Safety and Efficacy of Combined Yttrium 90 Resin Radioembolization with Aflibercept and FOLFIRI in a Patient with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer by Andre De Souza, Kevin Pelham Daly, James Yoo, Muhammad Wasif Saif

“…This is the first reported case of a patient managed with radioembolization with Y90 combined with aflibercept, an anti-VEGF treatment, and FOLFIRI. An ongoing randomized clinical trial aims to define the role of combined targeted therapy and chemotherapy with radioembolization with Y90.…”
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Effect of Honey and Aqueous Garlic Extracts against Short-Term Exposure of Cigarette Tobacco Smoking in Mice: Histopathological and Biochemical Investigations by Ziad Shraideh, Darwish Badran, Ahmed Alzbeede

“…Forty-eight mice were randomly divided into six equal groups: group I was exposed to fresh air only, group II was exposed to cigarette smoke, group III was given 0.2 ml of honey extract, group IV was exposed to cigarette smoke and was given 0.2 ml of honey extract, group V was given 0.2 ml of garlic extract, and group VI was exposed to cigarette smoke and was given 0.2 ml of aqueous garlic extract. …”
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Determination of Blood Glucose, Total Protein, Certain Minerals, and Triiodothyronine during Late Pregnancy and Postpartum Periods in Crossbred Dairy Cows by Shima Essameldin Mohammed, Faisal Omer Ahmad, Ehab A. M. Frah, Imadeldin Elfaki

“…Twenty-seven apparently healthy multiparous crossbred dairy cows (Friesian × Kenana) were included in this study. The cows were randomly allocated into three groups: group A (n = 10), cows with late pregnancy, group B (n = 7), cows in the PPP, and group C (n = 10), nonpregnant cows as control. …”
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The Effect of Various Composite Resin Types, Surface Treatments, and Repaired Materials on the Shear Bond Strength of Composite Resin Repair by Diyar Kh Bakr

“…Methods:  Total of 120 undercut cylindrical cavities 8 mm in diameter in 2.5 mm in depth were cut at the center of self-cured acrylic resin blocks, the samples divided randomly according to the types of composite resin into 2 groups; microfilled and hybrid, the samples in each groups subdivided according to surface treatment; diamond bur and phosphoric acid. …”
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Effects of initial vegetation heterogeneity on competition of submersed and floating macrophytes by Linhao Xu, Donald L. DeAngelis

“…When the initial biomasses of SAV and FAV were randomly heterogeneously distributed among cells, the vegetation pattern of the competing species self-organized spatially, such that many different stable states were possible in the intermediate N region. …”
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The effectiveness of orthodontic treatment with clear aligners in different thicknesses by Saniye Merve Cengiz, Merve Goymen

“…Twenty-eight subjects were randomly divided into two groups. Group 1 were treated with 0.5 mm-thick aligners and group 2 were treated with 0.75 mm-thick aligners. …”
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Effectiveness of Barkley\'s Parenting Skills Training Program on Social Adjustment and Academic Performance in Children with Learning Disabilities by Mohammad Hossein Dehghani, Salar Faramarzi, Khosro Ramezani

“…A sample of 30 mothers of students with special learning disorders was selected, with 15 mothers being randomly allocated to the experimental group (receiving Barkley's Parenting Skills Training Program) and 15 to the control group. …”
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The Effect Wilting Tangerine Peel on Characteristics of Powder Used In Food Self-Heater by Rini Rini, Daimon Syukri, Puja Nadia Sukma

“…The present study employed a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) consisting of five treatments and three replications. …”
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Effect Of Tamarillo (Solanum Betaceum Cav.) Addition On Physical And Chemical Characteristics Of Yoghurt Produced by Novelina Novelina

“…This study used a complete randomized design (CRD) method with 5 treatments and 3 replicates. …”
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Analyzing the Relationship Between City and its influence From Economic Dimension(Case study of Jiroft city) by sedighe mosazade, gholam reza miri, mahmodreza anvari

