The Effectiveness of β-glucan in the Treatment of Caprine Mastitis Induced by Candida albicans by Saddam H Mahmoud, Shaimaa N Yassein

“…Twenty lactating goats (2–4 years old, 25–30 kg) were randomly divided into five groups (Group I–Group V), with each group consisting of four goats. …”
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Assessment of the Ultrasonic Machine for Surface Finishing of 3D-Printed Cobalt-Chromium Alloy by Selective Laser Melting Technology by Mahmood Abdulla Ahmad, Israa Mohammed Hummudi

“…The discs of cobalt chromium alloy were printed by SLM (n = 20) and evenly divided into two groups: one for finishing in compliance with the manufacturer's standard procedure, and the other for employing USM. …”
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The role of dietary bee pollen in antioxidant potential in rats by Marcela Capcarova, Adriana Kolesarova, Anna Kalafova, Branislav Galik, Milan Simko, Miroslav Juracek, Robert Toman

“…<p> <b>Material and Methods:</b> Adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: One control group (C) and two experimental groups (E1, E2). …”
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Iodine Levels in Pregnant Women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum by Seyma Banu Arslanca, Vakkas korkmaz, Tufan Arslanca, Figen Besyaprak, Adil Barut

“…The participants were divided into two groups; group 1 comprised 81 healthy pregnant women, and group 2 comprised 40 pregnant women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum. …”
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Switch to Aflibercept in the Treatment of Neovascular AMD: Long-Term Results by Pedro Neves Cardoso, Ana Fernanda Pinheiro, Jorge Meira, Ana Catarina Pedrosa, Manuel S. Falcão, João Pinheiro-Costa, Fernando Falcão-Reis, Ângela M. Carneiro

“…Results. 164 eyes were analyzed, 101 eyes switched from bevacizumab (group 1) and 63 from ranibizumab (group 2). One year after the switch, there was an overall nonsignificant mean decrease of 2 ETDRS letters in BCVA. …”
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Aspects of Toxoplasma Infection on the Reproductive System of Experimentally Infected Rams (Ovis Aries) by Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes, Alvimar José da Costa, Luis Fernando Santana, Ricardo Silva dos Santos, Walter Matheus Rossanese, Wilton Carlos Zanetti Lopes, Gustavo Henrique Nogueira Costa, Cláudio Alessandro Sakamoto, Thais Rabelo dos Santos

“…All the inoculated rams responded to antigenic stimulus, producing antibodies against T. gondii from postinoculation day 5 onwards. In ovine groups I and II, the greatest titers observed were 1 : 4096 and 1 : 8192, respectively. …”
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Sulfonated polystyrene foam waste as an efficient catalyst for Friedel-Crafts type reactions by Behrang Moazzen, Roya Kamrouz, Alireza Khorshidi

“…SPS was found to carry a higher load of -SO3H functional groups (1.62 mmol H+ per g) compared to SGA (1.23 mmol H+ per g), contributing to its slightly higher efficiency in the regioselective ring-opening of 2-(phenoxymethyl)oxirane with indole. …”
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The Efficacy of Decalcified Freeze-Dried Bone Allograft With or Without Advanced-PRF (Platelet-Rich Fibrin) for Furcation Deficiencies by Mohamed H. Salama

“…They were divided arbitrarily into Group I: DFDBA with A-PRF and Group II: DFDBA with 10 samples in each group. …”
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Regional blockade in endoscopic surgical removal of pituitary adenoma by N Akhmadov, E Nasibova

“…To investigate the effectiveness of combining regional anesthesia with general anesthesia in reducing intraoperative drug administration and minimizing patient stress, two groups of patients were formed. Group I (n=14) received general anesthesia, while Group II (n = 23) underwent bilateral regional anesthesia of the pterygopalatine fossa in addition to general anesthesia, along with nasal mucosa application anesthesia. …”
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TERF Intimate Publics by Jo Church

“…Drawing from Judith Butler, I use “fascism” as a conceptual frame while analyzing online images and sentiments of a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF) who belongs to an Australian anti-gender Facebook group. I argue that TERF intimate publics are constituted by feelings of loss and resentment which become alleviated through claiming legitimacy along a “natural” gendered and racialized hierarchy of human worth, through demanding a return of one’s “sex-based rights,” and through a commitment to victimhood. …”
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Effect of intratympanic steroid therapy in sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Our clinical experience by Ahmet Hamdi̇ Kepekci

“…The data was divided into 2 groups, one for midrange frequencies mean (250-500–1000-2000 Hz) and the other for treble frequencies means hearing level (4000-80000Hz), these measures were compared before and after treatment. …”
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Lipid Antigens: Revealing the Hidden Players in Adaptive Immune Responses by Tamana Eskandari, Yasamin Eivazzadeh, Fatemeh Khaleghinia, Fatemeh Kashi, Valentyn Oksenych, Dariush Haghmorad

