Woxuanzhongzhou formula improves DHEAS and high-fat diet-induced IR and anovulatory mice via AMPK/PGC1- α/Irisin pathway by Haijuan Liu, Guohua Wang, Conglu Sui, Yanan Guo, Xiangyu He

“…Some mice is induced by dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA) and high-fat diet (HFD) for 3 weeks. Following model induction, metformin and WXZZ were administered by gavage. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of a Stimulator Using Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Combined with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Painful Knee Osteoarthritis by Eu-Deum Kim, Yu Hui Won, Sung-Hee Park, Jeon-Hwan Seo, Da-Sol Kim, Myoung-Hwan Ko, Gi-Wook Kim

“…Of the 40 included patients, aged 45–85 years with painful knee OA, 20 patients received only TENS therapy and 20 patients received LIPUS combined with TENS therapy for 8 weeks (a total of more than 80 treatment sessions). …”
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Hepatoprotective Effects of a Novel Trihoney against Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Comparative Study with Atorvastatin by Hamad Abdulsalam Hamad Alfarisi, Muhammad Bin Ibrahim, Zenab B. Hamad Mohamed, Nuraniza Azahari, Asmah Hanim Bt. Hamdan, Che Anuar Che Mohamad

“…Animals were sacrificed after 12 weeks of treatment. Serum lipids and liver function test (LFT) were measured prior to and at the endpoint of the experiment for total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein (LDL-c), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), and total bilirubin (T. …”
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Effect of E-learning clinical management of substance-dependent pregnant women on the knowledge and clinical skill performance of midwives: a randomized controlled trial by Hasti Heidarian, Manoosh Mehrabi, Parvin Ghaemmaghami, Roksana Janghorban

“…The intervention group underwent e-learning for 4 weeks on clinical considerations during labor and post-partum of substance-dependent mothers. …”
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Various endurance training intensities improve GFR and Up-regulate AQP2/GSK3β in lithium-induced nephropathic rats by Shadan Saberi, Mohammad Amin Rajizadeh, Mohammad Khaksari, Azadeh Saber, Mohammad Akhbari, Soheil Aminizadeh, Forouzan Rafie

“…Exercise groups underwent treadmill training at specified intensities for eight weeks. Fractional excretion of sodium (FENa) was measured, and GFR was evaluated by Cr clearance. …”
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The Impact of Chemotherapy and Body Mass Index on Cancer‐Related Fatigue in Colon Cancer Patients: A PROFILES‐Registry Study by Anneke Kastelein, Floortje Mols, Laura Kervezee, Niels H. Chavannes, Hans Gelderblom, Jacques Neefjes, Chris Hinnen

“…Fatigue was assessed with the general fatigue subscale of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory at four timepoints: at inclusion (T1), 4 weeks after surgery (T2), and 1 (T3) and 2 years (T4) after diagnosis. …”
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Comparison of Ziziphus jujube Mill. Syrup versus polyethylene glycol in children with functional constipation: a randomized clinical trial by Fatemeh Keihanian, Shohreh Maleknejad, Amin Saeidinia, Soheil Soltanipour, Amir Pirooz

“…All patients were followed up for three months, every 2 weeks in the first month, and then monthly for 2 months. …”
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Beyond BRAFV600E: Investigating the Clinical and Genetic Spectrum of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in Children by Xue Tang, Ju Gao, Xia Guo, Zhi Wan, Jing‐jing Sun

“…At our center, two patients with multisystem LCH with risk organ involvement, both with BRAFN486_P490del mutation, showed poor response to induction chemotherapy for 6 weeks. Among the 303 LCH patients with MAP2K1 or other BRAF alterations, patients with the MAP2K1 mutation had a higher prevalence of single‐system bone involvement (SS‐bone) than patients carrying the BRAF mutation (p = 0.0072). …”
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Studying sex differences in responses to fibroblast growth factor 21 administration in obese mice consuming a sweet-fat diet by N. М. Bazhan, T. V. Jakovleva, A. Yu. Kazantseva, N. E. Kostina, P. E. Orlov, N. Yu. Balybina, K. О. Baranov, E. N. Makarova

“…Mice were fed with a diet consisting of standard chow, lard and cookies for 10 weeks, then they were injected with FGF21 (1 mg per 1 kg) or vehicle for 7 days. …”
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First-in-human, multicenter, open-label, phase I study of ATOR-1017 (evunzekibart), a 4-1BB antibody, in patients with advanced solid malignancies by Peter Ellmark, Jeffrey Yachnin, Ana Carneiro, Lena Schultz, Amanda Hahn, Sumeet Ambarkhane, Karin Enell Smith, Gustav J. Ullenhag

“…The median time on study was 13.1 weeks (range 4.3–92.3). The MTD of ATOR-1017 was not reached. …”
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Effects of dietary Chlorella ellipsoidea on growth performance, body composition, and hematology of stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis by Alam Asraful, Bristy Fouzia Sultana, Amzad Hossain M., Rabiul Islam M., Fatema Umme Kaniz, Golam Rasul M.

