Behavioral and Physiological Responses of Therapy Dogs to Animal-Assisted Treatment in an Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Program by Hao-Yu Shih, François Martin, Debra Ness, Whitney Romine, Taylor L. Peck, Tricia Turpin, Rachael Horoschak, Cindy Steeby, Hannah Phillips, Mary Claypool, Amanda Theuer, Grace M. Herbeck, Jasmine Sexton, Erin Pittman, Erica Bellamkonda, Nikita Maria Ligutam Mohabbat, Sandra A. Lyn, Brent A. Bauer, Arya B. Mohabbat

“…However, research investigating the stress level of therapy dogs in this setting is limited. This is the first randomized–controlled and prospective study that investigated the wellbeing of therapy dogs in an inpatient stroke rehabilitation program. …”
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Comparison of Repeated Fluid-Air Exchange and Passive Drainage for Removing Residual Emulsified Silicone Oil Droplets by Jian Yu, Yuan Zong, Ye Tan, Chunhui Jiang, Gezhi Xu

“…Twenty rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) patients who underwent primary pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with SO tamponade were randomly and evenly divided into two groups for PD and FA exchange. …”
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Malignant Granular Cell Tumor of the Back: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Laura Stone McGuire, Danny Yakoub, Mecker G. Möller, Andrew Rosenberg, Alan Livingstone

“…Following surgery, patient was started on Pazopanib 800 mg/day based on phase III randomized trial data in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas showing this as a potential novel therapy for malignant granular cell tumors.…”
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The Effects of Trimetazidine and Sildenafil on Bilateral Cavernosal Nerve Injury Induced Oxidative Damage and Cavernosal Fibrosis in Rats by Dogan Atilgan, Bekir S. Parlaktas, Nihat Uluocak, Fikret Erdemir, Fatma Markoc, Oguzhan Saylan, Unal Erkorkmaz

“…A total of 32 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 4 groups; each group consist 8 rats (control, BCI, BCI + TMZ, and BCI + sildenafil groups). …”
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Effects of instructional therapeutic play in the behavior of children during the first attempt at intravenous catheterization by Luciano Marques dos Santos, Erika Ribeiro de Souza, Patrícia Kuerten Rocha, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Karine Emanuelle Oliveira Peixoto da Silva, Raygleise dos Santos Borges, Leonardo Bigolin Jantsch, Bianka Sousa Martins Silva

“…Method: This is a quasi-experimental post hoc analysis with a non-equivalent control group, secondary to a randomized clinical trial. The convenience sample comprised 193 children, allocated for convenience into an intervention group (preparation for catheterization with a therapeutic play; n=101 children) and a control group (preparation with structured conversation supported by the use of a booklet; n=92 children). …”
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Higher intakes of lysine, threonine and valine are inversely associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease risk: A community-based case-control study in the Chinese elderly by Xueqi Li, Wenjun Ma, Ting Yang, Chong Wang, Wei Zhang, Hui Li, Ting Zhao, Xiaofei Guo

“…Results: 400 NAFLD subjects were identified, and 400 participants were randomly selected as controls and matched by gender and age (± 3 years) Dose-response analysis showed that 1 000 mg increment of aromatic amino acids (AAAs) was associated with reduced 16 % risk of NAFLD. …”
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Investigating The Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on The Severity of Restless Legs Syndrome in Hemodialysis Patients by Abolfazl Kalmishi, Ali Abedi, Katayoun Samadi, HamidReza Shoraka, Mostafa Rad

“…The participants were randomly selected in two intervention (30 people) and control groups (30 people). …”
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Effect of Ursodeoxycholic Acid Alone and Ursodeoxycholic Acid Plus Domperidone on Radiolucent Gallstones and Gallbladder Contractility in Humans by Ilyas Tuncer, Mustafa Harman, Yasar Colak, Ismail Arslan, M. Kursad Turkdogan

“…Fifty-three patients with cholesterol gallstones were randomized into three treatment groups: group I (𝑛=22) was given UDCA (15 mg/kg/day) alone and group II (𝑛=18) was treated with domperidone (30 mg/day) in addition to UDCA. …”
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Oregano Extract Added into the Diet of Dairy Heifers Changes Feeding Behavior and Concentrate Intake by Giovani Jacob Kolling, Dejani Maíra Panazzolo, Alexandre Mossate Gabbi, Marcelo Tempel Stumpf, Marcel Batista dos Passos, Eduardo Augusto da Cruz, Vivian Fischer

“…Thirty-two Holstein heifers were randomly distributed into four treatments: C = control, without addition of OE; OE2.5 = 2.5 g; OE5.0 = 5.0 g and OE7.5 = 7.5 g of Oregano extract per heifer/day. …”
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Hyoid bone-based sex discrimination among Egyptians using a multidetector computed tomography: discriminant function analysis, meta-analysis, and artificial intelligence-assisted s... by Afaf Abdelkader, Susan A. Ali, Ahmed Abdeen, Ehab S. Taher, Asmaa Y. A. Hussein, Mamdouh Eldesoqui, Mohamed Abdo, Liana Fericean, Bănăţean-Dunea Ioan, Samah F. Ibrahim, Ashraf M. Said, Darine Amin, Elturabi E. Ebrahim, Amany M. Allam, Mihaela Ostan, Khaled A. Bayoumi, Tabinda Hasan, Ekramy M. Elmorsy

