Pure ICL Implantation: A Novel Ophthalmic Viscosurgical Device-Free Method by Qin Qin, Lianyun Bao, Zifang He, Feifei Chen, Dandan Zhu, Si Zhang, Wenwen Zhang, Yajun Liu, Ruiying Gao, Zhenggao Xie

“…UDVA, BCVA, and SE were significantly improved in the pure group compared with those in the traditional group 1 day (P<0.001, P=0.003) after implantation, but not 1 week or 3 months after. …”
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Therapy for Dupuytren’s Disease (II): Collagenase Therapy vs. Limited Fasciectomy—A Long-Term Comparative Study by Nikolaus Wachtel, Francesca Romana Dingler, Constanze Kuhlmann, Sinan Mert, Elisabeth Maria Haas-Lützenberger, Verena Alt, Nicholas Moellhoff, Riccardo Giunta, Wolfram Demmer

“…For the URAM questionnaire, we observed a significantly better result in the control group (<i>p</i> < 0.01). Retrospectively, significantly more patients in the collagenase group would not choose the same therapy to treat DD (35 vs. 8%; <i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Association between medication adherence and disease outcomes in patients with hepatitis B-related cirrhosis: a population-based case–control study by Vivian Chia-Rong Hsieh, Kuo-Yu Fu, Meng-Lun Hsieh, Jou-An Chen

“…On the contrary, 3-month adherence is higher in the decompensated group (1.00±1.15 vs 0.96±0.79). For patients with and without mortality, drug adherence is ubiquitously higher in the alive group regardless of follow-up length: 1-year MPR (0.62±0.44 vs 0.50±0.51), 6-month MPR (0.78±0.62 vs 0.69±0.72) and 3-month MPR (0.97±0.91 vs 0.96±1.12). …”
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Effects of Curcumin on Iron Overload in Rats by Gülüzar Özbolat, Arash Alizadeh Yegani

“…Methods: Forty male Wistar rats weighing 139.78 ± 11.95 gm (Mean ± SD) were divided into three equal groups: (i) controls; (ii) iron overload group that received six doses of iron dextran 1000 mg/kg–1 by intraperitoneal injections (i.p.); and (iii) iron overload curcumin group that received six doses of curcumin (1000 mg/kg BW by i.p.).  …”
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Efficacy of Intraoperative Paracetamol and Nefopam Infusions in Addition to Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Kidney Transplant Recipients by Jaesik Park, Sun Cheol Park, Min Suk Chae, Sang Hyun Hong, Jung-Woo Shim

“…Other postoperative outcomes did not differ between the two groups. <i>Conclusions</i>: Multimodal analgesia with intraoperative paracetamol and nefopam infusions improved postoperative pain control in living-donor KT recipients who received a preoperative TAP block. …”
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Dietary Alpha-Lipoic Acid Alleviated Hepatic Glycogen Deposition and Improved Inflammation Response of Largemouth Bass (<i>Micropterus salmoides</i>) Fed on High Dietary Carbohydra... by Zishuo Fang, Xianwei Pan, Ye Gong, Nihe Zhang, Shiwen Chen, Ning Liu, Naisong Chen, Songlin Li

“…The relative expression of insulin receptor a (<i>ira</i>) in the LA500 group was the highest, while the relative expression of glycerol kinase (<i>gk</i>), phosphofructokinase liver type (<i>pfkl</i>) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (<i>pepck</i>) was the highest in the LA1000 group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). In addition, LA supplementation significantly increased the activity of lysozyme, which reached its maximum value in the LA500 group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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The Role of Gum Arabic for a Protective Kidney Dysfunction Induced Gentamicin on Diabetes Rats by Garsa Ali Alshehry

“…The kidney functions indicated to creatinine, urea, uric acid, blood urea nitrogen, and bilirubin were decreased from 1.34, 0.95, 2.24, 45.61, and 0.66 mg/dl in group (1) to 0.78, 29.84, 2.12, 16.25, and 018 mg/dL in group (4), respectively, when taking Gum Arabic. …”
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The Effect of Ca and Mg Concentrations and Quantity and Their Correlation with Caries Intensity in School-Age Children by Milaim Sejdini, Kastriot Meqa, Nora Berisha, Ekrem Çitaku, Nora Aliu, Sokol Krasniqi, Sami Salihu

“…Magnesium levels after stimulation showed a significant difference between groups I and III and no significant differences between groups I and II. …”
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Bacillus subtilis HGCC-1 improves growth performance and liver health via regulating gut microbiota in golden pompano by Ming Li, Hui Liang, Jian Zhang, Jie Chen, Shichang Xu, Wenhao Zhou, Qianwen Ding, Yalin Yang, Zhen Zhang, Yuanyuan Yao, Chao Ran, Zhigang Zhou

