Morphological Characters, Yield, and Chemical Composition Potentials of Desho Grass (Pennisetum glaucifolium H.) Intercropped with Vetch Species in the Highlands of Ethiopia by Tiruset Tesfaye, Bimrew Asmare, Yeshambel Mekuriaw, Beyadglign Hunegnaw

“…The experiment was laid out using a randomized complete block design (RCBD) in a factorial arrangement consisting of two factors ((five forage varieties (four vetches & one desho) ∗two harvesting ages)) for a total of ten treatments with three replications. …”
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The root canal morphology of mandibular anterior teeth and its correlation with the occurrence of three-rooted mandibular first molars by ZHU Peng, GU Yongchun, WU Yihan, XU Xiaoming

“…Methods CBCT image data of 200 subjects were randomly collected from dental clinics. The root canal morphology of the mandibular anterior teeth was identified and classified by Vertucci’s classification, and the root length and labio-lingual dimension at the tooth neck level were measured. …”
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Kiwifruit and Kiwifruit Extracts for Treatment of Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mohamed Eltorki, Russell Leong, Elyanne M. Ratcliffe

“…Eligible studies enrolled participants with constipation who were randomized to receive kiwifruit or kiwifruit extracts vs. any nonkiwifruit control. …”
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Injectable trace minerals administration to beef cattle at arrival: effects on growth performance, respiratory disease and serum antioxidant status by Silvia Grossi, Riccardo Compiani, Marcello Guadagnini, Andrea Rosati, Carlo Angelo Sgoifo Rossi

“…The effects of the administration of ITMs at the arrival were tested in 576 Charolaise bulls, randomly allocated, at the arrival, into two groups, i) control (CON); ii) Multimin (MM-Multimin®). …”
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Trends and critical points of Aspergillus contamination along Ethiopian chili postharvest value chain by Tariku Hunduma Tolera, Anteneh Tesfaye, Melaku Alemu

“…A total of 214 individual sample units composed of multiple subsamples consisting of aseptically picked matured red pods (PiPP), dried red pods (DPP), crushed chili (CP), unpacked (UpPPo), and packed chili powder (PaPPo) were randomly collected along the PVC from different major chili growing localities of Ethiopia during 2017/2018 main cropping season. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of compound Kushen injection combined with zoledronic acid in treating bone metastasis cancer pain based on meta-analysis and decision tree model by Xi Zhao, Tianwei Meng, Kaiqiang Wang, Xi Yan, Yuqiang Liu, Xinghua Li

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of combining Compound Kushen Injection (CKI) with zoledronic acid in the treatment of bone metastasis-induced cancer pain in malignant tumors.MethodsA comprehensive search of Chinese and English databases identified randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating CKI combined with zoledronic acid for bone metastases in malignancies. …”
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Effects of Blink Rate on Tear Film Optical Quality Dynamics with Different Soft Contact Lenses by María García-Montero, Laura Rico-del-Viejo, Irene Martínez-Alberquilla, Jose Luis Hernández-Verdejo, Amalia Lorente-Velázquez, David Madrid-Costa

“…Methods. A prospective randomized, double-blind, cross-over pilot study including four SHCLs (A: lotrafilcon B (Air Optix plus HydraGlyde, Alcon Laboratories); B: samfilcon A (Ultra, Bausch & Lomb); C: comfilcon A (Biofinity, CooperVision); and D: filcom V3 (Blu:gen, Mark’Ennovy)). …”
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The growth rate of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus fry fed on fermented Lemna sp. meal by Rita Rostika, Yuli Andriani, Arthur Henry Abram, Apriana Vinasyiam

“…The research design used was complete randomized design consisting of four treatments; A (0% FLM), B (20% FLM), C (30% FLM), and D (40% FLM) in triplicates. …”
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Calcium requirements in growing Japanese quail from 21 to 35 days post-hatch by Fahimeh Pourmollaei, Mahmoud Ghazaghi, Mohammad Rokouei, Farzad Bagherzadeh-Kasmani, Mehran Mehri

“…Five dietary treatments containing 0.45, 0.60, 0.75, 0.90, and 1.05 % Ca were evaluated in a completely randomized design with 6 replicates per treatment and 12 birds per pen. …”
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Student Errors Analysis on the Subject of Class VII Algebraic Form Based on Nolting's Theory by Laily Azizah, Miftahul Khoiri

“…The research subjects consisted of 10 students who were taken randomly, then 2 students who met the 6 indicators of the Nolting error type were interviewed. …”
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Oral Glutamine Supplementation Benefits Jejunum but Not Ileum by Paul E Hardy, Karen L Madsen, Olin G Thurston, Stewart M Hamilton, Ningren Cui, Richard N Fedorak

