Immune response and growth performance of crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus fed with supplementary diet of synbiotic by Amrullah Amrullah, Wahidah Wahidah

“…Furthermore, the challenge test was performed against the pathogenic bacteria of A. hydrophila and reared for a week. The result showed that synbiotics treatment of Syn300 and Syn200 could improve the immune response and increased the growth rate (P<0.05). …”
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Indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic at two tertiary neonatal units in Zimbabwe and Malawi: an interrupted time series analysis by Michelle Heys, Caroline Crehan, Emma Wilson, Felicity Fitzgerald, Mario Cortina Borja, Msandeni Chiume, Samuel R Neal, Hannah Gannon, Gwen Chimhini, Simbarashe Chimhuya, Tim Hull-Bailey, Tarisai Chiyaka, Deliwe Nkhoma

“…In Malawi, gestational age and birth weight decreased slightly by around 1 week (beta −1.4, 95% CI −1.62 to −0.65, p&lt;0.001) and 300 g (beta −299.9, 95% CI −412.3 to −187.5, p&lt;0.001) and outside referrals dropped by 28% (RR 0.72, 95% CI 0.61 to 0.85, p&lt;0.001). …”
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in a Conflict Area: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Kordofan, Sudan by Rofida Asmally, Abdelmalik A. Imam, Abdullatif Eissa, Abubakr Saeed, Ahmed Mohamed, Eahaa Abdalla, Mariam Alazraa M. Esmaeel, Mariam Elbashir, Mohamed H. Elbadawi, Mohammed Omer, Raghad Eltayeb, Ranya Mohammed, Tibyan Abdalhamed, Tina Merghani

“…About 10% of the participants reported having diarrhea during the week before the study. However, about two-thirds of the participants (68.1%) showed good hygienic practices by using soap or detergents for hand washing. …”
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Physical activity, fatigue severity, and health-related quality of life of community-dwelling stroke survivors: a cross-sectional study by Marufat Oluyemisi Odetunde, Ayomide Felix Makinde, Olamide Mary Jimoh, Chidozie Emmanuel Mbada, Faatihah Niyi-Odumosu, Francis Fatoye

“…Respondents’ mean scores on SPAQ, FSS, and SS-QoL scales are 1867.47 ± 1817.93 MET min/week, 31.94 ± 11.29, and 156.47 ± 26.62, respectively. …”
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Early Endoscopic Outcomes After Risankizumab Are Associated With Fewer Hospitalizations and Surgeries in Crohn’s Disease by Brian G. Feagan, Jean-Frederic Colombel, Remo Panaccione, Stefan Schreiber, Marc Ferrante, Koji Kamikozuru, Christopher Ma, Wan-Ju Lee, Jenny Griffith, Namita Joshi, Kristina Kligys, Jasmina Kalabic, Si Xuan, Marla Dubinsky

“…Background and Aims: We evaluated the association between endoscopic outcomes following risankizumab induction and subsequent rates of hospitalization and surgery through 52 weeks of risankizumab (both doses) maintenance therapy in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD). …”
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Evaluation of Six Novel Protein Sources on Apparent Digestibility in Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei by Xiaoyue Li, Yongkang Chen, Chaozhong Zheng, Shuyan Chi, Shuang Zhang, Beiping Tan, Shiwei Xie

“…After the shrimp was acclimating for one week, their feces were collected 2 hours after the morning feeding until sufficient samples were available for compositional analysis to calculate apparent digestibility. …”
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Intravitreal Bevacizumab Injection Attenuates Diabetic Retinopathy in Adult Rats with Experimentally Induced Diabetes in the Early Stage by Jiao Lv, Miao-Miao Chen, Zhi-Hao Mu, Fang Wang, Zhong-Yi Qian, Lei Zhou, Qiu-Ting Guo, Zhi-Min Zhao, Yu-Ping Pan, Xin-Yu Liao, Zhi-Hong Yang, Ning Cai, Ying-Ying Zou, Shu-De Li

