How Well Does the Traffic System Protect Transit from Congestion? Measuring Route-Level Costs That Congestion Imposes on Transit Operators and Users by Peter G. Furth, Ahmed T. M. Halawani

“…The basic approach was to compare the impact variables during various periods of the week against a base period when there is no congestion (late night and early morning), making adjustments to account for differences in demand that affect running time apart from congestion. …”
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Acute Symptomatic Calcific Discitis Mimicking a Septic Spondylodiscitis by Magda Choueiri, Florent Eymard, Sandra Guignard, Frédéric Pigneur, Xavier Chevalier

“…However, the patient improved spontaneously and rapidly, with pain and fever disappearing and C-reactive protein (CRP) returning to normal within a week.…”
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Hypernatremia: Correction Rate and Hemodialysis by Saima Nur, Yasir Khan, Saadia Nur, Hassan Boroujerdi

“…Severe hypernatremia is defined as serum sodium levels above 152 mEq/L, with a mortality rate ≥60%. 85-year-old gentleman was brought to the emergency room with altered level of consciousness after refusing to eat for a week at a skilled nursing facility. On admission patient was nonverbal with stable vital signs and was responsive only to painful stimuli. …”
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Strip-planting Rhizoma Peanut into Grazing Systems by Jose C. B. Dubeux, Lynn E. Sollenberger, Joao Vendramini, Marcelo O. Wallau, Ann R. Soffes Blount, Liza Garcia-Jimenez, Erick Santos, David Jaramillo

“…This 4-page fact sheet discusses varieties, establishment, weed management, grazing management, and the cost-share program. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a health and environmental education training program for Syrian teachers in Northern Syria by Mervan Y. Huseyin, Abdulmuhaimen Dershewi, Debbi Marais, Marwan Albuhtori

“…In alignment with UNESCO's directives for ongoing teacher development in environmental awareness to achieve sustainable development goals, this study developed and evaluated a 14-week training curriculum aimed at enhancing Environmental and Health Education awareness among Syrian teachers. …”
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Strip-planting Rhizoma Peanut into Grazing Systems by Jose C. B. Dubeux, Lynn E. Sollenberger, Joao Vendramini, Marcelo O. Wallau, Ann R. Soffes Blount, Liza Garcia-Jimenez, Erick Santos, David Jaramillo

“…This 4-page fact sheet discusses varieties, establishment, weed management, grazing management, and the cost-share program. …”
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Isolated Fallopian Tube Torsion in Adolescents by S. Rajaram, S. Bhaskaran, S. Mehta

“…In another case an 18-year-old virgin girl presented with similar complaints since one week, associated with mild tenderness in the lower abdomen and tender cystic mass on per rectal examination. …”
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Exercising Tactically for Taming Postmeal Glucose Surges by Elsamma Chacko

“…Adding a short bout of resistance exercise of moderate intensity (60%–80%  VO2max) to the aerobic activity, 2 or 3 times a week as recommended by the current guidelines, may also help with the lowering of glucose surges. …”
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A Rare Occurrence of Primary Hepatic Leiomyosarcoma Associated with Epstein Barr Virus Infection in an AIDs Patient by Haritha Chelimilla, Kanthi Badipatla, Ariyo Ihimoyan, Masooma Niazi

“…We herein present a case report of a 54-year-old man diagnosed to have HIV/AIDS and EBV infection admitted to our hospital with complaints of intractable hiccups for more than a week. Extensive workup revealed primary leiomyosarcoma of the liver.…”
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Application of New Technology of Intelligent Robot Plant Protection in Ecological Agriculture by Zhe An, Chunhang Wang, Bincy Raj, Sathyapriya Eswaran, R. Raffik, Sandip Debnath, Saima Ahmed Rahin

“…Crop diseases, pest infestations, water shortages, weed infestations, and other issues affect the agriculture sector. …”
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The prevalence of nutritional status and obesity in adolescents in Babylon Province, Iraq by Nihad Abdallah Selman, Ashraf M. A. Hussain, Nassar Abdalaema Abdalhadi Mera

