Enhancing broiler growth and carcass quality: impact of diets enriched with Moringa oleifera leaf powder conjugated with zinc nanoparticles by Mohammed M. El-Abbasy, Ahmed K. Aldhalmi, Elwy A. Ashour, Samar S. Bassiony, Mahmoud Kamal, Abdulmohsen H. Alqhtani, Diaa E. Abou-Kassem, Ahmed A. Elolimy, Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack, Ayman A. Swelum

“…This study evaluated the effects of Moringa oleifera leaf powder extract stabilized with zinc nanoparticles (ZnNPs-MLPE) as a natural growth promoter in broiler diets. Randomly assigned 264 one-day-old Ross 308 chicks to four different feeding treatments, with each group being subdivided into six replicates, each comprising 11 unsexed chicks. …”
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Ac2-26 Alleviates Brain Injury after Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Rats via the eNOS Pathway by Jing Gong, Qi-Hang Tai, Guang-Xiao Xu, Xue-Ting Wang, Jing-Li Zhu, Xiao-Qing Zhao, Hai-Bin Sun, Dan Zhu, Wei Gao

“…Sixty-four rats were randomized into sham, saline, Ac2-26, and Ac2-26+L-NIO (endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) inhibitor) groups. …”
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Cluster randomised controlled trial to examine medical mask use as source control for people with respiratory illness by Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Yi Zhang, Quanyi Wang, Bayzidur Rahman, Haiyan Zhang, Holly Seale, Daitao Zhang, Yanhui Chu

“…Rationale Medical masks are commonly used by sick individuals with influenza-like illness (ILI) to prevent spread of infections to others, but clinical efficacy data are absent.Objective Determine whether medical mask use by sick individuals with ILI protects well contacts from related respiratory infections.Setting 6 major hospitals in 2 districts of Beijing, China.Design Cluster randomised controlled trial.Participants 245 index cases with ILI.Intervention Index cases with ILI were randomly allocated to medical mask (n=123) and control arms (n=122). …”
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Effect of Massage on the TLR4 Signalling Pathway in Rats with Neuropathic Pain by Qian Wang, Jing Lin, Peng Yang, Yingye Liang, Dongming Lu, Kailong Wang, Wei Gan, Jianping Fu, Zhenbao Gan, Mingchen Ma, Pingting Wu, Fengshi He, Jun Pang, Hongliang Tang

“…Forty female SD rats were randomly divided into 5 groups: the control group, sham-operated group, model group, sham massage group, and massage group. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of mRNA and miRNA differential expression profiles in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis in laying and broodiness period of Wanxi white geese by Xinwei Tong, Xiaojin Li, Yuhua Wang, Fei Xie, Ruidong Li, Man Ren, Qianqian Hu, Shenghe Li

“…Six DEGs and four DEMs were randomly selected for real-time fluorescence quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR). …”
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A systematic review of cognitive telerehabilitation in patients with cognitive dysfunction by Hyeonwoo Jeon, Doo Young Kim, Si-Woon Park, Bum-Suk Lee, Hyeong-Wook Han, Namo Jeon, Minsong Kim, Mingu Kang, Suebeen Kim

“…In this systematic review, we aim to analyze randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compare telerehabilitation with face-to-face treatment or usual care for improving cognitive function in elderly individuals with cognitive dysfunction or patients with acquired brain injury.MethodsWe conducted this systematic review following the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). …”
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Protocol for a feasibility study and process evaluation of a psychosocially modelled diabetes education programme for young people with type 1 diabetes: the Youth Empowerment Skill... by Nick Sevdalis, Khalida Ismail, Tayana Soukup, Trevor Murrells, Dulmini Kariyawasam, Stephen Thomas, Judith Parsons, Angus Forbes, Rita Forde, Maria Baldellou Lopez, Marie Jones, Martha Ford-Adams, Nardos Yemane, Siobhan Pender, Alex Silverstien

