Climate Extreme and Agriculture Development: Fresh Insight From Top Agri-Economics by liu lisha, liu lisha, Apichit Maneengam, Supat Chupradit, Gadah Albasher, Ohoud Alamri, Nouf Ahmed Alsultan, Afzal Ahmed Dar

“…The study analysis was conducted while applying four panel regression models like ordinary least square, fixed effect estimator, least square dummy variable, and finally the random effect. For better understanding, study findings are empirically explained. …”
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Ticagrelor improves blood viscosity-dependent microcirculatory flow in patients with lower extremity arterial disease: the Hema-kinesis clinical trial by Robert S. Rosenson, Qinzhong Chen, Sherwin D. Najera, Prakash Krishnan, Martin L. Lee, Daniel J. Cho

“…Methods Randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, crossover trial design that compares treatment with aspirin 81 mg/ticagrelor placebo, aspirin 81 mg/ticagrelor 90 mg twice daily and aspirin placebo/ticagrelor 90 mg twice daily on high-shear (300 s−1) and low-shear (5 s−1) BV, and laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) in the dorsum of the feet of participants with T2DM. …”
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The intranasal dexmedetomidine plus ketamine for procedural sedation in children, adaptive randomized controlled non-inferiority multicenter trial (Ketodex): a statistical analysis... by Anna Heath, Juan David Rios, Eleanor Pullenayegum, Petros Pechlivanoglou, Martin Offringa, Maryna Yaskina, Rick Watts, Shana Rimmer, Terry P. Klassen, Kamary Coriolano, Naveen Poonai, on behalf of the PERC-KIDSCAN Ketodex Study Group

“…Methods/design The Ketodex trial is a multicenter, four-armed, randomized, double-dummy controlled, Bayesian response adaptive dose finding, non-inferiority, phase II/III trial designed to determine (i) whether IN ketodex is non-inferior to IV ketamine for adequate sedation in children undergoing a closed reduction of a fracture or dislocation in a pediatric emergency department and (ii) the combination dose for IN ketodex that provides optimal sedation. …”
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Acupuncture for menstruation-related migraine prophylaxis: A multicenter randomized controlled trial by Lu Liu, Claire-Shuiqing Zhang, Hui-Lin Liu, Fan He, Tian-Li Lyu, Lin Zeng, Luo-Peng Zhao, Luo-Peng Zhao, Mi-Na Wang, Zheng-Yang Qu, Li-Min Nie, Jia Guo, Xiao-Zhe Zhang, Yong-Hui Lu, Ke-Lun Wang, Bin Li, Xiang-Hong Jing, Lin-Peng Wang

“…ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture, an alternative medicine therapy, as a preventive treatment for menstruation-related migraine (MRM).Patients and methodsThis was a prospective, multicenter, double-dummy, participant-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial conducted in China between 1 April 2013, and 30 April 2014. …”
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Placebo design in WHO-registered trials of Chinese herbal medicine need improvements by Xuan Zhang, Ran Tian, Chen Zhao, Xudong Tang, Aiping Lu, Zhaoxiang Bian

“…The common ways of their design were: placebo as sole control (191, 52.6%); placebo as add-on control with baseline treatment (84, 23.1%); and placebo as double-dummy control (57, 15.7%). Among 363 included trials, 46 (12.7%) reported the compositions of placebos, including CHM ingredients (17 trials), excipients and other agents (29 trials). 2 (0.6%) reported pharmacological inert testing, and 52 (14.3%) descripted their placebos to be physically identical with the CHMs. 14 (3.9%) reported quality control of placebos, and 2 (0.6%) provided blinding assessment of placebos. …”
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Managing Perceived Loneliness and Social-Isolation Levels for Older Adults: A Survey with Focus on Wearables-Based Solutions by Aditi Site, Elena Simona Lohan, Outi Jolanki, Outi Valkama, Rosana Rubio Hernandez, Rita Latikka, Daria Alekseeva, Saigopal Vasudevan, Samuel Afolaranmi, Aleksandr Ometov, Atte Oksanen, Jose Martinez Lastra, Jari Nurmi, Fernando Nieto Fernandez

