Real-world evaluation of physiotherapist-led exercise prehabilitation and rehabilitation during autologous stem cell transplantation in myeloma: a single-centre experience by Orla McCourt, Joanne Land, Neil Rabin, Kwee Yong, Abi Fisher, Jonathan Sive, Charalampia Kyriakou, Michael K Luong, Alasdair Longden

“…A hybrid service using face-to-face clinical assessments and weekly remotely supervised group exercise, via an online video conferencing platform, in the phase between stem cell harvest and admission (prehabilitation), and from discharge to 100 days post-ASCT (rehabilitation). …”
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Identification of most motivating resource for estimation of social hierarchy in water buffaloes by Sunil Dutt, M.L. Kamboj

“…Agonistic interactions for each resource were recorded manually and by Closed Circuit Television recordings five times weekly by continuous sampling for 1 hour. A socio-metric matrix of all agonistic interactions was prepared, and pooled data was analyzed using one-way ANOVA in SPSS version 22. …”
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Assessment of the Heterotrophic Bacterial Contamination in Waterlines of Dental Units as a Potential Health Risk Factor in Occupational and Patient’s Exposures by Ali Shahryari, Amineh Zahed, Abdolhalim Rajabi, Maryam Shafipour, Niloufar Emrani, Hadi Rahimzadeh, Hamidreza Heidari

“…Flushing the waterlines for 30 seconds reduced bacterial contamination (P<0.05).Conclusion: Stagnation of water in dental unit waterlines, particularly over weekends or after working hours, using reserve water during dental procedures, and insufficient flushing of dental handpieces resulted in consistently high bacterial contamination levels. …”
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Ambient PM2.5 Temporal Variation and Source Apportionment in Mbarara, Uganda by Silver Onyango, Crystal M. North, Hatem A. Ellaithy, Paul Tumwesigye, Choong-Min Kang, Vasileios Matthaios, Martin Mukama, Nuriat Nambogo, J. Mikhail Wolfson, Stephen Ferguson, Stephen Asiimwe, Lynn Atuyambe, Data Santorino, David C. Christiani, Petros Koutrakis

“…PM2.5 concentrations did not vary on weekdays versus weekends in either city. In Mbarara, the six main ambient PM2.5 sources identified included (in order of abundance): traffic-related, biomass and secondary aerosols, industry and metallurgy, heavy oil and fuel combustion, fine soil, and salt aerosol. …”
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Effects of adding a kind of compound bio-enzyme to the diet on the production performance, serum immunity, and intestinal health of Pekin ducks by Yuxiao Li, Jie Zhou, Tong Guo, Huiya Zhang, Chang Cao, Yingjie Cai, Jiqiao Zhang, Tao Li, Jianqin Zhang

“…Ducks were raised until 35 days of age, with weekly measurements of growth performance. At day 35, serum immunoglobulins were measured, carcass traits were recorded, and cecal contents were analyzed using 16S rRNA sequencing and metabolomics. …”
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The effect of using Echinacea extract as an immune system stimulant and antioxidant on blood indicators, growth efficiency, and carcass characteristics in broiler chickens to produ... by Elwy A. Ashour, Ahmed K. Aldhalmi, Ismail E. Ismail, Mahmoud Kamal, Ahmed A. Elolimy, Ayman A. Swelum, Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack

“…They received 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 cm3 EPA/liter water every 3 d weekly until the end of the trial (30 d). Our findings found significant differences in avian mass between experimental treatments during growth phases. …”
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Population-Level SARS-CoV-2 RT–PCR Cycle Threshold Values and Their Relationships with COVID-19 Transmission and Outcome Metrics: A Time Series Analysis Across Pandemic Years by Judith Carolina De Arcos-Jiménez, Ernestina Quintero-Salgado, Pedro Martínez-Ayala, Gustavo Rosales-Chávez, Roberto Miguel Damian-Negrete, Oscar Francisco Fernández-Diaz, Mariana del Rocio Ruiz-Briseño, Rosendo López-Romo, Patricia Noemi Vargas-Becerra, Ruth Rodríguez-Montaño, Ana María López-Yáñez, Jaime Briseno-Ramirez

“…Utilizing a comprehensive time-series analysis, we evaluated weekly median Ct values as proxies for viral load and their temporal associations with positivity rates, reproduction numbers (Rt), hospitalizations, and mortality. …”
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A participatory needs assessment to map the system dynamics of overweight related behaviours of 10-14-year-old adolescents living in an underserved neighbourhood in Amsterdam, the... by Helga Emke, Rabab Chrifou, Coosje Dijkstra, Wilma Waterlander, Karien Stronks, Stef Kremers, Mai Chinapaw, Teatske Altenburg

“…For just over two years, we conducted weekly PAR sessions (45–120 min) with four dynamic groups - two in primary schools and two in secondary schools - each school year (n = 4–8 adolescents in each group (0-100% girls); n = 40–54 sessions in total per group). …”
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Advertising in Lithuanian Periodicals in 1918-1940: Characteristics of its Quantitative and Qualitative Developement by Giedrė Polkaitė

“…The greatest number of adverts in the dailies under investigation were published in the semi-official newspapers Lietuva, the Lietuvos aidas, and in the weekly Ukininko patarėjas.   When investigating the periodicity of advertising in the press, two waves of an upsurge (in spring and at the end of a year - November-December) and two waves of a decline (at the beginning of a year - January-February and in summer - at the beginning of autumn) were noticed. …”
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Effect of polishing methods on Candida albicans adhesion and contributing factors in heat-cured acrylic dentures: an in-vitro comparative study by Shahrukh Ali Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Mirani, Taimur Khalid, Engr Muhammad Wasiq Ali Khan, Ziaullah Choudhary, Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi

