GJD Modulates Cardiac/Vascular Inflammation and Decreases Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Rats by Shadi A. D. Mohammed, Hanxing Liu, Salem Baldi, Pingping Chen, Fang Lu, Shumin Liu

“…Six weeks following treatment, all rats were anesthetized. The blood samples were obtained from the abdominal aorta and then serum isolated to assess endothelin-1 and angiotensin II, interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6, and TNF-alpha. …”
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Sinapic Acid Ameliorates Cadmium-Induced Hepatotoxicity: Modulation of Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Apoptosis by Yomna A. Farahat, Norhan M. El-Sayed, Reem M. Hazem, Eman T. Mehanna, Asmaa Radwan

“…Serum was collected to evaluate liver function. Liver samples were collected for histopathological examination and the assessment of markers related to oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis. …”
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Multi-omics reveals effects of diet FNDF/starch level on growth performance and rumen development of Hu sheep by Haibi Zhao, Jiqing Wang, Zhiyun Hao, Pengfei Yin, Shanglong Wang, Yanli Guo, Chunyan Ren

“…A total of 3,907 metabolites were annotated by metabolomic analysis of the rumen content samples and the differential metabolites were mainly enriched in amino acid metabolism, cofactor and vitamin metabolism and lipid metabolism. …”
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Assessing Impacts of Different Land Use Types on Soil Properties ın Asa and Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria by Folasade Mary OWOADE, Abolakale Olaolu ABOLARIN

“…Six villages noted for farming were randomly visited and in each village, three farms planted each with maize-cassava intercrop, cashew plantation and natural forest were sampled at 0-20 cm depth for laboratory analysis of particle size, pH, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, exchangeable cations and extractable micronutrients. …”
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The correlation between the level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and residency of multiple sclerosis patients in Montenegro – higher levels only in men in the north of the countr... by Vujisić Slavica, Vodopić Sanja, Idrizović Zilha, Radulović Ljiljana

“…A total of 196 patients, from North and South of Montenegro, aged 18 to 65 years, with confirmed diagnosis of MS were recruited for the study. Serum samples were collected for 25(OH)D measurement. Control group consisted of 196 health controls, randomly selected from medical staff employed in health centers from three cities in North and Clinical Centre of Montenegro from the South. …”
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Four-year trajectory of Korean youth mental health and impacts of school environment and school counselling: a observational study using national schools database by Seongjun Park, Dayoung Lee, Song Jung, Hyun Ju Hong

“…Objectives This study aimed to investigate changes in the mental health status of South Korean adolescents at a school level and identify school-related factors affecting these changes.Design A retrospective data analysis, population study.Setting South Korean high schools from 2013 to 2016.Participants Randomly sampled 827 schools (316 834 boys and 299 304 girls)Primary outcome measures Mean scores of the Adolescent Mental Health and Problem Behavior Questionnaire-II (AMPQ-II), a school-based mental health screening test, were used to explore changes in youth mental health. …”
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Bioaccumulation of lead, arsenic and mercury in vital organs of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.): Assessment of pathological effects and possible hazards associated with human cons... by Eqbal Salman Najem, Safaa Alloul Hussein, Ali Majhool Kane, Ali Ibrahim Ali Al-Ezzy

“…Results: Bioaccumulation of arsenic and lead in liver, gill and muscle samples was within and less than the permissible limit set by WHO while the bioaccumulation of mercury exceeds the permissible limits set by WHO. …”
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Effects of residual black wolfberry fruit on growth performance, rumen fermentation parameters, microflora and economic benefits of fattening sheep by Liangzhong Hou, Pingping Duan, Yuxia Yang, Ali Mujtaba Shah, Jinlong Li, Congbin Xu, Tongjun Guo

“…To this end, each group was fed with a different proportion of RBWF (0%, 2%, 5%, 8%), and rumen fluid samples were collected to detect differences in fermentation parameters and microbial structure.ResultsThe findings indicate that the dry matter intake, OM and NDF apparent digestibility of Duolang sheep in the H2 group were found to be significantly higher than those observed in the other groups (P < 0.05). …”
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Mindful moms: acceptability and impact of co-designed and digitally delivered video meditations for pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder by Sarah E. Lord, Deepika Rao

“…Findings inform directions for future research with larger samples to evaluate the effectiveness of this accessible digital intervention to support women in recovery and strategies for broadly implementing the intervention.…”
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Effects of 12-week integrative neuromuscular training on muscular fitness and sex differences in response to intervention in five- to six-year-old preschoolers by Zhihai Wang, Jiayu Zang, Zhaohong Wang, Daniel T.P. Fong, Dan Wang

“…Data were analyzed using an independent samples T-test and a two-way repeated-measures ANOVA. …”
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Efficacy and safety of moderate-intensity rosuvastatin plus ezetimibe versus high-intensity rosuvastatin monotherapy in the treatment of composite cardiovascular events with hyperc... by Lingyan Liu, Yongkun Deng, Lei Li, Xingbiao Yang, Zhaoheng Yin, Yong Lai

