Estimating Students' Academic Success in the Preclinical Stage of Undergraduate Medical Education Using the Admission Test Approach.

Introduction: Medical schools face substantial challenges in objectively selecting the best applicants, and the admission process can impact medical students' academic performance. This study aimed to estimate the students' academic success in the preclinical stage of undergraduate medical education using admission tests.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,193 students' records from the 2014 to 2019 cohorts.

Potential of White Jack Bean ( L. DC) Kefir as a Microencapsulated Antioxidant.

Oxidative stress plays a major role in the pathogenesis and progression of noncommunicable diseases. Kefir is a fermented food that has been reported to repress oxidative stress. This study aimed to assess the antioxidant activity, bioactive composition, and encapsulation efficiency of white jack bean (WJB) kefir.

The Effects of Colocasia esculenta Leaf Extract in Inhibition of Erythrocyte Aldose Reductase Activity and Increase of Haemoglobin in Experimental Rats.

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has reached a number of 382 million in 2013 and expected to rise to 592 million by 2035. Chronic diabetes can lead to impaired formation of erythropoietin in haemoglobin production and may cause anemia. Inhibition of aldose reductase is a key point of diabetes treatment and prevention of complications in diabetes.

Diversity and distribution of culturable lactic acid bacterial species in Indonesian Sayur Asin.

Background And Objectives: Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) play important roles in processing of Sayur Asin (spontaneously fermented mustard). Unfortunately, information about LAB in Indonesian Sayur Asin, prepared by traditional manufactures which is important as baseline data for maintenance of food quality and safety, is unclear. The aim of this study was to describe the diversity and distribution of culturable lactic acid bacteria in Sayur Asin of Indonesia.

sp. nov. and sp. nov., isolated from the caecum of an Indonesian chicken.

Six strains of anaerobic bacteria, C13EG70, C13EG118, C13EG186, C13GAMG5, C13GAMG28 and C13GAMG40, were isolated from the caecum of a healthy chicken bred in Bogor, Indonesia. Phylogenetic analysis showed the isolates were separated into two groups. Group I (C13EG70 and C13EG118) showed nearly identical 16S rRNA gene sequences (99.

Bacteroides caecigallinarum sp. nov., isolated from caecum of an Indonesian chicken.

Three strains of anaerobic Gram-stain-negative, short to longer rod-shaped bacteria isolated from the caecum of chicken in Indonesia were studied using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. These strains belonged to the genus Bacteroides, based on sequence analysis of 16S rRNA and hsp60 (groEL) genes, with similarities of 93.2-94.