Prevalence of <i>Streptococcus mutans</i> and <i>Candida dubliniensis</i> in Plaque of Caries-free and Caries-active 3–6-year-old Children by Using Polymerase Chain Reaction: A Cli... by Poornima Parameshwarappa, Yanina Singh, Mebin G Mathew, Mallikarjuna Kenchappa, Nagaveni Nandanhosur Basavanthappa, Roopa Korishettar

“…Material and methods: A total of 18 CA and CF children in the age group of 3–6 years were randomly selected. Plaque samples were collected using sterile micro brushes from teeth. …”
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Prolonged Impact of Bisphosphonates and Glucocorticoids on Bone Mechanical Properties by Alaa Mansour, Zaher Jabbour, Ammar Alsheghri, Amir Elhadad, Karla R. Berridi, Hanan Moussa, Jose Luis Ramirez-Garcialuna, Iskandar Tamimi, Sailer Santos dos Santos, Janet Henderson, Jun Song, Faleh Tamimi

“…The rats received weekly intraperitoneal injections for 8 weeks, which were stopped 6 weeks before euthanasia. Mineralized bone samples were characterized by three-point bending tests, micro-CT imaging, X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). …”
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Variations in the milk lipidomic profile of lactating dairy cows fed the diets containing alfalfa hay versus alfalfa silage by Kaizhen Liu, Meiqing Chen, Guoxin Huang, Chuanyou Su, Wenhao Tang, Ning Li, Jiyong Yang, Xufang Wu, Boxue Si, Shengguo Zhao, Nan Zheng, Yangdong Zhang, Jiaqi Wang

“…The contents of sphingomyelins, phosphatidylserines, phosphatidylethanolamines, and phosphatidylglycerols in the AHAS and AS samples were higher than in the AH samples, although the differences were not statistically significant. …”
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Investigating the effects of dietary and management modifications on Salmonella enterica population in harvest-ready beef cattle by Yesica Botero, Kasi Schneid, Kendall L. Samuelson, John T. Richeson, Ty E. Lawrence, Gizem Levent

“…Fecal, hide, lymph node, and soil samples were collected from study cattle, resulting in 863 fecal samples, 309 hide swabs, 131 lymph nodes, and 288 composite pen samples. …”
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Genetic Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of <i>Babesia bigemina</i> Isolates in Cattle from South Africa Based on <i>BgRAP-1</i>, <i>BgAMA-1</i> and <i>BgβTUB</i> Genes by Phillip Senzo Mtshali, Moses Sibusiso Mtshali

“…PCR-generated fragments of randomly selected samples were sequenced. BLAST searches in GenBank were performed with newly determined sequences to search for homologous sequences. …”
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Investigation of the Protective Effects of Dexmedetomidine, Midazolam, Propofol, and Intralipid on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Rats with Lidocaine-Induced Toxicity by Kucun MK, Guler EM, Saracoglu A, Yildirim M, Demirtas C, Serdogan F, Beyaztas H, Aktas S, Kacan M, Gaszynski T, Ratajczyk P, Saracoglu KT

“…Despite an increase in oxidative stress in brain tissue samples across all groups, it was found that all groups exhibited antioxidant protective effects (p < 0.05). …”
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Effect of Three Different Concentrations of Sodium Hypochlorite on the Solubility of Bulk Fill Restorative Composite Resin: An In-vitro Study by Anuradha Patil, Snehal Kalsekar, MV Sumanthini, Divya Naik, Aditya Kiran Shinde, Shreshtha Mukherjee

“…Samples were randomly divided into Group I (distilled water), Group II (1% NaOCl), Group III (3% NaOCl), and Group IV (5% NaOCl), with six samples in each group. …”
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Nanoparticles Induced Biomimetic Remineralization of Acid-Etched Dentin by Venu Babu Devalla, B Srinidhi.v, S Pushpa, Taufin Neha, Sai naveen Pilli, Pakalapti Dharma Rayudu

“…After etching of the prepared cavity, the samples were randomly divided into four groups (n=10) as follows: (1) control group(c) (n=10) (2) Nano-hydroxyapatite (nHAP) (n=10) (3) Chitosan-nanohydroxyapatite (Chi-nHAP) (n=10) (4) Mesoporous silica-hydrox-yapatite (MS-nHAP) (n=10). …”
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Determinants of Physicochemical Composition of Palm Oil Mill Effluent - Implications on Environment and Bio-digester Treatment Design by E.B. Tambe, A.U. Okonkwo, I. E. Mbuka-Nwosu, C.O. Cookey, E. Agbe, S.C. Onwusa, I.N. Ekpe, U.F. Evuen, J. Okpoghono