“…To elucidate the role of anti-VEGF treatment, we sought to determine the effects of bevacizumab on diabetic neurovascular changes extending from the 3rd to 9th week with induced diabetes in adult rats. The retinal neurovascular changes included increased expression of VEGF, nNOS, iNOS, eNOS, and NO in the course of diabetes progression. …”
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Usefulness of Adalimumab in the Treatment of Refractory Uveitis Associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis by Carmen García-De-Vicuña, Manuel Díaz-Llopis, David Salom, Rosa Bou, Jesus Díaz-Cascajosa, Miguel Cordero-Coma, Gabriela Ortega, Norberto Ortego-Centeno, Marta Suarez-De-Figueroa, Juan Cruz-Martínez, Alex Fonollosa, Ricardo Blanco, Ángel María García-Aparicio, Jose M. Benítez-Del-Castillo, Jordi Antón

“…Patients aged 13–17 years were treated with 40 mg of adalimumab every other week for 6 months and those aged 4–12 years received 24 mg/m2 body surface. …”
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Effects of Semaglutide Treatment on Psoriatic Lesions in Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Open-Label, Randomized Clinical Trial by Jelena Petković-Dabić, Ivana Binić, Bojana Carić, Ljiljana Božić, Sanja Umičević-Šipka, Nataša Bednarčuk, Saša Dabić, Mirna Šitum, Snježana Popović-Pejičić, Miloš P. Stojiljković, Ranko Škrbić

“…This randomized clinical study was conducted on 31 psoriatic patients with T2DM that were randomized into two groups: one that received semaglutide during the 12-week trial (<i>n</i> = 15), while the second was control (<i>n</i> = 16). …”
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Types of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) used by people of different age and smoking status groups: results from a US nationally representative survey by Lucy Popova, Robert T Fairman, David L Ashley, Zachary B Massey, Bai Cham, Ruiyan Luo, Mohammed Alqahtani, Scott Weaver

“…This study sought to identify differences in the use of ENDS device type based on age and cigarette use status to inform policy about regulating ENDS.Design This was a cross-sectional study.Setting Data was derived from a national survey conducted in 2021 in the USA.Participants Participants include 2369 US youth and adults (13 years or older) who reported past 30-day ENDS use.Outcome measures Past 30-day fairly regular use (i.e., several times a week or more) of ENDS device types, namely cigalikes, disposables, refillable tank/box mods, closed pods, refillable pods and drippers. …”
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Associations between WASH-related violence and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa (HPTN 068): a cross-sectional analysis by Ruvani T Jayaweera, Kathleen Kahn, Sheri A Lippman, Torsten B Neilands, Rhian Twine, Jennifer Ahern, Ryan G Wagner, Audrey Pettifor, Dana Goin

“…Lifetime experience of violence or fear of violence when using the toilet and collecting water was collected by self-report; depressive symptoms in the past week were measured using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). …”
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Increase of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Decrease of MCP-1 and Some Updated Epidemiology Aspects of Cystic Echinococcosis Human Cases in Calabria Region by Giovanni Matera, Maria Teresa Loria, Cinzia Peronace, Tatiana Catanzariti, Pio Settembre, Aida Giancotti, Angelo G. Lamberti, Giorgio S. Barreca, Luisa Galati, Gessica Dodaro, Maria Mazzitelli, Alessio Strazzulla, Carlo Torti, Angela Quirino, Maria Carla Liberto, Alfredo Focà

“…Nitric oxide levels exhibited a significant decrease one week after therapy versus basal level measured before surgery and/or chemotherapy. …”
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Crinum jagus (J. Thomps. Dandy): Antioxidant and protective properties as a medicinal plant on toluene-induced oxidative stress damages in liver and kidney of rats by Mariama, Salihu, Gaber, El-Saber Batiha, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, George D., Zouganelis, Souty M.Z., Sharkawi, Eman, Ibrahim Ahmed, Ibe Michael, Usman, Halima, Nalugo, Juma J., Ochieng, Ibrahim, Ssengendo, Olatayo Segun, Okeniran, Theophilus, Pius, Kyobe Ronald, Kimanje, Eric Simidi, Kegoye, Ritah, Kenganzi, Fred Ssempijja

