Indicators of kidney function in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) fed with the inclusion of pisonay (Erythrina edulis) meal of three regrowth ages by Jennefer Vega Cruz, Ruth Ramos-Zuñiga, Ludwing Angel Cárdenas-Villanueva

“…Blood samples we´re taken to determine serum activity using commercial kits (Valtek Diagnostics) for photometry. …”
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Characterization of metabolic and inflammatory responses following administration of three commercially available Mannheimia haemolytica vaccines to beef heifers by Colten W. Dornbach, Nicole C. Burdick Sanchez, Jacob Hagenmaier, Michael S. Brown, Jeff A. Carroll, Kristin E. Hales, Paul R. Broadway

“…To evaluate the acute physiological and immunological responses to Mannheimia haemolytica vaccines, weaned heifers (n = 32; body weight [BW] = 296 ± 6.4 kg) were used in a completely randomized design. Heifers were balanced by BW and randomly assigned to one of three vaccine treatments: Nuplura PH (Elanco, Greenfield, IN; NP), OneShot (Zoetis, Parsippany, NJ; OS), or Presponse SQ (Boehringer Ingelheim, St. …”
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The Effect of the Hydroalcoholic Extract of Watercress on the Levels of Protein Carbonyl, Inflammatory Markers, and Vitamin E in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients by Moslem Sedaghattalab, Marzieh Razazan, Mohsen Shahpari, Nahid Azarmehr, Rozina Abbasi Larki, Hossein Sadeghi, Arash Asfaram, Tahere Taheri, Aminollah Pourshohod, Zahra Moslemi, Kazem Abbaszadeh-Goudarzi, Amir Hossein Doustimotlagh

“…This was a double-blind randomized clinical trial performed on 46 hemodialysis patients. …”
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Evidence for the medicinal value of Squama Manitis (pangolin scale): A systematic review by Xinyao Jin, Hui Zi Chua, Keyi Wang, Nan Li, Wenke Zheng, Wentai Pang, Fengwen Yang, Bo Pang, Mingyan Zhang, Junhua Zhang

“…All the non-RCTs did not add any valuable evidence to the efficacy of Squama Manitis beacause of small samples, incomplete records, non-standardized outcome detection. …”
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No Signs of Inflammation during Knee Surgery with Ischemia: A Study Involving Inhaled Nitric Oxide by Lars Hållström, Claes Frostell, Anders Herrlin, Eva Lindroos, Ingrid Lundberg, Anne Soop

“…Blood samples were collected before surgery, at the end of the surgery, and 2 hours postoperatively. …”
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PREVALENCE OF GATRO-INTESTINAL PARASITES IN Clarias gariepinus SOLD IN IBADAN CENTRAL MARKET, IBADAN, NIGERIA by Ayodele OP, Ajayi OT, Olawepo KD, Akosile TO, Uhunamure CO, Eimunjeze CA, Ojo-Daniel HA, Akanbi IO, Fafioye OO, Oladunjoye RY, Bamidele JA

“…Due to increasing catfish demand and limited research on market-sold fish, forty (40) C. gariepinus samples of varying sizes were randomly purchased and transported alive to the Fish Biology Laboratory, University of Ibadan. …”
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Evaluating the effect of allelopathic stress of Silybum marianum Gaertn (L.) and Malva sylvestris L. on the cress (Lepidium sativum L.) sensitive to allelochemicals in order to red... by Ebrahim Gholamalipour Alamdari, Meisam Habibi, Hematollah Pirdashti, Maral Babayani, Shirin Shoja

“…To extract the samples, after collecting and drying them, first 5 g of the plant powder of each organ (weight) was extracted separately with 100 ml of distilled water as solvent (volume). …”
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Glycemia and lactacidemia in eventing horses in a high-speed treadmill test by Caroline Rodrigues, Ananda Buzzetti, Isabella Nothaft, Beatriz Cavalcante, Maria Izabel Almeida, Cristiane Baldani, Fernando Queiroz Almeida

“…Fifteen eventing Brazilian Sport horses were used in two experimental trials in a completely randomized design. In the first trial, a glycemic index test was performed with four horses and the glycemic response was evaluated after concentrate ration intake. …”
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Cultural adaptation of an evidence-based intervention to address mental health among youth affected by armed conflict in Colombia: An application of the ADAPT-ITT approach and FRAM... by María Pineros-Leano, Alethea Desrosiers, Natalia Piñeros-Leaño, Andrés Moya, Catalina Canizares-Escobar, Lyann Tam, Theresa S. Betancourt

“…Future studies using randomized designs are needed to test the effectiveness of the YRI for improving mental health among larger samples of Colombian conflict-affected youth. …”
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Genotype B of deformed wing virus and related recombinant viruses become dominant in European honey bee colonies by Fabrice Sircoulomb, Eric Dubois, Frank Schurr, Pierrick Lucas, Marina Meixner, Alicia Bertolotti, Yannick Blanchard, Richard Thiéry

