The Impact of the Picture and Picture Learning Model on Student Activity and Social Studies Outcomes (A Case Study of 4th Grade Students in Gowa District) by Basmala Basmala, Kaharuddin Kaharuddin, Suardi Suardi

“…The significance values for student activity (p = 0.040) and learning outcomes (p = 0.016) were both below the standard alpha level of 0.05, indicating the effectiveness of this model in enhancing student engagement and their academic results. …”
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A Novel Platelet Activating Factor Receptor Antagonist Reduces Cell Infiltration and Expression of Inflammatory Mediators in Mice Exposed to Desiccating Conditions after PRK by Salomon Esquenazi, Jiucheng He, Na Li, Nicolas G. Bazan, Isi Esquenazi, Haydee E. P. Bazan

“…Significant decrease of COX-2 and Arginase I expression and reduced alpha SMA cells was observed after PRK and exposure to DE in eyes treated with LAU-0901. …”
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Cytokine Response to Acute Endurance Exercise: Regular Treadmill Versus Lower Body Positive Pressure Treadmill by Muhammed Salih Kırışka, Nilsel Okudan, Muaz Belviranlı

“…Blood samples were collected at pre-exercise, immediately post-exercise, 30 min post-exercise, and 2 h post-exercise to analyze serum high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and interleukin-8 (IL-8) levels. …”
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GB18-06, a nanobody targeting GDF15, effectively alleviates weight loss and restores physical function in cachexia models by Yu Huang, Jinyong Wang, Xiling Wei, Hui Zhang, Wei Shang, Xiangling Zhang, Lanjiao Zhai, Xi Chen, Huiming Li, Suofu Qin

“…Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) can suppress appetite and regulate energy balance through binding to glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor alpha-like (GFRAL). In order to develop a novel, effective treatment for cachexia, we generated a GDF15-targeting VHH nanobody, GB18–06, that was able to bind GDF15 with high affinity. …”
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Anlamlandırma İhtiyacı Ölçeği-Kısa Formu'nun Türkçe Uyarlaması by Halil Ekşi, Melike Seven

“…Yapılan iç tutarlılık analizlerinde Cronbach Alpha katsayısı .79 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Ardından madde-toplam korelasyonları ile alt-üst %27’lik grup madde ayırt edicilik indeksi incelendiğinde ölçekteki maddelerin ayırt edicilik düzeyinin yüksek olduğu görülmektedir. …”
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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

“…Cecal short-chain fatty acid and branched-chain fatty acid profiles significantly differed between sexes in rats with access to GS, and alpha diversity of the microbiome decreased in females provided GS. …”
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Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Persian version of worry questionnaire – Contrast avoidance model by Razieh Javaherirenani, Pantea Ahadianfard, Ahmad Ashouri

“…Results: There were three factors identified by the exploratory factor analysis, with a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.963 for the whole scale. It was found that the composite reliability ranged between 0.82 and 0.89. …”
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Association between Maternal Pelvis Height and Intrapartum Foetal Head Moulding in Ugandan Mothers with Spontaneous Vertex Deliveries by Ian G. Munabi, Samuel Abilemech Luboga, Livingstone Luboobi, Florence Mirembe

“…A summary of the details of the pregnancy and delivery records were reviewed and analysed using multilevel logistic regression respect to foetal head moulding. The alpha level was set at P<0.05. Results. 412 records were obtained, of which 108/385 (28%) observed foetal head moulding. …”
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Government crisis communication tools in the light of the extreme drought of 2022 by Ágnes Kovács, Edina Kriskó, Tamás Pálvölgyi, László Balatonyi

“…As water is a vital element, the alpha and omega of survival, the authors should expect the emergence of existential anxieties during related crises that may result in messages being ignored. …”
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Continuum damage modeling through theoretical and experimental pressure limit formulas by Fatima Majid, Mohamed Elghorba

“…For this reason, we have designed an alpha coefficient taking into account these two pressures and giving a good approximation of the evolution of the experimental burst pressures through the theoretically corrected ones, using Faupel㒒s pressure formula. …”
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Changes in the Intestinal Microbiota in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis: Systematizing Literature Data by I. V. Maev, A. I. Levchenko, D. N. Andreev

