The Effects of C. lacerata on Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Arim Choi, Jung Hye Kim, Hye-Kyung Chung, Chul Woo Ahn, Hee Joon Choi, Yu-Sik Kim, Ji Sun Nam

“…HOMA-IR and QUICKI indices were improved at week 12 in the C. lacerata group, especially in subjects with HOMA-IR of 1.8 or more (p<0.05). …”
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Histological changes in clıick bursa fabricii during postembryonic period by Nazlı Kocaöz, İlhami Çelik, Sadettin Ünsal

“…Any definite histological changes related lo the involution of the organ were not observed in both interfollicular epithelium (IFE) and follicle associated epithelium (FAE) by the 12 th week of the posthatching period. The early histological evidence ot involution such as intraepithelial and intralobular cysts were first observed in 12 th week ot posthatching period. …”
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The effect of Futsal Training on the Speed, Agility, and Anaerobic Power of Male Children Aged 12-14 Years Old by Akın Balcıoğlu, Bilal Biçer

“…The present study aimed to investigate the effect of 6-week futsal training on the speed, agility, and anaerobic power of male children aged 12-14 years old. …”
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Atrioventricular Conduction Delay in the Second Trimester Measured by Fetal Magnetocardiography by Annette Wacker-Gussmann, Henrike Paulsen, Krunoslav Stingl, Johanna Braendle, Rangmar Goelz, Joerg Henes

“…Fetal AV block in SSA/Ro pregnancies is generally not seen before 18-week gestation and onset is rare after 28-week gestation. …”
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Long-term safety and sustained efficacy of bimekizumab in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (radiographic axial spondyloarthritis): 5-year results from BE AGILE (phase 2b) and i... by Sofia Ramiro, Désirée van der Heijde, Atul Deodhar, Xenofon Baraliakos, Denis Poddubnyy, Lianne S Gensler, Helena Marzo-Ortega, Natasha de Peyrecave, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Tetsuya Tomita, Carmen Fleurinck, Ute Massow, Thomas Vaux

“…Objective Assess long-term safety, tolerability and efficacy of bimekizumab in ankylosing spondylitis (radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA)).Methods Patients with active r-axSpA completing the dose-ranging 48-week randomised controlled trial could enrol in the open-label extension, where patients received bimekizumab 160 mg every 4 weeks. …”
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Long term safety and efficacy of ligelizumab in the treatment of Japanese patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria by Hidetoshi Takahashi, Atsushi Fukunaga, Koremasa Hayama, Takayoshi Sasajima, Ayako Fujishige, Ryohei Ichishita, Naoko Tomimatsu, Eva Hua, Vineeth Varanasi, Alis Burciu, Michihiro Hide, Thomas Severin

“…Absolute mean CFB of UAS7 showed a rapid onset of response at Week 4 (−14.2) with further improvement until end of treatment at Week 52 (−22.9). …”
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Pilot Study by Foglia SD, Drapeau CC, Ramdeo KR, Adams FC, Soppitt DB, Rehsi RS, Shanthanna H, Nelson AJ

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using rTMS in CRPS patients, to improve pain intensity and quality of life.Patients and Methods: Six participants (5 lower limb, 1 upper limb, 42 ± 9 yr) took part in an open-label rTMS study comprised of a 9-week intervention and 6-month follow-up. Participants took part in a 4-week induction period (5 days per week) followed by a 5-week tapering period whereby the frequency of rTMS sessions per week was reduced. rTMS was delivered at 10 hz for 2000 pulses at 80% of resting motor threshold over the primary motor cortex. …”
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Associations between caregivers’ health behaviours and overweight/obesity among children aged 2–6 years in Beijing, China: a cross-sectional study by Yan Hu, Juan Du, Wenjing Ji, Xueling Li, Aimin Liang, Xiwei Xu

“…Additionally, children whose caregivers consumed sweets 2–3 times/week (OR 1.535, 95% CI 1.133 to 2.081) or ≥4 times/week (OR 1.916, 95% CI 1.258 to 2.918), as well as children whose caregivers consumed fast food ≥4 times/week (OR 2.298, 95% CI 1.349 to 3.914), were more likely to be overweight and obesity than children whose caregivers consumed these foods ≤1 time/week. …”
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Is Telephysiotherapy an Option for Improved Quality of Life in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee? by Adesola C. Odole, Oluwatobi D. Ojo

