Predictors of 3-month abstinence in smokers attending stop-smoking clinics in Malaysia by Wee, L.H., West, R., Bulgiba, A.M., Shahab, L.

“…Results: At 3-month follow-up, 35.4% (95% CI: 28.7-42.0) of participants reported being abstinent. …”
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Monthly chlorophyll-a prediction using neuro-genetic algorithm for water quality management in Lakes by Lee, G., Bae, J., Lee, S., Jang, M., Park, H.

“…Developed NGA was applied to predict Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentrations in one-month increments in Lakes used as drinking water sources. …”

The effects of intermittent fasting during the month of ramadan in chronic haemodialysis patients in a tropical climate country by Adnan, W.A.H.W.M., Zaharan, N.L., Wong, M.H., Lim, S.K.

“…Despite the uncertainties of the risks involved, some Muslim patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis choose to observe intermittent fasting during the month of Ramadan. This study aims to investigate the effect of Ramadan fasting in haemodialysis patients residing in a tropical climate country. …”

Two Monthly Continuous Dynamic Model Based on Nash Bargaining Theory for Conflict Resolution in Reservoir System by Homayounfar, M., Zomorodian, M., Martinez, C.J., Lai, S.H.

“…Although discrete dynamic game models provide appropriate reservoir operator policies, their discretization of variables increases the run time and causes dimensionality problems. In this study, two monthly based non-discrete optimization models based on the Nash Bargaining Solution are developed for a reservoir system. …”

Eating Behaviour Predicts Weight Loss Six Months after Bariatric Surgery: A Longitudinal Study by Subramaniam, Kavitha, Low, Wah Yun, Lau, Peng Choong, Chin, Kin Fah, Chinna, Karuthan, Kosai, Nik, Taher, Mustafa, Rajan, Reynu

“…Consenting participants were assessed prior to surgery (T0 ), and three months (T1 ) and six months (T2 ) after surgery. The assessment included interview and anthropometric measurements. …”

Home-Based Transabdominal Interferential Electrical Stimulation for Six Months Improves Paediatric Slow Transit Constipation (STC) by Yik, Yee Ian, Hutson, John, Southwell, Bridget

“…Background: Transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) for one to two months has produced some improvement in treatment-resistant slow-transit constipation (STC) in children. …”

Performance evaluation of hybrid adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system models for predicting monthly global solar radiation by Halabi, Laith M., Mekhilef, Saad, Hossain, Monowar

“…In this paper, standalone adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and hybrid models have been developed to predict monthly global solar radiation from different meteorological parameters such as sunshine duration S(h), and air temperature. …”

Neuropsychological Outcomes in Patients with Complicated Versus Uncomplicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: 6-Month Follow-Up by Veeramuthu, Vigneswaran, Narayanan, Vairavan, Ramli, Norlisah, Hernowo, Aditya Tri, Waran, Vicknes, Bondi, Mark W., Delano-Wood, Lisa, Ganesan, Dharmendra

“…Methods Sixty-one patients with mTBI (Glasgow Coma Scale score 13–15) were recruited prospectively, categorized according to baseline computed tomography findings, and subjected to neuropsychological assessment at initial admission (n = 61) as well as at a 6-month follow-up (n = 30). The paired t test, Cohen's d effect size calculation, and repeated-measures analysis of variance were used to establish the differences between the 2 groups in terms of neuropsychological performance. …”

Improving artificial intelligence models accuracy for monthly streamflow forecasting using grey Wolf optimization (GWO) algorithm by Tikhamarine, Yazid, Souag-Gamane, Doudja, Najah Ahmed, Ali, Kisi, Ozgur, El-Shafie, Ahmed

“…Monthly streamflow forecasting is required for short- and long-term water resources management especially in extreme events such as flood and drought. …”

A multi-centre randomised clinical trial of oral hygiene interventions following stroke-A 6-month trial by Ab Malik, Normaliza, Mohamad Yatim, Sa'ari, Razak, Fathilah Abdul, Lam, Otto Lok Tao, Jin, Lijian, Li, Leonard S.W., McGrath, Colman

