A Targeted Approach to Evaluating the Golfing Athlete with Low Back Pain: A Resident’s Case Report by Luke Deckard

“… # Outcomes After seven visits over a four-week span, the patient’s mobility and core stability both improved and he was able to play golf and workout pain free. …”
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The Effect of Maximal Leg Press Strength Training on Bilateral Deficit by Erdal Arı, Hamit Cihan, İbrahim Can, Rasim Kale

“…The groups in training continued these resistance exercises as 1 hour a day, 3 days a week, for 12 weeks. The improvement in strength brought by training was compared as bilateral training group and unilateral training group. …”
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Extensive VZV Encephalomyelitis without Rash in an Elderly Man by Karen Lynch, Prakhar Agarwal, Anu Paranandi, Susan Hadley, Mithila Vullaganti

“…A 78-year-old man presented with 1 week of progressive paraparesis and sensory loss, malaise, and fevers. …”
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Optimization of Online Course Content According to Users Activity Statistics by V. A. Starodubtsev, О. В. Lobanenko, О. V. Sitnikova

“…Optimization of the learning process with the use of online course requires designing of a course with week module structure and singled out micro-targets. …”
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Evaluation of Lung and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Oxidative Stress Indices for Assessing the Preventing Effects of Safranal on Respiratory Distress in Diabetic Rats by Saeed Samarghandian, Reza Afshari, Aghdas Sadati

“…Safranal was administered (i.p.) from 3 days after STZ administration to the end of the study. At the end of the 4-week period, malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide (NO) and reduced glutathione (GSH) contents, activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT) were measured in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung tissue. …”
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Induction of Labour in Advanced Abdominal Pregnancy with Fetal Demise due to Cord Round Neck: A Case Report of a Missed Diagnosis by Ascensius Achuo Mforteh, Collince Tchakounte, Carlson-Babila Sama, Stephane Eteme-Messi, Willy Djiognouo, Sama Dohbit, Pascal Foumane

“…We report a rare case of misdiagnosed term abdominal pregnancy complicated by fetal demise due to cord round neck in a 29-year-old G3P2002 at 39-week and 1-day gestation. She noticed reduced fetal movements for which upon examination fetal death was diagnosed. …”
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The PIT: SToPP Trial—A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial of Home-Based Physiotherapy for People with Parkinson's Disease Using Video-Based Measures to Preserve Assessor Blind... by Emma Stack, Helen Roberts, Ann Ashburn

“…Purpose. To trial four-week's physiotherapy targeting chair transfers for people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) and explore the feasibility of reliance on remote outcome measurement to preserve blinding. …”
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Effects of corneal epithelial remodeling on corneal asphericity after FS-LASIK and Trans-PRK: A prospective study by Mingyu Xu, Fan Yang, Emmanuel Eric Pazo, Qiwei Li, Zheng Yang, Yue Huang, Shaozhen Zhao

“…Anterior segment OCT was used to measure the corneal epithelial thickness in different corneal zones (central zone: 0–2 mm; paracentral zone: 2–5 mm; and mid-peripheral zone: 5–6 mm) preoperatively and postoperatively at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months. The correlation between △CET in the superior, nasal, inferior, and temporal region at 6 months postoperatively and △Q and △HOA was analyzed. …”
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A critical approach to SDGs through Collaborative Online International Learning: experiences from Canada and Spain by Mari Carmen Campoy-Cubillo, Vivian Jimenez-Estrada

“…The student profiles, each institutions’ geographical locations, as well as the linguistic, cultural and critical approaches to teaching and learning provided ample opportunities and challenges for the development and implementation of this experience.MethodsThe purpose of this paper is to provide a pedagogical reflection on the development of a 5-week module taught together during three academic years. …”
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Exacerbation of Pulmonary Fibrosis Following Single Lung Transplantation by Dawei Yang, Jennifer M Wilson, Chunxue Bai, John Yee, Pearce G Wilcox, Nasreen Khalil, Robert D Levy

“…The patient worsened over the course of one week despite broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy, but subsequently improved promptly with augmentation of prednisone dosed to 50 mg daily and addition of N-acetylcysteine. …”
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The efficacy of Topical Clascoterone versus systematic spironolactone for treatment of acne vulgaris: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. by Mohammad A Basendwh, Amer Abdulaziz Alharbi, Sarah Abdulla Bukhamsin, Rahaf Abdulrashid Abdulwahab, Sarah Abdullah Alaboud

