Translation of a Diabetes Remission Service into Australian Primary Care: Findings from the Evaluation of DiRECT-Australia by Ritesh Chimoriya, Kimberly Mitlehner, Chee L. Khoo, Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu, Russell Thomson, Lei Si, Michael Lean, David Simmons, Milan K. Piya

“…Of 39 recruited participants, 32 (82.1%) and 27 (69.2%) completed 12 weeks and 52 weeks of the structured program, respectively. …”
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Persistently high concentrations of β-hydroxybutyrate affect hepatic SOD2 expression and blood SOD activity in high-yielding dairy cows by Dominika Grzybowska, Katarzyna Żarczyńska, Przemysław Sobiech, Paweł Brym, Dawid Tobolski

“…All animals were monitored up to 9 weeks postpartum. This cohort study utilized weekly blood samples from 7 days prepartum to 9 weeks postpartum and liver biopsy samples from 4 to 7 weeks postpartum. …”
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Safety and efficacy of telaprevir in treatment of a chronic hepatitis C in patients of the Russian population included in early access program study by D. T. Abrurakhmanov, V. G. Morozov, I. G. Nikitin, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, Ye. N. Bessonova, I. G. Bakulin, V. A. Isakov, K. V. Zhdanov, M. V. Mayevskaya, Ye. A. Nurmukhametova, E. Z. Burnevich, Ye. V. Chesnokov, V. D. Pasechnikov, A. Hill, I. Lonjon-Domanec, S. N. Kizhlo

“…Efficacy and safety of this therapeutic mode were evaluated in intermediate analysis on 16-th week of treatment in 153 patients from Russia who have already reached the 16-th week of treatment or potentially can do so.Material and methods. …”
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Assessment of Patients Adherence to Oral Regimen of Drug-Resistant   Tuberculosis among Iraqi Patients by Noor Alaa Jasim, Manal Khalid Abdulridha, Ahmed Asmar Mankhy, Ahmed Hadi Tarish

“…At six weeks (6%) of patients interrupted the course, within the ten weeks, there was no interruption and 100% of adhere to treatment was observed. …”
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Adaptive Autophagy Offers Cardiorenal Protection in Rats with Acute Myocardial Infarction by Zhendong Feng, Han Xue Jiang, Huiyang Chen, Yu Ning Liu, Yahui Wang, Rui Bing Yang, Xueting Han, Chen Hui Xia, Ze Bing Zhu, Hongcai Shang, Aiming Wu, Wei Jing Liu

“…At week 4, LC3-II did not significantly increase and p62 levels significantly increased. …”
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A comparison of the efficacy of the effect of online versus face-to-face group counseling based on positive-approach on sexual intimacy of women after benign abdominal hysterectomy... by Orly Nazanin Kalimi, Tayebeh Mokhtari Sorkhani, Ali Dehghani, Mahshid Bokaie

“…In the Face-to-Face Group, the mean score increased from 70.21 ± 6.75 to 81.24 ± 5.55 at eight weeks and 85.03 ± 5.40 at twelve weeks (P < 0.001). …”
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Effects of Mulch Type, Plant Cultivar, and Insecticide Use on Sweet Potato Whitefly Population in Chili Pepper by Andi Nasruddin, Nurariaty Agus, Alam Saubil, Jumardi Jumardi, Burhanuddin Rasyid, Andry Siriniang, Andi Dirham Nasruddin, Firdaus Firdaus, Ahwiyah Ekawaty Said

“…Insecticide applications twice per week and once per week were equally effective in controlling the whitefly on the susceptible cultivar (Bhaskara). …”
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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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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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Therapeutic Effect of Stem Cells on Male Infertility in a Rat Model: Histological, Molecular, Biochemical, and Functional Study by Sally S. Mohammed, Mona F. Mansour, Noha A. Salem

“…Thirty rats were divided randomly into three groups (ten rats each): group 1 (control): animals received an intraperitoneal injection of 2 ml phosphate-buffered saline per week for 4 weeks, group 2 (MTX-treated group): animals were intraperitoneally injected with methotrexate (8 mg/kg) once weekly for 4 weeks, and group 3 (ADMSC-treated group): methotrexate-treated animals received a single dose of 1×106 stem cells/rat at the 5th week. …”
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Improving sensory integration in Chinese children with moderate sensory integration challenges through engaging basketball training by Sha Ge, Xuepeng Guo, Bo Y. Jiang, Alberto Cordova, Jianmin Guan, John Q. Zhang, Wan X. Yao

