assessment of acute ischaemic stroke: the PRACTISE RCT by Keith W Muir, Salwa El Tawil, Alex McConnachie, Alicia Murray, Ian Ford, Grant Mair, Joanna Wardlaw

“…Limitations Recruitment was lower than the planned sample size, but thrombolysis rate was much higher than originally estimated (60% overall vs. 25% estimated). …”
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Downscaling of Soil Moisture Map using Sentinel Radar Satellite Images and Distribution Analysis in the West of Iran by Seyed Hossein Mirmosavi, kohzad Raispour, Muhammad Kamangar

“…Field data collected from 38 sample farms of Kurdistan Agricultural Research Center were used to verify the output map, which was calculated to be R2 = 0.5012. …”
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Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for the treatment of acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: the REST RCT by James J McNamee, Ashley Agus, Andrew J Boyle, Colette Jackson, Cliona McDowell, Jeanette Haglund, Danny F McAuley

“…Participants Four hundred and twelve adult patients receiving mechanical ventilation for acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure, of a planned sample size of 1120. Interventions Lower tidal volume ventilation facilitated by extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for at least 48 hours (n = 202) or standard care with conventional low tidal volume ventilation (n = 210). …”
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Rationale and Trial Design of Feedbacks Using Behavioural Economic Theories on STEP Counts (FOOTSTEPS) Trial in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease by Takahiro Suzuki, MD, MPH, Jiro Aoki, MD, PhD, Kohei Abe, MD, Taku Asano, MD, PhD, Daisuke Yoneoka, PhD, Shuntaro Sato, PhD, Jeffrey Rewley, PhD, Kotaro Miyata, MD, Masafumi Ono, MD, PhD, Akira Saito, MD, MPH, Takayoshi Kanie, MD, Kenta Okui, MD, Akinari Takahashi, MD, Koichiro Isa, MD, Satoshi Takasago, MD, Yumi Shiina, MD, PhD, Yosuke Nishihata, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Niinuma, MD, PhD, Keita Masuda, MD, PhD, Yasufumi Kijima, MD, PhD, Hidefumi Nishida, MD, Nobuyuki Komiyama, MD, PhD, Keiko Sugibuchi, RN, Yoko Suzuki, RN, Aoi Igarashi, RN, Sachiko Suzumura, PT, Nanami Tsurugi, PT, Daisuke Okamura, PT, Atsushi Mizuno, MD, PhD

“…Participants will be randomly assigned to 1 of 5 groups: control, gamification (loss framing), gamification (gain framing), gamification (loss framing) + social support, or gamification (gain framing) + social support. …”
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The effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure on biomarkers of oxidative stress in vivo and in vitro: A systematic review of experimental studies by Felix Meyer, Annette Bitsch, Henry Jay Forman, Athanassios Fragoulis, Pietro Ghezzi, Bernd Henschenmacher, Rupert Kellner, Jens Kuhne, Tonia Ludwig, Dmitrij Sachno, Gernot Schmid, Katya Tsaioun, Jos Verbeek, Robert Wright

“…Together, these studies examined six human in vitro samples and fifty animal samples, including rodents (mice, rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs, (n = 46)) and rabbits (n = 4). …”
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Investigating The Performance Of Local And Indigenous Businesses In Times Of Economic Recession With Emphasis On Developing The Capabilities Of Cooperatives In Sistan And Baluchest... by Ali Asghar Tabavar, Abdoulnaser Derakhshan, Sahar Arefi

“…In general, it can be said that cooperatives, as economic and social organizations, have the necessary power and capacity to organize different classes and groups of people to create sustainable human development, and during the economic recession, they play an effective role in creating stable employment and income generation (Shadmehri, Ahmad 2005).Case studyThe statistical population of the research included the collection of managers, supervisors, and employees of cooperatives located in Sistan and Baluchistan province in the number of 345 people, out of which 182 people were randomly selected as the sample group.Materials and methodsThe current research is of an applied type, Also, this research is one of the empirical research in the field of management. …”
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Mean arterial pressure after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (METAPHORE): study protocol for a multicentre controlled trial with blinded primary outcome assessor by Cédric Bruel, Christophe Guitton, Jean-Pierre Frat, Jeremy Bourenne, Guylaine Labro, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Gwenhaël Colin, Arnaud W Thille, Christophe Guervilly, Kada Klouche, Laurence Dangers, Jean Reignier, Agathe Delbove, Nicholas Sedillot, Jean-Paul Mira, Laurent Argaud, Martin Dres, Jérôme Roustan, Elsa Parot-Schinkel, Pierre Bailly, Pierre Asfar, Jean-Philippe Rigaud, Jean-Claude Lacherade, Grégoire Muller, Guillaume Geri, Jean-Baptiste Lascarrou, Julio Badie, Julien Maizel, Frédéric Martino, Gaetan Plantefeve, Francis Schneider, Alain Cariou, Xavier Wittebole, Denis Doyen, Bruno Francois, Pierre-Francois Dequin, Francois Barbier, Ferhat Meziani, David Schnell, Hamid Merdji, Jonathan Chelly, Olivier Lesieur, Caroline Sejourne, Wulfran Bougouin, Nicolas Pichon, Mehran Monchi, Charlotte Salmon Gandonniere, Saber Davide Barbar, Juliette Audibert, Sophie Jacquier, Julien Lorber, Marine Goudelin, Nicolas Chudeau, Nicolas Brechot, Thomas Klein, Eglantine Rouanet, Patrick Saulnier, Olivier Nigeon, Nicolas De Schryver, Fabien Jarousseau, Marine Paul, Benoît Painvin, Damien Du Cheyron, Antoine Marchalot, Tristan Morichau-Beauchant, Patrick Girardie, W Bougouin, Mathieu Jozwiak, Frédéric Foret, Djillali Annane F-CRIN, Asaël Berger PierreBulpa, Nicolas Barbarot, Nicolas Mongardon CédricDaubin, Asael Berge, Simon Bourcier, Guillaume Geri Jean-BaptisteLascarrou, Jean-Herle Raphalen, Florence Blossier, Fanny Bounes, William Buffières

