Effects of Ginseng and Echinacea on Cytokine mRNA Expression in Rats by Deniz Uluışık, Ercan Keskin

“…The animals were divided into three equal groups, as follows: control (C); ginseng (G); echinacea (E). …”
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Long-Term Mortality Outcomes According to the Frequency of Right Ventricular Pacing in Veterans by Brent C. Lampert, Hans J. Moore, Richard L. Amdur, Pamela E. Karasik, Brian M. Lewis, Steven N. Singh, Ross D. Fletcher

“…Average age at pacemaker implant was significantly lower among veterans with <20% RVP (67 years versus 72 years; 𝑃<.0001). An equal proportion of deaths during follow-up were noted for each group: 126/565 patients (22%) with <20% RVP and 1113/4968 patients (22%) with >80% RVP. …”
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The application of magnifying endoscopy in the diagnosis of cervical lesions by Qing Li, Jue Wang, Tao Sun, Hongwei Zhang, Limei Chen, Qing Wang, Long Sui, Keqin Hua

“…Objective: This study aimed to assess the sensitivity and specificity of magnifying endoscopy in the examination of patients with high-risk factors for cervical lesions. Methods: Two equally skilled colposcopy specialists examined 59 patients admitted to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University between March 14, 2023, and April 15, 2023. …”
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Fracture Resistance of Endodontically Treated Maxillary Premolars Restored by Various Direct Filling Materials: An In Vitro Study by Jozef Mincik, Daniel Urban, Silvia Timkova, Renata Urban

“…MOD cavities were prepared considering the buccolingual width to be equal to half of the intercuspal distance. The specimens were randomly divided into 8 groups, 8 specimens each: group A intact teeth, group B unfilled cavity, group C composite made by oblique layering technique, group D composite with 2 mm cusp coverage, group E bulk-filled posterior composite, group F glass-ionomer, group G amalgam, and group H composite with proximal boxes. …”
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Land use and land cover spatiotemporal dynamic pattern and predicting changes using integrated CA-Markov model by A. Azizi, B. Malakmohamadi, H. Jafari

“…The prediction also indicates that the changes will equal 8908.83 ha by 2030. Agricultural lands and human-built environment constitute the majority of changes and are increasing continuously. …”
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Instability Process Model Test for Bedding Rock Slope with Weak Interlayer under Different Rainfall Conditions by Zhongming He, Baolin Wang

“…Under the condition of equal rainfall amount, the condition of long-time heavy rain has a greater influence on the stability of the bedding rock slope with weak interlayer than that of short-time rainstorm. …”
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Influence of inertial resistance squat exercise protocol based on novel exercise intensity determination on physical fitness of older adult women by Darjan Spudić, Vedran Hadžić, Janez Vodičar, Jamie Carruthers, Primož Pori

“…Time under tension was equalized between groups by the type of the exercise executed. …”
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Phytocanabinoids and synthetic cannabinoids: from recreational consumption to potential therapeutic use – a review by Helena M. Teixeira, Helena M. Teixeira

“…The growing popularity in the use of cannabinoid-based compounds, both for recreational and therapeutic purposes, has been accompanied by an equally continuous and growing evolution of knowledge regarding their potential harmful and beneficial effects. …”
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Accuracy of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Doppler Parameters in Assessing the Right Ventricular Diastolic Function After Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot in Pediatr... by Nagarjuna Panidapu, Saravana Babu, Baiju S. Dharan, Barsha Sen, Thomas Koshy

“…Conclusion: The results suggested that the use of tricuspid Doppler parameters can be equally accurate and reproducible to the current ASE-described echocardiographic parameters for diagnosing RVDD after surgical repair of TOF.…”
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Method of obtaining and storing hyperimmune anthrax serum by S. V. Ivanova, L. A. Melnikova, A. P. Rodionov, V. V. Evstifeev

“…This scheme made it possible to produce the serum with a high antibody titer equal to 14 log2 . For long-term storage of the serum produced, the freeze-drying modes were optimized, giving 2% residual moisture content of the finished product. …”
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Essential and recurrent roles for hairpin RNAs in silencing de novo sex chromosome conflict in Drosophila simulans. by Jeffrey Vedanayagam, Marion Herbette, Holly Mudgett, Ching-Jung Lin, Chun-Ming Lai, Caitlin McDonough-Goldstein, Stephen Dorus, Benjamin Loppin, Colin Meiklejohn, Raphaëlle Dubruille, Eric C Lai

