Development of Transgenic Papaya through Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation by Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Md. Golam Rabbani, Latifah Amin, Nik Marzuki Sidik

“…The explants were co-cultivated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens on regeneration medium containing 500 mg/L carbenicillin + 200 mg/L cefotaxime for one week. The cocultivated explants were transferred into the final selection medium containing 500 mg/L carbenicillin + 200 mg/L cefotaxime + 50 mg/L kanamycin for callus induction as well as plant regeneration. …”
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Identifying Risk Factors of Upper Extremity Injuries in Collegiate Baseball Players: A Pilot Study by Robert Slowik, Christopher Morris, Matthew Hoch, Timothy Uhl

“…Athletes with an ACWR above or below 33% were 8.3 (CI~95~ 1.8-54.1) times more likely to suffer a throwing overuse injury occurring to the upper or lower extremity in the subsequent week. # Conclusion ACWR change in a positive or negative direction by 33% was the primary predictor of subsequent injury. …”
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Duodenal Villous Atrophy in a TTG-Negative Patient Taking Olmesartan: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Tasha Kulai, Thomas Arnason, Donald MacIntosh, John Igoe

“…He presented to hospital with a five-week history of diarrhea, vomiting, and a 20 lb weight loss. …”
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Ventral Prostate Fibrosis in the Akita Mouse Is Associated with Macrophage and Fibrocyte Infiltration by Sanghee Lee, Guang Yang, William Mulligan, Jerry Gipp, Wade Bushman

“…We characterized the inflammatory cell infiltrate and collagen content of the anterior, dorsal, and ventral lobes of 18-week-old DBA2J.Ins2-Akita mice (Akita) and age-matched control mice. …”
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Evaluating Oculomotor Tests before and after Vestibular Rehabilitation in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Pre-Post Study by Amirabas Abasi, Reza Hoseinabadi, Parvin Raji, Joseph H. Friedman, Mohammad-Reza Hadian

“…Then, the patients underwent vestibular rehabilitation training for 24 sessions (3 sessions per week). The VNG and BBS were measured again after 48 hours of the completion of the last session of the training. …”
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Optimized Two-Port Laparoscopic-Assisted Ovariohysterectomy for Hydrometra and Pyometra in Small-Sized Dogs by Young-Tae Park, Tomomi Minamoto

“…All sutures were removed 7–10 days postoperatively, and all dogs were clinically healthy at the two-week follow-up. The findings indicate that two-port laparoscopic-assisted ovariohysterectomy is a safe and effective treatment option for managing mild to moderate hydrometra and pyometra in small-sized dogs.…”
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Neuroplastic Correlates in the mPFC Underlying the Impairment of Stress-Coping Ability and Cognitive Flexibility in Adult Rats Exposed to Chronic Mild Stress during Adolescence by Yu Zhang, Feng Shao, Qiong Wang, Xi Xie, Weiwen Wang

“…Using a valid chronic mild stress (CMS) model of depression, we found that adolescent (postnatal days [PND] 28–41) CMS induced transient alterations in anhedonia that did not persist into adulthood after a 3-week recovery period. Previously stressed adult rats exhibited more immobility/despair behaviors in the forced swimming test and a greater number of trials to reach criterion in the set-shifting task, suggesting the impaired ability to cope with stressors and the cognitive flexibility that allows adaptation to dynamic environments during adulthood. …”
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Characteristics and outcome of patients with anorexia nervosa on medical nutritional therapy: an institutional study with review of literature by Denise Elizabeth Shi Yun Teo, Valerie Wei Ling Teong, Rajeev Ramachandran, Su Lin Lim, Charlotte Xianghui Lin

“…Patients on the AN protocol achieved a higher rate of weight gain per week (1.15 vs. 0.29 kg) and had a shorter length of hospital stay (23 vs. 36 days). …”
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Controlled temperature contrasts of three native and one highly invasive annual plant species in California by Mario Zuliani, Stephanie Haas-Desmarais, Laura Brussa, Jessica Cunsolo, Angela Zuliani, Christopher J. Lortie

