The Effects of Body Acupuncture on Obesity: Anthropometric Parameters, Lipid Profile, and Inflammatory and Immunologic Markers by Hamid Abdi, Baixiao Zhao, Mahsa Darbandi, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Shima Tavallaie, Amir Ali Rahsepar, Seyyed Mohammad Reza Parizadeh, Mohammad Safariyan, Mohsen Nemati, Maryam Mohammadi, Parisa Abbasi-Parizad, Sara Darbandi, Saeed Akhlaghi, Gordon A. A. Ferns

“…A randomized controlled clinical trial in 196 obese subjects was performed to examine the effectiveness of body acupuncture on body weight loss, lipid profile and immunogenic and inflammatory markers. …”
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Effectiveness of Onion Extract Gel on Surgical Scars in Asians by Kumutnart Chanprapaph, Somsak Tanrattanakorn, Penpun Wattanakrai, Pranee Wongkitisophon, Vasanop Vachiramon

“…Twenty Asians who had new Pfannenstiel’s cesarean section scars were recruited in this prospective double-blinded, split-scar study. Each side was randomly assigned treatment with onion extract gel or placebo at 7 days after surgery. …”
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Experimentally Induced Pulpal Lesion and Substance P Expression: Effect of Ketoprofen—A Preliminary Study by Gian Marco Abbate, Paola Sacerdote, Giada Amodeo, Alessandro Mangano, Luca Levrini

“…SP levels were determined by using a commercially available enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) kit. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups: group 1 received a dose of ketoprofen 30 minutes prior to the experimental procedure. …”
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Prevalence of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Type II Diabetes Mellitus by Huihui Sun, Lisha Yi, Ping Wu, Yingjie Li, Bin Luo, Shuchang Xu

“…Methods. 775 type II DM cases were randomly collected. Reflux Disease Questionnaire (RDQ) was used to check the presence of GERD. …”
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Research note: Effects of L-carnitine and L-arginine on sperm quality and fertility potential of aged broiler breeder roosters by Habibeh Samiei, Shaban Rahimi, Mohammad Amir Karimi Torshizi, Ali Baghbanzadeh, Rasoul Vaez Torshizi, Vahid Esmaeili, Jesse Grimes

“…The birds were divided into four treatments and eight replicates in a completely randomized design. Treatments included (1) control (CON), 2) diet supplemented with 150 mg LC per kg diet, (3) diet supplemented with 500 mg L-Arg per kg diet, and (4) diet supplemented with 75 mg LC + 250 mg L-Arg. …”
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Biomass production and silage quality of ensiled BRS Capiaçu elephant grass at different regrowth ages and residue heights by Daiana Lopes Lelis, Domingos Sávio Campos Paciullo, Mirton Jose Frota Morenz, Carlos Augusto de Miranda Gomide, João Paulo Santos Roseira, Fernando Cesar Ferraz Lopes, Jackson Silva e Oliveira, Odilon Gomes Pereira, Vanessa Paula da Silva, Fernanda Helena Martins Chizzotti

“…The experimental design used a randomized complete block design with a 4 × 2 factorial scheme and 3 replicates. …”
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The Influence of Functional Fitness and Cognitive Training of Physical Disabilities of Institutions by I-Chen Yeh, Chia-Ming Chang, Ko-Chia Chen, Wei-Chin Hong, Yu-Hsiung Lu

“…The subjects were disabled persons of a care institution in southern Taiwan and were randomly divided into training and control groups, both having 17 subjects. …”
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The Effectiveness of Emotion-oriented Therapy on Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms and Anxiety in ODD Children by Zahra Nasiri Nasab, Tayebeh Jamali, Sepideh Hassanzadeh Hajiabadi, Seyedamirhossein Hojabri, Marzieh Shahabinejad, Seddigheh Iranmanesh

“…Methods: A total of 30 children diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder were selected utilizing purposive sampling technique and subsequently randomly allocated to experimental group (15 participants) and control group (15 participants). …”
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A Hierarchical Attention Recommender System Based on Cross-Domain Social Networks by Rongmei Zhao, Xi Xiong, Xia Zu, Shenggen Ju, Zhongzhi Li, Binyong Li

“…We propose the mask mechanism to solve the cold-start issues for users and items by randomly masking some nodes in the item domain and in the social domain during the training process. …”
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IMPROVING GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF POJ 2878 THROUGH BIPARENTAL CROSSING by Murianingrum M., Machfud M., Djumali, Herwati A., Purwati R.D., Heliyanto B., Supriyono, Suhara C.

