Studying and enhancing the methods for distance teaching of computer science in Kazakh secondary school students during the pandemic by M. M. Zhamankarin, A. M. Sivinskiy, M. K. Aitkenova, M. B. Zhanibekov

“…In 2020, the first two weeks of the enforced transformation of all the levels of school education, which was initiated as one of the measures against the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), revealed a range of issues hampering the appropriate distance education. …”
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Pornography-Watching Disorder and Its Risk Factors Among Young Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey by Csaba Erdős, Oguz Kelemen, Dávid Pócs, Edit Paulik, András Papp, Edina Horváth, Arbel Golan, Krisztián Széll

“…Frequent pornography consumption was a significant risk factor, with weekly users (odds ratio [OR] 0.45, 95% CI 0.33-0.62, P<.001), monthly users (OR 0.18, 95% CI 0.11-0.28, P<.001), and less than monthly users (OR 0.05, 95% CI 0.03-0.10, P<.001) showing significantly lower odds compared with daily users as a reference category. …”
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FKBP5 as a key regulator of metabolic processes in birds: Insights from chicken pectoral muscle by Pengfei Du, Xiangli Zhang, Yao Zhu, Ziyang Wang, Xuemeng Si, Huaiyong Zhang, Yanqun Huang, Wen Chen

“…A 30% energy restriction over three weeks slightly reduced blood glucose levels (P = 0.075) and significantly decreased FKBP5 levels in the pectoralis muscle of broilers. …”
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Malnutrisi Energi Protein Berat: Laporan Kasus by Peter Prayogo Hsieh, Putri Dariyanti Wijaya, Putri Aziana, Prahara Wahyu Purnomo, Sitti Radhiah

“…She was hospitalized and treated with fluid therapy, antibiotic, and diet intervention. After 2 weeks, her conditions improved and she was discharged. …”
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Internet-Based Dementia Prevention Intervention (DementiaRisk): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial and Knowledge Translation by Anthony J Levinson, Stephanie Ayers, Sandra Clark, Rebekah Woodburn, Maureen Dobbins, Dante Duarte, Roland Grad, Nick Kates, Sharon Marr, Doug Oliver, Alexandra Papaioannou, Karen Saperson, Henry Siu, Gillian Strudwick, Richard Sztramko, Sarah Neil-Sztramko

“…Assessments will be delivered on the web at baseline (T1), at 4 weeks (T2), and at 2 months after the intervention (T3). …”
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Paracrine activity of Smurf1-silenced mesenchymal stem cells enhances bone regeneration and reduces bone loss in postmenopausal osteoporosis by Alberto González-González, Itziar Álvarez-Iglesias, Daniel García-Sánchez, Monica Dotta, Ricardo Reyes, Ana Alfonso-Fernández, Alfonso Bolado-Carrancio, Patricia Díaz-Rodríguez, María Isabel Pérez-Núñez, José Carlos Rodríguez-Rey, Jesús Delgado-Calle, Flor M. Pérez-Campo

“…In vivo, CM from Smurf1-silenced MSCs significantly increased bone formation in a rat ectopic model, and its local administration reduced trabecular bone loss by 50% in a post-menopausal osteoporotic mouse model after a single administration within just four weeks. Proteomic analysis revealed both soluble and vesicular fractions of hCM-Smurf1 were enriched with proteins essential for ossification and extracellular matrix organization, enhancing osteogenic differentiation. …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing intervention on vertigo in patients with acute stroke (急性中风患者眩晕中医护理干预效果观察) by FU Jingna (付景娜), YANG Junhang (杨俊行), GENG Qingwen (耿庆文), CHEN Cheng (陈程), SONG Ying (宋颖), ZHAO Yazheng (赵亚争), SUN Yi (孙祎)

“…The intervention effect was evaluated at two weeks after intervention, and patient’s treatment compliance and satisfaction with TCM interventions were investigated. …”
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Keefektifan program konseling singkat berfokus solusi dalam LMS Schoology untuk meningkatkan perilaku hidup sehat siswa di masa pandemi Covid-19 by Kadek Suranata, Ifdil Ifdil

“…The results showed that after participating in the program for an average of 8 weeks (an average of 16 LMS accesses), participants achieved a significant improvement in their average lifestyle and health (HPLP). …”
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Comparative efficacy of incretin drugs on glycemic control, body weight, and blood pressure in adults with overweight or obesity and with/without type 2 diabetes: a systematic revi... by Song Liu, Jiaqiang Hu, Chen Zhao, Hang Liu, Chunyang He

“…Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with an intervention duration of at least 12 weeks were included. The population of interest consisted of individuals with overweight or obesity, with or without type 2 diabetes. …”
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Can invasive interventions be avoided with a holistic swallowing therapy program in older patients in intensive care units: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes or oral intake... by Çağla Eliküçük, Fatma Esen Aydinli, Nazan Has Selmi, Cansu Uzunoğlu, Murathan Köksal, Volkan Öter, Belgin Akan, Erdal Birol Bostanci, Güldeniz Argun

“…This study aimed to diagnose swallowing disorders and highlight the importance of swallowing therapy in older patients in intensive care units (ICUs).Materials and methodsTwenty-five older patients (12 men, 13 women, mean age 67.22 ± 24.03 years) hospitalized in the ICUs with complaints of dysphagia were analyzed prospectively. The 12 weeks (14−16 sessions) of swallowing therapy were administered to patients with dysphagia who signed the (voluntary) consent form. …”
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Gamified Web-Delivered Attentional Bias Modification Training for Adults With Chronic Pain: Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial by Julie F Vermeir, Melanie J White, Daniel Johnson, Geert Crombez, Dimitri M L Van Ryckeghem

