Elevated Troponin Serum Levels in Adult Onset Still’s Disease by Carlo Umberto Manzini, Lucio Brugioni, Michele Colaci, Maurizio Tognetti, Amelia Spinella, Marco Sebastiani, Dilia Giuggioli, Clodoveo Ferri

“…The timely treatment with steroids (3 cases) or ibuprofen (1 case) leads to the remission of clinicoserological manifestations within few weeks. These observations suggest that early myocardial injury might be underestimated or entirely overlooked in patients with AOSD; routine cardiac assessment including troponin evaluation should be mandatory in all patients with suspected AOSD.…”
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Effects of Dietary Protein to Lipid Ratio and Insect Meal on Growth Performance, Feed Utilization, and the Gut Microbiome of Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) by Rebecca Lawson, Yubing Chen, Junyu Zhang, Marcia A. Chiasson, Jennifer Ellis, Dominique Bureau, Richard D. Moccia, David Huyben

“…High-protein diets included 5% BSF meal to explore its potential to partially replace fishmeal in the diet. After 16 weeks at 8.5°C, growth performance and nutrient digestibility were the highest for lake whitefish fed the high-protein–high-lipid (HPHL) and BCC diets, while the feed conversion ratio (FCR) was numerically lowest for the HPHL. …”
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Prediction of ACL Injuries from Vertical Jump Kinetics in Division 1 Collegiate Athletes by Marisa Pontillo, Shawn M Hines, Brian J Sennett

“…ACL injuries were considered for this study if they occurred no more than 10 weeks after a jump test. The outcome variables were load, explode, and drive, operationally defined as the average eccentric rate of force development, average relative concentric force, and concentric relative impulse, respectively, which the system normalized to T scores. …”
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Effect of the Nitrification Inhibitor 3,4-Dimethylpyrazole Phosphate on the Deep Placement of Nitrogen Fertilizers for Soybean Cultivation by Soshi Hatano, Yoichi Fujita, Yoshifumi Nagumo, Norikuni Ohtake, Kuni Sueyoshi, Yoshihiko Takahashi, Takashi Sato, Sayuri Tanabata, Kyoko Higuchi, Akihiro Saito, Takuji Ohyama

“…DMU inhibits nitrification similar to the pattern of LN until 8 weeks. The increasing DMPP concentration did not markedly increase the nitrification inhibition. …”
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Hymecromone Efficacy in the Treatment of Biliary Pancreatitis by A. V. Okhlobystin, M. A. Tatarkina, O. Z. Okhlobystina, S. A. Budzinskiy, P. V. Pavlov, L. A. Labut

“…All patients received hymocromone (Odeston®) 400 mg tid for 3 weeks. An analysis of the efficacy and safety of the studied drug was performed on the 21st day of treatment based on the results of laboratory tests, abdominal ultrasound, cholecystography and endosonography of the pancreatobiliary zone, quality-of-life assessment according to the SF-36 questionnaire, the frequency and severity of adverse effects (AE).Results. …”
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Etiologies of Long-Term Postcholecystectomy Symptoms: A Systematic Review by Carmen S. S. Latenstein, Sarah Z. Wennmacker, Judith J. de Jong, Cornelis J. H. M. van Laarhoven, Joost P. H. Drenth, Philip R. de Reuver

“…Long-term symptoms were defined as abdominal symptoms that were present at least four weeks after cholecystectomy, either persistent or incident. …”
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Response of Sesame to Selected Herbicides Applied Early in the Growing Season by W. James Grichar, Jack J. Rose, Peter A. Dotray, Todd A. Baughman, D. Ray Langham, Kaisa Werner, Muthu Bagavathiannan

“…Field studies were conducted in Texas and Oklahoma during the 2014 and 2015 growing seasons to determine sesame response to clethodim, diuron, fluometuron, ethalfluralin, quizalofop-P, pendimethalin, pyroxasulfone, trifluralin, and trifloxysulfuron-sodium applied 2, 3, or 4 weeks after planting (WAP). Late-season sesame injury with the dinitroaniline herbicides consisted of a proliferation of primary branching at the upper nodes of the sesame plant (in the shape/form of a broom). …”
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Case Report on Renal Failure Reversal in Lambda Chain Multiple Myeloma with Bortezomib and Dexamethasone by Bhanu K. Patibandla, Akshita Narra, Ahmad A. Alwassia, Anthony Bartley, Gurprataap S. Sandhu, James Rooney, Robert M. Black

“…She had been taking ibuprofen as needed for pain for a few weeks. Labs showed a white cell count—18,900/μL with no bandemia, hemoglobin 10.8 gm/dL, potassium—6.7 mEq/L, bicarbonate—15 mEq/L, blood urea nitrogen—62 mg/dL, SCr—5.6 mg/dL (baseline: 1.10), and corrected calcium—11.8 mg/dL. …”
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Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation paired with cognitive training to reduce fatigue in multiple sclerosis by Leigh Charvet, Judith D. Goldberg, Xiaochun Li, Pamela Best, Matthew Lustberg, Michael Shaw, Lana Zhovtis, Josef Gutman, Abhishek Datta, Marom Bikson, Giuseppina Pilloni, Lauren Krupp

“…Participants with MS-related fatigue, but without depression, were stratified by neurologic disability using the Extended Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and randomized to complete 30 daily sessions over six weeks of either active or sham tDCS paired with online cognitive training (BrainHQ). …”
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A multi-strain human skin microbiome model provides a testbed for disease modeling by Angela L. Maloney, Tyler Crawford, Jordan Hurlbut, Monica Martinez, Thomas J. Mulhern, Elizabeth L. Wiellette, Else M. Vedula, Vidhya Vijayakumar

