Investigating the Long Run Causality between CoronaVirus Prevalence and Selected Economic Variables in Iran Using Estimation Error Correction Term Coefficient by Naghmeh Honarvar

“…Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the long run causality between coronavirus prevalence as a dummy variable and selected economic variables (exports, transportation, unemployment and economic growth) in Iran. …”
Get full text

Efficacy of Leflunomide, Telmisartan, and Clopidogrel for Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Jie Wu, Shu-Wei Duan, Xue-Feng Sun, Wen-Ge Li, Ya-Ping Wang, Wen-Hu Liu, Jian-Rong Zhang, Li-De Lun, Xue-Mei Li, Chun-Hua Zhou, Ji-Jun Li, Shu-Wen Liu, Yuan-Sheng Xie, Guang-Yan Cai, Lu Ma, Wen Huang, Hua Wu, Qiang Jia, Xiang-Mei Chen

“…Methods: It is a multicenter, prospective, double-dummy randomized controlled trial. Primary IgAN patients were recruited in 13 renal units across Beijing, China, from July 2010 to June 2012. …”
Get full text

Driving factors of energy related CO2 emissions at a regional level in the residential sector of Iran by Behnam Ata, Parisa Pakrooh, János Pénzes

“…In more detail, educational rate, dummy variable (removal of energy subsidy), and oil price reveal the greatest negative impact on the emissions with elasticities of − 0.428, − 0.31, and − 0.15; It represents 1% increase causes − 0.428, − 0.31, − 0.15, decrease CO2 emissions, respectively. however, household size, gas consumption, and oil consumption show the most significant positive effects on CO2 emissions with 1 percent increase causes CO2 emissions increases by 0.1, 0.044, and 0.026, respectively. …”
Get full text

Association between Depression Prevalence and Adverse Childhood Experiences in Middle-aged and Older People by LU Weiwei, ZHU Rui, CHEN Jun, FU Tengfei, ZHANG Jian, LIN Yuejun

“…BackgroundDepression prevalence and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in middle-aged and older people has become an increasingly concerned issue, yet it in Chinese population has been less reported, and needs to be further explored.ObjectiveTo investigate the epidemiology of ACEs among middle-aged and elderly Chinese people, and to analyze its association with depression prevalence, providing an accurate delineation of ACEs and depression prevalence in this group of Chinese people.MethodsInformation of 7 035 middle-aged and elderly people≥ 45 years old who met the research requirements were selected during July to August, 2021 from the database of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study held by Institute of Social Science Survey, Peking University, in which the questions in the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale used in the CHARLS, ACEs (including abuse, neglect, dysfunctional family) and individual characteristics were screened and generated into new dummy variables with the weight reassigned. Covariates of those with ACEs (treatment group) and those without (control group) were included in a propensity score matching model, and propensity scores of them were estimated using robust standard errors in multivariate Logistic regression, then the covariates of two groups were matched using the 1∶1 nearest neighbor matching, and were checked using balance diagnostics and common support assumption. …”
Get full text

A Physical Analog to Assess Surgical Face Mask Air Flow Resistance During Tidal Ventilation by Bruno Demoulin, Claude Duvivier, François Marchal, Silvia Demoulin-Alexikova, Silvia Demoulin-Alexikova

“…A physical analog was made of a plaster cast dummy head connected through a pneumotachograph to a series of bellows inflated/deflated by a respirator. …”
Get full text

Positional transfer accuracy of titanium base implant abutment provided by two different scan body designs: an invitro study by Rania E. Ramadan, Mahmoud Khamis Abdel Razek, Faten S. Mohamed, Rania A. Fahmy, Mervat E. Abd-Ellah

“…Methods A maxillary model with a dummy implant in the 2nd premolar (Proactive Tapered Implant; Neoss) was 3D printed and TB (Ti Neolink Mono; Neoss) was tightened on the implant and scanned by using a laboratory scanner (inEos X5; Dentsply Sirona) (reference scan). …”
Get full text