“…The colonic microbiota in patients with CP is also characterized by dysbiotic disorders, primarily in the reduction of alpha-diversity. Some studies have shown that these patients have an increase in Firmicutes, while Bacteroides and Faecalibacterium are reduced. …”
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Hepatoprotective effect anti-inflammatory and antioxidant Ganoderma lucidum ethanol extract on rats exposed to Plumbum acetate by Hernayanti, Laksana Agung, Saryono, Jehloh Latifah

“…Ganoderma lucidum is anti-hepatotoxic in terms of GST levels, anti-inflammatory in terms of TNF alpha levels, and antioxidant in terms of SOD and GPx levels. …”
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Platelet-Rich Gel Supernatants Stimulate the Release of Anti-Inflammatory Proteins on Culture Media of Normal Equine Synovial Membrane Explants by Diana L. Ríos, Catalina López, Jorge U. Carmona

“…The aims were as follows: (1) to evaluate the effects at 48 and 96 h of two concentrations (25 and 50%) of leukocyte and platelet-rich gel (L-PRG) and pure PRG (P-PRG) supernatants on the production/degradation in normal equine synovial membrane explants (SME) of platelet derived growth factor isoform BB, transforming growth factor beta-1, tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin (IL-) 4 (IL-4), IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra), and hyaluronan (HA) synthesis and (2) to correlate these molecules with their respective PRG supernatant treatments. …”
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Awareness and Perception of Plant-Based Diets for the Treatment and Management of Type 2 Diabetes in a Community Education Clinic: A Pilot Study by Vincent Lee, Taylor McKay, Chris I. Ardern

“…Mean values, frequency counts, and logistic regression (alpha = 0.05). Results. Few respondents (9%) currently followed a plant-based diet, but 66% indicated willingness to follow one for 3 weeks. …”
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Apelin Serum Level in Egyptian Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C by Hala O. El-Mesallamy, Nadia M. Hamdy, Hanan H. Rizk, Abdel-Rahman El-Zayadi

“…The present study was conducted to evaluate blood apelin level changes among 73 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) Egyptian patients and if associated with body mass index (BMI), IR, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). Serum apelin levels were significantly higher in patients with CHC with median value (3.25) when compared with controls (1.11), at P<0.0001, with significant apelin variations among asymptomatic carriers (ASC), fibrosis, and cirrhosis patients, and also among obese and nonobese patients. …”
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Examinatıon of the Resilience Levels of Women and Men Do Sport in Gyms by Ali Osman Kıvrak, Mehibe Akandere

“…In the case of pairwise comparisons, independent sample t test, One-way Anova test in multiple comparisons and Tukey HSD test in determination of source of variance were used Cronbach's Alpha value for this study was set to 78. While there was no statistical significance observed in the resilience mean values of the members depending on the age, education and profession factors, it was found to be the average value of men members was statistically higher than women members (Table 1, p lt;0.05). …”
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Deviations in Circulating TNFα Levels and TNFα Production by Mononuclear Cells in Healthy Human Populations by T. Mózes, I. Baráth, K. Gornicsar, A. Grosz, Ta. Mózes, Cs. Göndöcs, P. Széphalmi, K. Gaál, E. Madarász

“…Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) plays a pivotal role in the inflammatory host response. …”
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Investigation of the Satisfaction Levels of University Students from Social and Sports Activities Provided in the University Environment by Şirin Pepe, Hamdi Pepe, Kadir Pepe

“…Understandability, validness of the scope and reliability of the survey were established. Cronbach’s Alpha Reliability Coefficient of the survey was found to be 0,89. …”
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Glycogen Storage Disease Type IX due to a Novel Mutation in PHKA2 Gene by Hamza Hassan Khan, Lauren Parr, Allison Jay, Saleem Raza, Hernando Lyons, Sanjay Kumar

“…PKHA2 gene encodes the alpha subunit of hepatic phosphorylase kinase. This change in the PHKA2 gene was in a highly conserved region and had been reported in another patient with decreased enzymatic activity of the phosphorylase kinase and who had symptoms of GSD IX. …”
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Brain Bioelectric Responses to Short-Term Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training in Indian and Russian University Students Studying in the Russian Arctic by Denis Demin, Liliya Poskotinova

“…During the HRV BF sessions, the sympathetic activity decreased more significantly in Russian students, while the alpha EEG activity significantly increased across all brain regions in both groups. …”
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