Effect of Electroacupuncture at Changqiang on Expression of PSD-95 and CREB in Hippocampus CA1 Region of FMRI Knockout Mice by Lanfang CHEN, Xuejun ZHANG, Dong LIN, Shugui LAI, Qianru HUANG, Qiang WU

“…Objective:To explore the effect of electroacupuncture at Changqiang on expression of postsynaptic density protein-95 (PSD-95) and cAMP-response element binding protein (CREB) in hippocampus CA1 region of FMRI knockout mice.Methods:Thirty FMRI knockout mices at 28 days old were randomly divided into Changqiang group (<italic>n</italic>=10), non-acupoint group (<italic>n</italic>=10) and model group (<italic>n</italic>=10). …”
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Impact of Hemoglobin, Leucocyte and Thrombocyte Levels at Diagnosis on the Survival Outcomes of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients by Taha Ulutan Kars, Atakan Tekinalp, Rafiye Ciftciler, Sinan Demircioğlu

“…Materials and Methods:One hundred thirty-seven patients who were diagnosed with CML-CP and received treatment were assessed between the years 2006 and 2020. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Active Charcoal-Containing Toothpaste on Color Change, Microhardness, and Surface Roughness of Tooth Enamel and Resin Composite Restorative Materials by Ali Forouzanfar, Pouria Hasanpour, Yasaman Yazdandoust, Hosein Bagheri, Hamideh Sadat Mohammadipour

“…This study aimed to evaluate the color change, surface microhardness, and roughness of bovine enamel and composite resin submitted to simulated toothbrushing with a whitening toothpaste containing activated charcoal. Methods. Thirty-six bovine incisors and resin composite samples were prepared, stained with black tea, and then randomly divided into two groups. …”
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Environmentally Friendly Antifouling Metabolites from Red Sea Organisms by Sultan Semran Al-Lihaibi, Ahmed Abdel-Lateff, Walied Mohamed Alarif, Hajer Saeed Alorfi, Yasuyuki Nogata, Tatsufumi Okino

“…The methanolic extracts were evaluated for their toxicity and settlement inhibition effects by using cultured Balanus amphitrite. Thirty-three extracts displayed antifouling effects: four samples were highly potent at 1 μg/mL with a percentage of settlement inhibition above 31%, twenty-two were potent at 10 μg/mL with a percentage of settlement inhibition between 16 and 30%, and seven were active at 10 μg/mL with a percentage of settlement inhibition between 0 and 15%. …”
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Slowing of Motor Imagery after a Right Hemispheric Stroke by Francine Malouin, Carol L. Richards, Anne Durand

“…We investigated the dependence of temporal incongruence on the side of the hemispheric lesion and its link with working memory deficits. Thirty-seven persons with a chronic stroke after a right or left hemispheric lesion (RHL : n=19; LHL : n=18) and 32 age-matched healthy persons (CTL) were administered a motor imagery questionnaire, mental chronometry and working memory tests. …”
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Treatment with Octreotide in Patients with Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Ileum: Prognostic Stratification with Ga-68-DOTA-TATE Positron Emission Tomography by Walter Koch, Christoph J. Auernhammer, Julia Geisler, Christine Spitzweg, Clemens C. Cyran, Harun Ilhan, Peter Bartenstein, Alexander R. Haug

“…We investigated the use of Ga-68-DOTA-Tyr 3 -octreotate (Ga-68-DOTA-TATE) positron emission tomography (PET) and standardized uptake values (SUVs) to predict the effectiveness of treatment with the somatostatin analogue octreotide acetate (Sandostatin LAR) in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). Thirty patients with well-differentiated NETs of the ileum (grades G1 and G2) were studied with Ga-68-DOTA-TATE. …”
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Use of the Silastic Sheath in Bladder Neck Reconstruction by D.A. Diamond, G.F. Quimby, R.C. Rink, P.G. Ransley

“…Of the Indianapolis patients, two-thirds experienced erosion of the silastic at a mean of 48 months. …”
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THE EFFECT OF HEMP PRЕSS CAKE FLOUR ON FATTY ACIDS COMPOSITION AND MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF GLUTEN FREE BREAD by GJORE NAKOV, NATALIJA ATANASOVA-PANCEVSKA, SILVIYA IVANOVA, MARIA NIKOLOVA, IVAN DIMOV, MARKO JUKIĆ, JASMINA LUKINAC

“…The change in the microbiological quality of the gluten-free bread with different amounts of HPCF starts thirty-six hours after the production. …”
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Intravitreal Clindamycin and Dexamethasone Combined with Systemic Oral Antitoxoplasma Therapy versus Intravitreal Therapy Alone in the Management of Toxoplasma Retinochoroiditis: A... by Ashraf Bor’i, Ashraf Mahrous, Mahmoud A. Al-Aswad, Haitham Y. Al-Nashar, Waled M. Nada, Mostafa Wagih, Ahmed M. B. Awad, Wael M. El-Haig