“…To examine the effects of glutamine in this model, rats were fed either glutamine (2.4 g/kg/day) or an isonitrogenous glycine-supplemented elemental oral diet for five days before their randomization to sham or anastomotic groups. This dose of glutamine reached the ileum and was completely absorbed along the small intestine. …”
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Determination of the Appropriate Blended Inorganic Fertilizer Rate Recommendation for the Optimal Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Grain Yield and Profitability in the Dawuro Zo... by Berhanu Bilate Daemo, Getahun Bore Wolancho, Dawit Dalga Wakalto

“…The treatments included 0, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, and 200 kg·ha−1 NPSB fertilizer rates, and they were planted using a randomized complete block design with three replications. …”
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Impact of social media interventions and tools among informal caregivers of critically ill patients after patient admission to the intensive care unit: A scoping review. by Stephana J Cherak, Brianna K Rosgen, Mungunzul Amarbayan, Kara Plotnikoff, Krista Wollny, Henry T Stelfox, Kirsten M Fiest

“…Nine were interventional trials-four randomized controlled trials (RCTs)-and a majority (n = 14) were conducted (i.e., data collected) between 2013 to 2015. …”
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Composite Primary Outcomes Reported in Studies of Critical Care: A Scoping Review by Prashanti Marella, MD, Sansuka De Silva, Antony G. Attokaran, Kevin B. Laupland, PhD, Lars Eriksson, BA, Mahesh Ramanan, MMed

“…All studies (both non-randomized controlled trial [RCT] and RCT) conducted in ICUs treating adult patients (18 yr old or older) that described CPOs and their definitions, were included for mapping, reporting, and analyzing CPOs without any restrictions. …”
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The Efficiency of Anterior Repositioning Splints in the Management of Pain Related to Temporomandibular Joint Disc Displacement with Reduction by Malgorzata Pihut, Malgorzata Gorecka, Piotr Ceranowicz, Mieszko Wieckiewicz

“…Subjects were examined according to the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) protocol and, after diagnosis of painful disc displacement with reduction and masticatory muscle contracture, they were assigned randomly to either the study or control groups (56 patients in each). …”
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Development and validation of a prognostic nomogram for predicting of patients with acute sedative-hypnotic overdose admitted to the intensive care unit by Guo Tang, Tianshan Zhang, Ping Zhang, Sha Yang, Tao Cheng, Rong Yao

“…Patients were divided into ICU and non-ICU groups based on admission criteria including the need for blood purification therapy, organ support therapy (ventilatory support, vasoactive drugs, renal replacement therapy, artificial liver), or post-cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Patients were randomly split into a training set and a validation set in a 7:3 ratio. …”
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High Doses of Halotolerant Gut-Indigenous Lactobacillus plantarum Reduce Cultivable Lactobacilli in Newborn Calves without Increasing Its Species Abundance by Alexander Rodriguez-Palacios, Henry R. Staempfli, J. Scott Weese

“…In a double-blind placebo-randomized trial twelve colostrum-fed calves, consecutively born at a farm, were fed L. plantarum within 12 hours from birth at low (107-8 CFU/day) or high concentrations (1010-11) or placebo (q24 h, 5 d; 10 d follow-up). …”
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Effects of Algal-Derived β-Glucan on the Growth Performance, Intestinal Health, and Aeromonas veronii Resistance of Ricefield Eel (Monopterus albus) by Yu Guo, Zijing Yuan, Yueyun Han, Daiqin Yang, Hanwen Yuan, Fuxian Zhang

“…Three hundred healthy fish (initial body weight: 12.38 ± 0.50 g) were randomly divided into five groups: A1 (basal diet) was considered the control group, whereas A2, A3, A4, and A5 were the experimental groups. …”
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A Summary of the Best Evidence for Wet Pack Management by Yi L, Chen Y, Hu R

“…For all types of research, the literature quality and evidence level was evaluated, extracted, and summarized according to the theme.Results: Based on the inclusion criteria, seven pieces of literature were selected, including three guidelines, three randomized controlled trials, and consensus from an expert. …”
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Evaluation of the Outcomes of Coronectomy Procedure versus Surgical Extraction of Lower Third Molars Which Have a High Risk for Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury: A Systematic Review by Nedal Abu-Mostafa, Lulwah M. AlRejaie, Fahad A. Almutairi, Ruba A. Alajaji, Maram M. Alkodair, Nourah A. Alzahem

“…A total of 97 articles were identified, and seven studies were finally included for conducting qualitative analysis: 3 randomized clinical trials and 4 clinical controlled trials. …”
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