Association between changes in genital immune markers and vaginal microbiome transitions in bacterial vaginosis by Philipp Foessleitner, Briah Cooley Demidkina, Wafae El-Arar, Miles Goldenberg, Meena Murthy, Agnes Bergerat, Ofri Bar, Douglas S. Kwon, Caroline M. Mitchell

“…Vaginal swabs, menstrual cup, and endocervical cytobrush samples were collected before treatment, weekly for four weeks, and at 2, 4, and 6 months for Nugent scoring, immune cell populations and cytokine analysis. …”
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Investigation of the Protective Effects of Taurine against Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Retinal Changes via Electroretinogram and Retinal Histology with New Zealand White Rabbits by Samuel Tung-Hsing Chiang, Shang-Min Yeh, Yi-Chen Chen, Shiun-Long Lin, Jung-Kai Tseng

“…The body weight and blood glucose levels of the rabbits were monitored weekly. The ERG was measured on weeks 5 and 15. Retinal histology was analyzed in the end of the experiment. …”
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Comparing the effects of computerized versus manual methods of identifying point-specific acupuncture as an adjunct to physiotherapy in the management of knee osteoarthritis: A ran... by Lee Chai Li, Mohd Azzuan Ahmad, Tan Chee Hou, Angeline Low Ann Je, Lee Zi Lin, Tay Yan Ling, Peng Yan

“…Both groups will undergo 12 weekly treatment sessions, each lasting 60 minutes. …”
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The Effects Of Simvastatin On Islets Of Langerhans In The Pancreas Of Rats: A Histological And Biochemical Study by Abdullah Qamar, Hammad Gul Khan, Hina Kundi, Ayesha Ali, Sumyyia Bashir, Tooba Khurshid

“…There were no significant differences in weekly fasting blood glucose levels at 4 or 12 weeks between groups (p>0.05). …”
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Protease-activated receptor 1 in the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis by Sarath Ranganathan, Philip Sutton, Sophie Day, Poshmaal Dhar, Kristy Azzopardi, Muhammad A Saeed, Sohinee Sarkar, Jia-Xi Han

“…While PAR1 is known to play an important role in regulating inflammation, nothing is known about any potential role of this receptor in CF pathogenesis.Methods PAR1 (PAR1-/-) and intestinal-corrected CFTR (Cftr-/-) deficient mice were crossed to generate double knock-out (DKO) mutants lacking both PAR1 and CFTR, as well as matching sibling single mutant and wildtype (WT) littermate controls. Mice were weighed weekly to 15 weeks of age; then, the lungs and intestines were examined.Results Cftr-deficient mice gained body weight at a significantly slower rate than WT controls and presented with no lung inflammation, but had increased weights of their ilea and proximal colons. …”
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Effect of Sexual Skills Counseling With Cognitive-Behavioral Approach on Sexual Assertiveness in Women Suffering from Marital Disillusionment by Faezeh Saffari Mofrad, sakineh Taherkhani, Ashraf Khoramirad

“…They were assigned to intervention and control groups. Eight weekly sessions were held for the intervention group. …”
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Acupuncture in the Treatment of a Female Patient Suffering from Chronic Schizophrenia and Sleep Disorders by Peggy Bosch, Sabina Lim, Sujung Yeo, Sook-Hyun Lee, Heike Staudte, Maurits van den Noort

“…The patient was treated with manual acupuncture weekly for 12 weeks, and a psychological assessment was performed before, immediately after, and three months after the acupuncture treatment period. …”
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Volleyball as a means to develop speed endurance in girls aged 16-18 by Iryna Kryventsova, Yevheniia Strelnykova, Roman Boichuk, Krzysztof Wnorowski

“…The girls performed special exercises over a period of 12 weeks. The weekly schedule included physical education lessons in a format of 1 online lesson/1 offline lesson and 2 additional sessions. …”
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Let´s Swing it –The Interaction Between Participation-Related Shoulder Load and Pre-season Trunk Rotation Power on Shoulder Problems in Male Handball Players by Kari Arnason, Atli Agustsson, Hilde Fredriksen, Elis Thor Rafnsson, Kristin Briem

“…Shoulder problems (prevalence, substantial prevalence, and severity score) were documented weekly through a season (31 weeks) with The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Overuse Questionnaire (OSTRC-O2) and PSL with the modified Borg rate of perceived exertion scale. …”
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Features of the development of coordination abilities in young schoolchildren by Dmytro Morozov, Iryna Kryventsova, Katarzyna Prusik

“…Both groups attended two choreography lessons and one physical education lesson weekly. The study lasted 10 weeks. The experiment was conducted in the city of Zmiiev (Kharkiv region, Ukraine), located in a war zone since February 2022. …”
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A Case of Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus in a Patient with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease: Successful Treatment with Plasmapheresis and Rituximab by M. Fantò, S. Salemi, F. Socciarelli, A. Bartolazzi, G. A. Natale, I. Casorelli, A. Pavan, S. Vaglio, R. Di Rosa, R. D'Amelio

