Acupuncture as an independent or adjuvant therapy to standard management for menopausal insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Xiaoni Zhang, Chengyong Liu, Shan Qin, Chaoming Chen, Xiaoqiu Wang, Yuanyuan Jiang, Wenzhong Wu

“…The effect of acupuncture was maintained at a 4-week follow-up. Sixteen RCTs compared acupuncture with standard care, which showed acupuncture significantly reduced PSQI scores, KI scores, HAMD and HAMA scores. …”
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Risk Factors for Six Types of Disability among the Older People in Thailand in 2002, 2007, and 2011 by Pattaraporn Khongboon, Sathirakorn Pongpanich, Robert S. Chapman

“…The characteristics with greatest positive impact on disability prevalence were not working over the past week (average impact: 61.2%), age (53.7% per decade), and suffering from one or more chronic illnesses (46.3%). …”
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Speaking of Animals: A Conceptual analysis of Animal Metaphors in Yoruba by Oluwadamilare Adisa

“…Data collection involved a one-week purposive observation and audio-recording of random discussions among Yoruba speakers in Ibadan, consultation with Yoruba language teachers and elderly family members. …”
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Prolonged Exposure Therapy For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by Levent SÜTÇÝGÝL, Selçuk ASLAN

“…Prolonged exposure usually involves 9 to 12 sessions, each lasting about 60-90 minutes, administered once or twice a week. Prolonged exposure therapy was started to be implemented since the 1980s, during this period the effectiveness of the therapy has been shown in various empirical studies. …”
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The comparison of the effect of game and motion-based gross motor skills training programmes on the 4-5 year-old children's gross motor skills by Kezban Tepelı, Nurcan Kocak, Ozgur Gul

“…The experimental model with pretest and final test control groups was used in the research. A 12-week education was given to the children in the experimental group 1 and the experimental group 2 for 45 minutes during two days on average, but the control group was not given any education. …”
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Work Interruption Experienced by Nurses during Medication Administration Process and Associated Factors, Northwest Ethiopia by Mehammed Adem Getnet, Berhanu Boru Bifftu

“…Unit of work, day of the week, professional experience, perceived severity of work interruption, source/initiator of interruption, and secondary tasks were factors significantly associated with major work interruptions at p<0.05. …”
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Effects of breaking up prolonged sitting via exercise snacks intervention on the body composition and plasma metabolomics of sedentary obese adults: a randomized controlled trial by Jianming Zhou, Xiaoning Gao, Dandan Zhang, Chuanwu Jiang, Wenbing Yu

“…Participants in the snack group were subjected to 4 days of sprint exercises by stair-climbing per week for 12 weeks. Systemic and regional fat mass, epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), abdominal visceral (AVFA) and subcutaneous (ASFA) fat area and plasma metabolomics data were measured before and after intervention. …”
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Early identification of dropouts during the special forces selection program by Ruud J. R. den Hartigh, Rik Huijzer, Frank J. Blaauw, Age de Wit, Peter de Jonge

“…To identify who likely drops out, we assessed a group of 249 recruits, every week of the selection program, on their self-efficacy, motivation, experienced psychological and physical stress, and recovery. …”
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Moth Bean, Gelatin, and Murraya Koenigii Leaves Extract-Based Film and Coating: Effect of Coating on Shelf and Quality of Solanum Melongena by Raj Kumar, Naina Gautam, Shashikant Yadav, Venkatesh Thulasiraman, Anil Yadav, Nasir Awol

“…Furthermore, it also notices that coating extends the shelf life of Solanum melongena by one week.…”
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Ocular Circulation and Chronic Ocular Ischemic Syndrome before and after Carotid Artery Revascularization Surgery by Shoichiro Kawaguchi, Jun-ichi Iida, Yoshitomo Uchiyama

