Efectiveness of Ocimum sanctum Linn. Leaves Ethanol Extract on Mortality Raillietina echinobothrida In Vitro by Jessica Giovani, Setiawan Koesdarto, Mirny Lamid, Sri Agus Sudjarwo, Suryo Kuncorojakti

“…The research used completely randomized design. The research had five treatments and each treatment was done in four replications. …”
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Determinants of Fast Food Consumption among Iranian High School Students Based on Planned Behavior Theory by Gholamreza Sharifirad, Parastoo Yarmohammadi, Leila Azadbakht, Mohammad Ali Morowatisharifabad, Akbar Hassanzadeh

“…Cross-sectional data were available from high school students who were recruited by cluster randomized sampling. All of the students completed a questionnaire assessing variables of standard TPB model including attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavior control (PBC), and the additional variables past behavior, actual behavior control (ABC). …”
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Prospective observational study to evaluate the feasibility of the mobile app for mild cognitive impairment detection and screening by Reo Hamaguchi, Seiji Hongo, Naoto Doi, Hisamitsu Ide, Ryozo Saito, Junji Kishimoto, Nobuhiro Handa, Shigeo Horie

“…Participants completed both the mobile app and the MoCA-J in a randomized order within a two-week period, with a minimum one-day interval between tests.Results and conclusionThe intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) between the mobile app and the MoCA-J was 0.956 (95% CI: 0.89-0.983), demonstrating a very high level of correlation. …”
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Supplemented with Astragalus dregs improves growth performance, immunity, and antioxidant capacity in fattening pigs by Qi Guo, Jiayi Wang, Xuhan Wang, Hongyi Zhang, Jiajiao Xing

“…Twenty-four 130 days of age fattening pigs were randomly assigned to the control group and experimental group (supplemented with 10% Astragalus dregs). …”
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Ammonium and nitrate ratios in the cultivation of tobacco plants by Victor Gabriel Souza de Almeida, Girlene Santos de Souza, Gildeon Santos Brito, Alfredo Teles de Jesus Neto, Cristian Martins de Souza, Anacleto Ranulfo dos Santos

“…Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the effect of ammoniacal (NH4+) and nitric (NO3-) nitrogen in the growth and development of tobacco. A randomized design was applied, using five ammonium and nitrate ratios (NH4+:NO3-): 100:0; 75:25; 50:50; 25:75 and 0:100, with five replications. …”
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In perennial allergic rhinitis, RQLQ is improved similarly by Azelastine 0.15 and mometasone furoate by Jean Bousquet, MD, Ludger Klimek, MD, Hans-Christian Kuhl, PhD, Duc Tung Nguyen, MD, Rajesh Kumar Ramalingam, MD, G. Walter Canonica, MD, William E. Berger, MD

“…Efficacy using the 28-item rhino-conjunctivitis quality of life questionnaire (RQLQ) was a secondary end point.A total of 703 patients were randomized and 687 (97.7%) were included in the intent-to-treat (ITT) population. …”
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Voluntary wheel running ameliorated the deleterious effects of high-fat diet on glucose metabolism, gut microbiota and microbial-associated metabolites by Ling Zhang, Wenyu Zou, Yongyan Hu, Honghua Wu, Ying Gao, Junqing Zhang, Jia Zheng

“…C57BL/6 male mice were randomly assigned to 4 groups according to diets (fed with normal chow diet or high-fat diet) and running paradigm (housed in static cage or with voluntary running wheel). …”
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Fluoxetine for reducing postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients after total knee replacement: study protocol for a single-centre, double-blind, randomised, parallel... by Yusheng Yao, Hong Ye, Yushan Wu, Daoyi Lin, Lulu Yu, Jiaxin Chen

“…Five hundred elderly patients undergoing unilateral TKA will be randomly assigned to the fluoxetine and placebo groups. …”
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Obesity May Be Protective against Severe Perineal Lacerations by Diana Garretto, Brian B. Lin, Helen L. Syn, Nancy Judge, Karen Beckerman, Fouad Atallah, Arnold Friedman, Michael Brodman, Peter S. Bernstein

“…Controls were obtained randomly from the database of patients without third- or fourth-degree lacerations in a 1 : 1 ratio. …”
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Transcutaneous Intraluminal Impedance Measurement for Minimally Invasive Monitoring of Gastric Motility: Validation in Acute Canine Models by Michael D. Poscente, Gang Wang, Dobromir Filip, Polya Ninova, Gregory Muench, Orly Yadid-Pecht, Martin P. Mintchev, Christopher N. Andrews

