Bed-sharing in the absence of hazardous circumstances: is there a risk of sudden infant death syndrome? An analysis from two case-control studies conducted in the UK. by Peter S Blair, Peter Sidebotham, Anna Pease, Peter J Fleming

“…The multivariable risk associated with bed-sharing in the absence of these hazards was not significant overall (OR = 1.1 [95% CI: 0.6-2.0]), for infants less than 3 months old (OR = 1.6 [95% CI: 0.96-2.7]), and was in the direction of protection for older infants (OR = 0.1 [95% CI: 0.01-0.5]). Dummy use was associated with a lower risk of SIDS only among co-sleepers and prone sleeping was a higher risk only among infants sleeping alone.These findings support a public health strategy that underlines specific hazardous co-sleeping environments parents should avoid. …”
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Modelos de regressão para estimação do volume de árvores comerciais, em florestas de Paragominas by Eliana Nobre da Silva, Antônio Cordeiro de Santana

“…Finalmente, concluiu-se que o modelo alternativo, com variável dummy, é melhor e deve ser o adotado em florestas nativas da Amazônia.…”
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Pneumatic Multi-Pocket Elastomer Actuators for Metacarpophalangeal Joint Flexion and Abduction-Adduction by Tapio Veli Juhani Tarvainen, Wenwei Yu

“…They were evaluated by recording their free motion with motion capture and measuring their torque output using a dummy finger. Results showed the strengths and weaknesses of each design in separating the control of the two functions. …”
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Impact of over-the-counter restrictions on antibiotic consumption in Brazil and Mexico. by Yared Santa-Ana-Tellez, Aukje K Mantel-Teeuwisse, Anahi Dreser, Hubert G M Leufkens, Veronika J Wirtz

“…To reduce the effect of (a) seasonality and (b) autocorrelation, dummy variables and Prais-Winsten regression were used respectively. …”
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Diclofenac topical solution compared with oral diclofenac: a pooled safety analysis by Roth SH, Fuller P

“…However, the overall safety and efficacy of these agents compared with oral or systemic therapy remains controversial.Methods: Two 12-week, double-blind, double-dummy, randomized, controlled, multicenter studies compared the safety and efficacy profiles of diclofenac topical solution (TDiclo) with oral diclofenac (ODiclo). …”
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European seabass show variable responses in their group swimming features after tag implantation by Dimitra G. Georgopoulou, Eleftheria Fanouraki, Dimitris Voskakis, Nikos Mitrizakis, Nikos Papandroulakis

“…This study investigated the short-term effects of dummy and active body-implanted acoustic tags on the group-level swimming performance of adult European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) using optical flow analysis. …”
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Do sanctions affect the environment? The role of trade integration by Usman Khalid, Muhammad Tahir Ali, Luke Okafor, Olajide Idris Sanusi

“…The findings of this study suggest that the real effects of sanctions on environmental quality cannot be empirically disentangled if several types of sanctions are clubbed under the umbrella of ‘sanctions’ and captured using a single dummy variable, as is often done in the extant literature. …”
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Incorporating metadata in HIV transmission network reconstruction: A machine learning feasibility assessment. by Sepideh Mazrouee, Susan J Little, Joel O Wertheim

“…Support vector machine demonstrated one order of magnitude improvement in accuracy of assigning the sequences to the correct cluster compared to dummy uniform random classifier. These results confirm that metadata carries important information about the dynamics of HIV transmission as embedded in transmission clusters. …”
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Preventing clinically important deterioration with single-inhaler triple therapy in COPD by Ian Naya, Chris Compton, Afisi S. Ismaila, Ruby Birk, Noushin Brealey, Maggie Tabberer, Chang-Qing Zhu, David A. Lipson, Gerard Criner

“…FULFIL (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02345161; randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, multicentre study) compared 24 weeks of once daily, single-inhaler fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) 100/62.5/25 µg with twice daily budesonide/formoterol (BUD/FOR) 400/12 μg in patients aged ≥40 years with symptomatic advanced COPD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease group D). …”
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Serum BDNF levels and state anxiety are associated with somatic symptoms in patients with panic disorder by Jiaxin Li, Ru Li, Dazhi Li, Jian Zhang, Xingguang Luo, Yong Zhang

“…We performed partial correlation analysis and multiple linear regression to explore correlates of PHQ-15 and predictors of PHQ-15 changes post-escitalopram treatment after controlling for age, gender, education levels (set as a dummy variable), the current duration, comorbid AP, and/or GAD.ResultsCompared to HCs, PD patients had lower serum BDNF levels and higher PHQ-15 scores that could be improved post-escitalopram treatment. …”
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Physician presence in an ambulance car is associated with increased survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort analysis. by Akihito Hagihara, Manabu Hasegawa, Takeru Abe, Takashi Nagata, Yoshihiro Nabeshima

