Comparison of analytical sensitivity of automated microbiological blood culture systems by Lyamin A.V., Ismatullin D.D., Kozlov A.V., Alekseev D.V., Kayumov K.A., Bochkareva P.V., Antipov V.A.

“…However, it is necessary to consider increased probability of a negative result in case of inoculation dose equal to CFU ≤ 2.…”
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Bleaching efficacy of in-office bleaching with violet light using low-concentration hydrogen peroxide nanoparticulate photocatalyst gel: A randomized controlled trial by Gustavo Garcia Castro, Palena Araújo Pinto, Michael Willian Favoreto, Alessandra Reis, Maria Viviana-Mora, Rita de Cássia Mendonça de Miranda, Andres Felipe Milan Cardenas, Alessandro D. Loguercio, Rudys Rodolfo de Jesus Tavarez

“…However, BG+VIOL with low-concentration HP nanoparticulate photocatalyst gel achieved equal efficacy and was less likely to cause TS compared to BG.…”
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Enhanced levels of IL-6 and PAI-1 and decreased levels of MMP-3 in cytomegalovirus seropositive patients with prior myocardial infarction by Xinling Xu, Angela Silveira, Pia Lundman, Afsar Rahbar, Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér

“…While CMV seroprevalence was equal, the CMV-IgG levels were higher in controls. …”
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Negative Energy Balance Induced by Paradoxical Sleep Deprivation Causes Multicompartmental Changes in Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle by Marcos Mônico-Neto, Sara Quaglia de Campos Giampá, Kil Sun Lee, Camila Maria de Melo, Helton de Sá Souza, Murilo Dáttilo, Paulo Alexandre Minali, Pedro Henrique Santos Prado, Sergio Tufik, Marco Túlio de Mello, Hanna Karen Moreira Antunes

“…Describe multicompartmental changes in the fat and various muscle fiber types, as well as the hormonal profile and metabolic rate induced by SD in rats. Methods. Twenty adult male Wistar rats were equally distributed into two groups: experimental group (EG) and control group (CG). …”
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Prevalence and intensity study of dental caries in children with bronchial asthma by O. V. Voznyi, Т. Ye. Shumna, Ye. S. Lepetchenko

“…To study the prevalence and intensity rates of dental caries in children with bronchial asthma. Materials and methods. The examination of patients was carried out in the Allergological Department of the Communal Non-Profit Enterprise “City Children Hospital No. 5” in Zaporizhzhia. …”
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The D-score: a metric for interpreting the early development of infants and toddlers across global settings by Girmay Medhin, Charlotte Hanlon, Susan P Walker, Iris Eekhout, Gary L Darmstadt, Linda Richter, Maureen M Black, Ann M Weber, Marta Rubio-Codina, Stef van Buuren, Sally M Grantham-McGregor, Maria Caridad Araujo, Susan M Chang, Lia CH Fernald, Jena Derakhshani Hamadani, Simone M Karam, Betsy Lozoff, Lisy Ratsifandrihamanana, Orazio Attanasio, Bernice M Doove, Emanuela Galasso, Pamela Jervis, Ana M B Menezes, Helen Pitchik, Sarah Reynolds, Norbert Schady

“…A statistical model was built using the Rasch model with item difficulties constrained to be equal in a subset of equate groups, linking instruments to a common scale, the D-score, a continuous metric with interval-scale properties. …”
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Clinical and genomic characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Zannat Kawser, Sushmita Sridhar, Sanchita Kar, Tanbir Habib, Sharmin Akter Mukta, Kasrina Azad, Neyamul Hasan, Umme Kulsum, Abu Bakar Siddik, Saikt Rahman, Nusrat Noor Tanni, Maherun Nesa, Ashlee M. Earl, Colin J. Worby, Sarah E. Turbett, SM Shamsuzzaman, Jason B Harris, Firdausi Qadri, Regina C LaRocque

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Immunohistomorphometric response of pituitary growth hormone-producing cells in rats to prolonged exposure to moderately elevated ambient temperature by Čukuranović-Kokoris Jovana, Dovenska Monika, Parapid Biljana, Pendovski Lazo, Nikolovski Martin, Kundalić Braca, Graovac Ivana, Čukuranović Rade, Milošević Verica, Popovska-Perčinić Florina

“…The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of prolonged exposure (4, 7, 14, 21, 60 days) of rats to moderately high ambient temperature (35 ± 1°C) on the immunohistomorphometric parameters of pituitary somatotrophic (GH) cells. Methods. The experiment was conducted on 42 adult Wistar rats, equally divided into six experimental groups (n = 7). …”
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Digital Self-Harm Among Adolescents - a literature review by Karolina Krochmal, Aleksandra Kujawa, Kacper Stępniak, Jan Wilk, Paulina Krzeszowska, Radosław Kuźma, Karolina Marrodán-Wojtczak, Jakub Jarmołowicz, Adrianna Samoraj, Jakub Zajączkowski

“…At present, there is no unified theoretical framework or effective treatments - it is not known whether the interventions used for NSSI are equally effective in the context of DSH. It should be noted that research on DSH remains methodologically and geographically limited. …”
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Major results of a phase III comparative multicenter study on the follitropin alfa biosimilar (Primapur®) and the original follitropin alfa (Gonal-f®) by Z. B. Barakhoeva, L. A. Vovk, I. V. Zorina, N. Yu. Belousova, T. A. Teterina, S. A. Yakovenko, V. P. Apryshko, Yu. A. Fetisova, N. A. Marilova, E. G. Morozova, M. M. Ovchinnikova, M. A. Tishenko, Yu. V. Sherbatyuk, A. V. Kolotovkina, A. A. Miskun, G. V. Kasyanova, L. G. Sichinava, R. I. Shalinа, M. A. Polzikov

