Watermelon Germplasm with Resistance to Whitefly-transmitted Viruses by Alex Luckew, Nebahat Sari, Swikriti Pandey, Ted McAvoy, Alvin M. Simmons, Geoffrey Meru, Cecilia McGregor

“…Phenotypic data were collected weekly to determine viral disease severity, and the cumulative season data were calculated as the area under the disease progress curve. …”
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Effect of a Stress-Management Intervention Based on Self-efficacy Theory for Enriching Marital Relationships and Sleep Quality in Primigravida Women by Zeinab Alizadeh, Farzaneh Noroozi, Mohammad Hossein Kaveh, Rosanna Cousins, Leila Ghahremani

“…The intervention group completed eight weekly one-hour stress-management training sessions using a blended learning approach. …”
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Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Two Cryotherapy Protocols in the Treatment of Common Viral Warts: A Prospective Observational Study by Jihan M. Muhaidat, Firas A. Al-qarqaz, Diala M. Alshiyab, Hadeel S. Alkofahi, Yousef Khader, Mawaddah Y. Ababneh

“…A prospective observational study was conducted; it involved 80 patients with common warts on the hands and feet who were treated with cryotherapy done by two dermatologists who use different protocols; group 1 (45 patients) were treated by a single cycle of 10 seconds of freezing at 2 weekly intervals, and group 2 (35 patients) received a single cycle of 20 seconds of freezing at 4-weeks intervals. …”
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The Effect of Exercise Intervention on Non-Specific Neck Pain and Head and Neck Angles Among Adult Smartphone Users by Sara Tabanfar, Seyvan Sobhani, Ali Safari Variani, Sakineh Varmazyar

“…The experimental group performed these exercises for 12 weeks, with five weekly sessions lasting 15 minutes each. …”
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Protocol of a parallel group Randomized Control Trial (RCT) for Mobile-assisted Medication Adherence Support (Ma-MAS) intervention among Tuberculosis patients. by Zekariyas Sahile, Lua Perimal-Lewis, Paul Arbon, Anthony John Maeder

“…Urine test for the presence of isoniazid (INH) drug metabolites in urine will be undertaken at the random point at the fourth and eighth weeks of intervention to measure medication adherence. …”
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The Impact of Reich’s Vegetotherapy on Emotional Regulation and Postural Balance in Military Personnel: A Non-Pharmacological Approach to Combat Stress by Sana Khadhrani, Imed Touhemi, Amri Hammami, Chiraz Goumni, Jihen Khalfoun, Mohanad Omar, Rebai Haithem, Abderraouf Ben Abderrahman

“…A total of 29 soldiers, with an average age of 30, were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (EG; 15 soldiers) or a control group (CG; 14 soldiers). Over a period of 6 weeks, the EG participated in twice-weekly VGT sessions, while the CG received no intervention. …”
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Gestational weight gain patterns as predictors of cesarean deliveries in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus by Tzu-Ling Chen, Su-Fen Cheng, Chien-Lin Kuo, Chu-Yu Huang, Chia-Hsun Wu

“…The weekly GWG rate was based on baseline weight and weight at two follow-up measurements. …”
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Large Uterine Fibroids in Pregnancy with Successful Caesarean Myomectomy by Edu Eyong, Okon A. Okon

“…We report a case of large subserous uterine fibroid in pregnancy that was referred to our centre at 14 weeks of gestation. She developed generalized body weakness, backache, and breathlessness at 27 weeks gestation. …”
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Quality Changes and Discoloration of Basa (Pangasius bocourti) Fillet during Frozen Storage by Pornpimol Sriket, Thamarak La-ongnual

“…Physicochemical changes of Basa fish (Pangasius bocourti) fillet during frozen storage at −20°C for 0–20 weeks were studied. The content of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) of fish samples suddenly increased when the samples were stored longer than 8 weeks (p<0.05). …”
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Efficacy of Prophylactic Cerclage in Women with a Single History of Mid-Trimester Pregnancy Loss with Painless Cervical Dilation: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Atsuko Tezuka, Hiroyuki Tsuda, Yumiko Ito, Tomoko Ando