“…Subsequently, the patient was treated with three cycles of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) followed, one month after the last TPE, by the anti-CD20 antibody Rituximab (RTX) (375 mg/m2 weekly for 4 weeks). Eight and 16 months later the patient received other two TPE and RTX cycles, respectively. …”
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Effect of Locally Delivered Melatonin as an Adjunct to Nonsurgical Therapy on GCF Antioxidant Capacity and MMP-9 in Stage II Periodontitis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Clinica... by Enji Ahmed, Olfat G. Shaker, Nermin Yussif, Dalia M. Ghalwash

“…Both the melatonin and placebo gel were applied weekly once for four weeks. Assessment of clinical parameters (PD and CAL) was done at baseline and 3 months after therapy. …”
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Prematurity and Related Biochemical Outcomes: Study of Bone Mineralization and Renal Function Parameters in Preterm Infants by Sarika Singh Chauhan, Purnima Dey Sarkar, Bhawna Bhimte

“…The present study comprised of 75 preterm babies of which 25 were of 28–30 weeks, 25 were of 30–32 weeks, and remaining 25 were of 34–36 weeks (controls) of gestational age. …”
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An analytical cross-sectional study on optimal (timely or cumulative age-appropriate) routine childhood immunization coverage in the communities of Ebonyi state, Nigeria by Ugwu I. Omale, Cordis O. Ikegwuonu, Glory E. Nkwo, Chimaobi C. Iwegbulam, Louisa C. Ekwuazi, Chidinma I. Amuzie, Richard L. Ewah

“…Of 1262 children aged 5–11 months, 8.6% had optimal (timely or cumulative age-appropriate) receipt of every recommended birth to 14 weeks vaccine (this was 18.3% of the 596 who had received every recommended vaccine dose) and the median (IQR) receipt timeliness (age-appropriate vaccines receipt) score for the recommended birth to 14 weeks vaccines by these children was 79.3 (64.9–91.7). …”
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A randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of teprotumumab for active thyroid eye disease in Japanese patientsResearch in context by Yuji Hiromatsu, Eri Ishikawa, Ai Kozaki, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Mika Tanabe, Ken Hayashi, Yukihiro Imagawa, Kazutoyo Kaneda, Masashi Mimura, Xiaoxian Dai, Tomoko Hayashida, Takashi Akamizu

“…Patients received eight intravenous infusions, one every three weeks for 24 weeks. Patients, investigators, site personnel (except formulating pharmacists) were masked. …”
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Larval rearing of kelabau fish Osteochilus melanopleurus, Bleeker 1852 with different live feed by Nur Asiah, Netti Aryani, Benny Heltonika

“…Aquarium research containers size 30×30×20 cm3 9 pieces with a volume of 5 L of water without water flow in the first week onwards from the second week to the 4th week are increased to 10 L with a water recirculation system with a water flow of about 0.5 L per minute. …”
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Age and diet affect self-resilience of intestinal microbiome in mice by Chenyi Shao, Shenmin Chen, Huan Yang, Mufan Li, Yinhui Liu, Shu Wen, Jing Xiao, Li Tang

“…Gut microbiota in young adult mice recovered in the fourth week. Prevotellaceae and Alloprevotella were significantly higher in the high-fat-diet group than those in the control group. …”
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Effects of acupuncture-related intervention on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy and quality of life: An umbrella review by Mei-Ling Yeh, Chin-Che Hsu, Matthew Lin, Chuan-Ju Lin, Jaung-Geng Lin

“…Conclusion: The findings of this umbrella review indicate that these benefits were usually noticeable by the second week of treatment, persisted until the sixth week, and then gradually declined. …”
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Nose-clip use in semi-free ranging pigs reduces rooting without disrupting affiliative behaviour or causing prolonged stress by E. Collarini, O. Dal Monte, M. Traversa, E. Mecarelli, C. Medana, S. Visentin, G. Cordoni, I. Norscia

“…After the nose-clipping, we observed a temporary increase in anxiety-related behaviour and cortisol levels during the 1st week, followed by a return to pre-application levels in the following weeks. …”
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A Preseason Training Program With the Nordic Hamstring Exercise Increases Eccentric Knee Flexor Strength and Fascicle Length in Professional Female Soccer Players by Karoline Baptista Vianna, Lívia Gonçalves Rodrigues, Nathalia Trevisol Oliveira, João Breno Ribeiro-Alvares, Bruno Manfredini Baroni

“…The NHE training group had 17 professional female soccer players who performed an 8-week training program with the NHE during preseason. …”
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