Adolescents: Contraceptive Knowledge and Use, a Brazilian Study by Divanise S. Correia, Ana C. P. Pontes, Jairo C. Cavalcante, E. Sócrates T. Egito, Eulália M.C. Maia

“…This study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee, and Epi InfoTM software was used for data and result evaluation using the mean and chi-square statistical test. …”
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Protocol for development of an assessment tool for competency of ECG interpretation: expert consensus by the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method and cross-sectional testing using mult... by Shinji Inaba, Toshi A Furukawa, Osamu Yamaguchi, Masatsugu Sakata, Kazumichi Yamamoto, Tomohiro Kaga, Muhammad Wannous

“…A test set of question items for ECG interpretation will be proposed on the basis of the extracted parameters.Ethics and dissemination The protocol of this study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine (IRB number: 2209008). …”
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EXtending Omalizumab Treatment Intervals in patients with Chronic spontaneous urticaria (EXOTIC): protocol of a multicentre, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial by Alexander Egeberg, Ditte Georgina Zhang, Christian Vestergaard, Simon Francis Thomsen, Jennifer Astrup Sørensen, Misbah Noshela Ghazanfar, Zarqa Ali, Jacob Thyssen

“…Blood samples, Weekly Urticaria Activity Score, Chronic Urticaria Quality of Life Questionnaire, Dermatology Life Quality Index and records of side effects and flares will be obtained throughout the study at weeks 0, 12, 24 and 36.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the Scientific Ethical Committee of the Capital Region in Denmark, the local Data Protection Agency and the Danish Medicines Agency. …”
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Care, conflict, and coexistence: Human–wildlife relations in community forests by Madison Stevens, Shalini Rawat, Terre Satterfield

“…Our findings indicate high prevalence of HWC and associated hardships (mentioned by 71% of survey participants), alongside high expressed ethics of care, tolerance, and responsibility for wild animals (60%). …”
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Medication following bariatric surgery for type 2 diabetes mellitus (BY-PLUS) study: rationale and design of a randomised controlled study by Alexander Dimitri Miras, Carel le Roux, Alexis Sudlow, Ricardo Vitor Cohen, Hassan Kahal, Dimitri J Pournaras, Jill Townley, Helen Heneghan

“…The primary endpoints are the proportion of patients in each arm with an HbA1c<6.5% (48 mmol/mol) at 1 year and the proportion of patients in each arm achieving the composite endpoint of HbA1c<6.5% (48 mmol/mol), BP<130/80 mm Hg and LDL<2.6 mmol/L at 5 years.Ethics and dissemination The local institutional review board approved this study. …”
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Measuring anti-transgender stigma in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol by Clare Barrington, Jennifer Toller Erausquin, Amanda E Tanner, Tamar Goldenberg, Sulianie Mertus, Mohammed Sheikh Eldin Jibriel

“…A narrative summary of findings will be conducted.Ethics and dissemination As a scoping review (no direct interaction with participants), this study is exempt from human subjects oversight. …”
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Protozoan Parasites of Rodents and Their Zoonotic Significance in Boyer-Ahmad District, Southwestern Iran by Zeinab Seifollahi, Bahador Sarkari, Mohammad Hossein Motazedian, Qasem Asgari, Mohammad Javad Ranjbar, Samaneh Abdolahi Khabisi

“…Each rodent was anesthetized with ether, according to the ethics of working with animals, and was dissected. …”
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Systematic review of health and social outcomes among Indigenous People exposed to the child welfare system: a protocol by Margaret Robinson, Flint D. Schwartz, Tara M. Pride, Sherry H. Stewart, Sean P. Mackinnon

“…Findings will be presented in summary tables through narrative synthesis, and if feasible, a meta-analysis will quantify the impact of child welfare exposure on health and social outcomes.Ethics and dissemination The results of this systematic review will synthesise current evidence regarding health and social outcomes related to personal and intergenerational child welfare exposure among Indigenous populations in CANZUS countries and circumpolar regions. …”
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Protocol for predicting host-microbe interactions and their downstream effect on host cells using MicrobioLink by Lejla Gul, Anna Julia Elias, Tanvi Tambaku, Marton Olbei, Emily Watters, Balazs Bohar, Dezso Modos, Matthew Madgwick, Tamas Korcsmaros

“…The protocol outlines procedures for predicting protein-protein interactions through domain-motif interactions, integrating multi-omic datasets to map downstream effects, performing network analyses to identify key regulatory pathways, and visualizing multi-layered networks for systems-level data interpretation.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Gul et al.1 and Poletti et al.2 : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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Effects of interventions aimed at improving nurses’ work engagement in the workplace: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Norito Kawakami, Kotaro Imamura, Kazuto Kuribayashi, Akiko Inagaki