“…Participants were randomly assigned to complete 6 web-based sessions of nongamified standard ABMT (n=43), gamified ABMT (n=41), or a control condition (nongamified sham ABMT; n=45) over a period of 3 weeks. Active ABMT conditions trained attention away from pain-related words. …”
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Evaluation of the efficacy of transpupillary hexagonal pattern laser coagulation of the retina in the treatment of active stages of retinopathy of prematurity by A.V. Tereshchenko, I.G. Trifanenkova, Yu.A. Sidorova, V.V. Firsova

“…The treatment efficacy was evaluated by changes in the clinical manifestations (flattening, decrease and disappearance of the extraretinal proliferation (ERP) ridge and demarcation ridge) and morphometric indicators (reduction in retinal thickness in the macular region) 3–4 weeks following LCR. </p> <p> <b>Results</b>: the efficacy of the hexagonal pattern LCR technique is comparable to that of the square pattern LCR: in both groups it was effective in 100% of patients with ROP stage 2 and 96% of patients with ROP stage 3. …”
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Effect of spirulina supplementation on growth, immunity, antioxidant status and pathomorphological perspectives in broilers exposed to dietary aflatoxin B1 by Ayman S. Salah, Antonia Lestingi, Mahmoud S. El-Tarabany, Marwa Mostafa, Rania Samir Zaki, Mahmoud M. Azzam, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Mahmoud Alagawany, Ahmed Fotouh

“…The study lasted for six weeks (1–42 day). AFB1 toxicity significantly (P < 0.05) reduced final live body weight and weight gain whereas spirulina supplementation increased final body weight and weight gain. …”
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Studying the Digital Intervention Engagement–Mediated Relationship Between Intrapersonal Measures and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Second... by Michael P Williams, Justin Manjourides, Louisa H Smith, Crissi B Rainer, Lisa B Hightow-Weidman, Danielle F Haley

“…PrEP nonadherence was defined as blood serum concentrations of tenofovir-diphosphate and emtricitabine-triphosphate that correlated with ≤4 doses weekly at the 3-month follow-up. Logistic regression was used to estimate the total effect of baseline intrapersonal measures on PrEP nonadherence, represented as odds ratios (ORs) with a null value of 1. …”
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Effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on neonatal calf diarrhea when administered at a disease alert generated by automated milk feeders by A. Welk, M.C. Cantor, H.W. Neave, J.H.C. Costa, J.L. Morrison, C.B. Winder, D.L. Renaud

“…Body weight was recorded at birth and weekly thereafter. A subset of calves (n = 32) were fitted with IceQube pedometers at 3 d of age to measure activity behaviors (lying time and step count). …”
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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder increases cognitive inflexibility in people with coronary artery disease by Agne Stanyte, Naomi A. Fineberg, Julija Gecaite-Stonciene, Aurelija Podlipskyte, Julius Neverauskas, Alicja Juskiene, Vesta Steibliene, Nijole Kazukauskiene, Julius Burkauskas

“…Methods: Seventy-eight adults (median age 59 [53.0–66.0] years) with CAD were tested within three days of hospital admission for cardiac rehabilitation occurring within two weeks of experiencing an episode of unstable angina or myocardial infarction. …”
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Safety and tolerability of the M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor modulator BAY 2413555 in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in the REMOTE-HF study by Marat Fudim, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Dominik Linz, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Calum MacRae, Nina Kimmeskamp-Kirschbaum, Michaela Meyer, Thomas Mondritzki, Hanna Tinel, Wilfried Dinh, Robert J. Mentz

“…Secondary endpoints included number of participants with high degree AV block or symptomatic pauses/ bradycardia and changes from baseline in resting heart rate after 2 and 4 weeks of dosing with BAY 2413555. Changes from baseline in heart rate recovery (HRR) at 1 and 2 min after exercise testing and chronotropic reserve (CR) were also assessed. …”
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Oncolytic influenza virus enhances killing effect of gemcitabine against pancreatic cancer cells by MENG Zihe, MENG Zihe, XU Yongru, DENG Zhaoda

“…Using a subcutaneous tumor-bearing mouse model of pancreatic cancer， 36 female C57BL/6 mice （6 weeks old） were randomly divided into PBS group， recombinant oncolytic virus group， GEM group， and the combined treatment group， with 9 mice in each group. …”
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Effects of exercise interventions on fatigue of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients: A Meta-analysis (运动干预对造血干细胞移植患者疲乏影响的Meta分析)... by ZHOU Min (周敏), ZHANG Qing (张清), HU Shaoyan (胡绍燕), ZHOU Xuemei (周雪梅)

“…Results A total of six studies were included, and the results of meta-analysis showed a statistically significant difference in fatigue scores between the experimental and control groups ［SMD= -0. 24, 95% CI (-0. 44, -0. 03), P<0. 001］; subgroup analysis showed that exercise intervention improved fatigue in HSCT patients ［SMD= -0. 58, 95% CI (-0. 80, -0. 35), P<0. 001］; exercise interventions throughout the transplant period ［SMD= -0. 58, 95% CI (-0. 80, -0. 35), P<0. 001］, and duration longer than 12 weeks ［SMD= -0. 53, 95% CI (-0. 78, -0. 29), P<0. 001］ can reduce fatigue. …”
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Safety and efficacy of selective RIPK1 inhibitor SIR1-365 in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, phase 1b trial by Norberto Chavez-Tapia, Muneeba Ahsan Sayeed, Shobha Luxmi, Douglas J. Kasper, Fenchao Xue, Yang Shen, Weiliang Fan, Wei Yuan, Bin Du

“…Adults hospitalized with severe COVID-19 (diagnosed ≤2 weeks before screening) were randomized 1:1 to receive oral placebo or SIR1-365 100 mg three times daily for ≤14 consecutive days, with standard-of-care. …”
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