• Recruitment error

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    An ongoing study aims to measure the long-term effect of regular consumption of specially-formulated protein milkshakes on the match performance of adult football players at a local community club. One of the researchers, however, misunderstood the meaning of ‘adult’ and recruited several 18 year olds into the study. They have been consuming the shakes and…

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  • Satellite and Health Data Dengue Prevention Study

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    A group of researchers from a university want to study the correlation between climate features, population density, construction site activity, and the Dengue incidence rate. Anecdotal evidence suggests that several factors are predictive of spikes in infection rates: heavy rainfall, population density and construction site activities. The result of this research is a risk map,…

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  • Nutrition and Pregnancy Study

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    This randomised controlled trial is designed to test the relationship between maternal nutrition and offspring health. Participants are women planning to conceive in the near future. All participants will receive a nutritional packet they are to dissolve in water and consume twice daily throughout their pregnancy. Both control and experimental packets contain micronutrients; the experimental…

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  • New outcome measure

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    An IRB approved a study aiming to assess whether weekly back massages could relieve the pain of patients recovering from spinal surgery. A group that received the back massages would be compared with a group that did not. The initial protocol stated that the primary outcome measure would be self-reported pain levels. As the study…

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  • Mood enhancement device

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    Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive procedure in which electrodes are placed on someone’s head to stimulate various regions via electric currents. While most uses for the procedure are clinical, a researcher is trying to develop a tDCS kit for personal use among healthy individuals. The kit is designed to improve general moods…

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  • Large scale research on the genetics of cardiovascular disease

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    Kurt is a teacher in Germany. He has been asked to join a large research project that is looking at the genetics of cardiovascular disease. This will involve giving a DNA sample, answering a questionnaire and allowing details of his treatment to be given to the researchers. This study will directly help clinicians decide which…

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