Hormonal induction of gonad maturation in female tinfoil barb fish (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii) using spawnprim hormone by Amalia Sutriana, Ahmad Baihaqi, Iwan Hasri, Nurliana, Hafizuddin Hafizuddin

“… The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of spawnprim hormone induction with different doses on gonadal maturity of tinfoil barb fish broodstock (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii). A completely randomized design (CRD) was used in this study with 4 treatments and 3 replications. …”
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Comparison of Lesser galangal, Alpinia officinarum extract and Letrozole in masculinization of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus by Seyed Mohammad Reza Taheri, Sakineh Yeganeh, Homayon Hoseinzadeh Sahafi

“…Materials and Methods: The number of 2760 pieces of Nile tilapia larvae seven days after fertilization with an average weight of 0.026 ± 0.002 g distributed in 24 aquaria (200-L in volume) equipped with aeration and filtration systems in equal and completely random released. Larvae were tested for 30 days. Masculinization of larvae using the combination of letrozole aromatase inhibitor and ethanolic extract of the rhizome of A. officinarum, in eight treatments including two control treatments (control, without additives and solvent, impregnated with ethanol); three experimental dietary treatments including  ethanol solution of 200, 300 and 400 mg/kg of letrozole followed by ethanolic extract of the A. officinarum rhizome in three experimental treatments including 200, 300 and 400 mg/kg, each with three repetitions. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pediculus Capitis Prevention and Control and Their Predictors among Schoolchildren in Woreta Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018: A School-Based Cro... by Henok Dagne, Awel Aba Biya, Amanuel Tirfie, Walelegn Worku Yallew, Zewudu Andualem, Baye Dagnew

“…The current study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of pediculus capitis prevention and control and their predictors among schoolchildren in North West Ethiopia. Methods. About 402 randomly selected schoolchildren from three schools in Woreta town participated in the study from April to June 2018. …”
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The impact of different gastrointestinal reconstruction techniques on gut microbiota after gastric cancer surgery by Yu Yang, Yu Yang, Hang-Yu Zhou, Guo-Min Zhou, Guo-Min Zhou, Jin Chen, Rui Ming, Dong Zhang, Huai-Wu Jiang, Huai-Wu Jiang

“…Although surgical intervention is crucial in significantly extending the survival of gastric cancer patients, the disruption of the balance of the intestinal microbiota caused by surgery itself should not be overlooked, as it may affect postoperative recovery.MethodsThis study was approved by the Biomedical Ethics Committee of Sichuan Mianyang 404 Hospital. A random sampling method was used to select patients who underwent gastric cancer surgery at the hospital from January 2023 to December 2023. …”
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Utilization of hydrolyzed corncob as a carbohydrate source in diets for red Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus by Fauzan, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Ichsan Achmad Fauzi, Julie Ekasari

“…The second step was designed using a completely randomized design with five treatments, i.e. Rd (reference diet), TJt15% (15% unhydrolyzed corncob), TJt30% (30% unhydrolyzed corncob), TJh15% (15% corncob hydrolysis), and TJh30% (30% corncob hydrolysis). …”
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Digital Home-Based Self-Monitoring System for People with Heart Failure: Protocol for Development of SmartHeart and Evaluation of Feasibility and Acceptability by Ralph Maddison, Rebecca Nourse, Reza Daryabeygikhotbehsara, Teketo Kassaw Tegegne, Paul Jansons, Jonathan Charles Rawstorn, John Atherton, Andrea Driscoll, Brian Oldenburg, Rajesh Vasa, Vassilis Kostakos, Tilman Dingler, Gavin Abbott, Paul Scuffham, Jo-Anne Elizabeth Manski-Nankervis, Dominika Kwasnicka, Finn Kensing, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Anthony Maeder, Yuxin Zhang

“…A single-arm, multicenter pilot trial (N=20) is planned to determine the feasibility and acceptability of SmartHeart before evaluation through a randomized controlled trial. The primary outcome will be a description of the study's feasibility (recruitment, attrition, engagement, and changes in self-care). …”
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Control of marine leeches infecting hybrid grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus >< E. lanceolatus with garlic Allium sativum powder by Aminatul Zahra, Dwi Septiani Putri

“…This study used a factorial randomized design (concentration factor and garlic soaking time factor) with nine treatments and three replications. …”
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Kappa-carrageenan as immunostimulant to control infectious myonecrosis (IMN) disease in white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Dian Febriani, . Sukenda, Sri Nuryati

“…Both stages had positive and negative control and performed in complete randomized design. The parameters of observation consisted of immune parameters, clinical symptoms, growth, and survival. …”
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Abnormality in optimal forest management by indigenous people in deforestation by A. Mutolib, Y. Yonariza, A. Rahmat

“…Deforestation is considered to be a random and unstructured process that does not involve indigenous people.  …”
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Optimasi Convolutional Neural Network Untuk Deteksi Covid-19 pada X-ray Thorax Berbasis Dropout by I Gede Totok Suryawan, I Putu Agus Eka Darma Udayana

“…This method will force the system to learn using the shortest route by eliminating some nodes at random. Then, this architecture was tested on chest X-ray data of COVID-19 survivors and compared with other architectures that both used a deep learning approach. …”
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Analysis of the use of media resulting from bioconversion of organic waste in the production of maggots BSF (black soldier fly) by Syahrizal syahrizal, Ediwarman, Safratilofa, Muhamat Ridwan

