Rotating-pulling-poking manipulation effectively alleviates pain symptoms of lateral ankle sprain: an animal experimental study by Haibao Wen, Jinghua Gao, Jinghua Gao, Fudong Shi, Jin Li, Jin Li, Minrui Fu, Minshan Feng, Minshan Feng, Luguang Li, Chunyu Gao, Jianguo Li

“…This study aimed to explore the analgesic mechanism of the Rotating - Pulling - Poking Manipulation in treating acute lateral ankle sprain (ALAS). Thirty rats were randomly divided into 5 groups in the first experiment to determine the dose - effect relationship by detecting ankle pain thresholds at different time points. …”
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Immunostimulant Effect of Egyptian Propolis in Rabbits by Somya A. Nassar, Amira H. Mohamed, Hamdy Soufy, Soad M. Nasr, K. M. Mahran

“…The experiment continued for seven weeks during which clinical signs, body weight, and mortality rate were monitored, and blood samples were collected weekly for evaluating the leukogram, serum biochemistry, and immune response in all groups of animals. …”
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'Hypo box' audit to assess its presence, contents compliance and location on the medical wards in accordance to the Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care guidelines by Ayley Loh, Elizabeth Humberstone, Jeyasurya Subbarayan, Doom Joy Chen-Unongo, Jeyanthy Rajkanna

“…Materials and Methods: Primary objectives (based on the JBDS-IP guidelines): • Assess the presence of ‘hypo boxes’ on all general medicine wards; • Assess the presence of all the contents in the box as outlined by the JBDS-IP guidelines and whether these are in date; • Assess whether the ‘hypo box’ is located on the resuscitation trolley; • Assess whether the ‘hypo box’ is checked daily by a staff member.Secondary objectives: • Assess whether ward staff can correctly identify the function of the ‘hypo box’, list at least three contents items correctly and report its correct location; • Assess the colour of the ‘hypo box’ – preferably a bright colour.Review selection: • All general medicine wards in Peterborough City Hospital were included: n=13; • Prospective data were collected between 10 December 2024 and 31 January 2025; • Four data collectors visited the wards to collect data; • Five ward staff were randomly sampled to be interviewed, one of which had to include the deputy nurse. …”
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Rate of depression in late-life in superannuated government employed center of ‎Guilan University of medical sciences by naeima khodadady, farzaneh sheikholeslami, shadman rezamasuoleh, mohamadali yazdani

“…‎ Methods: This is a correlational descriptive study and ‎‏100‏‎ samples were randomly ‎chosen from elderly of superannuated government employed center.…”
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Russian development for drug independence in endocrinology: comparative analysis of bioequivalence, safety and tolerability of the first domestic liraglutide by A. S. Ametov, I. E. Shokhin, E. A. Rogozhina, T. G. Bodrova, M. E. Nevretdinova, P. A. Bely, K. Ya. Zaslavskaya, D. V. Kurkin, K. N. Koryanova, E. S. Mishchenko, S. M. Noskov

“…The washout period between each dose was 7 days. Blood plasma samples were taken to determine the concentration of liraglutide in the range from 0 to 72 hours in each study period. …”
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The Effect of high intensity interval training with nigella sativa supplementation on lipid profile, fasting blood sugar and body composition of overweight young women by Soheyla Alamdar, Seyed Mohsen Avandi

“…Anthropometric measurements and blood samples were taken on two occasions, pre-test and post-test. …”
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Aerobic training and vitamin D modulate hepatic miRNA expression to improve lipid metabolism and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes by Zahra Hoseini, Nasser Behpour, Rastegar Hoseini

“…The study used the STZ + HFD rat model and collected liver tissue samples for analysis. Total RNA, including miRNA, was extracted from the liver tissue samples, and the miRNA expression levels were quantified using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). …”
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National serosurvey and risk mapping reveal widespread distribution of Coxiella burnetii in Kenya by Lillian Wambua, Bernard Bett, Hussein M. Abkallo, Mathew Muturi, Daniel Nthiwa, Richard Nyamota, Enock Kiprono, Lynn Kirwa, Francis Gakuya, Andrew W. Bartlow, Earl A. Middlebrook, Jeanne Fair, Kariuki Njenga, John Gachohi, Athman Mwatondo, James M. Akoko

“…The study used serum samples that were collected from randomly selected cattle in different ago-ecological zones across the country. …”
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Exploring the molecular mechanisms underlying intervertebral disc degeneration by analysing multiple datasets by Longquan Lin, Da Li, Gangfeng Cai, Gengyang Zheng, Dianfeng Huang, Hua Liu, Shunxin Lin, Feng Zhao

