Developmental Programming of Hypertension and Kidney Disease by Euming Chong, Ihor V. Yosypiv

“…The risk of developing late-onset diseases such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease (CKD), obesity or type 2 diabetes is increased in infants born prematurely at <37 weeks of gestation or in low birth weight (LBW) infants weighing <2,500 g at birth. …”
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Pneumocystis carinii: A Review of an Important Opportunistic Pathogen in AIDS by M John Gill, Ron Read

“…Increasing shortness of breath, a nonproductive cough and hypoxia often preceded by several weeks of lethargy, fever and weight loss are the classical features of P carinii pneumonia in acquired immune deficiency syndrome. …”
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Assessment of Fetal Autonomic Nervous System Activity by Fetal Magnetocardiography: Comparison of Normal Pregnancy and Intrauterine Growth Restriction by Akimune Fukushima, Kenji Nakai, Tomonobu Kanasugi, Miyuki Terata, Toru Sugiyama

“…Normal pregnancy (n=35) and IUGR (n=12) cases at 28–39 and 32–37 weeks of gestation, respectively, were included in this study. …”
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Malignant Transformation of Mature Cystic Teratoma Diagnosed after a 10-Year Interval by Mariko Jitsumori, Satoru Munakata, Toshiya Yamamoto

“…She visited the department of surgery at our hospital with chief complaints of appetite loss, nausea, and vomiting that had persisted for the prior two weeks. She was admitted with a diagnosis of ileus attributed to an abdominal incisional hernia. …”
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Lupus Flare: An Uncommon Presentation of Disseminated Gonorrhea by Uyen To, Joyce Kim, David Chia

“…Our patient is a 24-year-old woman with SLE, mixed connective tissue disease with cutaneous vasculitis, and lupus nephritis who presented with several weeks of malaise and generalized body aches associated with a diffuse rash along her fingers, palms, and trunk. …”
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A Promotion Role of MIR31 in the Process of Vocal Fold Wound Healing by Haizhou Wang, Wen Xu

“…We then conducted animal experiments on 20 rats to investigate MIR31 expression at different time points (1, 4, and 8 weeks) after vocal fold injury. Co-expression analysis and pathway analysis were performed to explore the potential function of MIR31 in VFWH. …”
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Moxidectin Efficacy in a Goat Herd with Chronic and Generalized Sarcoptic Mange by Nektarios D. Giadinis, Rania Farmaki, Nikolaos Papaioannou, Elias Papadopoulos, Harilaos Karatzias, Alexander F. Koutinas

“…Although pruritus had decreased soon after the first treatment, a satisfactory healing of cutaneous lesions was witnessed 6 weeks after the beginning of moxidectin trial. Parasitological cure was achieved in all affected animals by the end of the trial. …”
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The Effect of Dantonic Pill on β-Catenin Expression in a Rat Model of Streptozotocin-Induced Early Stage of Diabetic Nephropathy by Zhou Shuhong, Lv Hongjun, Cui Bo, Xu Li, Shi Bingyin

“…Including an analysis of the general metabolic index and renal function, immunohistochemical staining and reverse transcription real-time PCR for β-catenin were performed in the renal cortex of the rat models every 4 weeks. After the treatments of DP and irbesartan, the albuminuria level, kidney weight/body weight, and thickness of the glomerular basement membrane were decreased, but the expression of β-catenin was not downregulated in the renal cortex. …”
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Comparison Of Bacillus anthracis Prepared Used Antigens As ‎Diagnostic kit Of Anthrax In Laboratoy Animals.‎ by Al- Jebouri A.J. ‎, Al- Khatib G.M.‎

“…Another trials were conducted using sensitized guinea pigs with live attenuated anthrax vaccine. After three weeks of immunization, skin test was conducted and all antigens revealed positive skin reactions. …”
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Development of Chitosan Nanoparticles as a Stable Drug Delivery System for Protein/siRNA by Haliza Katas, Maria Abdul Ghafoor Raja, Kai Leong Lam

“…The results also showed that particle size and surface charge of CS NPs were slightly changed up to 2 weeks when stored at 4°C. Greater particle size and surface charge were obtained with increasing the concentration of DS. …”
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Real-Time Reporting of Small Operational Failures in Nursing Care by Kathleen R. Stevens, Robert L. Ferrer

