Challenging assumptions: a tripartite assessment of medical quality, resource utilization, and equity concerns in pediatric telemedicine by Motti Haimi, Ruslan Sergienko, Tzipi Hornik-Lurie, Dov Albukrek

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study analysis of 1,500 children under 19 years within Israel’s Clalit Health Services (Shron-Shomron District) from January 2021 to January 2022. Participants were randomly sampled from three groups based on their telemedicine utilization patterns: in-person primary care physician (PCP) visits only (n = 500); PCP plus phone/video telemedicine (n = 500); and PCP plus phone/video plus Tyto device telemedicine (n = 500). …”
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Isolation and Identification of Staphylococcus xylosus in Nude Mice with Squamous Skin Scurfs by KONG Zhihao, WEI Xiaofeng, YU Lingzhi, FENG Liping, ZHU Qi, SHI Guojun, WANG Chen

“…Objective To isolate pathogenic bacteria from the skin of a nude mouse exhibiting squamous skin scurfs, and perform bacterial identification, traceability analysis, and pathogenicity studies to provide a new approach for the diagnosis of pathogens in nude mice with squamous skin scurfs.MethodsSkin swab samples were collected from a nude mouse exhibiting squamous skin scurfs for nucleic acid testing, bacterial isolation and culture, biochemical identification, 16S rDNA gene amplification and sequencing, and whole genome sequencing to construct a phylogenetic tree. …”
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Nutrient Density and Microbial Safety of Open-Air-Dried Beef Meat and Its Biochemical and Organ Histopathology Effects in Albino Rats: A Promising Ingredient for Complementary Food... by Kifle Habte, Meseret Azene, Yohannes Chanyalew, Samson Girma, Chala Bashea, Asrat Yehualshet, Getamesay Behailu, Abiy Abebe, Masresha Tessema

“…A total of 36 Wistar albino rats (18 males and 18 females) of 4-8 weeks old were used and randomly assigned to the experiments. After acclimatization for one week, the experimental rats were followed for 30 days. …”
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Mechanism of GBE Combined with TP on the Effect of AMPK/SREBP-1C/ACC Pathway on Lipid Metabolism in Heat-Stressed Broiler Liver by Chenyang Zhou, Haoxiang Chen, Xingyue Wu, Huili Dong, Siliang Feng, Yajin Tie, Zhanqin Zhao, Lifang Si

“…Liver and serum samples were extracted at 28 and 42 days of age, respectively. …”
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Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Infusion in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Retrospective Cytopeutics’ Registry Study by Chin SP, Kee LT, Mohd MA, Then KY

“…These findings provide a basis for further exploration of UC-MSCs in managing T2DM in proper randomized control trial, by addressing both metabolic dysregulation and inflammation.Keywords: human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, HbA1c, glucose…”
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High-intensity intermittent exercise regulates oxidative stress and improves endothelial progenitor cell function in patients with essential hypertension by Jixin ZHI, Tiantian WANG, Shuang REN, Chenyu WANG

“…MethodsA total of 60 patients with essential hypertension were randomly divided into a control group and an exercise group. …”
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Positive impact of dietary marine sulfated polysaccharides derived from macroalgae during a necrotic enteritis challenge by Candice E.C. Blue, María Garcia Suarez, Elise Nacer-Khodja, Maria A. Rodriguez, Rami A. Dalloul

“…On d 14, 21, and 42, serum and jejunum samples from one bird/pen were collected to measure the concentration of the biomarker calprotectin and mRNA abundance of cytokines and tight junction proteins. …”
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Effect of Yeast Selenium on Growth Performance, Muscle Selenium Deposition, and Antioxidant Capacity of Juvenile <i>Cherax quadricarinatus</i> by Ying Han, Chenchen Wang, Jimin Deng, Lizhen Zhong, Xiao Huang, Yuandong Sun, Xiaojuan Cui

“…On days 0, 14, 28, 42, and 56 of the trial, 10 crayfish from each group were randomly sampled for body weight measurement. On day 28, the body weight of the crayfish fed diets containing 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, and 4.00 mg/kg selenium-enriched yeast was significantly higher (<i>p</i> < 0.05) than that of the control group. …”
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Circulating metabolic biomarkers predict incident sepsis: a large-scale population study in the UK Biobank by Hao Bai, Yihui Li, Miaomiao Fan, Mingmin Pang, Yanan Li, Shaohua Zhao, Tingyu Meng, Hao Chen, Ming Lu, Hao Wang

“…The full cohort was randomly assigned to a training set (n = 53,267) and a test set (n = 53,266) to develop and validate the sepsis risk prediction model. …”
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Ursolic acid attenuates obesity-related metabolic dysfunction via modulation of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma in male Wistar rats fed with high-carbohydrate high... by Oluwatosin O. Omodara, Mohammed U. Kawu, Ibrahim G. Bako, Daniel H. Mhya, Theophilus T. Dawus

