Ameliorated Impact of Fenugreek Seed Extract on Some Blood Cellular and Biochemical Parameters in Female Albino Rats Exposed to Lead Acetate by Rozhya Abduljalil Naser, Rabar Yousif Mameik, Nazar M. Shareef Mahmood, Kurdo Bapir Chato

“…Twenty eight female rats were randomly and equally divided into four groups each one contain seven rats as following; first group received basal diet and tap water ad libitum. Second group received basal diet and LA 80 mg/L with water ad libitum. …”
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Investigation of the Aquifer Protective Capacity and Groundwater Quality around Some Open Dumpsites in Sapele Delta State, Nigeria by Julius Otutu Oseji, James Chucks Egbai, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Okolie, Etebefia Chris Ese

“…Groundwater should hence be sourced from a depth of about 45–50 m in order to tap from the uncontaminated aquifer.…”
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Evaluation of acute postoperative pain management after living donor nephrectomy during the transition from open access to laparoscopic and minimally invasive robotic surgical appr... by Amer Majeed, Noon E. Abdelgadir, Areej A.G. AlFattani, Bilal Tufail, Muhammad Shabbir, Sajjad Rasool, Basel A. Jobeir

“…A variety of analgesic techniques were employed for the remaining patients, including epidural (25% of OG) and rectus sheath/transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block (2% of LG). Additional rescue analgesics were administered to 98% of the patients; 92% of LG needed 1–3 analgesic agents, whereas all of the OG and 37% of RG needed 1–2 rescue analgesics. …”
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Cardiorenal Involvement in Metabolic Syndrome Induced by Cola Drinking in Rats: Proinflammatory Cytokines and Impaired Antioxidative Protection by Matilde Otero-Losada, Hernán Gómez Llambí, Graciela Ottaviano, Gabriel Cao, Angélica Müller, Francisco Azzato, Giuseppe Ambrosio, José Milei

“…Male Wistar rats drank ad libitum regular cola (C, n=12) or tap water (W, n=12). Measures. Body weight, nutritional data, plasma glucose, cholesterol fractions, TG, urea, creatinine, coenzyme Q10, SBP, and echocardiograms (0 mo and 6 mo). …”
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Psychological effects of water scarcity on community members: a case study of Lephalale municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa by Mmakwena Linda Seretlo-Rangata, Tholene Sodi, Saraswathie Govender

“…Participants were selected using purposive sampling and twenty participants who relied mainly on communal taps to access water were included (10 males and 10 females). …”
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A two‐stage reactive power optimization method for distribution networks based on a hybrid model and data‐driven approach by Ghulam Abbas, Wu Zhi, Aamir Ali

“…In the first stage, based on the topology and line parameters of the DN, as well as forecasts of loads and renewable energy outputs, a mixed‐integer second‐order cone programming (MISOCP) algorithm is used to control the on‐load tap changer (OLTC) positions on an hourly day‐ahead basis. …”
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Abnormal neurobehaviour and impaired memory function as a consequence of Toxocara canis- as well as Toxocara cati-induced neurotoxocarosis. by Elisabeth Janecek, Patrick Waindok, Marion Bankstahl, Christina Strube

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>C57BL/6 mice were orally infected with 2000 embryonated T. canis or T. cati eggs, respectively, the control group received tap water. Mice were screened weekly for neurobehavioural alterations and memory function starting one day prior infection until 97 days post infection (pi; T. canis-infection) and day 118 pi (T. cati-infection, uninfected control). …”
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Environmental Hazard of Polypropylene from Disposable Face Masks Linked to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Possible Mitigation Techniques through a Green Approach by Selvakumar Vijayalakshmi, Preethi Gopalsamy, Karnan Muthusamy, Dinesh Kumar Sundarraj, Steffi Pulikondan francis, Thiyagarajan Ramesh, Deog-Hwan Oh, Duong Ly Thi Thuy, Tuyet Thi Anh Truong, Huu Tap Van, Shankar Karuppannan

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Investigation of the healing effects of Afyon Province hot spring waters on experimentally-induced fatty liver in mice by Bülent Elitok, Ibrahim Kişlalioğlu, Yavuz Ulusoy, Bahadır Kilinç

“…The animals of the control group were given tap water to drink, and were also bathed (daily) in it for one hour. …”
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Valorization of Food Waste to Produce Eco-Friendly Means of Corrosion Protection and “Green” Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Georgii Vasyliev, Victoria Vorobyova

“…The waste extracts for corrosion and scale inhibitors of mild steel in tap water were prepared by the conventional extraction method that uses 2-propanol and characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). …”
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ANALYSE ET MODÉLISATION DE LA VULNÉRABILITÉ AUX MALADIES À TRANSMISSION HYDRIQUE DANS L’ESPACE URBAIN DE LA VILLE DE BATNA – NORD-EST ALGERIEN by BAZIZ NAFISSA, KALLA MAHDI, DRIDI HADDA, BOUTRID MOHAMED LAMINE

