Effect of acupuncture on primary hypothyroidism and irregular menstruation in infertile women: a randomised controlled study by Eman Sedky Abdullah, Abeer Mohamed ElDeeb, Eman Ahmed Sultan, Hassan Omar Ghareib, Salwa Mostafa EL-Badry

“…The study group was given the same treatment and acupuncture sessions, twice a week for four months. BMI, waist, waist-to-stature ratio (WSR), free thyroxine (FT4), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), luteinising hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), LH/FSH ratio, menstrual cycle period, and a health-related quality-of-life questionnaire (PCOSQ) were evaluated for all patients. …”
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Curcumin nanoparticles alleviate brain mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular senescence in γ-irradiated rats by Omnia A. Moselhy, Nahed Abdel-Aziz, Azza El-bahkery, Said S. Moselhy, Ehab A. Ibrahim

“…Four groups of male Wistar albino rats (n = 8 per group) were included: (Gr1) the control group; (Gr2) the CNPs group (healthy rats receiving oral administration of curcumin nanoparticles at a dose of 10 mg/kg/day, three times per week for eight weeks); (Gr3) the irradiated group (rats exposed to a single dose of 10 Gy head γ irradiation); and (Gr4) the irradiated + CNPs group (irradiated rats treated with CNPs). …”
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Toxicity and Safety Evaluation of Doxorubicin-Loaded Cockleshell-Derived Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticle in Dogs by Abubakar Danmaigoro, Gayathri Thevi Selvarajah, Mohd Hezmee Mohd Noor, Rozi Mahmud, Md Zuki Abu Bakar

“…Dogs were subjected to 5 doses at every 3-week interval with (i) normal saline, (ii) DOX, 30 mg/m2, and the experimental groups: CS-CaCO3NP-DOX at (iii) high dose, 50 mg/m2, (iv) clinical dose, 30 mg/m2, and (v) low dose, 20 mg/m2. …”
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Effect of total replacement of inorganic with organic sources of key trace minerals on performance and health of high producing dairy cows by P.H. Pomport, H.E. Warren, J. Taylor-Pickard

“…The aim of this trial was to compare the effect of complete replacement of certain inorganic trace minerals with organic, chelated minerals (Bioplex®, Selplex®; Alltech Inc, USA) against standard and reduced inorganic mineral levels in feed on the performance and health of dairy cows during a 10-week trial (W0-W10) period. Three treatment groups, each containing 36 dairy cows, were assigned to one of three diets that varied only in mineral feed composition: (1) Inorganic (CON) Cu (1,042 mg/kg), Se (26 mg/kg) and Zn (4,200 mg/kg) as per normal industry inclusion levels; (2) Inorganic (INORG) Cu (-35%: 680 mg/kg), Se (-60%; 10 mg/kg) and Zn (-66%; 1,360 mg/kg) (based on the lower organic levels in diet 3); and (3) Organic (proteinates and selenium-enriched yeast) minerals (ORG) Cu, Se and Zn as per INORG levels. …”
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Effects of dietary Acremonium terricola culture on production performance, serum biochemical parameters, egg quality and yolk amino acid contents of Beijing You-chicken by Jianzhong Wang, Cun Liu, Xiaowei Gong, Yanhan Liu

“…The pretest period was 7 d, and the experiment period was 8 weeks. The production performance, serum biochemical parameters, egg quality, and the concentrations of amino acids in the yolk of eggs were measured at the 4 weeks (FW, the first stage) and the 8 weeks (EW, the second stage) of the experiment, respectively. …”
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Digital libraries and World Wide Web sites and page persistence. by Wallace Koehler

“…Over time a Web collection erodes. Based on a 120-week longitudinal study of a sample of Web documents, it appears that the half-life of a Web page is somewhat less than two years and the half-life of a Web site is somewhat more than two years. …”
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Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Macrophage Dynamics During MASH in <i>Leptin</i>-Deficient Rats by Xiaoming Xin, Yaohua Ni, Jing Wang, Fenglin Wu, Meichen Liu, Lingjuan Wu, Jiaxing Dai, Chenglin Wu, Xiaolei Song, Wang Zhang, Guangrui Yang, Ruling Shen, Xianmin Zhu

“…Here, we collected liver tissues at the postnatal week 16, when our previously characterized <i>Lep^{∆I14/∆I14}</i> rats developed MASH phenotypes. …”
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Pour une théorie de la réception du discours grammatical by Jean-Rémi Lapaire

“…Reception was tested in the last week. Results suggest that instant access to abstract metalinguistic concepts was indeed provided but that the response remains unequal and gain uncertain.…”
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Conversational Therapy through Semi-Immersive Virtual Reality Environments for Language Recovery and Psychological Well-Being in Post Stroke Aphasia by A. Giachero, M. Calati, L. Pia, L. La Vista, M. Molo, C. Rugiero, C. Fornaro, P. Marangolo

“…All patients were trained through a conversational approach by a speech therapist twice a week for six months (total 48 sessions). After the treatment, no significant differences among groups were found in the different measures. …”
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Prevalence and influencing factors of regular physical activity among community-dwelling adults in Shaanxi province, 2018: an analysis of surveillance data by Yali TAO, Rina SA, Weihua WANG, Meng WU, Rong LIU, Lin QIU

“…ResultsOf all participants, 711 reported regular physical activity (10 minutes of leisure-time physical activity at least 3 days per week), with a weighted prevalence of 13.36%. The weighted prevalence of regular physical activity varied significantly among adults with different levels of education, occupation, place of residence, and diabetes status (all P < 0.05). …”
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Model for predicting metabolic activity in athletes based on biochemical blood test analysis by Victoria A. Zaborova, Evgenii I. Balakin, Ksenia A. Yurku, Olga E. Aprishko, Vasiliy I. Pustovoyt

