Comparison of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation to High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in Neonates with Refractory Respiratory Failure by Shreyas Arya, Melissa L. Kingma, Stacey Dornette, Amy Weber, Cathy Bardua, Sarah Mierke, Paul S. Kingma

“…Infants rescued with APRV (n=46) had similar survival rates to those rescued with HFOV (n=44)—28-37 weeks CGA (APRV 78% vs. HFOV 84%, p=0.68) and >37 weeks CGA (APRV 76% vs. …”
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A Single-Center 7-Year Experience with End-Stage Renal Disease Care in Nigeria—A Surrogate for the Poor State of ESRD Care in Nigeria and Other Sub-Saharan African Countries: Advo... by Datonye Dennis Alasia, Pedro Emem-Chioma, Friday Samuel Wokoma

“…Total dialysis sessions during the 7-year period was 1476 giving an average weekly dialysis session of 0.013 (0.05 hour/week) per patient per week. …”
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Serum Activins and Follistatin during the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Genotypes 1 and 4 and Their Correlations with Viral Load and Liver Enzymes: A Preliminary Report by Bassem Refaat, Adel Galal El-Shemi, Ahmed Mohamed Ashshi, Adnan AlZanbagi

“…This study was cross-sectional and sera were collected from 165 participants classified into 7 groups: 40 healthy negative control, 33 treatment naïve patients as positive control, 19 patients at week 4, 22 at week 12, and 19 at week 24 of treatment initiation and 21 responders and 11 nonresponders at the end of 48-week treatment protocol. …”
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Scanning electron and light microscopic investigation of bursa fabricius in turkey (meleagris gallopavo) by Murat Erdem Gultiken, Dincer Yildiz, Siyami Karahan, Durmus Bolat

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods:</b> One 1-24 week old 50 turkeys (meleagris gallopavo) were used. …”
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Effect of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation on Various Hematological and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Male Albino Mice following Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia Encephalopathy by Shahid Iqbal, Nabia Nazir, Quratulane Gillani, Atif Akbar, Furhan Iqbal

“…ALT had higher concentrations in mice feeding on normal diet for 8 (P>0.01) and 12 weeks (P>0.01) following asphyxia and in 12 weeks treatment without asphyxia (P=0.006) when compared with the creatine supplemented mice. …”
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Is Oral Omega-3 Effective in Reducing Mucocutaneous Side Effects of Isotretinoin in Patients with Acne Vulgaris? by Mina Mirnezami, Hoda Rahimi

“…The treatment was lasted for 16 weeks and mucocutaneous side effects of isotretinoin were recorded and compared between the two groups in weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16. …”
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The Efficacy and Safety of Propiverine Hydrochloride in Patients with Overactive Bladder Symptoms Who Poorly Responded to Previous Anticholinergic Agents by Naoya Masumori, Shintaro Miyamoto, Taiji Tsukamoto, Seiji Furuya, Akihiko Iwasawa, Takashi Sato, Naoki Itoh, Akihiko Shibuya, Toshiro Oda

“…The OABSS was significantly improved by propiverine treatment (9.0 at baseline, 6.2 at 4 weeks, 6.3 at 12 weeks (P<0.001)). The scores of OAB symptoms (nighttime frequency, urgency and urge incontinence) except daytime frequency also improved significantly. …”
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Identification of Protein Kinase C Isoforms Involved in Type 1 Diabetic Encephalopathy in Mice by Jiayin Zheng, Yue Wang, Song Han, Yanlin Luo, Xiuli Sun, Ning Zhu, Li Zhao, Junfa Li

“…Nevertheless, cPKCβII translocation to the membrane was significantly decreased in the cortex and hippocampus at 8 weeks after STZ injection. The translocation of cPKCγ from the cytosol to the membrane was remarkably decreased in the hippocampus at 2 and 8 weeks and in the cortex and striatum at 8 weeks after STZ injection. …”
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Gait Analysis of Patients Subjected to the Atrophic Mandible Augmentation with Iliac Bone Graft by Erol Cansiz, Derya Karabulut, Suzan Cansel Dogru, Nazif Ekin Akalan, Yener Temelli, Yunus Ziya Arslan

“…Three postoperative periods were specified as one week (post-op1), two weeks (post-op2), and three weeks (post-op3) after the surgery. …”
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Real-world efficacy and safety of dupilumab in children with atopic dermatitis under 6 years of age: a retrospective multicentric study by Filip Rob, Blanka Pinkova, Kristyna Sokolova, Jana Kopuleta, Zuzana Jiraskova Zakostelska, Jana Cadova

