Protective Effect of Commercial Grade Vitamin C against Alcohol-induced Testicular Damage in Male Wistar Rats by Taiwo Emmanuel George, Peter Okhemukhokho Okhiai, Ifabunmi Oduyemi Osonuga, Olusoji Adebusoye Oyesola

“…Results: The results showed that in groups administered with alcohol only, there was a decrease in sperm count. Sperm motility, morphology, viability and antioxidant enzyme activity, but increase in the level of lipid peroxidation. …”
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Changing Pattern in Sweet Potato Cultivation in Semi-Arid Environment, Nigeria by J.O. Adejuwon, A.O. Olawole, N.O. Adeoye

“…Data was analyzed using frequency counts, percentage and pairwise t-test. Results show twenty-seven varieties of sweet potatoes were cultivated in the basin, with 19 varieties planted in 1970’s and 24 varieties cultivated in 2000’s. …”
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Relationship of lung ultrasound score with oxygenation and pulmonary mechanics in mechanically ventilated patients: An observational study by Nishant Kumar, Ayushi Yadav, Maitree Pandey

“…Twelve region methods was used, the number of B-lines were counted in each intercostal space, and LUSS was calculated. …”
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Photothermal inactivation of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus : anti‐biofilm mediated by a polypyrrole–carbon nanocomposite by Niloufar Behzadpour, Neda Akbari, Naghmeh Sattarahmady

“…To indicate the biocompatibility and toxic effect of the nanocomposite without and with laser irradiation, the authors counted the number of CFUs and compared it to an untreated sample. …”
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Les parcs-nature de la ville de Montréal, des refuges de diversité aviaire?  by Pierre Drapeau, Maxime Allard

“…In this paper we report the results of the first 10 years of this program where breeding birds have been annually monitored with permanent point count stations. Over the 1997-2007 period, the species composition of bird communities in nature parks has remained relatively stable whereas the proportion of species from forest habitats, open habitats (marshes, wetlands, prairies and abandoned fields) and edges reflect the diversity of habitats unique to each park. …”
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Assessment of a Biosafety Device to Control Contamination by Airborne Transmission during Orthodontic/Dental Procedures by Josilene Santa Rita de Assis, Aguinaldo Silva Garcez, Hideo Suzuki, Victor Angelo Martins Montalli, Denise Nami Fujii, Michelle Bertini Prouvot, Selly Sayuri Suzuki

“…After 15 minutes of passive aerosol sampling, the dishes were closed and incubated using standard aerobic conditions at 37°C for 48 hours to count colony forming units (CFUs). For the clinical part of the study, a questionnaire was sent to clinicians and patients to understand their perception of orthodontically treat and receive treatment using the barrier. …”
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INCREASE OF DEMAND FOR GRADUATES OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Ruslan A. Abramov, Irina V. Pronina, Elena Yu. Khalatenkova

“…Informants’ answers helped to count out the percentage of graduates whose occupation is connected with public administration, understand the reasons of choosing relevant master course, assess the significance of acquired competence and qualification for job placement at governmental organizations. …”
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Process and Product Characterization of Aliha, A Maize-Based Ghanaian Indigenous Fermented Beverage by Felix Kwashie Madilo, Angela Parry-Hanson Kunadu, Kwaku Tano-Debrah, Gloria Ivy Mensah, Kwesi Firibu Saalia, Unathi Kolanisi

“…However, as the fermentation time increased from 24 h to 72 h, the acid contents of the fermenting beverage increased sharply leading to a drastic reduction of fungi and Enterobacteriaceae contents with increasing records of lactic acid bacterial counts. Even though DN2 presented the best nutritional values, it was highly contaminated. …”
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Prediction and Evaluation of Coal Mine Coal Bump Based on Improved Deep Neural Network by Shuang Gong, Yi Tan, Wen Wang

