Effect of Posture Training with Weighted Kypho-Orthosis (WKO) on Improving Balance in Women with Osteoporosis by Seyed Ahmad Raeissadat, Leyla Sedighipour, Safura Pournajaf, Reza Vahab Kashani, Shahram Sadeghi

“…The patients were assigned to two groups: (1) control group who received 4-week home-based daily exercise program including weight bearing, back strengthening, and balance exercises and (2) intervention group (WKO) who performed aforementioned exercises and wore WKO for one hour twice a day. Patients were assessed using clinical balance tests (timed up and go test, functional reach test, and unilateral balance test) before and 4 weeks after start of treatment. …”
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Comparison of Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Korean Version for Predicting Mild Cognitive Assessment in 65-Year and Over Individuals by Chiang-Soon Song, Hye-Sun Lee, Byung-Yoon Chun

“…This study investigated the reliability of the two Korean versions of the MoCA (the MoCA-K and MoCA-K2) by having each participant complete both assessments twice and comparing them to their Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE-K) scores. …”
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Downscaling MODIS Surface Reflectance to Improve Water Body Extraction by Xianghong Che, Min Feng, Hao Jiang, Jia Song, Bei Jia

“…Accurate mapping of surface water dynamic is vital for both scientific research and policy-driven applications. MODIS provides twice observation per day, making it perfect for monitoring temporal water dynamic. …”
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Examining the impact of Buerger-Allen exercises on alleviating muscle cramps in extubated patients by Sahoo Rashmita, Swain Mamata, Tripathy Pravati

“…The exercises included the elevation of lower extremities, foot and leg exercises, and a rest and recovery phase, administered twice daily for 10 days. The control group received standard nursing care without any specific exercise regimen. …”
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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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Lateral flexure of Erebus Ice Tongue due to ocean current forcing and fast ice coupling by Rodrigo Gomez-Fell, Wolfgang Rack, Oliver J. Marsh, Heather Purdie

“…It was found that when fast ice was absent (34.7% of the time), the average lateral movement of the ice tongue was twice as high (0.44 m) as when it was embedded in fast ice (0.19 m). …”
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The Effects of Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) on Soils and Plant Communities in the Deserted Rangelands of Bahrain by Manal A. M. Sadeq, Mohammed S. Abido, Ahmed A. Salih, Jameel A. Alkhuzai

“…Levels of N, P, Mg, and organic matter were significantly higher in the understory of trees compared to the uncanopied adjacent areas. Organic matter was twice the amount in the upper 20 cm of soil layers in the understory of mesquite trees. …”
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A Case of Alport Syndrome with Posttransplant Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease despite Negative Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Antibodies by EIA Treated with Plasmapheres... by Sumiko I. Armstead, Thomas Hellmark, Jorgen Wieslander, Xin J. Zhou, Ramesh Saxena, Nilum Rajora

“…This patient was treated with plasmapheresis twice per week and monthly intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) for a total of five months. …”
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Post-coronavirus disease 2019 frequent use of disinfectants and sanitizers affect lung tissue: experimental study by Amr Khattab, Shaimaa ElShebiney

“…The second group was exposed to regular sanitization of the cages twice daily for 2 months using 70% alcohol followed by 1% hypochlorite solution, 30 min apart. …”
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Seasonal variation of different seminal parameters of breeding buffalo bulls by Hasan Riaz

“…Semen samples were taken twice a week from May 2019 to April 2020. A total of 389 ejaculates were collected with the help of a pre- warmed artificial vagina (42ºC) and then transferred to the semen evaluation room. …”
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Deformation and Rupture of Thin Steel Plates due to Cumulative Loading from Underwater Shock and Bubble Collapse by Julian J. Lee, Malcolm J. Smith, James Huang, Geoffrey T. Paulgaard

“…Although the main impulsive load on the plate was due to the shock impact, because the standoff distances were less than twice the maximum free-field bubble radius, a strong interaction between the detonation product bubble and the target plate caused a rapid water jet to impinge on the plate, resulting in additional loading and damage. …”
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Role of oral health literacy in demand for oral healthcare services for missing teeth replacement among dental patients visiting a dental teaching hospital in India by Duggineni Chalapathi Rao, Sudhakar Vundavalli, Meignana Arumugham Indiran, Atluri Kaleswara Rao, Doppalapudi Radhika, Mahmoud Gamal Salloum

