Neuroimaging studies of acupuncture for depressive disorder: a systematic review of published papers from 2014 to 2024 by Dezhi Lin, Qiang Ren, Yangxu Ou, Longlong Li, Dezhong Peng, Sha Yang

“…These studies featured a combined sample size of 1138 participants. All studies employed magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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Structured training on gross motor skills and physical fitness in 4–5-year-old children by Sheng Quan, Yutong Liao, Yulin Ji, Shuwen Zheng

“…This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a structured physical training program in improving Chinese preschool children's gross motor development and physical fitness.MethodA sample of 80 children aged 4 to 5 from Fujian, China, were randomly assigned to the intervention group (N = 41), which received a 15-week structured physical training, while the control group (N = 39) continued with their daily physical activity. …”
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Evaluation of efficacy of digital or virtual bite registration over conventional techniques- A systematic review by Priyanjali Paul, Tridib Nath Banerjee, Saurav Banerjee, Anasua Debnath

“…The review focused on the accuracy of digital or virtual bite registration and covered a variety of study formats, including randomized controlled trials, clinical studies, and in-vitro investigations. …”
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Efficiency of casein phosphopeptide amorphous calcium phosphate versus topical fluorides on remineralizing early enamel carious lesions – A systematic review and meta analysis by P. Rahmath Meeral, Srisakthi Doraikannan, Meignana Arumugham Indiran

“…Study selection: 41 studies were reviewed and 11 selected for inclusion in the final sample for the review. All were randomized clinical trials with the follow-up period of the studies ranging from 3 to 12 months. …”
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Carryover effects of 4 daily rumen drenches of maize gluten meal and rumen-protected essential amino acids initiated immediately after calving by C.K. Reynolds, L.A. Crompton, A.K. Jones, C.G. Bartram

“…Cows were fed a TMR for ad libitum consumption and at 7 DIM cows were moved from calving boxes to a cubicle yard, and measurements of daily DMI and milk yield and weekly milk composition, BW, and BCS were obtained through wk 12 postpartum. A blood plasma sample obtained at 7 DIM was analyzed for metabolite, protein, and albumin concentration. …”
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Effects of Arachidonic Acid Supplementation on Acute Anabolic Signaling and Chronic Functional Performance and Body Composition Adaptations. by Eduardo O De Souza, Ryan P Lowery, Jacob M Wilson, Matthew H Sharp, Christopher Brooks Mobley, Carlton D Fox, Hector L Lopez, Kevin A Shields, Jacob T Rauch, James C Healy, Richard M Thompson, Jacob A Ormes, Jordan M Joy, Michael D Roberts

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Thirty strength-trained males (age: 20.4 ± 2.1 yrs) were randomly divided into two groups: ARA or placebo (i.e. …”
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Characteristics of the Autonomic Nervous System State in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with the Different Activity Degree According to the Indices of Heart Rate Variab... by Abrahamovych U.

“…Based on the reduced total spectral power in patients with SLE, an unbalance of the autonomic NS is observed due to the predominance of the sympathetic NS, especially expressed in the sample before the physical activity.…”
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Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Blood Pressure in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials by Rasoul Ebrahimi, Mohammad Mahdi Masouri, Amir Abbas Salehi Amniyeh Khozani, Sana Mohammad Soltani, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi

“…Conclusion The current evidence on the effect of vitamin D supplementation on blood pressure in patients with T1DM remains inconclusive. Nonetheless, more randomized controlled studies with larger sample sizes and longer follow‐up durations are essential to establish the association between vitamin D and BP in this population.…”
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Thematic Curriculum and Academic Performance of Pupils in Upper Primary Classes: A Case of Selected Primary Schools in Kamwezi Sub-County Rukiga District. by Natukunda, Millia

“…The study adopted a descriptive-analytical cross-section survey as a research design, and a sample size of 84 respondents that included headteachers, teachers, and pupils who were both purposively and randomly selected respectively. …”
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The Role of Faith Bases Organizations in Enhancement of the Social Welfare Among the Rural Poor Households in Nyamweru sub-county, Kabale district; A case Study of Caritas Kabale d... by Hategekimana, Donisian

“…The study used a case study design which was backed up by qualitative approach. The study used a sample size of 80 respondents and these were selected both randomly and purposively. …”
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Integrating human services and criminal justice data with claims data to predict risk of opioid overdose among Medicaid beneficiaries: A machine-learning approach. by Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic, Julie M Donohue, Eric G Hulsey, Susan Barnes, Yuan Li, Courtney C Kuza, Qingnan Yang, Jeanine Buchanich, James L Huang, Christina Mair, Debbie L Wilson, Walid F Gellad

“…This prognostic study included Medicaid beneficiaries (n = 237,259) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania enrolled between 2015 and 2018, randomly divided into training, testing, and validation samples. …”
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GEO combined with quantitative protein trait loci identify causative proteins in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Bo Li, Xu Zhao, Yan Ding, Yi Zhang

