INVESTIGATING THE BIOCHEMICAL PROFILE AND NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF VERNONIA AMYGDALINA LEAVES: A STUDY ON ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES, PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION, ENZYME INHIBITION, AN... by Olugbenga D. Oloruntola, Fehintoluwa S. Oladebeye, Samuel A. Adeyeye, Simeon O. Ayodele, Ojurereoluwa A. Ayodele, Olufemi E. Adeniji

“…Moreover, the study unveiled the extract’s inhibitory effects on key enzymes and proteins involved in metabolic processes, with notable rates of 29.34% for anti-glucosidase activity, 43.28% for alpha-amylase inhibition, 34.44% for albumin denaturation inhibition, and 57.04% for anti-proteinase activity. …”
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Factors affecting patient satisfaction during endoscopic procedures by Maryam Ghazala, E-Hinna Rashk, Sardar Saman, Khan Jahangir, Isram Javaria, Hassan Fayyaz

“…The questionnaire demonstrated strong internal consistency with a Cronbach's Alpha value of 0.917. Conclusion: This study underscores the importance of addressing waiting times, improving communication and managing patient discomfort to enhance satisfaction with endoscopic procedures. …”
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Xylazine as a Drug of Abuse and Its Effects on the Generation of Reactive Species and DNA Damage on Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Luz Silva-Torres, Christian Veléz, Lyvia Álvarez, Beatriz Zayas

“…Human xylazine (XYL) abuse among addicts has received great interest due to its potential toxic effects upon addicts and the need to understand the mechanism of action associated with the potential health effects. XYL is an alpha-2 agonist restricted to veterinarian applications, without human medical applications. …”
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Post-treatment of rat aflatoxicosis by camel milk and silymarin by Nahla H. Hassaneen, Shabaan A. Hemeda, Abeer F. El Nahas, Ghadeer M. Albadrani, Muath Q. Al-Ghadi, Zuhair M. Mohammedsaleh, Sabreen E. Fadl, Eman M. El-Diasty, Hader I. Sakr, Hader I. Sakr

“…The evaluation was done through measuring leukocyte count, liver function tests, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), ferritin, and testosterone. …”
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Vaginal flora in HPV infection: a cross‑sectional analysis by Peining Dou, Feng Fang, Rongqiu Qin, Jingsong Nie, Xiaoyan Chen, Xiaoyan Yin, Yiding Wang, Shengying Shi

“…The vaginal microbial communities of both groups were analysed for diversity and differences to explore their association with HPV infection.Results The abundance of Lactobacillus was found to be reduced, while Gardnerella vaginalis was significantly more prevalent in the HPV + group. In terms of alpha diversity indices, the Shannon index (P = .0036) and Simpson index (P = .02) were higher in the HPV + group compared to the HPV − group, indicating greater community diversity in the HPV + group. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the respectful maternity care scale https://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/article-1-935-en.html by Sule Gokyildiz Surucu, Gunes Arslan, Burcu Avcibay Vurgec, Ebru Gozuyesil, Ephrem Daniel Sheferaw

“…The results showed that the data had a good level of fit with the model, χ²/df = 2.148, CFI = .96, GFI = .92, NFI = .92, TLI = .94, RMSEA = .08. Cronbach’s alpha of the scale was calculated 0.870. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the RMC scale is a valid and reliable scale for Turkish society. …”
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Evaluation of 16s Long Read Metabarcoding for Characterizing the Microbiome and Salmonella Contamination of Retail Poultry Meat by Zachary Tobar, Katie Y. Lee, Megan E. Gaa, Bryshal P. Moore, Xunde Li, Maurice E. Pitesky

“…However, due to greater taxonomic resolution afforded by using 16s long reads, the assay allowed alpha diversity assessment of the microbiome of raw poultry meat with the ability to assign taxonomy to the species and strain level for some amplicon sequence variants (ASV). …”
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NDUFA11 may be the disulfidptosis-related biomarker of ischemic stroke based on integrated bioinformatics, clinical samples, and experimental analyses by Sijun Li, Ningyuan Chen, Junrui He, Xibao Luo, Wei Lin

“…Based on IS models, experimental analyses were performed to verify DE-DRB expression and the correlation between DE-DRBs.ResultsLeucine-rich pentatricopeptide repeat-containing (LRPPRC) and NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 11 (NDUFA11) were identified as DE-DRBs. …”
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Palmitic Acid Induces Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines Interleukin-6, Interleukin-1β, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α via a NF-κB-Dependent Mechanism in HaCaT Keratinocytes by Bing-rong Zhou, Jia-an Zhang, Qian Zhang, Felicia Permatasari, Yang Xu, Di Wu, Zhi-qiang Yin, Dan Luo

“…Secretion levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), NF-κB nuclear translocation, NF-κB activation, Stat3 phosphorylation, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) mRNA and protein levels, as well as the cell proliferation ability were measured at the end of the treatment and after 24 hours of recovery. …”
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H. Wendl Leaf Metabolites Potentiate the Radiosensitivity of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Through Ki67 and PARP Inhibition by Nabil M. Selim PhD, Seham S. El-Hawary PhD, Soheir M. El Zalabani PhD, Rehab Nabil Shamma PhD, Nariman El Sayed Mahdy PhD, Noheir H. Sherif PhD, Khayrya A. Youssif PhD, Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen PhD, Mai H. Mekkawy PhD, Hanan A. Fahmy PhD