“…Recruitment started in October 2024 in 27 French ICUs, and a sample of 1380 patients is expected by October 2027.Ethics and dissemination The study received approval from the national ethics review board on 8 February 2024 (Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud-Est V – 2023-A00257-38). …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…We did not proceed to conduct health analyses using these criteria because the small sample size may have been insufficient to detect effects. …”
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Melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children attending for elective surgery under general anaesthesia: the MAGIC non-inferiority RCT by Christopher Deery, Robert Bolt, Diana Papaioannou, Matthew Wilson, Marie Hyslop, Esther Herbert, Nikki Totton, Zoe Marshman, Tracey Young, Jennifer Kettle, Sondos Albadri, Simon Atkins, Katie Biggs, Janet Clarkson, Chris Evans, Laura Flight, Jacqui Gath, Fiona Gilchrist, Kate Hutchence, Nicholas Ireland, Amanda Loban, Amy Norrington, Hamish Paton, Jaydip Ray, Helen Rodd, Elena Sheldon, Richard Simmonds, Christopher Vernazza

“…Analyses were by intention to treat, with an additional per-protocol analysis. The sample size of the trial was 624 children. Results The trial was stopped early due to recruitment futility. …”
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Connectivity guided intermittent theta burst stimulation versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in moderately severe treatment resistant depression by Richard Morriss, Lucy Webster, Luke Ingram, Mohamed Abdelghani, Adriana Anton, Shaun Barber, Peter Bates, Paul Briley, Clement Boutry, Cassandra Brookes, Edward Cox, Beth Hall, Marilyn James, Matthew Keane, Micheal Kurkar, Sudheer Lankappa, Peter Liddle, Hamish McAllister-Williams, Hyerin Oh, Alexander O’Neill-Kerr, Jehill Parikh, Stefan Pszczolkowski, Ana Suazo Di Paola, Louise Thomson, Yvette Walters, Dorothee Auer

“…Randomisation Participants were randomly assigned in a 1 : 1 ratio into the rTMS and cgiTBS arms. …”
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The Effectiveness of Trauma-Aware Parenting Intervention on Relationship between Attachment and Emotional Disturbance in Adoptive Families by Mehrana Mehrana, Mansoureh Bahramipour Isfahani

“…The statistical population included all adoptive families from care centers for orphaned and abused children in the city of Isfahan in the summer, which were selected by the available sampling method among those who were referred to the care centers for orphaned and abused children in the city of Isfahan. …”
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Establishing the best step-up treatments for children with uncontrolled asthma despite inhaled corticosteroids: the EINSTEIN systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost-effec... by Sofia Cividini, Ian Sinha, Giovanna Culeddu, Sarah Donegan, Michelle Maden, Katie Rose, Olivia Fulton, Dyfrig Hughes, Stephen Turner, Catrin Tudur Smith

“…We carried out pairwise meta-analyses (MAs), NMA and network meta-regression (NMR) analyses [fixed-effect (FE) and random-effects (REs) models] in a Bayesian framework using the R package (The R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria) ‘multinma’ based on Stan. …”
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Effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the management of sleep problems in people with fibromyalgia: a multi-methods evidence synthesis by Mari Imamura, Clare Robertson, Jemma Hudson, Daniel Whibley, Lorna Aucott, Katie Gillies, Marcus Beasley, Martin J Stevens, Paul Manson, Debra Dulake, Abhishek Abhishek, Nicole KY Tang, Gary J Macfarlane, Miriam Brazzelli

“…Data synthesis Data from quantitative studies that assessed relevant sleep outcomes using validated PROMs were analysed using random-effects pairwise and NMAs. Where appropriate, standardised mean differences (SMDs) or mean differences were estimated for continuous outcomes. …”
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Integrating Palliative Care and Heart Failure: the PalliatHeartSynthesis realist synthesis by Tracey McConnell, Carolyn Blair, Geoff Wong, Claire Duddy, Clare Howie, Loreena Hill, Joanne Reid

“…Consistency checks Consistency checks were carried out by a second reviewer Tracey McConnell (TM) on a 10% random sample of the screening (title, abstract and full text) and the coding process for the main search. …”
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Understanding the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of lifestyle modification interventions in adults with learning disabilities: a mixed-methods systematic review by Dikshyanta Rana, Sophie Westrop, Nishant Jaiswal, Evi Germeni, Arlene McGarty, Louisa Ells, Phillippa Lally, Michael McEwan, Craig Melville, Leanne Harris, Olivia Wu

“…There is a lack of high-quality, appropriately powered studies in this field. Sample size is often unjustified. The intervention, its intensity and follow-up period varied across studies. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of lithium versus quetiapine augmentation for treatment-resistant depression in adults: LQD a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Jess Kerr-Gaffney, Zohra Zenasni, Kimberley Goldsmith, Nahel Yaziji, Huajie Jin, Alessandro Colasanti, John Geddes, David Kessler, R Hamish McAllister-Williams, Allan H Young, Alvaro Barrera, Lindsey Marwood, Rachael W Taylor, Helena Tee, Anthony J Cleare

“…Sensitivity analyses examined cost-effectiveness when (1) the generic unit cost of the trial drugs were used instead of the cheapest (as in the primary analysis), (2) covariate dependent MAR was assumed for missing data, and (3) the analysis was modified to adjust for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample size was revised to 214 in April 2020 due to challenges with recruitment. …”
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