Propionibacterium acnes: A Treatable Cause of Constrictive Pericarditis by Daniel Cruz, Haitham Ahmed, Yousuf Gandapur, M. Roselle Abraham

“…He was noted to have recurrence of effusions within 2 weeks with evidence of constrictive physiology by echocardiography. …”
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Assessment of the nutritional constituents of Elaeis Guineensis Jacq exudates from different States of Nigeria by FI Obahiagbon, GE Ilori, JO Erhabor

“…The mean of the bi-weekly results are presented. The PH values were between 6 and 7. …”
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Successful Treatment of a Coxofemoral Luxation in a Shetland Pony by Closed Reduction and Prolonged Immobilization Using a Full-Body Animal Rescue Sling by Miriam Sprick, Christoph Koch

“…The pony was supported in the ARTS for a total of eight weeks combined with crossties for the first six weeks. …”
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Social Work Students Beliefs Towards Mental Illnesses and the Effects of Theoretical Education About Mental Illnesses by Nalan KARA

“…Theoretical lectures about mental illnesses were given to the students 2 hours weekly for 14 weeks. At the end of the lectures, the students were given BMI again and the changes in their beliefs towards mental illnesses after the education were investigated. …”
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Long-Term Outcome of Thrombolytic Therapy for Massive Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy by Sy Van Hoang, Anh Tuan Vo, Kha Minh Nguyen

“…A 25-year-old pregnant woman presented at 12 weeks of gestation with syncope and shortness of breath caused by massive pulmonary embolism. …”
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A theological perspective on abortion by R T H Dolamo

“…Reader's Digest Oxford Complete Wordfinder defines abortion as "the expulsion of a foetus (naturally or esp. by medical induction) form the womb before it is able to survive independently, esp. in the first 28 weeks of a human pregnancy". …”
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Rapid corticosteroid taper versus standard of care for immune checkpoint inhibitor induced nephritis: a single-center retrospective cohort study by Ryan Sullivan, Riley Fadden, Kerry L Reynolds, Meghan D Lee, Harish Seethapathy, Ian A Strohbehn, Sophia H Zhao, Genevieve M Boland, Meghan E Sise

“…We aimed to compare a rapid corticosteroid taper to standard of care.Methods Retrospective cohort study in patients with ICI-induced nephritis comparing a rapid taper beginning with 60 mg/day prednisone and tapered to 10 mg within 3 weeks to a historical control group that began 60 mg/day tapered to 10 mg within 6 weeks (standard of care). …”
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Cissus quadrangularis L. hexane extract infused glyoxal cross-linked chitosan-collagen scaffold elicits early osteoinduction by Praseetha R. Nair, P.S. Unnikrishnan, Sachin J. Shenoy, G.S. Sailaja

“…The animals were sacrificed after 4 and 12 weeks to analyze the extent of new bone formation. …”
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Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: Assessment of the Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Three-Dose Policy on Birth Outcomes in Rural Northern Ghana by Francis Anto, Ibrahim Haruna Agongo, Victor Asoala, Elizabeth Awini, Abraham Rexford Oduro

“…Receipt of first dose of SP at 16, 17-24, and 25-36 weeks of gestation was 16.9%, 56.7%, and 26.4%, respectively. …”
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Feasibility Aspects of Exploring Exercise-Induced Neuroplasticity in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Hanna Johansson, Malin Freidle, Urban Ekman, Ellika Schalling, Breiffni Leavy, Per Svenningsson, Maria Hagströmer, Erika Franzén

“…Both groups received one-hour sessions twice weekly, plus home exercises weekly, for 10 weeks. …”
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Examining the association between child development and parental mental health after preterm birth-related stress: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis protocol by Lotte Haverman, Cornelieke S H Aarnoudse-Moens, Joost G Daams, Gerbrich E van den Bosch, Kirsten S Muller, Celina E Henke

“…Introduction Preterm infants born before 32 weeks of gestation are generally admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to receive life-saving treatment, resulting in early exposure to stressful events. …”
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Evaluation of the antidiabetic and antinephritic effects of Pueraria tuberosa and Pterocarpus santalinus extracts co-encapsulated in nanostructured lipid carriers in streptozotocin... by Gyamcho Tshering Bhutia, Asit Kumar De, Manas Bhowmik, Pavia Bera, Tanmoy Bera

