Evidence of nitrogen and potassium losses in soil columns cultivated with maize under salt stress by Claudivan F. de Lacerda, Jorge F. da S. Ferreira, Donald L. Suarez, Emanuel D. Freitas, Xuan Liu, Aureliano de A. Ribeiro

“…After 74 days from sowing, root and soil samples were collected at different soil depths. The electrical conductivity of the saturated extract (ECe) and the concentration of ions (Ca2+, Na+, and Cl-) increased as a function of salinity and soil depth. …”
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Development of EST-SSR markers in flowering Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis var. utilis Tsen et Lee) based on de novo transcriptomic assemblies. by Jingfang Chen, Ronghua Li, Yanshi Xia, Guihua Bai, Peiguo Guo, Zhiliang Wang, Hua Zhang, Kadambot H M Siddique

“…RNA-seq of eight cabbage samples identified 48,975 unigenes. Of these unigenes, 23,267 were annotated in 56 gene ontology (GO) categories, 6,033 were mapped to 131 KEGG pathways, and 7,825 were assigned to clusters of orthologous groups (COGs). …”
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Impact of Renal Impairment on the Pharmacodynamic and Pharmacokinetic Profiles of Epaminurad, a Novel Uric Acid Transporter 1 Inhibitor by Seo Yeong Park, Jun Gi Hwang, Sung Kweon Cho, Min Kyu Park

“…This study was designed as a phase 1, partially randomized, open‐label, oral administration, partial crossover trial. …”
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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase status and severity of malarial anaemia in Nigerian children by Adebola Emmanuel Orimadegun, Olugbemiro Sodeinde

“…Molecular typing by PCR and restriction enzyme digestion was also performed on 15% of randomly selected samples. Haematocrit (PCV) values, haemoglobin type, blood group, presence of sickle cell trait (HbAS), and parasite counts were compared between G6PD-normal and deficient children. …”
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Intimate partner violence among reproductive-age women with chronic mental illness attending a psychiatry outpatient department: cross-sectional facility-based study, Addis Ababa,... by Delayehu Bekele, Markos Tesfaye, Tigist Zerihun

“…Objective To determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV), and associated factors, in reproductive-aged women attending psychiatric outpatient departments.Design Cross-sectional facility-based study.Setting Outpatient psychiatric clinics of public hospitals in Addis Ababa.Participants Reproductive aged women with chronic mental illness (CMI) who attended follow-up in psychiatric outpatient clinics.Primary and secondary outcome measures The data were collected using a multi-culturally validated instrument from randomly sampled women with CMI. Multiple logistic regression was used to identify factors independently associated with IPV.Result Four hundred and twenty-two women who were attending the psychiatric outpatient clinics took part in the study. …”
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Vehicle load identification based on bridge response using deep convolutional neural network by Sadaqat Hussain, Syed M. Hussain, Yu Xin, Zuo-Cai Wang

“…To validate the accuracy and robustness of the DCNN models, the study involved training and testing them on diverse datasets, each comprising 250 randomized samples for various parameters such as load, speed, and surface roughness. …”
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The Effect of Coenzyme Q10 on Vestibular Compensation Process after Unilateral Labyrinthectomy in Rats Using Behavioral Tests by Ayşe Çeçen, Rıfat Karlı, Asude Ünal

“…Material and Methods: Thirty Wistar rats were randomly assigned to 3 equal groups: the negative control group, the experimental group and the control group. …”
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Ethnomedicinal Evaluation of Karmaranga (Averrhoa Carambola Linn.) Fruit Oil in Sandhigatavata w.s.r. to Osteoarthritis of Knee: An Exploratory Clinical Study by P. Shifa Shetty, Mohammed Faisal, Niranjan Prabhu

“…Conclusion: Averrhoa carambola Linn. fruit oil, used both internally and externally, is beneficial in managing knee OA and warrants further exploration in larger samples.…”
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Protective effects of colchicine against osteoarthritis in rat induced by monosodium iodoacetate by Medhat Ibraheem, Ahmad Mostafa Mahmoud, Nahla Abd Elaal Ahmed, Hekmat O. Abdel Aziz, Suzan Elsayed Abo Elnasr

“…Semiquantitative radiographic imaging and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analysis were performed on serum samples to assess the levels of inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) and the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 (IL-10) prior to the conclusion of the trial. …”
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Effects of Er, Cr: YSGG Laser on Shear Bond Strength of the Orthodontic Brackets for 5 and 10 Seconds: An In Vitro Study by Ahmed A. Bagwan, Amal H. Abuaffan, Ali Alrahlah, Talat Hassan AL-Gunaid

