Erythropoietin Dose and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: Marginal Structural Model to Examine Causality by Elani Streja, Jongha Park, Ting-Yan Chan, Janet Lee, Melissa Soohoo, Connie M. Rhee, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

“…There was a dose-dependent positive association between weekly epoetin-α doses ≥18 000 U/week and mortality risk. …”
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BEHAVIOR OF RAT NEONATES WITH INHERITED STRESS-INDUCED ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION by I. O. Meshkov, T. A. Alekhina, T. A. Moreva

“…Pups of the ISIAH strain exhibited a delay in behavioral maturation in the first week of postnatal development compared to WAG pups of the same age and showed higher locomotor activity in the second week. …”
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Applying Acupuncture as Part of Multidisciplinary Treatment for Locked-in Syndrome: A Case Report by Liu Tsung-Han, Tsung-Han Yang

“…By week 4, the patient began receiving traditional acupuncture therapy for a total of 9 weeks. …”

Prospective Study of Surgical Management of Midshaft Clavicle Fractures by Pawan Kumar, Mritunjay Kumar

“…The average time of fracture union was 10 weeks (8–12 weeks). Patients were followed weekly up to 4 weeks and then after 2 and 6 months. …”
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Course of Hyperkalemia in Patients on Hemodialysis by Bruce Spinowitz, Steven Fishbane, Masafumi Fukagawa, Martin Ford, Nicolas Guzman, Anjay Rastogi

“…In DIALIZE, 196 patients receiving hemodialysis three times weekly were randomized to placebo or sodium zirconium cyclosilicate 5 g starting dose once daily on nondialysis days for 8 weeks. …”
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OPTIMASI LAHAN DENGAN SISTEM TUMPANG SARI JAGUNG MANIS (Zea mays saccharata, Sturt) DAN KANGKUNG SUTRA (Ipomea reptans) DI PEKANBARU by Surtinah Surtinah, Neng Susi, Sri Utami Lestari

“… Research conducted experiments using a completely randomized design environment with three replications, and design of treatment that is the time of planting silk kale as secondary crops to the cultivation of sweet corn (K) consisting of: k1 = planting at the same time; k2 = time of planting silk kale 1 week after planting sweet corn; k3 = time of planting silk kale 2 weeks after planting sweet corn; k4 = time of planting silk kale 3 weeks after planting sweet corn; K5 = single planting sweet corn planting time = k1; k6 = single silk kale planting time = k1. …”
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Partial replacement of soybean meal with mixed plant proteins yields comparable growth and carcass quality in growing-finishing pigs by Wei Han Zhao, Wei Han Zhao, Joo Hyun Ha, Joo Hyun Ha, Sungbo Cho, Sungbo Cho, In Ho Kim, In Ho Kim

“…However, a decreasing ADG (p = 0.0837) and ADFI (p = 0.0779) were observed during weeks 0–5, while an increasing FCR was noted during weeks 10–15 (p = 0.0835) and the overall period. …”
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Effectiveness of Ai Chi as Aquatic Intervention for Balance Impairments in Community-dwelling Older Adults in India: A Randomised Controlled Study by Purnima Singh, Pratap Chandra Sarma

“…Both groups received 40-minute aquatic therapy sessions three times a week for eight weeks. Balance was assessed using the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT), and Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) before (P1), after four weeks (P2), and after eight weeks of intervention (P3). …”
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Management Options and Factors Affecting Control of a Common Waterhemp (Amaranthus rudis) Biotype Resistant to Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase-Inhibiting Herbicides by Dana B. Harder, Kelly A. Nelson, Reid J. Smeda

“…Control of common waterhemp seeded at weekly intervals after herbicide treatment with flumioxazin, fomesafen, sulfentrazone, atrazine, and isoxaflutole exceeded 85% at 0 weeks after herbicide application (WAHA), while control with isoxaflutole was greater than 60% 6 WAHA. …”
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Induction of gonadal maturation of eel using PMSG, antidopamine, and estradiol-17β by Aprelia Martina Tomasoa, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Muhammad Zairin Junior

“…Hormonal induction was applied through intramuscular injection weekly during eight weeks at initial body weight of 200 g. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Testosterone Supplement on Heart and Muscle Damage in Rats Applied with Swimming Exercise by Ömer Kulaksız, Sefa Lök

“…The rats in testosteronegroup (n:7) were supplied with a 10 mg/kg dose of testosterone 5 days a week for 3 weeks. The rats in exercise group (n:7) did freestyle swimming exercise for 30 minutes a day for 5 days a weekfor 3 weeks. …”
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Effects of carob rich-polyphenols on oxidative stress markers and physical performance in taekwondo athletes by Nawel Gaamouri, Hassane Zouhal, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Mehrez Hammami, Aloui Ghaith, El Hafedh El Mouhab, Anthony C. Hackney, Ismail Laher, Omar Ben Ounis

