Untreated Active Tuberculosis in Pregnancy with Intraocular Dissemination: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Shadi Rezai, Stephen LoBue, Daniel Adams, Yewande Oladipo, Ramses Posso, Tiffany Mapp, Crystal Santiago, Manisha Jain, William D. Marino, Cassandra E. Henderson

“…We present a case report of a 26-year-old multiparous woman, G4P3003, at 38-week gestation with a history of positive PPD who emigrated from Ghana 6 years ago. …”
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Anticataract Effect of the Aqueous Extract of the Flowers of Aspilia africana in Murine Model of Diabetic and Age-Related Cataracts by Adwoa Frema Amanfo, Samuel Kyei, Yaw Duah Boakye, Clement Osei Akoto, Justice Kwaku Addo, Kofi Oduro Yeboah, Newman Osafo

“…For anticataract investigations of the extracts, diabetic cataract was induced by galactose administration in 3-week-old Sprague Dawley rats. The evaluation of experimentally induced age-related cataract was performed by administering sodium selenite to 10-day-old rat pups. …”
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Modulation of Spinal GABAergic Inhibition and Mechanical Hypersensitivity following Chronic Compression of Dorsal Root Ganglion in the Rat by Moon Chul Lee, Taick Sang Nam, Se Jung Jung, Young S. Gwak, Joong Woo Leem

“…A stereological analysis revealed that the proportion of GABA-immunoreactive neurons to total neurons at L4/5 laminae I–III on the injured side decreased in the early phase of CCD (post-CCD week 1) and then returned to the sham-control level in the late phase (post-CCD week 18). …”
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Characterization of food waste in Grizzly Dining Hall at Georgia Gwinnett College: A critical step toward sustainable food waste management by Ramata Sissoko Cisse, Fatima Sarahi Aguilar, Sochi Bryan Ezenagu, Mahamane Saliou Cisse, Amadou Niang

“…In Spring 2022, for three weeks, twice a week, a total of 115.08 kg of post-service food waste was collected by cafeteria workers. …”
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Recurrent Diplopia in a Pediatric Patient with Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis by Scott A. McLeod, Wallace Wee, Francois D. Jacob, Isabelle Chapados, Francois V. Bolduc

“…He had a recurrence of diplopia at four-week follow-up. Conclusions. This patient’s recurrence of diplopia was treated with a five-week course of oral corticosteroids which did not worsen his condition, and this may be a therapeutic option for similar patients. …”
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Physical Activity and Gallstone Disease by I. N. Grigor’eva, T. E. Notova, T. I. Romanova

“…Many systematic reviews and meta-analyses have confirmed an inverse association between GSD and PA in the world, regardless of potential risk factors for GSD, with a clear dose-dependent effect — the relative risk (RR) of GSD was 0.87 (95 % CI 0.83–0.92) per 20 metabolic equivalents (MET) of PA per week. According to our results of an epidemiological survey in the framework of the WHO MONICA program in Novosibirsk (n = 870) among women aged 25–64 with low total PA (less than 800 MET/min/week), as well as with the first class of PA in leisure-time, GSD occurred much more often (class 1 — 33 %, classes 2–4 — 8.7–11.0 %, p < 0.01). …”
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Inter- and intradialytic fluid volume changes and vascular stiffness parameters in patients on hemodialysis. by Aya Lafta, Judy Ukrainetz, Sara Davison, Stephanie Thompson, Aminu Bello, Aminu Bello, Branko Braam

“…Fluid status was assessed 15 minutes before the mid-week HD session by bio-impedance spectroscopy. Following this, ambulatory pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx) were measured for 24 hours before another mid-week HD session and then for 5 hours starting 30 minutes before and ending 30 minutes after the session.…”
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Stability of Encapsulated Lactobacillus reuteri during Harsh Conditions, Storage Period, and Simulated In Vitro Conditions by Abdolazim Soltani Lak, Mohammad Hossein Marhamatizadeh, Hossein Fattahi

“…The viability of encapsulated cells decreased from 10.35 to 10.40 log CFU/g in the first week and to 8.93–9.23 log CFU/g in the last week of storage.…”
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Subdural empyema in patient with SARS-CoV-2 positivity: A rare case report of 3 patients by Hamidreza Aghadoost, MD, Ghazaleh Salehabadi, MD-MPH, Esmaeil Fakharian, MD

