Using articulating foils of varying thickness, occlusal tactile acuity was compared between patients with chronic painful temporomandibular disorders (TMDp) and healthy controls. TMDp patients showed enhanced detection of thinner foils and greater perceptual sensitivity, accompanied by a more liberal decision strategy, whereas higher frequencies of ...
Iva Z. Alajbeg +5 more
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ABSTRACT Sleep disturbance is a common symptom experienced by approximately 70% of breast cancer survivors and persists after the conclusion of chemotherapy. This study aimed to quantify the circadian disruption of the core body temperature (CBT) rhythm and its correlation with sleep disturbance following chemotherapy.
Joon Sung Shin +12 more
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Questionnaire Survey on Medication Compliance in Clinical Trials under New-GCP.
Hiroyuki Furukawa +8 more
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Scientific Ritual: The Institutional Review Boards for Human Clinical Trials in Israel
Abstract This ethnographic study analyzes Israeli Institutional Review Boards (IRBs’) main practices and discourses. I describe IRB operations as bureaucratic rituals derived from idealized scientific values, with physician‐scientist members serving as gatekeepers who perform boundary work to preserve professional independence.
Hedva Eyal
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Glycyrrhiza polysaccharide attenuates <i>Neospora caninum</i>-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage by the C/EBPβ/IL-17/TNF signaling pathway. [PDF]
Wang S +6 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Pharmacological, Endoscopic, and Surgical Treatments for Obesity: A GRADE-Based Network Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Objective This review compared antiobesity strategies—obesity management medications (OMM), endoscopic bariatric procedures (EBP), and metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS)—with lifestyle intervention, placebo, or no therapy (LSI/Pbo/NT). Methods This network meta‐analysis included randomized clinical trials comparing OMM, EBP, and MBS versus LSI ...
De Luca M +12 more
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Patients with isolated LPS demonstrated a lower likelihood of EGJ disruption, pathologic GERD, and abnormal Milan score. The Milan score performed similarly well in the identification of GERD in both LPS and typical symptoms. The Milan score could therefore be used as an upfront test in LPS patients.
Stefano Siboni +26 more
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Implementation of good clinical practice in clinical research in the context of limited resources settings: Lessons learnt from the freeBILy trial using an embedded mixed methods approach. [PDF]
Gunga L +21 more
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THE ROLE OF LOCAL CONTRACT RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS IN BUILDING GCP-COMPLIANT CLINICAL RESEARCH IN POVERTY-RELATED DISEASES IN AFRICA: A CASE OF CLINWIN RESEARCH SERVICES [PDF]
Peter Onyango
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