homeRNA self-blood collection enables high-frequency temporal profiling of presymptomatic host immune kinetics to respiratory viral infection: a prospective cohort studyResearch in... by Fang Yun Lim, Hannah G. Lea, Ashley M. Dostie, Soo-Young Kim, Tammi L. van Neel, Grant W. Hassan, Meg G. Takezawa, Lea M. Starita, Karen N. Adams, Michael Boeckh, Joshua T. Schiffer, Ollivier Hyrien, Alpana Waghmare, Erwin Berthier, Ashleigh B. Theberge

“…Participants self-collected blood and nasal swabs daily for seven consecutive days followed by weekly blood collection for up to seven additional weeks. …”
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The Efficacy and Safety of Elobixibat for the Elderly with Chronic Constipation: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study by Akira Tomie, Naohisa Yoshida, Munehiro Kugai, Ryohei Hirose, Osamu Dohi, Ken Inoue, Kotaro Okuda, Takayuki Motoyoshi, Kohei Fukumoto, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Hiroyuki Yoriki, Yutaka Inada, Takashi Okuda, Daisuke Hasegawa, Kiyoshi Ogiso, Takaaki Murakami, Koichi Soga, Rafiz Abdul Rani, Norimasa Yoshida, Yoshito Itoh

“…The discontinuation rate was 7.9%. The SBM (times/week) increased from 2.86 to 6.08 (p<0.001). The overall SBM improvement rate was 74.0% (≤74 years: 78.2% vs. ≥75 years: 68.9%, p=0.31; male: 75.0% vs. female: 73.3%, p=0.78). …”
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Efficacy and safety of guanabenz acetate treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a study protocol for a randomised investigator-initiated phase IIa study by Atsushi Nakajima, Yasushi Honda, Kento Imajo, Masato Yoneda, Yuji Ogawa, Takaomi Kessoku, Takashi Kobayashi, Anna Ozaki, Asako Nogami, Satoru Saito, Michihiro Iwaki, Kosuke Tanaka, Atsushi Yamamoto, Kota Takahashi, Yuki Kasai, Noritoshi Kobayashi

“…Blood tests and MRI will be performed 16 weeks after commencement of treatment. The primary endpoint will be the percentage reduction in hepatic fat content (%) measured using MRI-proton density fat fraction from baseline by at least 3.46% at week 16 after treatment initiation.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Yokohama City University Hospital before participant enrolment (YCU021001). …”
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Optimal radiation dose to induce an abscopal effect by combining carbon-ion radiotherapy and anti-CTLA4 antibody by Liqiu Ma, Yang Li, Yoshimitsu Sakamoto, Lin Xie, Saaya Suzuki, Yukari Yoshida, Li Sui, Gang Guo, Jialing Wen, Wangcai Ren, Kazuhiro Kakimi, Kensuke Osada, Akihisa Takahashi, Takashi Shimokawa

“…The diameter of the tumours in both legs was measured 3 times per week after irradiation. The number of pulmonary metastases was evaluated within 3 weeks after irradiation. …”
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Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its association with adverse obstetric outcomes among pregnant women in Uganda: a cross-sectional study by Cristina Reverzani, Daniel Zaake, Faridah Nansubuga, Herman Ssempewo, Leonard Manirakiza, Anthony Kayiira, Gilbert Tumwine

“…Objective There is a dearth of published data on the vitamin D status of the Ugandan population; the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women in Uganda and its associations with maternal characteristics and adverse foetal-maternal outcomes.Study design and setting We conducted a cross-sectional study on pregnant women admitted to a tertiary referral hospital in Kampala, Uganda for delivery during the study period from July to December 2023.Participants The study was conducted on 351 pregnant women aged ≥18 years who consented to participate in the study, who had a single intrauterine pregnancy and a gestational age greater than 26 weeks, and who delivered at St. Francis Hospital, Nsambya. …”
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The prevalence of hand pathology in regional orthopaedic hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal: A cross-sectional study by S Thabit, M O'Connor, W Parker, T Mashishi, K Moodley, A Peer, K Matanzima, A J de Villiers, O Adewusi, R Aboobaker, A Rocher

“…A cross-sectional investigation of hospital records and charts of patients presenting for orthopaedic care across all 10 regional hospitals in KZN that offer orthopaedic services was undertaken for 1 week’s duration (June 2022). Patients were categorised into hand pathology (HP) and general orthopaedic pathology (OP) groups, which were each subdivided into trauma and non-trauma subgroups. …”
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Projeto de extensão universitária ‘SaúHDe renal’: Efeitos na qualidade de vida e na aptidão física by Jordana Letícia Buratti, Thaís Severo Dutra, Moane Marchesan Krug, Clara Suemi da Costa Rosa, Paulo Ricardo Moreira, Robelius De-Bortoli, Rodrigo de Rosso Krug