“…Meiotic drive loci distort the normally equal segregation of alleles, which benefits their own transmission even in the face of severe fitness costs to their host organism. …”
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Effects of Tp53 Gene Mutations on the Survival of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC); A Short Review by Zhang C, Yang C, Shi Q

“…Chi Zhang,1,2,&ast; Chao Yang,3,&ast; Qingming Shi1,2 1Department of Oncology, Anhui Chest Hospital, Hefei, 230022, People’s Republic of China; 2Anhui Medical University Clinical College of Chest, Hefei, 230022, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Urology, Anhui Provincial Children’s Hospital, Hefei, 230022, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Qingming Shi, Email shqm0324@163.com, shqm0324@hotmail.comAbstract: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. …”
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Compact wearable microstrip antenna design using hybrid quasi-Newton and Taguchi optimization by Archana Tiwari, Aleefia A. Khurshid, Kanhaiya Sharma

“…Additionally, the Taguchi array ensures a balanced design, equalizing factor weights. Unlike conventional Taguchi methods, which risk trapping optimized results at local minima with increased repetitions, our modified technique mitigates this issue by adjusting level differences, aiming for global minima. …”
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Dermoscopic And Clinical Features Of Alopecia Areata In Pakistani Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mahwish Ahmed, Neelam Ayub, Muhammad Hamza, Asma Nafisa, Dua Zhaira Zaidi, Ismat Zhaira Zaidi

“…Conclusion: Alopecia Areata affects both men and women equally. The majority of affected individuals are young, between the ages of 10 and 30. …”
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Investigation of nitrogen dioxide behavior in Mashhad and its relationship with Meteorological Parameters by Atefeh Shahmohammadi, Ali Bayat, Saeed Mashhadizadeh Maleki

“…The highest amount of nitrogen dioxide in January is equal to 5.56 × 1015  molec/cm2 and its lowest value in September is 4.18 × 1015  molec/cm2. …”
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Therapeutic alternatives for sporotrichosis induced by wild-type and non-wild-type Sporothrix schenckii through in vitro and in vivo assessment of enilconazole, isavuconazole, posa... by Vasurom Aroonvuthiphong, Norasuthi Bangphoomi

“…In vitro studies have shown that all of these drugs were more effective than or equal to ITC against WT and non-WT isolates. No ITC resistance was observed with other azoles. …”
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Intraoperative low-dose ketamine infusion for postoperative pain relief in laparoscopic surgeries – A randomised, double blind controlled clinical trial by Sujil Sudersan, Ramyavel Thangavelu, Sivakumar Segaran

“…Group A received 0.2 mg/kg bolus of ketamine before the skin incision followed by an infusion of 0.1 mg/kg/h throughout the period of surgery. Group B received an equal volume of saline bolus and infusion. Postoperative pain was assessed (Numerical Rating Scale [NRS] scale) every 30 min till 6 h. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Ileostomy Closure before Adjuvant Chemotherapy after Rectal Cancer Surgery: An Observational Study from a Chinese Center by Zhen Sun, Yufeng Zhao, Lu Liu, Jichao Qin

“…Temporary ileostomy closure before adjuvant chemotherapy following curative rectal cancer resection can achieve a clinical and oncological safety level equal to stoma closure during or after chemotherapy in selected patients.…”
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Influence of different sizes of concrete and roller compacted concrete on double-K fracture parameters by Liu Chunjiang, Zhang Huabo, Lv Ninghua

“…With regard to specimens with different crack-depth ratios, its unstable fracture toughness un IC K is unrelated to initial crack-depth ratio when crack-depth ratio is more than or equal to 0.4, while initial fracture toughness ini IC K is correlated with initial crack-depth ratio, which indicate that double-K fracture parameters can be considered as material constants describing concrete initial fracture, stable expansion and whole process of stability failure.…”
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Effectiveness of combined techniques vs passive recovery in competitive squash players: A crossover study by Wilder Geovanny Valencia-Sánchez, Jorge M. Celis-Moreno, Nelson Esteban Valle Graciano

“…Repeated combined techniques provided no cumulative benefits over time and were equally effective as passive recovery in reversing physiological and neuromuscular changes. …”
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