The Effect of Applying Organic Compounds on the Amount of Lead, Nickel and Cadmium in Urban Sewage Sludge (Case Study: Sewage Sludge in Sari Refinery) by Mohammad Ali Bahmanyar, Seyed Mostafa Emadi, Mehdi Ghajar Sepanlou, Mehdi Hosseini

“…Material and Methods: This study was conducted in two separate designs in the form of a randomized complete block with 9 treatments and 3 replications. …”
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The social determinants of tuberculosis: a case-control study characterising pathways to equitable intervention in Peru by Matthew J. Saunders, Rosario Montoya, Luz Quevedo, Eric Ramos, Sumona Datta, Carlton A. Evans

“…Controls (n = 981) were people living in randomly selected households in the same communities. …”
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Comparative pharmacodynamics of intranasal and enteral administration of captopril for uncomplicated hypertensive crises by I. L. Kechyn, V. V. Hladyshev, I. О. Pukhalska

“…Because of asymmetric distribution, the non-parametric method – the Wilcoxon signed-rank test – was used. …”
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Berberine alleviates enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-induced intestinal mucosal barrier function damage in a piglet model by modulation of the intestinal microbiome by Min Du, Xinran Liu, Xu Ji, Yue Wang, Xiaodan Liu, Chunfang Zhao, Chunfang Zhao, Erhui Jin, Erhui Jin, Youfang Gu, Youfang Gu, Hongyu Wang, Feng Zhang, Feng Zhang

“…This study investigated the preventive effect of dietary berberine on the intestinal mucosal barrier induced by ETEC and the microbial community within the intestines of weaned piglets.MethodsTwenty-four piglets were randomly divided into four groups. …”
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Using deep learning for ultrasound images to diagnose chronic lateral ankle instability with high accuracy by Masamune Kamachi, Kohei Kamada, Noriyuki Kanzaki, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Yuichi Hoshino, Atsuyuki Inui, Yuta Nakanishi, Kyohei Nishida, Kanto Nagai, Takehiko Matsushita, Ryosuke Kuroda

“…The images of 20 feet in each group were randomly selected and used for training data and the images of remaining 10 feet in each group were used as test data. …”
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Metallophosphide poisoning, a rising public health problem in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kassaye Demeke Altaye, Bethelhem Yenenew Assefa, Adina Worku Teka, Saron Mulugeta Worku, Geta Bayu Genet, Bikis Liyew, Nahom Worku Teshager

“…Quality was assessed using the Modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale adapted for cross-sectional studies. A random effects model was used to obtain the pooled estimate of the prevalence of and mortality rate from metallophosphide poisoning. …”
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Multidimensional Evaluation of fuel performance for typical biodegradable plastics by Jiuli Ruan, Zhiyu Ma, Feilong Zhang, Kang Gao, Yuwen Guo

“…In addition, the apparent activation energy (Eα) required for the combustion process of the BPs calculated by the FWO, KAS, and Starink methods is only 71.88–114.39 kJ/mol. The lower combustion reaction energy barrier makes BPs promising co-firing agents for substances with high combustion energy barriers. …”
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Comparative effect of nutraceuticals on lipid profile: a protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis by Maciej Banach, Lukas Schwingshackl, Mariusz Gasior, Jakub Morze, Tadeusz Osadnik, Kamila Osadnik, Mateusz Lejawa, Grzegorz Jakubiak, Natalia Pawlas

“…Introduction According to the common definition, nutraceuticals are components found in food that can act as therapeutic substances. Recently, the International Lipid Expert Panel published two position papers covering the topic of lipid-lowering nutraceuticals and their potential use as a complementary treatment in addition to statins or as an alternative treatment in statin-intolerant patients. …”
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Optimized machine learning based comparative analysis of predictive models for classification of kidney tumors by Vatsala Anand, Ajay Khajuria, Rupendra Kumar Pachauri, Vinay Gupta

“…This method will help healthcare professionals in the early diagnosis of disease.…”
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Thrombolytic and Anticoagulant Therapy for Pulmonary Embolism with High and Intermendiate Risk of Early Death. Part 3. An Effect on Pulmonary Perfusion with High and Intermediate R... by O. V. Nikitina, I. P. Mikhailov, N. Y. Kudryashova, E. V. Migunova, A. G. Dorfman, V. I. Avfukov

“…Perfusion lung scintigraphy helps provide a quantitative comparison of changes in pulmonary blood flow with the use of different treatment methods in subgroups of high and intermediate risk of an adverse outcome.The aim of study is to compare the effectiveness of thrombolytic and anticoagulant therapy in the treatment of acute pulmonary embolism in patients with a high and intermediate risk of early death in terms of the dynamics of pulmonary perfusion disorders.Study design: a prospective non-randomized study. …”
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A caffeine and theacrine combination improves cognitive performance in tactical personnel under physically fatiguing conditions by Blaine S. Lints, Adam T. Harrison, Sten O. Stray-Gundersen, Gianna F. Mastrofini, Riccardo F. Romersi, Noah K. Nakagawa, Mackenzie B. Yoder, Chimaobim E. Martin-Diala, Alexa J. Chandler, R. Davis Moore, Shawn M. Arent