“…Fifty young people with type 1 diabetes (aged 14–19 years) will be randomly allocated to either the YES intervention or a waiting-list control. …”
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The effects of Lepidium meyenii on MSG-induced subfertility in male Wistar rats: Targeting oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory cytokines, steroidogenic enzymes, and reproductive hor... by Temidayo S. Omolaoye, Surendra Singh Rawat, Naglaa Gamil Shehab, Eslam El Nebrisi, Stefan S. Du Plessis

“…Methods: Eighteen male Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups. Animals were orally (oral gavage) administered MSG (900 mg/kg/day for 45days), MSG and Maca (900 mg/kg/day of MSG and 500 mg/kg/day of black Lepidium meyenii root extract), or water only (control group), for a total period of 80 days. …”
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Dietary supplementation of lysozyme can improve growth rate, laying performance, blood biochemistry, and mRNA levels of some related genes in different plumage-colored quails by Ibrahim Elkhaiat, Seham El-Kassas, Karima El-Naggar, Safaa Abdo, Haitham K. Shalaby, Mahmoud M. Azzam, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Mahmoud Alagawany, Reyad Y. Nofal

“…For each variety, 240 birds were randomly assigned into four groups with four replicates for each group. …”
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Supra-Annular Versus Intra-Annular Self-Expanding Valves in Small Aortic Annulus: A Propensity Score-Matched Study by Michel Pompeu Sá, MD, MSc, MHBA, PhD, Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH, Yisi Wang, MPH, Floyd Thoma, BS, Amber Makani, MD, Dustin Kliner, MD, Catalin Toma, MD, David West, MD, Derek Serna-Gallegos, MD, Ibrahim Sultan, MD

“…Conclusions: IAVs and SAVs are associated with comparable device performance in terms of hemodynamic structural and nonstructural dysfunction. Randomized data are needed to validate these findings and guide informed device selection.…”
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Rate of Perceived Exertion Based on Repetitions in Reserve Versus Percentage of One-Repetition Maximum for Resistance Training Prescription in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study by Alessandro Gismondi, Ferdinando Iellamo, Giuseppe Caminiti, Barbara Sposato, Emanuele Gregorace, Valentino D’Antoni, Deborah Di Biasio, Sara Vadalà, Alessio Franchini, Annalisa Mancuso, Valentina Morsella, Maurizio Volterrani

“…Sixteen male patients (age 60 ± 8) with history of coronary artery disease were randomly assigned to two resistance training rehabilitation protocols lasting nine weeks and consisting of three sessions per week, with the same exercise selection, number of sets and repetitions, and rest periods, but different load prescription method (RPE vs. %1RM). …”
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Association between vitamin D deficiency and major depression in patients with chronic kidney disease: a cohort study by I-Wen Chen, I-Wen Chen, Wei-Ting Wang, Yi-Chen Lai, Yi-Chen Lai, Ying-Jen Chang, Yao-Tsung Lin, Kuo-Chuan Hung, Kuo-Chuan Hung

“…These findings suggest that maintaining adequate vitamin D levels might be important for mental health in patients with CKD, although randomized trials are needed to confirm whether supplementation can prevent depression in this population.…”
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Effect of chiropractic therapy on the recovery of gastrointestinal function after gynecological abdominal surgery (捏脊疗法促进妇科腹部术后胃肠功能恢复效果观察)... by SONG Limei (宋利梅), YANG Dongying (杨冬颖), GUO Miao (郭淼), WANG Zheng (王铮)

“…Methods Totally 60 patients who meet the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into control group and study group, with 30 cases in each group. …”
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Phantom motor execution as a treatment for phantom limb pain: protocol of an international, double-blind, randomised controlled clinical trial by Brian E McGuire, Lina Bunketorp-Käll, Eva Lendaro, Liselotte Hermansson, Helena Burger, Corry K Van der Sluis, Monika Pilch, Katarzyna Kulbacka-Ortiz, Ingrid Rignér, Anita Stockselius, Lena Gudmundson, Cathrine Widehammar, Wendy Hill, Sybille Geers, Max Ortiz-Catalan