“…Likewise, the tumor markers alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels were considerably reduced in HCC rats. …”
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Validity and reliability of the Malay language Perception Towards Smoking Questionnaire (BM-PTSQ) among secondary school adolescents: Further validation using Confirmatory Factor A... by Kuang Hock Lim, Yoon Ling Cheong, Hui Li Lim, Kee Chee Cheong, Mohd Hazilas Mat Hashim, Ali Aman Marine, Yong Kang Cheah, Jia Hui Lim, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali

“…In addition, we also employed EFA, confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), and Cronbach's alpha to evaluate the construct validity and reliability of the BM-PTSQ. …”
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Validation of the short form Compulsive Internet Use Scale in Students by Hassan Mahmoudian, abbas taghizade, Samira Golmirzaie

“…Reliability results showed that the overall Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0/94, and the intra-class correlation coefficient and Pearson correlation coefficient for test-retest reliability were 0.78 and 0.77, respectively.Conclusion: According to the findings of this study, it can be stated that the short form of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale by Gmel et al. (2019) possesses good psychometric properties.…”
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Distress Tolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity by Ahmet Emre SARGIN, Kadir ÖZDEL, Çisem UTKU, Erkan KURU, Özden YALÇINKAYA ALKAR5, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…While there were factors in the original study, our factor analysis resulted in three factors. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the entire scale and tolerance, regulation, self-efficacy subscales were .89, .90, .80 and .64 respectively. …”
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Therapeutic applications of artemisinin in ophthalmic diseases by Hao Sun, Ping Zhao, Lianghui Zhao, Zhizhong Zhao, Haoyu Chen, Cong Ren, Bin Guo

“…Recently, studies confirmed that artemisinin plays therapeutic roles in eye diseases through regulation of signaling pathways, such asNrf2/HO-1/Keap1, TLR/MyD88/NF-κb, PI3K/AKT/mTOR, and FASN/Kmal-mTOR/SREBP1, and biological factors, such as protein kinase B, AMP-activated protein kinase, tumor necrosis factor alpha, nod-like receptor protein 3, vascular endothelial growth factor, malonyl-coenzyme A and cytochrome C. …”
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Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells Differentiate into Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblast-Like Cells under the Influence of Tumor-Derived Factors by Constantin Jotzu, Eckhard Alt, Gabriel Welte, Jie Li, Bryan T. Hennessy, Eswaran Devarajan, Srinivasalu Krishnappa, Severin Pinilla, Lilly Droll, Yao-Hua Song

“…We demonstrated that a significant percentage of hASCs differentiated into a CAF-like myofibroblastic phenotype (e.g., expression of alpha smooth muscle actin and tenascin-C) when exposed to conditioned medium from the human breast cancer lines MDAMB231 and MCF7. …”
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A Case–Control Study of the Association of Novel Androgens (11-KT and DHT), Classical Androgens (Testosterone and DHEAS), Hormones (LH, FSH, 17-OHP, Insulin, and SHBG), Insulin Res... by Nirmal Kumar, Neera Sharma, Smita Roy, Indu Chawla, Lokesh Kumar Sharma

“…However, other early novel androgen markers, 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT), may open a separate path of measurement, which may be more potent. …”
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Oxidative stress and inflammation in hemodialysis: a comparison of patients with or without advanced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by Vanja Kalacun, Robert Ekart, Sebastjan Bevc, Pavel Skok, Radovan Hojs, Nina Vodošek Hojs

“…Seventy-seven HD patients were included (65.14 ± 12.34 years, 59.2% male) and divided according to abdominal ultrasound and two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) measurements into two groups: 1) no NAFLD or no advanced NAFLD (2D-SWE <9 kPa) and 2) advanced NAFLD (2D-SWE ≥9 kPa). Medical history data and blood results were collected. …”
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Focal adhesion kinase promotes aerobic glycolysis in hepatic stellate cells via the cyclin D1/c-Myc/MCT-1 pathway to induce liver fibrosis by Tao Huang, Ming-Yu Zhou, Gao-Liang Zou, Rui-Han Hu, Lu Han, Qing-Xiu Zhang, Xue-Ke Zhao

“…In vivo, the MCT-1 and alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) levels were increased in mice with CCl4-induced liver fibrosis, and MCT-1 and α-SMA expression decreased after PF562271 treatment. …”
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Analysis of households\' livelihoods in border villages (Case study: Torbat-e-Jam county) by farhad ramezani, maryam Ghasemi, hadi zarghani

“…These indices in the confirmatory factor analysis explained 66% of the variance, and also the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.91, indicating the validity and reliability of the research tool. …”
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Turkish adapration of “Simulation-Based interprofessional Teamwork Assessment Tool”: SITAT-TR by Mukadder İnci Başer Kolcu, Giray Kolcu

“…Psychometric analysis showed strong validity with high content validity indices (I-CVI: 0.95–1.00; S-CVI/Ave, 0.98) and internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.915). Suitability of factor analysis was confirmed by a high KMO value (0.940) and significant Bartlett’s test results, supporting a unidimensional structure. …”
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