Triglyceride Levels in the Blood after Anesthesia with Target-Controlled Infusion of Propofol for Brachial Plexus Surgeries in Adults: A Comparison between Conventional Propofol (L... by Tamanna Ahemad, Prajna Jayaram, Pooja Rao K, Thrivikrama Padur Tantry

“…Blood samples for TG level determination were collected before anesthesia induction, after concluding the infusion, 4 hours after stopping infusion and on day 1 post surgery. …”
Get full text

Preferential Autoimmune Response in Prostate Cancer to Cyclin B1 in a Panel of Tumor-Associated Antigens by Liping Dai, Jitian Li, Rosalia Ortega, Wei Qian, Carlos A. Casiano, Jian-Ying Zhang

“…Autoantibodies to cyclin B1 were detected in 31.0% of sera from randomly selected patients with PCa versus 4.8% in sera with BPH. …”
Get full text

Metabolism of arginine in juvenile largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) after oral or intraperitoneal administration of arginine or its substrates by Jiteng Wang, Jingyi Zhang, Xinyu Li, Hanying Y. Xu, Yeshun Yang, Jiankun Zhang, Wenping Feng, Qiang Chen, Fen Dong, Tao Han

“…They were euthanized at 10, 30, 60, 120, and 240 min after oral administration or intraperitoneal injection, and various tissue samples were subsequently collected for analysis. …”
Get full text

Occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii in cattle and sheep in Akmola and Kostanay regions of Kazakhstan by Kanat Tursunov, Laura Tokhtarova, Zhansaya Adish, Raikhan Mustafina

“…Materials and Methods: Blood samples were randomly collected from 437 cattle and 397 sheep from two regions of Kazakhstan: Akmola and Kostanay. …”
Get full text

Trace Mineral Source Impacts Volatile Fatty Acid Profile and Rumen Trace Mineral Solubility in Feedlot Steers by Huey Yi Loh, Octavio Guimaraes, Meghan P. Thorndyke, Sam Jalali, Jerry W. Spears, Jeff S. Heldt, Terry E. Engle

“…In experiment 2, steers received a single pulse dose of their respective TM treatments via the cannula. Ruminal samples were obtained at 2 h intervals from −4 to 24 h post-dosing. …”
Get full text

Effectiveness of probiotic lozenges and Chlorhexidine mouthwash on plaque index, salivary pH, and Streptococcus mutans count among school children in Makkah, Saudi Arabia by Sara Matuq Badri, Emtenan Hesham Felemban, Ghaida Kamel Alnajjar, Fadwa Monawar Alotaibi, Shorooq Talin Aljahdali, Yahia Ahmed Maher, Adel Fathi

“…The control group was only instructed to follow regular oral hygiene measures. Saliva samples were taken at baseline, 15th and 30th days. …”
Get full text

Gut microbiome changes with micronutrient supplementation in children with attention–deficit/hyperactivity disorder: the MADDY study by Hayleigh K. Ast, Matthew Hammer, Shiqi Zhang, Alisha Bruton, Irene E. Hatsu, Brenda Leung, Ryan McClure, Priya Srikanth, Yuliya Farris, Lydia Norby-Adams, Lisa M. Robinette, L. Eugene Arnold, Jonathan R. Swann, Jiangjiang Zhu, Lisa Karstens, Jeanette M. Johnstone

“…Stool samples collected at baseline, week 8, and week 16 were analyzed using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing targeting the V4 hypervariable region. …”
Get full text

Ferritin as a Risk Factor for Glucose Intolerance amongst Men and Women Originating from the Indian Subcontinent by Elizabeth A. Hughes, Jeetesh V. Patel, Zosia Bredow, Paramjit S. Gill, Julia Chackathayil, Elif S. Agaoglu, Paul Flinders, Rebecca Mirrielees

“…This study tests whether ferritin levels reflect glucose tolerance in South Asians, independent of lifestyle exposures associated with Indian or British residence. Methods. We randomly sampled 227 Gujaratis in Britain (49.8 (14.4) years, 50% men) and 277 contemporaries living in Gujarati villages (47.6 (11.8) years, 41% men). …”
Get full text

Characterization of dairy farms based on the urea nitrogen content of bulk tank milk in Paraná State, Brazil by Monique Figueiredo-Paludo, Magali Soares dos Santos Pozza, Fabio Seiji dos Santos, Ferenc Istvan Bánkuti, Maximiliane Alavarse Zambom, Antonio Leandro Chaves Gurgel, Jesús Alberto Cardozo Osorio, Kleves Vieira de Almeida, José Augusto Horst, Tairon Pannunzio Dias-Silva, Luís Carlos Vinhas Ítavo, Geraldo Tadeu dos Santos

“…Interviews and samplings of bulk tank milk were carried out from October 2018 to October 2019. …”
Get full text

Artificial intelligence-based personalized diet: A pilot clinical study for irritable bowel syndrome by Tarkan Karakan, Aycan Gundogdu, Hakan Alagözlü, Nergiz Ekmen, Seckin Ozgul, Varol Tunali, Mehmet Hora, Damla Beyazgul, O. Ufuk Nalbantoglu

“…We enrolled consecutive IBS-M patients (n = 25) according to Rome IV criteria. Fecal samples were obtained from all patients twice (pre-and post-intervention) and high-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing was performed. …”
Get full text

