Evaluation of clinical efficacy of gamithromycin in the treatment of naturally infected neonatal calves with cryptosporidiosis by Mahmut Ok, Ferda Sevinç, Merve İder, Onur Ceylan, Alper Ertürk, Ceylan Ceylan, Murat Kaan Durgut

“…Calves shedding Cryptosporidium oocysts between 4 x 10⁴ and 15 x 10⁶ per gram in feces were included in the study. Hemogram and blood gases were measured at the beginning of the treatment and after the treatment. …”
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Unit costs and cost-effectiveness of a device to improve TB treatment adherence in China by S. Sweeney, K. Fielding, X. Liu, J.A. Thompson, H. Dong, S. Jiang, Y. Zhao, S. Huan, A. Vassall

“…RESULTS: The incremental cost of MERM was $27.22 per patient. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis showed significant uncertainty about the intervention's cost-effectiveness. …”
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Exploration of the Effect of Tobacco Smoking on Metabolic Measures in Young People Living with HIV by Mark L. Rubinstein, D. Robert Harris, Bret J. Rudy, Bill G. Kapogiannis, Grace M. Aldrovandi, Kathleen Mulligan

“…Overall, 144 (38.7%) self-reported smoking tobacco and 69 (47.9%) of these reported smoking greater than five cigarettes per day. Smokers versus nonsmokers had lower mean total cholesterol (146.0 versus 156.1 mg/dL; P<0.01) and lower mean total body fat percent (24.1% versus 27.2%, P=0.03). …”
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Elevation bias due to penetration of spaceborne radar signal on Grosser Aletschgletscher, Switzerland by Jacqueline Bannwart, Livia Piermattei, Inés Dussaillant, Lukas Krieger, Dana Floricioiu, Etienne Berthier, Claudia Roeoesli, Horst Machguth, Michael Zemp

“…We found that the elevation bias – averaged per elevation bin – can reach up to 4–8 m in the accumulation area, depending on post co-registration corrections. …”
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Functional Prediction of Hypothetical Proteins from and Validation of the Predicted Models by Using ROC Curve Analysis by Md. Amran Gazi, Sultan Mahmud, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Mohammad Golam Kibria, Parag Palit, Md. Rezaul Islam, Humaira Rashid, Subhasish Das, Mustafa Mahfuz, Tahmeed Ahmeed

“…With over 164 million reported cases per annum, shigellosis accounts for 1.1 million deaths each year. …”
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Effects of Periodic Task-Specific Test Feedback on Physical Performance in Older Adults Undertaking Band-Based Resistance Exercise by Ryuichi Hasegawa, Mohammod Monirul Islam, Ryuji Watanabe, Naoki Tomiyama, Dennis R. Taaffe

“…Both groups received exactly the same 9-week CHBRE program comprising one community-based and two home-based sessions per week. Muscle performance included arm curls and chair stands in 30 seconds, while functional mobility was determined by the timed up and go (TUG) test. …”
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Investigation on the Time Factor of CO-Based Emission Factors for Sustainable Development of Urban Tunnels in China by Weiwei Liu, Jianxun Chen, Yanbin Luo, Zhou Shi, Yunfei Wu, Zilong Xu, Fangfang Dong

“…The average reduction rates of Stage I (2004–2010) and Stage II (2010–2030) are 38% and 14% per year, respectively. The CO emission factor series of passenger cars conforms to exponential function distribution. …”
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Improved Patient Outcomes by Normalizing Sympathovagal Balance: Differentiating Syncope—Precise Subtype Differentiation Leads to Improved Outcomes by Nicholas L. DePace, Julie A. Bateman, Michael Yayac, John Oh, Mushfiqur Siddique, Cesar Acosta, Jeysel M. Pinales, Aaron I. Vinik, Heather L. Bloom

“…., Philadelphia, PA) differentiates subtypes in 2727 cardiology patients (50.5% female; average age: 57 years; age range: 12–100 years), serially tested over four years (3.3 tests per patient, average). P&S monitoring noninvasively, independently, and simultaneously measures parasympathetic and sympathetic (P&S) activity, including the normal P-decrease followed by an S-increase with head-up postural change (standing). …”
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Ionophore-based potentiometric PVC membrane sensors for determination of phenobarbitone in pharmaceutical formulations by Alrabiah Haitham, Al-Majed Abdulrahman, Abounassif Mohammed, Mostafa Gamal A.E.

