Effect of Real-Time Environment on Mechanical Properties of Preformed Stainless Steel Archwires: An In Vivo Study by Divya Pai, Arun S. Urala, Kishore Ginjupalli, Kalyana Chakravarthy Pentapati, Gaurav Agrawal

“…The aim was to evaluate the change in mechanical properties of preformed stainless steel archwires after 15 weeks of exposure to the oral environment. Methods. …”
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Skin Reactions and Quality of Life after X-Ray Therapy of Basal Cell Carcinoma by Jette Skiveren, Maria Rudkjaer Mikkelsen, Helle Daugbjerg, Hans Christian Wulf

“…Twenty-five patients (mean age 69) with BCC completed the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) before and two weeks and three months after X-ray therapy and their results were compared with the DLQI scores for 25 matched controls. …”
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Endobronchial One-Way Valve Therapy Facilitates Weaning from Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Patient with ARDS and Persistent Air Leak by Alessandro Ghiani, Matthias Hansen, Konstantinos Tsitouras, Claus Neurohr

“…During the following two weeks, the patient was weaned from vvECMO, and after another three weeks, complete liberation from mechanical ventilation was accomplished. …”
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Prophylactic Administration of Surfactant in Extremely Premature Infants by Lutz Koch, David Frommhold, Bernd Beedgen, Peter Ruef, Johannes Poeschl

“…We conclude that infants under 27 weeks' gestation profit from prophylactic surfactant administration by reducing the time of mechanical ventilation. …”
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Frequency of congenital hypothyroidism in new born admitted with neonatal jaundice at tertiary care hospital peshawar by Abdul Ahad, Romana Bibi, Sijad Ur Rehman, Majid Ali Shah, Matea Ullah, Shahinda

“…Results: In our study 489 mothers 386(79%) mothers were in age range 18-30 years while 103(21%) mothers were in age range 31-40 years. 279(57%) babies were male and 210(43%) babies were female. 303(62%) newborns had maternal  gestation age ≤38 weeks and 186(38%) neonates had gestation age >38 weeks. 352(72%) newborns had duration of jaundice ≤14 days and 137(28%) newborns had duration of jaundice >14 days. …”
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Effect of Thyroxine Hormone by Oral on Growth and Survival Rate of Coral Platy Xiphophorus maculates by M. Zairin Junior, R.G. Pahlawan, M. Raswin

“…Dosage of thyroxine used was 0.2, 2 and 20 mg/kg of feed, and were combined with duration time of treatment i.e. 1, 2 and 3 weeks.  All treatments were performed triplicate.  …”
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Alteration of Mevalonate Pathway in Proliferated Vascular Smooth Muscle from Diabetic Mice: Possible Role in High-Glucose-Induced Atherogenic Process by Guo-Ping Chen, Xiao-Qin Zhang, Tao Wu, Liang Li, Jie Han, Chang-Qing Du

“…Induction of diabetes with STZ was associated with an increase of lesion area and media thickness after 8 and 16 weeks of diabetes. In aorta, there were overexpressions of some enzymes, including 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGR), farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (FPPS), geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase (GGPPS), farnesyltransferase (FNT), and geranylgeranyltransferase-1 (GGT-1), and unchanged expression of squalene synthase (SQS) and phosphor-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (P-HMGR) in 8 and 16 weeks of diabetes. …”
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Reduction of Methylglyoxal-Induced Glycation by Pyridoxamine Improves Adipose Tissue Microvascular Lesions by Tiago Rodrigues, Paulo Matafome, Daniela Santos-Silva, Cristina Sena, Raquel Seiça

“…A group of Wistar rats was treated daily with methylglyoxal (MG, 75 mg/Kg/day, 8 weeks). Half of this group was treated with pyridoxamine in the following 4 weeks (Pyr) (100 mg/Kg/day) and the other half did not have any further treatment (MG). …”
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MonoMax Suture: A New Long-Term Absorbable Monofilament Suture Made from Poly-4-Hydroxybutyrate by Erich K. Odermatt, Lutz Funk, Rainer Bargon, David P. Martin, Said Rizk, Simon F. Williams

