Real time forecasting in the coastal zone: Stream power in the lower Mississippi River by Laura Manuel, Ehab Meselhe, Kelin Hu, Arnejan van Loenen, Thies Blokhuijsen, Md Nazmul Azim Beg

“…Study region: This study details the development of a real time forecasting system for the coastal zone of the Northern Gulf of Mexico providing a twice daily, ten-day forecast of two-dimensional hydrodynamics. …”
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Effect of Nonparallel End Face on Energy Dissipation Analyses of Rocklike Materials Based on SHPB Tests by Pu Yuan, Ning-Ning Wei, Qin-Yong Ma

“…Based on energy density evolution and mechanical damage evolution analyses, the maximum end-face nonparallelism should be controlled within 0.20%, twice the value in ISRM suggested methods, which reduces the cost and time for processing rocklike specimens.…”
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Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) for Weight Management in Iranian Overweight and Obese Women: A Pilot Study by Somayeh Faghanipour, Eftekharalsadat Hajikazemi, Soghra Nikpour, Shabnam al-Sadat Shariatpanahi, Agha Fatemeh Hosseini

“…The experimental group received text messages (SMS) about weight management twice a day for two months, in addition to the information and the booklet which they had received in the information session. …”
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Effect of Vaginal Cream with the Combination of Honey, Olive, and Propolis on the Symptoms of Uterine Cervicitis Symptoms in Women: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Clinical Tr... by Hamideh Parsapour, Arezoo Shayan, Mehrnoosh Hosseinpoor, Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi, Farideh Kazemi, Shirin Moradkhani, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Oliaei, Zeinab Assareh, Mohammad Kazem Rashidi

“…The participants in the intervention group were instructed to use Nika vaginal cream every night for 14 nights, along with a single dose of one gram of azithromycin, 400 mg of cefixime, and 500 mg of metronidazole twice a day for both the patient and her husband. …”
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Smart home technology to support engagement in everyday activities while ageing: A focus group study with current and future generations of older adults. by William Son Galanza, Jens Offerman, Sofi Fristedt, Susanne Iwarsson, Nebojsa Malesevic, Steven M Schmidt

“…Three focus groups met twice at a lab designed as a two-room home equipped with SHT. …”
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Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of lifitegrast 5% eye drops: A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled trial in Indian patients with dry eye disease by Namrata Sharma, Sayan Basu, Rohit Shetty, Pramod Kumar, Anindita Mondal, P Seshu Babu, Richa Srivastava, Ranjana A Pande, Shubashree Karat, Hemaxi P Desai, S Manjula, M Krishna Kumar

“…Methods: A total of 370 eligible patients with DED were randomized equally to receive twice-daily doses of a single drop in each eye of either lifitegrast 5% or CMC 0.5% for 12 weeks. …”
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Understanding North Korea: Rimjin-gang Citizen Journalists Out to Cure the “Sick Man of Asia”? by Suzy Kim

“…The Nation published an article on November 15, 2010, seductively titled "North Korea's Citizen Journalism" featuring the publication.With years of experience reporting on North Korea, Ishimaru launched Rimjin-gang in 2007. Published twice a year in South Korea and Japan in their respective languages, it is edited in Seoul by North Korean defector, Choi Jin-i, before being translated into Japanese and then from Japanese into English.2 Rimjin-gang aims to publish reports about everyday life in North Korea with the help of a dozen underground North Korean informants, whom Ishimaru identifies as "North Korean journalists." …”
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Assessment of the Temporal and Spatial Variation of the Mercury Content of Lake Nokoué in Southern Benin Republic (West Africa) by Julien G. Adounkpe, N. B. Nadia Azon, Hermione W. Dégila, Peace Hounkpe, Robertson Amoussou

“…Water and sediment samples were collected on 23 sites twice a month for four sampling campaigns. Parameters such as pH, salinity, COD, and SS are evaluated in the water. …”
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Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis by George Mwandia, Ryan Q. Simon, Hari Polenakovik, Katelyn J. Booher

“…N. gonorrhoeae spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is an extremely rare entity reported only twice despite the high prevalence of gonorrhoeae in the general population. …”
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Effect of Intervention in Subjects with High Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Pakistan by Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Hydrie, Abdul Basit, A. Samad Shera, Akhtar Hussain