“…Participants with missing anterior teeth had nearly twice the demand for prosthodontic care (P = 0.046). …”
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Preoperative Low-Density Lipoprotein Apheresis for Preventing Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis after Kidney Transplantation by Akihito Sannomiya, Toru Murakami, Ichiro Koyama, Kosaku Nitta, Ichiro Nakajima, Shohei Fuchinoue

“…Preoperative LDL apheresis was performed once in one patient and twice in four patients. Blood LDL cholesterol levels were normal before LDL apheresis and remained normal both after LDL apheresis and after kidney transplantation. …”
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Nano-selenium strengthens potato resistance to potato scab induced by Streptomyces spp., increases yield, and elevates tuber quality by influencing rhizosphere microbiomes by Haixu Liu, Yan Zhang, Lili Zhang, Yingjie Liu, Yufei Chen, Ying Shi

“…., potato yield and tuber quality.MethodsWe aimed to elucidate the impact of nano-selenium fertilizer on potato disease resistance, yield, tuber quality, antioxidant enzyme activity and rhizosphere soil bacterial communities, and to determine the optimal frequency and growth stages of nano-selenium fertilizer spraying.Results and discussionThe application of nano-selenium fertilizer twice during the seedling stage significantly reduced the disease index of potato scab, enhanced potato yield, tuber quality (dry matter, Vitamin C, crude protein, and selenium content), and antioxidant enzyme activity (glutathione peroxidase, peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, superoxide dismutase, and phenylalanine ammonia lyase). …”
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Glufosinate Effects on Nitrogen Nutrition, Growth, Yield, and Seed Composition in Glufosinate-Resistant and Glufosinate-Sensitive Soybean by Krishna N. Reddy, Robert M. Zablotowicz, Nacer Bellaloui, Wei Ding

“…Glufosinate effects were also evaluated in glufosinate-resistant soybean at 450 g/ha applied twice at 3 and 6 WAP. In glufosinate-resistant soybean, chlorophyll, nitrogenase activity, root respiration, plant biomass, and yield were not affected; seed nitrogen and protein were increased; seed oil content decreased. …”
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Differentiation of Endogenous Bone Marrow-Derived Cells into Insulin-Producing Cells Using Four Soluble Factors by Seung-Ah Lee, Subin Kim, Seog-Young Kim, Jong Yoen Park, Hye Seung Jung, Sung Soo Chung, Kyong Soo Park

“…Mice were orally administered the factors for 5 days, twice at 2-week intervals, and monitored for 45–55 days. …”
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A Survey on the Role of the Irony-Based Technique in Beraat Etehlal in the Book" Nafsat-al-Madsur" by Hosein Hasanpour Alashti, Mostafa Mirdar Rezaei, Rahil Mohammadi deh abasani

“…In the book titled " Nafsat-al-Madsur", the author uses this technique twice: first, on the first page of the book, that contains  "three-pages" full text, two words "sword" and " The pen " is seen at the center of the author's imagery; the second “opening the future”  is seen almost in the middle of the book, in which author's illustrations are sequentially followed by various phenomena (like the Sky, the earth, aurora, morning, mountain and sea). …”
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Teilhard de Chardin’s Vision of Science, Religion and Planetary Humanity: A Challenge to the Contemporary World by Ursula King

“…He visited South Africa twice, in 1951 and 1953, to undertake palaeontological research and collaborate with South African colleagues. …”
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Effect Of Non-Oral Stimulation With Field Massage On The Time Of Onset And Achievement Of Independent Oral Feeding And Weight GainIn Premature Infants by Naghmeh Razaghi, najmeh zabihi torbati, hamidreza behnam vashani, mohammad Heidarzadeh

“…In the intervention group, infants received field massage (twice a day) for 15 minutes for 7 days, and the control group received the usual care. …”
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Reliability of tooth cementum rings to age bighorn sheep: a blind test by John D. Wehausen, Christopher J. O’Brien, Dale R. McCullough

“…While the histological method had the highest overall rate of correct ages at 31%, its error range was twice that of the petrographic method. Given the error rates we found, cementum-based ages of bighorn sheep should not be treated as accurate ages. …”
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