“…The animals were fed their respective diets daily for 20 weeks. 250 mg/kg body weight of ursolic acid was administered orally to UA-treated groups for the last 8 weeks. Blood samples were collected and liver and adipose tissues were harvested for biochemical and tissue analysis, respectively. …”
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Integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis of photoperiod effects on testosterone secretion in ChaHua chicken No.2 Roosters by Mengqian Liu, Lei Tan, Xinlu Li, Haojie Li, Yong Zhang, Xiannian Zi, Changrong Ge, Kun Wang

“…Blood samples were collected at 91 and 140 days post-hatch to measure Testosterone levels. …”
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Aging-dependent change in Th17 and cytokine response in multiple sclerosis by Wen Zhu, Shankar Revu, Chenyi Chen, Megan Dahl, Archana Ramkumar, Conor Kelly, Mandy J. McGeachy, Zongqi Xia

“…We assayed cell culture supernatants for interleukin 17 (IL-17) and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and a subset of the supernatant samples using a commercial human cytokine/chemokine array. …”
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Changes in household food and drink purchases following restrictions on the advertisement of high fat, salt, and sugar products across the Transport for London network: A controlle... by Amy Yau, Nicolas Berger, Cherry Law, Laura Cornelsen, Robert Greener, Jean Adams, Emma J Boyland, Thomas Burgoine, Frank de Vocht, Matt Egan, Vanessa Er, Amelia A Lake, Karen Lock, Oliver Mytton, Mark Petticrew, Claire Thompson, Martin White, Steven Cummins

“…The intervention and control samples were similar in household characteristics but had small differences in main food shopper sex, socioeconomic position, and body mass index. …”
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Evolução da salinidade e pH de solo sob cultivo de melão irrigado com água salina Evolution of salinity and pH of soil cultivated with melon irrigated with brackish water by Francisco de Q. Porto Filho, José F. de Medeiros, Hans R. Gheyi, Nildo da S. Dias, Paulo S. de Sousa, Daniel da C. Dantas

“…Water with different salinity levels (0.6; 1.9; 3.2 and 4.5 dS m-1) was used throughout the cycle and in incremental way in three periods of melon development, forming 15 treatments, arranged in randomized blocks with four replications. The salinity was measured at 0, 30, 50 and 70 days after sowing in soil samples collected in layers of 0-15, 15-30 and 30-45 cm. …”
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Correlation analysis of AVPR1a and AVPR2 with abnormal water and sodium and potassium metabolism in rats by Sun Kun, Qiu Yingzhu, Sun Yao

“…One hundred male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned into four groups: the CG group (normal feeding), the CRF group (3/4 nephrectomy using a “two-step surgical method”), the CHF group (subcutaneous injection of isoproterenol at 100 mg/kg), and the CRF–CHF group (3/4 nephrectomy followed by a subcutaneous injection of isoproterenol at 100 mg/kg 1 week later). 4 weeks post-surgery, urine and blood samples were collected to measure 24 h urinary protein, sodium, and potassium levels. …”
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Improving Sleep and Daytime Function with Tryptophan, Magnesium, Melissa and Lactuca Formulation: An Exploratory Study in Adults with Sleep Disturbances by Schmitt F, Weishaupt R, Katumba PKM, Vogt D, Meyer N, Feld M, Hellhammer J

“…Outcomes were assessed via diaries, questionnaires, cognitive tests, wearables, saliva samples, and polysomnography (PSG) in a 10-subject subgroup. …”
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Game Design, Effectiveness, and Implementation of Serious Games Promoting Aspects of Mental Health Literacy Among Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review by Michael Zeiler, Sandra Vögl, Ursula Prinz, Nino Werner, Gudrun Wagner, Andreas Karwautz, Natalie Zeller, Lorenz Ackermann, Karin Waldherr

“…However, the evidence was mostly based on small samples, and user adherence was sometimes low. …”
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Compactação de um argissolo amarelo distrocoeso submetido a diferentes manejos Compaction of a ultisol submitted to different managements by Veronildo S. Oliveira, Mário M. Rolim, Romero F. B. Vasconcelos, Yuri D. J. Costa, Elvira M. R. Pedrosa

“…Plots (50 × 50 m) were randomized within the four areas at depths of 0-20, 20-40 and 40-60 cm, with three replications. …”
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Gastrointestinal parasites in buffalo calves in a farming context in Colon county, Zulia state, Venezuela by María Rodríguez, David Uzcátegui, Andrea González, Steward Fernández, Alfredo Sánchez

“…Fecal samples were taken directly from the rectum and processed by McMaster’s technique using saturated saline as flotation medium. …”
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Investigation of risk factors associated with Ancylostoma spp. infection and the benzimidazole F167Y resistance marker polymorphism in dogs from the United States by Pablo D. Jimenez Castro, Jennifer L. Willcox, Haresh Rochani, Holly L. Richmond, Heather E. Martinez, Cecilia E. Lozoya, Christian Savard, Christian M. Leutenegger

“…A diagnostic test using real-time PCR (qPCR) for Ancylostoma spp. and allele-specific qPCR detecting the SNP F167Y in the isotype 1 of the Beta-tubulin gene, was used in 885,424 randomized canine fecal samples collected between March 2022 and December 2023. …”
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