Synergistic antimicrobial and probiotic activity of lactic acid bacteria isolated from Tarkhineh against Candida albicans by Amir Kiani, Yousef Nami, Anahita Barghi, Melika Salehian, Farjam Goudarzi, Babak Haghshenas

“…A total of 60 tarkhineh samples were randomly screened to isolate the probiotic bacterial strains. …”
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Atributos físicos do solo sob diferentes preparos e coberturas influenciados pela distribuição de poros Soil physical attributes under different tillage systems and cover crops, as... by Eurâimi de Q. Cunha, Luís F. Stone, José A. A. Moreira, Enderson P. de B. Ferreira, Agostinho D. Didonet

“…Sunn hemp, pigeon pea, velvet bean, sorghum, and fallow were compared in a randomized block design, with four replications. Samples were taken from soil layers of 0-0.10 and 0.10-0.20 m in November 2007, in the plots and in a near by native forest (Cerrado), for determination of soil organic matter (OM) content and physical attributes. …”
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Intravenous Levosimendan versus Milrinone: Coronary Sinus Lactate and PA Catheter Derived Parameters in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Undergoing Elective Mitral Valve Replac... by Sanjula Virmani, Sukhdev Garg, Indira Malik, Abhas Chandra Dash, Sayyed Ehtesham Hussain Naqvi, Rachna Wadhwa, Harpreet Singh

“…Methods: Thirty patients were randomized into two groups of 15 patients each. Group L (received levosimendan) and Group M (received milrinone). …”
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Integrated Single Superphosphate with Cattle Manure Increased Growth, Yield, and Phosphorus Availability of Maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) Under Rainfed Conditions by Samraiz Ali, Abid Ali

“…Results of this research may further be improved by including rigorous soil samples and field heterogeneity data between the plots and the years, which will provide more clear findings from a combined mixture of organic and inorganic fertilization.…”
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Enhancement effects of seaweed iodine fertilizer application on the iodine contents of rice, vegetables and fruits in the field by HU Chunqin, LI Rui, HONG Chunlai, CAO Wenting, LIU Jiawei, ZHOU Jun, WENG Huanxin

“…Spectrophotometric method was used to detect the iodine contents of crops and soil samples, and one-way analysis of variance was applied to analyze the difference of iodine contents among all treatments.The results suggested that the iodine content in the edible parts of all the tested crops were significantly enhanced (P&lt;0.05) after biofortification by the seaweed iodine fertilizer, including rice, loofah, cucumber, tomato, eggplant, watermelon, edamame, cowpea, etc. …”
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Effect and mechanism of HER2 antibody-drug conjugate combined with anti-PD-1 antibody in mouse bladder cancer models by HE Shuo, TAO Lu, WU Yue

“…When tumors reached 100 mm³, the mice were randomized into (n=10) control (intraperitoneal injection of 1.0 mL PBS), anti-PD-1 (200 µg per mouse every 3 d), HER2-ADC (2.5 mg/kg once weekly), and combination groups (same regimens as above monotherapy). …”
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Preseason neuromuscular versus endurance training leads to greater improvements in isokinetic strength, muscle damage, and inflammation parameters in highly trained female soccer p... by Ali Belamjahad, Claire Tourny, Anthony C. Hackney, Nidhal Jebabli, Naoual Chariba, Fatiha Laziri, Ayoub Saeidi, Ismail Laher, Urs Granacher, Hassane Zouhal

“…Methods Twenty-two highly trained female soccer players with a mean age of 17.0 ± 1.3 years were randomly assigned to a NMT (n = 11) or ET group (n = 11). …”
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Protective effect of ginkgolide on rats with acute kidney injury and its mechanism by YOU Xu, ZHU Xiao-fang, HU Yun-peng, GONG Yang, ZHAO Lei