“…In this multicentric real-world observational retrospective study, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of dupilumab for atopic dermatitis in children <6 years of age who underwent a minimum of 16 weeks of therapy. The analysis focused on EASI (Eczema Area and Severity Index), CDLQI (Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index), and Itch NRS (Numeric Rating Scale) changes from baseline to 4, 16, 24, 48, 72, and 96 weeks of follow-up (when available). …”
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Death to the Coral Reefs and More Money for Everybody Else

“…It was a bad week for the residents of the world’s rapidly disappearing coral reefs, says Science in its lead story. …”
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Structured and unstructured physical activity habits: a study on adolescents’ motivational characteristics for exercising by Armando Cocca, Michaela Cocca, Klaus Greier, Gerhard Ruedl

“…Cluster analyses on a sample of 1332 participants (14.27 ± 2.18 years old) highlighted low-PA (SC + LTE >10 hours/week) and high-PA profiles (n = 536, mean of 5.41 hours/week SC PA and 5.42 hours/week LTE) for the overall sample and those who identified themselves as female. …”
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Combined Effect of Subchondral Drilling and Hyaluronic Acid with/without Diacerein in Full-Thickness Articular Cartilage Lesion in Rabbits by Wanwisa Suwannaloet, Wiroon Laupattarakasem, Peerapol Sukon, Siriwan Ong-Chai, Pisamai Laupattarakasem

“…A full-thickness chondral defect was created along the patellar groove of both knees and then SCD was subsequently performed only in the left knee. A week later, the rabbits were allocated into 3 groups to receive weekly intra-articular (IA) injection for 5 weeks with normal saline solution (NSS) (group 1) or with HA (group 2 and group 3). …”
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Trimethoprim Use prior to Pregnancy and the Risk of Congenital Malformation: A Register-Based Nationwide Cohort Study by Jon Trærup Andersen, Morten Petersen, Espen Jimenez-Solem, Jeppe Nørgaard Rasmussen, Nadia Lyhne Andersen, Shoaib Afzal, Kasper Broedbaek, Brian Rafn Hjelvang, Lars Køber, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Henrik Enghusen Poulsen

“…The aim of the study was to investigate whether the use of the antifolate antibiotic trimethoprim during the 12 weeks before conception was associated with congenital malformations. …”
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A Case of Pregnancy Complicated by the Development of a Tubo-Ovarian Abscess Following an Aspiration of Endometrioma During Oocyte Pick up by Recep Emre Okyay, Ali Cenk Özay, Özlen Emekçi, Ali Rıza Taylan Bodur, Ömer Erbil Doğan

“… A 28 year old nulligravid woman applied to our department at 26 weeks’ gestation with a severe abdominal pain. She had a medical history of an endometrioma aspiration during IVF cycle. …”
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Pregnancy Complicated with Severe Recurrent Aortic Coarctation: A Case Report by Celal Yavuz, Hatice Ender Soydinc, Güven Tekbaş, Oguz Karahan

“…During the pregnancy (from 16 weeks to 38 weeks) BP was regulated with metoprolol. …”
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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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Effects of group communication norms on daily steps in a team-based financial incentive mobile phone intervention in Shanghai, China by Yingnan Jia, Yingcheng Xiao, Hao Chen, Klaus Gebel, Chengshu Li, Shuangyuan Sun, Qinping Yang, Siyuan Wang, Li Zhang, Jing Wang, Minna Cheng, Dantong Gu, Yan Shi, Ding Ding

“…Sharing more than 3 times/week had a positive cumulative effect. Over 6 and 13 weeks of follow-up, nudging 19 times/week or more had a positive cumulative effect while sharing and feedback at any frequency negatively affected average weekly steps. …”
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Point of Care Ultrasound Guided Management of Lateral Ankle Sprains: A Case Series by Matthew Bush, Jon Umlauf, Bryan Pickens

“…FAAM Sport scores significantly improved at 4, 8, 12 and 24 weeks. All components of the FAOS significantly increased except for Sport scores at four weeks and Quality of Life scores at four and eight weeks…”
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The Effect of Blood Flow Restriction Therapy on Shoulder Function Following Shoulder Stabilization Surgery: A Case Series by John H. McGinniss, John S. Mason, Jamie B. Morris, Will Pitt, Erin M. Miller, Michael S. Crowell

“… # Hypothesis/Purpose To observe changes in shoulder strength, self-reported function, upper extremity performance, and range of motion (ROM) in military cadets recovering from shoulder stabilization surgery who completed a standard rehabilitation program with six weeks of BFR training. # Study Design Prospective case series # Methods Military cadets who underwent shoulder stabilization surgery completed six weeks of upper extremity BFR training, beginning post-op week six. …”
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