A study to determine the effect of nano-selenium and thymoquinone on the Nrf2 gene expression in Alzheimer’s disease by Doha El-Sayed Ellakwa, Laila Ahmed Rashed, Ola Sayed Ali, Noha Amr El-Sabbagh

“…The duration of treatment was 4 weeks. The levels of Nrf2 in brain tissues were evaluated using real-time PCR.Results Nrf2 mean expression levels in the nano-selenium-treated rats, the thymoquinone-treated rats, and the rats that were given both treatments all increased significantly compared to AD rats with no treatment.Conclusions This study showed that nano-selenium and thymoquinone elevated Nrf2 gene expression levels in AD.…”
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Case report: Periorbital pilomatricoma: a rare benign skin tumor misdiagnosed as cellulitis by Rahul Kumar, Jane Z. Spadaro, Jane Z. Spadaro, Alon Kahana, Alon Kahana, Alon Kahana

“…Although rare, pilomatricomas and other adnexal tumors should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a growing mass near the brow.Case presentationA 29-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a progressively enlarging left brow lesion, initially noted 3 weeks prior. Exam revealed an erythematous left subbrow mass that measured 2.5 x 2 cm, with resultant mechanical ptosis. …”
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Effect of dietary Cucurbita pepo extract on performance, hemato-immunological parameters, immune-related gene expression and bacterial resistance in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus myk... by Kaveh Vakili, Amir Eghbal Khajehrahimi, Behnam Salimi, Shapour Kakoolaki, Arman Ghorbanzadeh

“…The fish were fed with 0, 2, 4, and 6 % of CPE in 15 tanks (100 L) for 8 weeks. Fish fed with 4 % of CPE showed significantly higher values of growth indices compared to control diet (P < 0.05). …”
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Neonatal Abdominal Hemangiomatosis: Propranolol beyond Infantile Hemangioma by Siu Ying Angel Nip, Kam Lun Hon, Wing Kwan Alex Leung, Alexander K. C. Leung, Paul C. L. Choi

“…Hepatic hemangiomas may be associated with high output cardiac failure, coagulopathy, and hepatomegaly which generally develop between 1 and 16 weeks of age. Mortality has been reportedly high without treatment. …”
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Agranulocytosis Associated with Topiramate: A Case Report and Review of Published Cases by Saroj Lohani, Niranjan Tachamo, Salik Nazir, Anthony Donato

“…The dose of topiramate was increased to 100 mg twice daily 2 weeks ago. Complete blood count revealed an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of 8 c/mm3. …”
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Discomfort Intolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity by Kadir &Ouml;ZDEL, &Ouml;zden YAL&Ccedil;INKAYA ALKAR, &Yacute;brahim TAYMUR, M. Hakan T&Uuml;RK&Ccedil;APAR, Erkut ZAMKI, A. Emre SARGIN

“…To assess the test-retest reliability the scale was re-applied to 54 participants 6 weeks later. Results: To assess construct validity of DIS, factor analyses were performed using varimax principal components analysis with varimax rotation. …”
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Aplastic Anemia Treated with Eltrombopag during Pregnancy by Yuri Suminaga, Yoshitsugu Chigusa, Tadakazu Kondo, Haruko Okamoto, Yosuke Kawamura, Mana Taki, Masaki Mandai, Haruta Mogami

“…Throughout pregnancy, the woman’s pancytopenia did not progress, and she delivered a 2336 g baby vaginally at 38 weeks of gestation. Her postpartum outcome was uneventful, and the neonate did not develop thrombocytosis. …”
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Rehabilitation exercise for treatment of vestibular disorder: A case study by Avraham Feazadeh, Eli Carmeli

“…., laying on the left side from sitting on the bed, while the head rotated 45 degrees to the right, waiting for about one minue; twice a day on gradual basis, not laying on the side all the way, but to use enough pillows to lay about at 60 degrees). Four weeks from the start of physical therapy, the patient was free of symptoms, even when her neck was in the extended position.…”
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Effects of Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatohepatitis in Alertness, Associative Learning, and Astrocyte Density by Sara G. Higarza, Marina De Antón‐Cosío, Candela Zorzo, Jorge L. Arias, Natalia Arias

