Effects of Alpha-Ketoglutarate Supplementation on Growth Performance, Diarrhea Incidence, Plasma Amino Acid, and Nutrient Digestibility in Weaned Piglets by Weiyan Sun, Ruyi Han, Hongbo Xi, Wenning Chen, Yanpin Li, Qingchao Zhou, Xilong Li, Kaikun Huang, Valentino Bontempo, Xu Gu, Xianren Jiang

“…The treatments included a basal diet (CT), a basal diet with 500 g/t AKG (AKG1), and a basal diet with 1000 g/t AKG (AKG2). Blood samples were collected on days 14 and 42, and fecal samples were collected on day 42. …”
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Effect of Hydroalcoholic Extract of Tanacetum Parthenium L. Extract on Treatment of Kidney Stones Induced by Ethylene Glycol in Adult Male Rats by Raheleh Zareshahi, Samane Jahanabadi, Maryam Yadegary, Zahra Shirazimoghadam, Sobhan Mosalman, Mohamadhasan Fakhari Zavareh

“…Following 28 days, the 24-hour urine samples were collected and animal blood samples were taken for biochemical tests. …”
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Evaluation of Changes in Cariogenic Bacteria in a Young Moroccan Population with Fixed Orthodontic Appliances by A. Marda, S. Elhamzaoui, A. El Mansari, K. Souly, F. Farissi, M. Zouhdi, F. Zaoui, L. Bahije

“…Materials and Methods. Dental plaque samples of 18 patients, who were randomly selected before the placement of orthodontic appliances, were collected to isolate and identify the bacterial species involved using classical bacteriological methods for species’ culture and identification. …”
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Native versus non-native Prosopis woody species: Which fertilize the soil better? by Moslehi Maryam, Ahmadi Farzad, Matinizadeh Mohammad, Sadeghi Seyed Mousa, Izadi Masoumeh, Faunae Nafiseh, Alizadeh Tahereh, Shackleton Ross T.

“…At the start of the growing season, 30 trees of each species with a trunk diameter of 15–30 cm were randomly selected. Soil samples were taken from the top 20 cm of soil profiles east of each tree, under the tree crowns and from control plots in open areas. …”
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Shear Bond Strength of Orthodontic Brackets Fixed with Remineralizing Adhesive Systems after Simulating One Year of Orthodontic Treatment by Gisele Lima Bezerra, Carlos Rocha Gomes Torres, Mateus Rodrigues Tonetto, Alvaro Henrique Borges, Milton Carlos Kuga, Matheus Coelho Bandeca, Leily Macedo Firoozmand

“…The samples were submitted to thermomechanical cycling simulating one year of orthodontic treatment. …”
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Hesperidin facilitating gastrointestinal motility by “Gut-brain axis” and “SCF/C-Kit signaling pathways” by Yunfei Li, Xinying Zhou, Yusong Du, Mingyuan An, Shasha Wan, Zewei Sun, Qingzhen Zhong

“…Fifteen broilers from each group were euthanized and immediately dissected to obtain gizzard, hypothalamus, duodenum, and jugular blood samples. Jugular blood samples were collected for brain-gut peptide content analysis, while gizzard, hypothalamus, and duodenum samples were used for immunohistochemical analysis. …”
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ISOLASI DAN IDENTIFIKASI VIRUS AVIAN INFLUENZA SUBTIPE H5N1 DI PETERNAKAN TRADISIONAL KECAMATAN GUNUNGPATI SEMARANG by Angga Ari Wibowo, R. Susanti, Farikhul Ulum, Nugrahaningsih W.H.

“…The study design was explorative by collecting cloacal swab samples randomly from five villages in Gunungpati. …”
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Effects of Botanical Blend of Turmeric, Capsicum, and Pepper Extracts on Colostrum and Milk Yield and Quality, Passive Transfer of Immunity, and Performance of Beef Cow–Calf Pairs... by Grace H. Jardon, Madison R. Kovarna, Jeff S. Heldt, Emma H. Wall, Ana Clara B. Menezes

“…Colostrum samples were analyzed for concentrations of IgG, IgA, and IgM, and milk samples were analyzed for IgG concentration using radial immunodiffusion. …”
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Effects of Conditioning Temperature on Pellet Quality, Nutrients Digestibility, and Metabolizable Energy of Broilers Diet by Seyedeh Vajiheh Shakhese Emampour, Abolghasem Golian, Heydar Zarghi, Ali Reza Hesabi Nameghi

“…All pellet diets were sampled after production to test for pellet quality. …”
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Oral supplement in healthy older adults to support physical fitness and mental wellbeing by Amanda J. Lloyd, Robert J. Nash, Alina Warren-Walker, Alison Watson, MJ Pilar Martinez Martin, Courtney Davies, Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos, Thomas Wilson, Manfred Beckmann

