Factors Affecting Antenatal Corticosteroid Administration from the Obstetricians’ Viewpoint by Emel Kurtoğlu, Migraci Tosun, Ayşe Zehra Özdemir, Erdal Malatyalıoğlu

“…STUDY DESIGN: The pregnant women who delivered between 24 and 34 weeks of gestation were divided into two groups: Group 1, pregnant patients given corticosteroid therapy; Group 2, pregnant patients who were not given corticosteroid therapy. …”
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Investigation and Validation of Detection of Storage Stability of Difenoconazole Residue in Mango by Fangfang Zhao, Jingkun Liu, Bingjun Han, Jinhui Luo

“…At 0.1 mg/kg, the residue degraded in 6 months by 12% when at −20°C, while in a week by only 12.2% at 4°C. However, when pretreated and preserved in the solution, the residue remained more than 90% for 6–8 weeks. …”
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Thyrotoxic Dysphagia in an 82-Year-Old Male by Konstantinos Parperis, Ramona Dadu, Sheikh Hoq, Vivian Argento

“…We report a case of an 82-year-old male who presented with a 4-week history of dysphagia and weight loss. Workup for his dysphagia with upper endoscopy, MRI brain, electromyography, acetyl-cholinesterase receptor antibodies, and voltage-gated calcium channel antibodies were negative. …”
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Comparison of Perioperative Ranibizumab Injections for Diabetic Macular Edema in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery by Erhan Yumuşak, Kemal Örnek

“…The first group received intravitreal ranibizumab injection 2 weeks preoperatively, the second group received intraoperatively, and the third group received 2 weeks postoperatively. …”
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Dark Chocolate Intake May Reduce Fatigue and Mediate Cognitive Function and Gray Matter Volume in Healthy Middle-Aged Adults by Kiyotaka Nemoto, Keisuke Kokubun, Yousuke Ogata, Yasuharu Koike, Tetsuaki Arai, Yoshinori Yamakawa

“…With the hypothesis that fatigue may be one such mediating factor, we performed a four-week randomized control study to seek a link between dark chocolate consumption, cognitive function, fatigue, and the brain in middle-aged adults. …”
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The Influence of Physical Activity, Knowledge, and Diet on The Incidence of Degenerative Diseases in The Gymnastics Community by Budhi Setianto

“…The findings indicate that, albeit just once a week, most respondents participate in physical activities like gymnastics largely for their physical well-being. …”
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Early Bilateral Corneal Ectasia after Photorefractive Keratectomy with Non Identifiable Preoperative Risk Factor: A Case Report by Farhan Khashim Alswailmi, Mujeeb Ur Rehman Parrey

“…Corneal ectasia following Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) remains a relatively rare but significant complication; however, its onset can range from a few weeks to many years. This case report presents the earliest known onset of bilateral corneal ectasia after PRK in the absence of predictable preoperative risk factors. …”
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Treatment-Resistant Hepatitis C Viral Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review by Victoria Green, Marina Roytman

“…The goal of therapy is to achieve a sustained virologic response (SVR-12), defined as undetectable HCV-RNA within 12 weeks after treatment completion. In 2011, approval was given for the first direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs). …”
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Sterile Acellular Dermal Collagen as a Treatment for Rippling Deformity of Breast by Brittany Busse, Hakan Orbay, David E. Sahar

“…Follow-up was performed at 1 week, 3 months, and 1 year following the procedure. …”
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The Effectiveness of a Behavioral Program in Reducing the Aggressive Behavior of Children with Mild Mental Disabilities at the Mu'tah Center for Special Education by Sameer Alremawi, Ahmed A. Arabiyat

“…The list of aggressive behavior was applied to the study sample in three stages: The first stage was a baseline (pre-test) and lasted a week, and the second stage was a stage after the completion of the application of the guidance program (post-test), where it lasted for six weeks, while the third stage was the (follow-up measurement) phase, which was carried out two months after stopping the implementation of the program, the repetitions of aggressive behavior were counted. …”
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Examining the Impact of a School-Based Bullying Education Program on Students’ Knowledge of Bullying, Bullying Behavior, and Self-Esteem by Nahla Al Ali, Islam Omar Qasem, Tariq Aldwaikat