“…Finally, we collected 10 IVDD and 10 healthy disc tissue samples, and the RT‒qPCR results were consistent with the bioinformatics results. …”
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Predictive values of urinary metalloproteinases-2 and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 for contrast medium-induced acute kidney injury by Zou Xiao-biao, Bao Wei-wei, Huang Xiao-ying, Lu Chen, Chen Juan, Wang Zhi-qing, Huang Ming-fang

“…Urinary samples for TIMP-2 and IGFBP7 were collected at 4/12/24 h post-injection. …”
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The effect of eight-week total-body resistance training (TRX) on hemodynamic parameters and body composition in overweight and obese pre-hypertensive women by Fatemeh Movaghar, Ali Samadi, Amin Isanezhad, Maryam Khahesi

“…The participants were randomly assigned to either the control group (n=10) or the total resistance exercise (TRX, n = 12) group. …”
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Seroprevalence and Public Health Significance of Toxoplasmosis in Small Ruminants of Pastoral Community in Yabello District, Borana Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Kula Jilo, Dechassa Tegegne, Sadik Kasim, Golo Dabasa, Wubishet Zewdei

“…A total of 400 serum samples of randomly selected small ruminants owned by pastoralists were examined to detect antibodies specific to Toxoplasma gondii using Latex Agglutination Test (SPINREACT, Girona, Spain). …”
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Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components by Marion Henderson, Anja Wittkowski, Katie Buston, Karen Crawford, Alice MacLachlan, Alex McConnachie, Emma McIntosh, Claudia-Martina Messow, Catherine Nixon, Rosaleen O’Brien, Shona Shinwell, Daniel Wight, Yiqiao Xin, Rachel Calam, Ruth Dundas, James Law, Helen Minnis, Lucy Thompson, Philip Wilson

“…The main themes were independently coded across a sample of interviews by two researchers, Rosaleen O’Brien (RO) and Katie Buston (KB), using NVivo 10 (QSR International, Warrington, UK). …”
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Arterial hypertension epidemiology in Russia; the results of 2003-2010 federal monitoring by R. G. Oganov, T. N. Timofeeva, I. E. Koltunov, V. V. Konstantinov, Yu. A. Balanova, A. V. Kapustina, I. N. Lelchuk, S. A. Shalnova, A. D. Deev

“…As a part of the Federal Target Programme “Prevention and treatment of arterial hypertension in the Russian Federation”, four randomly selected population samples from various Russian regions were examined in 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, and 2009-2010. …”
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Preprocessing of Physician Notes by LLMs Improves Clinical Concept Extraction Without Information Loss by Daniel B. Hier, Michael A. Carrithers, Steven K. Platt, Anh Nguyen, Ioannis Giannopoulos, Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi

“…The LLM corrected spelling and grammatical errors, expanded acronyms, and standardized terminology and formatting, without altering clinical content. Expert review of randomly sampled notes confirmed that no significant information was lost. …”
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Cognitive Specificity Enhancement Training (CoST) in depressed patients with a history of childhood maltreatment: a pilot study on the feasibility and efficacy of CoST for reducing... by Zobeydeh Dehghan Manshadi, Hamid Taher Neshat-Doost, Laura Jobson, Filip Raes

“…Using a quasi-experimental design, 40 depressed patients (Mage = 33.02 ± 10.69) with a history of childhood maltreatment were purposively sampled and randomly assigned to experimental (n = 20) or control (n = 20) groups. …”
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The Use of Cyanoacrylate Tissue Adhesives in Various Wound Suturing Techniques to Enhance the Healing Process of Surgical Wounds: An Animal Study by Mojtaba Alijani, Shokofeh Jamshidi, Reza Nadripour, Naser Kamyari, Ali Heidari

“…Materials and Methods This study randomly divided 32 male New Zealand white rabbits into four groups. …”
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First Attempt to Implement Ophthalmia Neonatorum Prophylaxis in Angola: Microorganisms, Efficacy, and Obstacles by Isabel Alexandre, Mar Justel, Prudencio Martinez, Raul Ortiz de Lejarazu, J. Carlos Pastor

“…Methods. Endocervical samples from mothers n=317 and newborn conjunctival smears n=245 were analysed by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG). …”
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Multi-Threshold Remote Sensing Image Segmentation Based on Improved Black-Winged Kite Algorithm by Yi Zhang, Xinyu Liu, Wei Sun, Tianshu You, Xin Qi

“…Experimental validation using representative samples from the ISPRS Potsdam benchmark dataset demonstrates that our IBKA-optimized OTSU multi-threshold segmentation method outperforms traditional IBKA-optimized pulse coupled neural network (PCNN) approaches in remote sensing image analysis. …”
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Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Improved Variational Mode Decomposition and Information Entropy by Wen FAN, Lian GE, Xiaoting XIAO, Fangji GAN, Xin LAI, Hongxia DENG, Qi HUANG

“… Due to the complex randomness and nonlinearity of rolling bearing vibration signal, it is challenging to extract fault features effectively. …”
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