“…Patients and Methods. Thirty eyes were reviewed. Two equal groups were identified (15 eyes each). …”
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Trainers’ Attitudes towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Current Care Guidelines, and Training by M. Mäkinen, M. Castrén, J. Nurmi, L. Niemi-Murola

“…The questionnaire was returned by 124/185, 67% CPR trainers, of whom two-thirds felt that their undergraduate training in CPR-D had not been adequate. …”
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Probiotics for the prevention of antibiotic-associated adverse events in children-A scoping review to inform development of a core outcome set. by Jan Łukasik, Qin Guo, Leah Boulos, Hania Szajewska, Bradley C Johnston

“…Data were analyzed descriptively.<h4>Results</h4>Thirty-seven studies were included in this review. …”
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Effects of feeding different proportions of steam-flaked corn-based starter on growth performance, immunity and serum metabolism of pre-weaned Simmental calves by Kangyu Yao, Yu Gao, Liang Yang, Min Yang, Xiuyu Wu, Xinyu Zhang, Zhengke Lv, Wei Shao, Yong Wei, Wanping Ren

“…The goal is to optimize calf feeding for better growth, health, and nutrient use.MethodsThirty-two Simmental bull calves (avg. wt: 50.50 ± 4.50 kg, avg. age: 21 ± 7 days) were divided into four groups of eight. …”
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Effect of Baicalein on Cognitive Impairment in Diabetes Mellitus with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease by Li ZHOU, Zhengqi LU, Xiaoming YE, Wanxin YANG, Zhisheng WEI, Yi KONG, Xuming HUANG

“…Objective:To observe whether baicalein have therapeutic value on diabetes mellitus (DM) with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) so as to explore the pathogenesis and therapy of the cognitive ability and behavioral function disorder caused by chronic cerebral ischemia and hypoxia.Methods:A total of thirty male SD rats were randomly divided into normal control group, model group and treatment group, 10 rats in each group. …”
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Molecular Assessment of Blastocystis hominis in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Balad City, Saladin Province, Iraq by Shereen Khalid Ismaiel, Abeer Abbas Ali, Akeel Hussein Ali Al-Assi

“…Results: Microscopically, only 80 diabetic patients (50 males and 30 females) were infected with Blastocystis hominis, and only 50 people (13 males and 37 females) among the healthy participants had B. hominis infection. Thirty samples were further studied using PCR, and only 16 showed clear bands on the gel, whereas only eight samples were successfully sequenced. …”
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Analysis of ability to listen to descriptive text through the implementation of the learning team’s strategy student by Ruth C Paath

“…The results of the study state that the learning teams learning strategy has had a positive impact on student responsibility and activity in analyzing the description text that has been listened to during learning. Of the thirty-two students participating in the learning, 25 students have carried out their responsibilities 'well', 5 people are classified as quite good, and 2 people are 'not good'. …”
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Establishing Normative Values for Inter-Limb Kinetic Symmetry During Landing in Uninjured Adolescent Athletes by Adam W. VanZile, David M. Reineke, Matthew J. Snyder, Daniel D. Jones, Renee L. Dade, Thomas G. Almonroeder

“… # Study Design Cross-sectional study # Methods One hundred and thirty-six uninjured athletes completed drop vertical jumps and countermovement jumps while force plates recorded ground reaction forces. …”
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Incremental Healthcare Costs and Outpatient Antifungal Treatment of Patients with Aspergillosis in the United States by Emily Durden, Donna McMorrow, Paul Juneau, Robert Fowler, Paresh Chaudhari, David Horn

“…**Results:** Aspergillosis cases (N=5,499; mean age: 57.8 years; 48.6% female; 64.2% with cancer) were matched to 5,499 controls (mean age: 58.3 years; 48.4% female; 60.6% with cancer). Two-thirds of the aspergillosis cases had no outpatient prescription for an antifungal within 30 days of index; for those with outpatient antifungal therapy, voriconazole was the most commonly prescribed agent (60.9%). …”
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Colorectal Cancer Screening in Average Risk Populations: Evidence Summary by Jill Tinmouth, Emily T. Vella, Nancy N. Baxter, Catherine Dubé, Michael Gould, Amanda Hey, Nofisat Ismaila, Bronwen R. McCurdy, Lawrence Paszat

“…A working group reviewed the evidence to develop conclusions. Results. Thirty RCTs and 29 observational studies were included. …”
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Clinical Observation of Phacoemulsification Combined with Intravitreal Injection of Conbercept in Cataract Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema by Jing Wang, Yuqi Liu, Yiping Hu, Lu Lu, Kaili Tang, Jinsong Zhang

“…This is a prospective clinical cohort study. Thirty-five cataract patients (49 eyes) with DME were divided into two groups. …”
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The Quality Control of Tea by Near-Infrared Reflectance (NIR) Spectroscopy and Chemometrics by Ming-Zhi Zhu, Beibei Wen, Hao Wu, Juan Li, Haiyan Lin, Qin Li, Yinhua Li, Jianan Huang, Zhonghua Liu

“…Tea is known to be one of the most popular beverages enjoyed by two-thirds of the world’s population. Concern of variability in tea quality is increasing among consumers. …”
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