“…The coal bump accident examples were counted in order to analyze the influencing factors, characteristics, and causes of this type of accidents. …”
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Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia in a Child: A Case Report of Palliative Chemotherapy and Literature Review Applied to Limited Resources Centers by Natharina Yolanda, Stefanus Gunawan, Max F. J. Mantik, Anjo J. P. Veerman

“…Four weeks after receiving 6-mercaptopurine, the white blood cell count decreased to 10.6 × 103/μL and the spleen size was half of the original size. …”
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Social security for special categories of disabled people in the Ukrainian SSRin the 1920s. by Olha Murashova, Yurii Zinko

“…However, under the conditions of the new economic policy with its market principles, a small number of people could count on security. At the same time, despite the low size of social payments, the very fact of her appointment, the Soviet authorities tried to testify their value to the proletarian state. …”
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Effect of Interleukin and Hepcidin in Anemia of Chronic Diseases by Maha F. Yacoub, Hala Fouad Ferwiz, Fadwa Said

“…Red blood corpuscle (RBC) count, hematocrit (HCT) level, serum iron, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and serum total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) were found to be significantly lower in the cases as compared to controls (p<0.001). …”
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In vitro Evaluation of Titanium Exfoliation during Simulated Surgical Insertion of Dental Implants by Tanisha Mishra, Bhavna Jha Kukreja, Ruchi Patel, Mahesh Ghadage, Pranita Dalave, Shivani Kumari, Naina Pattnaik, Manish S. Jadhav

“…There was a statistically significant increase in particle count with increasing depth of insertion (P < 0.01). …”
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Application of combined fertilizers to improve growth, yield and essential oil composition of basil (<i>Ocimum basilicum</i> L.) by Tong Van Giang, Tran Thi Huyen, Nguyen Huu Hai

“…Basil plants treated with fertilizers exhibited increased height, la teral stem count, fresh and dry yields, chlorophyll and carotenoid content, essential oil yield, and essential oil content. …”
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Shallow Foundation Settlement Quantification: Application of Hybridized Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Model by Mariamme Mohammed, Ahmad Sharafati, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…The width of footing (B), pressure of footing (qa), geometry of footing (L/B), count of SPT blow (N), and ratio of footing embedment (Df/B) are considered as predictive variables. …”
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Vitreous Hemorrhage following High-Altitude Retinopathy by Arjun Shrestha, Rinkal Suwal, Biju Shrestha

“…The macula and optic nerve head of this eye grossly looked normal. Complete blood count, haemoglobin, ESR, CRP, sugar, renal function test, lipid panel, and serology for HIV, HCV, VDRL, and HBsAg were normal. …”
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A congestion prediction method based on trajectory mining algorithm by Liu Dongjiang, Li Leixiao, Li Jie

“…Besides, for each road, the proposed method tries to count the number of vehicles that will pass through the specific road at next time step by predicting next location for all the running vehicles based on their trajectories. …”
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Molecular-assisted analysis of indigenous chicken semen to increase rooster fertility in tropics by Jacob Alhassan Hamidu, Richard Tsekumah, Amina Iddrisu, Stepehn Gariba, Mitchell Agyei Opoku, Emmanuel Kafari, Kofi Appenteng, Patrick Nana Kyere

“…The results showed that the mean semen volume of NF males (0.399 ml) was higher compared to NN males (0.237 ml.) The sperm viability count through a trypan blue exclusion test in NF was lower (62.7%) compared to NN (67.0%). …”
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Historiography in Samanid’s Period by Maryam Doalatraftar Haghighi, Mohammad Sepehri

“…The prose by a number of historians in the Samanid Period is artifact and the authors just tried to praise the ruler’s emirs and ministers exaggeratedly. They counted them as the right kings of time. Historiography in this period was mostly based on personal observation, and for this reason access to the documents belonging to this period is very important. …”
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A Prospective Study Assessing Tumour Response, Survival, and Palliative Care Outcomes in Patients with HIV-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, M... by H. Francis, M. J. Bates, L. Kalilani

“…At baseline assessment, the median CD4 T-cell count was 263, and 50% patients had evidence of peripheral neuropathy. …”
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