“…Skin cells formed a complex tissue structure over two weeks and maintained stable or increasing TEER after 7 days of co-culture with the microbial consortium. …”
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Urinary Eosinophil Protein X in Childhood Asthma: Relation with Changes in Disease Control and Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation by Marianne Nuijsink, Wim C. J. Hop, Peter J. Sterk, Eric J. Duiverman, Johan C. De Jongste

“…At the same time points, we assessed symptom scores (2 weeks diary card), lung function (forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)), airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), and percentage eosinophils in induced sputum (% eos). …”
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Biotransformation of organic wastes through composting using Trichoderma harzianum and its effects on cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L.) yield by Adeniyi Soretire, Cynthia A Ezema, Chukwuebuka E Awaogu, Chukwuagozie C Okafor, Abasiama S Umoren, Nurudeen O Adeyemi

“…The compost was thereafter incubated for 12 weeks. Results Total N, P and K contents were significantly (p < 0.05) highest in the mixture of solid organic wastes (22800 mg/kg), corn cobs (2600 mg/kg) and groundnut pods (2300 mg/kg), respectively. …”
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A Case Report of Bowel Perforation in a Gravid COVID-19 Patient by A. T. Guiritan, J. G. Cataluña

“…A 35-year-old female, Gravida 2 Para 1 at 31 weeks age of gestation (AOG) who underwent cesarean section for nonreassuring fetal status in 2019, was admitted for severe COVID-19 infection presenting with dyspnea. …”
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Dynamic Impact of the Sleep Disorder, Depression and Anxiety on the Cognitive Function in the First-Episode Depressive Patients by Zhang W, Zhou N, Li J

“…Three visits were set at baseline at the 4th and the 8th weeks. Latent Growth Curve Models (LGCM) were used to analyze the changing tendency and correlation between sleep disorder, depression, anxiety status, and cognitive function in patients with MDD.Results: Baseline sleep status in patients with MDD could predict cognitive function (p=0.043) and changes in cognitive function (p=0.016), and changes in depressive symptoms could negatively predict cognitive function (p=0.021). …”
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Short-Term Outcomes of KeraSys Patch Graft for Glaucoma Drainage Devices: A Case Series by Kundandeep S. Nagi, Ricardo J. Cumba, Nicholas P. Bell, Lauren S. Blieden, Alice Z. Chuang, Kimberly A. Mankiewicz, Donna Nguyen, Robert M. Feldman

“…Four (10%) eyes experienced patch-related complications: two with exposure 8 months postoperatively, one with exposure 13 months postoperatively, and one with exposure 4 weeks postoperatively. Conclusion. The effectiveness of the keraSys patch graft is limited by the higher than expected early exposure rate found in this case series. …”
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Comparative Effects of Crocin and Losartan on RAGE, TGF‐β, TNF‐α Gene Expression and Histopathological Changes of the Liver Tissue in Rats With Diabetes by Shahnaz Rajabi, Yaser Mohammadi, Hamid Kabiri‐rad, Mahdiyeh Rajabi‐moghaddam, Azam Rezaei Farimani

“…Serum glucose, ALT and AST levels were measured 4 weeks later. qPCR was used to examine the TNF‐α, TGF‐β and RAGE gene expression in liver tissue. …”
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Prevention of Acute Radiation-Induced Skin Reaction with NPE® Camellia Sinensis Nonfermentatum Extract in Female Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Postoperative Radiotherapy: A Sin... by Gabriela Näf, Urs E. Gasser, Hans E. Holzgang, Sandra Schafroth, Christoph Oehler, Daniel R. Zwahlen

“…The care CSNF lotion (0.4%) was administered as 7-day pretreatment after each RT session, twice daily between RT sessions, and 4 to 8 weeks thereafter. The control group was treated according to the hospital care guidelines. …”
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Amine modified sodium alginate: Synthesis, characterization and in vivo evaluation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by Samira Salarvand, Seyed Amir Hossein Jalali, Nasrollah Mahboobi Soofiani, Alireza Allafchian

“…Finally, its effects were assessed orally in rainbow trout (3 ± 0.3 g) for 6 weeks at 2 levels (2.5 and 5 g kg-1). The characterization showed that the chemical modification process was successful, and amine groups were incorporated into the alginate structure. …”
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The Effects of Extra Virgin Olive Oil on Alanine Aminotransferase, Aspartate Aminotransferase, and Ultrasonographic Indices of Hepatic Steatosis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease... by Farzad Shidfar, Samaneh Sadat Bahrololumi, Saeid Doaei, Assieh Mohammadzadeh, Maryam Gholamalizadeh, Ali Mohammadimanesh

“…This clinical trial was carried out on 50 patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver (mean age of 45.91 ± 9.61 years, mean BMI of 29.7 ± 0.58 Kg/m2) and the subjects were randomly assigned to the olive oil group (receiving the equivalent of 20% of their total daily energy requirement from olive oil) or the control group (with normal consumption of oil) for 12 weeks. All the patients received a hypocaloric diet during the study. …”
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Magnetic-Guided Capsule Endoscopy in the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Diseases in Minors by Yuting Qian, Tingting Bai, Juanjuan Li, Yi Zang, Tong Li, Mingping Xie, Qi Wang, Lifu Wang, Ruizhe Shen

“…Patients were followed up for more than 2 weeks. Results. The main indications for MGCE in minors were Crohn’s disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, and abdominal pain. …”
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