“…Heterogeneity will be evaluated using Q statistics.Ethics and dissemination This systematic review and meta-analysis are based on existing studies and do not require ethical approval. …”
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Effectiveness of interventions on healthcare professionals’ understanding and use of conscience: a systematic review protocol by Alex Clark, Megan Kennedy, Christina Lamb, Edith Pituskin, Ken Kirkwood, Yolanda Babenko-Mould

“…The quality of the aggregate evidence will be assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations criteria.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required for this review. …”
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Humpty Dumpty and High-Risk AI Systems: The Ratione Materiae Dimension of the Proposal for an EU Artificial Intelligence Act by Jérôme De Cooman

“…Far from appearing ex nihilo, it deeply relies on the European Ethics Guidelines proposed by the independent high-level expert group on AI set up by the European Commission. …”
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Inclusion of diabetic retinopathy screening strategies in national-level diabetes care planning in low-income and middle-income settings: protocol for a scoping review by Tunde Peto, Nathan Congdon, Katie Curran, Prabhath Piyasena, Lisa Duke, Belma Malanda

“…The key themes will highlight countries progress in terms of national-level DR service planning and screening implementation.Ethics and dissemination No ethical approval is required because the scoping review methodology aims to synthesise information from publicly available resources. …”
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Current Status and Future Directions of Artificial Intelligence in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Literature Measurement Analysis by Ruoyu Wan, Ruohong Wan, Qing Xie, Anshu Hu, Wei Xie, Junjie Chen, Yuhan Liu

“…However, there are numerous challenges, and fully realizing AI’s potential will require overcoming hurdles in algorithm design, data integration, and societal ethics. To promote more extensive and in-depth future research, it is crucial to prioritize the development of standardized protocols for AI implementation, foster interdisciplinary collaboration—especially between AI and neuroscience—and address public concerns about AI’s role in healthcare to enhance its acceptance and effectiveness.…”
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Protocol for generating and characterizing a nasal epithelial model using imaging with application for respiratory viruses by Victor H.K. Lam, Aleena Ghafoor, Yazan Khan, Shirley Constable, Lane B. Buchanan, David Zuanazzi, Reeya Parmar, Zeynep G. Tepe, Leigh J Sowerby, Cindy M. Liu, Ryan M. Troyer, Jessica L. Prodger

“…. : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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Psychological testing in children with elevated blood lead level: the effect of spirulina by N.I. Hnida, N.H. Lotysh, D.V. Usenko, I.M. Hnidoi, V.N. Kukushkin

“…The research protocol was approved by the Local Ethics Committee of the participating institution. …”
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One-stage versus two-stage video-assisted thoracic surgery for synchronous bilateral pulmonary nodules: protocol for a single center, non-randomized clinical trial (OTVATS-1) by Yu Han, Weixun Zhang, Peihang Xu, Zhoujunyi Tian, Yang Hao, Jin Zhang, Tai Ren, Chaoyang Liang

“…Trail registration This study underwent review by the Ethics Committee of China-Japan Friendship Hospital under No. 2023-KY-061-1. …”
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Routine Multimodal Antiemesis Including Low-Dose Perphenazine in an Ambulatory Surgery Unit of a University Hospital: A 10-Year History by Brian A. Williams, Michael L. Kentor, Susan J. Skledar, Steven L. Orebaugh, Manuel C. Vallejo

“…In settings where droperidol is still routinely used and deemed acceptable by local scientific ethics committees, we believe that oral perphenazine 8 mg should be compared head to head with droperidol 0.625–1.25 mg in patients receiving coadministered dexamethasone and 5-HT3 antagonists in order to determine differences in synergistic efficacy, if any. …”
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Analysis of the correlations between changes in posterior segment and anterior chamber segment after implantable collamer lens implantation in highly myopic patients by Yifei Peng, Lu Xiong, Haokun Qu, Yang Liu, Zheng Wang

“…Trial registration The study was approved by the ethics committee of Aier Eye Hospital, Jinan University (No. …”
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Determining the Feasibility of Ambulance-Based Randomised Controlled Trials in Patients with Ultra-Acute Stroke: Study Protocol for the “Rapid Intervention with GTN in Hypertensive... by Sandeep Ankolekar, Gillian Sare, Chamila Geeganage, Michael Fuller, Lynn Stokes, Nikola Sprigg, Ruth Parry, A. Niroshan Siriwardena, Philip M. W. Bath

“…The trial has all relevant ethics and regulatory approvals and recruitment started on February 15, 2010. …”
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