Dynamic Metabolic Changes during the First 3 Months after 90Y-Ibritumomab Tiuxetan Radioimmunotherapy by Miwako Takahashi, Toshimitsu Momose, Keitaro Koyama, Motoshi Ichikawa, Mineo Kurokawa, Kuni Ohtomo

“…Most lesions continued to decrease for up to 4 weeks. Some lesions showed increased metabolism from 4 to 12 weeks, while the level of FDG accumulations at 12 weeks was still lower than the baseline. …”
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Empirical prediction intervals applied to short term mortality forecasts and excess deaths by Ricarda Duerst, Jonas Schöley

“…This research addresses this issue by analyzing the error distribution in forecasts of weekly deaths. By deriving empirical prediction intervals, we provide a more accurate probabilistic study of weekly expected and excess deaths compared to the use of conventional parametric intervals. …”
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Effect of optimized food-based recommendations on nutrient intakes, hemoglobin levels, and memory performance of adolescent girls in East Java, Indonesia by Dini Suciyanti, Risatianti Kolopaking, Annasari Mustafa, Sugeng Iwan, Fiastuti Witjaksono, Umi Fahmida

“…The optimized FBR was developed using LP and translated into six key messages. Twenty-week nutrition education was integrated into the weekly school’s system. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Adding Fixed-Combination Brinzolamide/Timolol Maleate to Prostaglandin Therapy for Treatment of Ocular Hypertension or Glaucoma by Anton Hommer, Douglas A. Hubatsch, Juan Cano-Parra

“…The primary outcome was mean IOP change from baseline at week 12. Other outcomes included IOP change from baseline at week 4, percentage of patients achieving IOP ≤18 mmHg at week 12, and patient experience survey responses at week 12. …”
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A Multicentric, Retrospective Efficacy and Safety Study of Nanosomal Docetaxel Lipid Suspension in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer by Aseem Samar, Srikant Tiwari, Sundaram Subramanian, Nisarg Joshi, Jaykumar Sejpal, Mujtaba A. Khan, Imran Ahmad

“…In this multicenter, retrospective study, we analyzed the medical charts of mCRPC patients, who were treated with NDLS administered as 2-weekly (50 mg/m2) or 3-weekly regimens (75 mg/m2). …”
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Virtual reality head-mounted display game for intermittent exotropia in a randomized controlled trial by Hee Kyung Yang, Dong Hyun Kim, Je Hyun Kim, Taeg Keun Whangbo, Jeong-Min Hwang

“…Outcome measures were assessed after 4 weeks, and re-evaluated after a washout period of 4 weeks. …”
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Billing rules / global period affect postoperative follow-up practices following total hip arthroplasty. by Philip P Ratnasamy, Oghenewoma P Oghenesume, Peter Y Joo, Jonathan N Grauer

“…Follow-up visits peaked at postoperative weeks 3, 7, and 14. The greatest week-to-week variation in the number of follow-ups was from weeks 13 to 14 immediately following the global billing period (representing a greater than 4-fold increase in visits.) …”
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Physiological adaptations and myocellular stress in short-term, high-frequency blood flow restriction training: A scoping review. by Victor Sabino de Queiros, Nicholas Rolnick, Phelipe Wilde de Alcântara Varela, Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinôco Cabral, Paulo Moreira Silva Dantas

“…Two independent reviewers selected experimental studies that analyzed physical training protocols (aerobic or resistance) of high weekly frequency (>4 days/week) and short durations (≤3 weeks).…”
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Effects of the Vivifrail-B multicomponent exercise program based on society ecosystems theory on physical function in community-dwelling frail older adults: A randomized controlled... by Yue Li, Shasha Li, Xu Weng, Xinyu Yang, Jianyi Bao, Shufang Liao, Yingxue Xi, Xiaofang Song, Guojing Guo

“…The exercise was performed thrice a week for 12 weeks, with one offline group training and two at home training. …”
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Severe Lipoatrophy in a Growth Hormone Deficient Toddler Girl Treated with a Non-Pegylated Long-Acting Growth Hormone by Atilla Büyükgebiz, And Demir

“…Long-acting rhGH (LAGH) preparation offers the advantage of weekly injections, enhancing patient comfort and adherence to treatment. …”
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Loss of Appetite in Adult Patients: Effectiveness and Safety of an Appetite Stimulating Medication in an Open-Label, Investigator-Initiated Study in India by S. Nagaraj