“…Data were collected from 5 medical-surgical units over 4 weeks. Unit staff documented operational failures on a small distinctive Pocket Card. …”
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Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Testicular Pain: An Unusual Case Report by Jinal K. Patel, Varun Reddy, Gauthier Stepman, Debra Angelo, Johnathan Frunzi

“…The final pathology report revealed a PCC. At follow-up two weeks after discharge, the patient reported complete resolution of his testicular pain.…”
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Growth Of black sea cucumber Holothuria atra in an integrated aquaculture system by Maureen Mercy Pattinasarany, Elizabeth Miklen Palinussa, Jolen Matakupan

“…The study was conducted for 8 weeks and the fish were fed with trash fish at 10% of body weight. …”
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Tuboovarian Abscess due to Colonic Diverticulitis in a Virgin Patient with Morbid Obesity: A Case Report by Zafer Selçuk Tuncer, Gokhan Boyraz, Senem Özge Yücel, İlker Selçuk, Aslıhan Yazicioğlu

“…A 30-year-old virgin patient presented with pelvic pain, fever, and vaginal spotting for the previous three weeks. Her abdominopelvic computed tomography scan revealed bilateral multiseptated cystic masses with prominent air-fluid levels suggesting tuboovarian abscesses. …”
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Extensive Spiculated Follicular Porokeratosis With Alopecia: A Case Report by Mitra Abdolvand, Roya Radanfar, Mozhdeh Sepaskhah, Fatemeh Sari Aslani, Mojgan Akbarzadeh Jahromi

“…The patient was treated with oral isotretinoin, and the lesions improved partially within 6 weeks of follow‐up. Follicular porokeratosis might be considered among the differential diagnoses of keratotic papules (with or without spicules) and in the cases of alopecia with keratotic papules. …”
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Conservative Management of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Patient by Logan D. Glosser, Brandon S. Zakeri, Conner V. Lombardi, Obi O. Ekwenna

“…A 65-year-old male with history of type 1 diabetes and a 14-year status post deceased donor pancreas-kidney transplant presented with 3 weeks of gross hematuria. CT scan showed multiple bladder masses. …”
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Effectiveness of Polyclonal Antibody Immunoconjugate Treatment with Propamidine Isethionate for Amoebic Keratitis in Golden Hamsters by Manuel Enrique Ávila-Blanco, Sandra Lizbeth Aguilera-Martínez, Javier Ventura-Juarez, Jorge Pérez-Serrano, Elizabeth Casillas-Casillas, Luis Fernando Barba-Gallardo

“…We proposed an immunoconjugate treatment obtained from Acanthamoeba immunized rabbit serum combined with propamidine isethionate; the corneas of hamsters inoculated with A. griffini (MYP2004) were treated with the combined, at 1, 2, and 3 weeks. Propamidine isethionate is frequently used for AK treatment, in vivo study we are found IL-1β and IL-10 expression and caspase 3 activity is significantly increased with respect to the group that was inoculated with the amoeba without receiving any treatment, suggesting that it may be an effect of the toxicity of this drug on the corneal tissue. …”
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“Spontaneous epidural hematoma in a pediatric patient following pansinusitis: a case report and review of the literature” by Shahin Nazarpour, Farid Qoorchi Moheb Seraj, Seyed Morteza Sharifzadeh Khavari, Mehran Seadghat, Mohammad Ali Abouei Mehrizi

“…The hematoma culture was positive for staphylococcus aureus, so antibiotic therapy was started for the patient and continued for six weeks. All the symptoms were fully recovered and the patient was discharged without any neurological deficits. …”
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Effectiveness of Three Types of Moisturizers on Senile Dry Skin: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial by Miku Aoki, Natsuki Hata, Junko Yotsuya

“…Moisturizers A, B, and C were applied on the skin of each member of the three intervention groups twice daily for 8 weeks. The water content of the stratum corneum and transepidermal water loss (TEWL) were evaluated before and after the intervention. …”
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Examining the effects of two cognitive styles (field dependence vs. field independence) on learners’ mobile-assisted vocabulary acquisition by Mehdipour-Kolour Danial, Ali Mohamad Bilal

“…Using the Group Embedded Figures Test, participants were divided into two groups: field dependent and field independent learners. For 4 weeks, both groups practiced and reinforced a set of English vocabulary, selected from the Vocabulary Level Test, through Memrise flashcards. …”
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