Correlation of the Dietary Protein Intake between Those Estimated from a Short Protein Food-Recall Questionnaire and from 24-Hour Urinary Urea-Nitrogen Excretion in Stages 3-4 Chro... by Teerawat Thanachayanont, Methee Chanpitakkul, Akhathai Saetie, Salyaveth Lekagul, Kriang Tungsanga

“…Among these, sixty patients were randomly selected, and 24-h urine was collected for urinary urea-N and estimation of PNA. …”
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The association of social media use and other social factors with symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Egyptian university students by Mustafa Mohammed Hassan, Hisham Ahmed Orebi, Basem Salama, Ibrahim Ali Kabbash

“…The study recruited a total sample of 933 college students from Tanta University from five randomly selected colleges. Data was collected using self-administrated questionnaires made in Google Forms sent to social media groups of students. …”
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Profil Merokok pada Pelajar di Tiga SMP di Kota Padang by Yessy Susanti Sabti, Oea Khairsyaf, Ricky Awal

“…Design of study is crossectional, datas collected from 240 students of three randomized selected Junior High School, by  Global Youth Tobacco Survey quessionaires that has adapted to Indonesian language. …”
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Growth and immune response of Litopenaeus vannamei fed on β-(1, 3) glucan and poly-β hydroxybutyrate by , Sarmin, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Dedi Jusadi, Julie Ekasari

“…Shrimp juvenile at an initial body weight of 2.06±0.03 g was randomly distributed into 12 units of aquaria at a density of 20 shrimps/tank and reared for 42 days. …”
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P2Y2 Receptor Mediated Neuronal Regeneration and Angiogenesis to Affect Functional Recovery in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury by Ruidong Cheng, Genying Zhu, Chengtao Ni, Rui Wang, Peng Sun, Liang Tian, Li Zhang, Jie Zhang, Xiangming Ye, Benyan Luo

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the P2Y2 receptor (P2Y2R) signaling pathway on neuronal regeneration and angiogenesis during spinal cord injury (SCI). The rats were randomly divided into 3 groups, including the sham+dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), SCI+DMSO, and SCI+P2Y2R groups. …”
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Comparison of Early Efficacy of the Percutaneous Presuture Technique with the Femoral Artery Incision Technique in Endovascular Aortic Repair under Local Anesthesia for Uncomplicat... by Qingsong Wu, Debin Jiang, Xiaochai Lv, Jiaxin Zhang, Rongda Huang, Zhihuang Qiu, Liangwan Chen

“…Two hundred and ninety-five patients diagnosed with uTBAD who underwent EVAR under local anesthesia from June 2017 to December 2021 were consecutively and randomly selected for retrospective analysis. The PPST was performed in 178 cases and the FAIT was performed in 117 cases. …”
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Investigation of the Effects of Fosfomycin in Kidney Damage Caused by CLP-Induced Sepsis by Ilknur Esen Yildiz, Tolga Mercantepe, Ilkay Bahceci, Medeni Arpa, Sule Batcik, Yasin Yildiz, Levent Tumkaya

“…In total, 24 rats were randomly divided into three groups. Group 1 (<i>n</i> = 8), the healthy control group (C), received a single dose of 0.9% NaCl (saline) solution via an intraperitoneal (i.p.) route. …”
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Microbial Quality of Sliced Pawpaw (Carica papaya) and Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Sold on Some Streets of Accra Metropolis, Ghana by Michael Olu-Taiwo, Baakwa Miah De-Graft, Akua Obeng Forson

“…Sliced watermelons and pawpaws were randomly purchased from selected suburbs in Greater Accra Region of Ghana. …”
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Sociodemographic Characteristics, Dietary Practices, and Nutritional Status of Adults with Hypertension in a Semi-Rural Community in the Eastern Region of Ghana by Esi K. Colecraft, Matilda Asante, Aaron K. Christian, Seth Adu-Afarwuah

“…To describe the baseline characteristics of adults with hypertension who were randomized to receive either hypertension related nutrition education plus hospital-based standard of care or only the standard of care (control group) in Asesewa, a semi-rural community in the Eastern Region of Ghana. …”
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Assessment of Paediatricians’ Oral Health Knowledge, Behaviour, and Attitude in the United Arab Emirates by Noora Aburahima, Iyad Hussein, Mawlood Kowash, Anas Alsalami, Manal Al Halabi