Design, Simulation, and Fabrication of a 500 kV Ultrawideband Coaxial Matched Load and Its Connectors for Fast Transient Pulse Measurement Systems by Mohammad Saif Khan, Mohamed Agazar, Yann Le Bihan

“…The principle roles of these devices are to serve as a dummy matched load for the former and to facilitate the connections between different components of the pulse measurement system for the latter. …”
Get full text

Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Galcanezumab Versus Rimegepant for Prevention of Episodic Migraine: Results from a Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial by Todd J. Schwedt, Tina M. Myers Oakes, James M. Martinez, Bert B. Vargas, Hitendra Pandey, Eric M. Pearlman, Diane R. Richardson, Oralee J. Varnado, Michael Cobas Meyer, Peter J. Goadsby

“…Methods In this 3-month, double-blind, double-dummy study, participants were randomized (1:1) to subcutaneous (SC) galcanezumab 120 mg per month (after a 240 mg loading dose) and a placebo oral disintegrating tablet (ODT) every other day (q.o.d.) or to rimegepant 75 mg ODT q.o.d. and a monthly SC placebo. …”
Get full text

Modeling of chemical mechanical polishing for dielectric planarization by Ouma, Dennis Okumu

Get full text

Infrared photoconductive PbTe film processing and oxygen sensitization by Klingshim, Christopher J

Get full text

Laba (Rugi) selisih kurs sebagai salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi koefisien respon laba akuntansi :: Bukti empiris dari pasar modal Indonesia by CHANDRARIN, Grahita

“…Industrial effect is measured using dummy variables. The results of this study are as follows: (1) the effect of transaction gains (losses) on earnings response coefficients is statistically si@cant; (2) investors respond inMerently the fkms recognizing different methods of transaction gains (losses); and (3) the effect of earnings persistence and earnings predictability on earnings response coefficients are statistically si@cant. …”

Pyronaridine-artesunate versus chloroquine in patients with acute Plasmodium vivax malaria: a randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority trial by Poravuth, Y, Socheat, D, Rueangweerayut, R, Uthaisin, C, Pyae Phyo, A, Valecha, N, Rao, B, Tjitra, E, Purnama, A, Borghini-Fuhrer, I, Duparc, S, Shin, C, Fleckenstein, L

“…<br/> METHODS AND FINDINGS:<br/> This phase III randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority trial included five centers across Cambodia, Thailand, India, and Indonesia. In a double-dummy design, patients (aged &gt;3-≤ 60 years) with microscopically confirmed P. vivax mono-infection were randomized (1:1) to receive pyronaridine-artesunate (target dose 7.2:2.4 mg/kg to 13.8:4.6 mg/kg) or chloroquine (standard dose) once daily for three days. …”

Tafenoquine versus primaquine to prevent relapse of Plasmodium vivax malaria by Llanos-Cuentas, A, Lacerda, MVG, Hien, TT, Vélez, ID, Namaik-Larp, C, Chu, CS, Villegas, MF, Val, F, Monteiro, WM, Brito, MAM, Costa, MRF, Chuquiyauri, R, Casapía, M, Nguyen, CH, Aruachan, S, Papwijitsil, R, Nosten, FH, Bancone, G, Angus, B, Duparc, S, Craig, G, Rousell, VM, Jones, SW, Hardaker, E, Clover, DD, Kendall, L, Mohamed, K, Koh, GCKW, Wilches, VM, Breton, JJ, Green, JA

“…<strong>Methods</strong> We performed a phase 3, prospective, double-blind, double-dummy, randomized, controlled trial to compare tafenoquine with primaquine in terms of safety and efficacy. …”