“…Methods Subjects who were administered a high‐fat and high‐cholesterol diet for 14 weeks. Then, we assessed the acoustic startle response and alertness through the prepulse inhibition paradigm as well as the associative learning by the use of the passive avoidance test. …”
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Determination of fetal thymic morphometric dimensions in relation to gestational age. by Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Marta Rosa González Debén, Alfredo Quiñonez Ceballo

“…The sample consisted of 147 scams dead fetuses from 17 weeks gestational age until the end, who met the inclusion criteria. …”
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A Rare Side Effect due to TNF-Alpha Blocking Agent: Acute Pleuropericarditis with Adalimumab by Hakan Ozkan, Ahmet Seckin Cetinkaya, Tekin Yildiz, Tahsin Bozat

“…Control chest X-ray and echocardiography after three weeks demonstrated complete resolution of both pleural and pericardial effusions. …”
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Successful Management in an Infant Patient of PHACE Syndrome with a Complicated Aortic Arch Anomaly by Shun Suzuki, Mitsuru Seki, Koichi Kataoka, Reina Koga, Tomoyuki Sato, Masaaki Kawada, Takanori Yamagata

“…We report a case of a female infant with PHACE syndrome and complex cardiovascular anomalies such as a double aortic arch associated with interruption of the left aortic arch, coarctation of the right aortic arch, patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, and atrial septal defect. She was born at 36 weeks of gestation (birth weight, 2,150 g) and the diagnosis was confirmed by three-dimensional computed tomography. …”
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Dried Human Amniotic Membrane Does Not Alleviate Inflammation and Fibrosis in Experimental Strabismus Surgery by Bo Young Chun, Hong Kyun Kim, Jae Pil Shin

“…The surgeon randomly ordered which eye gets operated first during the experiment. Two weeks later, enucleation was performed. Six sagittal sections were made for each eye at the insertion of the SR muscle. …”
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Therapeutic effects of Salvadora persica (Miswak) on patients with mild to moderate gingivitis. by Kawa F. Dizaye, Zainab Yalman Othman

“…The patients’ mouths were examined, recording clinical indices before and after four weeks from the administration of treatments. Results: There is significant improvement observed between groups 3 and 1 and groups 3 and 2 regarding gingival index. …”
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Lactoferrin alleviates the adverse effects of early-life inflammation on depression in adults by regulating the activation of microglia by Wenli Wang, Qin An, Yunxia Zou, Yunping Dai, Qingyong Meng, Yali Zhang

“…Additionally, 14-day-old mice were injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress when they reached 6 weeks of age. The results show that lactation lactoferrin deficiency increases depression-like behavior in adult mice, and the mechanism is associated with heightened neuronal damage, abnormal microglial activation, and decreased BDNF in the hippocampus. …”
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Pandemic mitigation: Bringing it home by Tom Reichert

“…Specific recommendations for protection embody a bunker mentality with a time horizon of two weeks, emulating preparation for a natural disaster. …”
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Psychological Impact of Maxillectomy and Prosthodontic Rehabilitation and Role of Socio-demographic and Disease-related Variables by Chanchal Gupta, Ruchi Raj

“…The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used to assess and compare the psychological distress level after maxillectomy (T0) and 3 weeks after insertion of a definitive obturator (T1). …”
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Evaluation of Negative Cognitions in Children and Adolescents: Children&#146;s Automatic Thoughts Scale by Derya Atalan ERG&Yacute;N, Emine G&uuml;l KAP&Ccedil;I

“…Test-rest reliabilities with two weeks interval demonstrated that the Children&#146;s Automatic Thoughts Scale is a reliable instrument(r=.90). …”
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The Incidence and Risk Factors for Lower Limb Skin Graft Failure by Sumeet Reddy, Falah El-Haddawi, Michael Fancourt, Glenn Farrant, William Gilkison, Nigel Henderson, Stephen Kyle, Damien Mosquera

“…We present a series of 70 lower limb skin grafts in 50 patients with outcomes at 6 weeks. One-third of lower limb skin grafts went on to fail with increased BMI, peripheral vascular disease, and immunosuppressant medication use identified as significant risk factors.…”
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The Management of Valgus Extension Overload Syndrome Experienced with Hitting in a High School Baseball Player: A Case Report by Andrew B Piraino, Brent M Davis

“… # Outcomes After five weeks of physical therapy, the subject returned to soft toss hitting at approximately 75% velocity for the first time since symptom onset, without pain. …”
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