“…Eight mongrel dogs were randomly divided into 2 groups: half received an active TIIM pill and half received an identically sized sham capsule. …”
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Can floseal™ be applied safely during otologic surgery? Assessment of ototoxicity in a chinchilla animal model by Carol Nhan, Aren Bezdjian, Abdullah Alarfaj, Sam J. Daniel

“…In each animal one ear was randomized to receive Floseal™ to the middle ear cavity, whereas the other ear served as the control and received 0.9% sodium chloride. …”
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High-Throughput Sequencing Reveals Diverse Sets of Conserved, Nonconserved, and Species-Specific miRNAs in Jute by Md. Tariqul Islam, Ahlan Sabah Ferdous, Rifat Ara Najnin, Suprovath Kumar Sarker, Haseena Khan

“…The presence of microRNAs identified in jute was validated by stem-loop RT-PCR followed by end point PCR and qPCR for randomly selected 20 known and novel microRNAs. This study exhaustively identifies microRNAs and their target genes in jute which will ultimately pave the way for understanding their role in this crop and other crops.…”
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Prediction of tuberculosis-specific mortality for older adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis by Sihua Wang, Ruohua Gu, Pengfei Ren, Yu Chen, Di Wu, Linlin Li

“…BackgroundThis study aims to identify risk factors associated with tuberculosis-specific mortality (TSM) in older adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and to develop a competing risk nomogram for TSM prediction.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study and randomly selected 528 older adult pulmonary TB patients hospitalized in designated hospitals in Henan Province between January 2015 and December 2020. …”
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School-Based Health Center Intervention Improves Body Mass Index in Overweight and Obese Adolescents by Alberta S. Kong, Andrew L. Sussman, Carolina Yahne, Betty J. Skipper, Mark R. Burge, Sally M. Davis

“…Two urban New Mexico SBHCs were randomized to deliver ACTION or standard care. ACTION consisted of eight visits using motivational interviewing to improve eating and physical activity behavior. …”
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Hepatoprotective effect anti-inflammatory and antioxidant Ganoderma lucidum ethanol extract on rats exposed to Plumbum acetate by Hernayanti, Laksana Agung, Saryono, Jehloh Latifah

“…This research was conducted experimentally with a Completely Randomized Design consisting of 6 treatments with 4 replications. …”
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Acute Mesenteric Ischemia after Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis of 52 Patients by Cuneyt Eris, Senol Yavuz, Serhat Yalcinkaya, Arif Gucu, Faruk Toktas, Gunduz Yumun, Burak Erdolu, Ahmet Ozyazıcıoglu

“…The control group (150 patients) was randomly chosen from among cases undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). …”
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Frequency and antibiotic resistance pattern of Salmonella spp. isolated from traditional dairies and raw milks collected in Yazd province, Iran by Raziyeh Barzegar-Bafrouei, Bahador Hajimohammadi, Hengameh Zandi, Gilda Eslami, Hossein Fallahzadeh

“…Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 350 samples of raw milk and traditional dairy products were randomly collected from July to September 2018. Following culturing the samples, isolates went through biochemical tests for phenotypic identification. …”
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The Effectiveness of Sand Play Therapy on Social Skills and Adaptation of Children with Separation Anxiety by Ehsan Kazemi, Meisam Ashrafi, Maryam Sadat Hosseinzadeh Maryam Sadat Hosseinzadeh, Zahra Andalibipour, Shohreh Rajab Ali, Mehran Mohebian Far Mehran Mohebian Far

“…A sample of 30 individuals was chosen through convenience sampling and then randomly split into two groups of 15 participants each, designated as the experimental group and the control group. …”
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Sustainability and lives of coffee farmers in Magetan Regency, East Java, Indonesia by Rahayu Endang Siti, Widadie Fanny, Irianto Heru, Handayani Sugiharti Mulya, Setyowati, Sundari Mei Tri

“…The data used are primary data, with a method of collecting direct survey data on 80 coffee farmers randomly in two districts of Panekan and Poncol. An analysis method to see the relationship of environmental variables to coffee production with multiple linear regression analysis and descriptive analysis for ecological aspects. he results showed that the ecological factors significantly affecting coffee production included the number of protective trees, the application of manure, and farmers' knowledge of conservation practices. …”
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Geospatial Relationships between Awareness and Utilization of Community Exercise Resources and Physical Activity Levels in Older Adults by Christopher J. Dondzila, Ann M. Swartz, Kevin G. Keenan, Amy E. Harley, Razia Azen, Scott J. Strath

“…Four hundred and seventeen older adults (72.9±7.7 years) were randomly recruited from three spatial tiers (≤1.6, >1.6 to ≤3.2, and >3.2 to 8.0 km) surrounding seven senior centers, which housed CBFR. …”
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