“…Oral health assessments were performed at baseline, at 3 months and 6 months post-intervention. Within- and between-group changes in dental plaque were assessed over time. …”

Exclusive breastfeeding practice during first six months of an infant’s life in Bangladesh: a country based cross-sectional study by Hossain, Md Murad, Islam, Ashraful, Kamarul, Tunku, Hossain, Golam

“…It is suggested by World Health Organization that an able mother should practice and maintain exclusive breastfeeding for first six months of her infant's life. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding for first six months of an infant's life in Bangladesh. …”

Fama and French risk factors constructed from Russell/Nomura style indexes: evidence from Japanese monthly and daily data sets by Lau, W.Y.

“…The performance of these benchmark factors is evaluated through a direct and simple generalized method of moments test using both daily and monthly data sets of the 33 Japanese industry indexes. …”
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Association between painful physical symptoms and clinical outcomes in East Asian patients with major depressive disorder: a 3-month prospective observational study by Ang, Q.Q., Wing, Y.K., He, Y., Sulaiman, A., Chiu, N.Y., Shen, Y.C., Wang, G., Zhang, C., Lee, K.H., Singh, P., Granger, R.E., Raskin, J., Dossenbach, M.

“…The purpose of this study is to report comparative changes in disease severity, treatment patterns and quality of life observed in East Asian patients with MDD, with and without PPS, as assessed prospectively over a 3-month observation period. Methods: This observational study enrolled 909 patients with MDD in psychiatric care settings in China, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. …”

An in vitro Comparison of Bond Strength of Different Sealers/Obturation Systems to Root Dentin Using the Push-Out Test at 2 Weeks and 3 Months after Obturation by Yap, W.Y., Che Ab Aziz, Zeti Adura, Azami, N.H., Al-Haddad, A.Y., Khan, A.A.

“…Objective: To evaluate the push-out bond strength and failure modes of different sealers/obturation systems to intraradicular dentin at 2 weeks and 3 months after obturation compared to AH Plus®/gutta-percha. …”

Long-term, naturalistic treatment with olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine, or haloperidol monotherapy: 24-month results from the intercontinental schizophrenia outpatient health outcomes (IC-SOHO) study by Lee, P., Kim, C.E., Kim, C.Y., Lin, W. W., Habil, H., Dyachkova, Y., McBride, M., Dossenbach, M.

Insights into relationships between serum ferritin and liver iron concentration trends during 12 months of iron chelation therapy with deferasirox - a post-hoc analysis from the epic study by Porter, J.B., Elalfy, M., Taher, A.T., Chan, L.L., Lee, S.H., Sutcharitchan, P., Aydinok, Y., Chakravarty, S., El-Ali, A., El-Beshlawy, A.

Efficacy of a medication management service in improving adherence to tyrosine kinase inhibitors and clinical outcomes of patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia: a randomised cont... by Tan, Bee Kim, Chua, Siew Siang, Chen, Li-Chia, Chang, Kian Meng, Balashanker, Sharmini, Bee, Ping Chong

“…Results: The MMS group (n = 65) showed significantly higher adherence to TKIs than the control group (n = 64) at 6th month (81.5% vs 56.3%; p = 0.002), but not at 12th month (72.6% vs 60.3%; p = 0.147). …”

Influence of abutment design on clinical status of peri-implant tissues by Taiyeb-Ali, T.B., Toh, C.G., Siar, C.H., Seiz, D., Ong, S.T.

“…After 3 months of submerged healing, 3-unit metal bridges were constructed. …”
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Stability of concentrated olive oil-in-water emulsion by Tan, H.W., Misran, M.

“…The amplitude sweep result shows that there was no significant change of the critical strain of the emulsion throughout one month of storage time. The dynamic properties as well as the steady flow behavior of the emulsion also show no significant changes for over one month of storage time. …”

Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of sural nerve graft donor site by Ng, S.S., Kwan, M.K., Ahmad, Tunku Sara

“…The mean area of anaesthesia at one month was 65 cm2 and it had reduced by 77% to 15 cm2 at one and a half years. …”