Effects of home-based virtual reality upper extremity rehabilitation in persons with chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial by Hiroyuki Ase, Kaoru Honaga, Mami Tani, Tomokazu Takakura, Futoshi Wada, Yuhei Murakami, Reina Isayama, Akira Tanuma, Toshiyuki Fujiwara

“…The intervention group (n = 7) performed a home rehabilitation program for the paretic hand (30 min/day, five days/week) using a VR device (RAPAEL Smart Glove™; NEOFECT Co., Yung-in, Korea) for four weeks. …”
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Partial replacement of soybean meal with mixed plant proteins yields comparable growth and carcass quality in growing-finishing pigs by Wei Han Zhao, Wei Han Zhao, Joo Hyun Ha, Joo Hyun Ha, Sungbo Cho, Sungbo Cho, In Ho Kim, In Ho Kim

“…However, a decreasing ADG (p = 0.0837) and ADFI (p = 0.0779) were observed during weeks 0–5, while an increasing FCR was noted during weeks 10–15 (p = 0.0835) and the overall period. …”
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Short Bowel Patients Treated for Two Years with Glucagon-Like Peptide 2 (GLP-2): Compliance, Safety, and Effects on Quality of Life by P. B. Jeppesen, P. Lund, I. B. Gottschalck, H. B. Nielsen, J. J. Holst, J. Mortensen, S. S. Poulsen, B. Quistorff, P. B. Mortensen

“…This study describes safety, compliance, and changes in quality of life in 11 SBS patients at baseline, week 13, 26, and 52 during two years of subcutaneous GLP-2 treatment, 400 microgram TID, intermitted by an 8-week washout period. …”
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Comparison of various feed additives on nutrient digestibility, digestive enzyme activity, blood metabolite levels, and gut microbiota composition in japanese quail chicks by Hassan Saleh, Omid Jangjou, Mohammad Taher Mirakzehi, Seyedeh Hamideh Hosseni

“…Methods: A total of 600 hatched Japanese quail (1-week-old) were randomly allocated to six groups, each containing five replicates with 20 birds in each. …”
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The effect of combined fig-Walnut syrup on functional constipation in pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial by Roghayyeh Valizadeh, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Khadijeh Hajizadeh, Mostafa Araj-Khodaei, Mojgan Mirghafourvand

“…The questionnaires were completed once before the intervention and then the FC questionnaire was completed once a week for four weeks and the QoL questionnaire was completed at the end of the fourth week. …”
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Magnitude and Risk of Dying among Low Birth Weight Neonates in Rural Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Akine Eshete, Abebe Alemu, Taddes Alemu Zerfu

“…Similarly, neonates born with very low (<2000gm) birth weight and born prematurely (before 37 weeks of gestation) carried a higher (HR= 1.90 and 1.47; 95 % CI: 1.22 - 2.96 and 1.07-2.28) risk of death. …”
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Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation as a pain modulator in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Gehad Gamal Elsehrawy, Maha Emad Ibrahim, Nermeen Hassan A.moneim, Mohamed Ahmed Hefny, Nashwa Kamel El Shaarawy

“…We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of tVNS on nociceptive pain, central sensitization, and physical function in knee OA. Methods In this 12-week study, we stimulated the auricular branch of the vagus nerve with an auricular electrode connected to a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device once a day for 3 days each week for 12 weeks. …”
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Dose-Dense Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide Followed by Docetaxel as Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Node-Positive Breast Cancer by Hamid Reza Mirzaei, Parisa Sabet Rasekh, Fatemeh Nasrollahi, Parto Sabet Rasekh, Zahra Akbari Tirabad, Hamid Reza Moein, Taban Ghaffari Pour, Parastoo Hajian

“…All Patients first received 4 cycles of epirubicin (100 mg/m2) and cyclophosphamide (600 mg/m2) at 2-week interval then followed by docetaxel (100 mg/m2) at 2-week interval for 4 cycles, with daily Pegfilgrastim (G-CSF) that was administered in all patients on days 3–10 after each cycle of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide infusion. …”
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Effectiveness of Ai Chi as Aquatic Intervention for Balance Impairments in Community-dwelling Older Adults in India: A Randomised Controlled Study by Purnima Singh, Pratap Chandra Sarma

“…Both groups received 40-minute aquatic therapy sessions three times a week for eight weeks. Balance was assessed using the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT), and Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) before (P1), after four weeks (P2), and after eight weeks of intervention (P3). …”
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Caregiver Global Impression Observations from EMBARK: A Phase 3 Study Evaluating Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec in Ambulatory Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Craig M. McDonald, Jacob S. Elkins, Sai Dharmarajan, Katherine Gooch, Teofil Ciobanu, Claire J. Lansdall, Alexander P. Murphy, Fiona McDougall, Eugenio M. Mercuri, Ivana Audhya, the EMBARK Study Group

“…Methods In the Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (EMBARK; NCT05096221), the CaGI-C at week 52 and change from baseline to week 52 in CaGI-S were evaluated in a post hoc analysis. …”
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Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) of non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL) for singleton and twin pregnancies in the first trimester by Huanyun Li, Shaojun Li, Zhenhua Zhao, Lingrong Kong, Xinyu Fu, Jingqi Zhu, Jun Feng, Weiqin Tang, Di Wu, Xiangdong Kong