“…Lipid antigens are presented by CD1 molecules and activate invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells and group 1 CD1-restricted T cells, whereby they impact immune responses to pathogens and tumors. …”
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Effect of Vitamin E versus Vitamin C Application on Wound Healing in the Gingival Depigmentation Procedure: A Split-mouth Clinical Comparative Study by Ritu Agrawal, Shailendra Chauhan, Aditya Sinha, Satendra Sharma, Gaurav Singh, Ankita Garg

“…After the depigmentation procedure, Vitamin E was applied in Group 1, and Vitamin C was applied in Group 2. The healing index and Visual Analog Scale scores for pain were recorded on the 15th day and the 45th day postoperatively. …”
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The Place of Vocational Pedagogy in Pedagogical Science System by N. V. Ronzhina

“…In compliance with the goal setting, the pedagogic issues of teacher training are also divided into two groups: 1) training teachers for socialization system– the goal of pedagogic training; 2) training teachers for professional system – the goal of vocational teacher training. …”
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A Comparative Study of Platelet-Rich Fibrin (PRF) and Titanium-Prepared Platelet-Rich Fibrin (T-PRF) in Management of Endo-Perio Lesion by Kamlesh P. Talesara, Rini G. Aroli Veetil, Soham M. Brahmbhatt, Mridul Sharma, Deepika Khandelwal, Divya Jyoti, Miral Mehta

“…Results: Mean change in probing depth at period of 3 months in group 1 is 2-15 while after 6 months is 2.74. P value is 0.91 which is highly insignificant. …”
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Walking Training with Foot Drop Stimulator Controlled by a Tilt Sensor to Improve Walking Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study in Patients with Stroke in Subacute Phase by G. Morone, A. Fusco, P. Di Capua, P. Coiro, L. Pratesi

“…In this study, twenty patients with stroke in subacute phase were enrolled and randomly divided in two groups: one group performing the NMES (i.e. Walkaide Group, WG) and the Control Group (CG) performing conventional neuromotor rehabilitation. …”
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Analysis of the Chemical Modification of Dental Enamel Submitted to 35% Hydrogen Peroxide “In-Office” Whitening, with or without Calcium by Rudá França Moreira, Fábio Pinheiro Santos, Estevão Antero Santos, Ramon Silva dos Santos, Marcelino José dos Anjos, Mauro Sayão de Miranda

“…The specimens were divided into two groups; in group 1, a whitening solution without calcium was used, while in group 2, the solution included calcium. …”
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Valorization of Water-Based Drill Cuttings through the Bio-Carbonation Approach by Guowang Tang, Feng Huang, Guihe Wang, Zhengyang Song, Cangqin Jia, Peizhi Yu, Yongshuai Sun

“…The preliminary results revealed that bio-carbonated RMC-based WDC samples outperformed the control group (i.e., without bio-carbonation) in terms of the 28-day strength (i.e., 9.8 MPa versus 4.4 MPa), which can be assigned to formation of the carbonates, that is, hydrated magnesium carbonates (HMCs). …”
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Brain anatomy differences in Chinese children who stutter: a preliminary study by Dan Ma, Dan Ma, Lingling Wang, Lingling Wang, Sai Liu, Sai Liu, XinMao Ma, XinMao Ma, Fenglin Jia, Fenglin Jia, Yimin Hua, Yimin Hua, Yi Liao, Yi Liao, Haibo Qu, Haibo Qu

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in the structural morphology of the brain in Chinese children who stutter.MethodsA case–control study was conducted to collect magnetic resonance imaging data from stuttering and non-stuttering children, thereby analyzing whole-brain gray matter volume and cortical morphological changes in stuttering children.ResultsA total of 108 subjects were recruited (stuttering group: control group = 1:1). Comparing to healthy controls, the gray matter volume was significantly decreased in right temporal gyrus and bilateral cerebellum. …”
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Diluent and Storage Time Effect on Sperm Abnormality and MDA Level in Muscovy Duck Semen at 27oC by Sapta Andaruisworo, Ardina Tanjungsari, Erna Yuniati, Aswin Rafif Khairullah

“…A Muscovy duck, healthy and have a high libido were used then divided into treatment groups i.e. (A0) 0; (A1) 5 times; (A2) 10 times; and (A3) 15 times, the second factor as a subplot was the storage time (BO) 0; (B1) 60 minutes; (B2) 120 minutes; and (B3) 180 minutes stored at 27oC with 3 replications. …”
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