“…The first case is a 17-year-old female presented with a 1-week history of severe progressive headache, right-sided ptosis, and left-sided hemiplegia with a history of COVID-19 in about 40 days before admission. …”
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Aedes Aegypti mosquito’s breeding grounds characterization in Abreus municipality. 2016-2022 by Lisbeth Fundora Filgueiras, Jorge Enrique Rodríguez León, Esther Yarinely Hernández Dieguez, Niuvys Valera Rodríguez, Julian Sobral Rey, Idalmis Valero Valero

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the median number of Aedes aegypti breeding grounds corresponded to statistical week 32 of each year. The largest number of outbreaks was detected in the Abreus’ neighborhood (165) and Juraguá (102); found mainly in yards (85.5 %) and low tanks (55.5 %). …”
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Sexual Absorption of Vaginal Progesterone: A Randomized Control Trial by Kathryn S. Merriam, Kristina A. Leake, Mollie Elliot, Michelle L. Matthews, Rebecca S. Usadi, Bradley S. Hurst

“…In the third week, women used progesterone gel at night and abstained from intercourse. …”
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Siponimod supports remyelination in the non-supportive environment by Johann Krüger, Newshan Behrangi, David Schliep, Leo Heinig, Elise Vankriekelsvenne, Nicole Wigger, Markus Kipp

“…To this end, male mice were subjected to Cuprizone intoxication for seven weeks. From the onset of the fifth week, when oligodendrocyte progenitor cells begin to differentiate, mice were administered either a vehicle or Siponimod solution. …”
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Adiponectin Deficiency Blunts Hypoxia-Induced Mobilization and Homing of Circulating Angiogenic Cells by Bert R. Everaert, Vincent J. Nijenhuis, Florence C. M. Reith, Vicky Y. Hoymans, Jean-Pierre Timmermans, Christiaan J. Vrints

“…AMI was induced in wild-type (WT) (n=10) and adiponectin knockout (Adipoq−/−) mice (n=7). One week after AMI, bone marrow (BM) concentration and mobilization of Sca-1+ and Lin−Sca-1+ progenitor cells (PCs) were markedly attenuated under Adipoq−/− conditions, as assessed by flow cytometry. …”
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Efficacy of Voriconazole Corneal Intrastromal Injection for the Treatment of Fungal Keratitis by Chenshuang Li, Kunpeng Pang, Liqun Du, Xinyi Wu

“…The TCSI group consisted of 27 patients (27 eyes) who were injected voriconazole once via TCSI procedure within one week after enrollment, in addition to conventional antifungal treatment. …”
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Dapagliflozin inhibits ferroptosis to improve chronic heart failure by regulating Nrf2/HO-1/GPX4 signaling pathway. by Jing Zhang, Xuefeng Chen, Shilin Lv, Qingqing Hao

“…Echocardiography was used to assess cardiac function, HE staining to evaluate pathological changes in the heart, Prussia blue staining to observe iron ions in myocardial tissue, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to determine serum levels of the inflammatory factors interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) at the end of week 12 and/or the end of week 16. The oxidative stress related indexes of malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and superoxide dismutase (GSH-Px) in serum were quantitatively analyzed by colorimetry. …”
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The Egyptian Revolution: First Impressions from the Field by Mohammed A. Bamyeh

“…Except for the army, all security personnel disappeared, and a week after the uprising, only a few police officers ventured out again. …”
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Procedure-Related Access Site Pain Multimodal Management following Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention: A Randomized Control Trial by Liuda Brogiene, Aiste Urbonaite, Giedre Baksyte, Andrius Macas

“…Outcomes were assessed immediately after, 2, 12, 24, and 48 h, 1 week, and 1 and 3 months after PCI. The primary outcome was A-S pain prevalence and pain intensity numeric rating scale (NRS) 0–10. …”
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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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A Magician's Tale by Makeda Semret, Angeline Law, Stephen Turner, Benoit de Varennes, Brian J Ward, Thao Huynh

“…Case presentation A 19-year-old male university student and part-time magician presented with a two-week history of fever with rigors, nausea, vomiting, headaches and migrating polyarthralgia. …”
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SMALL BRIBE LAW DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCING CORRUPTION by R. Sh. URAZBAEV

“…The paper demonstrates week points of the new law and gives reasons for injustice of leveling such actions as receiving and giving small bribes on level of public danger. …”
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