The Effect of a Turkey Berry (Solanum torvum)-Fortified Biscuit on the Hemoglobin Level and Cognitive Performance of Adolescent Females in the Ahafo Region of Ghana: A Pilot Study by Abigail Owusuaa Appiah, Marina Aferiba Tandoh, Pepertual Suglo Puotege, Anthony Kwaku Edusei

“…This pilot study assessed the impact of Solanum torvum-fortified biscuits on hemoglobin levels and cognitive performance of school-going adolescent females. A cluster randomized controlled, open labeled trial was undertaken among four basic schools in the Ahafo Region of Ghana. …”
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The Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy on Psychological Security in Women Involved in Domestic Violence by Tahereh Yarmohammadi, Saeed Teymouri, Alireza Rajaei

“…A total of 40 women experiencing domestic violence were selected as the study sample, employing an accessible sampling technique, and were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group (20 participants in each group). …”
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Modulation of Cytokine and Cytokine Receptor/Antagonist by Treatment with Doxycycline and Tetracycline in Patients with Dengue Fever by J. E. Z. Castro, I. Vado-Solis, C. Perez-Osorio, T. M. Fredeking

“…Hospitalized patients were randomized to receive standard supportive care or supportive care combined with doxycycline or tetracycline therapy. …”
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Clinical utility of smartphone-based digital infrared thermal imaging in predicting vascular compromise in free flaps by Padmalakshmi Bharathi Mohan, S. Dineshkumar, Devi Prasad Mohapatra, Prasanth Penumadu, M.T. Friji, Ravi Kumar Chittoria

“…A large sample size, multicentric, randomized controlled study is required to validate the same.…”
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Available phosphorus from phosphate extracted from swine wastewater for poultry by Fernando de Castro Tavernari, Airton Kunz, Vivian Feddern, Ricardo Steinmetz, Paola de Azevedo Mello, Valderi Luiz Dressler

“…Afterward, an experiment was carried out with 2,520 broilers, divided in randomized blocks, 9 treatments (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0g/kg P from phosphate extracted from swine wastewater and 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0g/kg P from dicalcium phosphate), 10 repetitions and 28 birds per experimental unit. …”
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Microclimates growing and watering volumes influences the physiological traits of chili pepper cultivars in combating abiotic stress by Farhan Ahmad, Kusumiyati Kusumiyati, Mochamad Arief Soleh, Muhammad Rabnawaz Khan, Ristina Siti Sundari

“…The research was done in the Bale Tatanen, Padjadjaran University, using a Factorial Randomized Complete Block Design to analyze chili plant physiology. …”
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ACCEPTANCE OF A USB-BASED PORTABLE LEARNING RESOURCE ON LOCAL KNOWLEDGE (EXPERIENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES) by Angie R. Jalandoon, Liezel G. Mohillo, Dave E. Marcial

“…The study's respondents are the 32 randomly selected respondents, a combination of teachers, students, and librarians from different schools and libraries in the Philippines. …”
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Shenfu Injection Protects Brain Injury in Rats with Cardiac Arrest through Nogo/NgR Pathway by Haixia Deng, Zhanhong Tang, Peng Tuo, Ruihua Wu, Si Jia, Xuan Zhao, Deqing Huang, Yuguang Gao, Zhou Lan

“…A total of 160 rats were randomly divided into sham group, model group, conventional western medicine (CWM) group, Shenfu group, and antagonist group (n=32 per group). …”
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Mini meta-analysis of anticholinesterase actions of atorvastatin, simvastatin and rosuvastatin, and in silico identification of their protein targets in Mus musculus by Fouad Kasim Mohammad, Rawnaq Faris Al-Shalchi

“…The data comprised 72 records of plasma, erythrocytes and brain ChE activities, expressed as percent mean ± SD of respective controls. We conducted a randomized effects size single-arm meta-analysis. The risk of bias scoring was according to those of animal experiments. …”
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Evaluation of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease in Intensive Care Units: A Cohort Study by Álvaro Réa-Neto, Bruna C. Dal Vesco, Rafaella S. Bernardelli, Aline M. Kametani, Mirella C. Oliveira, Hélio A. G. Teive

“…All patients with Parkinson’s disease identified were matched for age, sex, year, and place of hospitalization with patients without the disease randomly selected from the same database. Results. …”
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Effects of intrathecal administration of sodium nitroprusside and nicardipine on cerebral pial microcirculation, cortical tissue oxygenation, and electrocortical activity in the ea... by Hyoung Youn Lee, Najmiddin Mamadjonov, Kyung Woon Jeung, Yong Hun Jung, Wan Young Heo, Yong Soo Cho, Byung Kook Lee, Tag Heo