“…Most (13/15) of pregnant women were diagnosed in the first trimester and the earliest gestation week was the 7th week. The twin pregnancy was a dichorionic diamniotic twin (DCDA). …”
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Exposure to Air Pollution Exacerbates Inflammation in Rats with Preexisting COPD by Jing Wang, Ya Li, Peng Zhao, Yange Tian, Xuefang Liu, Huihui He, Rui Jia, Brian G. Oliver, Jiansheng Li

“…Cardinal features of human COPD were induced in a rat model by repeated cigarette smoke inhalation and bacterial infection for 8 weeks. Then, from week 9 to week 16, some of these rats with COPD were subjected to real-time concentrated atmospheric PM2.5. …”
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A Data-Driven Approach to Engineering Instruction: Exploring Learning Styles, Study Habits, and Machine Learning by Lauren Genith Isaza Dominguez, Antonio Robles-Gomez, Rafael Pastor-Vargas

“…This study examined the impact of learning style and study habit alignment on the academic success of engineering students. Over a 16-week semester, 72 students from Process Engineering and Electronic Engineering programs at the Universidad de Los Llanos participated in this study. …”
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The degree of cross-linking of polyacrylic acid affects the fibrogenicity in rat lungs by Taisuke Tomonaga, Hiroto Izumi, Chinatsu Nishida, Kazuma Sato, Yuiko Nakamura, Toshiki Morimoto, Yasuyuki Higashi, Ke-Yong Wang, Hidenori Higashi, Takuma Kojima, Kazuo Sakurai, Jun-ichi Takeshita, Akihiro Moriyama, Kei Yamasaki, Kazuhiro Yatera, Yasuo Morimoto

“…Rats were sacrificed at 3 days, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after exposure. …”
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Pharmacological Preconditioning Improves the Viability and Proangiogenic Paracrine Function of Hydrogel-Encapsulated Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Francesco K. Touani, Melanie Borie, Feryel Azzi, Dominique Trudel, Nicolas Noiseux, Shant Der Sarkissian, Sophie Lerouge

“…Moreover, celastrol-treated cells, but not vehicle-treated cells, led to a significant increase of neovessel density in the peri-implant region after one week in vivo compared to the control (blank hydrogel). …”
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Using Sequence Mining to Predict Complex Systems: A Case Study in Influenza Epidemics by Theyazn H. H. Aldhyani, Manish R. Joshi, Shahab A. AlMaaytah, Ahmed Abdullah Alqarni, Nizar Alsharif

“…The influenza-like illness data was collected from January 4, 2009 (week 1), to December 27, 2015 (week 52), stretching across a total time span of 312 weeks. …”
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Metabolic Effects of Testosterone Hormone Therapy in Normal and Orchiectomized Male Rats: From Indirect Calorimetry to Lipolytic Enzymes by Mahmoud Mustafa Ali Abulmeaty, Ali Madi Almajwal, Mohamed Farouk ElSadek, Mohamed Y Berika, Suhail Razak

“…After one week, FI and wt were automatically recorded, indirect calorimetry parameters were measured, and blood samples were collected to measure T, ghrelin, insulin, growth hormone (GH), glucose, hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL), adipocyte triglyceride lipase (ATGL), free fatty acids (FFA), and lipid profiles. …”
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Occupational stress and its correlates among healthcare workers of a tertiary level teaching hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Pranil Man Singh Pradhan, Suchana Thapa

“…Multiple linear regression revealed associations with employment duration over 1 year (β=0.174, p=0.001), rotating shift (β=−0.106, p=0.006), night shifts (β=0.251, p&lt;0.001), working hours of 48 hours or more per week (β=0.175, p=0.001), lack of support from other staff (β=0.130, p=0.010) and low-wealth quintile (β=0.161, p=0.006).Conclusion Occupational stress is associated with employment duration, night shift, rotating shift, working hours, support mechanisms and socioeconomic profile among healthcare workers. …”
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The Effectiveness of Advanced Platelet-Rich Fibrin in comparison with Leukocyte-Platelet-Rich Fibrin on Outcome after Dentoalveolar Surgery by Alaa Z. Makki, Anoud M. Alsulami, Arwa S. Almatrafi, Moroj Z. Sindi, Shahinaz N. Sembawa

“…The Landry Wound Healing Index (LWHI) was used after 1 and 2 weeks of extraction to evaluate the extraction site. …”
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Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as treatment of childhood-trauma related post-traumatic stress disorder (Ch-PTSD) in adults: eff... by Martine Daniëls, Marie-Louise Meewisse, Annet Nugter, Sophie A. Rameckers, Eva Fassbinder, Arnoud Arntz

“…The SMI was collected at waitlist, pre-treatment, mid-treatment, posttreatment, and 8-week and 1-year follow-up.Results: For both treatments, patients reported large reductions in the Maladaptive Schema Modes and improvements in the Adaptive Schema Modes (Cohen’s d = .94–1.18) from pre-treatment to posttreatment, 8-week follow-up, and 1-year follow-up. …”
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