Data Assimilative Optimization of WSA Source Surface and Interface Radii using Particle Filtering by Grant David Meadors, Shaela I. Jones, Kyle S. Hickmann, Charles N. Arge, Humberto C. Godinez‐Vasquez, Carl J. Henney

“…We find that the optimal particle filter values of solar radii can perform twice as well as standard values for an exploratory period during Carrington Rotation 1901, with these values also reducing nonphysical kinking effects seen in solar magnetic field lines. …”
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Intraoperative sensitization in trigeminal region caused by postherpetic neuralgia: a case report by Gangwen Guo, Dan Li, Hongyan Li, Rong Hu, Haocheng Zhou

“…Case presentation A 77-year-old Han Chinese male, who suffered from severe craniofacial postherpetic neuralgia, underwent pulsed radiofrequency of trigeminal ganglion in the authors’ department twice. The authors successfully placed a radiofrequency needle through the foramen ovale during the first procedure with local anesthesia and intravenous sedation (dexmedetomidine). …”
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EVALUATION OF ORAL BEHAVIOR IN A GROUP OF PATIENTS WITH SELF-REPORTED SLEEP BRUXISM by Steliana Gabriela Buștiuc, Gheorghe Raftu, Raluca Briceag, Elena Claudia Sin, Mihaela Macrina Manolache, Cristina Nucă, Salim Camer, Aureliana Caraiane

“…Conclusions: Most patients presented OBC scores that fell within the range of 17-24, a range that, according to the literature, occurs twice as often in those with TMD. A fairly high percentage was recorded for scores that fell within the range considered to be a risk factor for the occurrence of TMD (25-62). …”
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Does Urbanization Exacerbate Asymmetrical Changes in Precipitation at Divergent Time Scales in China? by Fanggang Li, Xin Pan, Nan Xu, Xiangjin Meng, Zhiqing Li, Rufat Guluzade, Yang Dai, Yingbao Yang

“…Notably, the urbanization effect demonstrates greater significance at the hourly scale, as exemplified in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, and Middle Yangtze River, where the urban impact is nearly twice as pronounced when compared to the daily scale. …”
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SAPHO Syndrome Mimicking Infectious Spondylodiscitis and Bone Metastasis by S. Biuden, K. Maatallah, H. Riahi, H. Ferjani, M. D. Kaffel, W. Hamdi

“…Infectious investigations and discovertebral biopsy performed twice were negative. SAPHO syndrome was then suspected. …”
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Reliability Analysis of In-person and Virtual Goniometric Measurements of the Upper Extremity by Tracy Spigelman, Leah Simpkins, Casey Humphrey, Yehor Vitel, Aaron Sciascia

“…Four clinicians performed in-person measurements twice during the same session on each subject. The following week clinicians measured virtual images using the same techniques. …”
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Four Weeks of Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Self-Paced Walking Performance in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Randomised Controlled Trial by A. M. Edwards, G. P. Maguire, D. Graham, V. Boland, G. Richardson

“…Both groups performed 30 inspiratory breaths, twice daily using a proprietary inspiratory resistance device set to 55% of baseline maximal effort (EXP), or performing the same inspiratory training procedure at the minimum resistive setting (PLA). …”
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Narrow-Band Ultraviolet B versus Oral Minocycline in Treatment of Unstable Vitiligo: A Prospective Comparative Trial by Amir Hossein Siadat, Naser Zeinali, Fariba Iraji, Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini, Mohammad Ali Nilforoushzadeh, Kioumars Jamshidi, Parastoo Khosravani

“…Phototherapy was administered twice a week on nonconsecutive days. In the minocycline group, patients were advised to take minocycline 100 mg once daily. …”
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Wood Chip Incorporation in Almond Orchard Planting Berms Increased Gravimetric Water Content, Soil CO2 Efflux, and Fine Root Length Density by Hana You, Paul Martinez, Mae Culumber, Brent Holtz, Astrid Volder

“…Root traits, soil water content, soil bulk density, and soil CO2 efflux were measured in both the berm and alleyways twice in years 2 and 3 after planting. We found significant increases in standing root length density in planting berms with WC incorporation 2 and 3 years after trees were planted. …”
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The Therapeutic Effect of Nordic Walking on Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study by Agata Wróblewska, Agata Gajos, Urszula Smyczyńska, Andrzej Bogucki

