Kiwifruit and Kiwifruit Extracts for Treatment of Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mohamed Eltorki, Russell Leong, Elyanne M. Ratcliffe

“…Compared with placebo (n = 95), kiwifruit extracts might increase the weekly frequency of SBM (MD: 1.36; 95% CI: −0.44, 3.16) with low certainty of evidence; moreover, it had an uncertain effect on BSS (SMD: 1.54; 95% CI: −1.33, 4.41) with very low certainty of evidence. …”
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Effect of Motorized Elephant-Assisted Therapy Program on Balance Control of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Satiansukpong Nuntanee, Sasat Daranee

“…Pretests were administered one week before participation in the METP, and then, posttests were administered one week after completing the METP. …”
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The prognostic value of ferritinemia level in patients with chronic hepatitis C by N. C. Sargsyants, E. H. Grigoryan

“…The average level of ferritin in the patients included in PEGIFN α-2a and RBV group, prior to onset of treatment was normal (241,4±33,1), on the 12th week of treatment it turn to be elevated in 90% of patients with average level of 703,5±133,4 ng/dl (p=0,009 at comparison to initial level), and after the end of treatment course elevation was observed in 66,6% of patients at average value of 473,6±96,3 ng/dl (p=0,044 at to starting point, p=0,07 at comparison to the 12-th week data). …”
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MEASUREMENT OF RADIATION EXPOSURE IN FACILITIES FOR RADIOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC AT THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY HOSPITAL IN WISMA ATLET JAKARTA by Muhammad Irsal, Firdha Adlia Syuhada, Yolanda Pangestu Ananda, Andre Galih Pratama Putra, Muhammad Rizky Syahputera, Syahputera Wibowo

“…Results: The assessment for the area 1 was 1 = 22.38 mR /week, in the area was 2 = 5.23 mR /week, in the area 3 = 7.32 mR / week, in the area 4 = 8.67 mR /week. …”
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The Impact of Exercise Play on the Biomechanical Characteristics of Single-Leg Jumping in 5- to 6-Year-Old Preschool Children by Zhanbing Song, Bojie Hou, Zhongqiu Ji, Guiping Jiang

“…Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of a 12-week self-designed exercise game intervention on the kinematic and kinetic data of the supporting leg in preschool children during the single-leg jump. …”
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Effect of Mulching as a Sustainable Farming Practice on Maize Cultivation at Faculty of Agriculture Kabale University. by Kyomuhangi, Samare

“…The effectiveness of mulch in suppressing weed growth and enhancing nutrient availability is a critical focus of this study. …”
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Optimizing selenium-enriched yeast supplementation in laying hens: Enhancing egg quality, selenium concentration in eggs, antioxidant defense, and liver health by Longfei Zhang, Jianmin Zhou, Uchechukwu Edna Obianwuna, Cheng Long, Kai Qiu, Haijun Zhang, Xiaolong Qi, Shugeng Wu

“…A total of 360 Hy-Line Brown hens (28 weeks old) were randomly assigned to four dietary groups with six replicates of 15 birds each, monitored over a 12-week feeding trial after a two-week acclimatization period. …”
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Fetal Sacrococcygeal Teratoma: A Case Report of a Giant Tumor with an Excellent Outcome by Anna Kornete, Diana Bokucava, Natalija Vedmedovska

“…The male fetus was delivered by elective Cesarean section at 38 weeks of gestation. The resection of the tumor and coccyx was performed when the newborn was 7 days old. …”
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Cryosurgery, Intralesional Methotrexate and Imiquimod for Keratoacanthoma: Tuning the Combination by Georgios Gaitanis, Ioannis D. Bassukas

“…We suggest that, optimized, the present three modalities combination (one session mild cryosurgery/low dose, 5 mg intralesional methotrexate and 2 weeks once daily imiquimod) is a promising treatment for KA that merits evaluation in further studies.…”
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Association of retinal sensitivity with gestational hypertension and obesity by Debasmita Nandi, Swati Majumdar, Prosenjit Banerjee

