Effect of N-Acetylcysteine on Dyslipidemia and Carbohydrate Metabolism in STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats by Anderson Kiyoshi Kaga, Pedro Octavio Barbanera, Nágilla Orleanne Lima do Carmo, Lucas Rodolfo de Oliveira Rosa, Ana Angélica Henrique Fernandes

“…The aim of this study was to assess the effect of NAC on the lipid profile and the atherogenic index (AI) in streptozotocin- (STZ-) induced diabetic rats. Method. 32 male Wistar rats (60 days of age) weighting ±250 g were randomly distributed into four groups (n=8): CTRL: control rats; CTRL+NAC: control rats treated with NAC; DM: diabetic rats; DM+NAC: diabetic rats treated with NAC. …”
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Indomethacin-Induced Gastric Ulcer in Rats: Gastroprotectivity of <i>Muscari neglectum</i> in Water by Menekse Soydan, Gulnur Arabaci, Necati Utlu, Mesut Bünyami Halici, Esra Aktas Senocak, Metin Kiliçlioglu

“…The objective of this study was to determine the effect of a water extract of the MN plant on indomethacin-induced gastric ulcer in rats, using a series of biochemical (SOD, CAT, GSH and MDA levels) and histopathological parameters. <b>Methods:</b> 60 male Sprague Dawley rats were utilized for the purposes of evaluating the acute toxicity and gastric ulcer models, with a total of 36 rats employed for these experiments (n = 6). …”
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Intestinal Parasites Infection in Children with Cancer in Ahvaz, Southwest Iran by Roya Salehi Kahyesh, Arash Alghasi, Shekoufe Haddadi, Asaad Sharhani

“…The 52 stool samples were collected, 46% were female and 54% male. The age range of children enrolled in the study was from 4 months to 16 years. …”
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Renoprotective Effect of Pitavastatin against TAA-Induced Renal Injury: Involvement of the miR-93/PTEN/AKT/mTOR Pathway by Marawan A. Elbaset, Bassim M. S. A. Mohamed, Passant E. Moustafa, Tuba Esatbeyoglu, Sherif M. Afifi, Alyaa F. Hessin, Sahar S. Abdelrahman, Hany M. Fayed

“…The experiment divided male rats into four groups. Group 1 included untreated rats as the control. …”
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Epidemiology of dengue fever in Somaliland: clinical features, and serological patterns from a retrospective study by Dek Kahin Yosef, Ahmed Saeed Ismail, Barwaqo Saleban Awil, Halima Ahmed Hassan, Mohamed Ahmed Hassan

“…The majority of the patients were male (60.57%) and aged 19–38 years (45.1%). Most cases were from urban areas (58.9%). …”
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The impact of artistic sports on academic self-efficacy by Yanyan Tian, Yanyan Tian, Haiqing Wang

“…This study delves into the beneficial effects of Artistic sports compared to basic sports in enhancing academic self-efficacy in college students, and investigates the mediating roles of mindfulness, social anxiety, and academic procrastination in this process.MethodsA questionnaire survey was conducted among students in some universities in Gansu Province, collecting a total of 1,976 online questionnaires, including 263 males and 1,713 females, with 1,543 participants in Artistic sports courses and 433 participants in basic sports. …”
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Pengaruh Pemberian Minuman Vitamin C dengan VO2 Max, Pemulihan Denyut Nadi, dan Masa Pemulihan by Fandy Ong Jaya, Eka Roina Megawati

“…Methods: The design of this study was a pretest-posttest study with a control group of 40 male students aged 18-22 years old. One week before administrating vitamin C, the VO2 max of all subjects was measured using the modified Harvard step test. …”
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Balloon-Assisted Percutaneous Thrombin Injection for Treatment of Iatrogenic Left Subclavian Artery Pseudoaneurysm in a Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient by Hassan Al-Thani, Ahmed Hussein, Ahmed Sadek, Ali Barah, Ayman El-Menyar

“…Case Presentation. A 58-year-old male patient presented with a high-grade fever, myalgia, and shortness of breath due to COVID-19 infection. …”
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Breeding practices of indigenous chickens in the Liban Jawi District of the West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia: A qualitative and quantitative analysis by Desalegn Begna, Teferi Bacha, Shambel Boki, Kasahun Bekana

“…Limited selective breeding was observed, with plumage color, egg number, broodiness, hatchability, and male body weight as common selection traits. Most farmers practiced uncontrolled natural mating and were unaware of the risks of inbreeding. …”
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Pepsinogen Serology and Gastritis OLGA Staging in Mucosal Atrophy Assessment: A Cross-Sectional Study Involving East China Endoscopy Population by Junjun Xia, Zhenzhen Liu, Kaiguang Zhang

