Postoperative Corneal and Surgically Induced Astigmatism following Superior Approach Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery in Patients with Preoperative Against-the-Rule Astigmati... by Edmund Arthur, Ahmed Abdul Sadik, David Ben Kumah, Eugene Appenteng Osae, Felix Agyemang Mireku, Frank Yeboah Asiedu, Reynolds Kwame Ablordeppey

“…Keratometric (K) readings were taken prior to surgery and at 12 weeks after surgery. Centroid values of SIA, preoperative astigmatism, and postoperative astigmatism were calculated using Cartesian coordinates based analysis. …”
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A wicked problem: Systemic issues surrounding Canadian equestrian dressage and dressage horse welfare by Megan Ross, Kathryn Proudfoot, Katrina Merkies, Charlotte Lundgren, Caroline Ritter

“…An ethnographic case study approach was employed, where MR spent 2–6 weeks with each of the four participating Equestrian Canada Certified dressage coaches and their riders (at least four riders per coach for a total of 19 riders). …”
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Acute Febrile Illness Accompanied by 7th and 12th Cranial Nerve Palsy Due to Lyme Disease Following Travel to Rural Ecuador: A Case Report and Mini-Review by Teslin S. Sandstrom, Kumudhavalli Kavanoor Sridhar, Judith Joshi, Ali Aunas, Sheliza Halani, Andrea K. Boggild

“…In this report, we describe a resident of southern Ontario, Canada who developed rash, fever, and cranial nerve VII and XII palsies following a 12 day trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos islands approximately four weeks prior to referral to our center. Comprehensive microbiological work-up was notable for reactive <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> serology by modified two-tier testing (MTTT), confirming a diagnosis of Lyme disease. …”
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A rapid method for the preparation of an in vitro osteoporosis model of calf vertebrae: histological and biomechanical study by Anli Shi, Anli Shi, Yijie Liu, Qiang Ma, Jiaxin Li, Jiawang Fan, Zhaohui Ge, Zhaohui Ge

“…Given the constraints of limited supply and high costs associated with human specimens, calf spines are frequently employed as surrogates for human spines in both in vivo and in vitro biomechanical studies.MethodsThis study selected 60 spinal vertebrae from calves aged between 12 and 18 weeks. The specimens were randomly assigned to two treatment groups, A and B, each comprising 30 specimens. …”
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Heart-Derived Stem Cells in Miniature Swine with Coronary Microembolization: Novel Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Model to Assess the Efficacy of Cell-Based Therapy by Gen Suzuki, Rebeccah F. Young, Merced M. Leiker, Takayuki Suzuki

“…At 2 months after embolization, animals (n=11) were randomized to receive allogeneic cardiosphere-derived cells derived from atrium (CDCs: 20 × 106, n=5) or saline (untreated, n=6). Four weeks after therapy myocardial function, myocyte proliferation (Ki67), mitosis (phosphor-Histone H3; pHH3), apoptosis, infarct size (TTC), myocyte nuclear density, and cell size were evaluated. …”
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Temporal changes of tibial eminence after bi-cruciate retaining total knee arthroplasty by Hiroshi Inui, Ryota Yamagami, Kenichi Kono, Kohei Kawaguchi, Kazuo Saita, Shuji Taketomi, Sakae Tanaka

“…Radiographs taken at 2 weeks postoperatively and at an average follow-up of 3.2 years were used to assess the tibial eminence. …”
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Diabetes insipidus and Guillain-Barré-like syndrome following CAR-T cell therapy: a case report by Christian Koch, Patrick Roth, Juliane Fleischer, Todor Popov, Karl Frontzek, Bettina Schreiner, Markus G. Manz, Simone Unseld, Antonia M. S. Müller, Norman F. Russkamp

“…Weakness of respiratory muscles required mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy while cDI was treated with desmopressin substitution for several weeks. Muscle-nerve biopsy and nerve conduction studies confirmed an axonal pattern of nerve damage. …”
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Exploratory study on the efficacy of topical pan-JAK inhibitor in ocular and skin GVHD in a sclerodermatous GVHD mouse model by Shinri Sato, Yoko Ogawa, Kazuki Asai, Eisuke Shimizu, Shota Shimizu, Hiroko Taniguchi, Takahiro Okazaki, Shigeto Shimmura, Kazuno Negishi, Masatoshi Hirayama

“…GVHD mice were treated with delgocitinib eye drops or ointment with samples analyzed at 4 weeks post-BMT. Topical delgocitinib ointment and eye-drop administration significantly increased the meibomian gland (MG) area and attenuated corneal epithelial damage. …”
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The Outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus after a Telecare Approach Are Not Inferior to Traditional Outpatient Clinic Visits by Natalia Pérez-Ferre, Mercedes Galindo, M. Dolores Fernández, Victoria Velasco, Isabelle Runkle, M. José de la Cruz, Patricia Martín Rojas-Marcos, Laura del Valle, Alfonso L. Calle-Pascual

“…Methods. 100 women diagnosed of GDM were randomized into two parallel groups, a control group based on traditional face-to-face outpatient clinic visits and an intervention group, which was provided with a Telemedicine system for the transmission of capillary glucose data and short text messages with weekly professional feedback. 97 women completed the study (48/49, resp.). …”
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iPSC-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium Allografts Do Not Elicit Detrimental Effects in Rats: A Follow-Up Study by Peter D. Westenskow, Felicitas Bucher, Stephen Bravo, Toshihide Kurihara, Daniel Feitelberg, Liliana P. Paris, Edith Aguilar, Jonathan H. Lin, Martin Friedlander

