A protocol to optimize non-invasive brain stimulation for post-stroke rehabilitation by Ayesha Juhi, Manul Das, Dinesh Bhatia, Suman Dhaka, Rajesh Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Shreya Sharma, Pritam Kumar Chaudhary, Chanchal Goyal, Md Asif Khan, Himel Mondal

“…Participants receive 20 min sessions, five days a week, over six weeks. Cognitive and motor assessments are conducted at 4 weeks, 6 weeks, and 6 months to measure short-term and sustained effects. • Hemodynamically stable post-stroke patients randomized in four groups in rTMS and tDCS each and their baseline cognitive and motor function assessed • Application of the two types of therapy for 6 weeks • Checking improvement of cognitive and motor function and compare the improvement among subgroups of recipient of various frequencies and currents…”
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Improving Outcomes and Quality of Life for Patients With Hand and Foot Eczema: Randomized Study of a Patient-Centered Monitoring App by Aimee Bruch, Wanja Weigandt, Yannic Schardt, Raphael Herr, Johannes Benecke, Astrid Schmieder

“…A trend toward a greater improvement of the HECSI in the intervention group compared to the control group was noticed (week 60: Coef=0.597; P=.05). Subgroup analysis revealed that patients who used the app with a usage frequency of less than 20% demonstrated a significant reduction in the HECSI from week 0 to week 60 (week 60: Coef=–1.275; P=.04) and a significant reduction in the Dermatology Life Quality Index (week 60: Coef=–1.246; P=.04) compared to the control group. …”
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Walking for transport and all-cause mortality: a prospective cohort study of Australian community-dwelling older adults by Rory Wolfe, Neville Owen, Ben Beck, Yang Chen, David W Dunstan, Alice Owen, Robyn L Woods, Danijela Gasevic, Joanne Ryan, Shivangi Shah, Carlene Britt

“…Cox proportional-hazards models (HR and 95% CI) assessed the association between transport-related walking and all-cause mortality.Results Of participants, 44.1% reported walking every day, 31.5% more than once a week, 21.7% rarely or once a week and 2.7% never engaged in transport-related walking. …”
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Reproductive hormone profiles and gametogenesis in female of giant gouramy (Osphronemus gouramy) by Gratiana E. Wijayanti, . Soeminto, Sorta B.I. Simanjuntak

“…Progesterone level from fish spawning to the first week was 0.403±0.02ng/ml, increase to 0.514±0.02 ng/ml at the second week and then decrease at the fourth week (0.260±0.0 ng/ml).  …”
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Gratitude (shukr) group intervention for promoting college students’ well-being: A quasi-experimental study by Melati Sumari, Dini Farhana Baharudin, Amira Najiha Yahya, Yusni Mohamad Yusop

“…A convenience sample of 95 s-year college students consented to participate—the intervention, conducted over four weeks between November and December 2023, involved weekly gratitude group sessions. …”
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A mathematical model for the study of latent tuberculosis under 3HP and 1HP regimens by Erick M. D. Moya, Diego Samuel Rodrigues

“…The aim is to compare the impact on tuberculosis, whether we keep the therapies that are applied to latent tuberculosis, use of once-weekly isoniazid-rifapentine for 12 weeks (3HP), or use of isoniazid and rifapentine once a day for 28 days (1HP). …”
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Use of a Non-Pharmacological Pain Relief Kit to Reduce Opioid Use Following Orthopedic Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Study by Denis J O'Hara, Timothy F Tyler, Malachy P McHugh, Susan Y Kwiecien, Tyler Bergeron

“…Opioid use and pain declined from week one to four with no difference between groups (p<0.001). …”
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Effect of Voluntary Wheel Running on Striatal Dopamine Level and Neurocognitive Behaviors after Molar Loss in Rats by Linlin Zhang, Yi Feng, Wenliang Ji, Jianzhang Liu, Kun Liu

“…Twenty-four Sprague-Dawley rats were enrolled in this study and randomly divided into following 4 groups: control group (C group), molar loss group (ML group), 1-week physical exercise before molar loss group (1W-ML group), and 4-week physical exercise before molar loss group (4W-ML group). …”
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The effect of low vision rehabilitation on the quality of life and caregiver burden of low vision patients – a randomized trial by Chunling Cai, Yuwei Shuai, Gonghui Li

“…A questionnaire survey was conducted on two groups of study subjects and their caregivers using the Low Vision Quality of Life Questionnaire, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Zarit Burden Interview before intervention, at week 4 after intervention, and at week 8 after intervention. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life in the Gender, Race, And Clinical Experience Trial by Judith Feinberg, Michael Saag, Kathleen Squires, Judith Currier, Robert Ryan, Bruce Coate, Joseph Mrus

“…Total FAHI of the entire population improved by Week 4 (𝑃<.05); near-maximum changes obtained by Week 12 were maintained through Week 48. …”
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SOURCES OF PRODUCTION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN AND NITROGEN SPECIES IN TISSUES OF PERIODONTIUM AND SALIVARY GLANDS OF RATS UNDER MODELED SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION by A.M. Yelins’ka, O.O. Shvaykovs’ka, V.O. Kostenko

