The usefulness of automated high frequency ultrasound image analysis in atopic dermatitis staging by Joanna Czajkowska, Adriana Polańska, Anna Slian, Aleksandra Dańczak-Pazdrowska

“…For reliable analysis, in further experiments, two experts annotated the HFUS images twice in two-week intervals. The analysis aimed to verify whether the fully automated method can classify the HFUS images at the expert level. …”
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Associating Field Actors in the Observation of Visitor Flows and Recreational Activities in Mountain Regions: Lessons Drawn from two Collaborative Projects in France and Switzerlan... by Christophe Clivaz, Marc Langenbach, Olivier Obin, Alexandre Savioz

“…The average temperature increase is twice as high as that observed at the global level (Beniston, 2012). …”
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Axial Spondyloarthritis in Black Americans: An Observational Study From Five Centers in Shelby County, Tennessee by Krishna Kommineni, Iman Abutineh, Cathy Chapman, Debendra Pattanaik, Mohamad Bittar

“…After adjusting for age, sex, and HLA–B27, Black Americans had twice as higher odds of having advanced grades of sacroiliitis on x‐rays compared to White Americans (odds ratio 2.32 [95% confidence interval 1.23–4.44]). …”
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Phenotypic diversity of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] genotypes based on qualitative and quantitative traits by Wedajo Gebre, Firew Mekbib, Alemu Tirfessa, Agdew Bekele

“…The study was conducted at the Jinka Agricultural Research Centre during the 2021 cropping season, to quantify and qualitatively assess the morphological diversity of sorghum genotypes. 225 genotypes were evaluated using a simple lattice design replicated twice. Data on 8 qualitative traits were collected and subjected to the Shannon-Weaver diversity index (H′) and multivariate analyses and data on 17 quantitative traits were subjected to multivariate analyses. …”
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The effect of telenursing follow-up on blood glycosylated hemoglobin and quality of life in the elderly with diabetes type 2 by Elahe Asadi, Fariba Borhani, Abbas Abbaszadeh

“…In the first month, participants were contacted twice a week, and in the second and third months, they were contacted once a week by phone. …”
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Reducing the effective dose of doxycycline using chitosan silver nanocomposite as a carriers on gram positive and gram-negative bacteria by Elham M. Mostafa, Y. Badr, M. M. Hashem, K. Abo-EL-Sooud, Amna H. Faid

“…The antibacterial effect of Doxy/AgNPs nanocomposite was found to be twice effect of free doxy, suggesting a synergistic interaction between the two components. …”
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Antifibrotic Effect of Combination of Nilotinib and Stem Cell-Conditioned Media on CCl4-Induced Liver Fibrosis by Gamal Shiha, Ahmed Nabil, Ahmed Lotfy, Reham Soliman, Ayman A. Hassan, Islam S. Ali, Doaa F. Gad, Faten Zahran

“…Male Wistar rats were injected intraperitoneally with CCl4 twice a week for 9 weeks and given daily treatments of Nilotinib (20 mg/kg), stem cell exosomes (0.5 ml/rat), and the combination treatment of Nilotinib and stem cell exosomes during the last 5 weeks of CCl4 intoxication. …”
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Evaluating Older Adults’ Engagement and Usability With AI-Driven Interventions: Randomized Pilot Study by Marcia Shade, Changmin Yan, Valerie K Jones, Julie Boron

“…Participants were encouraged to interact with prescribed routines twice daily (morning and evening) and as needed. …”
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Reliability-Based Design of Solid and Nail-jointed I-Section of Nigerian-Grown African Birch (<i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i>) Timber Column by U.N. Wilson, A.A. Adedeji, F.O.P. Oriola, J.A. Alomaja, J.E. Sani

“…This shows that the solid section has a capacity twice that of the ‘I’- section of equal dimensions. …”
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Case report: Rituximab combined with plasma exchange treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with thrombotic microangiopathy and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension by Jinmei Huang, Wei Fan, Xuyan Chen, Shufan Wu, Zhigao Dong, Yi Zhang, Yiwan Lin, Pingping Xiao

“…Initial treatment with high-dose methylprednisolone, immunoglobulin shock therapy, and tacrolimus (1 mg, twice daily) improved her symptoms and laboratory indicators. …”
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Contextualizing attitudes toward medical aid in dying in a national sample of interdisciplinary US hospice clinicians: hospice philosophy of care, patient-centered care, and profes... by Todd D. Becker, John G. Cagle, Cindy L. Cain, Joan K. Davitt, Nancy Kusmaul, Paul Sacco