“…Majority of the patients had CNAQ appetite scores of 17–28 at baseline (94%), week 1 (66%), and week 2 (78%) of treatment. For patients with acute and chronic illness, a statistically significant improvement was observed in the mean CNAQ score at week 1 (26.75 (3.69), P = 0.0256; 25.24 (5.33), P = 0.0004) and at week 2 (26.63 (3.46), P = 0.0027; 25.26 (4.43), P ≤ 0.0001) from baseline (21.88 (3.31) and 22.12 (2.69), respectively). …”
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Web-Based Exercise and Nutrition Intervention to Improve Leg Muscle Strength and Physical Functioning in Older Adults: Pre-Post Pilot Study by Berber Gijsbertha Dorhout, Nick Wezenbeek, Lisette C P G M de Groot, Pol Grootswagers

“…Intervention adherence and acceptance was measured in week 25. The 1 repetition maximum knee extension strength, repeated chair rise test, and protein intake were measured at baseline, week 13, and week 25. …”
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Persistence of Diarrheal Pathogens Is Associated with Continued Recruitment of Plasmablasts in the Circulation by Anu Kantele

“…Patients with Salmonella, Yersinia, or Campylobacter gastroenteritis and volunteers receiving an oral typhoid vaccine were assayed for plasmablasts specific to each subject's own pathogen/antigen weekly until the response faded. In vaccinees, plasmablasts disappeared in two weeks. …”
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Establishment and Maintenance of a Digital Therapeutic Alliance in People Living With Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Two Exploratory Single-Arm Studies by Cassandra Snipes, Cornelia Dorner‑Ciossek, Brendan D Hare, Olya Besedina, Tim Campellone, Mariya Petrova, Shaheen E Lakhan, Abhishek Pratap

“…In study 2, the 3-week orientation phase was followed by an abbreviated active 4-week phase. …”
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Photostimulation decreases fearfulness, but improves growth performance and egg quality of breeder Pekin ducks by E.M. Oluwagbenga, J.M. Schober, M.M. Bergman, D.M. Karcher, C. Chavez, G.S. Fraley

“…We measured bodyweight at weeks 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, 19, and 29, feed intake at weeks 1 to 7 and feed conversion ratio (FCR) was calculated for weeks 1, 2, and 5. …”
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Limiting the development of anti-cancer drug resistance in a spatial model of micrometastases by Ami B. Shah, Katarzyna A. Rejniak, Jana L. Gevertz

“…Motivated by experimental work on ovarian cancer xenografts, we consider all possible combinations of a one week treatment protocol, repeated for three weeks, and constrained by the total weekly drug dose. …”
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Comparative analysis of metabolic, reproductive, and sub-clinical mastitis in pure Holstein-Friesian and Sahiwal-crossbred cows by S. M. Khan, R. U. Khan, S. Naz, I. A. Alhidary, N. K. Momand, R. Tiwari

“…F2 cows exhibited the highest milk yield, particularly by week 6, with an overall weekly yield of 183.9 L, while HF cows had the lowest yield at 140.3 L. …”
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The Effects of Vitamin E Application on Some Free Radicals and Lactate Levels in Acute Exercise by Ekrem Boyalı, Mustafa Nizamlıoğlu, Süleyman Patlar

“…The control group (Group 2) is the group who were only made to do acute taekwondo exercise till they got tired once a week for 4 weeks. Taekwondo exercises were carried outfor four weeks and once a week as acute exercises till they got tired. …”
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Effects of supplementing a polyphenol-rich sugarcane extract through drinking water on egg production and quality of laying hens. by Namalika D Karunaratne, Sasmitha De Silva, Minoli Herath, Ruvini Liyanage, Pabodha Weththasinghe, Barana C Jayawardana, Eranga De Seram, Anil Pushpakumara, Mathew Flavel

“…However, there was a trend toward significance in egg weight at week 45. The results indicated that PRSE supplementation led to a significant reduction in yolk colour during week 45 (P = 0.001), although no differences were observed in subsequent weeks. …”
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Association between maternal haemoglobin status during pregnancy and children’s mental and psychomotor development at 18 months of age: Evidence from rural Bangladesh by Sayedur Rahman, Lina Wallberg, Anisur Rahman, Eva-Charlotte Ekström, Maria Kippler, Jena D Hamadani, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman

“…Hb concentrations at 30 weeks of gestation were not associated with MDI or PDI scores. …”
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