“…Objective To investigate the protective effect of ginkgolide on acute kidney injury(AKI)rats and its effect on the pathway of AMP activated protein kinase(AMPK)and silent information regulator 1(SIRT1)in kidney tissue.Methods SD rats were randomly divided into control group,AKI model group,low(2.5 mg/kg),medium(5 mg/kg)and high(7.5 mg/kg)dose ginkgolidegroups,with 10 rats in each group.In addition to the control group injected with saline subcutaneously,rats in other groups were injected with gentamicin 80 mg/kg subcutaneously,once a day for 6 days.After establishing the AKI model,rats in the control group and AKI model group were injected intraperitoneally with normal saline,and rats in the ginkgolide groups were injected intraperitoneally with ginkgolide at the corresponding doses,once a day,for a total of 14 days.At one hour after the last administration,the blood and urine of rats in each group were collected,then the rats were killed,and the kidney tissue samples were taken.Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was adopted to detect the contents of serum creatinine(Scr),serum urea nitrogen(BUN),serum inflammatory factor interleukin-6(IL-6),tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α),and neutrophil gelatinase associated lipid transporter(NGAL)and kidney injury factor(KIM-1)in urine;hematoxylin eosin staining(HE)was used to detect the kidney pathological changes in each group;and the contents of superoxide dismutase(SOD)and malondialdehyde(MDA)in kidney tissue were detected withthe kit.Gel electrophoresis mobility shift assay(EMSA)was used to determine the activity of NF-κB in kidney tissue;and Western blot was used to detect the expressions of AMPK/AMPK and SIRT1 in kidney tissue.Results Compared with the Control group,the AKI group showed pathological damages such as disintegration,abscission,vacuolation and degeneration of kidney tubular epithelial cells;the contents of Scr,BUN,NGAL and KIM-1,the contents of TNF-α,IL-6 and MDA in kidney tissues,and the activity of NF-κB in kidney tissue were significantly higher(P<0.05);and the activity of SOD,the protein expressions of pAMPK/AMPK and SIRT1 were significantly lower(P<0.05).Compared with the AKI group,the pathological damage of kidney tubules in the high,middle and low dose ginkgolide groups was alleviated;the contents of Scr,BUN,NGAL,KIM-1,TNF-α,IL-6 and MDA,and the activity of NF-κB in kidney tissue were significantly lower(P<0.05);and the activity of SOD,the protein expressions of pAMPK/AMPK and SIRT1 were significantly higher(P<0.05).Compared with the low dose ginkgolide group,the pathological damage of kidney tubules in the middle and high dose ginkgolide groups was alleviated;the contents of Scr,BUN,NGAL,KIM-1,TNF-α,IL-6 and MDA,and the activity of NF-κB in kidney tissue were significantly lower(P<0.05);and the activity of SOD,the protein expressions of pAMPK/AMPK and SIRT1 were significantly higher(P<0.05).Conclusions By activating AMPK/SIRT1 pathway,ginkgolide may reduce oxidative stress and inflammatory damages of kidney and improve pathological damages of AKI rats.…”
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A combination of three muramyl peptides derived from gramnegative bacteria in immunotherapy of chronic pyodermia by O. V. Kalyuzhin, O. I. Letyaeva, O. R. Ziganshin, D. A. Markeeva, Yu. V. Blokhina, E. S. Fedenko, S. F. Popilyuk

“…Thirty-five men (34.5±10 years) with exacerbation of chronic pyoderma (osteofolliculitis, folliculitis, sycosis, furunculosis) were randomized into two groups matched by age and clinical manifestations of the disease. …”
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Glycine Supplementation Enhances the Growth of Sow-Reared Piglets with Intrauterine Growth Restriction by Shengdi Hu, David W. Long, Fuller W. Bazer, Robert C. Burghardt, Gregory A. Johnson, Guoyao Wu

“…Two weeks after the initiation of glycine supplementation, blood and tissue samples were collected for biochemical analyses. In Experiment 2, rates of muscle protein synthesis in tissues were determined on day 14 using the </span>³<span>H-phenylalanine flooding dose technique. …”
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Combined microbial inoculation and reduced inorganic fertilization enhances diversity and functionality in potato rhizosphere microbiome at field scale by Irene Ollio, Raúl Zornoza, Josefa Contreras Gallego, Catalina Egea-Gilabert, Juan A. Fernández, Eva Lloret

