The method quality of cross-over studies involved in Cochrane Systematic Reviews. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 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]
Sports Med, 2020 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]
PLoS ONE, 2013 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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Single-implant overdentures retained by the Novaloc attachment system: study protocol for a mixed-methods randomized cross-over trial [PDF]
Trials, 2018 Background Overdentures retained by a single implant in the midline have arisen as a minimal implant treatment for edentulous mandibles. The success of this treatment depends on the performance of a single stud attachment that is susceptible to wear ...
Raphael F. de Souza +7 more
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Technologies, 2022 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]
Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023 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?
Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2021 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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BMC Gastroenterology, 2023 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]
AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2020 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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Indicators of retention in remote digital health studies: a cross-study evaluation of 100,000 participants [PDF]
npj Digital Medicine, 2019 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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