Trial-level characteristics associate with treatment effect estimates: a systematic review of meta-epidemiological studies

Abstract Background To summarize the up-to-date empirical evidence on trial-level characteristics of randomized controlled trials associated with treatment effect estimates.Methods A systematic review searched three databases up to August 2020.Meta-epidemiological (ME) studies of randomized controlled trials on intervention effect were eligible.We

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Criminal legal basis for an expedited trial procedure provided by the chapter 40 of the Russian Criminal Procedure Code

The subject of study is the criminal-legal basis for an expedited procedure for adopting a court ruling when the accused person agrees with the charge.These issues are relevant, since in July 2020 the substantive legal basis of the expedited procedure in Russia was changed and now this procedure can only be applied in criminal cases of small and me

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Study on transient performance of tilting-pad thrust bearings in nuclear pump considering fluid-structure interaction

To study the lubrication performance of tilting-pad thrust bearing (TPTBs) during start-up in nuclear pump, a hydrodynamic lubrication model of TPTBs was established based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method and the fluid-structure interaction (FSI) technique.Further, a mesh motion algorithm for the transient calculation of thrust bear

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