HISTOMORPHOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT OF THE VAGINAL WALL IN DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE-TREATED POST-OVARIECTOMIZED WISTAR RATS by Lis Widodo Peni, Pilar Menara Falah, Yudha Nurdian

“…Method: This experiment utilized 36 wistar rats aged 10 - 12 weeks with a body weight of 180 - 200 grams. The rats were randomly divided into two groups with an equal number of members. …”
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Laparoscopic Removal of Angelchik Prosthesis Followed by Interval Sleeve Gastrectomy by Faryal G. Afridi, Morgan Johnson, Kelsey A. Musgrove, Salim Abunnaja, Lawrence E. Tabone, David C. Borgstrom, Nova Szoka

“…Interval laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy was performed safely 9 weeks later. Conclusion. Although rarely used, it is still possible to encounter an Angelchik prosthesis in practice. …”
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Gradual Recovery from Nonambulatory Quadriparesis Caused by Metastatic Epidural Cervical Cord Compression in an Octogenarian Gallbladder Carcinoma Patient Treated with Image-Guided... by Kazuhiro Ohtakara, Hiroaki Hoshi

“…Despite the fact that steroids were not administered, the patient reported significant pain reduction and showed improved motor function 3 and 4 weeks after the IG-3DCRT, respectively. Over the following 4 months, her neurological function gradually improved, and she was consequently able to eat and change clothes without assistance and to walk slowly for 10–20 m using a walker. …”
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OM-101 Decreases the Fibrotic Response Associated with Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy by Zeev Dvashi, Keren Ben-Yaakov, Tamir Weinberg, Yoel Greenwald, Ayala Pollack

“…Antifibrotic effect of OM-101 was investigated in vivo. As control, eight weeks old c57black mice underwent intravitreal injection with Hepes (group A) or dispase (0.3 units), to induce retinal detachment (RD) and PVR. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Ferric Carboxymaltose in Anemic Pregnant Women: A Retrospective Case Control Study by Anouk Pels, Wessel Ganzevoort

“…Median FCM dose was 1000 mg and median gestational age at the time of first treatment was 34 weeks and 6 days. Median Hb increased from 8.4 g/dL (interquartile range 7.7; 8.9 g/dL) at the first FCM administration to 10.7 g/dL (9.8; 11.5 g/dL; n=46 with available Hb at delivery) at the time of delivery, achieving levels similar to those in the control group (10.8 g/dL [9.8; 11.8 g/dL; n=48]). …”
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Evaluation of Pulse Rate, Oxygen Saturation, and Respiratory Effort after Different Types of Feeding Methods in Preterm Newborns by Dipen Vasudev Patel, Dharti Shah, Kunjal A. Kantharia, Mayur K. Shinde, Jaishree Ganjiwale, Kushal Shah, Somashekhar Marutirao Nimbalkar

“…Physiologically stable preterm newborns with PMA less than 37 weeks on full enteral feeds were included in the study. …”
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Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid Alters Oxidative Stability and Alleviates Plasma Cholesterol Content in Meat of Broiler Chickens by Suriya Kumari Ramiah, Goh Yong Meng, Mahdi Ebrahimi

“…Body weight of chickens and feed intake were recorded weekly. After slaughter, the breast meat was aged at 4°C for 0, 3, and 6 days. …”
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Maternal Serum Ferritin, C-Reactive Protein, and Procalcitonin Levels for Predicting Subclinical Intra-Amniotic Infection in Preterm Premature Rupture of Membrane by Balsam N. Nahedh, Mahdi M. Shalal

“…A convenient sample of 90 singleton pregnant women with a live fetus between 24 - 36 weeks of gestation were divided into three groups: Group 1 (controls) included 30 women with intact membranes and no signs of labour seen in the outpatient obstetrics clinic in Baghdad Teaching Hospital; Group 2 included 30 women with preterm premature rupture of membrane (PPROM) but without chorioamnionitis; and Group 3 included 30 women with PPROM and chorioamnionitis. …”
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Modeling the Smart Factory Manufacturing Products Characteristics: The Perspective of Energy Consumption by A.B.M. Salman Rahman, Myeongbae Lee, Jonghyun Lim, Yongyun Cho, Changsun Shin

“…Next, we use the moving average approach to calculate the monthly and weekly moving averages of energy usages. The use of data-mining techniques to estimate energy consumption rates based on production is increasingly prevalent. …”
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Weak acid and pepsin reflux induce laryngopharyngeal mucosal barrier injury: A rabbit-model-based study. by Chenjie Hou, Liqun Zhou, Yujin Zheng, Ting Chen, Renyou Hu, Jingyi Zheng, Chaofeng Liu, Yaqi Liu