“…A total of sixty-nine human premolars extracted for orthodontic purposes were used. 60 teeth were randomly assigned to one of the five treatment groups. …”
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Numerical Study of the Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanisms of Shale Under Different Loading Conditions by Tianran Lin, Zhuo Dong, Bin Gong

“…To investigate the impact of bedding on the anisotropic mechanical properties and failure modes of shale under different stress paths, a shale model with randomly generated bedding planes was established using RFPA^3D. …”
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Modelling multi-pulse population dynamics from ultrafast spectroscopy. by Luuk J G W van Wilderen, Craig N Lincoln, Jasper J van Thor

“…Finally, the implementation includes the interaction with multiple pulses in addition to depth averaging in optically dense samples. In summary, we show that mathematical modelling is essential to model and resolve the details of physical behaviour of populations in ultrafast spectroscopy such as pump-probe, pump-dump-probe and pump-repump-probe experiments.…”
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Protective effect of L-carnitine on rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury via Nrf2/HO-1 activation by ZHANG Yuan-yuan, ZHANG Jian-rong, GENG Yan-qiu, ZHANG Yan-xia

“…Objective To observe the protective effects of L-carnitine on renal function in rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury(AKI) in rats and the underlying mechanism.Methods Thirty-six adult rats were randomly divided into 3 groups:control group,AKI model group,and L-carnitine treatment group[rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI rats given L-carnitine(200 mg/kg)].50%glycerin was intramuscularlly injected to establish rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI models in rats.Blood samples were taken from the heart from rats and the kidneys were harvested.Serum creatine kinase(CK),blood urea nitrogen(BUN),serum creatinine(SCr) levels were measured,and renal pathological changes were observed under light microscope.RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry were used to detect the expression of Nrf2 and HO-1 in renal tissues.Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) was applied to detect the expression of SOD and MDA in renal tissues.Results As compared with control group,CK,BUN,SCr,Nrf2,HO-1,MDA and ATN were significantly elevated,and SOD was significantly reduced in model group and L-carnitine treatment group(F = 8.78-200.77,q=S.42-19.40,P<0.05).As compared with model group,CK,BUN,SCr,MDA and ATN were significantly decreased,and Nrf2,HO-1 and SOD were significantly elevated in L-carnitine treatment group(q = 4.15-15.39,P<0.05).Conclusions L-carnitine can ameliorate rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI,which may be related with its anti-oxidative stress.…”
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Effects of Endurance Training and Chlorogenic Acid on Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress Markers in Prediabetic Male Mice by Sahar Ghasemi Pour, Sayyed M. Marandi

“…Methods: A total of 35 mice were randomly divided into two groups: a high-fat diet group to induce pre-diabetes and a normal diet group. …”
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mtDNA COI and cyt b Analysis of Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782) Living in Atatürk Dam Lake (Turkey) by Arif Parmaksız, Aynur Demir

“…The obtained PCR products were carried out in Agarose gel and the samples forming the product were selected and sent to the commercial firm as service procurement and sequence analysis was performed with the 3500 XL Genetic Analyzer device. …”
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The effect of commonly used types of coffee on surface microhardness and color stability of resin-based composite restorations by Wedad Y. Awliya, Deemah J. Al-Alwani, Eftekar S. Gashmer, Huda B. Al-Mandil

“…After initial color and microhardness recording, samples were randomly divided into five groups (n = 5). …”
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Comparative characteristics of different grilled beef cuts and application of torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) flower in seasoning by A. M. Ramadhani, T. Suryati, A. Apriantini

“…This study was designed using randomized block design (CRD) with 2 × 6 factorial pattern, consisting of two beef cuts and six seasoning methods with three blocks of the samples manufacturing periods. …”
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Immune-checkpoint inhibitors for glioblastoma: what have we learned? by Antonio Omuro

“…However, studies examining post treatment tumor samples have shown signs of increased immunologic response, and occasional long lasting radiographic responses have been seen. …”
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Enhancing genomic prediction in Arabidopsis thaliana with optimized SNP subset by leveraging gene ontology priors and bin-based combinatorial optimization by Qingfang Ba, Heng Zhou, Zheming Yuan, Zhijun Dai

“…We evaluated the performance of binGO-GS on nine quantitative traits from two A. thaliana datasets, comprising nearly 1,000 samples and over 1.8 million SNPs. Compared with using either the full marker set or randomly selected markers with Genomic BLUP (GBLUP), binGO-GS achieved statistically significant improvements in prediction accuracy across all traits. …”
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Effects of digital agriculture solutions on smallscale wage workers and employment by Licarion Kunwedomo Miine, Angela Dziedzom Akorsu, Owusu Boampong, Shaibu Bukari

“…Data gathered, was from 1,199 randomly sampled Small-scale farmers in the Bono East Region of Ghana. …”
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