“…Soil samples from the bulk, rhizosphere, and tuberosphere were collected at four key growth stages: pre-planting, pre-inoculation, post-inoculation, and at harvest. …”
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Dynamic alterations and clinical implications of the plasma proteome in pediatric sepsis by Shiyuan Fan, Xinglv Liu, Zichi Zhao, Yanjuan Liu, Yu Jiang, Saizhen Zeng

“…Methods The young mice were randomly divided into sepsis and sham groups(D0), and then the plasma was dissected at D0, Day 1(D1), Day 3(D3), and Day 7(D7) after surgery for additional protein identification by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) proteomics. …”
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95-95-95 HIV indicators among children younger than 15 years in South Africa: results from the 2017 national HIV prevalence, incidence, behaviour, and communication survey by Rindidzani E. Magobo, Musawenkosi Mabaso, Sean Jooste, Lesiba Molopa, Inbarani Naidoo, Leickness Simbayi, Khangelani Zuma, Nompumelelo Zungu, Olive Shisana, Sizulu Moyo

“…Methods The data was collected as part of the 2017 cross-sectional, multistage cluster randomized population-based household National HIV survey. …”
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Zingerone Attenuates Cadmium-Induced Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress and Cognitive Deficit on the Prefrontal Cortex of Adult Wistar Rats by Oviosun A, Oviosun EC, Nto NJ, Memudu AE, Anyanwu EG

“…To determine the cognitive abilities, we used a novel object recognition test (NORT), the whole treatment lasted for 21 days. We used blood samples and brain tissue for histological, biochemical and immunohistochemical evaluations. …”
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Construction of a nomogram prediction model for the pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: a study based on ultrasound and clinicopathologi... by Pingjuan Ni, Yuan Li, Yu Wang, Xiuliang Wei, Wenhui Liu, Mei Wu, Lulu Zhang, Feixue Zhang

“…All patients underwent surgical resection after NAC6 and the samples were sent for histopathological and immunohistochemical examination. …”
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Psychometric properties of early childhood development assessment tools in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review by Aradhana Thapa, Xanthe Hunt, Joshua Jeong, Helen O Pitchik, Lilia Bliznashka, Nazia Binte Ali, Jonathan Seiden, Elizabeth Hentschel, Deanna Olney, Sarah Elizabeth Neville, Aditi Roy, Katherine Solís-Cordero

“…Most psychometric evidence was from urban (n=92, 51%) or urban–rural (n=41, 23%) contexts. Study samples focused on children aged 6–17.9 or 48–59.9 months. …”
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Ecological Risk and Human Health Assessment of Heavy Metals in Sediments of Datong Lake by Gao Li, Rui Chen, Zhen Li, Xin Wu, Kui Xiang, Chiheng Wang, Yi Peng

“…To clarify the current situation of heavy metal contamination in the sediments of Datong Lake, 15 sediment samples were collected from the lake, and the contents of soil heavy metals Cd, As, Pb, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, and Zn were determined. …”
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The Efficacy of Remineralizing Materials on Artificial Enamel Lesions: An In Vitro Study by Gustė Klimaitė, Arūnas Vasiliauskas, Pranas Grinkevičius, Dominyka Grinkevičienė, Deivydas Šapalas

“…Remineralization of enamel was the highest in samples from the P11-4 group (54.1%), followed by the nano-HA group (35.4%), FV group (17.8%), and control group (11.2%). …”
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Sex‐specific disparities in COVID‐19 outcomes by Zubaid Rafique, Valerie Durkalski‐Mauldin, William F. Peacock, Kabir Yadav, Joshua C. Reynolds, Clifton W. Callaway

“…Patients received blinded convalescent plasma or placebo in a 1:1 fashion and were evaluated on days 15 and 30 after infusion. Blood samples were collected on day 0 (pre‐/post‐infusion), 15, and 30 to measure Ab levels with the Broad Institute using the Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test assay. …”
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Potassium fertilization modulates potato (Solanum tuberosum L. V7) yield and rhizosphere microbiome dynamics by Jing Yang, Jing Yang, Xiaodong Han, Qi Li, Dong Wang, Yuankai Li, Ziyi Zhang

“…Rhizosphere soil samples were collected at seedling, tuber initiation, and tuber bulking stages. …”
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