“…Indeed, the results of the recent bacteriological analyses made by us throughout the water cycle from source to tap via the network, show the continuing deterioration of the bacteriological quality of the water supplied to the city of Batna. …”
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ICT Enabled Learning and Teaching Innovations in Higher Education by G. Kabatangare, Tumuhairwe

“…African higher education institutions must therefore tap into the invaluable opportunity that ICT provides towards contributing to the efficient and effective delivery of higher education in today’s modern technologically inclined world environment. …”
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Assessment of fluoride bio-accessibility in early childhood diets by Jelena Kronic, Ralph M. Duckworth, Claudio Angione, Steven M. Levy, Fatemeh Vida Zohoori

“…The mean (SD) fluoride bio-accessibilities for meals created with juice, carbonated drinks, tap water, and milk were 79.0% (21.9%), 64.3% (20.7%), 40.2% (20.9%), and 71.5% (17.1%), respectively. …”
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Common features of environmentally and socially engaged community programs addressing the intersecting challenges of planetary and human health: mixed methods analysis of survey an... by Linda J. M. Thomson, Linda J. M. Thomson, Ailsa Critten, Victoria Hume, Helen J. Chatterjee, Helen J. Chatterjee

“…As it is likely that creativity and culture are under-tapped resources, the potential to address community and environmental issues to tackle health inequalities, especially those resulting from climate injustice, has not yet been fully realized. …”
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Effects of soil water on fungal community composition along elevational gradients on the northern slope of the Central Kunlun Mountains by Yongguang Zhang, Yongguang Zhang, Chaonan Li, Zhihao Zhang, Chenhong Li, Bo Zhang, Hongchen Jiang, Waqar Islam, Xiangzhen Li, Fanjiang Zeng

“…Soil saprotroph and nectar/tap saprotroph were the dominant functional groups (&gt;1.0%). …”
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Determination of dry residue of drinking water by quartz crystal microbalance method by A. G. Zavodovsky

“…In the course of experimental studies, it is found that the tap water used in the experiment is optimally mineralized by the value of the parameter X, and its purification using a household filter slightly reduces the amount of dry residue. …”
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Efficacy of Fetal Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles in Metabolic Syndrome by Illayaraja Krishnan, Magdalene Tan Mei Ling, Min Hwei Ng, Jia Xian Law, Mohd Rafizul Mohd Yusof, Thavachelvi Thangarajah, Zalina Mahmood, Nurul Izzati Uda Zahli, Shathiya Rajamanickam, Baskar Subramani, Yogeswaran Lokanathan

“…The Control Non-Disease (ND) group was given a standard rat diet and autoclaved tap water with normal saline as treatment. Treatments were given via intravenous injection every three weeks for twelve weeks. …”
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Neuropsychological outcome of indoor rehabilitation in post-COVID-19 condition—results of the PoCoRe study by Michael Jöbges, Melanie Tempfli, Melanie Tempfli, Christoph Kohl, Christoph Herrmann, Stefan Kelm, Alexa Kupferschmitt, Alexa Kupferschmitt, Alexa Kupferschmitt, Ida Montanari, Nike Walter, Gerhard Suetfels, Thomas Loew, Volker Köllner, Volker Köllner, Thilo Hinterberger

“…Various measures were employed, including the fatigue scale for motor functioning and cognition (FSMC), the Test Battery for Attention (TAP) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).ResultsOut of the 1,086 recruited participants, a total of N = 701 participants were included in the main data analysis. …”
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Growth Arrest Specific Gene 6 Protein Concentration in Cerebrospinal Fluid Correlates with Relapse Severity in Multiple Sclerosis by P. P. Sainaghi, L. Collimedaglia, F. Alciato, R. Molinari, D. Sola, E. Ranza, P. Naldi, F. Monaco, M. Leone, M. Pirisi, G. C. Avanzi

“…Sixty-five patients who underwent a spinal tap during relapse of relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis (RR-MS)(McDonald-criteria) were studied. …”
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Alleviatory efficacy of achillea millefolium L. in etoxazole-mediated toxicity in allium cepa L by Zeynep Şule Topatan, Tuğçe Kalefetoğlu Macar, Oksal Macar, Emine Yalçin, Kültiğin Çavuşoğlu, Ali Acar, Fatih Kutluer

“…A. cepa bulbs in the control group were applied with tap water, while bulbs in the treatment groups were applied with etoxazole at dose of 0.5 m/L and two different doses of A. millefolium extract (200 mg/L and 400 mg/L). …”
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