An analytical cross-sectional study on optimal (timely or cumulative age-appropriate) routine childhood immunization coverage in the communities of Ebonyi state, Nigeria by Ugwu I. Omale, Cordis O. Ikegwuonu, Glory E. Nkwo, Chimaobi C. Iwegbulam, Louisa C. Ekwuazi, Chidinma I. Amuzie, Richard L. Ewah

“…This study was a baseline cross-sectional household survey within a cluster-randomised controlled trial and was conducted from July 2 to 16, 2022 among consenting mother–child pairs, in which the children were aged 5–23 months (subdivided into 5–11 and 12–23 months), in 16 randomly selected geographical clusters where the primary health care (PHC) facilities were providing maternal and child health care services including weekly routine childhood immunization. …”
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“I believe it when there is an expert next to me:” a qualitative analysis on the perceptions and experiences of pregnant women to self-monitor blood pressure in Lombok, Indonesia... by Tigest Tamrat, Yuni Dwi Setiyawati, Maria Barreix, Nya’Jeumpa Madani, Antoine Geissbühler, Anuraj H. Shankar, Ozge Tuncalp

“…Methods Pregnant women with a current or history of HDPs were randomized to participate in focus group discussions (FGDs) regarding their attitudes towards SMBP or provided with a smartphone BP application to provide feedback on conducting SMBP. …”
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Effects of isoquinoline alkaloids as an alternative to antibiotic on oxidative stress, inflammatory status, and cecal microbiome of broilers under high stocking density by Kittisak Insawake, Thaweesak Songserm, Ornprapun Songserm, Atthawoot Plaiboon, Nitipong Homwong, Kazeem D. Adeyemi, Konkawat Rassmidatta, Yuwares Ruangpanit

“…A total of 1,500 one-day-old male Ross 308 chicks were randomly assigned to five treatment groups, with 10 replicate pens per group and 30 birds per pen, for 37 days. …”
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Inulin supplementation in feed as a prebiotic for red tilapia Oreochromis sp. by Agustina Agustina, Adi Susanto

“…This study has a fully randomized design with four treatments and three replications, namely inulin at doses of 0, 1, 2, and 4 g/kg feed. …”
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Development of an Integrated Model of Planning and Management in Free Zones with an Emphasis on Environmental Pressures by Mohammad Javad Amiri, Vahid Moghaddamzadeh, Gholamreza Nabi Bidhendi

“…Analysis was conducted across both public and private organizations within the zone, including the Free Zone Organization, Natural Resources and Environment Department, Housing Foundation, and Water and Sewage Department, among others. A random sampling technique was employed to select 166 individuals from the cities of Jolfa, Nordoz, Qolibeyglo, and Khoda Afarin. …”
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Effects of virtual reality technology on early mobility in critically ill adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yansha He, Yansha He, Qin Yang, Xiaoxia Dai, Tian Chen, Huan Wu, Kunjie Li, Shiqiong Zhu, Yanlin Liu, Hua Lei

“…To evaluate the quality of the included studies, the risk of bias was assessed using the RevMan 5.4 tool.ResultsA total of 11 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published over 10 years were included, involving 880 critically ill adult patients: 435 in the experimental group and 445 in the control group. …”
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Erratum to “The usefulness of surgical drains on short term outcomes among patients undergoing craniotomy at the Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza Tanzania” [World Neurosurgery: X(22C... by Dennis Onsombi, Gerald Mayaya, Vladimir Herrera, Anton Manyanga, Washington Leonald, Samuel Byabato, James Lubuulwa

“…The use of watertight dura closure significantly reduces the occurrence of SFC. Larger well randomized control and multicentered studies are recommended to further validate our findings.…”
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Cecum microbiota composition, fermentation characteristics, and immunometabolic biomarkers of Yunshang black goat fed varying dietary energy and protein levels by Binlong Fu, Xiaoqi Zhao, Muhammad Khan, Yanting Jiang, Weijuan Li, Maida Mushtaq, Baiji Danzeng, Xiaojun Ni, Zobia Azeem, Qingyong Shao, Bai Xue, Yina Ouyang

“…Twenty goats (five from each treatment group) were randomly slaughtered after a 50-day feeding trial, and cecal digesta and tissue were sampled for microbial analysis.ResultsThe cecal content revealed that the high-energy groups (HEHP, HELP) had lower pH levels than the LEHP group (p < 0.05) and significantly higher valeric and isovaleric acid concentrations in HEHP. …”
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Comparison of Proximal Tibiofibular Joint Detachment with Tibial-Sided Osteotomy for Fibular Untethering in Lateral Closing-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy: A Cadaveric Study by Ryu Kyoung Cho, Keun Young Choi, Dai-Soon Kwak, Man Soo Kim, Yong In

“…Among the eight pairs of knees, one knee was randomly assigned to undergo PTFJD and the other knee to undergo TSO, which separates the fibula by osteotomizing the lateral cortex of the proximal tibia at the medial side of the proximal tibiofibular joint for fibular untethering during LCWHTO. …”
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Evaluation of protein sparing effect in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus fed with organic selenium supplemented diet by Christian Ernsz Pattipeilohy, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Mia Setiawati, Julie Ekasari

