The effect of a physical activity program on chronic psychiatric patients' positive and negative symptoms and depression levels: A randomized controlled trial by Neslihan Lok, Kerime Bademlı, Sefa Lok

“…The Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon tests were used, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated. It was found that there was a significant difference between the mean scores on the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms and the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (p lt;0.05.) …”
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Low Circulating TRAIL Levels Are Associated with Increase of Resistin and Lipocalin-2/ngal Adipokines in Postmenopausal Women by Veronica Tisato, Paola Secchiero, Gloria Bonaccorsi, Carlo Bergamini, Pantaleo Greco, Giorgio Zauli, Carlo Cervellati

“…The panel of adipokines included interleukin- (IL-) 6, IL-8, IL-1β, adipsin, lipocalin-2/neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (ngal), TNF-alpha, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, hepatocyte growth factor, resistin, leptin, adiponectin, and nerve growth factor. …”
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Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicines on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Capacity, and Liver and Intestinal Health of Hybrid Snakehead (<i>Channa maculata</i> ♀ × <i>Channa. argus</i... by Jiamin Kang, Shuzhan Fei, Junhao Zhang, Haiyang Liu, Qing Luo, Mi Ou, Langjun Cui, Tao Li, Jian Zhao

“…A 16s rRNA analysis indicates that dietary supplementation with FSE significantly promoted the proliferation of Fusobacteriota, while IRE supplementation increased the alpha diversity of intestinal bacteria. In conclusion, the addition of <i>I. radix</i> to the diet of hybrid snakehead improves growth, antioxidant capacity, and liver and intestine health, and modulates the intestinal microbiota of snakehead positively.…”
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The effects of Thymus capitatus essential oil topical application on milk quality: a systems biology approach by Ralph Nehme, Chiara Gini, Elise Vanbergue, Sergine Even, Filippo Biscarini, Sonia Andrés, Lucie Rault, Faustine Noel, Valerie Hardit, Said Bouhallab, David M. Pereira, Riadh Ksouri, Philippe Roussel, Secundino López, Paola Cremonesi, Bianca Castiglioni, Donatella Caruso, Fiorenza Faré, Manuela Fontana, Fabrizio Ceciliani, Latifa Abdennebi-Najar

“…The results showed no significant changes in microbiota composition after the EO treatment in alpha and beta diversity or taxonomical composition at the phylum and genus levels. …”
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Turkish validity and reliability study of the psychological food involvement scale: PFIS-TR by İrem Nur Şahin, Aslıhan Atar, Özge Yaman, Halime Pulat Demir

“…Internal consistency analysis showed high reliability, with Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients ranging from 0.86 to 0.94 across subscales. …”
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The Role of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Neuronal Damage, and Endothelial Dysfunction in the Neuropathology of Cognitive Complications in Diabetes: A Moderation and Mediation An... by Betul Sumbul‐Sekerci, Ozge Pasin, Ezgi Balkan, Abdusselam Sekerci

“…Blood samples were analyzed for interleukin‐6 (IL‐6), tumor necrosis factor‐alpha (TNF‐α), malondialdehyde (MDA), VCAM‐1/CD106, and neuron‐specific enolase (NSE) using ELISA. …”
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The effect of using promotion programs on export performance with mediating of management, s understanding of environment and commitmen by R. Sanavi Fard, E. Haji Hosseini

“…In order to measure the validity of content and structure validity and in order to measure the reliability, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and combined reliability coefficient were used. …”
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Role of Paricalcitol in Modulating the Immune Response in Patients with Renal Disease by Silvia Lucisano, Adriana Arena, Giovanna Stassi, Daniela Iannello, Gaetano Montalto, Adolfo Romeo, Giuseppe Costantino, Rosaria Lupica, Valeria Cernaro, Domenico Santoro, Michele Buemi

“…Serum calcium, phosphorus, 25(OH)-vitamin D, parathyroid hormone (PTH), erythrocyte sedimentation rate, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, interleukin- (IL-) 17, IL-6, IL-1β, interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), plasmatic and urinary NGAL, and 24 h albuminuria and proteinuria were measured before and 24 h after an intravenous bolus of paricalcitol (5 mcg). …”
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Blood Glucose Lowering Efficacy of Strawberry Extracts Rich in Ellagitannins with Different Degree of Polymerization in Rats by Juśkiewicz Jerzy, Jurgonski Adam, Kołodziejczyk Krzysztof, Kosmala Monika, Milala Joanna, Zduńczyk Zenon, Fotschki Bartosz, Żary-Sikorska Ewa

“…The experiment 1 comprised three oral sugar tolerance tests, GTT (with glucose; to examine monosaccharide transport across epithelium), SuTT (with sucrose; to examine the activity of mucosal disaccharidase) and StTT (with starch; to examine the action of salivary alpha-amylase, and then of pancreatic amylase in the small intestine as well as all the aforementioned mechanisms), while in the experiment 2 the healthy and pre-diabetic rats were subjected to 1-h small intestine perfusion with fluids containing glucose or sucrose. …”
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Investigation Of University Students’ Overall Quality Of College Life And Their Satisfaction With This Life Terms Of Their Genders And Departments by Kadir Pepe, Rabia Özkurt, Osman Dalaman