“…Atrophy of gastric mucosa was graded according to OLGA for each individual. 453 participants, average age 52.46±10.30 years, 253 male and 200 female, were included. In the asymptomatic physical examination population, serum PGI, PGII, and PGR levels decreased with increasing OLGA scores. …”
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Placement of an elastic, biohybrid patch in a model of right heart failure with pulmonary artery banding by Yasunari Hayashi, Yasunari Hayashi, Seungil Kim, Seungil Kim, Seungil Kim, Taro Fujii, Taro Fujii, Drake Dalton Pedersen, Drake Dalton Pedersen, Takahiro Ozeki, Takahiro Ozeki, Hongbin Jiang, Antonio D’Amore, Antonio D’Amore, Antonio D’Amore, Antonio D’Amore, Antonio D’Amore, William R. Wagner, William R. Wagner, William R. Wagner

“…IntroductionIn a model of right heart failure secondary to pulmonary artery banding (PAB), a mechanical approach using an elastic, biodegradable epicardial patch with integrated extracellular matrix digest was evaluated for its potential to inhibit disease progression.MethodsAdult male syngeneic Lewis rats aged 6–7 weeks old were used. …”
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Pediatric pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma with a non-canonical BRAF-KMT2C fusion and a classic SND1-BRAF fusion: a case report and literature review by Yaqin Wang, Jiasi Zhang, Dimin Nie, Ai Zhang, Qun Hu, Aiguo Liu

“…Case presentation We report a case of pediatric PACC in a 7-year-old male presenting with a large, non-tender abdominal mass (11 cm x 11 cm) on the right side. …”
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Image and Histologic Characterization of Intracranial Neoplasias by Martha Yudey Rodríguez Pino, Dianarelys Villafuerte Delgado, Thaimí Conde Cueto, Odalys Yanes Isray, Adelaida Martínez Godoy, Carlos Rafael Rivera Prieto

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> Neoplasms were predominant in males and in patients between 40 - 59 years of age. …”
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Relationship between subjective masticatory performance assessed by food acceptance questionnaire and comprehensively assessed oral function in older outpatients at a dental hospit... by Ryota Futatsuya, Yohei Hama, Mitsuzumi Okada, Mayuko Matsuzaki, Linjing Xiong, Kohei Yamaguchi, Kanako Noritake, Yoshiyuki Sasaki, Manabu Kanazawa

“…Results This study included 201 participants (87 males and 114 females). Multiple regression analysis revealed that the number of functional teeth, geriatric depression, oral health-related quality of life, objective masticatory performance, tongue pressure, and swallowing function were substantially associated with the food acceptance scores. …”
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COVID-19 Symptomatology from the Otorhinolaryngology Perspective: Survey from Tertiary Care Center by Raj Tajamul Hussain, Mayank Yadav, Jasdeep Monga

“…Median age was 37.7 ± 10.6 years (range 19–85 years), 66.20% (n = 478) were males and 33.79% (n = 244) were females. The most common general symptoms were fever, cough and fatigue/malaise with respective frequencies of 77.42%, 67.45% and 54.70%. …”
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Effect of a Yogic Breathing Technique on Immune Parameters among Healthcare Workers: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study by Archana Balasubramanian, Priyathersini Nagarajan, Mathangi Damal Chandrasekar, Kaviraja Udupa, Emmanuel Bhaskar, Divya Kanchibotla, Saumya Subramanian

“…Among them, 27 were females (71%) and 11 males (29%). Pro-inflammatory markers such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio showed a decrease in mean values after 12 weeks in both groups, which was not statistically significant. …”
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Isolation and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Haemophilus influenzae from Nasopharynx of Children under Five Years Attending Maternal and Child Health Clinic in Mbarara Region... by Daniel Omoding, Joel Bazira

“…Of the 248 participants included in the study, 116 (46.77%) were females and 132 (53.23%) males and 78 (31.45%) were below the age of 3 months. …”
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Epidemiological Profile of Hearing Deficiency in a Tertiary Care Hospital (2019-2022) by Indranil Sen, Anup Kumar Das, Arijit Das

“…Results A total number of 3536individuals inclusive of1980 males and1556 females were studied. Nearly, 570 individuals suffered B/L hearing loss (16%) which was again mostly Sensori-neural. …”
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Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis and Screening in Australian General Practice: A National Study by Mingyue Zheng, Carla De Oliveira Bernardo, Nigel Stocks, David Gonzalez-Chica

“…Diabetes screening (last three years) among people at high risk of diabetes was 55.2% (95% CI 52.7, 57.7), with lower rates among young or elderly males. Conclusions. Unrecorded diabetes/prediabetes is infrequent in Australian general practice, but prediabetes diagnosis was also lower than expected. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Bangla Version of the Beck Depression Inventory‐II (BDI‐II) With University Students in Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Md. Torun Hasan, Mozibul H. A. Khan

“…Methods The sample consisted of 1128 undergraduate students (55.9% males) aged from 18 to 28 (M = 22.35, SD = 1.41) from the university of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. …”
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