“…There was a significant relationship between BMI from one hand and male gender, living in rural areas, high family income and soft drink (beverage consumption per week) on the other hand. Conclusion: The prevalence of overweight and obesity was around than one third (20.4% + 10% = 30.4% collectively, whereas 14.2% were underweight out of all participants in this study).…”
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Early Morphokinetic Monitoring of Embryos after Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection with Fresh Ejaculate Sperm in Nonmosaic Klinefelter Syndrome: A Different Presentation by Ali Sami Gurbuz, Ahmet Salvarci, Necati Ozcimen, Ayse Gul Zamani

“…For clinical confirmation of pregnancy, ultrasonographic examination was performed during the 7th week of pregnancy, and two gestational sacs and fetal heart beat were observed.…”
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A Challenging Diagnosis of Ascites: A Case Report of Peritoneal Tuberculosis by Jose Ruiz, Maedeh Ganji, Catarina Canha, Carmen Isache

“…We present a rare case of a 68-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with a 2-week progressive dyspnea. In addition, the patient complained of generalized weakness, subjective fevers, and abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. …”
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Leflunomide induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: A lesser known entity by Deepak Vashisht, Madhab Durga Tripathy, Sunmeet Sandhu, Rohit Kothari, Surbhi Vashisht, Arun Hegde

“…She was diagnosed as DRESS partially managed with steroids to rebound back a week later with severe and atypical manifestations. …”
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Evaluation of the nutritional value of Leucaena leucophala leaf meal hydrolyzed by sheep rumen liquor enzyme extract on the growth performance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis nilotic... by Indira Fitriliyani

“…All diets were isonitrogenous and isoenergy.  A seven week feeding trial was carried out on triplicate groups of eight fish (9.38  ± 0.41) in 18 aquarium with a recirculating system.  …”
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Behçet’s Disease Diagnosed with a Multidisciplinary Approach in Pregnancy by Ömer DEMİR, Gizem ÖMEROĞLU DEMİR

“…Our case was referred to the dentist at the 17th week of her pregnancy because of the wounds in her mouth. …”
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Reduction of Phosphorus Pollution from Broilers Waste through Supplementation of Wheat Based Broilers Feed with Phytase by Ahmed Abdel-Megeed, Arifa Tahir

“…The present study was conducted to reduce phosphorus pollution from broilers waste by supplementing phytase enzyme in broilers fee. Two hundred two-week-old broilers (Hubbard) were selected and randomly allocated to three dietary treatment groups, one control group (without phytase) and two trial groups (group A with 300 U/kg phytase and group B with 600 U/kg phytase). …”
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A Rare Case of Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Hepatitis with Negative Serology by Mohanad Soliman, Olalekan Akanbi, Ihab Almagdub, Kishore Karri, Pradeep Yarra, Saad Emhmed Ali, Hanine El Haddad

“…Empiric acyclovir was started one week into her hospitalization despite negative serologies while awaiting HSV2 PCR leading to complete resolution of symptoms. …”
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Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis, a Rare Manifestation as a Sequel of Drug-Induced Gingival Overgrowth: A Case Report by Marah Damdoum, Sudhir Rama Varma, Mohamed A. Jaber, Manjusha Nambiar

“…The treatment plan of this case was divided according to quadrants of the mouth. Each week, one quadrant was surgically excised, and the remaining quadrants were observed for any changes. …”
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Ozone therapy as support in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer. A case report by Isidro Matos Lamote, Jorge Enrique Rodríguez León, Carlos García Arencibia, Maydelin Pérez Reina

“…In the absence of satisfactory evolution, new debridement was performed, with amputation of the third and fourth toes of the left foot; the initial treatment was resumed, this time combined with local and rectal ozone therapy. From week 18 on, the patient progressed favorably, with the presence of good granulation, gradual disappearance of pain and acceleration of the complete healing process of the lesion, in addition to achieving efficient metabolic control. …”
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