Protective Effects of Tamarillo (Cyphomandra betacea) Extract against High Fat Diet Induced Obesity in Sprague-Dawley Rats by Noor Atiqah Aizan Abdul Kadir, Asmah Rahmat, Hawa Z. E. Jaafar

“…Rats were fed on either normal chow or high fat diet for 10 weeks for obesity induction phase and subsequently received C. betacea extract at low dose (150 mg kg−1), medium dose (200 mg kg−1), or high dose (300 mg kg−1) or placebo via oral gavages for another 7 weeks for treatment phase. …”
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Determinants of stock return in 10 biggest market capitalization on the indonesian stock exchange by Sri Yanthy Yosepha, Kampono Imam Yulianto, Zulfitra Zulfitra, Sahroni Sahroni, Luqman Hakim

“…Two research models are integrated into one and each goes through a model selection test stage, namely the Chow Test, Hausman Test, and Lagrange Multiplier Test using the eviews12 application. …”
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Caloric Restriction Prevents Lead-Induced Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Rat Liver by Mustafa Mohammadi, Rana Ghaznavi, Rana Keyhanmanesh, Hamid Reza Sadeghipour, Roya Naderi, Hossein Mohammadi

“…Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into two groups: Ad libitum fed group (AL, free access to normal rat chow) and caloric restriction group (CR, fed 65% of AL animals’ food intake). …”
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Exercise Training Effects on Inflammatory Gene Expression in White Adipose Tissue of Young Mice by Tracy Baynard, Victoria J. Vieira-Potter, Rudy J. Valentine, Jeffrey A. Woods

“…We aimed to determine the effects of 6 wks of exercise on inflammatory markers in mice concomitantly fed either high-fat (HF) or normal chow (NC) diets in young mice. C57BL/6 mice were randomized into (/group) an NC/sedentary (NC/SED), NC/exercise (NC/EX), HF/SED, and HF/EX groups. …”
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Production of Toxic Volatile Trimethylbismuth by the Intestinal Microbiota of Mice by Britta Huber, Philip Dammann, Christine Krüger, Petra Kirsch, Beatrix Bialek, Roland A. Diaz-Bone, Reinhard Hensel

“…To document the indispensible role of the intestinal microbiota in methylating metals and metalloids to volatile derivatives under in vivo conditions, we compared the methylation capability of conventionally raised (CONV) and germ-free (GF) B6-mice fed with chow containing colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS) as the starting material for the formation of volatile methylated metal(loid)s. …”
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Machine learning methods (tokenization) in marketing research by E. V. Ganebnykh, N. K. Savelieva, A. A. Sozinova, O. V. Fokina, I. G. Altsybeeva

“…Information collection has been realized through sociological surveys (questionnaire distribution) and CAWI surveys and included open-ended questions. The study reveals that even extremely insignificant references were not missed. …”
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Western Diet Decreases Hepatic Drug Metabolism in Male LDLr−/−ApoB100/100 Mice by Markus Koponen, Jaana Rysä, Anna-Kaisa Ruotsalainen, Olli Kärkkäinen, Risto O. Juvonen

“…Hepatic steatosis, lobular inflammation, and early fibrosis were observed in WD fed mice, but not in chow diet control mice. When compared to the controls, the WD-fed mice had significantly decreased protein-normalized CYP probe activities of 7-ethoxyresorufinO-deethylation (52%), coumarin 7-hydroxylation (26%), 7-hydroxylation of 3-(3-fluoro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-6-methoxycoumarin (70%), 7-hydroxylation of 3-(4-trifluoromethoxyphenyl)-6-methoxycoumarin (78%), 7-hydroxylation of 3-(3-methoxyphenyl)coumarin (81%), and pentoxyresorufin O-depentylation (66%). …”
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Charakterystyka produkcji zwierzęcej w świetle Powszechnego Spisu Rolnego z 2002 i 2010 r. by Bartosz Mickiewicz

“…Zmniejszenie liczby gospodarstw z chowem bydła skutkowało znaczącym wzrostem (o 43,6%) przeciętnej w kraju obsady bydła na 1 gospodarstwo prowadzące chów tego gatunku. Natomiast pogłowie trzody chlewnej w minionych ośmiu latach wykazało wyraźny regres, z 18,7 mln sztuk w 2002 r do 15,3 mln sztuk w 2010 r (o 18,3%). …”
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The impact of market orientation on the performance of MSMEs operating in technology parks: The role of market dynamism by Anna Wójcik-Karpacz, Jarosław Karpacz, Joanna Rudawska

“…Methodology: The two methods used for performing the quantitative empirical research are CAWI and PAPI. The research sample included MSMEs operating in technology parks in Poland. …”
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SynoExtractor: A Novel Pipeline for Arabic Synonym Extraction Using Word2Vec Word Embeddings by Rawan N. Al-Matham, Hend S. Al-Khalifa

