An Experience of Jigsaw as a New Educational Method in Dentistry by Atekeh Movaghari pour, Mostafa Sadeghi, Foad Iranmanesh, Fatemeh Sadat Emami, Faezeh Esmaeili Ranjbar

“…Independent and paired-samples T-tests were used for statistical analysis. …”
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Surveillance of anthelmintic treatments on ruminant farms to detect resistance in a low-prevalence area by Rosa D’Ambrosio, Loredana Baldi, Stefania Cavallo, Alessandro Nappa, Luigia Di Donato, Roberta Brunetti, Mirella Santaniello, Antonella Pesce, Marialuisa Buonanno, Laura Rinaldi, Antonio Bosco

“…In each farm, an individual faecal egg count was performed on samples collected on the day of treatment (D0) and after 14 days (D14) using the Mini-FLOTAC technique. …”
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Oral post-exercise garlic extract supplementation enhances glycogen replenishment but does not up-regulate mitochondria biogenesis mRNA expression in human-exercised skeletal muscl... by I-Shiung Cheng, Jung-Piao Tsao, Jeffrey R. Bernard, Tsen-Wei Tsai, Chia-Chen Chang, Su-Fen Liao

“…Muscle samples were used to measure glycogen levels, GLUT4 protein expression, as well as transcription factors for glucose uptake, and mitochondria biogenesis. …”
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HIV-1 diversity among young women in rural South Africa: HPTN 068. by Mariya V Sivay, Sarah E Hudelson, Jing Wang, Yaw Agyei, Erica L Hamilton, Amanda Selin, Ann Dennis, Kathleen Kahn, F Xavier Gomez-Olive, Catherine MacPhail, James P Hughes, Audrey Pettifor, Susan H Eshleman, Mary Kathryn Grabowski

“…We analyzed the molecular epidemiology and evolutionary history of HIV in young women attending high school in rural South Africa.<h4>Methods</h4>Samples were obtained from the HPTN 068 randomized controlled trial, which evaluated the effect of cash transfers for school attendance on HIV incidence in women aged 13-20 years (Mpumalanga province, 2011-2015). …”
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The Safety of FeedKind Pet^® (<i>Methylococcus capsulatus</i>, Bath) as a Cultured Protein Source in the Diet of Adult Dogs and Its Effect on Feed Digestibility, Fecal Mi... by Matt Longshaw, Bradley Quest, Walt Miller, Patricia M. Oba, Olivia R. Swanson, Kelly S. Swanson, Kathryn Miller

“…The dogs were assessed for overall health, weight gain, and body condition score (BCS). Blood samples were collected 1 week prior to randomization, during acclimation, then in Weeks 5, 13, 25, 30, 32, and 34 for hematology, coagulation, and clinical chemistry; urine was collected according to the same time schedule for urinalysis. …”
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Relationship of ACE1 and ACE2 genetic polymorphisms on SARS-CoV-2 infection and severity of symptoms in different regions of Iraq by Bilal Ali Khashan, Karkaz Mohammed Thalij, Ali Ameen Yaseen

“…They were distributed by 30 patients and 20 healthy subjects from each governorate, with ages ranging from 18-80 years, randomly to men and women in order to determine the role of genetic polymorphisms in the ACE inhibitor gene in the study samples. …”
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The Evolutionary Behavior of Shear Strength and Microscopic Mechanisms of Ionic Rare Earths Under Varying Leaching Conditions by Zhongqun Guo, Zhaoming Huang, Qiqi Liu, Haoxuan Wang, Xiaoming Lin

“…Under low-concentration MgSO₄ leaching, the number and area of pores in the ore samples initially increase and then decrease, leading to a more complex pore structure. …”
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High-Flow Nasal Interface Improves Oxygenation in Patients Undergoing Bronchoscopy by Umberto Lucangelo, Fabio Giuseppe Vassallo, Emanuele Marras, Massimo Ferluga, Elena Beziza, Lucia Comuzzi, Giorgio Berlot, Walter Araujo Zin

“…Gas exchange and circulatory variables were sampled before (FiO2 = 0.21), at the end of bronchoscopy (FiO2 = 0.5), and thereafter (V40, FiO2 = 0.35). …”
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Effect of Remote Ischemic Conditioning and Red Blood Cells Biomarkers on Outcomes in Patients With Acute Stroke by Rolf Ankerlund Blauenfeldt, Jennifer L. Waller, Kim Ryun Drasbek, Jesper Nørgaard Bech, Anne‐Mette Hvas, Julie Brogaard Larsen, Morten Nørgaard Andersen, Marlene Christina Nielsen, Maria Kjølhede, Mathilde Kjeldsen, Martin F. Gude, Mohammad Badruzzaman Khan, Babak Baban, Grethe Andersen, David C. Hess