“…From this scale, the overall life quality and overall life satisfaction dimensions were taken. The Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient was calculated to be 0.85 for the overall life quality dimension and 0.83 for the overall life satisfaction dimension. …”
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Anti-allergic effect of 5,7-dihydroxy-4-methylcoumarin in IgE-mediated RBL-2H3 cells and PCA murine model by Sugeun Gwon, Seong-Ah Shin, Moonsu Kim, Sun Young Moon, Seyeon Choi, Minji Kim, Jun Hyuck Lee, Hyun Ho Park, Chang Sup Lee

“…Our findings demonstrated that 5,7-dihydroxy-4-methylcoumarin reduced the release of histamine and β-hexosaminidase and downregulated the mRNA expression of allergic-inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-4, IL-13, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, as well as the inflammatory enzyme cyclooxygenase-2. …”
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Validity and reliability test of NIHSS-SDKI and CNS-SDKI in determining actual nursing diagnosis and severity of stroke patients by Erlis Eka Fitriana, Haryanto Haryanto, Supriyadi Supriyadi

“…Results: Based on the results of the validity and reliability tests, it was found that the NIHSS-SDKI and CNS-SDKI had a calculated r value> from the r table and Cronbach alpha value> 0.7 so that the NIHSS and CNS instruments were declared valid and reliable. …”
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Comprehensive profiling of gut bacterial communities in hybrid red tilapia with and without streptococcosis by Pathamawan Amthungphong, Natthaphong Sombuttra, Triwit Rattanarojpong, Kanthida Kusonmano, Saengchan Senapin, Satid Chatchaiphan, Watanalai Panbangred, Jirayut Euanorasetr

“…The 16S amplicon was sequenced in gut microbiome samples from healthy and diseased groups to analyze the bacterial composition profiles associated with red tilapia with and without streptococcosis. The alpha diversity of bacterial communities in the gut microbiome was significantly higher in the healthy group than in the diseased group. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN DAN VALIDASI KUESIONER BELIEF ABOUT MEDICINE (BMQ) UNTUK MENGUKUR PERSEPSI RISIKO MASYARAKAT TERHADAP OBAT SETELAN by Ziyana Walidah, Andi Hermansyah, I Nyoman Wijaya

“…Terkait dengan reliabilitas, seluruh butir soal telah mencapai nilai cronbach’ alpha lebih dari 0.6. Ini menunjukkan bahwa kuisioner tentang persepsi risiko masyarakat terhadap penggunaan obat setelan secara sah  dapat digunakan secara berulang. …”
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Comparative Study of Koha Usage in Bowen University and University of Ilorin Libraries by Tunde Omopupa, Ayansewa Adeleke Adedeji, Adetola Ayotunde Kehinde, Ahmed Usman Abdulsalam, Hajarat Abubakar

“…The questionnaire, interview and observation were used as data collection instruments.The survey was validated while the reliability coefficient of the tool using Cronbach’s Alpha found to have 0.746correlation coefficient. …”
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Identifying natural inhibitors against FUS protein in dementia through machine learning, molecular docking, and dynamics simulation by Darwin Li

“…We first reviewed the FUS protein's framework; early forecasting models using the AlphaFold2 and SwissModel algorithms indicated a loop-rich protein—a structure component correlating with flexibility. …”
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Texture evolution and anisotropy of TA18 titanium alloy strip under rolling and heat treatment conditions by Bobo Li, Jiangkun Fan, Wenyuan Zhang, Jiaxing Zhao, Ding Zhao, Huifa Tao, Xiaobo Hao, Fei Wang, Peng Jiang, Hongchao Kou, Jinshan Li

“…Texture and anisotropy control of rolled strip have always been a technical problem in titanium alloy industry, especially for near-alpha titanium alloys. In order to solve the above problems, we innovatively propose a process method for efficiently preparing weakly anisotropic alloy strips. …”
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Pengembangan dan Uji Validitas Reliabilitas Kuesioner Dokumentasi Hasil Layanan Pos Binaan Terpadu Penyakit Tidak Menular (Posbindu PTM) by Nisrina Ocktalifa Chumair, Cahya Tri Purnami, Dion Zein Nuridzin

“…Butir pertanyaan diuji validitasnya menggunakan uji validitas konstruk dan dilanjutkan uji reliabilitas Cronbach alpha. Sebanyak 31 pertanyaan pengetahuan, 19 butir pertanyaan motivasi, dan 11 butir pertanyaan praktik dinyatakan valid (p-value0,80). …”
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Alternations of the gut microbiota and the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio after biologic treatment in inflammatory bowel disease by Yu-Chieh Tsai, Wei-Chen Tai, Chih-Ming Liang, Cheng-Kun Wu, Ming-Chao Tsai, Wan-Hsiang Hu, Pao-Yuan Huang, Chien-Hung Chen, Yuan-Hung Kuo, Chih-Chien Yao, Seng-Kee Chuah

“…About species richness, community alpha diversity was significant lower in active CD patients and enriched gradually after biologic therapy. …”
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EquiRank: Improved protein-protein interface quality estimation using protein language-model-informed equivariant graph neural networks by Md Hossain Shuvo, Debswapna Bhattacharya

“…Our experimental results demonstrate improved ranking performance on diverse datasets over existing latest protein complex quality estimation methods including the top-performing CASP15 protein complex quality estimation method VoroIF_GNN and the self-assessment module of AlphaFold-Multimer repurposed for protein complex scoring and across different performance evaluation metrics. …”
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