“…Results of the partial proportional odds model indicated that professional exposure to working in a state where MAID is legal was significantly associated with over twice the cumulative odds of MAID support. Although neither orientation toward patient-centered care nor attitudes toward the hospice philosophy of care was significantly associated with attitudes toward MAID, results showed that disagreement with the narrower principle that hospice care should not hasten death was significantly associated with 6-to-7 times the cumulative odds of MAID support. …”
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Remineralization Potential of Nanohydroxyapatite Toothpaste Compared with Tricalcium Phosphate and Fluoride Toothpaste on Artificial Carious Lesions by Apa Juntavee, Niwut Juntavee, Praewpan Hirunmoon

“…Each group was subjected to pH-cycling with the application of toothpaste in slurry form twice a day (2-min each) for 10 days. Surface microhardness was measured before demineralization, after demineralization, and after pH-cycling. …”
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Psychoemotional states under pandemics / Stări psihoemoționale asociate situației pandemice by BALODE Neli

“…Participants completed the questionnaires twice, first in March 2020 when pandemic restrictions were launched, then in December 2020 when restrictions were relaxed and people got used to preventive measures against pandemics. …”
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Reliability and Differences Between Sexes in Landing Mechanics when Performing the Lateral Bound Test by Andy Waldhelm, Sydney Allen, Lacy Grand, Carolyn Bopp, Kristian Foster, Ginger Muckridge, Neil Schwarz

“…Additionally, video of 10 individuals’ trials were analyzed twice with one week between the analyses to obtain intra-rater reliability while 12 participants were retested one week later to determine test-retest reliability…”
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Reliability of Goniometric Techniques for Measuring Hip Flexor Length Using the Modified Thomas Test by Kira Eimiller, Emma Stoddard, Briana Janes, Mason Smith, Andrew Vincek

“…The MTT was performed twice on each leg by both an experienced and a student physical therapist. …”
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The Flowering Characters Variation Among Floral Variants and Landraces Along Geographical Gradients in Gunung Sewu by Yeni Widyana Nurcahyani Cahyaningrum, Sapto Indrioko, Eny Faridah, Atus Syahbudin

“…Petir, with biggest population size, produced the most abundant flowers and flowering trees at all variants. Sandalwood flowered twice a year in all of land-races and variants, however, the onset and duration varied. …”
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Oral Hygiene Practices among Saudi Arabian Children and Its Relation to Their Dental Caries Status by M. F. A. Quadri, M. A. Shubayr, A. H. Hattan, S. A. Wafi, A. H. Jafer

“…Also, the odds of dental caries among the school children who were irregular in brushing their teeth was higher in contrast to the children brushing once (P=0.03; OR = 0.89; CI = 0.70, 1.12) or twice (P=0.03; OR = 0.80; CI = 0.64, 0.93) per day. …”
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How Fast Is Recovery of Impaired Glucose Tolerance after 21-Day Bed Rest (NUC Study) in Healthy Adults? by Martina Heer, Natalie Baecker, Stephan Wnendt, Annelie Fischer, Gianni Biolo, Petra Frings-Meuthen

“…Glucose tolerance of seven male, healthy, untrained test subjects (age: 27.6 (3.3) years (mean (SD)); body mass: 78.6 (6.4) kg; height: 1.81 (0.04) m; VO2 max: 39.5 (5.4) ml/kg body mass/min) was studied. They stayed twice in the metabolic ward (crossover design), 21 days in bed and 7 days before and after BR each. …”
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Seizure aggravation by ampicillin/sulbactam in an elderly patient with status epilepticus by Kaoru Obata, Masako Kinoshita, Akiyo Shinde, Toshihiko Suenaga

“…We also administered ABPC/SBT twice a day, ten times in total, for aspiration pneumonia while monitoring the patient. …”
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Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Dyspnoea, Functional Capacity and Thoracic Excursion in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Case Report by Priyanka K Chilhate, Lajwanti Lalwani (Adwani)

“…With a 5-year history of COPD, he used an inhaler twice daily. His symptoms worsened in winter but stayed the same throughout the day. …”
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