Single-dose tafenoquine to prevent relapse of Plasmodium vivax malaria by Lacerda, MVG, Llanos-Cuentas, A, Krudsood, S, Lon, C, Saunders, DL, Mohammed, R, Yilma, D, Batista Pereira, D, Espino, FEJ, Mia, RZ, Chuquiyauri, R, Val, F, Casapía, M, Monteiro, WM, Brito, MAM, Costa, MRF, Buathong, N, Noedl, H, Diro, E, Getie, S, Wubie, KM, Abdissa, A, Zeynudin, A, Abebe, C, Tada, MS, Brand, F, Beck, H-P, Angus, B, Duparc, S, Kleim, J-P, Kellam, LM, Rousell, VM, Jones, SW, Hardaker, E, Mohamed, K, Clover, DD, Fletcher, K, Breton, JJ, Ugwuegbulam, CO, Green, JA, Koh, GCKW

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> This multicenter, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel group, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted in Ethiopia, Peru, Brazil, Cambodia, Thailand, and the Philippines. …”

Liveness detection in facial biometrics using complete dynamic local ternary pattern technique by Parveen, Sajida

“…A spoofing attack occurs when a person tries to masquerade as someone else by non-real faces such as photograph, video clips or dummy faces and thereby gaining advantages from applications. …”
Get full text

Face liveness detection based on IQA using anova feature selection by Alkinany, Enas Akeel Raheem

“…A spoof attack arises when an individual attempt to disguise as someone else by a fake face to get an unauthorized access to the system, a fake face could be a photograph, dummy face or even a video display. To overcome these attacks on such systems, face liveness detection has been produced. …”
Get full text

Quality improvement in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a mixed-methods implementation pilot of the CAPTURE-JIA dataset by Flora McErlane, Chris Anderson, Saskia Lawson-Tovey, Barbara Lee, Chris Lee, Laura Lunt, Janet E. McDonagh, Andrew D. Smith, Nicola Smith, Gavin Cleary

“…Analysis of the study dataset and a dummy longitudinal dataset confirmed that all eleven JIA national audit questions can be answered using the electronic system. …”
Get full text

消咳通痹方与普瑞巴林治疗痛性糖尿病神经病变:一项单中心, 随机, 单盲, 双模拟, 平行对照临床试验 by Qiyun Lu, Benjian Chen, Qingshun Liang, Liyan Wu, Lulu Luo, Anxiang Li, Wenwei Ouyang, Zehuai Wen, Yunwei Liu, Jiayan Lu, Yunyi Liu, Guanjie Fan, Zhenjie Liu

“…Methods Patients with PDN (n = 68) were included in a single‐center, randomized, single‐blind, double‐dummy, parallel controlled clinical trial. The primary outcome was the change in the Brief Pain Inventory for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (BPI‐DPN). …”
Get full text

Exploring racial and ethnic disparities in medication adherence among Medicare comprehensive medication review recipients by Xiaobei Dong, Chi Chun Steve Tsang, Jim Y. Wan, Ya-Chen Tina Shih, Marie A. Chisholm-Burns, Samuel Dagogo-Jack, William C. Cushman, Lisa E. Hines, Junling Wang

“…Racial/ethnic disparities were examined by logistic regressions that included racial/ethnic minority dummy variables. A nonlinear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method was applied to decompose the identified disparities. …”
Get full text

Prednisolone Versus Colchicine for Acute Gout in Primary Care (COPAGO): protocol for a two-arm multicentre, pragmatic, prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical tr... by Julia Truthmann, Julia Freyer Martins Pereira, Adrian Richter, Franziska Schuster, Amelie Witte, Susanne Böhm, Alexandra Greser, Petra Kamin, Sylvia Stracke, Marcus Dörr, Robin Bülow, Stefan Engeli, Ildikó Gágyor, Eva Hummers, Jean-François Chenot

“…Methods This pragmatic, prospective, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel-group, randomized, non-inferiority trial investigates whether prednisolone (intervention) is non-inferior to treatment with colchicine (active control) in patients with acute gout. …”
Get full text