“…While caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world, common side effects (i.e. anxiousness, micro-saccades, irritability) may be detrimental to warfighter operations. …”
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Effect of Xingbi Gel Nasal Drops on Rats with Allergic Rhinitis Based on the Nasal Mucosa-Hippocampus Neuroimmune Mechanism by FAN Xueqi, QIU Caixia, YAN Shuiping, ZHUANG Xiangli, AI Si, GUO Lihua, ZHENG Jian

“…ObjectiveTo explore the effect of Xingbi gel nasal drops on rats with allergic rhinitis (AR) based on the nasal mucosa-hippocampus neuroimmune mechanism.MethodsA total of 40 SPF SD rats at postnatal day 21 (PND21) were randomly divided into normal group, model group, traditional Chinese medicine group and western medicine group, with 10 cases in each group. …”
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Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Quantitative Analysis Using a Bayesian Optimization-Based Tunable Softplus Backpropagation Neural Network by Xuesen Xu, Shijia Luo, Xuchen Zhang, Weiming Xu, Rong Shu, Jianyu Wang, Xiangfeng Liu, Ping Li, Changheng Li, Luning Li

“…Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has played a critical role in Mars exploration missions, substantially contributing to the geochemical analysis of Martian surface substances. However, the complex nonlinearity of LIBS processes can considerably limit the quantification accuracy of conventional LIBS chemometric methods. …”
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Rapid tests to inform triage and antibiotic prescribing decisions for adults presenting with suspected acute respiratory infection: a rapid evidence synthesis of clinical effective... by Katie Scandrett, Jill Colquitt, Rachel Court, Fiona Whiter, Bethany Shinkins, Yemisi Takwoingi, Emma Loveman, Daniel Todkill, Paramjit Gill, Daniel Lasserson, Lena Al-Khudairy, Amy Grove, Yen-Fu Chen

“…Meta-analysis using a random-effects model using the DerSimonian and Laird method was undertaken. …”
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Determination of Some Plant Characteristics, Nutritive Value and Seed Germination Rates of Ranunculus constantinopolitanus by Erdal Çaçan, İhsan Arslan

“…The plant material of this study consists of 50 Ranunculus constantinopolitanus plants collected by random sampling method from the meadow area in Çayağzı village located in Bingöl city center in 2018. …”
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Habitat Characteristics and the Species Response of Astragalus curvirostris Boiss. to the Environmental Factors in Lorestan Rangelands by Reza Siahmansour, Nadia Kamali, Hamid Reza Mirdavoodi, Javad Motamedi

“…To investigate the changes in the performance of this species along the slope of the environmental factors from the Generalized Additive Models was used. A random-systematic method was used to sample environmental and plant characteristics from 2016 to 2018. …”
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Fractal Analysis of Air Pollution Time Series in Urban Areas in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan by Andrii Biloshchytskyi, Alexandr Neftissov, Oleksandr Kuchanskyi, Yurii Andrashko, Svitlana Biloshchytska, Aidos Mukhatayev, Ilyas Kazambayev

“…The method of time series fractal analysis can be the ecological state indicator in the corresponding region. …”
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THROMBOLYTIC AND ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY FOR PULMONARY EMBOLISM: AN EFFECT ON PULMONARY PERFUSION (PART 2) by O. V. Nikitina, I. P. Mikhailov, N. Y. Kudryashova, E. V. Migunova, O. A. Alekseyechkina, E. V. Kungurtsev, N. M. Udalova, S. Z. Khusainov, I. B. Kostyuchenko

“…Preliminary analysis of these parameters in the group with anticoagulant therapy a day after the start of administration (by analogy with TLT) revealed no statistically significant differences.Description of the method. Radionuclide and CT studies were performed on a hybrid system SPECT/CT “Discovery NM/CT 670” (GE, USA): perfusion was evaluated with 80–120 MBq of Macrotech 99mTc radiopharmaceutical (RP), CT angiography was performed with 70-100 ml of radiopaque substance “Visipaque.” …”
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Identification and Expression Analysis of the ADH Gene Family in Chinese Pepper(Capsicum chinense) by Chu YE, Wei LIN, Chuan WANG, Bingchun XIE, Xiaowan XU, Xiaomei XU, Hengming WANG, Junheng LYU, Minghua DENG, Zhiming WU, Tao LI, Zhou HENG

“…Identifying the members of the ADH gene family in C. chinense, and analyzing their expression patterns in different parts of the plant will provide references for the aroma synthesis mechanism of pepper fruit.【Method】Through bioinformatics analysis, real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR, and gaschromatography-mass spectrometry, the volatile substances and the ADH gene family in C. chinense were identified and analyzed for expression characteristics.…”
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In Vitro Assays for the Assessment of Safety and Toxicity in Pharmacopuncture Derived from Animal by Yu-Jin So, Hyein Jeong, Kyeong Han Kim, Seong-Gyu Ko

“…Objectives: Among the various treatment methods involving the use of natural substances, pharmacopuncture using animal venom is a relatively new form of acupuncture that has been developed in South Korea and is gaining popularity worldwide. …”
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