“…Using an uncontrolled pre-post design, 210 students from grades 7 and 8 in two Jordanian public schools participated in a four-week intervention programme. Results showed significant improvements in students’ knowledge about bullying and self-esteem and decreased victimization rates. …”
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Leadless Pacemaker Implantation in the Presence of the Bioprosthetic Tricuspid Valve: Case Presentation and Literature Review by Mahsa Mohammadi, MohammadReza Iranian, Sedigheh Saedi, Yaser Toloueitabar, Amirfarjam Fazelifar, Majid Haghjoo

“…ABSTRACT A 21‐year‐old man, known case of the repaired congenital heart disease, developed complete atrioventricular block (AVB) one week after simultaneous bioprosthetic pulmonary and tricuspid valve replacement and atrial septal defect repair. …”
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Analyzing Accident Injury Severity via an Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) Model by Shubo Wu, Quan Yuan, Zhongwei Yan, Qing Xu

“…., time of day, day of week, rushing hour, crash position, weather, and crash involvements) of VRUs-involved crashes. …”
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Organic Amendments and Earthworm Addition Improve Properties of Nonacidic Mine Tailings by P. M. Rutherford, J. M. Arocena

“…Pulp sludge more rapidly immobilized excessive NH4 + concentrations from biosolids early in the study; however, total mineral N concentrations were similar in pulp sludge and sawdust treatments by week 29. Although NO3 −-N concentrations were generally greater in treatments with earthworms, these trends were not statistically significant (P>0.05). …”
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Improved COVID-19 Diagnosis Using a Hybrid Transfer Learning Model with Fuzzy Edge Detection on CT Scan Images by Hassan Salarabadi, Mohammad Saber Iraji, Mehdi Salimi, Mehdi Zoberi

“…Medical specialists often recommend the use of CT scans for COVID-19 diagnosis, particularly in the second week of illness when there is a high suspicion of infection, due to the unique lung patterns observed in COVID-19 patients. …”
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Tendon Graft and Platelet Concentrate for Chronic Achilles Tendon Rupture. A Case Report by Yovanny Ferrer Lozano, Pablo Oquendo Vázquez, Yanett Morejón Trofimova, Daniel Díaz Torres

“…Epithelialization was reached in the fourth postoperative week. Twelve weeks after surgery, the patient began to resume her normal life. …”
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A Novel Split-Course High-Dose Palliative Radiotherapy Regimen for Locally Advanced Sinonasal Cancer: A Case Report by Saif Aljabab, Amna Mohaimeed, Firas AlMomen, Abdullah AlSwailem, Yasir Alayed

“…We offered him high-dose split-course palliative radiotherapy in the form of a quad Shot of 14.80 Gy in four fractions twice daily, followed by 30 Gy in five fractions every other day with a 2-week interval. Treatment resulted in excellent clinical response with symptomatic relief in a short time, and the patient could travel back home safely.…”
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A pathological, bacteriological and serological approach to leg problems in broilers by Deniz Mısırlıoğlu, K, Tayfun Çarlı, Aiper Sevimli, Metin Petek

“…Leg problems in 4 flocks having 4443. 6154, 6070 and 6200 birds, respectively in a commercial broiler farm wore investigated in this study, A total o( 72 lame chickens was selected randomly of the 3th week of age and examined pathologically, bacteriologically and serologically. …”
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The use of an automatic remote weight management system to track treatment response, identified drugs supply shortage and its consequences: A pilot study by Idan Roth, Ohad Cohen

“…This was followed by a 6–8 week plateau and a subsequent 13 kg cumulative weight gain. …”
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Combining Static and Dynamic Myofascial Dry Cupping Therapy to Improve Local and Regional Symptoms in Individuals with Low Back Pain: A Case Series by Brent Harper, Alana Dudek, Julianne Williamson, Alex Siyufy, Jo Armour Smith

“…Outcome measures were taken at two different time points within one-week per participant. Subjective measures included the numeric pain rating scale and the Oswestry Disability Index, objective measures included passive straight leg raise measurements, and pressure pain threshold…”
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