PILOT STUDY RESULTS OF THE INFLUENCE OF CITICOLINE AND PIRIBEDIL ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY by M. M. Petrova, S. V. Prokopenko, O. V. Eremina, G. V. Matjushin, V. A. Sakovich, D. B. Drobot, E. Yu. Mozhejko, D. S. Kaskaeva

“…The obtained results allow considering the studied drugs as a protectors of cognitive function after surgery. Randomized controlled double-blind studies on large samples are needed to confirm these results.…”
Get full text

Proximate composition, energy value, and lipid quality in loin in different weight classes of pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) from fish farming by Ana Sabrina Coutinho Marques Rocha, Sheyla Cristina Vargas Baldi, Maria Luiza Rodrigues de Souza, Bruna Laurindo Rosa, Emerson Carlos Soares e Silva, Rute Bianchini Pontuschka, Jerônimo Vieira Dantas Filho, Jucilene Cavali

“…The experimental design was completely randomized, with processing conducted out in triplicate. …”
Get full text

Effects of Nitrite Stress on Growth, Glycolipid Metabolism, and Hepatic Metabolome in Spotted Seabass (<i>Lateolabrax maculatus</i>) Under High-Temperature Conditions by Juan Gao, Shi Cao, Chen Shen, Jian Zhang, Ling Wang, Xueshan Li, Kangle Lu, Chunxiao Zhang, Kai Song

“…A total of 450 fish (28.52 ± 0.84 g) were randomly distributed into nine tanks and exposed to three nitrite concentrations (0, 8, and 16 mg/L), with samples collected on days 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28. …”
Get full text

Differential changes in serum levels of transforming growth factor beta and interleukin-17 ratio in overweight pregnant women and their fetuses after home-based exercise training by Mahdieh Molanuri Shamsi, Lida Moghaddam- Banaem, Marzieh Moslemi, Farzaneh Sinapour, Mona Pourmohammad, Afsaneh Jamali, Raoof Negaresh, Sara Soudi, Katsuhiko Suzuki

“…Blood samples were collected during each trimester of pregnancy and from the umbilical cord at birth. …”
Get full text

SSR fingerprinting of 203 sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) varieties by Yu-sha MENG, Ning ZHAO, Hui LI, Hong ZHAI, Shao-zhen HE, Qing-chang LIU

“…In this study, a total of 1294 SSR primer pairs, including 1215 genomic-SSR and 79 expressed sequence tag (EST)-SSR primer pairs, were screened with sweetpotato varieties Zhengshu 20 and Luoxushu 8 and their 2 F1 individuals randomly sampled, and 273 and 38 of them generated polymorphic bands, respectively. …”
Get full text

The interplay of saliva, erosion and attrition on enamel and dentine by I. Aljulayfi, S. O'Toole, M. Healy, S. Sumaidaa, Z. Ali, D. Bartlett, R. Austin

“…Method: Polished enamel and dentine samples (n = 160) were prepared and randomly assigned to either the saliva or saliva-free group (n = 40 enamel and n = 40 dentine/group). …”
Get full text

Toxicity of Crude Oil Wastewater Treated with Nano-ZnO as a Photocatalyst on <i>Labeo rohita</i>: A Biochemical and Physiological Investigation by Zahra Mousaviyon, Hamid Reza Pourkhabbaz, Mahdi Banaee, Saeid Khodadoust, Ali Reza Pourkhabbaz, Abha Trivedi, Caterina Faggio, Cristiana Roberta Multisanti

“…A total of 225 fish were randomly assigned to five groups in triplicate for 21 days. …”
Get full text

A Comparative Parallel Study of Pharmacokinetics and Immunogenicity Following Single Intravenous Administration of Bevacizumab Biosimilar RPH-001 (Manufactured by R-Pharm Group, Ru... by M. A. Kolganova, N. S. Bagaeva, Yu. V. Medvedev, I. E. Shohin, A. V. Demchinskaya, T. N. Palkina, D. A. Salazanov, G. E. Konopleva, M. S. Sheremeteva, Sh. Z. Archuadze, Ya. V. Lavrovsky, A. Yu. Savchenko, M. Yu. Samsonov

“…Immunogenicity study did not show any evidence of anti-bevacizumab antibodies in blood serum samples.…”
Get full text

Tomato Stem Recognition Based on Yolox by Holý Miroslav, Cviklovič Vladimír, Tóth Ladislav, Vacho Lukáš, Olejár Martin, Kósa Patrik, Baláži Juraj, Paulovič Stanislav

“…Experimental results demonstrate usable overall recognition performance for unbalanced samples. The findings of this work provide a technical foundation for developing tomato harvesting robots.…”
Get full text

The Effect of a Pre-Mix of Essential Organic Minerals on Growth, Antioxidant Indices, and the Diarrhea Incidence in Dairy Calves Breed in Arid Climates by M. S. Mortazavi, M. Hajmohammadi, Giovanni Buonaiuto, Riccardo Colleluori, Martina Lamanna, Damiano Cavallini, R. Valizadeh, S. H. Ebrahimi, C. A. F. Oliveira

“…Additionally, mineral supplementation enhanced total antioxidant capacity and superoxide dismutase activity in plasma samples (<i>p</i> < 0.01). These findings suggest that organic mineral supplementation could be an effective strategy to improve mineral bioavailability and support the health of dairy calves during early life in arid climates.…”
Get full text