Evolutionary history and phylogeographic relationships of shrews from Sorex araneus group. by Paweł Mackiewicz, Magdalena Moska, Heliodor Wierzbicki, Przemysław Gagat, Dorota Mackiewicz

“…The migrations of populations were accompanied by introgressions of mitochondrial DNA into native shrews and occurred at least twice.…”
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Severe palmoplantar keratoderma: a cutaneous complication from sub-optimally controlled type 2 diabetes by Fatima Iqbal, Kevin Phan, Wah N Cheung

“…She was prescribed 40% urea cream twice daily, resulting in gradual sloughing of the hyperkeratotic skin within a few weeks. …”
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Empowering First Aiders Through Innovative Instructor Resources

“…Provides an overview of how twice yearly first aid training days addressed instructor fatigue at the University of Calgary through supervisor observation and feedback while engaging in new, fun activities. …”
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Béranger en prison : « Mes fers sont prêts ; la liberté m’inspire ; Je vais chanter son hymne glorieux » by Sophie-Anne Leterrier

“…The famous Beranger was sent to prison twice during Restoration. The contribution shows how theses incarcerations contributed to its celebrity, who he was abble to present himself as a victim of oppression, through songs and illustrations. …”
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Safety and Tolerability of Initiating Maximum-Dose Sacubitril-Valsartan in Patients on Target Dose Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors by Helena Norberg, Ellinor Bergdahl, Krister Lindmark

“…A total of 66 patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction already on guideline-recommended target dose ACE inhibitors or ARBs (equivalent to enalapril 10 mg twice daily) were switched to maximum-dose sacubitril-valsartan (200 mg twice daily). …”
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Bariatric surgery and HIV: Joint venture between family, primary care, and HIV physicians by Ceren Aydemir, Raniah Al Saidi, Ji Soo Choi, Mohamed H. Ahmed, Dushyant Mital

“…The patient had excellent compliance with antiretroviral medications, raltegravir 400 mg twice daily and truvada once daily for HIV. Over the years, she maintained an undetectable viral load with a CD4+ count >200 cells/μL. …”
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Problems of magnetic resonance diagnosis for gastric-type mucin-positive cervical lesions of the uterus and its solutions using artificial intelligence. by Ayumi Ohya, Tsutomu Miyamoto, Fumihito Ichinohe, Hisanori Kobara, Yasunari Fujinaga, Tanri Shiozawa

“…The images of the validation group were read twice by three pairs of six readers to reveal the accuracy, area under the curve (AUC), and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). …”
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Faster onset of action with topical levocabastine than with oral cetirizine by Michel A. Drouin, William H. Yang, Frederick Horak

“…A total of 207 patients were randomized to receive either levocabastine nasal spray (0.5 mg/ml, two sprays in each nostril twice daily) plus levocabastine eye drops as required (0.5 mg/ml, one drop in each eye twice daily p.r.n.) or cetirizine orally (10 mg once daily) with a treatment duration of 2 weeks. …”
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Optimal endotracheal cuff pressure in the intensive care setting: A pilot study by Ananya Shree Poral, Shemin Kovammal, Rajarajeswari Nalamate, Mary Kurien, Kurien Thomas

“…Results: Sixty patients between 17 and 82 years, on positive pressure ventilation were evaluated twice, by two investigators resulting in 240 observations. …”
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Effects of the Multidimensional Treatment on Pain, Disability, and Sitting Posture in Patients with Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Tae-Sung In, Jin-Hwa Jung, Kyoung-Sim Jung, Hwi-Young Cho

“…The MT group conducted a core stability exercise twice a day and additionally provided training on pain principles and management methods. …”
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Health Status of Spiny Lobster Panulirus homarus with Sub-Mersible Net Cage System in the Different Depths at Kepulauan Seribu, DKI Jakarta by Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Irzal Effendi, Yani Hadiroseyani, Tatag Budiardi, Iis Diatin, Mia Setiawati, Yuni Puji Hastuti, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Yonvitner, Sri Nuryati, Putri Utami

“…Lobsters were fed trash fish, molluscs and crustaceans, with a frequency of twice a day at 07.00 WIB 30% and 17.00 WIB 70% of the lobster biomass weight. …”
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Ciprofloxacin and Clozapine: A Potentially Fatal but Underappreciated Interaction by Jonathan M. Meyer, George Proctor, Michael A. Cummings, Laura J. Dardashti, Stephen M. Stahl