“…Water sorption was assessed through weekly weighing, and free surface energy was determined using a goniometer. …”
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Perspectives of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Towards a Decision Aid Assessing Preferences of Glucose-Lowering Drugs: The Dilemma of Choosing by Roldan Munoz S, Mol PGM, de Vries F, van Dijk PR, Hillege H, Postmus D, de Vries ST

“…A glucagon-like peptide-1-antagonist weekly injection fitted best the preferences of most patients (n=8). …”
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Association of clinical knowledge with patient care ownership among resident physicians: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan by Hirohisa Fujikawa, Hidetaka Tamune, Yuji Nishizaki, Taro Shimizu, Yu Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Shikino, Miwa Sekine, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yasuharu Tokuda

“…We conducted multivariable linear regression analysis, controlling for postgraduate years, sex, number of assigned inpatients, weekly working hours, type of hospital, and size of hospital. …”
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New prognostic model in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma treated with second-line immune checkpoint inhibitors by Ernest Choy, Yohann Loriot, Fabio Calabrò, Cora N Sternberg, Guillermo De Velasco, Daniel Castellano, Roubini Zakopoulou, Aristotelis Bamias, Nicholas James, Axel Merseburger, F Lopez-Rios, Mario Kramer, Kimon Tzannis

“…Patients were treated with 3-weekly atezolizumab 1200 mg intravenously. The development and internal validation of a prognostic model for overall survival (OS) was performed using Cox regression analyses, bootstrapping methods and calibration.Results In 936 patients, ECOG PS, alkaline phosphatase, hemoglobin, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, liver metastases, bone metastases and time from last chemotherapy were identified as independent prognostic factors. …”
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Contemporary Management of Patients With Chagas Cardiomyopathy in Bolivia by Evan Czulada, BS, Sascha Bercovitch, BA, Yazan Alshawkani, MD, Natalia Noya Weise, MD, Adriana E. Hernani Rodrigo, BS, Ronald Gustavo Durán Saucedo, MD, Marcelo Buhezo Chamón, MD, Robert H. Gilman, MD, David T. Martin, MD

“…More than 70% of cardiologists cared for CCM patients daily or weekly. More frequent prescription of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (73%) and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (82%) for heart failure was reported compared to β-blockers. …”
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Twelve-Month Retention in and Impact of Enhance®Fitness on Older Adults in Hawai‘i by Michiyo Tomioka, Kathryn L. Braun, Yan Yan Wu, Kay Holt, Paula Keele, Lori Tsuhako, Johnny Yago

“…On average, participants attended 63.7% of thrice-weekly classes each month. Participants’ physical performance measures improved after 4 months, continued to improve until 8 months, and were maintained thereafter. …”
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Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk of PAHs in PM2.5 via Local Emissions and Long-Range Transport during Winter by Shahzada Amani Room, Chia En Lin, Shih Yu Pan, Ta Chih Hsiao, Charles C.-K. Chou, Kai Hsien Chi

“…Also, due to higher NO3− and K levels, the ions and metals had higher values in the daytime and weekdays than at nighttime and weekends. In contrast, in the City Tunnel, the PM2.5 concentrations difference at the tunnel inlet and tunnel outlet during the daytime was significantly higher 36.4 µg m−3 compared to 27.4 µg m−3 at nighttime due to the heavy traffic during the day. …”
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Applicability of the complementary relationship of evapotranspiration for heterogeneous vegetation cover at boundary and plot scales by Chong Fu, Xiaoyu Song, Wanyin Wei, Qi Zhang, Lanjun Li, Xinkai Zhao, Pengfei Meng, Long Wang, Huaiyou Li

“…Furthermore, using GCR to obtain ETan directly may generate bias near extreme points at a weekly timescale but becomes feasible at longer timescales. …”
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Orthorexia in Athletes: A Comprehensive Review of its Causes, Impact on Health, and Prevention Strategies by Kamila Fuczyło, Karolina Stankevič, Anna-Mariia Chernysh, Aleksandra Dusińska, Jakub Waszczyński, Justyna Woźniak, Justyna Weronika Kmieć, Wiktor Biesiada, Ewelina Kopczyńska, Piotr Kulej

“…Research findings on the relationship between ON, BMI, and gender are inconclusive, but athletes engaging in over 150 minutes of weekly physical activity, particularly endurance sports, are at higher risk. …”
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Performance, Carcass Traits and Meat Quality of Lambs Fed with Increasing Levels of High-Oleic Sunflower Cake by Daviane M. Costa, Tharcilla I. R. C. Alvarenga, Isabela J. dos Santos, Paulo C. G. Dias Junior, Flavio A. P. Alvarenga, Nadja G. Alves, Iraides F. Furusho-Garcia

“…The lambs were weighed weekly and slaughtered with 42.3 ± 0.18 kg body weight and 270 ± 10.8 days of old. …”
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Intraperitoneal paclitaxel for patients with primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a phase I/II dose escalation and safety study—INTERACT MESO by Job P van Kooten, Jacobus W A Burger, Cornelis Verhoef, Joachim G J V Aerts, Eva V E Madsen, Alexandra R M Brandt-Kerkhof, Stijn L W Koolen, Ron H J Mathijssen, Michelle V Dietz, Niels A D Guchelaar

“…Through this PAC, 8–16 weekly cycles of intraperitoneal chemotherapy will be administered.Ethics and dissemination The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO, The Hague, The Netherlands) and the Medical Research Ethics Committee (METC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) have granted permission to carry out this study protocol. …”
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