“…The proposed sensors showed rapid, stable anionic response (-59.1 and -62.0 mV per decade) over a relatively wide phenobarbitone concentration range (5.0 × 10-6-1 × 10-2 and 8 × 10-6-1 × 10-2 mol L-1) in the pH range of 9-11. …”
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Effects of Red Clover Isoflavones on Growth Performance, Immune Function, and Cecal Microflora of Mice by Rongrong Guo, Xuqin Song, Xiaodie Li, Cheng Zeng, Ying Chen, Chunjie Li, Jian Yang, Deyuan Ou

“…A total of 48 mice (20 ± 2 g) were randomly divided into a control group, low-dose group (0.05% RCIs in feed), middle-dose group (0.1% RCIs in feed), and high-dose group (0.2% RCIs in feed) with 12 mice per group. The feeding period was 20 d. The results showed that RCIs can increase the daily gain and decrease the ratio of feed to gain in mice. …”
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Physical Activity Improves Verbal and Spatial Memory in Older Adults with Probable Mild Cognitive Impairment: A 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial by Lindsay S. Nagamatsu, Alison Chan, Jennifer C. Davis, B. Lynn Beattie, Peter Graf, Michelle W. Voss, Devika Sharma, Teresa Liu-Ambrose

“…All participants exercised twice per week for six months. We measured verbal memory and learning using the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) and spatial memory using a computerized test, before and after trial completion. …”
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Application prospect of speckle tracking echocardiography in pacemaker implantation by Nan Xu, Xiaoping Cheng, Lei Ren, Quan Yuan

“…Clinicians can evaluate myocardial strain and synchrony based on strain (percent change in segmental length from baseline) and strain rate (strain per unit time). This review and case series investigate the clinical use of speckle tracking echocardiography in pacemaker implantation.…”
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Effect of a bovine manure vermicompost leachate on yield of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) hybrid Nathalie by Eduardo Fidel Héctor Ardisana, Antonio Torres García, Osvaldo Alberto Fosado Téllez, José Lincoln Cedeño Guerra, Juan Bautista Zambrano Alcívar

“…The variables measured were the height of the plants, the diameter of the stem, the number of leaves, the total chlorophyll content, the length, the circumference and the weight of the fruits in four harvests. The yield per hectare in the experimental treatments was estimated from the total weight of the fruits obtained in the four harvests and the area occupied by the plants sampled. …”
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Physical, Spatial, and Molecular Aspects of Extracellular Matrix of In Vivo Niches and Artificial Scaffolds Relevant to Stem Cells Research by Maria Akhmanova, Egor Osidak, Sergey Domogatsky, Sergey Rodin, Anna Domogatskaya

“…Spatial aspects include scaffold dimensionality (2D or 3D) and thickness; cell polarity; area, shape, and microscale topography of cell adhesion surface; epitope concentration, epitope clustering characteristics (number of epitopes per cluster, spacing between epitopes within cluster, spacing between separate clusters, cluster patterns, and level of disorder in epitope arrangement), and nanotopography. …”
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Modulatory Role of Simvastatin against Aluminium Chloride-Induced Behavioural and Biochemical Changes in Rats by Madhavan Nampoothiri, Jessy John, Nitesh Kumar, Jayesh Mudgal, Gopalan Kutty Nampurath, Mallikarjuna Rao Chamallamudi

“…To conclude, the present study suggests that simvastatin per se protects the neurons in hippocampus and frontal cortex from AlCl3, an environmental toxin.…”
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A tree-shaped high thermal conductivity channel in a stacked chip with minimizing maximum temperature difference and entropy generation rate by Xuetao Xi, Huijun Feng, Lingen Chen, Yanlin Ge

“…Effects of length ratio of first order channel to elemental channel, length and width of first order channel, heat-generation-rate per volume, temperature of heat sink and thermal-conductivity of TSHTCC on its MTD and EGR are analyzed. …”
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Biological and urban environmental variables as correlates of adolescents' physical activity by Julio Brugnara Mello, Michael Duncan, Arieli Dias, Gabriel Bergmann, Anelise Gaya, Adroaldo Gaya

“…Measures included PA (steps per day by pedometers); self-report questionnaire; geographical location; ‘geocoding’ process; and direct observation and cardiorespiratory fitness (by 6-min run test). …”
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Daily Feeding of Fructooligosaccharide or Glucomannan Delays Onset of Senescence in SAMP8 Mice by Sadako Nakamura, Naoyuki Kondo, Yoshitake Yamaguchi, Michiru Hashiguchi, Kenichi Tanabe, Chihiro Ushiroda, Miho Kawahashi-Tokuhisa, Katsuyuki Yui, Mana Miyakoda, Tsuneyuki Oku

“…Here, we raised senescence accelerated mice prone 8 (SAMP8) on the AIN93 diet (CONT), with sucrose being substituted for 5% of fructooligosaccharide (FOS) or 5% of glucomannan (GM), 15 mice per group. Ten SAMR1 were raised as reference of normal aging with control diet. …”
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Effect of Four Approaches to Oral Feeding Progression on Clinical Outcomes in Preterm Infants by Rita H. Pickler, Barbara A. Reyna, Paul A. Wetzel, Mary Lewis

“…A randomized experimental design was used with four intervention groups: early start (32 weeks’ postmenstrual age)/slow progressing experience (gradually increasing oral feedings offered per day); early start/maximum experience (oral feedings offered at every feeding opportunity); late start (34 weeks’ postmenstrual age)/slow progressing experience; and late start/maximum experience. …”
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Comparison between the WNBA and WEL: differences and key performance indicators in top women basketball leagues by Jorge Lorenzo Calvo, Rafael Manuel Navarro Barragán, Carlos Serrano Luengo, Guillermo Muñoz Andradas

“…The results showed differences between the number of possessions per team, blocks and points between the leagues. …”
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