“…Future validation is needed with more long-term high-quality large samples.…”
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Comparison of The Fiber Characteristics of the Some Cotton Varieties Ginned by Using Sawgin and Rollergin by Sevtap Kartal, Lale Efe

“…In the obtained lint cotton samples, a number of fiber characteristics were determined by using HVI and AFIS fiber analysis devices. …”
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Effects of bacteriophage cocktail supplementation in gestation diet on reproductive performance, blood profile, milk composition, and fecal microflora of sows by Jinsu Hong, Geon Il Lee, Jae-Cheol Jang, Yoo Yong Kim

“…Body weight and backfat thickness were measured during the trial along with blood collection for immunoglobulin analysis. Fecal samples were collected on 4, 6, 8, and 10 weeks of gestation period to examine fecal microflora. …”
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Comparative effects of L. and probiotic on performance and health parameters of broiler chickens challenged by dexamethasone-induced stress by Seyed Heidar Hayatolgheibi, Mahdi Hedayati, Saeed Khalaji, Hossein Rajaei-Sharifabadi, Ahmad Reza Seradj

“…Methods A total of 300 one-day-old chicks were enrolled in a completely randomized design with a factorial arrangement of six treatments, in each consisting five replicates of 10 chicks. …”
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Melatonin administered postoperatively lowers oxidative stress and inflammation and significantly recovers heart function in patients undergoing CABG surgery by Neshat Mohammadi, Mehdi Alizadeh, Samad Akbarzadeh, Mikaeeil Rezaei, Marzieh Mahmoodi, Thomas Netticadan, Ali Movahed

“…Methods A total of 60 CABG patients in the postoperative period were included in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. …”
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Hydroxychloroquine increases the exposure of methotrexate in plasma and red blood cells: a pharmacokinetic interaction study in rats in vivo by Guijie Zhang, Rui Wang, Geping Chen, Simin Liu, Hongyu Jie, Wenying Chen, Qiang Li

“…However, the pharmacokinetics (PK) alterations and underlying mechanisms differentiating MTX-HCQ combination therapy from MTX monotherapy remain uncharted.MethodsThirty-three Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into single-dose and multiple-dose groups, with each group further randomized into an MTX monotherapy group an Hydroxychloroquine monotherapy group (HTG), and an MTX-HCQ combination therapy group Blood samples were collected at various time points before and after dosing to determine drug concentrations in plasma and red blood cells (RBC). …”
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THE EFFECT OF CORIANDER LEAF EXTRACT TOWARDS KIDNEY HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FEATURES ON WISTAR RAT INDUCED BY ORALLY ADMINISTERED MERCURY by Manda Petrina, Ika Pawitra Miranti, Nani Maharani, Intan Rahmania Eka Dini

“…Objective: To examine the nephroprotective activity of coriander leaf extract towards Wistar rat’s proximal tubules induced with orally administered mercury Methods: : Experimental study with post test only control group design using 20 male Wistar rats divided randomly into 4 groups as samples. Group K0 without treatment, Group K(-) was administered 10 mg/ kgBW mercury chloride orally, Group P1 was administered 10 mg/kgBW mercury chloride and 100 mg/kgBW coriander leaf extract orally, and Group P2 was administered 10 mg/kgBW  mercury chloride and 200 mg/kgBW coriander leaf extract orally. …”
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Exploration on factors influencing HLA-C molecular expression level by flow cytometry by LI Yunan, JIANG Renhui, CAI Siqi, LIU Jie, DENG Zhihui

“…[Methods] A total of 12 hematopoietic stem cell suspension samples from peripheral hematopoietic stem cell volunteer donors were randomly collected after CD34+ cell counting detection. …”
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The effect of Point Mutations in Dihydrofolate reductase genes and Multidrug resistance gene 1-86 on treatment of falciparum malaria in Sudan by Rahma Udu Yusuf, Sabah Ahmed Omar, Raphael Muchangi Ngure

“…Molecular analysis of filter paper preserved blood samples collected was carried out to provide a baseline estimate of allele prevalences. …”
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Experiences of and response to the COVID-19 pandemic at private retail pharmacies in Kenya: a mixed-methods study by Edwine Barasa, Sassy Molyneux, Jacinta Nzinga, Audrey Mumbi, Peter Mwangi Mugo, Daniella Munene, Collins Jaguga, Davy Odhiambo, Elizabeth Ominde-Ogaja, Mercy Maina, Michael Mungoma, Nadia Butt, Sultani Matendechero, Titus Kahiga, Eric Sedah, Sylvia Opanga

“…Objectives To assess experiences of and response to the COVID-19 pandemic at community pharmacies in Kenya.Design, setting and participants This was a mixed-methods study conducted from November 2020 to April 2021, targeting service providers in three counties (Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu), selected purposively to represent the main urban centres; pharmacies were selected randomly from a list of licensed pharmacies.Results Of 195 sampled pharmacies, 108 (55%) completed a questionnaire and 103 (53%) received a simulated client call; 18 service providers were interviewed. …”
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