“…The TF consisted of resistance exercises three times/week during HD for 32 weeks. A six-minute walk assessed physical fitness, sit and stand test, forearm flexion, flexibility, and dynamometry. …”
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Tofogliflozin attenuates renal lipid deposition and inflammation via PPARα upregulation mediated by miR-21a impairment in diet-induced steatohepatitic mice by Sae Nishihara, Masahiro Koseki, Katsunao Tanaka, Takashi Omatsu, Ayami Saga, Hiroshi Sawabe, Hiroyasu Inui, Takeshi Okada, Tohru Ohama, Daisuke Okuzaki, Yoshihiro Kamada, Masafumi Ono, Makoto Nishida, Mikio Watanabe, Yasushi Sakata

“…After eight weeks, serum lipid profiles, histology, lipid content, and mRNA/microRNA and protein expression levels in the kidney were examined. …”
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Faecal microbiota transplantation for patients with diabetes type 1 and severe gastrointestinal neuropathy (FADIGAS): a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trialResearch... by Katrine Lundby Høyer, Simon Mark Dahl Baunwall, Ditte Smed Kornum, Mette Winther Klinge, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Knud Bonnet Yderstræde, Louise Bruun Thingholm, Martin Steen Mortensen, Susan Mikkelsen, Christian Erikstrup, Christian Lodberg Hvas, Klaus Krogh

“…The primary endpoint was number of adverse events of severity grade 2 or more assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events during the week following the first intervention. Secondary endpoints included gastrointestinal symptoms and quality of life assessed four weeks after treatment. …”
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Effect of different dietary oil sources on the performance, egg quality and antioxidant capacity during the late laying period by Mengmeng Xu, Le Liu, Zongze Fan, Lizhu Niu, Wenxi Ning, He Cheng, Mengyun Li, Wenying Huo, Pan Zhou, Hongyu Deng, Wen Chen, Long Che

“…This study investigated the effects of different dietary ratios of linseed and soybean oils on the performance, egg quality, and antioxidant capacity of late-phase laying hens. A total of 360 70-week-old Jinghong laying hens were randomly assigned to four groups of six replicates each, with 15 chickens per replicate. …”
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The presentation of self in the Zoom age: insights from pragmatics and cognitive science by Jean-Rémi Lapaire

“…In the space of just a few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic imposed alternative frames and new viewing angles upon all members of the academic community. …”
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Initial Presentation of Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis with Ocular Lesions by Edward J. Quinlan, Veenu Gill

“…Even rarer is a patient presenting with symptomatic chorioretinitis first, followed weeks later by systemic symptoms of disseminated coccidioidomycosis. …”
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Dichorionic Diamniotic Twin Pregnancy Discordant for Bladder Exstrophy by William Tu, Jane Chueh, William Kennedy

“…A 38 year-old woman presented with a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy at gestational age of 32 weeks concerning for an abdominal wall mass in one of the twins. …”
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Unusual Case of Localized Upper Limbs and Truncal Edema Associated with Fever, Anemia, and Acute Kidney Injury by Mohammad Tinawi

“…The same manifestations appeared in the other arm 3 weeks later. He also developed fever, acute kidney injury, anemia, and truncal edema. …”
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New Hydrangeas for North and Central Florida: Bigleaf and Mountain Hydrangeas by Gary W. Knox

“…Many of the newer cultivars have superior form and disease resistance, and some provide 15 or more weeks of flowering per year in north Florida. This revised 5-page fact sheet was written by Gary W. …”
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Pancreatic pseudo-cyst. by José Raúl Sánchez Aguilar, Neyda Delgado Marín, Jalima Jiménez Morejón

“…It constitutes an amilasa rich liquid collection, located inside or adjacent to the pancreas; surrounded by a wall without ephithelium, as result of a sharp or chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic trauma, or obstruction of pancreatic conduit. 50 % solves spontaneously in 6 weeks, but some of they require surgical treatment. …”
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Prolonged Intestinal Mucosal Barium Coating due to Ischemic Necrosis by Vincent H. S. Low

“…A case of a 63-year-old man with small bowel ischemia six weeks after transplantation surgery is presented. …”
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‘Jon Jon’ Magnolia: A Late-Flowering Deciduous Magnolia for Northern Florida by Gary W. Knox

“…This large-flowered, hybrid, deciduous magnolia flowers profusely in late spring, about two weeks after most saucer magnolias, but before foliage emerges. …”
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Favorable Outcome of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome under Dexamethasone by Josef Finsterer, Arian Bachtiar, Anton Niedermayr

“…Instead of prednisolone she received dexamethasone (40 mg/d) but nonetheless recovered completely after 12 weeks.…”
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A Rare Metastatic Site of Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report by Sara Husain, Mohamed Isa, Raed Almarzooq

“…Here, we report a case of a 42-year-old female patient with left lobular breast cancer-gastric metastasis (initially misdiagnosed five years ago as an invasive ductal carcinoma) presenting with dyspepsia, weight loss, and persistent vomiting lasting for four weeks. Upper GI endoscopy revealed evidence of linitis plastica, and histological and immunocytochemical analyses of the biopsy confirmed gastric metastasis secondary to invasive lobular breast carcinoma.…”
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