Male sex ratio of red tilapia Oreochromis sp. after soaking in different concentrations of coconut milk at larvae stadia by Fajar Maulana, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Andre Permana, Lina Mulyani, Harton Arfah

“…This study aimed to determine the effect of different coconut milk concentrations as a phytosteroid material for the masculinization of red tilapia by immersing the larvae to the material. …”
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Effects of Bedaquiline on Antimicrobial Activity and Cytokine Secretion of Macrophages Infected with Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains by Xia-Li Lyu, Ting-Ting Lin, Jing-Tao Gao, Hong-Yan Jia, Chuan-Zhi Zhu, Zi-Hui Li, Jing Dong, Qi Sun, Wei Shu, Sai-Sai Wang, Li-Ping Pan, Hai-Rong Huang, Zong-De Zhang, Qi Li

“…Intracellular colony-forming units (CFUs) and culture supernatant IL-12/23 p40, TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-10 were determined using the Luminex® 200TM system. Normally distributed continuous data (mean ± standard deviation) were analyzed using t-test or F-test (SPSS 25.0, P<0.05 deemed statistically significant). …”
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Treatment outcomes and associated factors among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Ashanti Region, Ghana: a retrospective, cross-sectional study by Peter Agyei-Baffour, Victoria Panford, Emmanuel Kumah, Collins Kokuro, Prince Owusu Adoma, Michael Afari Baidoo, Adam Fusheini, Samuel Egyakwa Ankomah, Samuel Kofi Agyei

“…The aim of this study was to determine treatment outcomes and associated factors among patients treated for MDR-TB in the Ashanti Region, Ghana.Design A retrospective, cross-sectional analysis.Setting The study was conducted in the Ashanti Region, the second most populous region in Ghana. …”
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Three-dimensional omnidirectional characterization methods of rock anisotropic wave velocity and acoustic emission location optimization by Shengjun MIAO, Wenxuan YU, Mingchun LIANG, Pengjin YANG, Conghao LI, Zejing LIU

“…The average error of the proposed method is determined to be 1.89 mm for marble and 2.76 mm for siltstone, as measured by the lead breaking test. …”
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Efek Suplemen Bawang Putih terhadap Kadar Kolesterol dan Trigliserida pada Tikus Wistar yang Diberi Diet Tinggi Minyak Sawit by Mulfa Satria Asnel, Husnil Kadri, Dessy Arisanty

“…The objective of this study was to determine the effect of garlic supplements on cholesterol levels and triglyceride at wistar strain rats which were fed in high diet palm oil. …”
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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of clinical carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species harboring the metallo-beta-lactamases IMP-8 or NDM-1 in China by Qingye Xu, Xinli Mu, Jintao He, Haiyang Liu, Xiaochen Liu, Yanfei Wang, Xiaoting Hua, Yunsong Yu

“…Through whole-genome sequencing and the southern blot analysis, we determined that blaIMP-8 was located on a pR4WN-type plasmid and blaNDM-1 was located on four distinct pSU1904NDM-type plasmids. …”
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Gambaran Glukosa Darah Setelah Latihan Fisik pada Tikus Wistar Diabetes Melitus yang Diinduksi Aloksan by Ahmad Syukri Harahap, Rahmatina B. Herman, Eti Yerizel

“…The objective of this research was to determine the blood gucose levels of aloksan induced’s wistar rat after physical exercise.The research used 18 wistar rats 150-200 gram weight, divided into three groups, as six negative control group (K-), six positive control group inducing aloksan without physical exercise (K+) and six treated group inducing aloksan with physical exercise for four weeks (P). …”
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Identification of patient demographic, clinical, and SARS-CoV-2 genomic factors associated with severe COVID-19 using supervised machine learning: a retrospective multicenter study by Kuganya Nirmalarajah, Patryk Aftanas, Shiva Barati, Emily Chien, Gloria Crowl, Amna Faheem, Lubna Farooqi, Alainna J. Jamal, Saman Khan, Jonathon D. Kotwa, Angel X. Li, Mohammad Mozafarihashjin, Jalees A. Nasir, Altynay Shigayeva, Winfield Yim, Lily Yip, Xi Zoe Zhong, Kevin Katz, Robert Kozak, Andrew G. McArthur, Nick Daneman, Finlay Maguire, Allison J. McGeer, Venkata R. Duvvuri, Samira Mubareka

“…Abstract Background Drivers of COVID-19 severity are multifactorial and include multidimensional and potentially interacting factors encompassing viral determinants and host-related factors (i.e., demographics, pre-existing conditions and/or genetics), thus complicating the prediction of clinical outcomes for different severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) variants. …”
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Systematic Evaluation of Clinical Efficacy of Shiyiwei Shenqi (Ginseng and Astraglus, Eleven Ingredients) Preparation in Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Malignant Tumor by Bowei HUANG, Yuhui ZENG, Lisha LU, Huijuan GAN