“…This study investigated effect of a 6-week telephysiotherapy programme on quality of life (QoL) of patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). …”
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Utilization of Project Kind-Er (Engagement in Reading) to Strengthen the Foundation of Learning in Kindergarten by Ma. Benilda Ricaplanca, Mart Albert De Guzman, Christian Bautista

“…The curriculum initially presents two letters each week and another two in the subsequent weeks, which may challenge five-year-old pupils in comprehending the abstract nature of the alphabet. …”
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Question Wording Matters in Measuring Frequency of Fear of Crime: A Survey Experiment of the Anchoring Effect by Aubrey L. Etopio, Emily R. Berthelot

“…We hypothesized that the year condition would yield lower frequency and higher intensity reports, followed by the month condition, and then the week condition. We did not find differences in intensity between conditions, but we found stark differences in frequencies between the year, month, and week conditions in the hypothesized direction. …”
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Predictive Value of Eosinophilia and Basophilia in the Diagnosis of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Premature Infants by Melek Buyukeren, Hasan Tolga Celik, Sule Yigit, Murat Yurdakok

“…RESULTS: In the study group, there was a statistically significant difference in the severity of eosinophilia and basophilia in the first day, first week, second week, third week, and fourth week compared to the control group (p<0.05). …”
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Death to the Coral Reefs and More Money for Everybody Else

“…It was a bad week for the residents of the world’s rapidly disappearing coral reefs, says Science in its lead story. …”
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The Impact of Customized Interventions on Antenatal Mothers’ Body Mass Index by G Sathiyabama, S Kalabarathi, Nidhisharma

“…The YG and EG groups received prenatal exercise 40 minutes and yoga 20 minutes intervention 2 days per week consecutively 16 weeks provided. At 20th week the Pre test BMI and 36 week post test Measured. …”
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Association between physical activity, smartphone usage, and obesity risk among Korean adolescents: A cross-sectional study based on 2021 Korean adolescent health behavior survey by Haoyuan Li, Jaeyoung Choi, Aram Kim, Guifang Liu

“…Certain PA levels, particularly 3–4 times/week and ≥ 5 times/week for females, and HIPA frequency were associated with increased obesity risk. …”
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Peripartum energy metabolism of prolific ewes and their progeny in response to prepartum feeding and litter size by M. Plante-Dubé, R. Bourassa, P. Luimes, S. Buczinski, F. Castonguay, R. Gervais

“…On average, during week −5 to week −2 of gestation, EHIGH promoted the highest DMI and MEI, resulting in an increase of 0.16 BCS points between the pretreatment week and week −1 prepartum. …”
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Comparing the Institution-based Supervision and Tele-based Supervision for Task-oriented Exercises on Upper Limb Motor Performance and Functional Ability among Stroke Patients: A R... by Neha, Subhasish Chatterjee

“…Both groups will perform task-oriented exercises for 30 minutes, three days a week for eight weeks. There will be a 30-second break before switching tasks. …”
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Astronomical Units to Merge as UK Cows Face Bloody Purge

“…Nature leads this week with a story about a proposal to fuse space-based astronomy funded by NASA with ground-based astronomy funded by the National Space Foundation (NSF). …”
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I’ll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours

“…The human genome dominated science news last week. Both Science and Nature lead this week with articles about the simultaneous publication of the human genome sequence by the private company Celera Genomics and the publicly funded Human Genome Project (HGP).…”
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The Effect of Storage Time of Fresh Human Amniotic Membrane on the Levels of Growth Factors Epidermal Growth Factor, Transforming Growth Factor Beta, and Basic Fibroblast Growth Fa... by Ida Bagus Nyoman Ananta Awatara, Yuanita Safitri Dianti, Sitti Rizaliyana, Vijayendran Swaminathan

“…Methods: This was a post-test group experimental design, in which we used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay tests to measure three growth factor (EGF, TGF-β, bFGF) levels in gamma-irradiated, freeze-dried human amnion membrane derived from three storage groups of fresh human amnion membrane (1 week, 3 months, and 9 months). Results: The 1-week storage group, EGF levels were too low to detect. …”
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