Successful management of refractory epilepsy in creatine transporter deficiency with cannabidiol and clobazam: A case report by Maria Borrell‐Pichot, Carmen Fons, Susana Boronat, Alba Sierra‐Marcos

“…The patient became seizure‐free from the first week, and up to 1 year of follow‐up. Behavioral improvement was also noted by his caregivers. …”
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Armodafinil versus Modafinil in Patients of Excessive Sleepiness Associated with Shift Work Sleep Disorder: A Randomized Double Blind Multicentric Clinical Trial by D. V. Tembe, A. Dhavale, H. Desai, D. N. Mane, S. K. Raut, G. Dhingra, U. Sardesai, S. Saoji, M. Rohra, V. G. Shinde, M. Padsalge, A. Paliwal, K. Abbasi, P. Devnani, S. Papinwar, S. Phadke, H. Mehta, V. Bhailume

“…Material and Methods. This was a 12-week, randomized, comparative, double-blind, multicentric, parallel-group study in 211 patients of SWSD, receiving armodafinil (150 mg) or modafinil (200 mg) one hour prior to the night shift. …”
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Urinary Intestinal Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Can Distinguish Necrotizing Enterocolitis from Sepsis in Early Stage of the Disease by Stepan Coufal, Alena Kokesova, Helena Tlaskalova-Hogenova, Jiri Snajdauf, Michal Rygl, Miloslav Kverka

“…We collected paired serum (at enrollment and week later) and urine (collected for two days in 6 h intervals) samples from 42 patients with suspected NEC. …”
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Circulation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Poland Between Seasons of 2009/2010 and 2022/2023 Based on SENTINEL System by Karol Szymański, Anna Poznańska, Katarzyna Kondratiuk, Ewelina Hallmann, Katarzyna Łuniewska, Aleksander Masny, Lidia B. Brydak

“…Before the pandemic, the period of heightened RSV infection risk typically commenced in the 51st week or later, with a statistically significant correlation indicating that a later start was associated with a shorter season duration (<i>p</i> = 0.034). …”
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Quantification of Rear-End Crash Risk and Analysis of Its Influencing Factors Based on a New Surrogate Safety Measure by Qiangqiang Shangguan, Ting Fu, Junhua Wang, Rui Jiang, Shou’en Fang

“…Moreover, results from the mixed-effects linear regression model suggest that driving characteristics, traffic density, day-of-week (workday vs. holiday), and time-of-day (peak hours vs. off-peak hours) had significant effects on driving risks. …”
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Quadruple Therapy Offers High SVR Rates in Patients with HCV Genotype 4 with Previous Treatment Failure by Yousry Esam-Eldin Abo-amer, Rehab Badawi, Mohamed El-Abgeegy, Heba Fadl Elsergany, Ahmed Abdelhaleem Mohamed, Sahar Mohamed Mostafa, Hatem Samir Alegaily, Shaimaa Soliman, Sally Elnawasany, Sherief Abd-Elsalam

“…SVR was achieved in 100 patients (97.1%) at week 12 after treatment. No dangerous or life-threatening adverse events were recorded. …”
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Nontyphoidal Salmonella Gastroenteritis in a Tertiary Children’s Hospital in Southern China: Characteristics and Dietary Considerations by Lu Ren, Min Yang, Lanlan Geng, Peiyu Chen, Huan Chen, Sitang Gong, Ding-You Li

“…Forty-one (28.9%) and 9 (6.3%) children improved with a lactose-free diet and hypoallergenic formula, respectively, when diarrhea persisted for more than a week. Conclusions. Salmonella Typhimurium was the predominant serotype. …”
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Repeated exposure to low doses of light induces retinal damage in vivo in a wavelength-dependent manner by Anaïs Françon, Laurent Jonet, Francine Behar-Cohen, Alicia Torriglia

“…Here, we investigate the retinal phototoxicity of a repeated exposure to light emitting diodes of different spectral compositions in 6-week-old albino rats. Rats were exposed twice a day for 15 days to retinal doses that were safe in acute exposure (0.1 and 0.2 J/cm² for blue and white lights, 0.2 J/cm² for green light and 0.05 J/cm² for red light). …”
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Habitual sleep duration, healthy eating, and digestive system cancer mortality by Diana A. Nôga, Elisa M. S. Meth, André P. Pacheco, Jonathan Cedernaes, Pei Xue, Christian Benedict

“…Healthy eating habits were defined as a daily intake of at least 25 g of fibre, seven portions of fruits and vegetables, and fewer than four servings of meat per week. These dietary factors were combined into a score ranging from 0 (least healthy) to 3 (healthiest). …”
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Evaluation of Cottonseed Meal as an Alternative to Fish Meal in Diet for Juvenile Asian Red-Tailed Catfish Hemibagrus wyckioides by Biwei Li, Linhai Su, Yan Sun, Han Huang, Junming Deng, Zhiyong Cao

