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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"coin toss"”.
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A pilot study evaluating the effect of collagen sponges on healing and pain following tooth extraction
… to either a control or experimental group via a coin toss. The experimental groups received collagen sponges while the control groups received extraction only. All patients documented their pain experience in provided journals. In addition, calibrated examiners measured the wound margin closure …
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A multispectral imaging method and device to detect and quantify the presence of fluid in the middle ear to facilitate the diagnosis and triage of ear infections
… of otitis media is only 50% accurate (a coin toss) due to the subjective nature of diagnosis as the physicians look at the ear drum and detect the fluid behind the ear drum. To detect the fluid with high sensitivity and accurately diagnose middle ear infection, we propose a multispectral …
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The Mindful Transition to Parenthood Program: Developing and Evaluating a Psychoeducational-Experiential Intervention for Couples Expecting Their First Child
… Thirty-three couples were randomly assigned by a coin-toss to either a waitlist control group, or the Mindful Transition to Parenting Program treatment group. Results demonstrated that men in the treatment group significantly improved in relationship satisfaction, negative affect, and mindfulness …
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Effects of a Heating Compress on Self-reported Sore Throat following Endotracheal Intubation for Anesthesia
… into an experimental and control group by coin toss.</p> <p>The data were analyzed for differences between the groups at the 0.05 level of significance. Frequency distributions, means, and standard deviation were determined for classificatory variables, chi-square formula was applied to …
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Essays in Behavioral Economics: Lying and Deception
… We conducted an online experiment using a coin-toss task and compared reported outcomes across different reporting channels: Human Voice, Voicebot, and Text. We designed a uniform online voice chat interface to standardize the reporting experience. We also tested the effect of a feminine …
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Effect Of Expert Modeling On Ill-Structured Problem Solving In An Undergraduate General Education Honors Course
… on the instructor and was determined with a coin toss. For practical feasibility, three Control Group sections were taught by the same instructor and three Treatment Group sections were taught by same instructor. Students who were less than 18 years of age at the beginning of the fall …
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Some Aspects of Fluctuation Driven Phenomena
… investigate the influence of spatial disorder on coined quantum walks. Coined quantum walks describe the time evolution of a quantum particle that is controlled by a quantum coin degree of freedom. We consider one-dimensional walks and use a two- level system as quantum coin. Each time step thus …
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Dynamics of bouncing rigid bodies and billiards in the spaces of constant curvature
Mathematical billiard is a dynamical system studying the motion of a mass point inside a domain. The point moves along a straight line in the domain and makes specular reflections at the boundary. The theory of billiards has developed extensively for itself and for further applications. For …