“…These DEGs were compared with pQTL data to identify protein phenotypes suitable for Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. A two‐sample MR analysis was performed to assess the causal association between these protein phenotypes and HCM. …”
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Proteomics and lipidomics analysis of the breast muscles to investigate the effect of dietary copper level on the meat quality of pigeons by Bo Zhang, Wenli Liu, Li Shen, Yusheng Gao, Yuxin Shao, Yipu Li, Yangyang Wang, Dongdong Zhao, Jing Li, Zheng Wang

“…Feeding by parent pigeons, the squabs were reared to 28 days of age and then used for sampling and analyses. The result showed that copper deficiency led to increased lipid accumulation in the breast muscle, raising levels of total lipids, triglycerides, cholesterol, and free fatty acids, which impaired shear force and meat texture. …”
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Effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Interventions in the Management of Pediatric Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review by Abel Checa-Peñalver, Cristina Lírio-Romero, Esther A. Luiz Ferreira, Sonsoles Hernandes-Iglesias, Inmaculada García-Valdivieso, Juan Manuel Pérez-Pozuelo, Sagrario Gómez-Cantarino

“…The risk of bias was assessed using RoB2 for randomized trials and ROBINS-I for non-randomized studies. (3) Results: A total of 11 studies involving 1739 children were included, assessing interventions such as cognitive behavioral therapy, personalized psychosocial follow-up programs, hypnotherapy, music therapy, and digital tools. …”
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Two-week supplementation of Bifidobacterium adolescentis iVS-1 reduces symptoms associated with lactose intolerance in lactose maldigesters by Monica Ramakrishnan, Tzu-Wen L. Cross, Anna Clapp Organski, Sindusha Mysore Saiprasad, Abigayle M. R. Simpson, Daniel J. Tancredi, Mallory J. Van Haute, Chloe M. Christensen, Zachery T. Lewis, Thomas A. Auchtung, Jens Walter, Robert Hutkins, Dennis A. Savaiano

“…We previously isolated a strain of Bifidobacterium adolescentis, iVS-1, from the fecal sample of a human donor after consumption of galactooligosaccharides (GOS), a prebiotic derived from lactose. …”
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Immediate Respiratory Warm-Up Effect on Dynamic Inspiratory Muscle Strength in Cardiac Surgery Candidates by Bahareh Mehregan Far, Sedigheh Sadat Naimi, Mohsen Abedi, Seyed Ahmad Raeissadat, Mahmood Beheshti Monfared, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban

“…Materials and Methods: This study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial. Forty participants scheduled for heart surgeries were randomly assigned to either the study (RWU between two tests) or control (without RWU) groups. …”
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Investigating the Relationship between Changes in the Expression Level of the CLU Gene and the Prognosis of Gastric Cancer Patients by Arezoo Farhadi, Erfan Cheraghi, Nastaran Farahani, Fatemeh Khodabandehloo, Mohammad Foad Heidari, Reza Heydari, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mahmood Vahidi, Javad Behroozi

“…Using data from two additional cohorts, we confirmed that CLU gene expression was consistently lower in tumor samples compared to normal samples. At all stages of gastric cancer, CLU expression was significantly reduced compared to adjacent normal tissue. …”
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π-π2max: Bridging molecular characteristics to crystal packing in nitro-containing two-dimensional energetic materials by Xiaokai He, Chao Chen, Zhixiang Zhang, Linyuan Wen, Yiding Ma, Yilin Cao, Yingzhe Liu

“…Furthermore, the proposed model shows superior classification predictive performance compared to typical machine learning methods, such as random forest, on the external validation samples. …”
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The role of MALAT1 and UCA1 long non‐coding RNAs on the prognosis of patients with glioblastoma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Sedighe Hooshmandi, Ehsan Jangholi, Amirreza Heidarian, Mahsa Dehghani, Ali Ghassemi, Aida Heidary, Ali Rezvanimehr, Erfan Sadeghi, Seyed Mohammad Ghodsi, Mohammad Hoseinian, Mostafa Farzin, Hamid Zaferani Arani, Mahmoudreza Hadjighassem

“…Among 1553 initially founded records, 13 studies were enrolled in the final analysis, consisting of 915 and 257 samples in the MALAT1 and UCA1 groups, respectively. …”
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Effects of dietary aluminosilicate on growth performance, frequency of diarrhea, and blood profiles of weaned pigs by Jinuk Nam, Jong Nam Kim, Hyeun Bum Kim, Jin Ho Cho, Yonghee Kim, Jinmu Ahn, Yonggu Kang, Ikcheol Shin, Youngmin Park, Minho Song, Hyunjin Kyoung

“…In Exp. 1, a total of 48 weaned pigs [initial body weight (BW) 7.65 ± 0.99 kg; 28 days of age) were randomly assigned to two dietary treatments (4 pigs/pen; 6 replicates/treatment) for 4 weeks in a randomized complete block design (block = initial BW and sex). …”
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