“…According to the systematic evaluation manual provided by Cochrane Collaboration, the continuity variables used mean difference (<italic>MD</italic>) and 95%confidence interval (<italic>CI</italic>) as effect indexes, the dichotomous used odds ratio (<italic>OR</italic>) and 95%<italic>CI</italic> as effect indexes. Heterogeneity was determined by χ²test and <italic>I</italic>²test, When <italic>P</italic>≥0.1 and <italic>I</italic>²≤50%, the fixed-effect model would be used, When <italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.1 or <italic>I</italic>²&gt; 50%, the random effect model would be used. …”
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Hospitalizations, emergency medical care utilization, and contacts with the regional on-call medical services among nursing home residents in Germany: a cross-sectional study in 44... by Paula Lienesch, Heinz Rothgang, Ansgar Gerhardus, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Falk Hoffmann, Jonas Czwikla

“…Proportions of residents with at least one hospitalization, emergency medical care utilization (via the nationwide phone number 112), and contact with an on-call medical service (nationwide via 116117) over the previous 12 months were determined. Associations between individual characteristics and the utilization of the three medical care types were examined using multivariable logistic regressions. …”
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Efficacy of Andrographis paniculata, Psidium guajava and Piper betle as Prevention on Motile Aeromonad Septicaemia Infection in African Catfish (Clarias sp.) by D. Wahjuningrum, . Tarono, S.L. Angka

“…This study was conducted to determine efficacy of herbal medicine combination of sambiloto (Andrographis paniculata), daun jambu (Psidium guajava) and daun sirih (Piper betle). …”
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UX Evaluation with Standardized Questionnaires in Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence: A Systematic Literature Review by Ignacio Díaz-Oreiro, Gustavo López, Luis Quesada, Luis A. Guerrero

“…In addition, this review intends to determine how the three questionnaires have been applied in the fields of ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence (RQ4) and also in studies that incorporate nontraditional interfaces, such as haptic, gesture, or speech interfaces, to name a few (RQ5). …”
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USP22 inhibits microglial M1 polarization by regulating the PU.1/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway by Ming-chen Yu, Xiao-lin Li, Ming-liang Ning, Zhen-zhong Yan, Wan-tao Yu

“…Enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA) assay was employed to determine the levels of inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), IL-1 β, and IL-10 in the cells. …”
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Testing a Web-Based Interactive Comic Tool to Decrease Obesity Risk Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Preadolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial by May May Leung, Katrina F Mateo, Marlo Dublin, Laura Harrison, Sandra Verdaguer, Katarzyna Wyka

“…However, further research, including a full-scale randomized controlled trial, is warranted to determine the effectiveness of Intervention INC. …”
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Personalized neuron-specific enolase level based on EEG pattern for prediction of poor outcome after cardiac arrest by Juliette Pelle, Estelle Pruvost-Robieux, Florence Dumas, Antonin Ginguay, Julien Charpentier, Clara Vigneron, Frédéric Pène, Jean Paul Mira, Alain Cariou, Sarah Benghanem

“…The objective was to determine whether the NSE threshold which predicts poor outcome varies according to EEG patterns and the effect of electrographic seizures on NSE level. …”
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Automated Video Assistant Referee in Lead Climbing by Eliane Künzler, David Roder, Urs Stöcker, Peter Wolf

“…Our approach is based on applying pose estimators to video footage that is recorded anyway, and a subsequent analysis that determines metrics for judging. We want to tune our approach based on the scores given by judges while considering regulations of the International Federation of Sport Climbing. …”
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Development and optimization of a new competitive ELISA using recombinant (rPSA D15 and rCag11) antigens for the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection. by Biniam Moges Eskeziyaw, Naomi Maina, Rebecca Waihenya, Matthew Mutinda Munyao, Tonny Teya Nyandwaro, Shingo Inoue, Samson Muuo Nzou

“…In the current study, the optimal conditions including the dilution of anti-rPSA D15 and anti-rCag11 antibodies at 1:1000, coating antigens (rPSA D15 and rCag11) at a concentration of 1 μg/well, the dilution of HRP-labelled antibody at 1:5000 and H. pylori stool antigen dilution at 1:1000 with a 1hour incubation and color development time of 30 minutes for cELISA were determined using an ELISA checkerboard titration assay. …”
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Efek Pemberian Vitamin C Terhadap Aktifitas Katalase Hati Tikus Galur Wistar yang Terpapar Ion Pb by Elmatris Sy, Husnil Kadri, Eti Yerizel

“…Vitamin C is a non-enzymatic antioxidants, natural compounds that are strong antioxidants and free radical binding. This study to determine the Effect of Vitamin C to catalase activity of rat-wistar strain-liver. …”
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The effect of nursing care provided to coronary intensive care patients according to their circadian rhythms on sleep quality, pain, anxiety, and delirium: a randomised controlled... by Meryem Pelin, Havva Sert

“…The chronotypes of the participants were determined, and the patients in the intervention group were given nursing care by their circadian rhythms. …”
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Identifikasi Malicious Host dalam Local Area Network Menggunakan Teknik Graph Clustering dan Filtering by Khafidzun Fadli, Achmad Basuki, Eko Setiawan

“…Based on parameters from the graph such as out-degree node and weight out-degree node, the calculation of the percentage of host activity can be done to show how much the level of host activity in broadcasting an ARP request, so that the result of calculating the percentage of host activity can determine a host that is categorized as a malicious host. …”
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