“…Triplicate groups of fish were fed with each experimental diet to satiation twice daily for 10 weeks. At the end of the feeding trial, the weight gain (%) of the fish fed CE 5 and CE 7.5 was significantly (P < 0.05) higher than that of fish fed the control diet. …”
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Delayed facial nerve decompression for severe refractory cases of Bell’s palsy: a 25-year experience by Ilyes Berania, Mohamed Awad, Issam Saliba, Jean-Jacques Dufour, Marc-Elie Nader

“…Conclusions When indicated, facial nerve decompression for BP is usually recommended within the first 2 weeks of onset of facial paralysis. Nonetheless, our results suggest that patients with severe BP could benefit from decompression surgery within 90 days after onset of symptoms in the absence of an opportunity to proceed earlier to surgery. …”
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A participatory needs assessment to map the system dynamics of overweight related behaviours of 10-14-year-old adolescents living in an underserved neighbourhood in Amsterdam, the... by Helga Emke, Rabab Chrifou, Coosje Dijkstra, Wilma Waterlander, Karien Stronks, Stef Kremers, Mai Chinapaw, Teatske Altenburg

“…For just over two years, we conducted weekly PAR sessions (45–120 min) with four dynamic groups - two in primary schools and two in secondary schools - each school year (n = 4–8 adolescents in each group (0-100% girls); n = 40–54 sessions in total per group). …”
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Chronic restraint stress affects the diurnal rhythms of gut microbial composition and metabolism in a mouse model of depression by Yue Wang, Peijin Cui, Maolin Cao, Ling Ai, Li Zeng, Xue Li, Dan Chen, Fang Gong, Liang Fang, Chanjuan Zhou

“…Results CRS mice exhibited depressive-like behaviours after 4 weeks of restriction. Alpha- and beta-diversity analyses revealed that the microbial composition in control and CRS mice oscillated throughout the day. …”
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Practical application of a nutraceutical in age-related macular degeneration by T.G. Kamenskikh, Kolbenev I.O, Veselova E.V, Batischeva Yu.S.

“…Group 1 — 20 patients (34 eyes) who received Retinorm 1 capsule 3 per day during meals, group 2 — 20 patients (32 eyes) who received standard conservative therapy for 16 weeks. The standard examination included static perimetry, OCT, OCT-angiography, MF-ERG.…”
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Analisis Kadar Kreatinin Serum Sebelum dan Setelah Terapi Tenovofir pada Penyandang HIV di RS Dr. M. Djamil Padang Periode 2012-2013 by Regina Ivanovna, Efrida ., Roza Kurniati

“…The range of tenofovir administration was between 2-57 weeks. From the research, obtained a significant mean difference before (0,7± 0,2 mg/dL) and after (0,9 ± 0,5 mg/dL) administration of tenofovir (P&lt;0,05).The conclusion of this study is there is increasing of serum creatinine level before and after administration of tenofovir.…”
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Epicutaneous immunotherapy for food allergy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaohong Xiang, Jingwei Hu, Rangui Sachu, Chonghua Gao, Hongyan Niu, Yi Gao, Shiju Chen, Xiaotian Cui, Xiang Li

“…Additionally, treatment duration ≥ 52 weeks was found to increase immune tolerance (RR 3.37, 95% CI 2.39–4.75; I 2 = 13%). …”
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Influence of hip morphology on gluteal muscle biomechanics: a computational modeling study by Shangcheng Wang, Ryan Serbin, Kirby Bonvillain, Josef Jolissaint, Nahir Habet, Durham Weeks

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Characterizing microcycles’ workload when combining two days structure within single training sessions during congested fixtures in an elite male soccer team by Antonio Gómez-Díaz, Fábio Yuzo Nakamura, Pedro Menezes, João Barreira, Pedro Figueiredo, Diogo Coutinho

“…Data was collected from 27 players from the 1 st Brazilian division (28.7±18.61 years) that participated in the following training days during congested fixtures ( n = 16 weeks): a) Match day+1 (MD+1 MD−2 , session 1 day after the game with tasks from MD+1 and MD-2 sessions, n = 9); b) Matchday-2 (MD-2 MD+2 , session 2 days prior to subsequent match with tasks from MD-2 and MD+2 sessions, n = 11); c) Matchday-1 (MD-1 MD+2 , session 1 day prior to subsequent match with tasks from MD-1 and MD+2 sessions, n = 12); and d) Matchday-1 (MD-1 MD+3 , session 1 day prior to subsequent match with tasks from MD-1 and MD+3 sessions, n = 11). …”
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Efficacy of Probiotic Supplements and Topical Applications in the Treatment of Acne: A Scoping Review of Current Results by Sutema IAMP, Latarissa IR, Widowati IGAR, Sartika CR, Ciptasari NWE, Lestari K

“…The studies tested various oral and topical probiotics, including Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Bacillus, and Enterococcus strains, over treatment periods ranging from 4 to 12 weeks. The results showed that probiotics, reduced acne lesions, improved skin barrier function, and decreased inflammatory markers. …”
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