“…The patients were randomized into 2 equal groups of 55 participants each. The primary end-point for assessing the therapeutic equivalence was the number of aspirated oocytes. …”
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Assessment of a New E-Learning System on Thorax, Trachea, and Lung Ultrasound by Colleen Cuca, Patrick Scheiermann, Dorothea Hempel, Gabriele Via, Armin Seibel, Magnus Barth, Tim O. Hirche, Felix Walcher, Raoul Breitkreutz

“…Development and assessment of an e-learning program for lung ultrasound. Methods. An interactive online tutorial was created. …”
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Retrospective Evaluation of Synovial Chondromatosis with Histopathological and Clinical Features by Özden ÖZ, Murat SEZAK, Başak DOĞANAVŞARGİL, İpek TAMSEL, Hüseyin KAYA, Elcil KAYA BİÇER, Emin BÜYÜKTALANCI, Gülçin BAŞDEMİR

“…Results: A total of 114 cases were identified, with a nearly equal gender distribution (male-to-female ratio: 0.95). …”
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The effect of preventive administration of metaraminol on hypothermia and shivering in cesarean section patients randomized clinical trial --a randomized controlled study by Letao Yu, Letao Yu, Ziyi Zhang, Lili Li, Wenzhe Shen, Qizhu Feng, Chengwen Lei, Jun Shi, Rui Li, Minghong Liu

“…This study aims to evaluate whether prophylactic low-dose metaraminol infusion, compared to saline control, reduces intraoperative hypothermia and shivering in cesarean section patients under spinal anesthesia.MethodsThis study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, including a total of 66 full-term pregnant women scheduled for cesarean section under spinal anesthesia. …”
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Allelopathic activity of Phragmites australis against Bolboschoenus planiculmis and the involved active allelochemicals by Liu Yang, Chong Chen, Yong Wang, Jingyao Wang, Fengxue Shi, Fengxue Shi, Keming Yue, Xue Wang, Chunguang He

“…(reed) in natural wetland communities; however, the allelopathic activity of reed on B. planiculmis remains poorly understood.MethodsThis study investigated the allelopathic effects of reed on B. planiculmis and identified the phenolic allelochemicals involved. …”
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A Prospective Randomized Study for Comparison of Modified Proximal Femoral Plate with Dynamic Hip Screw System by Jitendra Wadhwani, Ramchander Siwach, Himanshu Bansal, Roop Singh, Pradeep Kamboj, Hemant More

“…Conclusion: The modified PFLCP is capable of providing equally effective radiological and functional outcomes. …”
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Effect of enamel pretreatment on the fluoride remineralization of artificial white spot lesions by Diana Ferreira Gadelha Araújo, Fernanda Sandes de Lucena, Maria Cristina Carvalho de Almendra Freitas, Larissa Vasconcellos Nunes, Marília Mattar de Amoedo Campos Velo, Ana Carolina Magalhães, Linda Wang

“…After then, a new acid challenge was equally performed. Additional SMH assessments were performed in each step. …”
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Effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy combined with exercise training in adolescent girls with elevated depression symptoms: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Sally Mohamed Saeed Mahmoud, Doaa Tammam Atia, Doaa Sayed Mostafa, Mohamed Farouk Abdel-Latif, Lamyaa Ahmed Fergany, Neveen M. Abdulrahman, Kamal Eldin S. Mohamed, Malak A. Elmahdy

“… Objective: To investigate the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) combined with regular versus intermittent exercise on depression and quality of sleep-in adolescent girls. Participants and Methods: Sixty adolescent girls aged 12-17 years with mild to moderate depression were equally distributed to three groups, each group 20 patients. …”
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Animal Fats and Vegetable Oils—Promising Resources for Obtaining Effective Corrosion Inhibitors for Oil Refinery Equipment by Serhiy Pyshyev, Oleksandr Romanchuk, Petro Topilnytskyy, Viktoriya Romanchuk, Denis Miroshnichenko, Yurii Rohovyi, Hennadii Omelianchuk, Yurii Parkhomov

“…The use of inhibitors is one of the most common corrosion protection methods. However, increasing requirements of environmental standards give impetus to developing new types of corrosion inhibitors from natural raw materials. …”
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Long-term effect of treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer on Quality of life: a cross-sectional study by Rikke Vilsbøll Milling, Ninna Kjær Nielsen, Charlotte Graugaard-Jensen, Peter Christensen, Helle Pappot, Jørgen Bjerggaard Jensen

“…Both cases and controls scored equally on the functional items and symptom items of the EORTC-QLQ-C30. …”
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Risk Warning of Neutrophil‐to‐Lymphocyte Ratio for Neurological Recovery in Acute Ischemic Stroke After Thrombolysis: A Retrospective Study by Yiran Zhao, Xu Wang, Wenxiu Qin, Shaojing Shi, Min Wang, Jinsheng Zhang, Xin Zou, Junfeng Xu, Jing Li, Xuemin Shi

“…ABSTRACT Background To investigate the relationship between dynamic changes in the neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and neurological recovery in noninfected patients with acute cerebral infarction after thrombolysis. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 277 patients with stroke thrombolysis. …”
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