Frequency of television viewing and association with overweight and obesity among women of the reproductive age group in Myanmar: results from a nationwide cross-sectional survey by Rajat Das Gupta, Ibrahim Hossain Sajal, Mehedi Hasan, Ipsita Sutradhar, Mohammad Rifat Haider, Malabika Sarker

“…The odds of being overweight and obese were 20% higher (adjusted OR (AOR) 1.16, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.32; p=0.023) among those who watched television at least once a week compared with those who did not watch television at all. …”
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Voluntary Forelimbs Exercise Reduces Immobilization-Induced Mechanical Hyperalgesia in the Rat Hind Paw by Kumiko Ishikawa, Satoshi Oga, Kyo Goto, Junya Sakamoto, Ryo Sasaki, Yuichiro Honda, Hideki Kataoka, Minoru Okita

“…In the IM and EX groups, the bilateral ankle joints of each rat were immobilized in full plantar flexion with a plaster cast for eight weeks. In the EX group, voluntary exercise using nonimmobilized forelimbs in the running wheel was administered during the immobilization period, while hind limbs were kept immobilized (60 min/day, 5 days/week). …”
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Insulin Treatment Attenuates Small Nerve Fiber Damage in Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes by Laura J. Andreasen, Rikke K. Kirk, Christian Fledelius, Mark A. Yorek, Jens Lykkesfeldt, Thorbjorn Akerstrom

“…During the 12-week treatment period, blood glucose and body weight were monitored weekly, whereas Hargreaves’ test was performed four, eight, and 12 weeks after treatment initiation. …”
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Smartphone applications for physical activity and sedentary behaviour change in people with cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Kacie Patterson, Rachel Davey, Richard Keegan, Nicole Freene

“…Smartphone applications produced a significant increase of 40.35 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity per week (7 studies; p = 0.04; 95% CI 1.03 to 79.67) and 2,390 steps per day (3 studies; p = 0.0007; 95% CI 1,006.9 to 3,791.2). …”
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Out-of-field dose assessment for pencil beam scanning proton radiotherapy versus photon radiotherapy for breast cancer in pregnant women by Menke Weessies, Murillo Bellezzo, Britt J.P. Hupkens, Frank Verhaegen, Gloria Vilches-Freixas

“…Results: At 20 weeks, PBS-PRT including imaging delivered 22.4 mSv, reducing dose 3.4-fold versus 6FF XRT and 2.5-fold versus 6FFF XRT. …”
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Effect of Cluster Acupuncture of Scalp-point combined with Rehabilitation Training for Daily Living Ability of Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Linjing WANG, Yuan TIAN, Chunying WANG, Lu WANG, Lili SHANG, Wei AN, Hong CHANG

“…The control group was given simple rehabilitation training, loosening-up activities for 10 min a time first, and 30 minutes'Pavel rehabilitation training in preparation period,3 times a week, continuous training for two weeks. During the training period, six movements including leg kicking, leg flexion and extension, chest, rowing, hip and body extension were request, thirty times each movement, sixty minutes for tainning, once every other day, continuous training for four weeks. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation and microwave ablation for the treatment of unifocal papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a retrospe... by Ning Li, YiJie Dong, Yunchuan Ding, Guihua Cui, Qing Hua, Shujun Xia, JianQiao Zhou

“…The mean volume of the ablated lesions increased slightly at the 1-week follow-up and then decreased at 1 month after ablation in both groups. …”
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Assessment of Eccentric-Concentric Exercises Applied in Different Resistances in Terms of Strength by Oktay Çakmakçı, Ali Tatlıcı

“…These groups were named as control group (CG) (age 21.00 ± 2.44 years, height 178.13 ± 6.83 cm, body weight 80.13 ± 12.14 kg), eccentric group (EG) (age 22.22 ± 2.99 year, height 178.22 ± 5.95 cm, body weight 71.22 ± 9.36 kg), con-eccentric group (CEG) (age 21.22 ± 2.86 year, height 177.22 ± 4.68 cm, body weight 71.89 ± 13.93 kg) and modified con-eccentric group (MCEG) (age 21.67 ± 2.59 year, height 177.00 ± 4.30 cm, body weight 75.22 ± 8.16 kg). During the 8-week training period, 4 sets of leg extension exercises with different loads were applied to the training groups 3 days a week. …”
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Effect of anti-sclerostin antibody on orthodontic tooth movement in ovariectomized rats by Hyunna Ahn, Wonse Park, Sung-Hwan Choi, Namki Hong, Jisun Huh, Seoyeon Jung

“…OTM was performed 8 weeks after OVX. The ROMO group received subcutaneous injections of romosozumab twice a week, starting two weeks after OVX. …”
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Cisplatin and lipopolysaccharide co-administration for renal injury model in mice by Sae-Byeok Hwang, Soon-Suk Kang, Yeonmi Lee, Eunju Kang

“…Significant renal injury was observed in the 10 mg/kg cisplatin group administered for two weeks. In the 8 mg/kg cisplatin group, no changes were observed after two weeks, but renal damage appeared after four weeks. …”
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Social issues in general practice – a survey assessing the interprofessional perspective of general practitioners and social workers regarding frequency, challenges, and needs by Tonia Gerber, Laura Diaz Hernandez, René Rüegg, Dunja Vetter, Andreas Zeller