“…Finally, Bacillus subtilis HGCC-1 significantly altered the structure and function of gut microbiota (P < 0.05), leading to enrichment of beneficial taxa such as Bacillus (P < 0.0001) and increased of the ratio of “Functional Group 2/Functional Group 1” (P = 0.00092). Interestingly, the ratio of “Functional Group 2/Functional Group 1” was linked to the growth traits (Spearman, P < 0.05), while the intestinal abundance of Bacillus was correlated with serum TG in fish (Spearman, R = 0.47, P = 0.00091), suggesting a role of the intestinal microbiota in HGCC-1 mediated effect on growth and lipid metabolism. …”
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Green tea silver nanoparticles improve physiological motor and cognitive function in BALB/c mice during inflammation by Herbert Izo, Ninsiima, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Kenneth, Ssekatawa, Halima, Nalugo, Caroline, Asekenye, David, Onanyang, Edson Ireeta, Munanura, Moses, Ariong, Kevin, Matama, Gerald, Zirintunda, Ngala Elvis, Mbiydzenyuy, Fred, Ssempijja, Adam Moyosore, Afodun, Ibe Michael, Usman, Oscar Hilary, Asiimwe, Julius, Tibyangye, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…Group I–III were administered 100%, 10%, 1% green tea nanoparticles extract while group IV was given diclofenac. …”
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Learning transactions representations for information management in banks: Mastering local, global, and external knowledge by Alexandra Bazarova, Maria Kovaleva, Ilya Kuleshov, Evgenia Romanenkova, Alexander Stepikin, Aleksandr Yugay, Dzhambulat Mollaev, Ivan Kireev, Andrey Savchenko, Alexey Zaytsev

“…Most of the customer-related tasks can be categorized into two groups: (1) local ones, which focus on a client’s current state, such as transaction forecasting, and (2) global ones, which consider the general customer behaviour, e.g., predicting successful loan repayment. …”
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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Nasal Sedation Midazolam Compared with Dexmedetomidine in the Management of Uncooperative Children with Down Syndrome during Dental Treatment by Mohamad Nabil Hamod, Chaza Kouchaji, Faten Rostom, Hasan Alzoubi, Imad Katbeh, Nikolay Tuturov

“…The sample consisted of 20 children with Down syndrome aged 5 to 11 years who were divided equally into two groups: Group 1 (experimental) nasal dexmedetomidine and Group 2 (control) nasal midazolam. …”
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Influence of Septal Deviation on the Prognosis of Transcanalicular Diode Laser-Assisted Dacryocystorhinostomy by Alberto Raposo, Francisco Piqueras, Francisco García-Purriños, María Ll. Martínez-Martinez, Jerónimo Lajara

“…Patients were divided into two groups: one including operated lacrimal pathways (LP) with no anatomical nasosinusal variants and the other group of LP with SD. …”
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The effect of chloramhenicol on production of laying hens and determination of chloramphenicol residues in eggs by Ahmet ACET, Şakir D. TUNCER, Behiç COŞKUN, Ömer DEMET, Bünyamin TRAŞ, Erol BAYTOK

“…Laying hens in four groups of 30 were fed on a diet containing chloramphenicol 0 ppm (group I), 20 ppm (group II) and 40 ppm (group III) for two mounths and 400 ppm (group IV) as a therapoutic dose for 5 days.…”
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Feasibility, Safety, and Compliance in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Physical Therapy for Parkinson's Disease by Jennifer L. McGinley, Clarissa Martin, Frances E. Huxham, Hylton B. Menz, Mary Danoudis, Anna T. Murphy, Jennifer J. Watts, Robert Iansek, Meg E. Morris

“…Ambulant participants with Parkinson's disease (PD) (n=210) were randomized into three groups: (1) progressive strength training (PST); (2) movement strategy training (MST); or (3) control (“life skills”). …”
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Determining the relative importance of key drivers influencing source separation behaviour of waste producers by Namrata Mhaddolkar, Severin Fuchs, Lázaro V. Cremades

“…The present study identified 12 drivers for each non-demographic and demographic category from 43 scientific publications and calculated their relative importance based on the perceptions of three groups: (i) the expert group, (ii) the population group from Leoben (Austria), and (iii) population group from Barcelona (Spain). …”
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A novel approach to sustainable water treatment utilising Cocos nucifera and Luffa acutangula by Ganesan Ramachandran, Latha Asaithambi, Partheeban Pachaivannan, G. Venkatesan

“…The mean TDS values of groups 1 and 2 are 458.18 mg/L and 389.56 mg/L, respectively. …”
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The Safety of Ondansetron and Chlorpromazine for Hyperemesis Gravidarum in First Trimester Pregnancy by Şafak Özdemirci, Funda Akpınar, Melek Bilge, Funda Özdemirci, Saynur Yılmaz, Deniz Esinler, İnci Kahyaoğlu

“…RESULTS: In the ondansetron group 4 (4%) low birth weight newborn, 9 (9%) preterm birth and 1 (1%) congenital anomaly, while in chlorpromazine group 1 (1.2%) low birth weight newborn, 9 (10.6%) preterm birth and 4 (4.7%) congenital anomalies were observed. …”
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fANOVA application for comparison of companies by the CEO turnover rates by Urtė Deinoravičiūtė, Anna Yasyreva

“…The companies were divided into 3 groups: ones that had no CEO changes over the period; those that had 1 or 2 and those with 3 or more. …”
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Blood and bile lipid composition and the risk of gallstones at diabetes mellitus of the 1st and 2nd type by V. V. Tsukanov, Yu. L. Tonkikh, A. V. Vasyutin

“…Overall 70 patients with the first type DM, 67 patients with the second type DM, 44 patients of the control group #1 and 43 patients of the control group #2 were investigated. …”
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