Comparison of a Novel Modality of Erbium-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Laser-Activated Irrigation and Ultrasonic Irrigation against Mature <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> Biofilm—An I... by Gabrijela Kapetanović Petričević, Antonio Perčinić, Ana Budimir, Anja Sesar, Ivica Anić, Ivona Bago

“…Biofilm growth was confirmed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). The dentine samples were randomly distributed into three experimental groups and one control group based on the irrigation protocol used: Group 1, SWEEPS; Group 2, UAI; and Group 3, SNI. …”
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Collective action typologies and their implications for policy targeting: The case of smallholder households from the central region of Kenya by Catherine Nyambune Maindi, Wilckyster Nyateko Nyarindo, Samuel Njiri Ndirangu, Hezron Nyarindo Isaboke

“…The study employed mixed qualitative and quantitative approaches based on survey data drawn from 532 multistage randomly and proportionately sampled smallholder households, ten focus group discussions and two key informant interviews from the central region of Kenya. …”
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Zinc methionine supplementation during the summer season enhanced the growth, immunity, antioxidants and zinc retention of broiler chickens by U S MISHRA, K SETHY, N PANDA, S K MISHRA, K BEHERA, V T ANDHALE, D THAKUR

“…Zn concentrations in blood along with different organ samples viz. liver, kidney, and breast muscle were significantly higher in all the supplemented birds. …”
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IL23R and IL12B SNPs and Haplotypes Strongly Associate with Crohn's Disease Risk in a New Zealand Population by Lynnette R. Ferguson, Dug Yeo Han, Alan G. Fraser, Claudia Huebner, Wen Jiun Lam, Angharad R. Morgan

“…DNA samples from 339 Crohn's disease (CD) and 407 randomly selected controls from the Auckland (New Zealand) IBD project, were genotyped for five common single nucleotide polymorphisms in IL-23R (rs11805303, rs7517847, rs1343151, rs11209026, and rs10889677) and two in IL-12B (rs1363670 and rs6887695). …”
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Improved gut microbiome recovery following drug therapy is linked to abundance and replication of probiotic strains by Jamie FitzGerald, Shriram Patel, Julia Eckenberger, Eric Guillemard, Patrick Veiga, Florent Schäfer, Jens Walter, Marcus J Claesson, Muriel Derrien

“…Using a strain-level analysis for detection and metagenomic determination of replication rate, ingested strains were detected and replicated transiently in fecal samples and in the gut during and following antibiotic administration. …”
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Physicochemical and functional properties of modified potato starch from different altitudes: a study of the medians cultivar by Ira Endah Rohima, Mohamad Djali, Yana Cahyana, Jajang Sauman Hamdani, Mohd Nizam Lani, Rini Triani

“…This study investigated the effects of cultivation altitude and modification methods on the physicochemical and functional properties of potato starch from ‘Medians’ cultivar, comparing samples from medium-land (765 m above sea level) and highland (1312 m above sea level) locations. …”
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Fracture Resistance, Surface Roughness, and Microtensile Bond Strength of Monolithic Zirconia to Resin Cements after Plasma Treatment by Mahsa Vafaei, Homayoon Alaghemand, Ghazaleh Ahmadizenous, Farshad Sohbatzadeh, Faraneh Mokhtarpour

“…According to the surface treatment type, the samples were randomly assigned to 4 groups of (I) control (no surface treatment), (II) argon-oxygen plasma (AOP), (III) argon plasma (AP), and (IV) sandblasting (SB). …”
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The Effect of Resistance-Endurance Training on the Expression of IGF-1, Akt, and p70s6k Pathway Genes in the Gastrocnemius Muscle of Aged Rats by Maryam Pahlevanzadeh, Ramin Shabani, Alireza Elmiyeh

“…Therefore, further research on human samples is recommended.…”
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Beneficial Effects of Ethyl Pyruvate through Inhibiting High-Mobility Group Box 1 Expression and TLR4/NF-κB Pathway after Traumatic Brain Injury in the Rat by Xingfen Su, Handong Wang, Jinbing Zhao, Hao Pan, Lei Mao

“…Adult male rats were randomly divided into three groups: (1) Sham + vehicle group, (2) TBI + vehicle group, and (3) TBI + EP group (n=30 per group). …”
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Stress, lipid profile and inflammatory responses to flunixin meglumine administration in surgical and non-surgical castration in donkeys by Hamidreza Alipour-Khairkhah, Saeed Azizi, Siamak Asri-Rezaei