“…The study was conducted on 8- week-old male Wistar rats (n = 80), weighing 243.3 ± 1.42 g. …”
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Development of a nomogram for predicting pancreatic portal hypertension in patients with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study by Yong Lv, Hui Luo, Yingjie Zhang, Xiangping Wang, Yanglin Pan, Yunling Li, Qiaoyu Su, Xianchen Zhan, Linhui Zhang, Xiaoyu Kang, Shuhui Liang, Gui Ren

“…Demographic data, clinical manifestations within the first week of AP onset, and initial contrast-enhanced CT findings were used to develop the predictive model. …”
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Effectiveness of the entomopathogenic fungus Alternaria murispora and the predatory ladybird Harmonia convergens in controlling Phenacoccus solenopsis (Tinsley) by Mohamed El Aalaoui, Said Rammali, Said Rammali, Fatima Zahra Kamal, Fatima Zahra Kamal, Gabriela Calin, Viorica Rarinca, Viorica Rarinca, Viorica Rarinca, Luminita Diana Hritcu, Alin Ciobică, Alin Ciobică, Alin Ciobică, Alin Ciobică, Mohamed Sbaghi

“…Conducted over two experiments, the study involved weekly monitoring for 5 weeks to assess P. solenopsis and HC densities and treated plants’ visual quality.Results and discussionIn Experiment 1, AM+HC reduced mealybug densities to 2.0 by week 5, compared to 184.2 in the untreated control. …”
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Should Echocardiographic Evaluation Be Performed Routinely in the First 72 Hours in Extremely Low Birth Weight Babies? by Ruya Colak, Senem Alkan Ozdemir, Ezgi Yangin Ergon, Ferit Kulali, Oguz Han Kalkanli, Tulin Gokmen Yildirim, Murat Muhtar Yilmazer, Cuneyt Zihni, Sebnem Calkavur

“…Results:The average birth weight of 36 patients was 855.9(± 241.5)g, and the average week of birth was 26.4(± 2.1)Gw.It was observed that the two groups were similar in terms of demographic characteristics.Although the findings of ECHO and treatment rates were similar between the two groups,it was observed that the EEG had earlier closure treatment(p = 0.03). …”
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Environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for outbreak detection in hospital: A single centre prospective study by Hania Siddiqui, Alexandra M.A. Hicks, Aaron Hinz, Prachi Ray, Jennie Johnstone, Derek R. MacFadden, Jason A. Moggridge, Michael Fralick

“…Methods: We conducted a 9-week prospective study at a rehabilitation hospital in Toronto, Canada. …”
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Effect of maturity status on lower-limb strength testing reliability in academy football players from an elite professional club by Maxime Violin, Abd-elbasset Abaïdia, Guillaume Rave, Sébastien Ratel

“…After at least two familiarization sessions, they performed five maximum strength tests involving adductor, abductor, posterior or anterior chain muscles, each twice, one week apart. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and coefficient of variation (CV) were calculated for each test. …”
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Behavior Changes in Quinpirole Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Rats Treated with 6-Hydroxydopamine and the Corresponding Dopaminergic Compulsive Loop Mechanism by Haowen Zheng, Rui He, Yang Ming, Haiping He, Wei Wang, Ligang Chen, Feilong Gong

“…All QNP-treated rats were then continued to be given QNP twice a week for 4 weeks, and their behaviour was observed after each infusion. …”
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Comparison between 18F-DCFPyL PET/MRI-guided ultrasound fusion targeted biopsy and systematic biopsy for tumor detection and grading in selected patients: A prospective randomized... by Shaoxi Niu, Yachao Liu, Liyan Ao, Xiaohui Ding, Xiao Chang, Jinhang Li, Jiajin Liu, Kan Liu, Nanxing Zou, Baixuan Xu, Yong Xu, Baojun Wang, Xu Zhang

“…No statistically significant difference was observed between the groups in terms of the positive surgical margin, complications, or 6-week postoperative prostate-specific antigen level. …”
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