“…Carob supplementation during a six-week training program reduced oxidative stress and improved physical performance levels in taekwondo athletes.…”
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Observational study: effect of varying transport durations and feed withdrawal on the physiological status and health of dairy calves by Luca L. van Dijk, Susanne Siegmann, Niamh L. Field, Katie Sugrue, Cornelis G. van Reenen, Eddie A. M. Bokkers, Muireann Conneely, Gearoid Sayers

“…Each calf was blood sampled (arrival at destination farm, 1-week and 3-weeks post-arrival), health scored (arrival, 1, 3, 7, 8, 20d post-arrival) and weighed (farm/mart of origin [IRE and INT only], arrival, and 3-weeks post-arrival). …”
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Amelioration of Behavioural, Biochemical, and Neurophysiological Deficits by Combination of Monosodium Glutamate with Resveratrol/Alpha-Lipoic Acid/Coenzyme Q10 in Rat Model of Cis... by Naini Bhadri, Tejaswi Sanji, Hariprasad Madakasira Guggilla, Rema Razdan

“…In the present study, we investigated the neuroprotective effect of the combination of monosodium glutamate (MSG) with three individual antioxidants, that is, resveratrol, alpha-lipoic acid (ALA), and coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), in cisplatin (2 mg/kg i.p. twice weekly) induced peripheral neuropathy in rats. After 8 weeks of treatment the degree of neuroprotection was determined by measuring behavioral and electrophysiological properties and sciatic nerve lipid peroxidation, as well as glutathione and catalase levels. …”
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Evaluation of Fish Biosolids as a Fertilizer for Organic Tomato Transplant Production by Cicely Schembri, Nicholas Kaczmar, John Osborn, Michael B. Timmons, Neil S. Mattson

“…Plant performance was monitored for 4 weeks starting with commercially available 2-week-old seedlings. …”
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Safety and effectiveness of an herbal decoction (modified Saengmaeksan) in hypertensive patients: Protocol for a real-world prospective observational study. by Nahyun Cho, Hobin Moon, Kyung-Min Shin, Byoung-Kab Kang, Jungtae Leem, Changsop Yang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This single-arm, prospective, observational study will be conducted at Kyunghee Bichedam Korean Medicine Clinic from October 23, 2023 to August 30, 2024, enrolling 30 hypertensive patients. Over 12 weeks, participants will undergo 4 visits, receiving modified Saengmaeksan twice daily for 8 weeks, with a subsequent 4-week follow-up. …”
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Characteristics of Egg Production and Discovery of the Prolactin Gene in Indigenous Tropical White Leghorn Layer Chickens of Indonesia by N Pratiwi, T Sartika, Komarudin, T Haryati, T Kostaman, N Azizah, A Sukmara, B Brahmantiyo, Isbandi, H Zaenal, H Nuraini, H Khasanah, MF Ridhillah, F Saputra

“…The HEP of WL chickens exhibited a steady increase weekly, reaching a production peak of 96.2% at 28 weeks. …”
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Differences in influenza testing and treatment in micropolitan versus metropolitan areas in the U.S. using medicare claims data from 2010 to 2016 by Alexia Couture, F. Scott Dahlgren, Hector S. Izurieta, Richard A. Forshee, Yun Lu, Carrie Reed

“…We ran models for all weeks and only high influenza activity weeks. Results For all weeks, the unadjusted rate of RIDTs was 1.97 per 10,000 people in MSAs compared with 2.69 in muSAs (Rate ratio (RR) = 0.73, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.73–0.74) and of AVs was 1.85 in MSAs compared with 1.40 in muSAs (RR = 1.32, CI: 1.31–1.32). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Allisartan Isoproxil/Amlodipine in Patients With Essential Hypertension Uncontrolled by Amlodipine: A Phase III, Multicenter, Double‐Blind, Parallel‐Group, R... by Hongjie Chi, Xin Zhang, Shumei Ma, Gang Pan, Xiaojuan Lian, Yan Chen, Haotian Pei, Zichen Liu, Xiangmin Lin

“…This 12‐week double‐blind period was followed by an open‐label extension of ALI/AML treatment through week 52. …”
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First Reported Case of Bacterial Endocarditis Attributable to Actinomyces meyeri by Susan Moffatt, A Raza Ahmen, Kevin Forward

“…Two anaerobic blood cultures performed two weeks apart were both positive for Actinomyces meyeri. …”
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