“…Survey research design was used. From a randomly sampled small-scaled mill in each community, and for the lone medium and large-scaled mills, four homogenous samples of POME were collected from sampled small, medium and large-scaled mills for laboratory analysis of potential of hydrogen (pH), dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total carbon (TC), total solid (TS), total suspended solid (TSS), total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), Manganese (Mn), Nickel (Ni), Iron (Fe), Copper (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Potassium (K), total phosphorus (TP), Calcium (Ca), and Magnesium (Mg) using standard methods for wastewater analysis as described in American Public Health Association. …”
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The role of the oral microbiota in the causal effect of adjunctive antibiotics on clinical outcomes in stage III–IV periodontitis patients by Sven Kleine Bardenhorst, Daniel Hagenfeld, Johannes Matern, Karola Prior, Inga Harks, Peter Eickholz, Katrin Lorenz, Ti-Sun Kim, Thomas Kocher, Jörg Meyle, Doğan Kaner, Yvonne Jockel-Schneider, Dag Harmsen, Benjamin Ehmke

“…Methods Subgingival plaque samples from 10 periodontally healthy and 163 periodontitis patients from a randomized clinical trial on periodontal therapy were analyzed. …”
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Bioefficacy of some biorational insecticides for the control of Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877, (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on greenhouse grown cucumber by Mohammad Saeed Emami

“…Samplings were carried out one day before spraying and 3, 7, 14 and 21 days after spraying. …”
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Respons Bibit Kelapa Sawit terhadap Berbagai Jenis Bokashi dan Pupuk NPK pada Fase Pre-nursery by Egidius Erido Ridi, Iwan Sasli, Tris Haris Ramadhan

“…The experiment was repeated 3 times and consisted of 9 samples so that 405 experimental units were obtained. …”
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Safety and immunogenicity of Ad5-nCoV administered intradermally by needle-free injector in rats by Li Chen, Li Chen, Xiaoyin Zhang, Lairun Jin, Lihua Hou, Fengcai Zhu, Fengcai Zhu, Jingxin Li, Jingxin Li

“…Blood samples were collected on day 0 before vaccination, and day 7, day 14, day 21 and day 28 after vaccination. …”
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Principles and Rules of the Analysis of the Single Words of the Quran in the View of The Qamus of the Quran by Mohammad ali Mahdavirad, Seyyed Mohammad Musavi Moqaddam, Motahhare sadat Tayyeb hosseini

“…Using a descriptive-analytical method, the present article explores the principles and rules of lexicology of the Quran from the viewpoint of The Qamus of the Quran. The extracted samples have been selected randomly. Studying the book and discovering and examining the principles and rules used by the author, it is understood that the author has systematically explained the words of the Quran with the use of various authentic works and based on clear principles and rules. …”
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<p><strong>Edaphic mites of the cohort Gamasina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in the Botanical Garden of Nowshahr, Iran</strong></p> by Sepideh Saberi, Shahrooz Kazemi, Ali Ahadyiat

“… A faunistic survey was carried out on edaphic mites of the cohort Gamasina in the Botanical (Ecological) Garden of Nowshahr, Mazandaran Province, Iran, since winter 2015 to winter 2016. The samples were taken from habitats randomly. A total of 34 species belonging to 20 genera, 12 families and five superfamilies were collected and identified from which the genus Gamasolaelaps Berlese, 1904 and two species, G. whartoni (Farrier, 1957) and Pergamasus brevicornis Berlese, 1903, are reported for the first time from Iran. …”
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The Influence of Principals' Problem-Solving Competence on Teacher Performance by Firda Dwi Rahmawati, Adib Abdushomad, Vasavvi Acharjya, Sinta Gisthi

“…Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS version 17. Samples were taken randomly from 181 teachers. The collected data were analyzed mathematically. …”
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Clustering technique for analysing environmental attitude among undergraduate students in Purulia district, West Bengal by Subir Sen, Surajit Mahato, Ramesh Chandra Mahato, Bishal Das

“…Using a descriptive survey method with randomly sampled participants, the study employs the "Environmental Attitude Scale" developed by Uzun et al. (2019) and statistical techniques such as the Product Moment Method for calculate and Two-Step Clustering techniques. …”
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Serious Games for Stroke Telerehabilitation of Upper Limb - A Review for Future Research by Paula Amorim, Beatriz Sousa Santos, Paulo Dias, Samuel Silva, Henrique Martins

“…The use of VR serious games has shown evidence of efficacy on upper limb TR after stroke, but the evidence strength is still low due to a limited number of randomized controlled trials (RCT), a small number of participants involved, and heterogeneous samples. …”
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Optimizing TSP-MMC Performance in Non-Homogeneous Environments by Yessica Yazmín Calderon-Segura, Gennadiy Burlak, Jośe Antonio García Pacheco

“…This technique could be applied to visualize blood vessels in both static and dynamic contexts, making it useful in the biological field for cellular and bacterial samples. …”
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Programmable Multiwavelength Achromatic Focusing and Imaging Through Scattering Media by Jietao Liu, Jiannan Wang, Wei Li, Xueying Sun, Lei Zhu, Chengfei Guo, Xiaopeng Shao

“…Optical imaging and focusing through complex samples is a challenge with important applications in many fields. …”
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