Protective and anti-inflammatory effects of caffeic acid phenethyl ester on arsenic-induced vasculitis in vivo by Yasser Kofiah, Eman A.A. Abdallah, Mohamed F. El-Refaei

“…Results: In the present study, CAPE treatment for 14 consecutive days showed significant improvement in the biochemical markers C-reactive protein, complement-3, complement-4, triacylglycerol, and total cholesterol, as well as the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Immunohistochemical examination for proliferating cell nuclear antigen indicated mild immunoreactivity in the aorta cells. …”
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Identification of Key Genes and Pathways Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Junyu Zhang, Yu Zhou

“…As expected, several ophthalmic disease-related molecules, including RHO, PDE6A, 3′,5′-cyclic-GMP phosphodiesterase, and G protein alpha, were in the central nodes of disease network. …”
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Güzel Sanatlar Ve Spor Liselerinde Kullanılan Bireysel Ses Eğitimi Ders Kitabının İşlevselliğine İlişkin Öğretmen Görüşleri - Teachers' Views About The Functionality Of The Vocal E... by Ebru Temiz, Gülşah Tanrıöver

“…Veri toplama aracının güvenirlik katsayısı ön uygulama sonucunda (Cronbach Alpha), 80 olarak bulunmuştur. Veri toplama aracı araştırmacı tarafından uygulanarak verilere ulaşılmış, değerlendirilme aşamasından sonra bulgular yorumlanarak raporlaştırılmıştır. …”
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Proteomic Analysis of Saliva Identifies Potential Biomarkers for Orthodontic Tooth Movement by Mohd Faiz Ellias, Shahrul Hisham Zainal Ariffin, Saiful Anuar Karsani, Mariati Abdul Rahman, Shahidan Senafi, Rohaya Megat Abdul Wahab

“…Four of these proteins—Protein S100-A9, immunoglobulin J chain, Ig alpha-1 chain C region, and CRISP-3—have known roles in inflammation and bone resorption.…”
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The effect of internal branding on financial performance and brand loyalty with the mediating role of psychological empowerment (case study: Saman Bank, Tehran Province) by Nader Sheikholeslami Kandelousi, Samira Soltanieh, Fatemeh Ahmadi

“…The validity of the questionnaire was assessed using the method of content validity and face validity, and its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha. Structural equation modelling method and SmartPLS software were used to test the research hypotheses.Findings: The results of the research showed that the effect of internal branding on financial performance and brand loyalty with the mediating role of psychological empowerment (case study: Saman Bank of Tehran Province) has a significant effect.Originality/Value: Originality in research mean what you are doing is from your own perspective although you may draw arguments from other research work to back up your arguments.…”
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability of the Patient-Rated Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire for Thai Patients by Jananya P. Dhippayom, Piyawat Trevittaya, Andy S. K. Cheng

“…The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of the test-retest reliability for the six domains ranged from 0.788 to 0.956, with excellent correlation (ICC = 0.953) for the total score. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.835 for the total score of the MHQ-Thai version, indicating good internal consistency. …”
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Development and Validation of the Patient Experience Assessment Scale (PXAS) in Tertiary Care Hospital - Oman by Naima Khamis Al-Bulushi MD, FFR RCSI, Zainab Ali Al-Mukhaini MD, DCH, DTM&H, MSc, PhD, Jehan Al Fannah BSc, MSc, MBA, Afaf Ali Al Zadjali BSN, MBA, Huda Al Zidi BSc, Zubaida Mahmood Al-Balushi NNP BSN, MBA, Aida Khalfan Al-Hadidi IBCLC, Samir Al-Adawi BSc, MSc, PhD

“…PXAS showed good reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.88) and test-retest (r = 0.72). The content validity (I-CVI: 0.83-1.0; S-CVI = 0.93) and the validity of the face (98.3% agreement) were excellent. …”
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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Rare Manifestation of Alport Syndrome by Amornpol Anuwatworn, Prince Sethi, Kelly Steffen, Orvar Jonsson, Marian Petrasko

“…AS has been associated with renal, auditory, and ocular diseases due to the presence of abnormal alpha chains of type IV collagen in the glomerulus, cochlea, cornea, lens, and retina. …”
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Effective Strategies for Teaching Arabic Prosody in Oral Communication Skills by Nur Syukriyah Mohd Suib, Harun Baharudin

“…The questionnaire was evaluated by four reviewers, and the results indicated a high level of reliability, as evidenced by Cronbach Alpha values of 0.91 for prosody teaching strategies and 0.90 for prosody knowledge. …”
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Testing the Multi-Theory Model for initiation and sustenance of smoking cessation at Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal: A cross-sectional study by Sumitra SHARMA, Umesh R. ARYAL, Manoj SHARMA