“…Materials and Methods: Fifty pregnant females with HTN and/or obesity as cases and 54 as controls underwent systemic and ocular examination including retinal sensitivity measurement at 20 and 32 weeks of gestation. Statistical Analysis: Statistical software SPSS version 22 was used. …”
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The Effects of Positive Youth Development Based Classroom Guidance Program on Life Skills of Primary School Students by Günnur Özbay, Serap Nazlı

“…The experimental group was given the positive youth development based classroom guidance program (12 weeks classroom guidance, 12 weeks workshop training) developed by the researchers. …”
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Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain Associated with Somatoform Disorder in an 11-Year-Old Boy by Yoshihiko Sakurai, Asami Fujii, Fumie Kato

“…An 11-year-old boy initially presented with right cheek pain and a streptococcal infection 6 weeks previously. Facial cellulitis was suspected, which was resolved by antibiotic treatment. …”
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Predictive Factors in OCT Analysis for Visual Outcome in Exudative AMD by Maria-Andreea Gamulescu, Georgios Panagakis, Carmen Theek, Horst Helbig

“…Visual acuity increased in 40 of 87 (46.0%) patients, it remained stable in 25 (28.7%), and 22 (25.3%) patients had decreased visual acuity four to six weeks after triple intravitreal ranibizumab injections. …”
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A Rare Case of Meconium Periorchitis Diagnosed in Utero by Daigo Ochiai, Sayu Omori, Toshiyuki Ikeda, Kazumi Yakubo, Tatsuro Fukuiya

“…The pregnancy was uneventful until delivery and the infant was delivered at 37 weeks’ gestation. No abdominal distension was observed at birth, and radiography did not reveal any abdominal calcification except for scrotal calcification. …”
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Traumatic Uterine Rupture in Second Trimester: Two Departments, Two Patients, Two Survivors by Kaggwa H, Deogratious E, Ndiwalana BR, Luweesi H, Kaduyu P

“…Here, we present a case of a 33-year-old female, Gravida 3 Para 2+0, with two previous uterine scars who sustained a traumatic uterine rupture at gestation of 18 weeks due to blunt abdominal trauma after a bathroom fall. …”
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Evaluation of functional outcome in patients treated with locking compression plate for distal femur fractures by Kevin Sebastian, Dr Sanoj P. Poulose, Dr. Akhil K. Thomas, Dr. Shery Valsan

“…Serial follow up was done at 4, 8, 12, 24 weeks and functional outcome was assessed at the end of 24 weeks using NEERS criteria. 18 patients were treated with open reduction and internal fixation. 2 of the fractures were stabilized via MIPPO technique. …”
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Durable Red Blood Cell Transfusion Independence in a Patient with an MDS/MPN Overlap Syndrome Following Discontinuation of Iron Chelation Therapy by Harpreet Kochhar, Chantal S. Leger, Heather A. Leitch

“…At 27 months of transfusion dependence, she started deferasirox and within 6 weeks became RBC transfusion independent, with the hemoglobin normalizing by 10 weeks of chelation. …”
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Effect of Oral PUVAsol on the Quality of Life in Indian Patients Having Chronic Plaque Psoriasis by Pratik Gahalaut, Nitin Mishra, Puneet S. Soodan, Madhur K. Rastogi

“…These were compared with the respective scores after 12 weeks of regular treatment with PUVAsol. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 20.0. …”
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High-Fat Diet-Induced Neuropathy of Prediabetes and Obesity: Effect of PMI-5011, an Ethanolic Extract of Artemisia dracunculus L. by Pierre Watcho, Roman Stavniichuk, David M. Ribnicky, Ilya Raskin, Irina G. Obrosova

“…C57Bl6/J mice fed high-fat diet for 16 weeks developed obesity, moderate nonfasting hyperglycemia, nerve conduction deficit, thermal and mechanical hypoalgesia, and tactile allodynia. …”
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Selective Screening Strategies for Gestational Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Observational Study by Sumaiya Adam, Paul Rheeder

“…We conducted a cohort study on nondiabetic women < 26 weeks gestation at a level 1 clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa. …”
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