Efficacy of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) Oil vis-a-vis Other Standard Drugs for Management of Gastric Ulceration and Erosions in Dogs by Richa Dogra, S. P. Tyagi, Amit Kumar

“…Animals of groups I, II, III, IV, and V were treated with oral administration of lansoprazole @ 1.5 mg/kg, sucralfate @ 1 g/animal, misoprostol @ 10 µg/kg, famotidine @ 1 mg/kg, and Seabuckthorn seed oil @ 5 mL/animal, twice a day, respectively. Gastroendoscopically, complete healing of GUE lesions was earliest in Seabuckthorn- (SBT-) oil-treated group (7.5±0.87) followed by famotidine (8.25±1.44), lansoprazole (9.00±1.23), misoprostol (10.50±1.50), and sucralfate (13.50±0.87), respectively. …”
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Decreased Rivaroxaban Levels in a Patient with Cerebral Vein Thrombosis Receiving Phenytoin by Ana F. Becerra, Tomas Amuchastegui, Aldo H. Tabares

“…She was receiving phenytoin 100 mg three times daily (t.i.d.) and started enoxaparin 60 mg twice daily (b.i.d.). An abdominal mass was diagnosed and removed by laparoscopy (gastrointestinal stromal tumor). …”
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HCV Integrated Care: A Randomized Trial to Increase Treatment Initiation and SVR with Direct Acting Antivirals by Erik J. Groessl, Lin Liu, Marisa Sklar, Samuel B. Ho

“…Results. 42% of the study participants were previously homeless and 79% had HCV genotype 1. Twice as many IC participants (45%) initiated treatment compared with UC participants (23%) (χ2 = 4.59, p=0.032). …”
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Determination of effectiveness of combined mastitis vaccines prepared for dairy cows in mice by H. Hüseyin Hadimli, Zafer Sayın, Kürşat Kav, Osman Erganiş, Hülya Türütoğlu, Dursun Ali Dinç

“…<p> <b>Materials and Method:</b> Two combined mastitis vaccines (with ginseng extract, aluminium hidroxide or mineral oil adjuvants) were prepared strains of S. aureus, S. epidermidis, Str. agalactiae, C. bovis and T. pyogenes isolated from clinical and subclinical mastitis cases in dairy cows. Mice were vaccinated twice at interval 5 days before parturition by combined mastitis vaccine with aluminum hydroxide or mineral oil. …”
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Skillful seasonal predictions of continental East-Asian summer rainfall by integrating its spatio-temporal evolution by Jieru Ma, Hong-Li Ren, Ming Cai, Yi Deng, Chenguang Zhou, Jian Li, Huizheng Che, Lin Wang

“…The presented model demonstrates a prediction skill of 0.51, at least twice as high as that of the best dynamical models available (0.26), indicating improved prediction for both the spatiotemporal evolution and summer mean of rainfall anomalies. …”
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NEMS generated electromechanical frequency combs by Sasan Rahmanian, Hamza Mouharrar, Rana Abdelrahman, Masoud Akbari, Yasser S. Shama, Kevin Musselman, David Muñoz-Rojas, Skandar Basrour, Eihab Abdel Rahman

“…A biased voltage signal drives the electrical resonator at resonance which is set to match an integer submultiple of twice the mechanical resonator’s resonance. Experimental results demonstrate that the NEMS displacement exhibit more than 150 equidistant peaks in the case of a 2:1 modal interaction and more than 60 equidistant peaks in the case of a 1:1 modal interaction. …”
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Significantly Delayed Development of Polyarthritis with Active Tenosynovitis after Possible Temporary Neutropenic Immune-Related Adverse Events Caused by Atezolizumab Treatment: A... by Yoshitaka Saito, Yoh Takekuma, Hajime Asahina, Ryo Hisada, Mitsuru Sugawara

“…Finally, iguratimod 25 mg twice daily was initiated on day 764; prednisolone was reduced to 10 mg without flares, and its dosage was slowly reduced to 5 mg/day. …”
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Ectopic Pancreas in the Stomach Successfully Resected by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Masaya Iwamuro, Takao Tsuzuki, Shogen Ohya, Hiroyuki Okada, Takehiro Tanaka, Keisuke Hori, Masahide Kita, Seiji Kawano, Yoshiro Kawahara, Kazuhide Yamamoto

“…Biopsy examinations were performed twice but were not diagnostic since only the intact mucosal layer was obtained. …”
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Triple-drug antibiotic therapy for disseminated nocardial abscess in the mediastinum and brain of an immunocompetent patient: a case report by Yue Zhang, Zhongchun Qi, Hua Li, Hui Gao