“…A questionnaire consisting of 16 questions was completed after piloting by a sample of randomly selected registered UAE paediatricians. Scores of knowledge (out of 9), behaviour (out of 4), and attitude (out of 3) were calculated. …”
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Efficacy of malic and tartaric acid in mitigation of cadmium stress in Spinacia oleracea L. via modulations in physiological and biochemical attributes by Ansa Shabbir, Anis Ali Shah, Sheeraz Usman, Shakil Ahmed, Muhammad Kaleem, Shiffa Shafique, Mansour K. Gatasheh

“…The use of chelating agent is a useful strategy to avoid heavy metal uptake and accumulation in plants. In this study, randomized design pot experiment was conducted to evaluate potential role of malic acid (MA) and tartaric acid (TA) foliar spray to mitigate Cd stress in Spinacia oleracea L plants. …”
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A Comparative Study between Ultrasound-guided Concomitant Infraclavicular Plus Distal Median, Radial, and Ulnar Nerve Blockade Versus Infraclavicular Block Alone by T Jaya Priya, TG Sivathangavel, K. Soundarya Priyadharsini, T. Krishna Prasad

“…Materials and Methods: This study was a prospective randomized control study conducted among 60 patients undergoing elective and emergency wrist and hand surgeries. …”
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Analysis of Three-Dimensional Damage Constitutive Model of Frozen Sand Based on the Influence of Intermediate Principal Stress and Temperature by Shilong Ma, Zhaoming Yao, Shuang Liu, Xuan Pan

“…Second, using the characteristics of discreteness and randomness of the distribution of the microelements inside the frozen soil and assuming that the failure of the microelement of the frozen soil obeys the Weibull distribution, the Drucker–Prager strength criterion was used as the statistical distribution variable of the microelement of the frozen soil based on the strain equivalence hypothesis, statistical theory, and continuous damage mechanics. …”
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Farmers’ Perception about the Use of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) Landraces and Their Genetic Erosion in South Wollo Administrative Zone, Ethiopia by Silamlak Birhanu Abegaz, Faris Hailu Tessema

“…To this end, a field survey of 1200 farmers, randomly selected over the three districts (Tenta, Mekdela, and Delanta) during 2006 to 2015/2016 main cropping seasons, was undertaken. …”
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Efficacy of Hymecromone in Post-Cholecystectomy Patients by A V. Okhlobystin, A. К. Ufimtseva, M. A. Tatarkina, O. Z. Okhlobystina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…All patients underwent hymecromone monotherapy for 3 weeks. Patients were randomized to group A and B to receive full-dose or half-dose of the drug respectively.Results. …”
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Frequency and perception of buffalo meat consumption by the population of Belem do Pará, Brazil by Pamella M. M. de Jesus, Mayrla F. Dantas, Luiz H. M. Martins, Antônio V. C. Barbosa, Natalia G. S. Barbosa

“…The sample was composed of 400 interviewees chosen randomly from various points of sale in the city, such as fairs, butchers, and supermarkets, among others. …”
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Effectiveness of Self-Differentiation Training on Sensation Seeking and Impulsivity in Divorced Students with Tendency toward High Risk Behaviors by Mohaddeseh Darvishi, Noushin Taghinejad, Azita Amirfakhraei

“…In this study, 35 students from divorced families who were inclined toward hazardous behaviors (26 boys and 9 girls) were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups (18 students in the experimental group and 17 students in the control group) through purposive sampling. …”
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Is Intestinal Microbiota Fully Restored After Chickens Have Recovered from Coccidiosis? by Jiaqing Guo, Zijun Zhao, Chace Broadwater, Isabel Tobin, Jing Liu, Melanie Whitmore, Guolong Zhang

“…Additionally, 10 mock- and 12 EM-infected birds were randomly selected to assess the small intestinal lesion, fecal oocyst shedding, and ileal and cecal microbiota compositions using 16S rRNA gene sequencing at 3, 5, 7, 14, and 21 days post-infection (dpi). …”
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Study protocol for a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial of a team-based implementation strategy to support educators’ use of a social engagement intervention by Jill Locke, Aksheya Sridhar, Wendy Shih, Stephanie Shire, Andria B. Eisman, Emily Kim, Adora Du, Christine Espeland, Connie Kasari

“…Participants will complete baseline assessments at the beginning of the year, and all schools will be provided RR training. Schools will be randomized to coaching with or without school-based teams. …”
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Therapeutic alliance during trauma focused treatment in adolescent and young adult patients with PTSD by Anne Grass, Rita Rosner, Angelina Ciner, Babette Renneberg, Regina Steil

“…Methods Weekly assessments of therapeutic alliance, rated by patients and their therapists, as well as PTSD symptom severity from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of D-CPT were analyzed with multilevel modelling. …”
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