The method quality of cross-over studies involved in Cochrane Systematic Reviews. [PDF]
BackgroundIt is possible that cross-over studies included in current systematic reviews are being inadequately assessed, because the current risk of bias tools do not consider possible biases specific to cross-over design.
Hong Ding +5 more
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Is Motorized Treadmill Running Biomechanically Comparable to Overground Running? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Over Studies. [PDF]
Background Treadmills are often used in research, clinical practice, and training. Biomechanical investigations comparing treadmill and overground running report inconsistent findings.
Van Hooren B +8 more
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Effect of acute hyperglycemia on left ventricular contractile function in diabetic patients with and without heart failure: two randomized cross-over studies. [PDF]
BackgroundIt is unknown whether changes in circulating glucose levels due to short-term insulin discontinuation affect left ventricular contractile function in type 2 diabetic patients with (T2D-HF) and without (T2D-nonHF) heart failure.Materials and ...
Roni Nielsen +5 more
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Blockchain technology and its applications have recently become a research hotspot. Its three core technologies, distributed ledger, smart contract, and consensus mechanism, provide trust-enhancing features such as tamper-proof records, full traceability,
Meiwen Guo +6 more
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Effects of Reducing Indoor Air Particles on Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiological Indexes in the Elderly: a Randomized Crossover Controlled Trial [PDF]
Background Exposure to indoor air particles pollution increases the incidence and mortality of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, especially in the elderly population.
ZHOU Min, ZHENG Ziguang, YOU Hongyu, GUO Miao, YU Wei, YANG Xu
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Exemption from informed consent: When it is possible in investigational product and drug trials?
One of the most important ethical step in conducting investigational product trials or drug trials is obtaining informed consent from the participants.
Swati Verma
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Indicators of retention in remote digital health studies: a cross-study evaluation of 100,000 participants [PDF]
Digital technologies such as smartphones are transforming the way scientists conduct biomedical research. Several remotely conducted studies have recruited thousands of participants over a span of a few months allowing researchers to collect real-world ...
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Background and aims Studies concerning the impact of air temperature on esophagogastric variceal bleeding (EGVB) have yielded conflicting results. Our study aimed to evaluate the correlation between air temperature and EGVB.
Jianhong Chen +8 more
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Cross-Layer Distillation with Semantic Calibration [PDF]
Recently proposed knowledge distillation approaches based on feature-map transfer validate that intermediate layers of a teacher model can serve as effective targets for training a student model to obtain better generalization ability.
Defang Chen +6 more
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Objective: This review is to compare patient-satisfaction with ball-type overdenture attachment systems with others attachment systems. Material and methods: This study was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42018097234) and adheres the PRISMA guidelines ...
Cleber Davi Del Rei Daltro Rosa +5 more
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