Double-blinded, randomized controlled trial comparing real versus placebo acupuncture to improve tolerance of diagnostic esophagogastroduodenoscopy without sedation: a study protoc... by Plaschke K, Seiler CM, Bruckner T, Schwan K, Knebel P, Streitberger K, Schaible A, Bopp C

“…Data management and statistical analysis will be performed by the independent Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics (IMBI) and the Center of Clinical Trials (KSC) at the Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg.…”
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FORECASTING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN OIL FIELD, COMPARISON OF VARIOUS USED METHODS: THE CASE OF SHUANGHE OILFIELD, CHINA by Theoneste Nzayisenga, Xie Congjiao, Gabriel Habiyaremye

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Developing resilient supply chains in the Southern African Development Community: Lessons from the impact of COVID-19 by Ockert R. Pretorius, Johannes E. Drewes, Willy H. Engelbrecht, Gerard C. Malan

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A bibliometric analysis of the effects of electronic waste on the environment by M. Maphosa, V. Maphosa

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Activating GENeral practitioners dialogue with patients on their Agenda (MultiCare AGENDA) study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial by Altiner Attila, Schäfer Ingmar, Mellert Christine, Löffler Christin, Mortsiefer Achim, Ernst Annette, Stolzenbach Carl-Otto, Wiese Birgitt, Scherer Martin, van den Bussche Hendrik, Kaduszkiewicz Hanna

“…Randomization: Computer-generated by an independent institute. It will be performed successively when patient recruitment in the respective surgery is finished. …”
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Temperature modifies the association between air pollution and respiratory disease hospital admissions in an industrial area of South Africa: The Vaal Triangle Air Pollution Priori... by Nandi Mwase, Bukola Olutola, Janine Wichmann

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A novel reconstructive approach of the lumbar vertebral column from 2D MRI to 3D models by Nerissa Naidoo, Raeesa Khan, Taiceer Abdulwahab, Karl Fredrik Almqvist, Jeyaseelan Lakshmanan, Ivan James Prithishkumar

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CCSchool: a multicentre, prospective study on improving continuum of care in children and adolescents with mental health problems associated with school problems in Germany by Isabel Boege, Julia Herrmann, Julia Katharina Wolff, Ulrike Hoffmann, Michael Koelch, Marc Kurepkat, Steffen Lütte, Alexander Naumann, Hans Dieter Nolting, Jörg Michael Fegert

“…The analyses will be conducted by an independent institute using mainly data collected from patients and their caregivers during study participation. …”
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A radiomic biomarker for prognosis of resected colorectal cancer liver metastases generalizes across MRI contrast agents by Jianan Chen, Jianan Chen, Helen M. C. Cheung, Helen M. C. Cheung, Paul J. Karanicolas, Paul J. Karanicolas, Natalie G. Coburn, Natalie G. Coburn, Guillaume Martel, Guillaume Martel, Albert Lee, Albert Lee, Chirag Patel, Chirag Patel, Laurent Milot, Anne L. Martel, Anne L. Martel

“…A 10-minute delayed Gd-DO3A-butrol enhanced MRI discovery cohort was used to select features based on robustness across contrast agents, correlation with OS and pairwise Pearson correlation, and to train a logistic regression model that predicts 3-year OS.ResultsThe model was evaluated on a 10-minute delayed Gd-DO3A-butrol enhanced MRI validation cohort (n=121), a 20-minute delayed Gd-EOB-DTPA (n=72) cohort from the same institute, and a 5-minute delayed Gd-DTPA cohort (n=28) from an independent institute. Two features were selected: minor axis length and dependence variance. …”
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عروض مختصرة by مكتب المعهد في الأردن

“…Wilfred Beckerman. Oakland: Independent Institute, 2002, 130 pp. • The Crisis of Muslim History: Religion and Politics in Early Islam. …”
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The Independency of the Corruption Eradication Commission of the Republic of Indonesia (KPK RI) in Indicators of Independent Regulatory Agencies (IRAs) by Rizki Ramadani, Moch Andry W W Mamonto

“…Also as an efforts to examine and see the extent to which independent institutions in Indonesia meet these indicators. …”
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LEGAL STATUS OF AGENCIES IN KOSOVO by Xhemazie Ibraimi

“…This paper is dedicated to the functioning and importance of independent agencies versus balance in the proper functioning of the legal system of the state. Independent institutions are the key element of a functioning democracy. …”
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The Existence of The MPR Post Amendment to The 1945 Constitution Related to he Representative System in Indonesia by Freddy Poernomo

“…Therefore General People Assembly is independent institution but don’t have legislative authority. …”
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Legal Analysis of the Establishment of a Special Electoral Court as an Independent State Institution by L.M. Ricard Zeldi Putra, La Ode Muhram

“…The regulation has led to the emergence of several independent institutions to carry out judicial functions, one of which is a special election court. …”
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Institutional investors, corporate governance and firm performance in an emerging market: evidence from Vietnam by Nguyen Thi Hoa Hong, Tran Khanh Linh

“…The findings on Vietnamese listed companies indicate that while institutional investors are less likely to hold shares of companies with larger board sizes, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) duality, and ultimate control by the state (except for state-owned institutions’ perspective), the effect of their ownership on firm performance depends on whether they are pressure-sensitive (grey) or pressure-insensitive (independent) institutions. In Vietnam, independent institutional investors monitor the company and their investment more effectively than grey institutional investors. …”
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The emerald commerce as an expression of the new lex mercatoria by Jorge Jurado Perez

“…The present work aims to demonstrate how, through the emerald trade, occurs in Colombia the New Lex Mercatoria, by establishing independent institutions with production of non-state rules, taking into account the influence of global market…”
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The Media Enthralled : Singapore Revisited / by Seow, Francis T., author 644469, Steiner, Henry J., writer of foreword 645959

“…Once a proud and independent institution, the Singapore press was brought to its knees by threats, arbitrary arrests and detentions, general harassment and litigation during Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's administration. …”

The DSA as a paradigm shift for online intermediaries’ due diligence by Nicolo Zingales

“…While the shift to a meta-regulatory model should be welcomed for enabling reflexive and adaptive regulation, we must also be weary of its risk of collapsing in the absence of well-resourced and independent institutions. Indeed, this risk affects the extent to which the exportation of the DSA outside Europe would be in the public interest.…”
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The Relationship between Some Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Investment Efficiency in Life Cycle Stages by Younes Badavar Nahandi, Vahid Taghizadeh Khanqa

“…We measure corporate governance with mechanisms such as, board independence, institutional shareholders, ownership concentration and managerial ownership. …”
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ISSUES CONCERNING THE GOLF COURSES IN ROMANIA by Oana Orban, Mihai Orban, Marcel Dirja, Alexandru Colisar

“…Golf tournaments are organised by independent institutions responsible for finding sponsors and defining specific rules for each tournament, and they provide a good development of these competitions. …”
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