“…Blood samples were collected a day before surgical procedures; four hours, one day, and two days after castration. …”
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The Effects of Grape Seed Extract on Insulin, Adiponectin and Resistin Levels in Diabetic Rats by İnci Söğütlü, Nihat Mert, Handan Mert, Leyla Mis, Halil Cumhur Yılmaz, Kıvanç İrak

“…The diabetic group 45 mg/kg single dose of streptozotocin was administered intraperitoneally, and the grape seed extract groups (DM+GSE and GSE) grape seed extract was given orally every day with an intragastric tube for 20 days (0.6 ml/rat). Blood samples were taken from the hearts of rat’s end of the experiment. …”
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The Preventive Effect of N-Acetylcysteine on Liver Tissue Against Doxorubicin-Induced Oxidative Stress in Rats by Suat Cakina, Samil Ozturk, Latife Ceyda Irkin

“…Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC), Total Oxidant Capacity (TOC) levels were determined in these samples by spectrophotometric methods. The histopathological changes of liver tissue were observed routinely in histological staining. …”
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Seroprevalence of RSV antibodies in a contemporary (2022-2023) cohort of adults by Lara I. Teodoro, Inna G. Ovsyannikova, Diane E. Grill, Gregory A. Poland, Richard B. Kennedy

“…Samples were tested for anti-RSV IgG using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). …”
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Effect of reapplication on pull-out bond strength of fibre post to root dentin: An in vitro study by Nuray İskefli, Elif Yeğin, Güzide Pelin Sezgin, Sema Sönmez Kaplan, Tuna Kaplan

“…Materials and methods: After root canal treatments of 30 extracted human maxillary canine teeth, post spaces were prepared (10 mm), and FRC posts (Hi-Rem Post; Overfibres, İmola, Italy) were luted with self-adhesive resin cement. The samples were than randomly divided into test and control groups (n = 15 in each). …”
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Low-level laser therapy for the regeneration of mandibular bone defects in rabbits by Ali Peimani, Maryam Irannezhad, Salim Kiani, Moein Arman, Morteza Khademalhosseini

“…Two circular defects 5 mm in diameter were created bilaterally at the angles of the mandible. One side was randomly selected to undergo laser therapy at a wavelength of 905 nm and a power of 20 mW for 2 minutes daily, starting immediately after surgery. …”
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A combined strategy for screening a clustered mobile population returning from highly endemic areas for Plasmodium falciparum by Mei Li, Jun Li, Zhigui Xia, Ning Xiao, Weikang Jiang, Yongkang Wen

“…Methodology: A total of 226 gold miners who had stayed in highly endemic areas of Ghana for more than six months and returned in clusters were selected randomly. Blood samples from them were tested with microscopy, nest polymerase chain reaction, and rapid diagnostic test (RDT). …”
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Determining the Optimal Length of Root Canal Obturations Using GuttaFlow®2 and Thermafill Systems. by Lindihana Emini, Jetmire Alimani-Jakupi, Nexhmije Ajeti, Amela Cana, Zana Jusufi-Osmani, Sahmedin Saliu

“…All samples were scanned using a cone-beam micro-CT system (μCT 35, SCANCO Medical, Switzerland) to assess the length and quality of canal obturation. …”
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Neuraxial Anesthesia and Risk of Root Damage: A 3D Ex Vivo Study by Hipólito Labandeyra, Xavier Sala-Blanch, Alberto Prats-Galino, Anna Puigdellívol-Sánchez

“…Our aim was to verify the correlation between skin–transverse process distance (st) and skin–dural sac distance (d) for calculation of optimal angles in a free visual guide and as a reference for the maximal depth to be traversed by the needle. Randomly selected ex vivo samples (<i>n</i> = 10) were flexed to reproduce the position of the lumbosacral spine during spinal anesthesia. …”
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Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality of Broiler Chickens Fed Diets with Chlorella Vulgaris and Probiotic by VP Dinalli, AL Soares, RH Carvalho, T Dornellas, R Brene, LS Cunha, M Almeida, CA Silva, A Oba

“…Samples of the pectoralis major (n=16) were analyzed for color (L*, a*, and b*), pH, water-holding capacity (WHC), cooking loss, shear force, lipid oxidation rate, and fatty acid profile. …”
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Effect of different treatment on removing seed dormancy to induction of seed emergence and vigour in some populations of four species of savory (Satureja spp.) by M.A. Alizadeh, A.A. Hosienpoor Ghazvini, A.A. Jafari, J. Daneshian

“…In greenhouse experiment, the seed samples of 8 populations of four savory sepecies as: Satureja sahendica, S.bachtiarica , S.khuzistanicaandS.hortensis were treated with cold strafication, after-ripening, physical scarification (sand paper), chemical scarification (Ethylic alcohol 70%) and distilled water (control). …”
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