“…The random-effect size showed that TC 1% BID was significantly associated with a 12-week treatment success compared to placebo (Odds ratio, OR = 2.44, 95% CI: 1.12 to 5.30). …”
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Employee discipline in the city of banjarmasin: case study of employee discipline in public service review at the north banjarmasin district office by Dewi Merdayanty, Arif Darmawan, Syahrial Shaddiq, Junaidy Junaidy, Sitna Hajar Malawat

“…The results of the study find (1) The discipline indicator for working time for civil servants is following the stipulated provisions, namely 37.5 hours in one week starting from Monday to Friday. (2) Disciplinary indicators for civil servant regulations are carried out under applicable procedures and all employees wear uniforms and attributes that have been determined. (3) Disciplinary indicators of civil servant work responsibilities in the use of tools and maintenance of equipment have been carried out properly, if damage occurs to the equipment, repairs are immediately carried out under established procedures…”
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Milk Products Containing Bioactive Tripeptides Have an Antihypertensive Effect in Double Transgenic Rats (dTGR) Harbouring Human Renin and Human Angiotensinogen Genes by Tiina Jauhiainen, Taru Pilvi, Zhong Jian Cheng, Hannu Kautiainen, Dominik N. Müller, Heikki Vapaatalo, Riitta Korpela, Eero Mervaala

“…The present study was aimed to evaluate possible antihypertensive effect of IPP and VPP in this severe model. Four-week-old dTGR were randomized in three groups to receive: (1) water (control), (2) fermented milk containing IPP and VPP, and (3) IPP and VPP dissolved in water for three weeks. …”
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on spasticity in Multiple Sclerosis – protocol for a feasibility study for a randomized, crossover clinical trial by Fernanda Ishida Corrêa, Amanda Cristina da Silva Reis, Bruno Paulino Venâncio, João Carlos Ferrari Corrêa

“…The first session will be randomized to receive high (≥5Hz) or low frequency (≤1Hz) TMS over the left motor cortex; after one week they will receive the second session, which will be the opposite. …”
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Fatigue Driving Prediction on Commercial Dangerous Goods Truck Using Location Data: The Relationship between Fatigue Driving and Driving Environment by Shifeng Niu, Guiqiang Li

“…Six different categories of the predictor set are considered as fatigue-related indexes including travel time, day of week, road type, continuous driving time, average velocity, and overall mileage. …”
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Pengaruh Pemberian Minuman Vitamin C dengan VO2 Max, Pemulihan Denyut Nadi, dan Masa Pemulihan by Fandy Ong Jaya, Eka Roina Megawati

“…Methods: The design of this study was a pretest-posttest study with a control group of 40 male students aged 18-22 years old. One week before administrating vitamin C, the VO2 max of all subjects was measured using the modified Harvard step test. …”
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Preventive Effect of Albumin Nano TPA Gene Plasmid Ultrasound Microbubble Carrier System on Thrombosis after Cardiac Valve Replacement by Feng Qi, Linlin Zhao, Guohua Cai, Zhendong Sun, Naishi Wu

“…It was found that the levels of tPA and D-dimer in the experimental group were significantly increased and maintained at a high level at 1 week after operation, and the prothrombin time was detected and the international normalized ratio was calculated at the same time. …”
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Peripapillary Vessel Density Reversal after Trabeculectomy in Glaucoma by Jung Hee In, So Yeon Lee, Seok Ho Cho, Young Jae Hong

“…Peripapillary vessel density was measured preoperative, 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months postoperatively in POAG patients. …”
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Investigation of the effect of book reading activity on attention level and reaction time in student athletes by Nuray Satilmis, Pelin Avci, Gokmen Kilicarslan, Isik Bayraktar, Akan Bayrakdar

“…Experiment group read books for a period of 40 minutes, three times a week. In addition to personal information form, “Visual Attention Test” is applied to volunteers. …”
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Effects of the Rho-Kinase Inhibitor Y-27632 on Extraocular Muscle Surgery in Rabbits by Ji‐Sun Moon, Hyun Kyung Kim, Sun Young Shin

“…F4/80 antibody expression was significantly different in the Rho-kinase inhibitor-injected group at both postoperative day 3 and week 4 (p=0.038, 0.031). However, Ki-67 and CD11β+ were not different the between two groups. …”
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