“…In contrast, the Experimental group engaged in traditional SIT for two sessions per week and Basketball training for the remaining two sessions weekly. …”
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The Effect of Maximal Leg Press Strength Training on Bilateral Deficit by Erdal Arı, Hamit Cihan, İbrahim Can, Rasim Kale

“…The groups in training continued these resistance exercises as 1 hour a day, 3 days a week, for 12 weeks. The improvement in strength brought by training was compared as bilateral training group and unilateral training group. …”
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Low-Frequency rTMS over Contralesional M1 Increases Ipsilesional Cortical Excitability and Motor Function with Decreased Interhemispheric Asymmetry in Subacute Stroke: A Randomized... by Ka Yan Luk, Hui Xi Ouyang, Marco Yiu Chung Pang

“…Following the 2-week intervention period, the task practice was continued twice weekly for another 10 weeks in both groups. …”
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Tapinarof cream 1% once daily was well tolerated in adults and children with atopic dermatitis in two phase 3 randomized trials by Linda Stein Gold, James Del Rosso, Benjamin D. Ehst, Matthew J. Zirwas, Lawrence J. Green, Philip M. Brown, David S. Rubenstein, Stephen C. Piscitelli, Anna M. Tallman

“…Tapinarof was well tolerated with improvement from pretreatment baseline and no-to-minimal burning/stinging and itching from first application through Week 8 (patient-reported): mean Week 8 LTS scores were 0.2–0.4 (burning/stinging) and 0.6–0.8 (itching). …”
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Direct anterior and direct lateral approach in patients with femoral neck fractures receiving a total hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial by John Magne Hoseth, Tommy Frøseth Aae, Øystein Bjerkestrand Lian, Tor Åge Myklebust, Otto Schnell Husby

“…The primary outcome was the difference in TUG at 6 weeks postoperatively. Key secondary outcomes were TUG at 2, 12, and at 52 weeks postoperatively, and FJS, OHS, EQ5D-5L, and EQ5D-VAS at 2, 6, 12, and at 52 weeks postoperatively. …”
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Effect of Oral intake of Stevia Leaf Powder on Body Weight – An Experimental study by Amna Faruqi, Sikander Subuctageen, Irfan Afzal Mughal, Shahida Parveen, Tooba Zafar, Asma Irfan

“…Rats were weighed on the first day of every week, for six weeks, and then at the end of the study period.      …”
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IMPACT OF OLIVE LEAVES SUPPLEMENTATION IN AWASSI RATION ON SOME PRODUCTIVE AND BIOCHEMICAL BLOOD TRAITS by Alaa Salh, Khalid ِSultan

“…The study lasted for twelve weeks. BW, BWG at two weeks, and RMG were detected. …”
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Cross-species comparisons between pigs and mice reveal conserved sex-specific intraspinal inflammatory responses after spinal cord injury by Reena Kumari, Gabrielle V. Hammers, Robert H. Hammons, Andrew N. Stewart, Steven M. MacLean, Tracy Niedzielko, Lonnie E. Schneider, Candace L. Floyd, John C. Gensel

“…Results SCI caused locomotor dysfunction (measured with the Porcine Thoracic Injury Behavior Score) with some recovery over 6 weeks and limited tissue sparing at 6 weeks with no difference between sexes. …”
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Sex similarities and differences in the reverse and anti-remodeling effect of pressure unloading therapy in a rat model of aortic banding and debanding by Tímea Bálint, Mihály Ruppert, Bálint András Barta, Korkmaz-Icöz Sevil, Loganathan Sivakkanan, Attila Oláh, Sayour Alex Ali, Kálmán Benke, Dávid Nagy, Karck Matthias, Oliver Schilling, Béla Merkely, Gábor Szabó

“…AB induced similar proteomic alterations in both sexes at week 6, while characteristic differences were found at week 12. …”
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Hear me out: an audit of paediatric ventilation tube surgery wait times in patients with recurrent acute otitis media and/or otitis media with effusion at Christchurch Hospital by Analise Yunzhen Wang

“…The median wait time from general practice referral to the day of surgery was 43.3 weeks. Patients were waiting a median time of 9.8 weeks after general practice referral to be seen in clinic and were spending 26.3 weeks on the waitlist for ventilation tube surgery. …”
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