Parthenolide Is Neuroprotective in Rat Experimental Stroke Model: Downregulating NF-κB, Phospho-p38MAPK, and Caspase-1 and Ameliorating BBB Permeability by Lipeng Dong, Huimin Qiao, Xiangjian Zhang, Xiaolin Zhang, Chaohui Wang, Lina Wang, Lili Cui, Jingru Zhao, Yinxue Xing, Yanhua Li, Zongjie Liu, Chunhua Zhu

“…Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into Saline, Vehicle, and PN groups and a permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model was used. …”
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Aligned Hollow Silicon Nanorods Containing Ionic Liquid Enhanced Solid Polymer Electrolytes with Superior Cycling and Rate Performance by Xinglong Gao, Zhong Zheng, Yifan Pan, Shuyi Song, Zhen Xu

“…The conductivity (2.14 × 10−4 S cm−1) and lithium‐ion migration number tLi+ (0.307) are the highest, being 125 times and 184% higher, respectively, than those of PEO‐LiTFSI, when compared to CSPEs with randomly arranged or parallel‐aligned F‐ILs@HSNRs. …”
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Impact of Irrigation Regimes on Growth and Postharvest Quality of Pomegranates (Punica granatum L.) under Conditions of Newly Reclaimed Land by Magdi A.A. Mousa, Adel D. Al-Qurashi, Omer H.M. Ibrahim, Kamal A.M. Abo-Elyousr, Ahmed M.K. Abdel Aal, Abdel-Fattah M. El-Salhy, Tarek K.H. El-Bolok, Mohamed A.H. Ali, Esmat F. Ali, Eman A.A. Abou-Zaid

“…Three irrigation levels 50%, 75%, and 100% of the pomegranate tree’s water standard were applied. With the randomized complete block design (RCBD), each treatment was used three times, with two trees in each iteration. …”
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Low-Level Laser Therapy and Calcitonin in Bone Repair: Densitometric Analysis by Tatiana Pinto Ribeiro, Simone Bustamante Nascimento, Claúdia Alessandra Cardoso, Raduan Hage, Janete Dias Almeida, Emilia Angela Loschiavo Arisawa

“…Sixty male rats were submitted to bone defect with a trephine bur, randomly divided into four groups of 15 animals each: control (C); synthetic salmon calcitonin (Ca); LLLT (La); LLLT combined with calcitonin (LaCa). …”
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Effects of Enteromorpha prolifera polysaccharide on intestinal health of spotted sea bass Lateolabrax maculatus by Zhongying Long, Longhui Liu, Huihui Qin, Sishun Zhou, Lumin Kong, Jianrong Ma, Hao Lin, Zhangfan Huang, Yi Lin, Zhongbao Li

“…A total of 540 similarly sized and healthy spotted sea bass were randomly assigned to 6 groups and fed the respective diet. …”
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Correlation and diagnostic performance of metal ions in patients with pseudotumor after MoM hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis by He-Xi Li, Qing-Yi Zhang, Ning Sheng, Hui-Qi Xie

“…The mean Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies (MINORS) score of the included studies was 19 (range, 14 to 22). …”
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Computer Based Correlation of the Texture of P63 Expressed Nuclei with Histological Tumour Grade, in Laryngeal Carcinomas by Konstantinos Ninos, Spiros Kostopoulos, Ioannis Kalatzis, Panagiota Ravazoula, George Sakelaropoulos, George Panayiotakis, George Economou, Dionisis Cavouras

“…With advancing grade, P63 expression decreased, P63 stained nuclei appeared of lower image intensity, more inhomogeneous, of higher local contrast, contained smaller randomly distributed dissimilar structures and had irregular shape. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Immunoactivation by Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields and PD-1 Blockade in Murine Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Maiweilidan Yimingjiang, Talaiti Tuergan, Xinhua Chen, Hao Wen, Yingmei Shao, RuiQing Zhang, Kasimu Aihaiti, Jing Xue, Tuerganaili Aji, Wei Zhang

“…Briefly, 24 C57BL-6J tumor-bearing mice were randomly assigned to three groups: nsPEF ablation group, anti-PD-1 administration group, and untreated control group. …”
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Lithium and Valproate Levels Do Not Correlate with Ketamine’s Antidepressant Efficacy in Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression by Annie J. Xu, Mark J. Niciu, Nancy B. Lundin, David A. Luckenbaugh, Dawn F. Ionescu, Erica M. Richards, Jennifer L. Vande Voort, Elizabeth D. Ballard, Nancy E. Brutsche, Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, Carlos A. Zarate

“…Thirty-six patients with treatment-resistant bipolar depression maintained on therapeutic-dose lithium (n=23, 0.79 ± 0.15 mEq/L) or valproate (n=13, 79.6 ± 12.4 mg/mL) received 0.5 mg/kg ketamine infusion in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. …”
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A New Weak Chelator in Endodontics: Effects of Different Irrigation Regimens with Etidronate on Root Dentin Microhardness by Talita Tartari, Patrícia de Almeida Rodrigues Silva e Souza, Bruno Vila Nova de Almeida, José Otávio Carrera Silva Júnior, Oscar Facíola Pessoa, Mario Honorato Silva e Souza Junior

“…Forty-five root halves of single-rooted teeth were sectioned into thirds that were embedded in acrylic resin, polished, randomly assigned into 3 groups, and treated as follows: G1: saline solution; G2: 5% NaOCl + 18% HEBP, mixed in equal parts; and G3: 2.5% NaOCl. …”
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Reducing dementia-related stigma and discrimination among community health workers in Brazil: protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial by Nicolas Farina, Deborah Oliveira, Sara Evans-Lacko, Cleusa P Ferri, Carolina Godoy, Fabiana A F da Mata, Elaine Mateus, Ana Carolina Arruda Franzon