“…GPs face a median of 3 patients with social problems per week (IQR 5.2). They reported encountering patients facing “Finance” issues most frequently, with 78.8% encountering such cases between “more than 3 patients per week” and “1–3 patients per month”. …”
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Ultrasound guided thoracic dorsal root ganglia pulsed radiofrequency verified by fluroscopy for patients with lung cancer and metastatic thoracic cage pain: a randomized controlled... by Dina Kamel Abdel Maksoud, Sahar Ahmed El Karadway, Nagwa Ahmed Ibrahim, Dina Nabil Abbbas

“…Pain effect on relations with others decreased significantly in group 1 than group 2 two weeks post intervention (p = 0.021). The influence of pain on patient’s general activity and walking ability did not differ significantly between the studied groups. 60% of patients in group 1 were either very satisfied or satisfied with pain relief compared with none of patients in group 2 one week post intervention. …”
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Does the Frequency of Watching Television Matters on Overweight and Obesity among Reproductive Age Women in Ethiopia? by Mohammed Ahmed, Abdu Seid, Adnan Kemal

“…The results from this study demonstrated that watching television at least once a week is associated with obesity among reproductive age women in Ethiopia. …”
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Plum-blossom needle combined with bloodletting therapy and nursing management for a patient with lower limb peripheral neuropathy caused by postoperative chemotherapy of colorectal... by ZHAO Baoya (赵保亚), ZHANG Lei (张蕾), LIU Shuhong (刘书红)

“…Plum-blossom needle therapy was used to tap and stab the collaterals of the legs, Yin collaterals and Yang collaterals alternately, twice a week and Thursday, and three drops of blood were bled to the ten toes of the foot twice a week to dredge the peripheral blood stasis. …”
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Electroacupuncture for mild-to-moderate dry eye: study protocol for a multicentre, randomised, single-blind, sham-controlled trial by Yue Zhao, Guang Yang, Yun-Qiong Lu, Mei-Yan Li, Jue Hong, Yan-Ting Yang, Xue-Jun Wang, Xie-He Kong, Zhao Ma, Xin-Yun Huang, Yue-Lan Zou, Xing-Tao Zhou, Xiao-Peng Ma

“…A total of 168 patients with DE will be enrolled and randomly assigned to EA or sham EA groups to receive 4-week consecutive treatments and follow-up for 24 weeks. …”
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Effects of group sports activities on physical activity and social interaction abilities of children with autism spectrum disorders by Yu Xing, Yu Xing, Shuaibin Huang, Yatong Zhao, Xueping Wu

“…The experimental group performed group sports activities for 60 min/time, 4 times/week, for a total of 12 weeks, while the control group maintained the traditional sports activities of Peizhi School. …”
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Effect of Yijinjing Training on Balance Function and Plantar Pressure of Stroke Patients by LUO Kailiang, JIN Xueming, MA Shujie, XUE Xin, LIU Xinhao, MA Xinran, HU Jun

“…The control group received routine rehabilitation therapy, including exercise therapy, occupational therapy, electrotherapy and acupuncture therapy, once a day, five days a week, continuous treatment for four weeks. The observation group received Yijinjing training on the basis of the control group, 30 minutes a time, once a day, five days a week, continuous treatment for four weeks. …”
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Zingiber striolatum phytochemicals ameliorated hyperglycemia symptoms by modulating gut microbial communities in mice with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Tingting Liu, Xiaodong Ge, Lu Song, Huanhuan Wu, Xue Qian, Bowen Jia, Chao Zhao, Yi Zhuang

“…However, the regulatory influence of Z. striolatum ethanol extract (ZSE) on the gut microbiota of T2DM mice or its potential relationship with T2DM pathology remains unexplored.MethodsAfter a one-week acclimation period, 12 mice were randomly selected as the normal group. …”
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From strain to strength: a yearlong study on the transformative influence of inner engineering online program on mental well-being by Ashwin Swaminathan, Braiden DeSchryver, Akila Rayapuraju, Julianna Barbaro, Hibiki Orui, Balachundhar Subramaniam, Preeti Upadhyay Reed

“…The global PSQI score reduced at the week 6 timepoint by 1.3 (95% C.I. 0.49–2.0, p < 0.01) with medium effect size and was sustained until 1 year.DiscussionWithin 6 weeks of participating in IECO, regular practice of SMK significantly reduced stress, improved sleep quality, and boosted mindfulness. …”
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Epicardially Placed Bioengineered Cardiomyocyte Xenograft in Immune-Competent Rat Model of Heart Failure by Ikeotunye Royal Chinyere, Pierce Bradley, Joshua Uhlorn, Joshua Eason, Saffie Mohran, Giuliana G. Repetti, Sherry Daugherty, Jen Watson Koevary, Steven Goldman, Jordan J. Lancaster

“…The improvements were detectable at seven weeks post-graft implantation despite an antibody response beginning at week one and peaking at week three. …”
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