“…This work combines a cross-disciplinary survey of the literature in the four aforementioned domains with a proposed wearable-based technological solution, introduced first as a generic framework and, then, exemplified through a simple proof of concept with dummy data. As the main findings, we provide a comprehensive view on challenges and solutions in utilizing various technologies, particularly those carried by users, also known as wearables, to measure, manage, and/or diminish the social isolation and the perceived loneliness among older adults. …”
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Letter to the editor: indacaterol/glycopyrronium/mometasone furoate compared with salmeterol/fluticasone propionate in patients with asthma: a randomized controlled cross-over stud... by Henrik Watz, Jens M. Hohlfeld, Dave Singh, Jutta Beier, Zuzana Diamant, Jinming Liu, Shucheng Hua, Khalid Abd-Elaziz, Pascale Pinot, Ieuan Jones, Hanns-Christian Tillmann

“…In this randomized (n = 116), double-blind, double-dummy, active comparator-controlled, three-period cross-over study we evaluated the benefit of o.d. …”
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Safety and efficacy of nemonoxacin versus levofloxacin in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: results of phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, active-control... by Kozlov R.S., Dekhnich A.V., Zaitsev A.A., Nilk R.Ya., Samsonov M.Yu., Berezhanskiy B.V., Salazanov D.A.

“…This was a phase III randomized, controlled, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel groups (2 groups), multicenter trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravenous and oral nemonoxacin at a daily dose of 500 mg versus levofloxacin (Tavanic®) at a daily dose of 500 mg in the treatment of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia. …”
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The prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteopaenia in juvenile rheumatic disease: A randomised double-blind controlled trial by Madeleine Rooney, Nick Bishop, Joyce Davidson, Michael W. Beresford, Clarissa Pilkington, Janet Mc Donagh, Sue Wyatt, Janet Gardner-Medwin, Rangaraj Satyapal, Jacqui Clinch, Helen Foster, Mark Elliott, Rejina Verghis

“…Methods: We undertook a multi-centre double dummy double-blind randomised placebo controlled trial to investigate whether the bisphosphonate risedronate was superior to alfacalcidol or calcium and vitamin D supplementation in the prevention and treatment of steroid-induced osteopaenia in these children. …”
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The effect of Bushen Culuan Decoction on anovulatory infertile women among 6 different diseases: a study protocol for a randomized, double-blinded, positively controlled, adaptive... by Kun Ma, Yun Shi, Junqin He, Xiuxiang Teng, Rongyu Wang, Guohua Wang, Yanan Yu, Yanxia Chen, Linjuan Gong, Yuan Yuan, Huixian Zhang, Bochao Yuan, Chenhui Zhang

“…Methods This is a randomized, double-blinded, double-dummy, parallel, positively controlled, adaptive, multicenter clinical trial. …”
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Fixed dose combination of low dose pregabalin and duloxetine, or pregabalin monotherapy for neuropathic pain: A double-blind, randomized, parallel-group study [version 1; peer revi... by Sunil Dutt, Pankaj Rattan, Ankit Dadhania, Pankaj Jha, Krishnaprasad K., Ashutosh Kakkad, Altaf Makwana, Ram Gupta, Deepa Joshi

“…Methods: This was a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy parallel-group non-inferiority study conducted at 17 sites across India. …”
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Home-based narrowband UVB, topical corticosteroid or combination for children and adults with vitiligo: HI-Light Vitiligo three-arm RCT by Jonathan M Batchelor, Kim S Thomas, Perways Akram, Jaskiran Azad, Anthony Bewley, Joanne R Chalmers, Seau Tak Cheung, Lelia Duley, Viktoria Eleftheriadou, Robert Ellis, Adam Ferguson, Jonathan MR Goulding, Rachel H Haines, Hamdi Hamad, John R Ingram, Bisola Laguda, Paul Leighton, Nick Levell, Areti Makrygeorgou, Garry D Meakin, Adam Millington, Malobi Ogboli, Amirtha Rajasekaran, Jane C Ravenscroft, Andrew Rogers, Tracey H Sach, Miriam Santer, Julia Stainforth, Wei Tan, Shyamal Wahie, Jennifer White, Maxine E Whitton, Hywel C Williams, Andrew Wright, Alan A Montgomery

