Development of a spontaneous model of renal interstitial fibrosis in NOD/SCID mice: Aging-induced pathogenesis. by Lihua Qiu, Zhaoxia Ma, Jinyan Li, Zhen Wu, Longmei Dai, Ruimin Long, Linlin Hu, Jianxiu Sun, Min Hu, Yanjiao Li

“…This study effectively developed a model of spontaneous renal interstitial fibrosis linked to natural aging in 43-week-old NOD/SCID mice. Compared with those of 12- and 32-week-old mice, the kidneys of the model mice exhibited prominent fibrosis characteristics, accompanied by numerous fibrous septa and collagen deposition, increased COL1A1 expression, and decreased MMP9 expression. …”
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Adding A Structured Educational Session to the Rehabilitation Program of Soccer Players Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Feasibility Study by ABDULLAH ALMUHAYA, ALI ALBARRATI, AHMED ALHOWIMEL, FARIS ALODAIBI

“…Measurements were done at baseline and one week after the intervention. # Results All of the 36 players who were undergoing rehabilitation post-ACLR at the center at the time of the study were invited to participate in the study. …”
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A Case Report of Thoracic Ectopia Cordis in a Hospital in Zanjan, Iran by Mehdi Hosseini, Hassan Zamani, Shadi Moghimi, Aref Nekoufar

“…Moreover, the noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) genetic test performed in the 10th week of pregnancy was evaluated. Results. The neonate was diagnosed with thoracic ectopia cordis, with the heart located outside the thoracic cavity and covered by a thin membrane. …”
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Heavy metal content (Cd and Cu) in the flesh and gills of ponyfish (Leiognathus Equulus) in Cilincing coastal waters, Jakarta bay by Tinur Awwali Aliza, Sulistiono, Hariyadi Sigid, Riani Etty, Sinaga Jessica

“…Based on calculations, the safe limit for consumption of ponyfish caught in Cilincing waters should be no more than 1.858 kg of flesh/week for adults and 0.558 kg of flesh/week for children.…”
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Simulated Annealing Based Hybrid Forecast for Improving Daily Municipal Solid Waste Generation Prediction by Jingwei Song, Jiaying He, Menghua Zhu, Debao Tan, Yu Zhang, Song Ye, Dingtao Shen, Pengfei Zou

“…Five-week average has been raised from 13.02% (chaotic model), 15.69% (ANN), and 15.92% (PLS-SVM) to 11.27%.…”
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Collaborative Effects of Caloric Restriction and Quercetin on Age-related Oxidative Stress Reduction through NQO1/Sirt1 Gene Regulation by Fereshte Ghorbani, Arezou Biyabani, Darya Ghadimi, Keivan Nedaei, Hadi Khodabandehloo, Mina Hemmati

“…Results: We showed higher liver enzymes (aspartate aminotransferase [AST], alanine transaminase [ALT], and alkaline phosphatase [ALP]), increased atherogenic lipids, and reduced PON1 activity in 20-week-old rats compared with eight-week-old rats, and the administration of QUER and CR restored these values to the normal range. …”
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EFFECT OF PLATELET RICH FIBRIN AND MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL ON MYOBLAST AND FIBROBLASTS RATIO IN RABBIT MUSCLE DEFECT by Dwikora Novembri Utomo, Mohammad Zaim Chilmi, Angga Fiandana

“…While evaluation of fourth week, giving of three treatment groups gave significant result to myoblast cell ratio to fibroblast. …”
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Comparative study of postoperative astigmatism in temporal scleral incision phacoemulsification versus temporal clear corneal incision phacoemulsification by Shivayogi R. Kusagur, B.H Manjunath, Poolan V. Nayak

“…In the temporal scleral incision phacoemulsification group is 0.81 ± 0.24 on 1st postoperative day, 0.610 ± 0.16 after 1st postoperative week, and 0.55 ± 0.16 after postoperative 1 month. …”
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Effect of a Balance Adjustment System on Postural Control in Patients with Chronic Ankle Instability by Kazushi Yoshida, Rieko Kuramochi, Junji Shinohara

