Effect of selenium and vitamin E supplementation during late pregnancy on colostrum and plasma Se, Cu, Zn and Fe concentrations of fat tail Sanjabi ewes and their lambs by M.T. JALILIAN, M.M. MOEINI, K. KARKODI

“…Blood samples were collected from ewes four weeks before expected lambing and on the day of lambing. …”
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GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES AND ASSOCIATED GUT PATHOLOGY IN CHICKENS SOLD AT LIVE-BIRD MARKETS IN LAGOS STATE, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA by Oluwayomi Oluwatoyin Adeyemi, Emmanuel Taiwo Idowu, Bamidele Akinsanya, Isa Danladi Jatau, Temitope Morenikeji Oladipo

“…Three hundred and sixty-four (364) chickens were randomly sampled from selected live-bird markets. Standard parasitological methods were employed to process and examine gastrointestinal content and mucosal scrapings for parasite identification. …”
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EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTATION WITH ORGANIC COPPER INTO BASAL DIET ON COPPER TOXICITY, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF AWASSI LAMBS by A. H. Abdan, O. A. Saeed

“…Throughout the trial samples were collected to examine the hematological and biochemical characteristics of the blood, as well as the levels of metals in the blood, feed, and fecal samples. …”
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B Core Antibodies and Occult Hepatitis B Infection among Blood Donors in Erbil Governorate, Iraq by Nza Hamid Al-Barznjy, Katan Sabir Ali

“…Among the positive cases, 65 samples were randomly chosen to detect OBI by viral load detection using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. …”
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Seroprevalence and risk factors of Brucellosis in small ruminants slaughtered at Debre Ziet and Modjo export abattoirs, Ethiopia by Amanuel Tsegay, Getachew Tuli, Tesfu Kassa, Nigatu Kebede

“…In this investigation, 853 sera samples of 485 caprines and 368 ovines brought for slaughter were selected randomly. …”
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AMELIORATIVE EFFECT OF PUMPKIN SEED OIL ON ALTERATIONS IN THYROID GLAND FUNCTIONS INDUCED BY CHLORPYRIFOS IN ADULT MALE RATS by Nabeel Mahdi Abed, Jassim M. A. Alkalby

“…At the end ofthe experiment, animals were sacrificed and blood samples were obtained for evaluation ofthyroid hormones (T4 and T3 ) and tissue samples from thyroid gland kept in 10% neutralformalin for histopathological examination.The results indicated that male rats treated with Chlorpyrifos demostreated a significantincrease (P<0.05) in thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and a significant decrease (P<0.05) inthyroxin(T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) hormones compared with control group.Histopathological examination of CPF treated males showed that thyroid gland revealeddestruction of thyroid follicles with infiltration of macrophages on the site of folliculardestruction. …”
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EVALUATION OF MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE TOOTH SIZE DISCREPANCIES IN AVERAGE AND HIGH BOLTON GROUPS by Feyza Hacıağaoğlu Akkız, Süleyman Evren Öztaş

“…To statistically compare ABG and HBG groups, the independent samples “t” test was used. The results were evaluated at a significance level of p<0.05. …”
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Heavy metal contamination of vegetables cultivated in home gardens in the Eastern Cape by Callistus Bvenura, Anthony Afolayan

“…The vegetables were locally cultivated in home gardens in Alice, a small town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Samples of these vegetables were randomly collected from residential areas, dried, digested and analysed for the heavy metals using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. …”
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Equine Anaplasmosis in Nineveh Governorate: Clinical, Hematological and Biochemical Alterations in Equids by Qaes Al-Obaidi, Ahmed Al-Jwari

“…This study was conducted on 180 blood samples collected randomly from equids (106 horses and 74 donkeys) in Nineveh governorate, Iraq, including, 25 clinically and laboratory healthy equids that served as control equids. …”
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Influence of Cooking by Boiling on Lead and Cadmium in Meat and Liver of Chickens by Wasan E Hashem, Raghad A Abdaljaleel

“…The current experiment investigates the concentration of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd), which are considered heavy metals in the liver and meat of fresh and imported frozen chicken, by studying the effect of cooking process using the boiling method. A total of 80 samples were randomly collected and examined: 40 frozen (10 from each of the liver and meat) before and after cooking) and 40 fresh (10 from each the liver and meat) before and after cooking) from different regions in AL-Karkh Province, Baghdad. …”
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EFFECT OF CHLORINATED WATER AND IT'S DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS (DBPS) IN SOME HYGIENIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS OF MALE RABBITS by Drgham. H.Y. Al- Zwean