“…Our experiments were conducted using KSUCCA and Gigaword embeddings and trained with CBOW and SG models. We evaluated automatically extracted synonyms by comparing them with Alma’any Arabic synonym thesauri. …”
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Postpandemic Stress Disorder among Health Care Personnel: A Cross-Sectional Study (Silesia, Poland) by Mateusz Grajek, Patryk Szlacheta, Karolina Sobczyk, Karolina Krupa-Kotara, Beata Łabuz-Roszak, Ilona Korzonek-Szlacheta

“…The survey was conducted by indirect survey method using CAWI (computer-assisted web interview). The survey used a questionnaire technique. …”
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N-Acetylcysteine Decreases Myocardial Content of Inflammatory Mediators Preventing the Development of Inflammation State and Oxidative Stress in Rats Subjected to a High-Fat Diet by Klaudia Sztolsztener, Wiktor Bzdęga, Katarzyna Hodun, Adrian Chabowski

“…The experiment was conducted for eight weeks on male Wistar rats fed a standard chow or a high-fat diet (HFD) with intragastric NAC supplementation. …”
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Physicochemical Qualities and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Drinking Water From Selected Areas of the Gofa Zone, Ethiopia by Atose Duka Dube, Camerun Kastro Kanido

“…Additionally, the values of the heavy metal pollution index (MPI) and heavy metal evaluation index (HEI) indicate that the Sawla Kusti spring water (SSW5), Geze Gofa Mhirzho Wola spring water (GGSW7), and Geze Gofa Bulki Guya well water (BGWW8) sources are considered highly polluted and not recommended for drinking purposes.…”
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Charakterystyka produkcji zwierzęcej w świetle Powszechnego Spisu Rolnego z 2002 i 2010 r. by Bartosz Mickiewicz

“…Zmniejszenie liczby gospodarstw z chowem bydła skutkowało znaczącym wzrostem (o 43,6%) przeciętnej w kraju obsady bydła na 1 gospodarstwo prowadzące chów tego gatunku. Natomiast pogłowie trzody chlewnej w minionych ośmiu latach wykazało wyraźny regres, z 18,7 mln sztuk w 2002 r do 15,3 mln sztuk w 2010 r (o 18,3%). …”
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Environmental enrichment with nylon gnaw sticks introduces variation in Sprague Dawley rat immune and lower gastrointestinal parameters with differences between sexes by Mark Wulczynski, Stephen P. J. Brooks, Judy Green, Fernando Matias, Martin Kalmokoff, Julia M. Green-Johnson, Sandra T. Clarke

“…In the present study, nylon chew bones (gnaw sticks, GS) were evaluated for their effects on fermentation profiles, microbial community structure, and cytokine profiles of gastrointestinal and systemic tissues in pair-housed female and male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. …”
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Formal Verification of ERC-Based Smart Contracts: A Systematic Literature Review by Rim Ben Fekih, Mariam Lahami, Salma Bradai, Mohamed Jmaiel

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Dietary (n-6 : n-3) Fatty Acids Alter Plasma and Tissue Fatty Acid Composition in Pregnant Sprague Dawley Rats by Amira Abdulbari Kassem, Md Zuki Abu Bakar, Goh Yong Meng, Noordin Mohamed Mustapha

“…The treatment groups included control rats fed chow diet only, rats fed 50% soybean oil (SBO): 50% cod liver oil (CLO) (1 : 1), 84% SBO: 16% CLO (6 : 1), 96% SBO: 4% CLO (30 : 1). …”
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Plasma and Aorta Biochemistry and MMPs Activities in Female Rabbit Fed Methionine Enriched Diet and Their Offspring by Khira Othmani Mecif, Souhila Aouichat Bouguerra, Yasmina Benazzoug

“…Four female rabbit groups are constituted (each n=8), nonpregnant control (NPC), pregnant control (PC) that received normal commercial chow, nonpregnant Met (NPMet), and pregnant Met (PMet) that received the same diet supplemented with 0,35% L-methionine (w/w) for 3 months (500 mg/d). …”
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Effect of Green Synthesized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using Spinach Extract on Triton X-100-Induced Atherosclerosis in Rats by Habila Obidah Abert, Hauwa Umaru Aduwamai, Saminu Shehu Adamu

“…Group 1 received standard rat chow and water. Group 2 received 100 mg/kg body weight of Triton X-100 and a standard diet. …”
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Influence of leptin administration to pregnant mice on fetal gene expression and adaptation to sweet and fatty food in adult offspring of different sexes by E. I. Denisova, E. N. Makarova

“…Metabolic parameters and gene expression in the liver, brown fat and hypothalamus were assessed in adult male and female offspring that had consumed sweet and fatty diet (SFD: chow, lard, sweet biscuits) for 2 weeks. Females had lower blood levels of leptin, glucose, triglycerides and cholesterol than males. …”
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