“…To do this, out of 1288 villages in the city, we selected 47 randomly selected items and 384 questionnaires were filled in among the villagers. …”
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Empowering women on screen: exploring the influence of female protagonists on contemporary culture and gendered enjoyment in film by Fokiya Akhtar, Azmat Rasul

“…They watched and read a summary of the movies and rated their expected pleasure of 24 randomly selected movie plots. Participants have also reported their previous exposure to the films. …”
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Selenium Supplementation does not Decrease Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody Concentration in Children and Adolescents with Autoimmune Thyroiditis by W. Bonfig, R. Gäertner, H. Schmidt

“…Forty-nine patients (33 females) with newly diagnosed AIT and hypothyroidism were randomized to daily oral therapy with levothyroxine alone (group A, n = 18), levothyroxine plus 100 µg sodium-selenite (group B, n = 13), or levothyroxine plus 200 µg sodium-selenite (group C, n = 18). …”
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Evaluation of the effects of increasing doses of meloxicam on hematological, biochemical and hemostatic blood parameters in sheep by Fulya Altınok Yipel, Hüseyin Güngör

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods: </b>Clinically healthy sheep were randomly divided into groups as Group 1 (n:6), Group 2 (n:6) and Group 3 (n:6). …”
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Growth and proximate composition of Amaranthus cruentus L. on poor soil amended with compost and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi by Oyeyemi A. Dada, Francis Imade, E. M. Anifowose

“…Methods The experiment was arranged in completely randomized designed in six replicates with four treatments. …”
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The impact of musical expertise and directional isotropy on the proportions and magnitudes of pitch-shift responses in glissandos by Li-Hsin Ning

“…The onset of pitch-shifted feedback (±100 cents) occurred randomly between 500 and 700 ms after vocal onset, lasting for 200 ms. …”
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Examining isotonic and isometric exercises for post-activation performance enhancement in kickboxers upper limb strength and power by Liang Wang, AnQiang Hu

“…Over two weeks, participants were randomly exposed to three conditions: isometric, isotonic, and control (no warm-up) conditions. …”
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Calibrating Path Choices and Train Capacities for Urban Rail Transit Simulation Models Using Smart Card and Train Movement Data by Baichuan Mo, Zhenliang Ma, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Jinhua Zhao

“…The algorithms are evaluated using an experimental design that includes five scenarios, representing different degrees of path choice randomness and crowding sensitivity. Data from the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system is used as a case study. …”
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Cost Analysis of Three Techniques of Administering Sevoflurane by Asha Tyagi, Vineeta Venkateswaran, Ajai Kumar Jain, Uttam Chandra Verma

“…Adult patients scheduled for surgical procedures under general anaesthesia anticipated to last approximately an hour were randomized into three groups (n=15 each), to receive anaesthesia using one of the following techniques: low flow technique involving induction with propofol, followed by sevoflurane delivered using initial fresh gas flows of 6 L/min till MAC reached 1.0 and then reduced to 0.5 L/min; alternate method of low flow entailing only a difference in fresh gas flow rates being maintained at 1 L/min throughout; the third technique involving use of sevoflurane for both induction and maintenance of anaesthesia. …”
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The pharmacodynamic modulation effect of oxytocin on resting state functional connectivity network topology by Abraham Tonny Hagan, Lei Xu, Benjamin Klugah-Brown, Jialin Li, Xi Jiang, Keith M. Kendrick

“…To address this gap, we conducted an exploratory data-driven study.MethodsWe recruited 142 healthy males and administered 24 IU of intranasal oxytocin or placebo in a randomized controlled double-blind design. Resting-state functional MRI data were acquired for each subject. …”
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Knowledge of and Attitude Towards Epilepsy Among Women in Ile-Ife, Nigeria by Funmito O. Fehintola, Samuel A. Olowookere, Caleb A. Adegbenro, Temitope O. Afolabi, Victor Oladapo, Akinyele O. Oladimeji, Opeyemi E. Oladipo, Olayinka R. Olagunju, Ademola A. Olajide

“…Materials and methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study recruited 400 randomly selected women in Ile-Ife. The data was collected with the use of a pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire on knowledge of and attitude to epilepsy. …”
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