“…To test this, we examined the effects of temperature variation on germination, establishment, and per capita seedling biomass of three native and one invasive plant species (Bromus rubens) in independent 6 week growth trial experiments in a controlled greenhouse. …”
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Congenital Chloride Diarrhea: Diagnosis by Easy-Accessible Chloride Measurement in Feces by C. Gils, M.-C. Eckhardt, P. E. Nielsen, M. Nybo

“…A 27-year-old woman had an emergency caesarian due to pain and discomfort in gestational week 36 + 4. The newborn boy had abdominal distension and yellow fluid per rectum. …”
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Atypical Presentation of Idiopathic Bilateral Optic Perineuritis in a Young Patient by Jessica Mani Penny Tevaraj, Evelyn Tai Li Min, Raja-Azmi Mohd-Noor, Lakana Kumar Thavaratnam, Win Mar Salmah, Wan Hazabbah Wan Hitam

“…It was associated with headache and vomiting for the past week. Relative afferent pupillary defect was present in the right eye, with reduced optic nerve function. …”
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Acute and Fatal Isoniazid-Induced Hepatotoxicity: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Wissam K. Kabbara, Aline T. Sarkis, Paola G. Saroufim

“…She was admitted to the hospital for epigastric and right sided flank pain of one-week duration. Laboratory results and imaging confirmed hepatitis. …”
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Effect of Ranirestat on Sensory and Motor Nerve Function in Japanese Patients with Diabetic Polyneuropathy: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study by Jo Satoh, Nobuo Kohara, Kenji Sekiguchi, Yasuyuki Yamaguchi

“…We conducted a 26-week oral-administration study of ranirestat (an aldose reductase inhibitor) at a once-daily dose of 20 mg to evaluate its efficacy and safety in Japanese patients with diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN). …”
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A Pharmacotherapy and ECT resistant OCD patient’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Tacettin KURU, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…In the first 6 months of entering to clinic pharmacotherapy and 3 times a week in 20 ECT session was completed but he didn’t answer to these treatments. …”
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The Role of Surgery in the Management of Acute Pancreatitis by Beat Gloor, Waldemar Uhl, Christophe A Müller, Markus W Büchler

“…Primary intensive care treatment, including antibiotic treatment, delays the need for surgery in most patients until the third or fourth week after the onset of symptoms. At that time, necrosectomy is technically easier to perform and the bleeding risk is reduced, compared with necrosectomy earlier in the disease course. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Colonic Stent in a Tertiary Care Center by Mahesh Gajendran, Chandraprakash Umapathy, John Nasr, Andres Gelrud

“…There were no immediate complications (<24 hours), but stent stenosis due to kinking occurred within one week of stent placement in 2 patients. Stent migration occurred in 2 patients at 34 and 91 days, respectively. …”
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Group A Streptococcal Endometritis: Report of an Outbreak and Review of the Literature by Ziad A Memish, Denise Gravel-Tropper, Catherine Oxley, Baldwin Toye, Gary E Garber

“…This nurse was removed from direct patient care and treated with a two-week course of oral clindamycin and rifampin with documentation of carrier eradication of gas at the end of therapy, 30 days, 60 days and six months post-treatment. …”
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SMARCA4-Deficient Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Presenting with Fatal Paraneoplastic Hypercalcemia in a Heart Transplant Recipient: First Report in a Male Patient by Abbas Agaimy, Deike Strobel, Thomas Strecker

“…He died of irreversible multiorgan failure one week after admission. To our knowledge, this is the first report highlighting the rare occurrence of paraneoplastic hypercalcemia associated with SMARCA4-deficient malignancies in males. …”
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Auditory Hallucinations as a Rare Presentation of Occipital Infarcts by Firas Ido, Reina Badran, Brandon Dmytruk, Zain Kulairi

“…She reported experiencing altered sensorium for one week with suicidal and homicidal command hallucinations. …”
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Role of CT in Assessment of Unresectable Wilms' Tumor Response after Preoperative Chemotherapy in Pediatrics by Huda Refaie, Mohamed Sarhan, Ashraf Hafez

“…Follow-up of these patients by CT at the 6th week was reviewed. All of our patients were diagnosed as unresectable Wilms' tumor by CT. …”
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