“…Study design: The in vivo study evaluated the therapeutic potential of NLCs loaded with hydroalcoholic extracts of P. tuberosa tubers (PTE) and P. santalinus heartwood (PSE) in managing DN over eight weeks in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice. …”
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Enhancing growing rabbit heat stress resilience through dietary supplementation with natural antioxidants by Ibrahim Talat El-Ratel, Aml Mekawy, Sara H.M. Hassab, Sameh Abdelnour

“…Male weaning rabbits (n = 150, 5 weeks of age) were randomly assigned to 5 groups. …”
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Physicobiochemical Characteristics and Chondrogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hBM-MSCs) in Biodegradable Porous Sponge Bovine Cartilage Scaffold by Dwikora Novembri Utomo, Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Teddy Heri Wardhana, Purwati Purwati, Febrian Brahmana, Agrippina Waya Rahmaning Gusti

“…Biodegradability assessment used Phosphate Buffered Saline in 15, 30, 60 minutes, 6, 24, 48, 72 hours, and 1, 2 weeks. The swelling ratios were counted in 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, and 360 minutes. …”
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Infiltration of Blood-Derived Macrophages Contributes to the Development of Diabetic Neuropathy by Jing-Jing Sun, Lin Tang, Xiao-Pei Zhao, Jun-Mei Xu, Yang Xiao, Hui Li

“…Further analysis by flow cytometry showed that the infiltration of peripheral macrophages began to increase in 2 weeks (P<0.001) and reached a maximum at 4 weeks (P<0.001) post-STZ injection compared to the control. …”
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Timely short-term specialised palliative home care for older people with frailty and their family: a mixed-methods pilot randomised controlled trial and process evaluation by Lieve Van den Block, Kim de Nooijer, Lara Pivodic, Peter Pype, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Rose Miranda, Kim Eecloo, Stefanie De Buyser, Aurelie Joos, Katlijn Van Mulders

“…But most patients received only one visit over 8 weeks, and nurses did not organise foreseen multidisciplinary meetings, referring to absence of urgent needs. …”
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Liraglutide alleviates high-fat diet-induced kidney injury in mice by regulating the CaMKKβ/AMPK pathway by Yingli Xuan, Ting-ting Ding, Xiao-lei Mao, Shiqing Pang, Ruibin He, Li Qin, Jiang zi Yuan

“…Obesity-related nephropathy was induced in mice by continuous feeding of high-fat diet (HFD) for 12 weeks. After 12 weeks, liraglutide (0.6 mg/kg) and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) agonists bortezomib (200 μg/kg) were injected for 12 weeks, respectively. …”
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Early Pregnancy Serum Metabolite Profiles Associated with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in African American Women: A Pilot Study by Erin P. Ferranti, Jennifer K. Frediani, Rebecca Mitchell, Jolyn Fernandes, Shuzhao Li, Dean P. Jones, Elizabeth Corwin, Anne L. Dunlop

“…We employed high-resolution metabolomics (HRM) to identify metabolites and metabolic pathways that were altered in early (8-14 weeks) gestation serum samples of pregnant African American women who developed HDP after 20 weeks’ gestation (n=20)—either preeclampsia (PE; n=11) or gestational hypertension (gHTN; n=9)—compared to those who delivered full term without complications (n=80). …”
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The Effective Compound Combination of Bufei Yishen Formula III Improves the Mitochondrial Dysfunction via Inhibiting JNK/Sab Pathway in COPD Mice by Song M, Han M, Zhang H, Yang Y, Tian Y, Li J, Zhao J

“…A COPD model was established using cigarette smoke and Klebsiella pneumoniae for 8 weeks. The mice in the ECC-BYF III group were treated with ECC-BYF III (7.7 mg/kg/d), and the NAC group was treated with NAC (78 mg/kg/d) for eight weeks. …”
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Assessment of risk factors for osteopenia development in premature babies by A. Yu. Tsymbal, Yu. V. Kotlova

“…Results. Children born at 33 weeks or earlier are 3.23 times more likely (OR = 3.23; CI 95 % [1.08; 9.70]) to develop BT demineralization by the corresponding term of birth than other PB. …”
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