Psychological Stress Delays Periodontitis Healing in Rats: The Involvement of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor by Ya-Juan Zhao, Qiang Li, Bai-Xiang Cheng, Min Zhang, Yong-Jin Chen

“…Then, the rats were sacrificed at baseline and week(s) 1, 2, and 4. The periodontitis healing condition was assessed, and the expression of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and bFGF were tested by immunohistochemistry. …”
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Congenital Chylothorax: Case Report by Egemen Tolunay, Bulut Varlı, Fırat Tülek, Emre Pabuçcu, Şerife Esra Çetinkaya, Korhan Kahraman, Acar Koç

“…Fetal pleural effusion causes pulmonary hypoplasia of the lungs. Patient with 31 weeks of gestation has detected to have a fetal pleural effusion by routine ultrasonographic imaging. …”
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Isoniazid and Rifampicin Produce Hepatic Fibrosis through an Oxidative Stress-Dependent Mechanism by Ayan Biswas, Suman Santra, Debasree Bishnu, Gopal Krishna Dhali, Abhijit Chowdhury, Amal Santra

“…A combined dose of INH (50 mg) and RMP (100 mg) per kg body weight per day was administered to mice by oral gavage, 6 days a week, for 4 to 24 weeks for the assessment of liver injury, oxidative stress, and development of hepatic fibrosis, including demonstration of changes in key fibrogenesis linked pathways and mediators. …”
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Catch assessment of commercially important gastropods in Guang-Guang, Mati City, Davao Oriental, Philippines by Imee Maynawang, Edison Macusi

“…The survey interview was conducted in Guang-Guang, Mati, Davao Oriental, with N = 60 respondents while the actual monitoring of selected gleaners and their catch was conducted from February to April on three random days in a week during the low tide period (N = 30). The result of the study showed that the most abundant gastropod species caught by gleaners belong to the family of Strombidae, Cerithiidae, Nassaridae, and Neritidae. …”
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Forecasting mental states in schizophrenia using digital phenotyping data. by Thierry Jean, Rose Guay Hottin, Pierre Orban

“…., Calm, Depressed, Seeing things) from passive sensor data on 2 predictive tasks (ordinal regression, binary classification) with 2 learning algorithms (XGBoost, LSTM) over 3 forecast horizons (same day, next day, next week). A majority of ordinal regression and binary classification models performed significantly above baseline, with macro-averaged mean absolute error values between 1.19 and 0.77, and balanced accuracy between 58% and 73%, which corresponds to similar levels of performance when these metrics are scaled. …”
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Evaluation of a Low-threshold Exercise And Protein supplementation intervention for Women (LEAP-W) experiencing homelessness and addiction: Protocol for a single-arm mixed methods... by Fiona Kennedy, Deirdre Murray, Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Julie Broderick

“…Physical function (10m Walk Test, 2Min Walk Test, Single Leg Stance, Chair Stand Test, hand grip dynamometry), frailty (Clinical Frailty Scale and the SHARE-Frailty Instrument) and nutritional status (Mini-Nutritional Status), pain (Numerical Rating Scale) and quality of life (SF 12-V2) will be evaluated. The 10-week intervention will involve a 3-times weekly exercise programme with protein supplementation. …”
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Tailoring and characterization of bioactive graft material for alveolar bone preservation and regeneration in fresh extraction sockets of dog model by Ayat Hamdy, Manal Saad, Rania ElBackly, Samir Nouh, Himanshu Jain, Mona Marei

“…Histologically, at the 1st week, advanced bone healing was shown in TAMP-BG group. …”
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Design and implementation of an asynchronous online course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) in computational genomics. by Seema B Plaisier, Danielle O Alarid, Joelle A Denning, Sara E Brownell, Kenneth H Buetow, Katelyn M Cooper, Melissa A Wilson

“…Open-response progress reports were submitted weekly and identified self-reported adaptive coping strategies for challenges encountered throughout the course. …”
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Antifibrotic Effect of Combination of Nilotinib and Stem Cell-Conditioned Media on CCl4-Induced Liver Fibrosis by Gamal Shiha, Ahmed Nabil, Ahmed Lotfy, Reham Soliman, Ayman A. Hassan, Islam S. Ali, Doaa F. Gad, Faten Zahran

“…Male Wistar rats were injected intraperitoneally with CCl4 twice a week for 9 weeks and given daily treatments of Nilotinib (20 mg/kg), stem cell exosomes (0.5 ml/rat), and the combination treatment of Nilotinib and stem cell exosomes during the last 5 weeks of CCl4 intoxication. …”
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Dynamics of soil nitrogen availability indices in a sandy clay loam soil amended with animal manures by Habeebah Adewunmi Saka, Jamiu Oladipupo Azeez, Joy Nwakaego Odedina, Shade John Akinsete

