Acetamiprid-induced testicular toxicity in mice: ameliorative effect and potential mechanisms of morin by Nihal Turkmen Alemdar, Selim Demir, Esin Yulug, Ali Kulaber, Elif Ayazoglu Demir, Nadire Sevdenur Erdogan, Ahmet Mentese, Yuksel Aliyazicioglu

“…Hormonal analyses were conducted on serum samples obtained from the mice, while biochemical and histological evaluations were performed on testicular samples. …”
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Occurrence and Antibacterial Susceptibility Profile of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Dairy Products in Pastoral Communities in Niger State, Nigeria by Muhammed Umar Idris, Saiya Y Daniyan, J D Bala, Chiemela Enyinnaya Chinma

“…This study investigates the prevalence and antibacterial susceptibility profile of S. aureus obtained from dairy products and possible dairy products contaminating sources in pastoral communities of Niger State, Nigeria. A total of 2760 samples, comprising of 360 each of Ghee (Maishanu), Cheese (Awara), Local Yoghurt (Kindirmo), Raw Milk (Madara), and Fermented Milk (Nono), and 240 each from contaminating sources (such as handler’s hands, containers, udders, and water), were randomly obtained from various pastoral communities in Niger State, Nigeria. …”
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Modification of low nickel biograde stainless steel with graphene oxide for enhanced corrosion resistance and in vivo biocompatibility by Doaa A. Abu Muslim, Amal S. Shahat, A. B. El Basaty, A. Hassen, A. Abou Elfadl, Ahmed I. Ali, A. Tayel

“…The average particle sizes (D av) of the studied samples were calculated. It was found that D av slightly changed with the content of GO. …”
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Bioinformatics and Molecular Characterization Study of the HSP60 Gene of Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) by Sarmad Awad Mozan AL-Asadi, Noor J. A. Jouda, Sahar M. A. AL-Mothafer, Muhammed J. Al-Emara, Ali AL-Ali

“…For the first time, the evolutionary network revealed four P. canaliculate genotypes and the A genotype (this study's samples) was unique compared with three different genotypes from China (B, C, and D). …”
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Evaluation of physical characteristics of chevon as affected by post-mortem carcass dressing and freezing preservation by E. A. Apata, O. O. Olaleye, O. A. Apata, M. T. Olugbemi, A. B. Omojola

“…Meat samples were excised each day after thawing for physical analysis and data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) in a completely randomized design experiment with 3x4 factorial arrangement. …”
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Treatment of giardiasis in dogs: field clinical study to confirm the efficacy, safety, and acceptance of a metronidazole-based flavored oral suspension by Sloane Jones, Philippe Briantais, Cristiano Von Simson, Eleonore De Meyrignac, Laure Poincelot, Delphine Rigaut

“…Methods A double-masked, vehicle-controlled, randomized, multi-center clinical field trial was conducted. …”
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Nutrient content of jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) at different growth stages in Blora, East Java, Indonesia by Prasetyo Bayu, Suwignyo Bambang, Ishigaki Genki, Gondo Takahiro, Jati Diafan Kurnia, Prasojo Yogi Sidik

“…A field experiment was conducted using a completely randomized block design with four replications. Plant in every plot were randomly selected and hand separated. …”
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Effect of High-Flow Nasal Cannula versus Conventional Oxygen Therapy for Patients with Thoracoscopic Lobectomy after Extubation by Yuetian Yu, Xiaozhe Qian, Chunyan Liu, Cheng Zhu

“…Arterial blood samples were collected after extubation at 1, 2, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 h. …”
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Growth and yield of bell pepper as influenced by combination of poultry manure and NPK fertilizer by Oluwaseun Anne Hassan, Emmanuel Oluwakayode Ajayi, Lydia Adeola Babatola

“…Five plants from the same treatment were randomly sampled out of 12 plants per bed and tagged for data collection on growth parameters at 3, 4, 5 and 6 weeks after transplanting as well as number of fruits, fruit length and fruit yield. …”
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Pilot study of an ecological momentary music intervention for stress reduction in Turkish immigrant women perceiving chronic ethnic discrimination by Stefanie Hirsch, Anja C. Feneberg, Nadine Skoluda, Urs M. Nater, Ricarda Mewes

“…Participants were then randomly instructed to listen to music or not. At each measurement time point, participants provided saliva samples. …”
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Dietary and environmental modulation for the gut environment: yogurt promotes microbial diversity while chloride hot springs improve defecation status in healthy adults by Jungmi Choi, Midori Takeda, Shunsuke Managi