“…Twenty PD subjects trained NW for 12 weeks, with a frequency of twice per week. Each session lasted about 60 minutes. …”
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Biological Response Modifiers in Combination with Antivirals against Experimentally-Induced Virus Infections by Robert W Sidwell, John H Huffman, Donald F Smee, John Gilbert, Roland K Robins, Meir Kende, John Huggins

“…Ribavirin was always administered orally twice daily for three days starting 24 h after virus inoculation. …”
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Topical propranolol improves epistaxis in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia - a preliminary report by Meir Mei-Zahav, Hannah Blau, Elchanan Bruckheimer, Eyal Zur, Neta Goldschmidt

“…Six patients with HHT were treated with 0.5 cm3 of 1.5% propranolol gel, applied to each nostril twice daily for at least 12 weeks. Outcome measures were epistaxis severity score (ESS), hemoglobin level, and number of blood transfusions prior to and while on treatment. …”
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Hematological profile and its correlation with reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction-based serial quantitative detection of BCR-ABL in chronic myeloid leukemia patients a... by Vanita Pandey, Tamojit Chaudhuri, Amitabh Upadhyay, Somshankar Chowdhury, Sujata Mitra

“…Some patients reported twice, some thrice, and the total count after all follow-up for all 66 cases was 179. …”
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Akram’s lifestyle: An effective remedy for the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease by Sadia A. Khan, Javeria Z. Khan, Tayyab S. Akhter, Hamama-Tul-Bushra Khaar, Talay Yar, Mohammad A. Randhawa

“…Present study evaluated the effect of authors suggested regimen “Akram’s lifestyle”, taking meals twice-a-day with the liberty to consume only liquids in the intervening periods on the outcome of patients presenting with mild to moderate GERD. …”
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Assessing the impact on mode competitiveness of improvements of the Trans-Eurasian railway network by Seyed Mohseni, Edwin van Hassel, Thierry Vanelslander

“…When comparing the (combinations of) transport modes, it turns out that the rail costs are on average 1.5 times to twice as high as when using maritime transport, but the more westward the origin on the Chinese territory, the closer the ratio gets to 1. …”
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Profile and outcomes of retinal artery occlusion: The underrealized need to expedite presentation by Yogita Kadam, Anthony V Das, Raja Narayanan, Neelima Balakrishnan, Praneet Telukunta, Brijesh Takkar

“…Neovascular glaucoma (2.14% overall) was twice more common in DM (P < 0.0004) and led to further vision loss. …”
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Effects of Electromyostımulatıon Traınıng on Body Composıtıon by İlkay Doğan, Mehmet Kirişçioğlu, Mürsel Biçer, Zarife Pancar

“…The purpose of this study is to examine the variables such as weight, body fat percentage and amount, lean body mass (FFM) and body mass index (BMI) occurred on body as a result of realization of voluntary contraction and involuntary contraction together with training by electromyostimulation (EMS) system. 41 voluntary women joined the study as treatment (n=20) and control group (n=21). a 25-minute training program was arranged for treatment group with Bodytec EMS device twice a week for 8 weeks. Training was done as strength and durability exercises for 12 minutes, cardio exercises for 8 minutes and active rest for 5 minutes. …”
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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Prolonged Pyrexia and Stauffer’s Syndrome: Can a Routine Ultrasound Scan Fail to Detect a Renal Cell Carcinoma? by C. L. Fonseka, A. G. T. A. Kariyawasam, S. A. G. L. Singhapura, C. M. de Silva, T. E. Kanakkahewa, I. G. T. M. Senarathna, C. K. Bodinayake

“…She was found to have elevated alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transferase and she underwent imaging with ultrasound scan of abdomen twice, which did not reveal demonstrable abnormalities. …”
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Analysis of archive formats and program solutions for compression of text files by Artem Perepelitsyn, Alona Chepelevych, Andrii Litvinov

“…The obtained research results allow to propose the use of the open source archive format zpaq for compressing text or a set of project versions and documentation to achieve a compression ratio that is twice better than for rar format, and two percent better than for 7z and txz formats.…”
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A Comparative Study between outcome of 25% glucose in glycerin and submucosal human placental extract injection in the management of Primary Atrophic Rhinitis by Amlan Debbarma, Bidhan Das, Santanu Saha

“…Group A was administered submucosal human placental extract injection, once a week for 6 months and Group B was advised 25% glucose in glycerin nasal drop, 10 drops in each nostril twice daily for 6 months following which the response of both the groups was recorded. …”
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