“…A total of 300 subjects underwent neck CT imaging, with an additional 60 subjects randomly selected for model validation. Ten hyoid variables were measured. …”
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Locating Station of One-Way Carsharing Based on Spatial Demand Characteristics by Xiaohong Chen, Jiaqi Cheng, Jianhong Ye, Yong Jin, Xi Li, Fei Zhang

“…The adaptive elastic net regression is developed to identify factors that influence carsharing usage intensity and degree of usage imbalance after factor selection using extra-randomized-tree algorithm. Finally, a station layout is proposed according to both usage intensity and degree of imbalance. …”
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Development and Validation of a Short Form of the German Self-Consciousness Scale for the General Population by Kyla Brophy, Matthew Emery, Adina Coroiu, Cornelia Albani, Elmar Braehler, Annett Körner

“…Method: Participants were 2,326 adults representative of the German general population, divided randomly into two comparable samples: Sample A and Sample B. …”
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Consuming a modified Mediterranean ketogenic diet reverses the peripheral lipid signature of Alzheimer’s disease in humans by Bryan J. Neth, Kevin Huynh, Corey Giles, Tingting Wang, Natalie A. Mellett, Thy Duong, Colette Blach, Leyla Schimmel, Thomas C. Register, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Richa Batra, Annalise Schweickart, Amanda Hazel Dilmore, Cameron Martino, Matthias Arnold, Jan Krumsiek, Xianlin Han, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Rob Knight, Peter J. Meikle, Suzanne Craft, Rima Kaddurah-Daouk

“…Method In this post-hoc analysis of a randomized crossover study of 20 elderly adults, we investigated the effects of a modified Mediterranean ketogenic diet (MMKD) on the plasma lipidome in the context of AD biomarkers, analyzing 784 lipid species across 47 classes using a targeted lipidomics platform. …”
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Lipopolysaccharide Binding Protein and sCD14 are Not Produced as Acute Phase Proteins in Cardiac Surgery by Manuela Kudlova, Pavel Kunes, Martina Kolackova, Vladimir Lonsky, Jiri Mandak, Ctirad Andrys, Karolina Jankovicova, Jan Krejsek

“…Thirty-four patients, 17 in each group, were randomly assigned to coronary artery bypass grafting surgery performed either with (“on-pump”) or without (“off-pump”) cardiopulmonary bypass. …”
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Exploring the role of electrode density in capturing spatiotemporal dynamics of resting-state networks with EEG by Matheus Mangini Bertuzzo, Rodrigo P Rocha, Ricardo Spyrídes Boabaid Pimentel Gonçalves, Adair Roberto Soares Dos Santos, Odival Cezar Gasparotto

“…To confirm the robustness of our approach, we assessed the Berger effect in eyes-closed (EC) versus eyes-open (EO) conditions, observing that the functional differences between EC and EO states remained stable regardless of electrode density, aligning with previous research . Conversely, randomization of data or the use of non-homogeneous electrode configurations disrupted the resulting patterns, highlighting the physiological relevance of our methodology. …”
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Adjuvant Ciprofloxacin for Persistent BK Polyomavirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients by David Arroyo, Sindhu Chandran, Parsia A. Vagefi, David Wojciechowski

“…Ciprofloxacin may be a useful therapy for persistent BKV infection despite conventional treatment. Randomized trials are required to evaluate the potential benefit of this adjuvant therapy.…”
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Investigation of the effectiveness of parent-child interaction therapy on adjustment and behavioral problems in children with subthreshold autism by İsmail Seçer, Sümeyye Ulaş, Eda Tatlı, Fatmanur Çimen, Burcu Bülbül, Beyzanur Tosunoğlu

“…It is suggested that future studies should evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability of PCIT through randomized controlled trials in the context of subthreshold ASD.…”
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Unhealthy Phenotype as Indicated by Salivary Biomarkers: Glucose, Insulin, VEGF-A, and IL-12p70 in Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents by Mor-Li Hartman, J. Max Goodson, Ping Shi, Jorel Vargas, Tina Yaskell, Danielle Stephens, Maryann Cugini, Hatice Hasturk, Roula Barake, Osama Alsmadi, Sabiha Al-Mutawa, Jitendra Ariga, Pramod Soparkar, Jawad Behbehani, Kazem Behbehani, Francine Welty

“…The concentration of salivary insulin and 20 other metabolic biomarkers was assayed in 744 randomly selected saliva samples by multiplexed bead-based immunoassay. …”
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A Subgroup of Latently Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infected Individuals Is Characterized by Consistently Elevated IgA Responses to Several Mycobacterial Antigens by Ralf Baumann, Susanne Kaempfer, Novel N. Chegou, Wulf Oehlmann, Ralf Spallek, André G. Loxton, Paul D. van Helden, Gillian F. Black, Mahavir Singh, Gerhard Walzl

“…Among controls, we found that elevated IgA levels against all investigated antigens were not randomly distributed but concentrated on a subgroup of <30%—with particular high levels in a small subgroup of ~5% comprising one progressor to active TB. …”
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Perceptions of Nigerian Women about Human Papilloma Virus, Cervical Cancer, and HPV Vaccine by Olusola Anuoluwapo Akanbi, Abiodun Iyanda, Folakemi Osundare, Oluyinka Oladele Opaleye

“…Structured questionnaires were administered to a cross section of 737 women randomly selected from the general population in two southwestern States of Nigeria. …”
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