Influence of high flux hemodialysis on microinflammatory and nutritional status of uremic patients by LIU Na, ZHOU Lu, DING Kun, CHEN Ren-gui, ZHAO Wen-qi, YE Ting, SU Dong-dong

“…Methods 155 cases of uremic patients in our hospital from January 2013 to June 2015 were randomly divided into two groups: 82 cases of uremic patients with uremic treated by HFHD were selected into observation group,and 73 cases of uremic patients with uremic treated by hemodiafiltration + hemoperfusion（ HDF + HP） in the same period were selected into control group.Before and 12 months after the treatment,blood samples of 155 patients in each group were taken to detect the indicators of hypersensitive C-reactive protein（ hs-CRP）,interleukin（ IL-6）,tumor necrosis factor（TNF-α）,triglycerides（ TC）,total cholesterol（ TC）,β₂-microglobulin（ β₂-MG）,serum creatinine（SCr）,serum phosphorus（Ph）,body mass index（BMI）,total protein（TP）,albumin（Alb）,and statistical analyzed. …”
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Protective effects of hydroxytyrosol on contrast-induced nephropathy in rats by PAN Pei-qiang, YU Fen-fen, SHAN Wen-hong, JI Wen-xuan, SUN Yan, LIU Gui-mei, HUANG Jun-yan

“…Rats were sacrificed for collection of tissue and blood samples at 48 h after modeling. Serum creatinine（Scr） and Blood urea nitrogen（BUN） were detected and pathological changes of the kidney were evaluated. …”
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ACTIVATED CHARCOAL DERIVATED FROM BIOCHAR AS A FEED ADDITIVE FOR GOATS: A RUMINAL ANALYSIS by Ali M.M. Mani, Riyadh Al Araji, Haneen Ghazi

“…Thirty goats (weighing 14.35 ± 1.40 kg) were randomly put into three groups: a control diet group and groups with diet supplemented with activated charcoal at 50 mg/kg and 150 mg/kg. …”
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Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in southeast Iran: implications for malaria elimination by Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, Alireza Salimi Khorashad, Mohammad Sakeni, Ahmad Raeisi, Zahra Metanat

“…Methodology: A total of 526 students were randomly recruited through schools located in southeast Iran. …”
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Susceptibility to hepatitis B infection, hepatitis B/HIV co-infections and hepatitis B immunity in HIV-positive patients starting HAART in Durban, South Africa by F. M. Chonco, S. Rangiah

“…Method: This was a retrospective review of 1 066 randomly sampled files of patients initiated on HAART between January 2012 and December 2014 at two Durban hospitals. …”
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The effect of topical antibiotic or antibiotic-corticosteroid treatment on the ocular surface microbiota of healthy horses by M. G. Martin de Bustamante, C. E. Plummer, B. Caddey, D. E. Gomez

“…The inferior conjunctival fornix of both eyes was sampled at baseline before antibiotic administration (day 0), on days 3, 7, 9, 14, and 30. …”
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STUDY THE BIOCHEMICL EFFECT OF GUM ARABIC IN LIVER INJURY AND BLOOD SERUM OF MICE INDUCE BY GENTAMICIN by Ghassan F. Alubaidy

“…Forty adult male Bulb/c mice weighing between 25-30 GM reared in wire cages were randomly divided into four groups (10 mice each group). …”
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Sympathoadrenal activation and endothelial damage are inter correlated and predict increased mortality in patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. a post Hoc sub... by Pär I Johansson, John Bro-Jeppesen, Jesper Kjaergaard, Michael Wanscher, Christian Hassager, Sisse R Ostrowski

“…One hundred sixty three patients resuscitated from OHCA were included at a single site ICU. Blood was sampled a median 135 min (Inter Quartile Range (IQR) 103-169) after OHCA. …”
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Effect and Mechanism of Galacto-oligosaccharides on Constipation in Mice by Ya PAN, Fei SHEN, Ming CHEN, Fengqin FENG

“…Methods: Thirty-six male BALB/C mice were randomly divided into three groups, including the blank group, the model group, and the GOS group. …”
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The effect of discount messages on impulse buying and self-control: investigating arousal through brain’s emotion signals by Sina Taghizadeh, Rosa Hendijani, Hashem Aghazadeh, Mohsen Nazari

“…Data were analyzed using mediation analysis (PROCESS Model 4) with bootstrapping (5,000 samples). Results: The findings indicate that arousal did not significantly mediate the relationship between self-control and impulse buying. …”
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Comparative study of adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells with rapamycin on paraquat-induced acute lung injury and pulmonary fibrosis in a mouse model: histological and bi... by Heba Fikry, Lobna A. Saleh, Doaa R. Sadek