“…Blood samples were collected in the morning at the beginning and end of the training week during the annual cycle. During the entire period, 3 625 laboratory parameter tests were conducted. …”
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Influence of strength and power training on the rate of force development, peak force and functional mobility in elderly people with Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled tr... by Késia Maísa do Amaral Felipe, Késia Maísa do Amaral Felipe, Patrícia de Aguiar Yamada, Tamires Meneghetti, Flávia Roberta Faganello-Navega, Flávia Roberta Faganello-Navega

“…Next, the participants underwent lower limbs muscle strength or muscle power training for eight consecutive weeks twice a week and were then re-evaluated.ResultsThe repeated measures ANOVA test showed a significant difference for PF, RFD and FM regardless of training type.ConclusionThe proposed muscle strength and muscle power training protocols influenced the increase in RFD, PF and FM of all participants; however, the increase in RFD in the first 200 ms was more pronounced in the groups submitted to power training and the increase in PF was more pronounced in the groups submitted to strength training.…”
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Nano-curcumin Effects on Ischemic Stroke clinical outcomes and Interleukin-6 Levels: Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial by Zeinab Ehtiatkar, Alia Saberi, Samaneh Ghorbani Shirkouhi, Mozaffar Hosseininezhad, Shahrokh Yousefzadeh-Chabok, Yaser Moadabi, Ashkan Karimi, Haniyeh Shadrou Gharani, Sasan Andalib

“…The cerebral infarct volume did not change significantly one week after the treatment with curcumin.  Conclusion: Nano-curcumin improves the stroke clinical symptoms in ischemic stroke patients, as indicated by the reduction of NIHSS and mRS, in addition to a decrease in serum levels of IL-6.…”
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Prevention and Reversal of Diabetes by All-Trans Retinoid Acid and Exendin-4 in NOD Mice by Jyuhn-Huarng Juang, Yang-Hau Van, Chien-Hung Kuo, Mei-Yin Lin, Ying-Hsiu Liu, Han-Ying Chang

“…NOD/scid mice were intravenously transferred with splenocytes isolated from 12-week-old female NOD mice. After adoptive transfer, mice were treated with vehicle, ATRA (0.5 mg/mouse intraperitoneally every other day), exendin-4 (3 μg/kg subcutaneously twice daily), or combination for 6 weeks. …”
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Brain neurons internalise polymeric micron-sized capsules: Insights from in vitro and in vivo studies by Olga Kopach, Olga A. Sindeeva, Kaiyu Zheng, Eleanor McGowan, Gleb B. Sukhorukov, Dmitri A. Rusakov

“…Furthermore, no adverse effects were observed after a week of microcapsule presence in the mouse brain. …”
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Post COVID glaucoma service redesign utilising electronic patient triage and community optometry clinics (Fife, Scotland 2020—2022) by Niharika Nalagatla, Shameela Parveen, Kelvin KW Cheng, Caroline Styles, Andrew Blaikie, Peter Wilson, Bhavani Karri, David J Chinn, Roshini Sanders, Glaucoma Team, Lisa Wong, Alan Ramsay, Steven Halstead, Michelle Boulton, David Cummins, Colin Ferrier, Gavin Galloway, Elizabeth Embrey, Duncan Preston

“…The glaucoma consultants would discuss the optometry decision making through screen share once a week. Level three patients (1080) were retained in hospital. …”
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Research through service: Meeting Chinese international college students’ mental health needs by Changming Duan, Jingru Chen, Fenglan Li, Mi Zhou, Xiubin Lin, Shengnan Li

“…Thirteen CICS voluntarily participated in the group intervention. One to three weeks after the program, twelve participants took part in semi-structured post-group interviews. …”
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Beneficial Effects of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Porcine Hepatocyte Viability and Albumin Secretion by Elisa Montanari, Joel Pimenta, Luca Szabó, François Noverraz, Solène Passemard, Raphael P. H. Meier, Jeremy Meyer, Jonathan Sidibe, Aurelien Thomas, Henk-Jan Schuurman, Sandrine Gerber-Lemaire, Carmen Gonelle-Gispert, Leo H. Buhler

“…Viability, albumin secretion, and diazepam catabolism of hepatocytes were measured for one week. 9.2 ± 3.6 × 109 hepatocytes with 95.2 ± 3.1% viability were obtained after isolation. …”
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Colder temperatures augment viability of an indirectly transmitted songbird pathogen on bird feeders by Sara R. Teemer, Edan R. Tulman, Alicia G. Arneson, Steven J. Geary, Dana M. Hawley

“…We found that MG remained pathogenic on feeder surfaces at cold ambient temperatures for up to one week, much longer than previously documented. Further, MG was significantly more pathogenic when incubated on feeders in colder versus warmer temperatures, with the strongest effects of temperature present after at least four days of incubation on feeder surfaces. …”
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Thiamine-Reduced Fatigue in Quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Linked to Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Abundance by Sandra Bermúdez-Sánchez, Palle Bager, Jens Frederik Dahlerup, Simon Mark Dahl Baunwall, Tine Rask Licht, Martin Steen Mortensen, Christian Lodberg Hvas

“…The 40 patients with qIBD and fatigue were included in a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial to assess a 4-week high-oral-dose thiamine regimen. Results: Butyrate and butyrate-producing bacteria were similar in patients with and without fatigue and did not change with high-dose thiamine treatment. …”
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