Chemical Composition and Microbial Contaminants of Poha Beer: A Local Nonalcoholic Beverage in the Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana by Julius T. Dongdem, James Abugri, Clement A. Asakedola

“…Microbial and physicochemical analysis was performed on randomly sampled Poha Beer manufactured and vended in the Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana. …”
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Cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover: Aphididae) influence associated to water hyacinth nutrient (Pontederia crassipes Mart.: Pontederiaceae) in lath house conditions in Great Rift... by Tatek Kassu, Emana Getu, Diriba Muleta

“…Aphid-infested water hyacinth plants were used as a stock for rearing the aphid in a lath house at Ethiopian Sugar Corporation, Research and Development Center, Wonji. After rearing, randomly collected 30 aphids were placed onto water hyacinth plants cultivated under three nutrient levels. …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria: Rural versus Urban Communities Study by Effiong Ekong Akpan, Udeme E. Ekrikpo, Aniema I. A. Udo, Bassey Edet Bassey

“…Two urban cities and two rural communities were randomly selected from the three senatorial districts of the state. …”
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Community-based education using tempeh nugget modules to increase plant-based protein consumption in preventing stunting by Susianto Susianto, Mamlukah Mamlukah

“…The research used a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test, involving 60 randomly selected respondents. The research instrument consisted of a questionnaire with five main sections: demographic data (age, education, employment, number of children, family income), knowledge about plant-based foods (definition, sources, benefits, and their role in preventing stunting), attitudes toward plant-based consumption (confidence, willingness to try tempeh, and perception of food variety), plant-based consumption behavior (frequency, processing method, and frequency of cooking tempeh), and acceptance of tempeh nuggets (interest, taste assessment, routine consumption plan, and perception of benefits). …”
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Deep learning-based discovery of compounds for blood pressure lowering effects by Rongzhen Li, Tianchi Wu, Xiaotian Xu, Xiaoqun Duan, Yuhui Wang

“…Based on the predicted results, we randomly selected 50 molecules for validation and compared them with literature reports. …”
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Pengembangan instrumen pengukuran kesehatan mental (mental health inventory) setelah pandemi Covid-19 pada siswa SMP by Elmispa Rabuni Br Sembiring, Nyoman Dantes, Kadek Suranata

“…To test the reliability, researchers used Alpha Cronbach involving 250 respondents, while the data collection was aimed at class XI at Junior High School 2 Singaraja and Junior High School 6 Singaraja which were drawn randomly via Google form. In the distribution, the CVI value was 1 and the reliability was 0.963 so that it was included in the very high category and the instrument was declared feasible for measuring students' mental health.…”
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To evaluate the efficacy of subconjunctival bevacizumab injection in vascular pterygium before surgical excision in preventing recurrence comparing with bare sclera technique by Nusrat Shaheen, Abdul Gafoor Ahmed, Sheikh Sajjad, Wasim Rashid, Aamir Rashid

“…Materials and Methods: The present study was a comparative, randomized prospective study. Patients included were divided into two groups of 50 patients each. …”
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Study of Static Progressive Flexion Mitt on Finger Flexion Improvement for Stiff Hands by Zhongfei BAI, Xiaoyu SHI, Weili XIA, Chuanping LI, Huifang WANG

“…Objective:To observe whether the effect of progressive flexion mitt on improving finger flexion function has significantly differences for stiff fingers after traumatic injury on the basis of conventional therapy.Methods:Non-randomly recruited 19 subjects with stiff fingers into each group, experimental group and control group. …”
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Quality of Evidence Supporting the Role of Supplement Curcumin for the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis: An Overview of Systematic Reviews by Hongshuo Shi, Dan Wang, Wenqiang Chen, Yinghao Li, Guomin Si, Tiantian Yang

“…Two researchers searched seven databases for systematic reviews (SRs)/meta-analyses (MAs) which are about randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on curcumin for UC. …”
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Clinical Observation on Digital OT Cognitive Training for Decreased Attention of Stroke Patients by Chunhua LU, Kai WANG, Zhen ZENG, Zhenghao WU, Wen HE, Xiating WEI

