Antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C: is there a time to change existing standards? by D. T. Abdurakhmanov

“…At CHC patients with the rapid virologic response (absence of viremia at the 4-th week) it is possible to limit duration of treatment by pegilated interferon and ribavirin in the case of the 1-st HCV genotype to 24 wks, in the case of the 2 and 3-rd genotypes to 12–16 wk. …”
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Successes and challenges of learning to support children post-COVID-19 by Megan Adams, Sanjuana Rodriguez, Karla Ramirez, Allison Garefino, Virginie Jackson

“… This study investigated the experiences of faculty mentors and college students majoring in education or social work during a four-week summer program serving children in first and second grade. …”
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Rifampicin for Treatment of Cholestatic Pruritus Caused by Drug-Induced Acute Liver Injury as Assessed by the RUCAM Classification by Ali R. Ahmadi, Maria Chicco, Marcel van den Berge

“…Treatment was initiated with cholestyramine and naltrexone for one week with no effect on the pruritus. Subsequently, all medications were stopped, and rifampicin was started. …”
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Experimental Closed-Loop Control of Breast Cancer in Mice by Levente Kovács, Bence Czakó, Máté Siket, Tamás Ferenci, András Füredi, Balázs Gombos, Gergely Szakács, Dániel András Drexler

“…The optimized therapeutic protocol is calculated in a closed-loop manner at fixed time instants, twice in a week. The controller consists of a nonlinear model predictive controller which uses the state estimation of a moving horizon estimator. …”
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Sucrose Accumulation Maturity Curves for CP 80-1827 by Robert A. Gilbert, James M. Shine, Jr., Jimmy D. Miller, Ronald W. Rice, Curtis R. Rainbolt

“…CP 80-1827 harvest samples were collected at 2-week intervals at 5 locations over 4 harvest seasons in the Everglades Agricultural Area. …”
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Strawberries: Main Pests and Beneficials in Florida by Silvia I. Rondon, James F. Price, Daniel J. Cantliffe

“…Strawberry plants are quickly established two weeks after the transplanting irrigation is turned off. …”
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Managing a Case of a Congenital Cystic Eyeball: Case Report with Review of Literature by Aashish Raj Pant, Rinkal Suwal, Purushottam Joshi, Santosh Chaudhary

“…An orbital cyst replaces the eyeball which occurs due to the complete or partial failure in invagination of the primary optic vesicle during the fourth week of gestation. We discuss a case of a congenital cystic eyeball in a 14-year-old female who presented to us for a cosmetic blemish due to a large swelling in the right eyelid with the absence of a right eyeball since birth. …”
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Urinary Incontinence due to Overactive Detrusor Muscle: A Rare Side Effect of Venlafaxine by Vithyalakshmi Selvaraj, Palanikumar Gunasekar, Suneel Kumar, Imad Alsakaf

“…A 66-year-old Caucasian male with prior history of major depressive disorder developed UI within a week of starting venlafaxine 75 mg per day. He described symptoms in the form of involuntary leakage of urine both during the day and at night. …”
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Kluyvera ascorbata: An Emerging Pathogen and Rare Cause of Urinary Tract Infection in Immunocompetent Patients at a Tertiary Care Center in North India by Apurva Rautela, Nikhil Raj, Vikramjeet Singh, Anupam Das, Jyotsna Agarwal

“…The first case was a 61-year-old male, who was admitted to the nephrology department of the hospital with chief complaints of fever with chills from 1 week, abdominal pain, and difficulty in passing urine. …”
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The Child as a Surrogate for Diagnosis of Lupus in the Mother by Olufemi O. Adelowo, Kenneth A. Ohagwu, Ejiehi E. Aigbokhan, Richard O. Akintayo

“…This is a case report of a male infant delivered via Caesarean section at 36-week gestation following detection of fetal bradycardia during routine antenatal clinic visit. …”
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Diagnosis and Surgical Management of a Retroperitoneal Lipoma in Pregnancy by Katharina Mitchell, Kylie Fuller, Alan Thomay, Robert Shapiro

“…Our patient presented at 15-week gestation with abdominal pain, distention, and orthopnea. …”
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Refractory IgG Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Treated with Eculizumab: A Novel Application of Anticomplement Therapy by Kim Ma, Stephen Caplan

“…We report a case of severe wAIHA secondary to Waldenström macroglobulinemia with life threatening intravascular hemolysis refractory to prednisone, rituximab, splenectomy, and plasmapheresis. A four-week treatment of eculizumab in this heavily pretreated patient resulted in a sustained increase in hemoglobin and transfusion independence, suggesting a role for complement inhibition in refractory wAIHA.…”
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A Proposal for Long-Term Missions of Small Lunar Rovers Using an MLI Curtain System by Jang-Joon Lee, Kyu-Hong Kim

“…Until recently, it was difficult to install RHU (Radioisotope Heating Units) or other temperature maintenance devices on small lunar rovers to enable lunar night survival, and so such rovers could only perform short two-week missions. Thermal analysis results show that small rovers could survive during lunar nights by moving into a shelter located inside the MLI curtain of the lander without mounting temperature maintenance devices. …”
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A Randomized Trial Comparing Seven-Day Ranitidine Bismuth Citrate and Clarithromycin Dual Therapy to Seven-Day Omeprazole, Clarithromycin and Amoxicillin Triple Therapy for the Er... by Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Naoki Chiba, Alan Barkun, Carlo Fallone, Alain Farley, Alan Cockeram, Chrystian Dallaire, Lorinda Simms, Barbara Nicholls

“…OBJECTIVE: To assess Helicobacter pylori eradication after one week dual ranitidine bismuth citrate-clarithromycin (RBC-C) or triple omeprazole, clarithromycin and amoxicillin (OCA) therapy.…”
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Prediction of Chloride Penetration into Hardening Concrete by Wei-Jie Fan, Xiao-Yong Wang

“…Currently, most of experimental investigations about submerged penetration of chloride ions are started after the four-week standard curing of concrete. The further hydration of cement and reduction of chloride diffusivity during submerged penetration period are ignored. …”
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Effect of Sugar Palm Fiber Surface on Interfacial Bonding with Natural Sago Matrix by H. Mardin, I. N. G. Wardana, Pratikto, Wahyono Suprapto, Kusno Kamil

“…Palm fibers were immersed in sea water for 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks prior to application as reinforcement of green biocomposite. …”
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Sucrose Accumulation Maturity Curves for CP 72-2086 by Robert A. Gilbert, James M. Shine, Jr., Jimmy D. Miller, Ronald W. Rice, Curtis R. Rainbolt

“…CP 72-2086 harvest samples were collected at 2-week intervals at 5 locations over 4 harvest seasons in the Everglades Agricultural Area. …”
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The assessment of Bosnian EFL learners’ knowledge by two different measures: test and writing assignment by Tankosić Ana, Dubravac Vildana

“…However, since the number of English classes per week is very limited they should be utilized in the best possible way to produce proficient users of English. …”
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Sucrose Accumulation Maturity Curves for CP 80-1743 by Robert A. Gilbert, James M. Shine, Jr., Jimmy D. Miller, Ronald W. Rice, Curtis R. Rainbolt

“…CP 80-1743 harvest samples were collected at 2-week intervals at 5 locations over 4 harvest seasons in the Everglades Agricultural Area. …”
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A Pregnancy Case of Primary Mediastinal Large B Cell Lymphoma with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome by Lauren Brownhalls, Ann Gillett, Yasmin Whately, Keisuke Tanaka

“…We report a case of a 33-year-old woman diagnosed with PMLBCL who presented at 33-week gestation with SVC obstruction to 1 mm in diameter. …”
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