“…In this regard, this study was conducted using a completely randomized experimental design with four treatments and three replications. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of decentralising acute malnutrition treatment with a standard or simplified treatment protocol: an economic evaluation in the region of Gao, Mali by Bernardette Cichon, Noemí López-Ejeda, Salimata Samake, Cornelia Aton, Abdias Ogobara Dougnon, Mahamadou N’tji Samake, Aliou Bagayoko, Magloire Bunkembo, Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera, Pilar Charle-Cuellar

“…Methods This economic evaluation was part of a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial which enrolled 2038 children with moderate and severe acute malnutrition. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of multidimensional poverty among rural households in East Gojjam zone, Northern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Amare Wubishet Ayele, Yeshiwas Ewinetu, Asefa Delesho, Yirsie Alemayehu, Hayimro Edemealem

“…Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the fall of 2020 in randomly selected woredas of East Gojjam zone, involving 770 rural households. …”
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CD200R1 immune checkpoint blockade by the first-in-human anti-CD200R1 antibody 23ME-00610: molecular mechanism and engineering of a surrogate antibody by Cristina Melero, S. Jimmy Budiardjo, Anahita Daruwalla, Lance Larrabee, Oleg Ganichkin, Alexander J. Heiler, Jill Fenaux, Ben Chung, Germaine Fuh, Yao-Ming Huang

“…We used phage display libraries of 23ME–00610 variants with individual CDR residues randomized to all 20 amino acids, from which we identified mutations that switched on MfCD200R1 binding. …”
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Impact of post-breeding administration of hCG and flunixin meglumine on luteal function and pregnancy rates in anestrous Nili-Ravi buffaloes by Ejaz Ahmad, Muhammad Muzammal Niaz, Muhammad Saleem Akhtar, Muhammad Rizwan Yousuf, Muhammad Zahid Tahir, Tanveer Ahmad

“…After TAI, animals were randomly divided into four groups for different treatments. …”
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Masculinization of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by administration of bull testes meal by Muslim Muslim, M. Zairin Junior, Nur Bambang Priyo Utomo

“…Experimental design was utilized two factors experiments in completely randomized design. Fry kept in 40-L glass aquaria at a density of 40 fry/aquarium. …”
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Early Electroacupuncture Extends the rtPA Time Window to 6 h in a Male Rat Model of Embolic Stroke via the ERK1/2-MMP9 Pathway by Xin-chang Zhang, Ya-hui Gu, Wen-tao Xu, Yang-yang Song, Ao Zhang, Zhi-hui Zhang, Si-yuan Jiang, Si-qi Chang, Guang-xia Ni

“…Methods. SD rats were randomly divided into the sham operation group, model group, rtPA group, EA+rtPA group, and rtPA+MEK1/2 inhibitor group. …”
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Optimasi Proses Klasterisasi di MySQL DBMS dengan Mengintegrasikan Algoritme MIC-Kmeans Menggunakan Bahasa SQL dalam Stored Procedure by Issa Arwani

“…However, it carries the weakness of the K-means algorithm itself in the duration of iterations to reach convergence and the accuracy of clustering due to the centroid initialization process randomly. Median Initial Centroid (MIC)-Kmeans algorithm is a development of the K-means algorithm that can provide the optimal solution in determining the initial centroid which has an impact on the accuracy and duration of iterations. …”
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Evaluation of Six Novel Protein Sources on Apparent Digestibility in Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei by Xiaoyue Li, Yongkang Chen, Chaozhong Zheng, Shuyan Chi, Shuang Zhang, Beiping Tan, Shiwei Xie

“…Six hundred and thirty healthy and uniform-sized shrimp (approximately 3.04±0.01 g) were randomly distributed into triplicate groups of 30 shrimp and they were fed three times daily. …”
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Identifying disulfidptosis-related biomarkers in epilepsy based on integrated bioinformatics and experimental analyses by Sijun Li, Lanfeng Sun, Hongmi Huang, Xing Wei, Yuling Lu, Kai Qian, Yuan Wu

“…The optimal machine learning model was revealed to be the random forest (RF) model. G protein guanine nucleotide-binding protein alpha subunit q (GNAQ) was linked to sodium valproate resistance. …”
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SOIL TILLAGE VARIANTS AND SULPHUR FERTILIZATION AFFECT NODULATION, N2 FIXATION AND YIELD OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT (Vigna subterreana) IN SOUTHEAST NIGERIA by M.A.N. Anikwe, Nnamnani D.E, Ikengannyia E.E, J.C. Eze, Obidike-Ugwu, E. O

“…Twenty-four experimental units were laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). The six treatments comprised No-Till+No Gypsum (NTGo), No-Till+Gypsum1 (NTG1), No-Till+Gypsum2 (NTG2), Till+No Gypsum (TGo), Till+Gypsum1 (TG1), and Till+Gypsum2 (TG2). …”
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