“…Over a four-week period, participants in the yogurt groups consumed 180 g of yogurt daily, and those in the hot spring group additionally bathed in a chloride-rich hot spring at least every 2 days. Fecal samples and defecation status questionnaires were collected before and after the intervention. …”
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Linear regression reporting practices for health researchers, a cross-sectional meta-research study. by Lee Jones, Adrian Barnett, Dimitrios Vagenas

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Reporting practices for linear regression were assessed in 95 randomly sampled published papers in the health field from PLOS ONE in 2019, which were randomly allocated to statisticians for post-publication review. …”
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A Preliminary Study on the Relationship between Arthropod Diversity and Vegetation Diversity in Four Contrasting Ecosystems in Hanthana Mountain Range of Sri Lanka, during the Post... by W. A. Manasee Weerathunga, A. M. Gihan Athapaththu, L. D. Amarasinghe

“…We determined the arthropod diversity in vegetation surrounding an aquatic environment (AQ), a broad-leaved wet, evergreen forest ecosystem (BL), a Pinus caribaea monoculture plantation (PN), and a Pinus plantation artificially enriched with indigenous broad-leaved tree species (PNEN) located in the Hanthana mountain range, Sri Lanka. Arthropods randomly sampled from three randomly selected sites (5 m × 5 m) of each ecosystem were identified up to the highest possible taxa using standard identification keys. …”
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Does maternal iron supplementation during the lactation period affect iron status of exclusively breast-fed infants? by Ali Baykan, S Songül Yalçin, Kadriye Yurdakök

“…At the end of the study period, blood samples (complete blood count, serum iron, iron binding capacity and serum ferritin) were drawn from the mothers and their infants. …”
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Investigating the effect of compost fertilizer on the resistance of Iranian borage plant to water stress by taghee khanahmadi, masumeh farasati, mehdi zakerinia, ali nakhzari moghaddam

“…According to the distance of the plants (1.5 meters apart), each row included 4 plants, which were randomly sampled. At the time of harvesting mucilage parameters, total nitrogen, quercetin was measured.According to the obtained results, the investigated treatments had a significant effect on the plant height, the number of sub-stems, the yield of flowering branches, the percentage and yield of essential oil and borage mucilage. …”
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The Role of Sex in Malaria-COVID19 Coinfection and Some Associated Factors in Rivers State, Nigeria by E. O. Onosakponome, M. N. Wogu

“…Ethical approval was obtained from the Rivers State Health and Ethics Committee before the commencement of this study, and the study was conducted at the COVID-19 Treatment Center Medical Laboratory, Rivers State, Nigeria. Intravenous blood samples from three hundred randomly selected consenting study participants were examined for Plasmodium species using Giemsa microscopy, while pretested questionnaires were used to obtain data on sex, risk factors, and symptoms. …”
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Kencur Supplementation Modulates Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-Reactive Protein (CRP) in Response to Muscle Damage Following Eccentric Exercise by Roy Januardi Irawan, Joesoef Roepajadi, Heri Wahyudi, Noortje Anita Kumaat, Abdul Rohim Tualeka, Nanda Rimawati, Adi Wijayanto

“…On the experimental day, participants performed 100 countermovement jumps (CMJ). Blood samples were collected immediately after, 24 hours, and 48 hours post-exercise to measure IL-6 and CRP levels. …”
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The Impact of Two Different Transfusion Strategies on Patient Immune Response during Major Abdominal Surgery: A Preliminary Report by Kassiani Theodoraki, Maria Markatou, Demetrios Rizos, Argyro Fassoulaki

“…In a subgroup of 20 patients randomly selected from the original allocation groups, blood was sampled for measurement of IL-6, IL-10, and TNFα. …”
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Effects of β-carotene microcapsules on reproducibility, immunity and antioxidant capability in late-pregnancy sows by FENG Jun, DENG Fei-yue, YU Yan-ling, YANG Cai-mei, CHEN An-guo

“…At the 95th and 110th day of pregnancy, five sows were selected randomly from each treatment to obtain blood samples for serum immunoglobulin mensuration. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Antimicrobial Efficacy of Sodium Hypochlorite and Chlorhexidine as Irrigants in Root Canal Therapy by L Karthik Prasad, Sheenam Markan, Mahishi G. Suthar, Sweta Samal, Almazyad Yaser, Elaprolu Mallikarjun, Panthi Patel

“…Microbial samples were gathered from the root canals using sterile paper points both before and after irrigation. …”
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