“…Objective:To explore the effect of digital OT cognitive training on attention and activities of daily living of stroke patients with decreased attention.Methods:50 patients with post-stroke attention dysfunction were randomly assigned to the observation group (<italic>n</italic>=24) and control group (<italic>n</italic>=26). …”
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Analysis of the Effects of Livestock Economics on the Sustainability of Rural Settlements, Case Study: Eastern Gavdool District, Malekan by Mohammad Valaei, Abdollah abdollahi, Aghil Khaleghi, eynaz skandarzadeh

“…According to the Cochran formula, 283 households were selected as the statistical sample of the research. This sample was randomly selected from households with livelihood economics. …”
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Clinical Application of a Safe Blood Sampling Device with an Indwelling Needle by Yeqin Deng, Zhengbing Lv, Yue Cheng, Annuo Liu, Zhengling Huang

“…A total of 300 children who were admitted to the children’s hospital from March to June 2020 were selected and randomly divided into the control group (148) and the observation group (152). …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Municipalities of Kathmandu, Nepal by Raja Ram Dhungana, Achyut Raj Pandey, Bihungum Bista, Suira Joshi, Surya Devkota

“…Municipalities, Wards, households, and respondents were selected randomly. Results. Of the 587 participants, 58.8% were females, mean (SD) age was 42.3 (13.5) years, 29.3% had no formal education, 35.1% were Brahmins, and 41.2% were homemakers. …”
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Karakteristik sosis berbahan dasar jamur tiram putih (Pleurotus ostreatus) dan tahu serta penambahan tepung kacang merah (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) dan susu skim by Merkuria Karyantina, Ginza Desy Pramesti, Yustina Wuri Wulandari

“…The experimental design was a completely randomized design (CRD) with the first factor was variation oyster mushrooms and tofu (75% : 25%, 50% : 50%, 25% : 75%) and the second factor was variation of red bean flour and skim milk (1:3, 2:2, 3:1). …”
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Prevalence of helminths in horses raised in konya province by Uğur Uslu, Osman Güngör

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods:</b> One hundred adult horses of varying age, gender and breed from five randomly chosen farms were sampled. Fresh fecal samples were taken between February and March 2016 and examined by flotation, Benedek's Sedimentation and Baermann Wetzel technique and, strongylid eggs were detected, and then subsequent larval culture was performed.…”
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Risk Evaluation for the Formation of Gastroduodenal Erosion and Ulceration Induced by Meloxicam in Patients with Seropositive and Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis by R. A. Pavlyukov, M. R. Konorev

“…In this paper, the authors set out toascertain the prognostic value of the rheumatoid factor for the formation of gastroduodenal erosions and ulcers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (meloxicam).Materials and methods. A prospective, randomized study of 138 patients with rheumatoid arthritis taking methotrexate (12.5 mg per week) and meloxicam — nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug — (15 mg per day) was conducted. …”
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The Effect of High-Intensity Intermittent Exercise on Body Composition of Overweight Young Males by M. Heydari, J. Freund, S. H. Boutcher

“…To determine the effect of a 12-week high intensity intermittent exercise (HIIE) intervention on total body, abdominal, trunk, visceral fat mass, and fat free mass of young overweight males. Participants were randomly assigned to either exercise or control group. …”
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Leaf spot of Telfairia occidentalis incidence and severity influenced by altitude and planting date in the West Region of Cameroon by Andrew Kebei Kpu, Mbong Grace Annih, Agyingi Lucy Ambang

“…Material and methods A 2 by 4 factorial randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications and four planting dates were used. …”
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Comparison of Efficacy of Azithromycin with Ciprofloxacin in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Enteric Fever in Children by Maimoona Akram, Qurrat ul Ain, Ayesha Tariq, Samra Javed, Kiran Nayab, Sampana Fatima

“…Methods:  It was a randomized control trial study, conducted at the Department of Pediatrics, PAEC General Hospital, Islamabad from 30-01-21 to 30-07-22. …”
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The comparison of physical fitness in secondary male students in altitude and coastal areas by Esmaeil Zahıbı, Seyed Hossein Alavı

“…The samples consist of 450 subjects of 1017 subjects in altitude (Shahrekord) and coastal area (Mahmood Abad) in Iran in years of 2013 which were selected cluster- randomly sampling by Morgan Table. We investigated the effect of high altitude on the tests of physical fitness resident students near sea level (-5 m) and in Altitude (2100 m). …”
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