Tonsillectomy compared with conservative management in patients over 16 years with recurrent sore throat: the NATTINA RCT and economic evaluation by Janet A Wilson, Tony Fouweather, Deborah D Stocken, Tara Homer, Catherine Haighton, Nikki Rousseau, James O’Hara, Luke Vale, Rebecca Wilson, Sonya Carnell, Scott Wilkes, Jill Morrison, Kim Ah-See, Sean Carrie, Claire Hopkins, Nicola Howe, Musheer Hussain, Lyndsay Lindley, Kenneth MacKenzie, Lorraine McSweeney, Hisham Mehanna, Christopher Raine, Ruby Smith Whelan, Frank Sullivan, Alexander von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Dawn Teare

“…Implications for research (in priority order) The top research priority to emerge from NATTINA is to determine the optimum timing of tonsillectomy in adults with recurrent acute tonsillitis. …”
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Measurement of Henry's law and liquid-phase loss rate constants of peroxypropionic nitric anhydride (PPN) in deionized water and in <i>n</i>-octanol by K. D. Easterbrook, M. A. Vona, K. Nayebi-Astaneh, A. M. Miller, H. D. Osthoff

“…<span class="inline-formula"><i>n</i></span>-Octanol–water partition coefficients (<span class="inline-formula"><i>K</i>_OW</span>) for <span class="inline-formula">PPN</span> were determined for the first time, ranging from 59 <span class="inline-formula">±</span> 4 at 25.0 <span class="inline-formula">^∘C</span> to 29 <span class="inline-formula">±</span> 3 at 5.0 <span class="inline-formula">^∘C</span>. …”
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Resuscitation with pre-hospital blood products in adults with trauma-related haemorrhagic shock: the RePHILL RCT by Nicholas Crombie, Heidi A Doughty, Jonathan RB Bishop, Amisha Desai, Emily F Dixon, James M Hancox, Mike J Herbert, Caroline Leech, Simon J Lewis, Mark R Nash, David N Naumann, Karen Piper, Gemma Slinn, Hazel Smith, Iain M Smith, Rebekah K Wale, Alastair Wilson, Aisling Crombie, Mark Midwinter, Natalie Ives, Gavin D Perkins

“…The improved survival seen from these strategies has stimulated an interest in pre-hospital transfusion. Objectives To determine if the clinical effectiveness of resuscitation with red blood cells and lyophilised plasma was superior to 0.9% saline for improving tissue perfusion and reducing mortality in adults with haemorrhagic shock following major trauma. …”
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Strategies used for childhood chronic functional constipation: the SUCCESS evidence synthesis by Alex Todhunter-Brown, Lorna Booth, Pauline Campbell, Brenda Cheer, Julie Cowie, Andrew Elders, Suzanne Hagen, Karen Jankulak, Helen Mason, Clare Millington, Margaret Ogden, Charlotte Paterson, Davina Richardson, Debs Smith, Jonathan Sutcliffe, Katie Thomson, Claire Torrens, Doreen McClurg

“…Optimal management strategies remain unclear. Objective To determine the most effective interventions, and combinations and sequences of interventions, for childhood chronic functional constipation, and understand how they can best be implemented. …”
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The effectiveness of a mixed methodology implemented in a Beginner’s Spanish Course to develop the four language skills: a quasi-experimental study by Kerwin Anthony Livingstone

“…In this regard, empirical evidence is analysed in order to determine the effectiveness of the mixed methodology in the teaching-learning of Spanish as a Foreign Language in the said settings, in a study based on a longitudinal experimental design with pre-test and post-test, but without control group. …”
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Undertaking Studies Within A Trial to evaluate recruitment and retention strategies for randomised controlled trials: lessons learnt from the PROMETHEUS research programme by Adwoa Parker, Catherine Arundel, Laura Clark, Elizabeth Coleman, Laura Doherty, Catherine Elizabeth Hewitt, David Beard, Peter Bower, Cindy Cooper, Lucy Culliford, Declan Devane, Richard Emsley, Sandra Eldridge, Sandra Galvin, Katie Gillies, Alan Montgomery, Christopher J Sutton, Shaun Treweek, David J Torgerson

“…Value of information analyses can help determine the need for further SWAT evidence where several SWATs already exist. …”
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The Use of Maltodextrin Matrices to Control the Release of Minerals from Fortified Maté by Miguel E. Schmalko, Myrian G. Acuña, Griselda P. Scipioni

“…--[endif] --> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">The aim of this research was to study the sensorial acceptance of a fortified food containing different minerals (calcium, magnesium and iron) and to determine the actual quantities present (bioaccessibility) when extracted in mat&eacute;. …”
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Work Floor Experiences of Supply Chain Partnering in the Dutch Housing Sector by Marieke Venselaar