“…This research was conducted outdoor at the Freshwater Aquaculture Fisheries Center (BPBAT) Sungai Gelam Jambi with a completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 3 replications; Treatment A: PKM (palm kernel meal) 100%, B (PKM 50% + cabbage vegetable waste 50%), C (PKM 50% + coconut pulp 50%) and D (PKM 50% + coconut pulp 25% + vegetable waste cabbage 25%). …”
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Significance of supervision sampling in control of communicable respiratory disease simulated by a new model during different stages of the disease by Alphonse Houssou Hounye, Xiaogao Pan, Yuqi Zhao, Cong Cao, Jiaoju Wang, Abidi Mimi Venunye, Li Xiong, Xiangping Chai, Muzhou Hou

“…The Chinese government has replaced scaling up testing with monitoring focus groups and randomly supervising sampling, encouraging scientific research on the COVID-19 transmission curve to be confirmed by constructing epidemiological models, which include statistical models, computer simulations, mathematical illustrations of the pathogen and its effects, and several other methodologies. …”
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Fu Tu Sheng Jin Rehabilitation Formula Mitigate Airway Inflammation, Mucus Secretion and Immune Dysfunction Induced by SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein by Wang BH, Yu KY, Zhang XN, Sun XH, Tang LL, Shi XL

“…Bo-Han Wang,1,&ast; Ke-Yao Yu,2,&ast; Xiao-Na Zhang,3,&ast; Xian-Hong Sun,2 Ling-Ling Tang,4 Xiao-Lu Shi2 1NanJing JiangNing Hospital of Chinese Medicine/Affiliated jiangning Hospital of Chinese Medicine, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, People’s Republic of China; 2Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine/ Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, People’s Republic of China; 3Nanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Chinese Medicine & School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xiao-Lu Shi; Ling-Ling Tang, Email fsyy00721@njucm.edu.cn; 290602@njucm.edu.cnObjective: To evaluate the effects of Fu Tu Sheng Jin Rehabilitation Formula (FTSJRF) on airway inflammation, mucus secretion, and immunoreaction in a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein-induced mouse model.Methods: Forty-two mice were randomly divided into seven groups: normal, D1, D3, D10, D10H, D10M and D10L, according to the days of modeling and different dosages of FTSJRF. …”
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Fish oil supplementation in commercial diet on growth of Anguilla bicolor bicolor by Retno Cahya Mukti, Nur Bambang Priyo Utomo, Ridwan Affandi

“…This research applied complete randomized design with four treatments addition of fish oil, i.e. 0%, 5%, 10%, and 15%. …”
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Prevalence of dyslipidemia and its influencing factors among adult residents in Hebei province: a cross-sectional survey by Qianyu LI, Yajing CAO, Lijuan TANG, Yuhuan LIU, Xiaoying LU, Qi QI, Shifan WANG, Xiaoli LIU, Ze CUI

“…MethodsFrom September 2020 to June 2021, 12 187 permanent residents aged ≥ 18 years were recruited from 60 rural villages/urban communities in 10 counties/districts of Hebei province using a stratified multistage random sampling method and underwent in-person questionnaire interview, physical examination, and laboratory tests. …”
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Leveraging RRT^*: Probabilistically Interpreted Mechanisms Enhanced With P-HOPE and FLEX-OPT for Complex Path Planning by Yujie Miao, Haiyang Liu, Ziqiang Zhang, Yanju Liang

“…The Rapidly-exploring Random Tree<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{\ast }$ </tex-math></inline-formula> (RRT<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{\ast } $ </tex-math></inline-formula>) algorithm is widely used for its probabilistic completeness. …”
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Characteristics of seaweed caraginan Kappaphycus alvarezii on cultivation system with different seed weight by Muhammad Rasnijal, Ardana Kurniaji, Anton Anton, Budiyati Budiyati, Diana Putri Renitasari, Achmad Suhermanto, Mugi Mulyono, Iin Siti Djunaidah, Sinung Rahardjo, Sinar Pagi Sektiana, Ridwan Ridwan

“…This study used a factorial completely randomized design (CRD) consisting of factor A (using bags and non-bags), and factor B (seed weight 15, 50, 75, 100, and 125 g). …”
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Nomogram for predicting early cancer-related death due to recurrence after liver resection in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage B/C:... by Zhan-Cheng Qiu, Hao-Zheng Cai, You-Wei Wu, Jun-Long Dai, Wei-Li Qi, Chu-Wen Chen, Yue-Qing Xu, Chuan Li, Tian-Fu Wen

“…Methods A total of 672 HCC patients with BCLC stages B/C from four medical centers between January 2012 and December 2018 were included in our study. The patients were randomly divided into a training cohort (n = 404) and a validation cohort (n = 268) at a ratio of 6:4. …”
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Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ji-Gan Wang, Zhi-Juan Zhong, Meng Li, Jun Fu, Yu-Heng Su, You-Min Ping, Zi-Ji Xu, Hao Li, Yan-Hao Chen, Yu-Li Huang

“…Using R3.6.3 software, meta-analyses of random- or fixed-effects models were used to determine the prevalence of comorbidities. …”
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Fifteen-second bouts of hyperoxia improve 5-minute time-trial performance in acute hypoxic conditions by Martin Faulhaber, Sina Schneider, Linda K. Rausch, Tobias Dünnwald, Verena Menz, Hannes Gatterer, Michael D. Kennedy, Wolfgang Schobersberger

“…Methods 17 healthy and recreationally trained individuals (7 females, 10 males, age 27 ± 4 years) participated in this randomized placebo-controlled cross-over trial. The procedures included a graded cycle ergometer test until exhaustion and three maximal 5-minute cycling time trials (TT). …”
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