Effect of Zhuanggu Jianxi Decoction on Synovitis in Knee Osteoarthritis Rabbits via LXRs/NF-κB Pathway by CHEN Peng, GUO Jiemei, XIAO Yan, WANG Jianhui, SU Youxin

“…Twenty-two rabbits were randomly divided into two groups, with 16 in the model group and 6 in the blank group. …”
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Improving Growth Performance, Biochemical Parameters and Reducing Mortality due to Ascites in Broilers by Propranolol Inclusion by Shahriar Saidian, Somaya Farahmand, Mokhtar Fathi, Salar Saifi

“…Materials and Methods: The experiment was carried out in a completely randomized design with four treatments in four replicates and 10 chickens in each replicate. …”
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Case Reports: The core of practice-based evidence by Antonio Villa

“…In the era of evidence-based medicine, where meta-analysis of several randomized controlled research, is considered prominent with respect of evidence gathered from experts and clinical practice, we should not forget the essential role of practice-based evidence. …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture at Baihui and Shenting on Cognitive Function in Cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion Injured Rats by Yongmei YOU, Yijing JIANG, Zhicheng LIN, Zengtu ZHAN, Jun WANG, Wei WEI, Shanli YANG

“…The 72 rats meeting the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into model group (<italic>n</italic>=36) and electroacupuncture group (<italic>n</italic>=36). …”
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Prophylactic Sublay Mesh Placement During Stoma Closure to Prevent Incisional Hernias: a Pilot Study by Yana Belenkaya, Sergey Gordeev, Nikolay Matveyev, Zaman Mamedli

“…We initiated a prospective randomized clinical trial after this pilot study (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05939687).…”
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Feeding of dried sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) peel on humoral immune response of broiler chickens by Z. Pourhossein, A. Qotbi, A. Seidavi, V. Laudadio, D. Mazzei, V. Tufarelli

“…Methods Four hundred 1-day-old Ross 308 broilers were distributed according to a completely randomized design into five treatments with four replicates of 20 chicks each. …”
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Pityriasis versicolor: insight into current knowledge and treatment possibilities by Jakub Parys, Agnieszka Mikosińska, Martyna Kaźmierczak, Patrycja Kałuziak, Maciej Mossakowski, Marta Jajczak, Aleksandra Witek, Stanisław Jesionek, Mateusz Litwin

“…Future efforts should aim to optimize treatment efficacy, reduce relapse rates, and minimize adverse effects. Randomized controlled trials with larger and more diverse populations are particularly needed to establish standardized protocols and explore innovative therapies, including prophylactic measures and targeted treatments. …”
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Model-agnostic neural mean field with a data-driven transfer function by Alex Spaeth, David Haussler, Mircea Teodorescu

“…The resulting mean-field model predicts the response of a network of randomly connected neurons to a time-varying external stimulus with a high degree of accuracy. …”
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The Impact of Electronic Reading Devices on Reading Speed and Comfort in Patients with Decreased Vision by Henry L. Feng, Daniel B. Roth, Howard F. Fine, Jonathan L. Prenner, Kunjal K. Modi, William J. Feuer

“…Participants were asked to read five different excerpts on five different media in a randomly assigned order. Media included a printed book at 12-point font (12PF), iPad2 at 12PF, iPad2 at 18-point font (18PF), Kindle2 at 12PF, and Kindle2 at 18PF. …”
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High Prevalence of Autoimmune Diabetes and Poor Glycaemic Control among Adults in Madagascar: A Brief Report from a Humanitarian Health Campaign in Ambanja by Ernesto Maddaloni, Giovanlorenzo Pastore, Marco Giuseppe Del Buono, Aldostefano Porcari, Mario Fittipaldi, Francesco Garilli, Claudio Tiberti, Silvia Angeletti, Paolo Pozzilli, Giovanni Mottini, Nicola Napoli

“…During a humanitarian health campaign conducted in Ambanja, a rural city in the northern part of Madagascar, we identified 42 adult subjects with diabetes and compared their features to 24 randomly enrolled healthy controls. 42.9% (n=18) of diabetic subjects showed HbA1c values ≥ 9.0%. …”
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IMPROVING SUGARCANE STEM LENGTH THROUGH BIPARENTAL CROSSING FOR HIGHER SUGARCANE YIELD AND SUGAR YIELD by Djumali, Herwati A., Purwati R.D., Riajaya P.D., Machfud M., Supriyono, Yulaikah S.