“…Out of 1500 prehospital randomized patients, and between July 28, 2020 and November 11, 2023, 486 patients had blood samples taken. …”
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The Therapeutic Potential of Insulin Eye Drops in Neurotrophic Keratopathy: A Comprehensive Review by Roxana Scripcă, Sinziana Istrate, Emil Ungureanu, Ștefan Oprea, Nicoleta Anton, Madalina Boruga, Marius Alexandru Moga, Ancuța-Georgiana Onofrei

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Most of the studies resulting from the selection have small samples, and there is a lack of large, randomized clinical trials. …”
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Development and validation of a high-throughput qPCR platform for the detection of soil-transmitted helminth infections. by Nils Pilotte, Victor Omballa, Monica Voss, Leah Padgett, Malathi Manuel, Jeanne L Goodman, Tim Littlewood, Zayina Zondervenni Manoharan, Lisette van Lieshout, Jaco J Verweij, Manigandan Sekar, Ajith Kumar Muthukumar, Gretchen Walch, Abriana Warren, Mariyam Sheikh, Andrew Gonzalez, Sean R Galagan, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Moudachirou Ibikounlé, Steven A Williams, Doug Rains, Ushashi Dadwal, Judd L Walson

“…Through the implementation of a rigorous validation program, we have developed a diagnostic platform capable of providing the necessary throughput and performance required to meet the needs of the DeWorm3 cluster randomized trial and other large-scale operational research efforts for STH.…”
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Effect of Dead-Cell <i>Limosilactobacillus ingluviei</i> on Hematological Parameters and Jejunal Transcriptome Profile in Calves During the Weaning Period by Chao Ban, Supreena Srisaikham, Xingzhou Tian, Pipat Lounglawan

“…Blood samples were collected on days 76, 83, and 90, respectively. …”
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The efficacy of exercise prescription in patients with osteoporotic fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mingzhe Yu, Pei Zhou, Yanjun Che, Yuan Luo

“…Results Of the 701 articles reviewed, we included 11 randomized controlled trials in the meta-analysis. A total of 1101 samples were pooled, including 357 males and 744 females. …”
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The effects of an integrated training program on jump performance and knee valgus in youth football players: a randomised controlled group study by Mehmet Behzat Turan, Aydın Pekel, Vesile Sahiner Guler, Mehmet Akif Kurt, Osman Pepe, Yahya Polat

“…Methods Participants were randomly assigned to an experimental or a control group. …”
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Seasonal and environmental impacts of soil-transmitted helminth eggs in some selected pre-primary and primary school playground soils, Bwari Area Council, Abuja by Chukwudike C. Onyeka, Okolocha E. Chukwudi, Zumyil Z. Christiana, Antip T. Mania, Ikeh Roseline

“…Twenty schools were randomly selected from ten wards comprising of 10 each of private and public owned pre/primary schools. …”
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The morphofunctional state of the fetal thyroid gland in maternal-fetal infections caused by Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae by P. S. Talapova, I. V. Sorokina

“…We conducted a controlled experimental study with block randomization on 85 female Wistar Albino Glaxo rats, which, depending on the group assigned randomly, were infected or not with E. coli, S. aureus and K. pneumoniae before pregnancy with subsequent pathomorphological examination of 37 thyroid glands obtained from rats’ fetuses. …”
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Effects of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Counseling on Anxiety among Primigravida Women Referred to Health Care Centers in Hamadan by Fateme Shobeiri, Masoome Taravati-Javad, Farzaneh Soltani, Manoochehr Karami

“…Data were analyzed in SPSS 20 using independent samples t-test, Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and paired t-test. …”
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A multi-strain, biofilm-forming cocktail of Bacillus spp. and Pediococcus spp. alters the microbial composition on polyethylene calf housing surfaces by C. A. Reynolds, R. A. Scuderi, A. L. Skidmore, L. Duniere, S. Y. Morrison

“…In situ surface samples were randomized by time from five unique locations within the calf hutch interior: 24 h post-cleaning and then 24 h, 7 d, 14 d, and 21 d post-application. …”
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Effect of the recombinant amelogenin peptide TRAP on remineralization of early enamel caries: an in-situ study by Qinghua Bai, Yaru Li, Mingzhu Wen, Dandan Ma, Yiwei Li, Jinpu Chu

“…After in situ analysis, all samples hardened significantly compared with baseline. …”
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Response of circulating fatty acid binding protein 4 concentration to low-intensity acute aerobic exercise is amplified in an exercise duration-dependent manner in healthy men by Shigeharu Numao, Ryota Uchida, Masaki Nakagaichi

“…We investigated the effect of exercise duration on circulating FABP4 concentrations in healthy men. Methods This randomized crossover study enrolled healthy young men randomly assigned to two trials, short-duration (SE) and long-duration (LE) aerobic exercises trials. …”
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