“…A 10-week trial was performed to investigate the effects of replacing fishmeal with cottonseed meal (CSM) on the growth rate, protein metabolism, and antioxidant response of Asian red-tailed catfish Hemibagrus wyckioides. …”
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A Case of Adenomatous Goiter Involving Diffuse, Acute, and Painful Thyroid Enlargement after Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology by Toshiro Shimo, Katsuhiro Tanaka, Ryohei Ogata, Wataru Saito, Yusuke Ohta, Yoshikazu Koike, Tetsumasa Yamashita, Yutaka Yamamoto, Junichi Kurebayashi

“…Thus, we continued the steroid (prednisone) treatment, but the dose was gradually reduced from 10 mg/day to 5 mg/day at 1 week after the patient’s symptoms disappeared. The mechanism responsible for the patient’s condition remains unclear.…”
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Assessment of the Effectiveness of Fascial Manipulation in Patients with Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbosacral Spine by Anna Mikołajczyk-Kocięcka, Marek Kocięcki, Lech Cyryłowski, Aleksandra Szylińska, Paweł Rynio, Magdalena Gębska, Ewelina Szuba, Jarosław Kaźmierczak

“…The study group (S) was subjected to therapy using Fascial Manipulation, which included two treatments—the first on the day the patient reported for the study and the second a week later. Patients for this study were selected at random. …”
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Effect of dendritic cell vaccine on blood redox status in patients with cervical cancer by A. P. Menshenina, I. A. Goroshinskaya, E. M. Frantsiyants, T. I. Moiseenko, E. V. Verenikina, I. V. Kaplieva, L. A. Nemashkalova

“…Levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), reduced glutathione and antioxidant enzyme activity were studied in 27 patients aged 27–65 years with advanced primary and recurrent CC receiving chemotherapy (CT) with DCV or DCV as monotherapy at a dose of 10 million cells intradermally once a week. The same indices were studied in 20 healthy women from the comparison group.Results. …”
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An X-Linked Hyper-IgM Patient Followed Successfully for 23 Years without Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Necil Kutukculer, Neslihan Edeer Karaca, Guzide Aksu, Ayca Aykut, Erhan Pariltay, Ozgur Cogulu

“…He was diagnosed as common variable immunodeficiency and began to receive intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) (0.5 gm/kg) with four-week intervals. During follow-up for 23 years under IVIG therapy, he was extremely well and never had severe infections. …”
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Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the SCHNOS in French by Marie-Renée Atallah, Daniel Milad, Youcef-Hamza Benamer, Mikhail Saltychev, Sam P. Most, Sami P. Moubayed

“…The final version was administered prospectively to 25 rhinoplasty patients and 25 controls at two-week intervals. It was then administered to 165 consecutive patients. …”
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Clinical Significance of the Peripheral Blood Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Chemotherapy Outcomes for Small Cell Lung Cancer by Gao L, Liu B

“…Fasting venous blood samples were collected in the morning within one week before the initiation of chemotherapy, and a complete blood cell count was performed to calculate the NLR.Results: The NLR in the plasma of patients with SCLC was significantly elevated compared to that of healthy individuals (P < 0.01). …”
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Sixth-Month Perinatal Outcomes of Anemic Pregnancies by Emel Kıyak Çağlayan, Öznur Küçük, Ayşe Yeşim Göçmen, Levent Seçkin, Ayla Aktulay, Yaprak Engin Üstün

“…CONCLUSION: There is a negative correlation between anemia and preterm delivery week, fetal development and small head circumference at birth. …”
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Effects of Seaweed Polysaccharide on the Growth and Physiological Health of Largemouth Bass, <i>Micropterus salmoides</i> by Dongyu Huang, Jiaze Gu, Hualiang Liang, Mingchun Ren, Chunyu Xue

“…A seven-week trial was designed to evaluate the effects of dietary seaweed polysaccharide (SP) supplementation on the growth performance and physiological health of largemouth bass. …”
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Repeated Autologous Bone Marrow Transfusion through Portal Vein for Treating Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis after Splenectomy by Weiwei Zhang, Mujian Teng, Baochi Liu, Qiling Liu, Xin Liu, Yanhui Si, Lei Li

“…Then, 18 mL of autologous bone marrow was transfused through the port in the patients of the ABMT group 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months after laminectomy, while nothing was given to the control group. …”
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Overexpression of Delayed Rectifier K+ Channels Promotes In situ Proliferation of Leukocytes in Rat Kidneys with Advanced Chronic Renal Failure by Itsuro Kazama, Yoshio Maruyama, Yasuhiro Endo, Hiroaki Toyama, Yutaka Ejima, Mitsunobu Matsubara, Shin Kurosawa

“…In the present study, using a rat model with advanced CRF that underwent 5/6 nephrectomy followed by a 14-week recovery period, we examined the histopathological features of the kidneys and the leukocyte expression of Kv1.3-channels and cell cycle markers. …”
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