“…Seventeen clones resulting from crosses and one female parent (POJ 2878) were arranged in a Randomized Block Design with 2 repetitions. The results showed that apart from clone 19/18/10, all clones tested produced sugar yield at 5.94-10.88 t/ha, which increased 72.87% from the female parent (4.93 t/ha). …”
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Online Version of the Self-Administered Food Frequency Questionnaire for the Iranian Adult Population by Mehrnaz Morvaridi, Majid Karandish, Hadi Bazyar, Hamid Rasekhi, Hossein Bavi Behbahani

“…Methods: Eligible participants were randomly assigned to complete both the printed and web-based FFQs. …”
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STEM CELL THERAPY ON ANIMAL MODEL (Rattus norvegicus) END GESTATIONAL TIME EXPOSED TO CARBON BLACK AS OBSERVED FROM CASPASE-3 EXPRESSION by Agung Budianto Achmad, Sri Pantja Madyawati, Widjiati Widjiati

“…Methods: This research uses a completely randomized design with factorial pattern. Forty-eight gravid female rats were divided into six treatment groups. …”
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Psychological Flexibility in Mothers of Children with Learning Disabilities by Zahra Shafeie, Mohammad Ghamari, Aboutaleb Saadati Shamir

“…A purposive sample of 60 participants who met the specified criteria was randomly allocated into three groups of 20 individuals each. …”
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The Target Recovery Strategy for Preventing Avalanche Breakdown on Interdependent Community Networks by Kai Gong, Yu Huang, Xiao-long Chen, Qing Li, Ming Tang

“…In this paper, we compare RCS with the state-of-the-art approaches based on randomness, degree centrality, and local centrality. …”
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Stability Analysis of Irregular Cavities in Tunnel Using Geomagic-COMSOL Coupling Method by Shangqu Sun, Chengshuai Qin, Hongbo Wang, Liping Li, Yongliang Huang

“…The displacement and equivalent plastic strain of simplified cavities exhibited symmetric characteristics, while those of irregular cavities are highly randomly distributed. We noted that a greater displacement value and more intensive plastic strain can be triggered by irregular cavities shape, compared with the simplified cavity shape. …”
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Histopathological Study of Bee Venom with Different Concentrations in Laboratory Mice by Zeyad G. Al-Rikabi, Montaha Abdulkareem Al-Saffar, Huda S. Nassir, Inam B. Falih

“…Then, when applying BV as a treatment material for some disorders, as indicated by the amount of damage to the liver and kidney tissues. The animals were randomly divided into 7 groups. Six of which were treated with BV extraction, and one group was designated as the control group, was treated with distilled water. …”
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Fire Evacuation Process Using Both Elevators and Staircases for Aging People: Simulation Case Study on Personnel Distribution in High-Rise Nursing Home by Yameng Chen, Chen Wang, Jeffrey Boon Hui Yap, Heng Li, Hong Song Hu, Chih-Cheng Chen, Kuei-Kuei Lai

“…Categorizing elderly people on each floor according to their physical conditions could reduce the evacuation time than randomly distributing them.…”
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Efficacy and Safety of Nicorandil in Preventing Contrast-Induced Nephropathy after Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Pooled Analysis of 1229 Patients by Bin Yi, Shaoyan Mo, Yumei Jiang, Dingwu Yi, Jinwen Luo, Xiang Chen, Jian Rong

“…Furthermore, sufficiently powered and randomized clinical studies are still needed in order to determine the role of nicorandil in preventing CIN after elective PCI.…”
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Effect of anthocyanin rich black sugarcane on milk production and antioxidant capacity in lactating dairy cows by Chao Ban, Guilan Wen, Supreena Srisaikham, Thara Wongdee, Pipat Lounglawan

“…Sixteen lactating dairy cows were stratified and randomly assigned into two balanced dietary groups, namely Anthocyanin-rich black sugarcane (AS), and Napier grass (NG). …”
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Weight Loss and Melatonin Reduce Obesity-Induced Oxidative Damage in Rat Testis by Dogan Atilgan, Bekir S. Parlaktas, Nihat Uluocak, Fikret Erdemir, Sahin Kilic, Unal Erkorkmaz, Huseyin Ozyurt, Fatma Markoc

“…Materials and Methods. 28 male Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into 4 groups, each consisting of 7 rats: control group (Group 1), obesity group (Group 2), obesity + MLT group (Group 3), and weight loss group (Group 4). …”
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