“…The relative m/z-transition areas of melatonin and its two main biotransformation products in selected urine samples after Q-actin™ supplementation were confirmed following LC-MS/MS fragmentation.ConclusionQ-actin™ demonstrated potential benefits in a healthy middle-aged and older adult population by improving sleep quality, as evidenced by elevated melatonin derivatives identified in urine samples and self-reported improvements on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and improved finger dexterity. …”
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Effect of Benzoic Acid on Nutrient Digestibility and Rectal Microbiota of Weaned Holstein Dairy Calves by Haonan Dai, Dewei Du, Qi Huang, Jia Guo, Shujing Li, Wenli Yu, Zengyuan Zhao, Peng Sun

“…The calves were weaned at 60 days of age, with a transition period of 7 days. Feed samples were collected every two weeks, fecal samples were collected from 99 to 101 days of age, and blood samples were collected at 102 days of age. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of schistosomiasis among primary school children in four selected regions of The Gambia. by Ebrima Joof, Abdoulie M Sanyang, Yaya Camara, Alhagie Papa Sey, Ignatius Baldeh, Sharmila Lareef Jah, Serign Jawo Ceesay, Sana M Sambou, Saikou Sanyang, Christopher M Wade, Bakary Sanneh

“…In the parent study, ten schools were selected randomly from each region. Urine and stool samples collected from 25 boys and 25 girls (7-14 years) in each school were examined for urinary schistosomiasis (Schistosoma haematobium infection) and intestinal schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni infection) using urine filtration, dipstick and Kato-Katz methods.…”
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Evaluation of Different Machine Learning Models for Predicting Soil Erosion in Tropical Sloping Lands of Northeast Vietnam by Tuan Vu Dinh, Nhat-Duc Hoang, Xuan-Linh Tran

“…Model evaluation employed a historical dataset consisting of ten explanatory variables and soil erosion featured four different land use managements on hillslopes in Northwest Vietnam. All 236 data samples representing soil erosion/nonerosion events were randomly prepared (80% for training and 20% for testing) to assess the robustness of the five models. …”
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Porcine Cysticercosis and Risk Factors in The Gambia and Senegal by Arss Secka, Tanguy Marcotty, Redgi De Deken, Eric Van Marck, Stanny Geerts

“…During a stratified cross-sectional survey, 1705 pigs were sampled from 279 randomly selected households, 63 randomly selected communities and villages, from four study areas in The Gambia and Senegal during the period October 2007 to January 2008. …”
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The effects of Sixteen weeks of selected aerobic training on Serum osteopontin and osteocalcin in sedentary middle-aged women by هاجر عباس زاده صورتی, خسرو ابراهیم, حجت الله نیک بخت

“…Fasting blood samples were taken before and after 16 weeks of aerobic training. …”
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CRxK dataset: a multi-view surveillance video dataset for re-enacted crimes in Korea by Chaehee An, Minyoung Lee, Eunil Park

“…We utilized a smaller sub-dataset, CRxK-6 dataset, containing 8,500 frames randomly sampled from each category video, resulting in 51,000 frames. …”
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STUDENT EVALUATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING AS THE NEXUS FOR QUALITY CULTURE IN HIGHER EDUCATION by James Kay

“…The data was used to triangulate course evaluation form filled out by 876 students for 45 course units that were randomly sampled from a pool of evaluation data in quality Assurance course evaluation data base. …”
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Effect of an Educational Intervention Based on the Health Belief Model on the Prevention Behaviors of COVID-19 Among Employee by Abbas Javadi

“…They were randomly divided into two intervention and control groups (33 people in each group). …”
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Establishment of a model for the occurrence and prediction of bayberry decline disease by LUO Jinyan, ZHENG Xiliang, QI Xingjiang, ZHANG Shuwen, YU Zheping, REN Haiying

“…Finally, we get the prediction equation of bayberry decline disease of Y=－0.058X₁－5.255X₂＋165.35 (R²=0.64, P=0.02), then we randomly chose three orchard samples for accuracy detection, and found the prediction precision rates were all more than 90%. …”
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Space complexity and human interactions in bank erosion-induced relocated settlements by Nilanjana Biswas, Sayani Mukhopadhyay

“…This study has outlined the existing nature of segregation between the previously settled colonies and colonies containing relocated families in a river erosion-affected mouza located on the left bank of the Ganga River in Malda. A randomly chosen set of samples containing displaced and previously settled inhabitants has been surveyed to understand the underlying nature of social conflicts and restrictions for further migration to safer places for better livelihood. …”
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