“…The 317 IGT subjects were randomized into three groups: control group was given standard medical advice, LSM group was given intensive lifestyle modification advice, while LSM + drug group was given intensive lifestyle advice and metformin 500 mg twice daily. Results. At the end, 273 subjects completed the study, giving a compliance rate of 86%. …”
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Oral Tolerance Induced by Transfer of Food Antigens via Breast Milk of Allergic Mothers Prevents Offspring from Developing Allergic Symptoms in a Mouse Food Allergy Model by Takeshi Yamamoto, Yuma Tsubota, Toshihisa Kodama, Natsuko Kageyama-Yahara, Makoto Kadowaki

“…After weaning, their offspring were systemically sensitized twice with OVA and repeatedly given OVA by oral intubation. …”
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Effects of laughter yoga practiced by the first year nursing students before clinical practice on their perceptions of stress and meaning of life: a randomized controlled trial by Kıvan Çevik Kaya, Çiğdem Gamze Özkan, Derya Ağiş

“…The students in the intervention group took part in eight sessions of laughter yoga for four weeks, twice a week. The Descriptive Information Form, Perceived Stress Scale, and Meaning and Purpose of Life Scale were administered to collect the study data. …”
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Bullous Scabies in an Immunocompromised Host by James R. Wester, Lesley E Jackson, Kathryn Mokgosi, Tomer Barak, Mahmoud Abu Hazeem

“…Pulmonary tuberculosis testing via sputum was negative twice. A blood count demonstrated eosinophilia. Oral acyclovir was started empirically for disseminated herpes virus infection, with topical beclomethasone and intravenous antibiotics for possible superinfected bullous dermatosis. …”
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High Dose Ilaprazole/Amoxicillin as First-Line Regimen for Helicobacter pylori Infection in Korea by WonGun Kwack, YunJeong Lim, ChiYeon Lim, David Y. Graham

“…Subjects received dual therapy for 14 days: ilaprazole 40 mg tablets given twice a day and amoxicillin 750 mg tablets given 4 times a day. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life in the Gender, Race, And Clinical Experience Trial by Judith Feinberg, Michael Saag, Kathleen Squires, Judith Currier, Robert Ryan, Bruce Coate, Joseph Mrus

“…Methods. 429 treatment-experienced adults (HIV-1 RNA≥1000 copies/mL) received darunavir/ritonavir 600/100 mg twice daily plus an appropriate background regimen. …”
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Sustained Regression of Hydroxycarbamide Induced Actinic Keratoses after Switching to Anagrelide by Georgios Gaitanis, Dora Gougopoulou, Eleni Kapsali, Ioannis D. Bassukas

“…Acitretin dose was doubled and HC was switched to anagrelide (0.5 mg twice daily). Within a month the AK load regressed significantly and, at 3 months follow-up, complete clinical remission was achieved and acitretin was discontinued. …”
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Pitfalls of computed tomography angiography examination in veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients: a case report of a patient with cardiac rupture by Hua-Liang Ying, Hui Zhao, Chao Zhang, Mengyuan Zhang, Weijun Song, Yongpo Jiang

“…He underwent V-A ECMO treatment twice and had two aortic CTA examinations. The initial CTA mistakenly diagnosed an aortic dissection. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Study to Evaluate the Prevalence and Severity of Gingivitis among High School Students in Erbil City-Iraq. by Dildar Abdullah Othman, Rawand Mohammed Muhi, Nadeen Nazar Nafie, Manar Nadhum Farman

“…Regarding tooth brushing, most of the students in public schools brushed once daily (44%), while in private schools they mostly brushed twice daily (41.7%). The moderate severity of gingivitis was the highest among students in general (85.3%). …”
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Effect of Structural Condition of Milk Processing Facilities and Food Safety Systems on Escherichia coli and Coliforms Presence in Cultured Buttermilk by Annah S. Paraffin, Titus J. Zindove, Michael Chimonyo

“…Processors without food safety systems like hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) systems were more than twice likely to produce cultured buttermilk contaminated by E. coli and coliforms (P<0.05). …”
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Smart oxygen monitoring in hospitals: a pilot study during COVID-19 by Jan Velicka, Martin Pies, Radovan Hajovsky, Katerina Barnova, Radek Martinek

“…Abstract During 2020-2021, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant vulnerabilities in hospital safety, with oxygen-related fires and explosions occurring at twice the usual rate. This highlighted insufficient preparedness for increased oxygen therapy demands and the associated risks of oxygen-enriched atmospheres. …”
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