“…The entire value of the Cronbach alpha coefficient (α) of the subscales and the scale was 0.91 which is excellent internal consistency. …”
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Study of the Feasibility of Regeneration of Central Worn-Out Textures of Ilam City Based on Urban Smart Growth Approach by pakzad azadkhani, mohammad Salavarzizadeh, Fatemeh Farogh Doost

“…The data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire that has been confirmed by face validity and Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient, turning out to be 0.701. Data analysis is done using single-sample t-test, fuzzy multi-criteria analytical hierarchy process (fuzzy AHP), and its integration with GIS layers. …”
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Pengembangan instrumen skala kecerdasan emosional pada masa remaja siswa SMA dan SMK by Desi Ika Riyanti Sihaloho, Nyoman Dantes

“…Kemudian hasil uji reliabilitas memperoleh cronbach Alpha 0,815. maka dapat disimpulkan instrumen yang telah disusun oleh peneliti layak untuk digunakan sebagai layanan bimbingan konseling kepada peserta didik…”
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Tailoring transfusion strategy using thromboelastogram in goal-directed massive transfusion: Impact on transfusion requirements and clinical outcomes by P. A. Prethika, Ganesh Mohan, Shamee Shastry, Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan

“…The prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, R time, and K time had a significant positive correlation with the need to transfuse more than 20 blood components, whereas platelet count, base excess, alpha angle, MA, and CI had a negative correlation (r = 0.268, P < 0.001). …”
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Prediction of mental health among cadet football players based on the emotional intelligence and perfectionism by Miroljub Ivanović, Uglješa Ivanović

“…During the process of data analysis, metric characteristics of the measuring instruments were first tested using the method of internal consistency which was based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The empirical findings of the correlation analysis revealed that there is no link between emotional intelligence and mental health of football players, meaning that managing emotions is only linked to adaptive dimensions of perfectionism (p &le; 0,01). …”
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In Vitro Differentiation Potential of Human Placenta Derived Cells into Skin Cells by Ruhma Mahmood, Mahmood S. Choudhery, Azra Mehmood, Shaheen N. Khan, Sheikh Riazuddin

“…UC-MSCs differentiated into dermal fibroblast-like cells indicated expression of collagen type 3, desmin, FGF-7, fibroblast activation protein alpha, procollagen-1, and vimentin. In conclusion, placenta is a potential source of cells to develop into skin-like cells.…”
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Uranium in the Surrounding of San Marcos-Sacramento River Environment (Chihuahua, Mexico) by Marusia Rentería-Villalobos, Manuel Reyes Cortés, Juan Mantero, Guillermo Manjón, Rafael García-Tenorio, Eduardo Herrera, Maria Elena Montero-Cabrera

“…Uranium activity concentrations were determined in biota, ground, and surface water by either alpha or liquid scintillation spectrometries. Major ions were analyzed by ICP-OES in surface water and its suspended matter. …”
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Analysis of Connectivity in Electromyography Signals to Examine Neural Correlations in the Activation of Lower Leg Muscles for Postural Stability: A Pilot Study by Gordon Alderink, Diana McCrumb, David Zeitler, Samhita Rhodes

“…MSC is a frequency domain measure that quantifies the linear phase relation between two signals and was analyzed in the alpha (8–13 Hz), beta (13–30 Hz), and gamma (30–100 Hz) neural frequency bands for feet together and feet tandem, with eyes open and eyes closed conditions. …”
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Reading comprehension beliefs of Mexican pre-service language teachers: a Likert scale study by Moisés Damián Perales-Escudero, Mizael Garduño Buenfil, Vilma Esperanza Portillo Campos

“…A standard procedure recommended by the literature (Prat & Doval, 2005) was used to add new items to the scale and test its psychometric properties using principal component analysis and internal consistency analysis with Cronbach´s alpha. Calculations were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS, v. 26). …”
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Macroporous Composite Cryogels with Embedded Polystyrene Divinylbenzene Microparticles for the Adsorption of Toxic Metabolites from Blood by Tanja Eichhorn, Alexander E. Ivanov, Maria B. Dainiak, André Leistner, Ingrid Linsberger, Hans Jungvid, Sergey V. Mikhalovsky, Viktoria Weber

“…Plain PS-DVB microparticles showed efficient adsorption of albumin-bound toxins related to liver failure (bilirubin and cholic acid) and of cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6). The rates of adsorption and the amount of adsorbed factors were lower for the embedded microparticles as compared to the parent PS-DVB microparticles, indicating the importance of the accessibility of the adsorbent pores. …”
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IS15DIV-flanked composite transposon harboring blaNDM-5 in multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium by Kaiting Zhao, Jing Jin, Yuan Liao, Aixia Liu, Wugao Liu, Weiping Wu

“…Besides, conjugation experiments showed that the transconjugant carried the incompatibility group I1 (IncI1)-I(alpha) plasmid replicon with the blaNDM-5 and sul1 genes, indicating that pLS20223695_NDM5 is a conjugative plasmid with transferability. …”
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