“…During the following seven weeks of the experiment, rats were given 4 MPD / kg of body weight once a week. …”
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Efficacy and safety of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation as adjunct treatment for cognitive improvement in major depressive disorder: A double-blind, randomized, m... by CW Lee, K Park, JE Ahn, Y Jang, YS Park, H Yu, D Lee, HK Ihm, J Lee, J Kim, YI Lee, S-E Lim, SS Kwon, HY Park, TH Ha, I-Y Yoon, Woojae Myung, Ji Hyun Baek

“…Assessments were conducted at baseline and weeks 2, 4, and 6. The primary outcome was cognitive improvement assessed by changes in total accuracy on the 2-back test from baseline to week 6. …”
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Risankizumab Versus Secukinumab: A Real-World Efficacy and Cost per Responder Comparison in Patients With Psoriasis in Italy by Federico Pirro, Giacomo Caldarola, Nicoletta Bernardini, Maria Grazia Celeste, Annunziata Dattola, Eleonora De Luca, Marco Galluzzo, Domenico Giordano, Chiara Izzi, Giulia Maretti, Lorenzo Marcelli, Roberto Ravasio, Antonio Giovanni Richetta, Nevena Skroza, Marina Talamonti, Arianna Zangrilli, Luca Bianchi, Giovanni Pellacani, Severino Persechino, Concetta Potenza, Ketty Peris, Clara De Simone

“…The cost per responder at week 16 and 52 was adopted as a cost-effectiveness indicator. …”
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Effectiveness of a Treadmill Training Programme in Improving the Postural Balance on Institutionalized Older Adults by Natalia Moya Pereira, Marcel Jean Pierre Massè Araya, Marcos Eduardo Scheicher

“…Training consisted of a 20-minute treadmill walking workout carried out twice a week for 10 weeks. Measurements were obtained before and after 10 weeks and with 1 month of follow-up for the intervention group. …”
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Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Volar Barton Fracture: A Clinical Study by Afzaal Rafeeq Ansari, Ashok Rawat, Utsav Aman

“…Fracture healed after 7–10 weeks (mean 8.8 weeks). Based on Mayo’s Wrist Score criteria, the results were excellent in 12 cases, good in 6, and fair in 2. …”
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Collagen membrane versus platelet rich fibrin membrane in bone graft healing: An experimental study in sheep. by Mahdi O. Abdullah, Ahmed A. Hayder

“…The animals were sacrificed at 2, 6, and 12 weeks. Results: The healing of the grafted defects was histologically studied in all groups, and there was non-significant difference between PRF membrane and collagen membrane in healing of bone substitute at 2, 6, and 12 weeks.There was significant deference between PRF membrane and collagen membrane at 6 week regarding scaffold replacement with mature bone. …”
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Macroscopic Hematuria due to Placenta Percreta: Report of Two Cases and Short Review by Ourania Koukoura, George Lialios, Antonios Garas, George Sveronis, Asterios Nidimos, Irondiana Gkorezi, Zoi Alevra, Vassilios Tzortzis, Athanasios Oeconomou, Ioannis Zachos, Alexandros Daponte

“…Herein we present two cases of pregnant women with placenta percreta and severe hematuria during the 24th and 35th weeks of pregnancy, respectively. A timely sonographic diagnosis was feasible in the first case and cesarean section was performed during the 29th week. …”
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Pilot Study by Foglia SD, Drapeau CC, Ramdeo KR, Adams FC, Soppitt DB, Rehsi RS, Shanthanna H, Nelson AJ

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using rTMS in CRPS patients, to improve pain intensity and quality of life.Patients and Methods: Six participants (5 lower limb, 1 upper limb, 42 ± 9 yr) took part in an open-label rTMS study comprised of a 9-week intervention and 6-month follow-up. Participants took part in a 4-week induction period (5 days per week) followed by a 5-week tapering period whereby the frequency of rTMS sessions per week was reduced. rTMS was delivered at 10 hz for 2000 pulses at 80% of resting motor threshold over the primary motor cortex. …”
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High-dose glucocorticoid treatment vs. glucocorticoid replacement in immune checkpoint inhibitor associated hypophysitis (CORTICI): an open, randomised controlled trial by Verena Theiler-Schwetz, Christian Trummer, Lisa Schmitt, Angelika Terbuch, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, Erika Richtig, Stefan Pilz

“…This is the first randomised study to evaluate whether hormonal recovery differs in patients treated with high-dose glucocorticoids versus glucocorticoid replacement therapy.Design/Methods In this single-centre, open, randomised controlled study, patients with ICI associated hypophysitis were randomised 1:1 to high-dose glucocorticoid treatment (1 mg/kg of prednisolone for two weeks, followed by tapering until week 7 and a switch to hydrocortisone 20 mg total daily dose in week 8) or glucocorticoid replacement therapy (hydrocortisone 20 mg total daily dose) over 8 weeks. …”
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The Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Glycemic, Weight, and Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Double‐Blind Randomized Controlled Trial by Mehrab Sayadi, Sara Javadpour Nowbandegani, Fatemeh Balaghi Inalou, Bahman Nazemzadegan, Shirzad Javidi Alsaadi, Mohammadreza Eskandari, Matin Sepehrinia

“…Results After 12 weeks of follow‐up, 72 patients completed the study. …”
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