“…At 30 min after resuscitation from cardiac arrest, 30 pigs randomly received 4 mg of SNP, 4 mg of nicardipine, or saline placebo via subdural intracranial catheters and were observed for 5 h. …”
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Effects of whole-body vibration training on lower limb motor function and neural plasticity in patients with stroke: protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial by Mingkai Zhang, Jianing Wei, Xueping Wu

“…Sixty patients with stroke will be recruited and allocated randomly to WBVT, routine rehabilitation training (RRT) and control group (CG). …”
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Gingival Depigmentation Using Diode 980 nm and Erbium-YAG 2940 nm Lasers: A Split-Mouth Clinical Comparative Study by Zaid Kamel Jnaid Harb, Walid El-Sayed, Jumma Alkhabuli

“…The right or left side of each jaw quadrant randomly received either diode laser operating at 980 nm wavelength or erbium-YAG laser at 2940 nm. …”
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Utilization of Organic Fertilizer in Ghana: Implications for Crop Performance and Commercialization by John K. Bidzakin, Anil Graves, Dadson Awunyo-Vitor, Osei Yeboah, Iddrisu Yahaya, Esther Wahaga

“…The study employed a farmer-survey and key informant interviews to generate data from 300 farmers randomly selected across three regions in Ghana. The computed organic fertilizer use rate is 42% among farmers surveyed, and organic fertilizer is primarily used in vegetable and maize production. …”
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High Rate of Obesity-Associated Hypertension among Primary Schoolchildren in Sudan by Zeena Salman, Gregory D. Kirk, Mark D. DeBoer

“…We performed a cross sectional study of 6-12y children from two schools randomly selected in Khartoum, Sudan. Height, weight, BMI, BP and family history of hypertension were assessed. …”
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Probiotics Fermented Bitter Melon Juice as Promising Complementary Agent for Diabetes Type 2: Study on Animal Model by Laksmi Hartajanie, S. Fatimah-Muis, K. Heri-Nugroho HS, Ign Riwanto, M. Sulchan

“…Following three days of STZ induction, the animals were randomly divided into four groups. Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 were given acarbose 40 mg/100 g feed, MC 10 ml/kg body weight, fermented MC 10 ml/kg body weight, and distilled water, respectively, for 28 days. …”
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AN ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS’ LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE TO ETHICAL STANDARDS IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY by Busayo Funmilola Adeyinka, Godwin Onajite Jagboro, Grace Kehinde Ojo, Sunday Julius Odediran

“…A total of one hundred and seventy (170) questionnaire were randomly administered on the professionals and one hundred and thirty eight (138) were retrieved representing 81.18% response rate. …”
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Impact of regenerative procedure on the healing process following surgical root canal treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Nader Muthanna, Xiaoyue Guan, Fouad Alzahrani, Badr Sultan Saif, Abdelrahman Seyam, Ahmed Alsalman, Ahmed Es Alajami, Ang Li

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A comprehensive search of PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane, and the Web of Science found Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) published until February 25, 2024. …”
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Dietary probiotic Lactobacillus sp. for yellow tail tetra Astyanax bimaculatus reared at high and low stocking densities improved the feed conversion ratio, final yield, and intest... by Marco Shizuo Owatari, Nicollas Breda Lehmann, Marina de Oliveira Pereira, Andressa Vieira de Moraes, Adolfo Jatobá

“…For this purpose, 480 fish (0.25 ± 0.03 g) were randomly distributed into 16 experimental units of 20 L (30 fish per unit) and divided into a two-factor experimental design (2×2). …”
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Antioxidant Potential of Adiponectin and Full PPAR-γ Agonist in Correcting Streptozotocin-Induced Vascular Abnormality in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats by Sheryar Afzal, Munavvar Abdul Sattar, Edward James Johns, Olorunfemi A. Eseyin, Ali Attiq

“…Group I (WKY) serves as the normotensive control, whereas 42 male SHRs were randomized equally into 7 groups (n=6); group II serves as the SHR control, group III serves as the SHR diabetic control, and groups IV, V, and VI are treated with irbesartan (30 mg/kg), pioglitazone (10 mg/kg), and adiponectin (2.5 μg/kg), whereas groups VII and VIII received cotreatments as irbesartan+adiponectin and pioglitazone+adiponectin, respectively. …”
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