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Who responds to a placebo? Factors associated with response to placebo during a double-blind randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2020
INTRODUCTION: The placebo effect, a desirable outcome resulting from a person’s expected and/or learned response to a treatment or situation, may significantly influence the interpretation of double-blind, randomised controlled trials (RCT). High placebo
Hurst, P., Coleman, D., Saunders, S.
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Essential Updates 2024–2025: Surgical Strategy for Esophageal Cancer Toward a New Paradigm in the Era of Immunotherapy and Personalization

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This review summarizes key advances from 2024 to 2025 that are reshaping esophageal cancer surgery toward a strategy‐oriented, personalized paradigm through the integration of immunotherapy, population aging, and intelligent technologies. Adjuvant nivolumab after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy remains the only perioperative approach with durable benefit,
Shuichiro Oya, Koichi Yagi, Yoshifumi Baba   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

PLACEBO EFFECT AND SPORT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MECHANISM, EVIDENCE AND IMPACT ON PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE [PDF]

reservedIn questo elaborato, dopo aver ripreso le classiche definizioni di placebo e aver percorso la sua storia, viene indagato il suo funzionamento a livello neurobiologico e l’influenza di aspettative e apprendimento sulla sua buona riuscita, andando ...
CORBETTA, GIACOMO
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Potential Survival Benefit of Neoadjuvant Docetaxel, Cisplatin and 5‐Fluorouracil Therapy in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Multiple Lymph Node Metastases: A Single‐Institute Propensity Score Analysis

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Although neoadjuvant chemotherapy with fluorouracil, cisplatin, and docetaxel (NAC‐DCF) is the current standard neoadjuvant regimen for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, its substantial toxicity underscores the need to identify patients who derive the greatest benefit.
Eiji Higaki, Tetsuya Abe, Hironori Fujieda, Shigenori Kadowaki, Tsutomu Tanaka, Masahiro Tajika, Koji Komori, Seiji Ito, Isao Oze, Kei Muro   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The placebo effect in our everyday lives [PDF]

reservedSpesso le nostre scelte di vita quotidiana sono governate da delle forze a noi estranee che inconsapevolmente influiscono sul nostro comportamento.
GENOVESI, MARTA
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Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, Thomas L. Marsh   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The placebo effect in reading: a possible relationship with personality traits [PDF]

reservedLa ricerca ha avuto lo scopo di verificare se sia possibile rilevare un effetto placebo nelle abilità di lettura e se vi sia una relazione tra l’effetto placebo e i tratti di personalità.
TALARICO, CHIARA
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Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen, Roderick M. Rejesus, Hongqiang Yan, Serkan Aglasan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A note on the probability structure of a doubly randomized delayed start design

Statistical Theory and Related Fields
The innovative doubly randomized delayed start (DRDS) design has been implemented to tackle the well-known challenge of a high placebo response rate in clinical trials.
Zhao Yang
doaj   +1 more source