“…The suture, called MonoMax, has prolonged strength retention. At 12 weeks, a size 3-0 MonoMax suture retains approximately 50% of its initial tensile strength in vivo and is substantially degraded in one year with minimal tissue reaction. …”
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The Effect of Erythritol Injection in Decreasing of Abortion Rate in Local Breed Ewes by Maher Saber Owain, Mustafa Salah Hasan, Ali Ghazi Atiyah

“…The experiment takes 12 weeks. Blood was withdrawn at different times of experiment (0, 2 weeks and end of experiment). …”
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Effect of Web-Based Education on Self-efficacy and Self-care Ability in Heart Failure Patients by Ratih Arum Vatmasari, Kuswantoro Rusca Putra, Heni Windarwati

“…A pre-test was administered before the intervention, and post-test and follow-up were administered two weeks after the intervention. The control group received information leaflets and the intervention group received web-based education. …”
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The Effect of Carpal Tunnel Release on Neuropathic Pain in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Motoki Sonohata, Toshiyuki Tsuruta, Hiroko Mine, Akihiko Asami, Hideki Ishii, Kenji Tsunoda, Masaaki Mawatari

“…All subjects were divided into 3 groups at 12 weeks after surgery: an Improved, Unchanged, and Worsened group. …”
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Fungal Bezoar: A Rare Cause of Ureteral Obstruction by Nabil Zeineddine, Wissam Mansour, Sandy El Bitar, Marco Campitelli, Neville Mobarakai

“…Symptoms recurred in 4 weeks, and repeated urine culture grew Candida albicans and CT scan showed same high density material within the right moiety of the horseshoe kidney. …”
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Effect of Triiodothyronine in Different Dosages on Growth and Survival Rate of Giant Gouramy (Osphronemus gouramy Lac.) by I. Herviani, M. Zairin Junior, Odang Carman

“…One-day old larvae were treated with different concentrations of triiodothyronine (T3) i.e. 0; 0,001; 0,01; 0,1 and 1 ppm by immersion method for 24 hours. During eight weeks rearing period, larvae were fed to satiation with Tubifex three times daily. …”
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Canadian real-world study of access and clinical results using dupilumab for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps by Shaun J. Kilty, Andrea Lasso

“…The mean SNOT-22 score at baseline was 60.56 (SD 21.63). After 16 weeks of treatment the mean SNOT-22 score decreased by 37 points to 23.36; at 28 weeks the mean SNOT-22 was 23.47. …”
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Absorbed Dose Measurements for Teletheraphy Prediction of Superficial Dose Using Halcyon Linear Accelerator by Raymond Njinga, Adeneye Samuel, Akinyode Ajimo, Christopher Olowookere

“…This process was repeated for ten consecutive weeks and the values recorded.Results: The results of the beam output for the teletherapy machine were satisfactory and accepted in comparison with the commissioned measurement of 0.62. …”
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Efficacy of green tea mouth wash as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment in patients with chronic periodontitis by Sarwar Qasim Mustafa, Dilyar Ahmed Baban

“…Group A used prepared green tea 5% as mouth wash for 2 weeks, group B used chlorhexidine mouthwash 0.12% for 2 weeks and group C did not use any mouth wash. …”
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Expectant Management of a Critically Ill Pregnant Patient with COVID-19 with Good Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes by Farah Alsayyed, Victoria Hastings, Sanford Lederman

“…A 30-year-old female who presented at 26 weeks gestation with acute severe respiratory distress that required intubation and intensive care unit (ICU) admission. …”
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Improving neonatal outcome by studying the incidence of maternal group B streptococcus colonization among pregnant women: A prospective observational study by Priyank Rajan, Mukesh Sanklecha, Saloni Gandhi, Kaushal Soni, Mayur Wanjari, Gaurav Mittal

“…Material and Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted among 50 obstetric patients at 35–37 weeks of gestation attending the outpatient and inpatient departments of a tertiary care hospital. …”
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Comparison of Intervention Programs to Improve Trunk Stability for Active Females by Kate Schwartzkopf-Phifer, Katie Whetstone, Mark Marchino, Kevin Brown, Kyle Matsel

“…The intervention period lasted eight weeks, with exercise progression at weeks two, four, and six…”
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