“…Lung tissue was harvested at the end of the experiment and analyzed by light and electron microscopy in addition to immunohistochemistry evaluation of p53. Samples were also taken to -80 for identification of the Y chromosome (SRY gene) and biochemical testing in the lung tissue. …”
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Lower secondary school students’ scientific literacy and their proficiency in identifying and appraising health claims in news media: a secondary analysis using large-scale survey... by Lena Victoria Nordheim, Kjell Sverre Pettersen, Birgitte Espehaug, Signe Agnes Flottorp, Øystein Guttersrud

“…Using a national science achievement test, we explored whether students located at the lower quartile on the latent trait (scientific literacy) scale were likely to identify a health claim in a fictitious brief news report, and whether students located at or above the upper quartile were likely to additionally request information relevant for appraising that claim.Design Secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data.Setting and participants 2229 Norwegian 10th grade students (50% females) from 97 randomly sampled lower secondary schools who performed the test during April–May 2013.Outcome measures Using Rasch modelling, we linked item difficulty and student proficiency in science to locate the proficiencies associated with different percentiles on the latent trait scale. …”
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Effects of coconut meal inclusion on growth performance, nutrient utilization, carcass characteristics, and meat quality in Awassi Lambs by Ja’far Al-Khaza’leh, Belal Obeidat

“…On day 64, lambs were slaughtered to evaluate carcass characteristics and meat quality. Blood samples were collected for serum biochemical analysis. …”
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Cord serum metabolome and birth weight in patients with gestational diabetes treated with metformin, insulin, or diet alone by Kristiina Tertti, Tapani Rönnemaa, Outi Pellonperä, Mikael S Huhtala

“…Our aim was to study the effects of metformin treatment compared with insulin or diet on the cord serum metabolome and also to assess how these metabolites are related to birth weight (BW) in pregnancies complicated by GDM.Research design and methods Cord serum samples were available from 113, 97, and 98 patients with GDM treated with diet, insulin, and metformin, respectively. …”
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Ameliorative effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles against cutaneous amyloidosis in rats: Histopathology and biochemical study by Anfal A. Salaheldeen, Enas S. Mustafa

“…Forty male rats aged two months were used in this research, randomly divided into four groups, with 10 animals in each group. …”
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Effects of Waiting Period before Milking on Orotic, Uric and Hippuric Acid Contents of Milks from Shami and Kilis Goats by Mahmut Keskin, Zühal Gündüz, Sabri Gül, Süleyman Ercüment Önel, Zehra Güler, Ahmet Dursun

“…The milk samples taken with interval 30 days from May to October were used for organic acid analysis at a reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography. …”
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Land Cover and Soil Properties Influence on Forage Quantity in a Semiarid Region in East Africa by Anthony Egeru, Oliver Wasonga, Geofrey Gabiri, Laban MacOpiyo, John Mburu, Jackson Gilbert Mwanjalolo Majaliwa

“…In each vegetation type, 50 × 40 m plots were demarcated with nested plots to facilitate clipping of the herbaceous layer. Composite soil samples at two depths (0–15 cm, 15–30 cm) were obtained from each plot. …”
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Impacts of Cereal and Legume Cultivation on Soil Properties and Microbial Communities in the Mu Us Desert by Lirong He, Lei Shi, Yang Wu, Guoliang Wang, Guobin Liu

“…Soil samples were collected to assess physicochemical properties and to analyze microbial community structures via high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing. …”
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Impact of kombucha, coffee, and turmeric beverages on the color stability of a single-shade versus a multi-shade resin-based composite by Hanin E. Yeslam, Abdulaziz F. Bakhsh

“…Sixty specimens (8 × 5 × 2 mm) were created using two types of RBCs: a single-shade (Vittra APS Unique, FGM Dental Group, Joinville, SC, Brazil) and a conventional universal RBC (Tetric N-Ceram, Ivoclar Vivadent, Germany). The samples were randomly divided into two main groups (N = 30) based on the RBC used. …”
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Genomic Diversity of the <i>tet</i>(X)-Positive <i>Myroides</i> Species by Chong Chen, Taotao Wu, Jing Liu, Yilin Lv

“…From 2021 to 2024, 646 samples of chicken, sheep, soil, and water were randomly collected, yielding nine chicken-derived <i>tet</i>(X)-positive <i>Myroides</i> sp. strains in Shandong, China. …”
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