“…In this study, we quantified both DWV genotypes by real-time PCR from pools or individual honey bees and from V. destructor mites sampled in 15 European countries between 2010 and 2017. …”
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Vaginal Administration of Progesterone in Twin Gestation: Influence on Bone Turnover and Oxidative Stress by María Puche-Juarez, Juan M. Toledano, Jorge Moreno-Fernandez, Javier Diaz-Castro, Javier Sánchez-Romero, María Mar Gil, Valeria Rolle, Aníbal Nieto-Díaz, Julio J. Ochoa, Catalina De Paco Matallana

“…A total of 600 mg/day of progesterone was vaginally administered from 11 to 14 to 34 weeks of gestation. Blood samples were taken in the first (T1) and third trimester (T3), analyzing biomarkers related to oxidative stress and bone turnover. …”
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Effect of a bovine manure vermicompost leachate on yield of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) hybrid Nathalie by Eduardo Fidel Héctor Ardisana, Antonio Torres García, Osvaldo Alberto Fosado Téllez, José Lincoln Cedeño Guerra, Juan Bautista Zambrano Alcívar

“…The yield per hectare in the experimental treatments was estimated from the total weight of the fruits obtained in the four harvests and the area occupied by the plants sampled. Results No substantial agronomic differences were observed in the growth variables nor in the total chlorophyll content between the experimental treatments. …”
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Evaluating Impact of Image Transformations on Adversarial Examples by Pu Tian, Sathvik Poreddy, Charitha Danda, Chihnita Gowrineni, Yalong Wu, Weixian Liao

“…While methods, such as adversarial training, have been proposed to defend against adversarial attacks, they incur additional training costs, either extra input samples or auxiliary models. In this work, we propose an efficient approach to deploying robust models that utilize image transformations to remove adversarial noises. …”
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Identification of key genes underlying radiosensitivity and radioresistance in endometrial cancer through integrated bioinformatics analysis by Chunhui Wan, Lei Zhang, Ting Yu, Hui Lu, Han Xiao, Juan Du

“…Applied Lasso regression and randomized survival forest model to identify key genes. …”
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Machine learning-assisted high-throughput prediction and experimental validation of high-responsivity extreme ultraviolet detectors by R. A. W. Ayyubi, Mei Xian Low, Salar Salimi, Majid Khorsandi, M. Mosarof Hossain, Hurriyat Arooj, Shoaib Masood, M. Husnain Zeb, Nasir Mahmood, Qiaoliang Bao, Sumeet Walia, Babar Shabbir

“…Our predictive model, based on Extremely Randomized Trees, correlates physical descriptors with performance across different spectral regions using a comprehensive dataset of 1927 samples. …”
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Metabolomic profiles impacted by brief mindfulness intervention with contributions to improved health by Yi-Yuan Tang, Jeffrey S. Patterson, Rongxiang Tang, Jinhua Chi, Ngoc Bao Phuong Ho, Dorothy D. Sears, Haiwei Gu

“…Untargeted metabolomics was performed on fasting serum samples to investigate the physiological effects of the interventions on metabolic profiles. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Gastrointestinal Helminths among Indigenous Donkeys (Equus asinus) in Northeastern Nigeria by Saleh Mohammed Jajere, Jallailudeen Rabana Lawal, Amina Mohammed Bello, Yakaka Wakil, Usman Aliyu Turaki, Ibrahim Waziri

“…A total of six hundred fresh faecal samples were randomly collected from indigenous donkeys of varying age, sex, and settlements. …”
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Deregulation of Regulatory T Cells in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Rat Model by Shunlan Ni, Shanshan Li, Naibin Yang, Xinyue Tang, Shengguo Zhang, Danping Hu, Mingqin Lu

“…All rats were classified into two groups randomly: ACLF group and ALF group (control group). …”
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Evaluation of Adaptive Responses of <i>Juglans neotropica</i> Diels Progenies Based on Dasometric Traits by Raúl Armando Ramos-Veintimilla, Fernando Romero-Cañizares, Mariela González-Narváez, Roy Vera-Velez, Mario García-Mora

“…Therefore, a prompt ex situ and in situ conservation effort is needed for its conservation and restoration. (2) Methods: A total of 439 trees of <i>J. neotropica</i> Diels were sampled from selected individuals across the northern and central regions of Ecuador. …”
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Potential Clinical Use of CytoSorb^® for Ticagrelor and Rivaroxaban Elimination Prior to Emergency Orthopedic Surgery in Trauma Patients by Gabriele Melegari, Fabio Gazzotti, Federica Arturi, Elisabetta Bertellini, Andrea Tognù, Domenico Pietro Santonastaso, Matteo Villani, Francesca Coppi, Fabrizio Fattorini, Fabio Catani, Alberto Barbieri

“…Findings may inform future randomized trials and protocol standardization.…”
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