Comparison of Distraction Techniques using Salivary Biomarkers during Local Anaesthesia Administration in Children Aged 3–5 Years: A Clinical Study by Yanina Singh, Poornima Parameshwarappa, Mebin George Mathew, SB Meghana, Mallikarjuna Kenchappa, N. B. Nagaveni

“…Results: Statistically significant results were seen with Group II compared to Group I (cortisol-P = 0.009; salivary alpha-amylase-P = 0.03). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Peginterferon Alpha-2a Plus Ribavirin on Chronic Hepatitis C by Zehui Yan, Ke Fan, Xiaohong Wang, Qing Mao, Guohong Deng, Yuming Wang

“…Results. ETR and SVR in group I were obtained in 83.9% and 68.9% of the patients, separately, which was similar to groups II (84.1% and 68.3%) and III (81.7% and 66.7%). …”
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Effect of flipped classroom method on the reflection ability in nursing students in the professional ethics course; Solomon four-group design by Mohammad Rasool Khazaei, Eshagh Moradi, Azizeh Barry, Mohammad Hasan Keshavarzi, Akram Hashemi, Ghobad Ramezani, Atefeh Zabihi Zazoli, Farzaneh Farzadnia

“…The sample size was 80 nursing students by simple random method and divided into four groups, which included: 1- experimental group 1 2- experimental group 2 3- control group 1, and control 2. …”
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Immunotherapy and Antivascular Targeted Therapy in Patients’ Treatment with Concurrent Malignant Tumors after Organ Transplantation: Opportunity or Challenge by Bairu Shen, Zi Guo, Peng Huang, Minghua Tan, Xiaoshen Zhang, Siyao Lin, Changshan Song, Jiaqing Wang, Minqian Huang

“…Also, compared with group 2, there was no statistically significant difference in recipient organ rejection in group 1 and group 3 (P>0.05). The DCR rate for antivascular targeted therapy is approximately 60%. …”
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Vitamin E and N-Acetylcysteine as Antioxidant Adjuvant Therapy in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Youssef Al-Tonbary, Mohammad Al-Haggar, Rasha EL-Ashry, Sahar EL-Dakroory, Hanan Azzam, Ashraf Fouda

“…Forty children newly diagnosed with ALL were enrolled in this study. Twenty children (group I) have taken vitamin E and NAC supplementations with chemotherapy and the other twenty children (group II) have not taken any adjuvant antioxidant therapy. …”
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Effect of Voluntary Wheel Running on Striatal Dopamine Level and Neurocognitive Behaviors after Molar Loss in Rats by Linlin Zhang, Yi Feng, Wenliang Ji, Jianzhang Liu, Kun Liu

“…Twenty-four Sprague-Dawley rats were enrolled in this study and randomly divided into following 4 groups: control group (C group), molar loss group (ML group), 1-week physical exercise before molar loss group (1W-ML group), and 4-week physical exercise before molar loss group (4W-ML group). …”
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An Experimental Study: Benefits of Digoxin on Hepatotoxicity Induced by Methotrexate Treatment by Banu Taskin, Mümin Alper Erdoğan, Gürkan Yiğittürk, Sibel Alper, Oytun Erbaş

“…Also, the eighteen liver toxicity model created rats were equally divided into two groups, one of which received digoxin 0.1 mg/kg/day digoxin (Group 1) and the other group (Group 2) was given saline (% 0.9NaCl) with a dose of 1 ml/kg/day for ten days. …”
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Ozone oxidative preconditioning: a protection against cellular damage by free radicals by O. S. León, S. Menéndez, N. Merino, R. Castillo, S. Sam, L. Pérez, E. Cruz, V. Bocci

“…Interestingly, in spite of CCl4 adminis tration, group 3 did not differ from group 1, while groups 2 and 4 showed significant differences from groups 1 and 3 and displayed hepatic damage . …”
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Pregnancy Followed by Delivery May Affect Circulating Soluble Lectin-Like Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-1 Levels in Women of Reproductive Age by Mehmet Balin, Ahmet Çelik, M. Ali Kobat, Adil Baydas

“…Sixty-eight subjects with pregnancy followed by delivery (group 1) and 57 subjects with nongravidity (group 2) were included in this study. …”
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Influence of Moxifloxacin on Hepatic Redox Status and Plasma Biomarkers of Hepatotoxicity and Nephrotoxicity in Rat by Ayokanmi Ore, Ebenezer Tunde Olayinka

“…Twenty-four Wistar rats, 180–200 g, were randomized into four groups (I–IV). Animals in group I (control) received 1 mL of distilled water, while animals in groups II, III, and IV received 1 mL each of MXF equivalent to 4 mg/kg b.w., 8 mg/kg b.w., and 16 mg/kg b.w., respectively. …”
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Effect of Ozone Gel on Postoperative Sequelae after Surgical Removal of Impacted Lower Third Molars. by Sherwan Faisal Hamadamin, Ahmad Abdulla Haider