“…<h4>Results</h4>Eight weeks post-modeling, evidence of laryngopharyngeal mucosa inflammatory responses was observed in each group. …”
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Hemotoxicity Induced by Chronic Chlorpyrifos Exposure in Wistar Rats: Mitigating Effect of Vitamin C by Suleiman F. Ambali, Joseph O. Ayo, King A. N. Esievo, Samuel A. Ojo

“…The regimens were administered by oral gavage once daily for a period of 17 weeks. Blood samples collected at the end of the study revealed reduction in the levels of pack cell volume, hemoglobin, red blood cells, leukocytes (attributed to neutropenia, lymphopenia, and monocytopenia), and platelets in the CPF group, which were ameliorated in the vitamin C- pretreated group. …”
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Efficacy of Telmisartan Plus Amlodipine in Nonresponders to CCB Monotherapy by Steen Neldam, Dingliang Zhu, Helmut Schumacher

“…Patients switched to telmisartan/amlodipine SPC achieved significantly greater BP reductions compared with continued monotherapy (P<0.0001) with reductions of −15.2/−10.9 mm Hg seen with T80/A5 after 8 weeks in patients switched from A5. BP goal (<140/90 mm Hg), systolic BP goal (<140 mm Hg), and DBP goal (<90 mm Hg) were reached by significantly more patients with telmisartan/amlodipine than with monotherapy (P<0.0001 for all comparisons; 56.1%, 69.7%, and 66.9%, resp., in patients who switched from A5 to T80/A5). …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Rare Familial Unbalanced Translocation of Chromosomes 7 and 12 by Berrin Tezcan, Foteini Emmanouella Bredaki

“…We report rare familial unbalanced translocation of chromosomes 7 and 12, which was diagnosed prenatally at 20+3 weeks of gestation. Woman’s partner had been tested in the past and was found to be a carrier of a balanced translocation; his karyotype showed a balanced reciprocal translocation of 46, XY, t(7;12)(q34;q24,32). …”
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Ketamine does not rescue plaque load or gap detection in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by Alexa L. Wright, Aldis P. Weible, Olivia B. Estes, Michael Wehr

“…Here we tested this idea in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's, using either an acute single injection of ketamine, or chronic daily injections over 15 weeks. We tested the effects of ketamine on both amyloid plaque load and on a behavioral auditory gap detection task that is an early Alzheimer's biomarker in both mice and humans. …”
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The Effect of Synbiotic Supplementation on Self-Reported Aggression in Healthy Adult Men: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial by Rahele Sadat Montazeri, Farzad Shidfar, Fatemeh Sadat Hosseini-Baharanchi, Golraste Kholasezadeh

“…Members of synbiotic group (SG) received 2 capsules daily containing 500 mg of synbiotic (Familact) and members of placebo group (PG) received 2 placebo capsules daily for 8 weeks. The intensity of aggression (verbal, physical aggression, hostility, and anger), depression, anxiety and stress, food intake, physical activity, and anthropometric indicators were measured at the beginning and end of the study. …”
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Efficacy of a Multimodal Cognitive Rehabilitation Including Psychomotor and Endurance Training in Parkinson's Disease by I. Reuter, S. Mehnert, G. Sammer, M. Oechsner, M. Engelhardt

“…Training was conducted for 4 weeks on a rehabilitation unit, followed by 6 months training at home. …”
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Takotsubo Syndrome Associated with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Saad Ezad, Michael McGee, Andrew J. Boyle

“…Repeat echocardiogram 6 weeks later confirmed resolution of the apical wall motion abnormalities consistent with a diagnosis of takotsubo. …”
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A Woman with Double Intra Uterine Device: A Case Report by Işık Gönenç, Zeynep Tuzcular Vural, Nurettin Aka, Can Ertuğrul Tüfekçi, Gültekin Köse

“…Since it was assumed that the IUD had fallen out, another copper-T IUD was inserted six weeks after her delivery. She only complained of a mild increase in her menstrual flow and mild dismenorrhea. …”
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Hydroxyapatite Chitosan Gradient Pore Scaffold Activates Oxidative Phosphorylation Pathway to Induce Bone Formation by Zeliang Zhang, Wei Shang, Lisong Lin

“…In vitro experiments indicated that the scaffolds had good biocompatibility, promoted the expression of osteogenesis-related genes and proteins, and activated the oxidative phosphorylation pathway to promote bone regeneration. Eight weeks after implanting the HAMT-CHS scaffold in rat skull defects, new bone formation was observed in vivo by micro-computed tomographic (CT) staining. …”
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A New Rapidly Growing Dome-Shaped Choroidal Lesion in an Eye with Treated Retinoblastoma by Babak Masoomian, Maria Pefkianaki, Fariba Ghassemi, Hamid Riazi-Esfahani

“…While doing IAC for the left eye, a very rapid growing yellowish dome-shaped mass was found which had doubled in size in two weeks. Enucleation was considered for her. Results. …”
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