“…Blood samples were collected and serum samples were obtained at biweeklyintervals to measurement the hemoglobin concentration(Hb), Packed Cell Volume(PCV),malondialdehyde(MDA), glutathione, total protein, transaminase enzyme(AST,ALT),alkaline phosphate, bilirubin to detect hygienic and Physiological traits. …”
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Does varying the ingestion period of sodium citrate influence blood alkalosis and gastrointestinal symptoms? by Charles S Urwin, Rodney J Snow, Liliana Orellana, Dominique Condo, Glenn D Wadley, Amelia J Carr

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Sixteen healthy and active participants ingested 500 mg.kg-1 BM sodium citrate in gelatine capsules over a 15, 30, 45 or 60 min period using a randomized cross-over experimental design. Gastrointestinal symptoms questionnaires and venous blood samples were collected before ingestion, immediately post-ingestion, and every 30 min for 480 min post-ingestion. …”
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Offline Arabic handwritten word recognition: A transfer learning approach by Mohamed Awni, Mahmoud I. Khalil, Hazem M. Abbas

“…Many deep learning approaches perform admirably on this task if the lexicon size is not too large and the number of training samples is sufficient for the training process. The transfer learning technique is commonly used to compensate for the lack of training samples, but there is a wide controversy about the effectiveness of applying it to cross-domain tasks. …”
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Effect of thymol and propolis extract on genotoxicity, biochemical activities and expression profile of some genes on honey bee, Apis mellifera, infected with Vairimorpha (Nosema)... by Salwa I. Sebak, Heba A. S. Elelimy, Heba Seyam, Soad A. Elkenawy

“…Workers from adult honeybee colonies, treated and untreated, were randomly sampled. The collected samples were used in studying the genotoxicity effect, the concentration of oxidative enzymes (superoxide-dismutases, glutathione S transferase, catalase and malondialdehyde (MDA)), measuring the relative expression of antimicrobial genes and hypopharyngeal glands genes major royal proteins 1 & 2 (MJRP1 and MJRP2). …”
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Minimally processed lettuces: extending shelf life through packaging and treatment with salicylic acid and sodium chloride solutions by Diana Melisa Chaves Morillo, Elizabeth Tobar Delgado, Luis Fernando Valencia Flórez, Laura Latorre Vásquez, Diego Trejo Escobar, Diego Fernando Mejía España

“…The response variables were monitored for sixteen days, and the content of phenolic compounds was determined at the beginning and end of the storage period. The samples that showed less weight loss corresponded to the mixture of CaCl2+SA+vacuum packaging, while the treatment with CaCl2+vacuum packaging showed less degradation of compounds such as total chlorophylls (TC) and vitamin C (VC). …”
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Identification of Cytomegalo Virus Infection Among Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Baghdad City. Correlation between TB and CMV infection by Ali AL-ATTWANI, Oral DÜZDEMIR

“…Materials and Methods: The best procedure for the detection (TB) was investigated by Ziehl Neelsen and Auramine O (AO) technology. 315 sputum samples were collected randomly. The ZN approach produced a smear positivity rate for AFB of 49/315 (15.55%) while the LED Auramine O staining method produced a positivity rate of 69/315 (21.9%), One hundred serum samples were subjected to HCV IgG and IgM detection using Cassette method and ELISA techniques. …”
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The Profile of Students’ Analytical Thinking Skills on Chemistry Systemic Learning Approach by Nur Fitriyana, Marfuatun Marfuatun, Erfan Priyambodo

“…Two classes from a public senior high school in those regency were cluster randomly selected as the research samples. A Systemic Test on Analytical Thinking (STAT) was used to collect the data of SATS, before and after the implementation of CSLA. …”
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Effects of two resistance training methods with different rest intervals on muscular strength and power and blood lactate level by R eslami, F khajavi rad, V valipour dehnou

“…Blood lactate level was measure through ELISA. ANCOVA, paired-samples t-test and independent-samples t-test were used to identify any statistical differences. …”
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Comparing the effect of usual bowel preparation and sodium phosphates preparation ‎method on patient acceptance under colonoscopy ‎ by maryam ebrahimmousavi, atefeh ghanbari, mahmuod yuosefi, tahereh khaleghduost, zahra atrkarruoshan

“…&lrm; Methods: This is a Quasi-experimental study, which was done on &lrm;&rlm;90&rlm;&lrm; out patient candidates for &lrm;colonoscopy referring to Razi-educational center. Samples were randomly chosen on the visit day &lrm;and divided to &lrm;&rlm;2&rlm;&lrm; groups of experiment and control. …”
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Effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation on upper limb motor recovery in early stroke patients: an fNIRS study by Menghui Liu, Chunxiao Wan, Chunyan Wang, Xinyi Li

“…Intergroup comparisons were conducted using independent samples t tests, whereas intragroup comparisons were performed using paired samples t tests or Mann–Whitney U tests. …”
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