“…Grade 3 or 4 erythema was experienced by 62 participants (12%) (three of whom were using the dummy) and transient skin thinning by 13 participants (2.5%) (two of whom were using the placebo). …”
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The effect of wearing soccer headgear on the head response in soccer heading by Tan, F. Y., Hassan, M. H. A., Johari, N. H., Omar, M. N., Hasanudin, I.

“…An anthropometric test device known as Hybrid III head and neck dummy instrumented with an inertial sensor that consists of a triaxial accelerometer and gyroscope installed at the centre of gravity of the head was used in the experiment. …”
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Extracting individual characteristics from population data reveals a negative social effect during honeybee defence by Tatjana Petrov, Matej Hajnal, Julia Klein, David Šafránek, Morgane Nouvian

“…We first experimentally observed the behaviour of groups of bees confronted with a fake predator inside an arena and quantified their defensive reaction by counting the number of stingers embedded in the dummy at the end of a trial. We propose a biologically plausible model of this phenomenon, which transparently links the choice of each individual bee to sting or not, to its group context at the time of the decision. …”
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Effect of the core bone engaged length on the BASHTI fixation strength, an in-vitro study on bovine tendons using identical-density surrogate bones by Hadi Moeinnia, Amir Nourani, Mahdi Mohseni, Amirhossein Borjali, Narges Ghias, Hossein Korani, Mahmoud Chizari

“…In this study bovine tendons and dummy bone blocks were used to model the fixation. …”
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Calidad nutritiva de láminas de dos cultivares de festuca alta (Festuca arundinacea Schreb) by INSUA, J.R, AGNUSDEI, M.G, DI MARCO, O.N

“…Lasvariables de morfogénesis se evaluaron como medidas repetidas en el tiempo; y para las de calidad se ajustaronfunciones lineales con la edad y el largo foliar, y se compararon mediante análisis de variables dummy.Los cultivares no se diferenciaron en morfogénesis, con excepción de la VMF y el Número de Hojas Vivas pormacollo (NHV) que fueron menores para Advance. …”
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Modal analysis of computational human brain dynamics during helmeted impacts by Fargol Rezayaraghi, Javid Abderezaei, Efe Ozkaya, Devlin Stein, Aymeric Pionteck, Mehmet Kurt

“…We conducted side and front impact pendulum tests on a dummy headform equipped with hockey, football, ski, and bicycle helmets. …”
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Clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and frailty: insights from the ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 trial by Chris Wilkinson, Jianhua Wu, Samuel D. Searle, Oliver Todd, Marlous Hall, Vijay Kunadian, Andrew Clegg, Kenneth Rockwood, Chris P. Gale

“…This double-blinded double-dummy trial compared two once-daily regimens of edoxaban (a DOAC) with warfarin. …”
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Ranking hospitals for outcomes in total hip replacement - administrative data with or without additional patient surveys? - Part 1: Administrative data by Dörning, Hans, Bitzer, Eva Maria, Lorenz, Christoph, Neusser, Silke, Schäfer, Thomas

“…The actual ranking was based on these multivariate models, excluding hospital variables and adding dummy-variables for each hospital. Hospitals were ranked by their case-mix adjusted odds ratio or SMR respectively with respect to a pre-selected reference hospital. …”
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Calidad nutritiva de láminas de dos cultivares de festuca alta (Festuca arundinacea Schreb) by J.R. INSUA, M.G. AGNUSDEI, O.N. DI MARCO

“…Las variables de morfogénesis se evaluaron como medidas repetidas en el tiempo; y para las de calidad se ajustaron funciones lineales con la edad y el largo foliar, y se compararon mediante análisis de variables dummy. Los cultivares no se diferenciaron en morfogénesis, con excepción de la VMF y el Número de Hojas Vivas por macollo (NHV) que fueron menores para Advance. …”
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