“…The mediastinal puncture tissue culture confirmed the growth of Nocardia. After twice discussions with multidisciplinary team (MDT) to rule out the possibility of mediastinal and intracranial metastatic tumors, we promptly initiated treatment with a triple-drug antibiotic regimen consisting of imipenem/cilastatin sodium, linezolid dextrose, and Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX). …”
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Macro Modeling of Column Removal in RC Frames with Consideration of Importance Factor and Infill Walls by Seyed Ali Hassanzadeh, Hamid Reza Ashrafi, Mehdi Komasi

“…Also, in this study, it was found that the role of importance factors depends on the place of the removed column, which the effect of middle column removal is relatively twice than the corner column removal due to more redundancy. …”
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Severe Diverticulitis Associated to <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> Infection in a 91 Year Old Patient (Clinical Case) by A. A. Makushina, L.  N. Androsova, K. B. Puzakov, A. V. Okhlobystin, M. A. Tatarkina, O. S. Shifrin

“…According to the laboratory and instrumental examinations, the patient had signs of acute diverticulitis, antibacterial therapy was corrected twice, positive dynamics of the condition was noted. …”
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Assessment of Selected Health Determinants among <i>Almajiri</i> Students in Gwadabawa Local Government, Sokoto State, Nigeria by Y. Sarkingobir, M.S. Nahantsi, Z. Shehu, A.A. Sadiq, N. Malami, A. Saadu, A. Hamza

“…Interms of livelihood, most of them relied on begging for food; 25.0% do domestic work to get food and other needs. 70.0% of them eat twice in a day, 25.0% thrice, whereas, 5.0% once; in most cases. …”
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Experimental Research Based on the Optical Fiber Sensing Technology for a Jacked PHC Pipe Pile Penetration Process by Songkui Sang, Yonghong Wang, Jiaxiao Ma, Mingyi Zhang

“…The end resistance is affected by the mechanical properties of soil, and the end resistance of the silt layer is approximately twice that of the clay layer. The end resistance of the silt layer accounted for 59.84% of the jacking force. …”
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Exploratory Factor Analysis on the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ-5) for Basketball in Indonesia by Kukuh Hardopo Putro, Suharjana Suharjana, Agus Susworo Dwi Marhaendro, Fauzi Fauzi, Danang Wicaksono, Subagyo Irianto, Trisnar Adi Prabowo

“…The characteristics of the sample (mean ± SD) were as follows: aged 15 to 18 (17.8 ± 7.2 years old), training experience was 4 to 8 years (5.3 ± 8.9 years), and participating in competitions experience twice to four times a year. The analysis of this study is based on each factor: Long-term development (LTD), Alignment of expectations (AOE), Communication (COM), Holistic quality preparation (HQP), and Social network (SN).  …”
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Dental Erosion and Dentinal Sensitivity amongst Professional Wine Tasters in South East Queensland, Australia by Roy George, Allison Chell, Belinda Chen, Rebecca Undery, Humza Ahmed

“…The results showed that most participants (25 males, 22–66 yrs), brushed twice a day; however, the majority did not floss daily and had limited knowledge of the erosive effect of wine. …”
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Association between albumin corrected anion gap and in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Mohan Giri, Anju Puri, Lan Huang, Shuliang Guo

“…Patients with elevated ACAG levels have more than twice the risk of in-hospital mortality compared to those with lower levels (hazard ratio (HR): 2.1277, 95% CI: 1.7490–2.5884). …”
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Patient Preferences for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Medication Regimen Attributes and their Potential Impact on Adherence: Results from a Multi-national Conjoint Study by Ishan Hirji, Jessica Grinspan, Emuella Flood, Diana Chirovsky, Jennifer Devlen, Samuel Wagner, Catherine Davis

“…The most important regimen attribute driving preferences was the meal requirement/restriction, which was almost twice as important as dose frequency. The majority of participants preferred the profile of a once a day dosing taken with or without a meal, and estimates of willingness-to-pay helped to quantify this preference. …”
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An analysis of the 24-hour on-call experience and treatment decision of a dental resident, a retrospective study by Jiaoer Zheng, Ji Xu, Denghui Zhang

“…However, consultations during extended hours were twice as likely (OR = 2.028, 95% CI [1.510–2.723]) to result in no intervention compared to normal hours. …”
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Genetic background and embryonic temperature affect DNA methylation and expression of myogenin and muscle development in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). by Erik Burgerhout, Maren Mommens, Hanne Johnsen, Arnfinn Aunsmo, Nina Santi, Øivind Andersen

“…Rearing temperature strongly affected the growth rates, and the 8°C fish were about twice as heavy as the 4°C fish in the order Fast8>Slow8>Fast4>Slow4 prior to seawater transfer. …”
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A Study of Success Rate of Miniscrew Implants as Temporary Anchorage Devices in Singapore by Song Yi Lin, Yow Mimi, Chew Ming Tak, Foong Kelvin Weng Chiong, Wong Hung Chew

“…Eleven variables were analysed to see if there is any association with success. Outcome was measured twice, immediately after surgery prior to orthodontic loading (T1) and 12 months after surgery (T2). …”
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