“…Methods: the current study enrolled 50 patients divided randomly in to two equal groups, Group I (study group) received ozone gel intra-socket and oral placebo postoperatively and Group II (control group) received a systemic antibiotic. …”
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Biochemical Analysis of Pentraxin 3 and Fibrinogen Levels in Experimental Periodontitis Model by Gonca Cayir Keles, Umut Balli, Burcu Ozkan Cetinkaya, Bulent Ayas, Arzu Findik, Zeynep Pinar Keles, Ferda Pamuk

“…Thirty rats were randomly divided into three groups of ten animals each: ligature-induced experimental periodontitis groups (with 10-day (Group1) and 40-day periods (Group2)) and healthy group (Group3). …”
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Analysis of vaginal microbiota before and after treatment of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the uterine cervix by Patrícia Mendonça Ventura, Isabel Cristina Chulvis do Val Guimarães, Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde, Susana Cristina Aidé Viviani Fialho, Douglas Guedes Ferreira, Matheus Madureira Fernandes, Rafael Augusto Chaves Machado

“…According to Nugent, in the initial collection of Group I, 16 women (57%) had lactobacillary microbiota, eight (28%) intermediate, and four (14%) coccus. …”
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Characteristics of Women with Postpartum Hemorrhage who do not Respond to B-Lynch Suture and Require Hysterectomy by Fazilet Kübra Boynukalın, Ayşe İlknur ARAL

“…RESULTS: In group 1; the mean age, gravidity and parity of women were 31±4.8, 5.2±2 and 3.8±2.2 respectively. …”
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Effect of EGCG–Methacrylate-Functionalized Resin Infiltrant on White Spot Lesions: An In Vitro Study by Karin Landmayer, Bruna de Oliveira Iatarola, Talita Portela Pereira, Raquel Shimizu Mori, Alyssa Teixeira Obeid, Mariele Vertuan, Daniela Alvim Chrisostomo, Ana Carolina Magalhães, Lulwah Alreshaid, Paulo Henrique dos Santos, Anuradha Prakki, Luciana Fávaro Francisconi-dos-Rios

“…PD (%) did not differ statistically for I, IE, and IEM (<i>p</i> = 0.780). Groups I and IEM showed similar performance on color change (ΔE₀₀) compared to the control group, while IE exhibited intermediate results, with no significant difference observed between the untreated, I, and IEM groups (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Shear Bond Strengths of Different Adhesive Systems to Biodentine by Mesut Enes Odabaş, Mehmet Bani, Resmiye Ebru Tirali

“…Among the two time intervals, the lowest value was obtained for group 1 (etch-and-rinse adhesive) at a 12-minute period, and the highest was obtained for group 2 (two-step self-etch adhesive) at a 24-hour period. …”
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Comparative assessment of results of D2 and D3 lymph node dissections in term of colon cancer surgery by O. I. Kit, E. A. Dzhenkova, E. A. Mirzoyan, Yu. A. Gevorkyan, E. N. Kolesnikov, A. V. Snezhko

“…Patients in group 1 had grade I (5 patients) and grade IIIb (1 patient) surgical complications, according to the Clavien-Dindo classification. 2 patients in group 2 developed grade III b complications. …”
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Reducing TRPC1 Expression through Liposome-Mediated siRNA Delivery Markedly Attenuates Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in a Murine Model by Cheuk-Kwan Sun, Yen-Yi Zhen, Hung-I Lu, Pei-Hsun Sung, Li-Teh Chang, Tzu-Hsien Tsai, Jiunn-Jye Sheu, Yung-Lung Chen, Sarah Chua, Hsueh-Wen Chang, Yi-Ling Chen, Fan-Yen Lee, Hon-Kan Yip

“…Adult male C57BL/6 mice were equally divided into group 1 (normal controls), group 2 (hypoxia), and group 3 (hypoxia + siRNA TRPC1). …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Ileostomy Closure before Adjuvant Chemotherapy after Rectal Cancer Surgery: An Observational Study from a Chinese Center by Zhen Sun, Yufeng Zhao, Lu Liu, Jichao Qin

“…Patients undergoing ileostomy closure before adjuvant chemotherapy (Group I) were compared to patients undergoing closure during (Group II) and after (Group III) adjuvant chemotherapy. …”
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Cuspal Displacement Induced by Bulk Fill Resin Composite Polymerization: Biomechanical Evaluation Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors by Alexandra Vinagre, João Ramos, Sofia Alves, Ana Messias, Nélia Alberto, Rogério Nogueira

“…Restorations involved the bulk fill placement of conventional microhybrid resin composite (Esthet•X® HD, Dentsply DeTrey) (Group 1) or flowable “low-shrinkage” resin composite (SDR™, Dentsply DeTrey) (Group 2). …”
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