“…The primary outcome was preterm birth before 28 or 34 weeks. …”
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Th17: A New Participant in Gut Dysfunction in Mice Infected with Trichinella spiralis by Yu Fu, Wenfeng Wang, Jingjing Tong, Qi Pan, Yanqing Long, Wei Qian, Xiaohua Hou

“…Jejunal smooth muscle contractility was increased at 2 weeks PI and kept higher at 12 weeks PI. The proportion of Th17 cells and the expression of IL-17 were upregulated in jejunum at 2 weeks PI and normalized at 8 weeks PI. …”
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Impact of dapagliflozin on metabolic phenotype, hormone levels, and fertility in female mice after prolonged high-fat diet by Xiaolin Chen, Zhuoni Xiao, Na Dai, Mingxia Fan

“…Serum hormone concentrations and inflammatory factors in mice aged 28 weeks or 38 weeks were quantified using ultrasensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). …”
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Effects of prenatal exercise interventions on maternal body composition: A secondary analysis of the FitMum randomized controlled trial. by Caroline Borup Roland, Parisa Seyedhosseini, Signe de Place Knudsen, Anne Dsane Jessen, Ida Karoline Bach Jensen, Jane M Bendix, Gerrit van Hall, Stig Molsted, Saud Abdulaziz Alomairah, Ellen Løkkegaard, Bente Stallknecht, Tine D Clausen

“…The main objective of the study was to investigate the effects of prenatal exercise interventions on maternal body composition at 28 weeks gestation and 7-14 days after delivery. We also explored associations between physical activity (PA) per se and body composition. …”
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Dynamic Expression of HDAC3 in db/db Mouse RGCs and Its Relationship with Apoptosis and Autophagy by Yuhong Fu, Ying Wang, Xinyuan Gao, Huiyao Li, Yue Yuan

“…To investigate the chronological sequence of the abnormalities of retinal ganglion cells in diabetic retinopathy, we choose 15 male db/db mice (aged 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 16 weeks, 18 weeks, and 25 weeks; each group had 3 mice) as diabetic groups and 3 male db/m mice (aged 8 weeks) as the control group. …”
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Effect of Probiotics and Herbal Products on Intestinal Histomorphological and Immunological Development in Piglets by Daiga Gāliņa, Līga Ansonska, Anda Valdovska

“…After 6 weeks of the experiment, 4 piglets from each experimental group were randomly selected and slaughtered at a slaughterhouse. …”
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Hepatitis in Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Infection by Markus U Göttke, Philip Wong, Channy Muhn, Mansour Jabbari, Suzanne Morin

“…After unsuccessful attempts at bladder catheterization with the creation of a false passage for his third treatment, BCG was instilled via a suprapubic catheter the same day and again a week later. Two weeks after the third BCG instillation, the patient presented with profound lethargy and weakness to the point of not being able to get up out of a chair. …”
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Effect of Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Physiology of Maize at Ambient and Low Temperature Regimes by Xiaoying Chen, Fengbin Song, Fulai Liu, Chunjie Tian, Shengqun Liu, Hongwen Xu, Xiancan Zhu

“…Maize plants were grown in pots filled with a mixture of sandy and black soil for 5 weeks, and then half of the plants were exposed to low temperature for 1 week while the rest of the plants were grown under ambient temperature and severed as control. …”
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LIPID PEROXIDATION AND ANTIOXIDANT PROTECTION IN PERIODONTAL TISSUES UNDER THE ACTION OF LOCAL PATHOGENIC FACTOR ON GUMS IN RATS EXPOSED TO MODELED SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE by A.M. Yelins’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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Relationship of Physical Factors to the Occurrence of Injuries in Young Gymnasts by Yuria Kobayashi, Yasuharu Nagano, Makoto Suzukawa

“… # Methods A total of 36 healthy young gymnasts (at national competition level) were enrolled in the study. Once a week for 23 weeks, injuries were prospectively investigated using self-report questionnaires under the supervision of a research staff. …”
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IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS OF CANINE PARVOVIRAL ENTERITIS by A. V. Shatalov, S. P. Dannikov, A. N. Kononov, V. S. Skripkin

“…Triple vaccination of puppies was found to be the most effective, therewith the puppies shall be last vaccinated at the age of 16-weeks or older. Where necessary, vaccination of 4-week-old puppies and pregnant dogs is allowed. …”
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