“…Based on this research an ideal level of abstraction cannot be determined, but also at this point the researcher has to be aware and make conscious decisions (and be transparent) at all times. …”
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The Care Home Independent Pharmacist Prescriber Study (CHIPPS): development and implementation of an RCT to estimate safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness by David Wright, Richard Holland, David Phillip Alldred, Christine Bond, Carmel Hughes, Garry Barton, Fiona Poland, Lee Shepstone, Antony Arthur, Linda Birt, Jeanette Blacklock, Annie Blyth, Stamatina Cheilari, Amrit Daffu-O’Reilly, Lindsay Dalgarno, James Desborough, Joanna Ford, Kelly Grant, Janet Gray, Christine Handford, Bronwen Harry, Helen Hill, Jacqueline Inch, Phyo Kyaw Myint, Nigel Norris, Maureen Spargo, Vivienne Maskrey, David Turner, Laura Watts, Arnold Zermansky

“…The enablement of pharmacists to prescribe provides an opportunity for pharmacist independent prescribers to assume responsibility for improving pharmaceutical care, medication-related outcomes and resident safety whilst reducing general practitioner workload. Objective(s) To determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pharmacist independent prescribing in care homes. …”
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P‌A‌T‌T‌E‌R‌N R‌E‌C‌O‌G‌N‌I‌T‌I‌O‌N O‌F S‌E‌I‌S‌M‌I‌C D‌A‌T‌A U‌S‌I‌N‌G A C‌L‌U‌S‌T‌E‌R‌I‌N‌G M‌E‌T‌H‌O‌D F‌O‌R E‌A‌R‌T‌H‌Q‌U‌A‌K‌E P‌R‌E‌D‌I‌C‌T‌I‌O‌N... by A. M‌o‌a‌t‌t‌i, M.R. A‌m‌i‌n-N‌a‌s‌e‌r‌i, H. Z‌a‌f‌a‌r‌a‌n‌i

“…A‌l‌s‌o, a‌n a‌p‌p‌r‌o‌x‌i‌m‌a‌t‌e t‌i‌m‌e o‌f d‌e‌c‌r‌e‌a‌s‌e h‌a‌s b‌e‌e‌n d‌e‌t‌e‌r‌m‌i‌n‌e‌d.…”
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E‌S‌T‌I‌M‌A‌T‌I‌N‌G P‌A‌R‌T‌I‌C‌U‌L‌A‌T‌E M‌A‌T‌T‌E‌R ${\b‌f (P‌M_{10})}$ C‌O‌N‌C‌E‌N‌T‌R‌A‌T‌I‌O‌N U‌S‌I‌N‌G R‌E‌M‌O‌T‌E S‌E‌N‌S‌I‌N‌G T‌E‌C‌H‌N‌I‌Q‌U‌E A‌N‌D M‌E‌T‌E‌O‌R‌O‌L‌O‌G‌... by S. Ghotbi, S. Stodian, M. Arhami

“…D‌e‌t‌e‌r‌m‌i‌n‌a‌t‌i‌o‌n o‌f p‌a‌r‌t‌i‌c‌u‌l‌a‌t‌e m‌a‌t‌t‌e‌r (P‌M) l‌e‌v‌e‌l‌s, a‌s o‌n‌e o‌f t‌h‌e m‌o‌s‌t i‌m‌p‌o‌r‌t‌a‌n‌t p‌o‌l‌l‌u‌t‌a‌n‌t‌s, r‌e‌q‌u‌i‌r‌e‌s d‌e‌n‌s‌e m‌o‌n‌i‌t‌o‌r‌i‌n‌g s‌t‌a‌t‌i‌o‌n‌s n‌e‌t‌w‌o‌r‌k i‌n m‌e‌g‌a‌c‌i‌t‌i‌e‌s. …”
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Um estudo das motivações para implantação de programas de logística reversa de microcomputadores [doi: 10.5329/RECADM.20090802002] by Ezequiel Ferreira dos Santos, Maria Tereza Saraiva de Souza

“…</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">ABSTRACT</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The goal of this study is to verify the determining factors which motivated the deployment and maintenance of reverse logistics programs for microcomputers waste management post-consumption. …”
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Comparison of N-acetylcysteine and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in blood pressure regulation in hypertensive patients by Arsalan Khaledifar, Mahmoud Mobasheri, Soleiman Kheiri, Zeinab Zamani

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One versus three weeks hypofractionated whole breast radiotherapy for early breast cancer treatment: the FAST-Forward phase III RCT by Adrian Murray Brunt, Joanne S Haviland, Duncan A Wheatley, Mark A Sydenham, David J Bloomfield, Charlie Chan, Suzy Cleator, Charlotte E Coles, Ellen Donovan, Helen Fleming, David Glynn, Andrew Goodman, Susan Griffin, Penelope Hopwood, Anna M Kirby, Cliona C Kirwan, Zohal Nabi, Jaymini Patel, Elinor Sawyer, Navita Somaiah, Isabel Syndikus, Karen Venables, John R Yarnold, Judith M Bliss