“…Results. (1) Ocular circulation: preoperatively, the average OphAr peak systolic flow velocity (Vs) was 0.05 m/sec, and the average CRA Vs was 0.07 m/sec. At 1 week after surgery, the average OphAr Vs significantly increased to 0.32 (P<0.05), and the average CRA Vs significantly increased to 0.11 m/sec (P<0.05). …”
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Melioidosis: A Rare Cause of Liver Abscess by Peter Franz M. San Martin, Catherine S. C. Teh, Ma. Amornetta J. Casupang

“…This is a case of a 44-year-old male, farmer, known to be diabetic, presenting with two-week history of vague abdominal pain associated with high grade fever. …”
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Characterisation of Phantom Limb Pain in Traumatic Lower-Limb Amputees by André Tadeu Sugawara, Marcel Simis, Felipe Fregni, Linamara Rizzo Battistella

“…The median PLP VAS was 60 (50–79.3) mm characterised by 13 (6–20) different descriptors in the same patient, which coexist, alternate, and add up to a frequency of 3.94 (2.5–4.38) times per week. The most frequent descriptor was movement of the phantom limb (70.91%). …”
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Appendicitis After Initiation of Tirzepatide by Chan G, Ansar M, Klein M

“…This novel case report presents a 73-year-old female patient, without typical risk factors or obvious triggers, who developed appendicitis one week following the initiation of Tirzepatide. Once Tirzepatide was stopped, the patient&rsquo;s symptoms dramatically improved and there was improvement also demonstrated on CT imaging. …”
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An Online Platform to Support the Network of Caregivers of People with Dementia by April B. C. G. Boessen, Renée Verwey, Saskia Duymelinck, Erik van Rossum

“…Seven family and thirty-two professional caregivers involved with four PWD participated during a 10-week period. Overall, the results indicate that the platform is easy to use and valuable for both family and professional caregivers. …”
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Congenital Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Suckling Piglet by Jasmine Hattab, Abigail Rose Trachtman, Pietro Giorgio Tiscar, Marco Di Domenico, Jessica Maria Abbate, Antonio Ieni, Giuseppe Marruchella

“…A 3-week-old suckling piglet spontaneously died after septicemic colibacillosis. …”
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Rare Neurological Manifestations of Scrub Typhus: Case Series from a Tertiary Care Centre in Kerala, India by NR Salini, T Sreena Sreekumar, Sudharmma Ramakrishnan, S Srikantan, Jacob Antony

“…In addition to two cases of meningoencephalitis, hereby, the authors report three different rare neurological manifestations of Scrub Typhus that presented in the second week of illness. These included isolated sixth cranial nerve palsy, opsoclonus myoclonus, and transient Parkinsonism. …”
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Enhancing Postgraduate Learning and Teaching: Postgraduate Summer School in Dairy Science by Pietro Celi, Gianfranco Gabai, Massimo Morgante, Luigi Gallo

“…The core component of this program was a two-week Postgraduate Summer School in Dairy Science, which was held at the University of Padova, for Ph.D. students of both universities. …”
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Complete Urogenital and Anorectal Duplication in a Dog by Jonathan M. Coffman, Marina McConkey, Gary Ellison, Elizabeth Huynh, Michael J. Dark

“…A 10-week-old sexually intact female golden retriever was evaluated for two functional anal openings and a bipartite vulva. …”
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Endovascular management of a spontaneous aorto-caval fistula resulting from abdominal aortic aneurysm: case report and literature review by Dongbo Wu, Cheng Peng, Zhiyong Zhou, Jie Chen, Bin He, Zhidong Ye

“…Endovascular stent graft repair represents a practical approach to managing this fatal condition.Case presentationA 75-year-old male patient was admitted to the nephrology department of our hospital, complaining of acute back pain, hematuria, and repeated vomiting for one week. The laboratory assessments yielded high creatinine levels, indicating an acute renal impairment. …”
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Effects of Aquajogging in Obese Adults: A Pilot Study by Eveline J. M. Wouters, Annemieke M. A. Van Nunen, Rinie Geenen, Ronette L. Kolotkin, Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets

“…To examine in obese people the potential effectiveness of a six-week, two times weekly aquajogging program on body composition, fitness, health-related quality of life, and exercise beliefs. …”
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