“…We showed previously that iPS-RPE prevent photoreceptor atrophy in dystrophic rats up until 24 weeks after implantation. In this follow-up study, we longitudinally monitored the same implanted iPS-RPE, in the same animals. …”
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Assessing the influence of matcha green tea extract on NF-κB/MAPK signaling pathway activation in rats: A study on irradiation-induced acute hepatic inflammatory response by Noha Sayed Hamed, Eithar K. El Adham, Amal I. Hassan

“…Study design and method: In this experimental investigation, the administration of M was conducted on female Wistar rats for duration of two weeks after gamma-ray irradiation. Next, a series of biochemical experiments were conducted to examine the impact of M on lipid peroxidation levels, antioxidant enzyme activities, and pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α) in liver tissue. …”
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Scutellarin Attenuates Hypertension-Induced Expression of Brain Toll-Like Receptor 4/Nuclear Factor Kappa B by Xingyong Chen, Xiaogeng Shi, Xu Zhang, Huixin Lei, Simei Long, Huanxing Su, Zhong Pei, Ruxun Huang

“…This study aimed to investigate the effects of scutellarin (administered by oral gavage daily for 2 weeks) on brain TLR4/nuclear factor kappa B-(NF-κB-) mediated inflammation and blood pressure in renovascular hypertensive (using the 2-kidney, 2-clip method) rats. …”
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A lectin produced by a Streptomyces species targets mammalian pancreatic acinar cells in mice and humans by Janine C. Quijano, Honoka Natsuyama, Alonso Tapia, Karine Bagramyan, Jose A. Ortiz, Jacob Mares, Markus Kalkum, Yoko Fujita-Yamaguchi, Hsun Teresa Ku

“…We found that only acinar, but not ductal or endocrine cells were stained positively with mCherry-SHA from embryonic day (E) 18.5 to 35 weeks old mice; in contrast, E12.5 and E15.5 pancreas display minimal mCherry-SHA binding. …”
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcome in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Retrospective Bicenter Cohort Study by Sylvia J. Kroese, Carolien N. H. Abheiden, Birgit S. Blomjous, Jacob M. van Laar, Ronald W. H. M. Derksen, Irene E. M. Bultink, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, A. Titia Lely, Marjon A. de Boer, Johanna I. P. de Vries, Ruth D. E. Fritsch-Stork

“…Methods. Pregnancies > 16 weeks gestation of SLE patients receiving joint care from rheumatologists and gynecologists in two tertiary centers in the Netherlands between 2000 and 2015 were included. …”
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Wearable Activity Tracking Device Use in an Adolescent Weight Management Clinic: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial by Kanika Bowen-Jallow, Omar Nunez-Lopez, Alex Wright, Erika Fuchs, Mollie Ahn, Elizabeth Lyons, Daniel Jupiter, Lindsey Berry, Oscar Suman, Ravi S. Radhakrishnan, Andrea M. Glaser, Deborah I. Thompson

“…Differences between groups at 6, 12, and 18 weeks were examined. Results. Forty-eight participants were enrolled in the study. …”
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Husband involvement in antenatal care moderates the link between vitamin D status and depressive symptoms in pregnant women by Rosa S. Wong, Keith T. S. Tung, Hing Wai Tsang, Jennifer K. Y. Ko, Wing-cheong Leung, Patrick Ip

“…Methods A total of 2983 Chinese married pregnant women, in their 25–35 weeks of pregnancy, completed questionnaires to assess their levels of depressive symptoms and the involvement of their husbands in their antenatal care appointments. …”
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Applicability of the complementary relationship of evapotranspiration for heterogeneous vegetation cover at boundary and plot scales by Chong Fu, Xiaoyu Song, Wanyin Wei, Qi Zhang, Lanjun Li, Xinkai Zhao, Pengfei Meng, Long Wang, Huaiyou Li

“…Furthermore, using GCR to obtain ETan directly may generate bias near extreme points at a weekly timescale but becomes feasible at longer timescales. …”
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The Effect of Chromium Picolinate Supplementation on the Pancreas and Macroangiopathy in Type II Diabetes Mellitus Rats by Shan Huang, Wenfang Peng, Xiaohong Jiang, Kan Shao, Lili Xia, Yubin Tang, Jiayin Qiu

“…After supplementing CrPic for 15 weeks, the histopathological examination was performed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. …”
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Skeletal Muscle-Derived Stem/Progenitor Cells: A Potential Strategy for the Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury by Egle Pavyde, Romaldas Maciulaitis, Mykolas Mauricas, Gintaras Sudzius, Ernesta Ivanauskaite Didziokiene, Arvydas Laurinavicius, Neringa Sutkeviciene, Edgaras Stankevicius, Justinas Maciulaitis, Arvydas Usas

“…PKH-26-labeled MDSPCs were identified within renal cortex 1 and 2 weeks after cell administration, indicating MDSPCs capacity to migrate and populate renal tissue. …”
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Influence of Second-Trimester Ultrasound Markers for Down Syndrome in Pregnant Women of Advanced Maternal Age by Mariza Rumi Kataguiri, Edward Araujo Júnior, Luiz Claudio Silva Bussamra, Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza, Antonio Fernandes Moron

“…This was a retrospective cohort study on 889 singleton pregnancies between the 14th and 30th weeks, with maternal age ≥ 35 years, which would undergo genetic amniocentesis. …”
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