“….), and one variety of SIL 04 were arranged in a Randomized Block Design with 2 replications. The results showed that clones 5/21/11 and 9/21/36 produced stem lengths of 120.85 and 74.01%, weight of 94.99 and 34.44%, sugarcane yield of 44.98 and 39.69%, and sugar yield of 20.42, which was 26.39% higher than SIL 04 (114.22 cm, 31.33 mm, 944.21 g stem-1, 82.41 t ha-1, and 10.04 ha-1). …”
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Metabolomics reveal the mechanism for anti-renal fibrosis effects of an n-butanol extract from Amygdalus mongolica by Gao Chen, Chang Hong, Zhou Hong-Bing, Liu Qing, Bai Ying-Chun, Liu Quan-Li, Bai Wan-Fu, Shi Song-Li

“…Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into the sham-operated, renal fibrosis (RF) model, benazepril hydrochloride-treated model (1.5 mg kg−1) and BUT-treated (1.75, 1.5 and 1.25 g kg−1) groups and the respective drugs were administered intragastrically for 21 days. …”
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Development of a 3D cephalometric index to grade severity of dentofacial deformity in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis by Stratos Vassis, Mia Glerup, Ida Tambjerg, Annelise Küseler, Cory M. Resnick, Carlalberta Verna, Troels Herlin, Lillemor Berntson, Charlotte Myrup, Ellen Nordal, Marite Rygg, Kristiina Aalto, Sven Erik Noerholt, Thomas K. Pedersen, Peter Stoustrup

“…Data were collected from a population-based Nordic JIA cohort of 240 patients that received a cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan approximately 17 years after onset of JIA. The cohort was randomized into two groups: A baseline group for establishing the index (n = 210) and a test group (n = 30). …”
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Effects of combined use of compound acidifiers and plant essential oils in feed on the reproductive performance and physiological status of Xianjv chickens by Zhaobin Wang, Caiyun Zhang, Huicheng Wang, Tiantian Gu, Yong Tian, Zhuoya Gu, Li Chen, Tao Zeng, Lizhi Lu, Wenwu Xu

“…A total of 240 healthy 34-week-old Xianjv chickens were randomly divided into 5 groups and given 5 different feed additives: a control group with a basal diet, and four experimental groups with varying doses of compound acidifiers (CA) and essential oils (EO). …”
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Sexual self-care, quality of sexual life and fertility desire in women attending comprehensive health centers in Urmia, Iran by Behrouz Fathi, Shima Kia, Vahid Alinejad, Ehsan Rikhtegar, Firoozeh Gebleh, MoradAli Zareipour

“…Methods This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 384 women which were randomly selected using a multistage sampling method. …”
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Inflammatory Markers and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Obese Children: The NANOS Study by Alex Gileles-Hillel, María Luz Alonso-Álvarez, Leila Kheirandish-Gozal, Eduard Peris, José Aurelio Cordero-Guevara, Joaquin Terán-Santos, Mónica Gonzalez Martinez, María José Jurado-Luque, Jaime Corral-Peñafiel, Joaquin Duran-Cantolla, David Gozal

“…In this cross-sectional, prospective multicenter study, healthy obese Spanish children (ages 4–15 years) were randomly selected and underwent nocturnal PSG followed by a morning fasting blood draw. …”
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Ultra-low strain hysteresis in BaTiO3-based piezoelectric multilayer actuators via microstructural texture engineering by Yingchun Liu, Hongjun Zhang, Wenming Shi, Kai Li, Bin Yang, Wenwu Cao, Jiubin Tan

“…The textured BCTZS MLAs had a large displacement of 196 nm at 200 V (∼2.4 times that of randomly oriented ones) and achieved ultra-low strain hysteresis (Hs<9%). …”
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Warmed Versus Room Temperature Intravenous Fluids Administration to Prevent Intraoperative Heat Loss in Anaesthetised Calves Undergoing Umbilical... by Sitkican Okur, Latif Emrah Yanmaz, Mumin Gökhan Senocak, Ayse Golgeli, Ferda Turgut, Omer Tarik Orhun, Yakup Kocaman, Ugur Ersoz

“…Methods Thirty Simmental breed calves (aged 10–30 days) were randomly divided between two equal groups, wherein the infusion fluid (Ringer's lactate, 5 mL/kg/h) was administered either at room temperature (Group RoT) or warmed (Group WF). …”
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Effects of Glutamate and Aspartate on Serum Antioxidative Enzyme, Sex Hormones, and Genital Inflammation in Boars Challenged with Hydrogen Peroxide by Hengjia Ni, Lu Lu, Jinpin Deng, Wenjun Fan, Tiejun Li, Jiming Yao

“…Methods. Boars were randomly divided into 4 groups: the nonchallenged control (CON) and H2O2-challenged control (BD) groups were fed a basal diet supplemented with 2% alanine; the other two groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with 2% glutamate (GLU) or 2% aspartate (ASP). …”
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Practice Variability Combined with Task-Oriented Electromyographic Biofeedback Enhances Strength and Balance in People with Chronic Stroke by Peih-Ling Tsaih, Ming-Jang Chiu, Jer-Junn Luh, Yea-Ru Yang, Jiu-Jenq Lin, Ming-Hsia Hu

“…Thirty-three participants were randomly assigned into the constant force EMGBFB tibialis anterior (TA) exercise (constant) group, the variable force EMGBFB tibialis anterior exercise (variable) group, or the upper extremity exercise without EMGBFB (control) group. …”
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