“…This study is aimed at developing, delivering and evaluating the feasibility of a group antistigma intervention to improve knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in relation to people living with dementia among community health workers (CHWs).Methods and analysis This will be a randomised controlled feasibility trial conducted with 150 CHWs from 14 primary care units (PCUs) in São Paulo, Brazil. PCUs will be randomly allocated (1:1) in two parallel groups—experimental group or control group. …”
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Study on the infection characteristics and pathogenesis of duck circovirus 1 in Cherry Valley meat ducks by Hanqing Li, Guige Xu, Hui Yan, Lei Bei, Mingrui Zhao, Ruihua Zhang, Yu Meng, Yanli Zhu, Liangmeng Wei, Zhijing Xie, Shijin Jiang

“…At 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35 days post-infection (DPI), six Cherry Valley meat ducks were randomly chosen to detect some indexes. The results showed that ducks infected with DuCV-1 exhibited depression, feather disorders and gained weight slowly. …”
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Impact of essential oil and probiotics supplementation on growth performance, serum biomarkers, antioxidants status, bioenergetics and histomorphometry of intestine of Nile tilapia... by Walaa S. Raslan, Ahmed Shehab, Aya F. Matter, Hadeer A. Youssuf, Omar Ahmed Farid, Ahmed Sabek, Yasmeen Magdy, Amgad Kadah

“…A total of 360 O. niloticus fingerlings were randomly assigned to four groups (3 replicates/ group; each replicate contains 30 fish) based on the different dietary treatments. …”
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Effects of Dietary Starch Concentration on Milk Production, Nutrient Digestibility, and Methane Emissions in Mid-Lactation Dairy Cows by Rebecca L. Culbertson, Fabian A. Gutiérrez-Oviedo, Pinar Uzun, Nirosh Seneviratne, Ananda B. P. Fontoura, Brianna K. Yau, Josie L. Judge, Amanda N. Davis, Diana C. Reyes, Joseph W. McFadden

“…Thirty mid-lactation cows were randomly assigned to either a high-neutral-detergent-fiber, low-starch diet (LS; 20.2% starch) or a low-neutral-detergent-fiber, high-starch diet (HS; 25.2% starch) following a 3-week acclimation. …”
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Relay-Aided Uplink NOMA Under Non-Orthogonal CCI and Imperfect SIC in 6G Networks by Volkan Ozduran, Nikolaos Nomikos, Ehsan Soleimani-Nasab, Imran Shafique Ansari, Panagiotis Trakadas

“…In this paper, the detrimental effect of co-channel interference (CCI) from nearby NOMA transmissions on a relay-aided NOMA network is examined. More specifically, randomly deployed CCI terminals communicate using NOMA and degrade the uplink communication. …”
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Maturation of the biofloc system in Penaeus vannamei culture under different salinities and its effects on the microbial communities by Shaikha Y. Al-Sayegh, Victor Torres Rosas, Ponnumony Vethamony, Nor Azman Kasan, Hon Jung Liew, Mhd Ikhwanuddin, Zulfa Ali Al Disi, Hadil Elsayed, Jassim A. Al-Khayat

“…The study was conducted in triplicate using a completely randomized design, with a stocking density of 240 shrimps m−3 for 45 days until BFT reached a mature state. …”
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Effect of Chronic Morphine Consumption on Synaptic Plasticity of Rat’s Hippocampus: A Transmission Electron Microscopy Study by Mohammad Hassan Heidari, Abdollah Amini, Zohreh Bahrami, Ali Shahriari, Abolfazle Movafag, Reihane Heidari

“…So for reaching these goals, 24 N-Mary male rats were randomly divided into three groups, morphine (n=8), placebo (n=8), and control (n=8) groups. …”
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The effect of preoperative vaginal preparation with povidone-iodine on post-caesarean section infection by Ayodeji Emmanuel Agbana, TOLA YINKA BAKARE, Julius Kolajo Dare, Muideen Gbenga Adesola, Hafeez Ayotunde salawu, Adebunmi Olarinoye, Adegboyega Adisa Fawole

“…Methodology: A single-blind randomized controlled study of 180 women who had preoperative vaginal preparation with povidone-iodine before emergency CS at the University of Ilorin teaching hospital during the study period, The primary outcome measures were fever, endometritis and wound infection. …”
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The Role of Lifestyle in the Prevention and Treatment of Insulin Resistance: A Review of Clinical and Intervention Studies by Daria Rybak, Olga Krupa, Kinga Furtak, Zofia Martyna Wójcik, Kuba Borys Romańczuk, Szymon Przemysław Stolarczyk, Paulina Dorota Pietrukaniec, Bartosz Omasta, Katarzyna Kamińska-Omasta, Magdalena Agata Czerska

“…Particular attention was paid to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses published between 2020 and 2024.  …”
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Evaluation of the Costs and Outcomes of COVID-19 Therapeutic Protocols in Critically Ill Patients in Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran by Majid Davari, Sarah Mousavi, Mohammad Reza Maracy, Elahe Khorasani, Masih Zamani, Mohammadreza Amirsadri

“…Methods:  In this retrospective cross-sectional study,  a total of 235 critically ill COVID-19 patients  were randomly selected from those hospitalized in the Intensive Care Units of Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran, between July and December 2020. …”
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