“…# Background/Purpose This study aimed to evaluate how a two-week program using the in-phase mode of a balance adjustment system (the BASYS) affected postural control in participants with chronic ankle instability (CAI). …”
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Small-sided games are more effective than instructional training for improving vertical jump performance and passing in young volleyball players by Damir Pekas, Draženka Mačak, Anja Kostić Zobenica

“…Each player participated in a 12-week training program that included 3 organized court training sessions per week. …”
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Experience of application of modern laxatives at treatment of functional constipation at adults by Ye. K. Baranskaya

“…The number of defecations per day did not exceed of 2–3 times per week at all patients. Patients received 20 g of macrogoal per day. …”
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Follow-Up of Newborns with Neural Tube Defects: A Single Center Experience by Umit Ayse Tandircioglu, Cansu Kethuda Ensert Cihan, Hasan Tolga Celik, Burcak Bilginer, Sule Yigit

“…Compared patients who were operated on in the 1st week to the patients operated on following the first week, any difference was not detected in terms of neuromotor and cognitive development, and urinary/stool incontinence frequency. …”
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Congenital Anomalies and Termination of Pregnancy in Iran by Bahram Samadirad, Zhila Khamnian, Mohammad Bager Hosseini, Saeed Dastgiri

“…The remaining 402 subjects were unable to get the permission for abortion because of untimely diagnosis/application for termination (20th week of pregnancy and/or later). Forty-eight percent of termination of pregnancies was performed before the 18th week of pregnancy. …”
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THE ROLE OF BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS IN DETERMINING GENDER IDENTITY by M. I. Boichenko

“…Conclusions. According to the "week" social constructivism the gender emerges as an integral result of biological, psychological and social construction. …”
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Billing rules / global period affect postoperative follow-up practices following total hip arthroplasty. by Philip P Ratnasamy, Oghenewoma P Oghenesume, Peter Y Joo, Jonathan N Grauer

“…Follow-up visits peaked at postoperative weeks 3, 7, and 14. The greatest week-to-week variation in the number of follow-ups was from weeks 13 to 14 immediately following the global billing period (representing a greater than 4-fold increase in visits.) …”
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Evaluation of Fish Biosolids as a Fertilizer for Organic Tomato Transplant Production by Cicely Schembri, Nicholas Kaczmar, John Osborn, Michael B. Timmons, Neil S. Mattson

“…Plant performance was monitored for 4 weeks starting with commercially available 2-week-old seedlings. …”
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The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention on Countering Disinformation Moderated by Intellectual Humility by Eduard-Claudiu Gross, Delia Cristina Balaban

“…We conducted a within-subject (two times measurement: before the educational intervention and one week after) +1 experiment with N = 127 young adults (aged 18 to 23). …”
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Anti-oxidative Effect of Complex Prescription Pien Tze Huang Gan Bao on Chemical Liver Injury by Jinming HUANG

“…The control group received olive oil (1 mL/kg) intraperitoneally, rest of the groups received CCl₄ (1 mL/kg) intraperitoneally, twice per week for 8 weeks. From the fourth to the eighth week, the model group and the control group of rats were orally administrated saline, while the silymarin group of rats were administrated silymarin (3.3 mg/kg), and GB-Low group, GB-middle group, and GB-high group of rats were administrated 150 mg/kg, 300 mg/kg, and 600 mg/kg of GB, respectively. …”
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Low-level laser therapy: an efficient supplement to treatments of vulvar Lichen sclerosus to improve quality of life by Pia Kirstine Berthelsen, Sidsel Eb Ipsen, Mohammed R. Khalil

“…All participants received ten LLLT treatments (808 nm and 500 mW) over a period of 8 weeks. The first four treatments were planned as two treatments per week. …”
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Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Findings in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome: A Case Report by Yoichiro Akahori, Hisashi Masuyama, Yumi Masumoto, Yuji Hiramatsu

“…A 33-year-old healthy multipara was referred to our hospital at 34-week gestation after severe fetal growth restriction, congenital heart anomaly, and antebrachium abnormality were diagnosed during the third trimester. …”
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