“…The whole breast clinical target volume (CTV) was either determined retrospectively from field-based tangential fields or volumed prospectively. …”
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The Effect of Adding Ondansetron and Metoclopramide to Intravenous Acetaminophen on Pain Control and Post-operative Nausea and Vomiting: A Randomized Double-blind Clinical Trial by Mohsen Saber Moghaddamranjbar, Amir Zoka, Jamshid Jamali

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Non-pharmacological educational and self-management interventions for people with chronic headache: the CHESS research programme including a RCT by Underwood Martin, Achana Felix, Carnes Dawn, Eldridge Sandra, Ellard David R, Griffiths Frances, Haywood Kirstie, Hee Siew Wan, Higgins Helen, Mistry Dipesh, Mistry Hema, Newton Sian, Nichols Vivien, Norman Chloe, Padfield Emma, Patel Shilpa, Petrou Stavros, Pincus Tamar, Potter Rachel, Sandhu Harbinder, Stewart Kimberley, Taylor Stephanie JC, Matharu Manjit

“…Despite reporting chronic headache when eligibility for the study was determined, after receiving informed consent at baseline, 38% (274/727) reported < 15 headache days in the preceding 4 weeks. …”
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Selected parameters of arabica coffee quality affected by its geographical origin by Alica Bobková, Martina Fikselová, Marek Šnirc

“…The lowest caffeine content was determined in Panama coffee, the highest was found in the sample from Indonesia. …”
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Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation: Creating Public Sentiment

“…Police brutality along with myriad inequities in opportunity for health, housing, education, transportation, and most of the social determinants of wellbeing still persist today. These barriers remain despite significant efforts to close these opportunity gaps and despite the Civil Rights legislative and judicial victories of that era. …”
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Effectiveness of septoplasty compared to medical management in adults with obstruction associated with a deviated nasal septum: the NAIROS RCT by Sean Carrie, Tony Fouweather, Tara Homer, James O’Hara, Nikki Rousseau, Leila Rooshenas, Alison Bray, Deborah D Stocken, Laura Ternent, Katherine Rennie, Emma Clark, Nichola Waugh, Alison J Steel, Jemima Dooley, Michael Drinnan, David Hamilton, Kelly Lloyd, Yemi Oluboyede, Caroline Wilson, Quentin Gardiner, Naveed Kara, Sadie Khwaja, Samuel Chee Leong, Sangeeta Maini, Jillian Morrison, Paul Nix, Janet A Wilson, M Dawn Teare

“…Objective The objective was to determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of septoplasty, with or without turbinate reduction, compared with medical management, in the management of nasal obstruction associated with a deviated nasal septum. …”
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Patient-reported outcome measures for monitoring primary care patients with depression: the PROMDEP cluster RCT and economic evaluation by Tony Kendrick, Christopher Dowrick, Glyn Lewis, Michael Moore, Geraldine M Leydon, Adam WA Geraghty, Gareth Griffiths, Shihua Zhu, Guiqing Lily Yao, Carl May, Mark Gabbay, Rachel Dewar-Haggart, Samantha Williams, Lien Bui, Natalie Thompson, Lauren Bridewell, Emilia Trapasso, Tasneem Patel, Molly McCarthy, Naila Khan, Helen Page, Emma Corcoran, Jane Sungmin Hahn, Molly Bird, Mekeda X Logan, Brian Chi Fung Ching, Riya Tiwari, Anna Hunt, Beth Stuart

“…The objectives were to (1) carry out a cluster-randomised controlled trial to compare the intervention with usual care; (2) provide intervention arm patients with written feedback on their Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores, indicating evidence-based treatments relevant to the level of severity of depression to discuss with practitioners; (3) train practitioners to interpret Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores and their implications for choice of treatment, taking into account contextual factors; (4) follow up participants for 26 weeks, with research assessments at 12 and 26 weeks; (5) determine the primary outcome of depressive symptoms on the Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd edition, at 12-week follow-up; (6) examine secondary outcomes, including depressive symptoms on the Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd edition, at 26 weeks, and social functioning and quality of life at both 12- and 26-week follow-ups; (7) measure patient satisfaction, adverse events, antidepressant treatment, secondary care contacts, service use, and costs over 26 weeks’ follow-up, and perform cost-effectiveness and cost–utility analyses; and (8) carry out a qualitative process analysis to explore participants’ reflections on the use of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and the potential for implementing it in practice. …”
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