“…Here we present the study protocol for an international (seven countries), multicentre (nine clinics), double-blind, randomised controlled clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of PME in alleviating PLP.Methods and analysis Sixty-seven subjects suffering from PLP in upper or lower limbs are randomly assigned to PME or phantom motor imagery (PMI) interventions. …”
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Application of Qijiao moxibustion for patients with insomnia after stroke (气交灸在中风后失眠患者中的应用研究) by XU Qian (徐倩), DU Jing (杜静), GOU Yanhua (缑燕华), YU Hong (余红), ZHANG Fan (张帆)

“…Methods Totally 80 patients with insomnia after stroke were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group, with 40 cases in each group. …”
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Effects of laminarin on antioxidant capacity and non-specific immunity of spotted sea bass (Lateolabrax maculatus) by Sishun Zhou, Huihui Qin, Zhongying Long, Lumin Kong, Jianrong Ma, Yi Lin, Hao Lin, Zhangfan Huang, Zhongbao Li

“…This study explores the antioxidant capacity and nonspecific immune effects of laminarin by adding different concentration gradients (0 %, 0.4 %, 0.8 %, 1.2 %, 1.6 %, and 2 %) to the diet of spotted sea bass, Lateolabrax maculatus. 450 spotted sea bass (initial weight: 7.14 ± 0.10 g) were randomly divided into 6 groups, each group was repeated 3 times, 25 fish per experimental tank, and fed with different concentrations of laminarin. …”
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Endovascular therapy versus best medical care for acute ischemic stroke with distal medium vessel occlusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ziyue Wang, Jiacheng Li, Qianqian Kong, Hao Yan, Yi Zhang, Xirui Zhou, Zhiyuan Yu, Hao Huang, Xiang Luo

“…For NIHSS < 6, BMT achieved better functional independence compared to EVT (OR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.51-0.98) and EVT showed higher sICH (OR: 3.44, 95% CI: 1.42-8.31).Conclusion For patients with AIS and DMVO occlusion, EVT fails to improve functional prognosis while increasing sICH incidence. More randomized controlled trials are needed in the future to confirm these results.…”
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Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Vitamin K Antagonists After Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge‐to‐Edge Repair in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Single‐Center Observational Stu... by Jan‐Hendrik Schipper, Anne‐Sophie Sommer, Richard Julius Nies, Clemens Metze, Max Maria Meertens, Jonas Wörmann, Sebastian Dittrich, Jan‐Hendrik van den Bruck, Arian Sultan, Jakob Lüker, Daniel Steven, Christopher Hohmann, Roman Pfister, Stephan Baldus, Ingo Eitel, Christian Frerker, Tobias Schmidt

“…Conclusions Our findings suggest that direct oral anticoagulants may offer comparable efficacy and safety to VKAs in preventing thromboembolic events following M‐TEER in patients with atrial fibrillation. Further randomized trials are needed to confirm these results and establish optimal anticoagulation strategies in this patient population.…”
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Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair versus Optimal Medical Therapy in Patients with Functional Mitral Regurgitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Muhammad Shariq Usman, Tariq Jamal Siddiqi, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Muhammad Arbaz Arshad Khan, Safi U. Khan, Intekhab Askari Syed, Mustafa Rahim, Srihari S. Naidu, Rami Doukky, Mohamad Alkhouli

“…Cochrane CENTRAL, MEDLINE, and Scopus were searched for randomized (RCT) and nonrandomized studies comparing PMVR with OMT in patients with HF and FMR. …”
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Traditional herbal medicine for Guillain-Barré syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Somin Jung, Han-Gyul Lee, Seungwon Kwon, Seung-Yeon Cho, Seong-Uk Park, Woo-Sang Jung, Sang-Kwan Moon, Jung-Mi Park, Chang-Nam Ko

“…Method: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, CNKI, CiNii, and Science ON were searched from inception to December 4, 2024. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing conventional Western medicine (CWM) combined with herbal medicine (treatment group) and only CWM (control group), to evaluate the effects of herbal medicine combined with CWM as a treatment for GBS were included. …”
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