“…Specifically, a full non-parsimonious logistic regression model was fitted with the physician presence in the ambulance as the dependent variable; the independent variables included all study variables except for endpoint variables plus dummy variables for the 47 prefectures in Japan (i.e., 46 variables). …”
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Effects of two Chinese herbal formulae for the treatment of moderate to severe stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled tria... by Genfa Wang, Baojun Liu, Yuxue Cao, Yijie Du, Hongying Zhang, Qingli Luo, Bei Li, Jinfeng Wu, Yubao Lv, Jing Sun, Hualiang Jin, Kai Wei, Zhengxiao Zhao, Lingwen Kong, Xianmei Zhou, Qing Miao, Gang Wang, Qingwei Zhou, Jingcheng Dong

“…The study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of two Chinese herbal formulae for the treatment of stable COPD.A multicenter, double-blind, double-dummy, and randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted. …”
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Methods of blinding in reports of randomized controlled trials assessing pharmacologic treatments: a systematic review. by Isabelle Boutron, Candice Estellat, Lydia Guittet, Agnes Dechartres, David L Sackett, Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Philippe Ravaud

“…Methods to establish blinding of patients and/or health care providers concerned mainly treatments provided in identical form, specific methods to mask some characteristics of the treatments (e.g., added flavor or opaque coverage), or use of double dummy procedures or simulation of an injection. Methods to avoid unblinding of patients and/or health care providers involved use of active placebo, centralized assessment of side effects, patients informed only in part about the potential side effects of each treatment, centralized adapted dosage, or provision of sham results of complementary investigations. …”
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Threats and the active protection of birds in a riverbed: postulates for the strategy of the preservation of the middle Vistula River avifauna by Dariusz Bukaciński, Monika Bukacińska, Arkadiusz Buczyński

“…This effort included (a) reducing the number of American minks and red foxes, (b) neutralising the presence of predators and livestock at the nesting sites with electric fences and the use of incubators and dummy eggs and (c) restoration of the nesting habitat, as well as, in the case of mew gulls, (d) increasing the genetic diversity within colonies. …”
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PENDUGAAN FUNGSI KEUNTUNGAN DAN RISIKO USAHATANI SAWI PAHIT (Brasischa juncea) DI DESA SAMBIREJO KECAMATAN SELUPU REJANG KABUPATEN REJANG LEBONG by Satria Putra Utama, Redy Badrudin, Merry Rien

“…Variable which influenced negatively and  significantly  on profit function of bitter mustard farming in sambirejo village, Selupu Rejang district of Rejang Lebong region on planting season of Feb/Maret and May/Juni are the land fare (X8*), production amount (X9*) and dummy variable (season plant). whereas, variables which influenced negatively and unsignificantly are the price of seed (X1*), the price of urea (X2*), but the price of dursban (X5*) influence positively and also has tendency to increase the profit of bitter mustard profit. …”
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Handwriting expertise of writing heritage objects at scientific library (based on materials of expert researches made at Kharkiv Korolenko State Scientific Library) by Losiievskyi Ihor

“…A handwriting expertise of writing materials takes place at a scientific library and also at archives and museum in the cases when a problem situation arises and it is necessary to find out whether the handwriting object is an autograph or it was created on behalf or under the name of a certain person, i. e. a copy made by another person / persons, in particular, an imitation handwriting copy (museum, collection dummy sample, falsification). The object of historical handwriting studies is handwriting in writing heritage objects and in writing components of documentary and other cultural heritage objects. …”
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Adaptive Abstraction-Level Conversion Framework for Accelerated Discrete-Event Simulation in Smart Semiconductor Manufacturing by Moon Gi Seok, Wentong Cai, Hessam S. Sarjoughian, Daejin Park

“…During high-to-low level conversion, the ALC generates dummy wafer-lot events to re-initialize the machine states. …”
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Effect of acute exposure to moderate altitude on kinematic variables of the ippon-seoi-nage and its relationship with the countermovement jump in elite judokas. by Filipa Almeida, Juan Bonitch-Góngora, Paulino Padial, Blanca de la Fuente, Antonio J Morales-Artacho, Belén Feriche

“…A wearable sensor was used to assess the kinematic variables (times, accelerations and angular velocities) transferred to a dummy during the technique test. The kinematic variables showed great individual reliability (CV = 8.46% in N; CV = 8.37% in H), which contrasted with low reliability observed when the whole group was considered. …”
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ANALISIS PENDAPATAN SUPIR PARIWISATA FREELANCE/ INFORMAL PASCA TRANSPORTASI ONLINE DI WILAYAH SARBAGITA PROVINSI BALI by A.A. Bagus Putu Widanta, I Wayan Wita Kesumajaya

“…Estimates using a multiple linear regression models with independent variables in the form of dummy variables. The estimation results provide a complete picture of the factors that influence the income of freelance tourism drivers in the Sarbagita region of Bali Province. …”
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Attitude sustains longer than subjective norm and perceived behavioral control: Results of breast cancer screening educational intervention. by Rojana Dhakal, Chiranjivi Adhikari, Prabha Karki, Nirmala Neupane, Pooja Bhandari, Aditi Gurung, Nisha Shrestha, Nandaram Gahatraj, Niranjan Shrestha, Niranjan Koirala, Govind Subedi

“…After the baseline assessment, participants in the IG were delivered an hour-long breast cancer screening-related lecture-discussion- demonstration session that included BSE and mammography, aided with a silicone dummy. The session was carried out by the female trained nurses. …”
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