“…We report the case of a 28-year-old nonsmoking female with intellectual disability who was maintained for 3 years on clozapine 100 mg orally twice daily. The patient was treated for presumptive urinary tract infection with ciprofloxacin 500 mg orally twice daily and two days later collapsed and died despite resuscitation efforts. …”
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FREQUENCY AND MODALITY OF EXERCISE ON PAIN AND INDEPENDENCE IN ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Felipe Marrese Bersotti, Reniery Pereira Da Silva, Angelica Castilho Alonso, Guilherme Carlos Brech, Paula Regina Mendes da Silva Serrão, Ulysses Fernandes Ervilha

“…Practicing muscle strength exercises, regardless of weekly frequency and aerobic and stretching exercises at least twice a week, increases and/or maintains IADL. Level of Evidence II; Cross-sectional Study.…”
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Undetected Severe Fetal Myelosuppression following Administration of High-Dose Cytarabine for Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Is More Frequent Surveillance Necessary? by Jessica Parrott, Marium Holland

“…We recommend monitoring for fetal anemia with MCA Dopplers twice weekly.…”
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Hyperpolarized 3He Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Bronchoscopic Airway Bypass in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Lindsay Mathew, Miranda Kirby, Donald Farquhar, Christopher Licskai, Giles Santyr, Roya Etemad-Rezai, Grace Parraga, David G McCormack

“…A 73-year-old exsmoker with Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stage III chronic obstructive pulmonary disease underwent airway bypass (AB) as part of the Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema (EASE) trial, and was the only EASE subject to undergo hyperpolarized 3He magnetic resonance imaging for evaluation of lung function pre- and post-AB. 3He magnetic resonance imaging was acquired twice previously (32 and eight months pre-AB) and twice post-AB (six and 12 months post-AB). …”
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Examining the Effect of Consuming C8 Medium-Chain Triglyceride Oil for 14 Days on Markers of NLRP3 Activation in Healthy Humans by Helena Neudorf, Garett Jackson, Jonathan P. Little

“…The purpose of this single-arm pilot trial was to determine if consuming 15 mL of C8 medium-chain triglyceride (trioctanoin; MCT) oil, which induces mild elevation of βHB, twice daily (30 mL total) for 14 days would suppress markers of NLRP3 inflammasome activation in young, healthy humans while following their habitual diet. …”
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Women’s visibility and bargaining power in the common bean value chain in Mozambique by Enock K. Maereka, Eileen B. Nchanji, Victor Nyamolo, Lutomia K. Cosmas, Bartholomew Y. Chataika

“…Compared to young women, young men sold twice the bean grain volume and earned nearly twice more income, despite the two groups producing comparable volumes of bean grain. …”
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Association of over-the-counter mouthwash use with markers of nitric oxide metabolism, inflammation, and endothelial function—a cross-sectional study by Kai Guo, Kaumudi Joshipura, Karina Ricart, Rakesh P. Patel, Barbara A. Gower, Oelisoa Mireille Andriankaja, Evangelia Morou-Bermudez

“…Specifically, in the participants who used mouthwash less than twice a day or no use, TNF-α (β = −0.35, 95% CI: −0.52, −0.18), and sICAM-1 (β = −0.21, 95% CI: −0.32, −0.09) were negatively associated with serum nitrite. …”
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Du cobaye aux nuggets by Frédéric Graber

“…Something happened to chickens during the 20th century, something so massive that they clearly became another kind of animal: broilers today get twice as big in half the time and with half the feeding they needed at the start of the century. …”
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The Effect of Propolis Irrigation as an Adjunctive to Scaling and Root Surface Debridement on Periodontal Health Status, Glycemic Control and Biochemical Markers in Subjects with... by Hozan Wrya Azeez

“…Methods: forty-five chronic periodontitis patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (glycated hemoglobin 1 assay HbA1c≥8%) were recruited into group I; (n=15) scaling and root planing alone was performed, group II; (n=15) scaling and root planing+ chlorhexidine mouth wash twice a day for two weeks were prescribed, in the group III; scaling and root planing +Propolis irrigation was performed for two weeks, twice weekly. …”
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