“…Also, N15P15K15 (0.4 t ha−1) was incorporated in three splits of 2, 8 and 14 weeks after incorporation (WAI) of manures as reference. …”
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Magnesium Lithospermate B Downregulates the Levels of Blood Pressure, Inflammation, and Oxidative Stress in Pregnant Rats with Hypertension by Kaixiang Xu, Xiaohong Zang, Mian Peng, Qian Zhao, Binbin Lin

“…MLB was consecutively administered into PIH rats for one week. The effects of MLB on mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), urine protein level, inflammation, and oxidative stress together with angiogenesis were analyzed. …”
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Perinatal results of restricted intrauterine growth. Cienfuegos, 2022 by Cristóbal Jorge Torres González, Vivian Rosa Vázquez Martínez, Ana Beatriz Abreus Castro, Yaneris Vega Romero, Greter Torres Vázquez

“…Adverse perinatal outcomes were more frequent in fetuses with ICP<5 p, delivery before 34 weeks and birth weight less than 1500 g (p<0.05).…”
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Successful Antiviral Treatment with Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C Virus Infection during Peritransplant Period in a Kidney Transplant Recipient by Giovanni Varotti, Ferdinando Dodi, Ernesto Paoletti, Andrea Bruno, Iris Fontana

“…No episodes of acute rejection occurred. The 8-week DAA therapy was carried out without interruption. …”
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Evaluation of ior ® Leukocim efficacy on patients with Neutropenia. by Ana María Ramos Cedeño, Leslie Pérez Ruiz, Julio Dámaso Fernández Águila, Tamara Guerra, Maritza Cabrera Zamora, Hailen Bobillo López

“…<strong>Conclusions:</strong> The product was effective, sine the decrease of neutropenic episodes could be verified, as the elevation of neutrophil values in approximately one week, what allowed a better pursuit of chemotherapy to patients of the studied series.…”
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Dermatologic Adverse Events Following Afatinib in a Woman with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report by Tsaqilah L, Putri AD, Avriyanti E

“…The administration of afatinib was continued and the patient was treated with moisturizer, sunscreen, and mild cleanser, topical antibiotic, and topical steroid along with oral doxycycline and oral cetirizine for four weeks. Significant clinical improvement and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) score was seen on the fourth week of observation. …”
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Implementing Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Screening in Inflammatory Arthritis Clinic: Insights From a Quality Improvement Project at a Tertiary Rheumatology Center by Jeong Min Yu, Susan Goodman, Ann Marie Rakowicz, Julius Bugante, Jennifer Inhae Lee

“…Methods Providers received a 30‐minute education on the importance of depression screening in patients with IA. A week after the education, two‐step depression screening with the PHQ‐2 followed by the PHQ‐9 was implemented. …”
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Oral Immunotherapy Using Probiotic Ice Cream Containing Recombinant Food-Grade Lactococcus lactis Which Inhibited Allergic Responses in a BALB/c Mouse Model by Alireza Vasiee, Fereshteh Falah, Mojtaba Sankian, Farideh Tabatabaei-Yazdi, Seyed Ali Mortazavi

“…After the sensitization of mice, the treatment was performed by oral immunotherapy for 4 weeks, 4 to 5 times per week. 20 μl of functional ice cream with 1012 CFU/ml of r-L. lactis NZ1330 significantly reduced the serum IgE level. …”
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Changes in Body Compositions and Basal Metabolic Rates during Treatment of Graves’ Disease by Min Joo Kim, Sun Wook Cho, Sumin Choi, Dal Lae Ju, Do Joon Park, Young Joo Park

“…After methimazole treatment, body weight was initially increased (0–8 weeks), subsequently plateaued (8–24 weeks), and gradually decreased in the later period (24–52 weeks) despite the decreased food intake. …”
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n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation Has No Effect on Postprandial Triglyceride-Rich Lipoprotein Kinetics in Men with Type 2 Diabetes by André J. Tremblay, Benoît Lamarche, Jean-Charles Hogue, Patrick Couture

“…These data indicate that 8-week supplementation with n-3 PUFAs in men with type 2 diabetes has no beneficial effect on TRL apoB-48 and VLDL apoB-100 levels or kinetics.…”
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Changes in Gait Characteristics of Stroke Patients with Foot Drop after the Combination Treatment of Foot Drop Stimulator and Moving Treadmill Training by Chen Peishun, Zhou Haiwang, Li Taotao, Guan Hongli, Min Yu, Zhang Wanrong

“…Both groups received consecutive treatment for 3 weeks, five times a week, and every single time lasted for 30 minutes. …”
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