Study on Innovative Practices to Promote Girls’ Retention and Transition to Secondary and Higher Learning Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. by Ayiga, Natal, Adyanga, Francis Akena, Akello, Jacqueline

“…The intergrade transition rate and primary 7 completion rate were lower for girls than for boys, confirming that fewer girls than boys complete P7 and transition to secondary education. h. …”
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Prevalence of Nocturnal Enuresis and Its Associated Factors in Primary School and Preschool Children of Khorramabad in 2013 by Katayoun Bakhtiar, Yadollah Pournia, Farzad Ebrahimzadeh, Ali Farhadi, Fathollah Shafizadeh, Reza Hosseinabadi

“…The prevalence of nocturnal enuresis in the boys (10.7%) was higher compared with that in the girls (5.4%) (P=0.009). …”
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Prevalence of physical activity and its associated sociodemographic factors among schoolchildren in Albania by Brizida Refatllari, Jonida Stefa, Migena Hysa, Grejd Hyska, Gentiana Qirjako, Genc Burazeri

“…Daily moderate-to-vigorous PA was more prevalent in boys, younger children and those from wealthier families (overall: ≈29%). …”
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Features of Malevolent Creativity and its Prevention in Adolescents in the Modern Socio-Political Context by N.V. Meshkova, S.N. Enikolopov, M.N. Bochkova, I.A. Meshkov

“…The sample consisted of adolescents (N=52, 19 - boys; Age = 16.0 years); samples of cadets (N=96, 72 - boys; М = 15.4 years), cadets-students (N=204, 152 — men; M = 19.3), psychology students (N=50, 3 - men; M = 20.4). …”
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Incontinentia Pigmenti Misdiagnosed as Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection by Fahimeh Abdollahimajd, Minoo Fallahi, Mohammad Kazemian, Yalda Nilipour, Mitra Radfar, Sedigheh Tahereh Tehranchi

“…Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is an X-linked dominant neurocutaneous syndrome with ophthalmologic, neurologic, cutaneous, and dental manifestations and in most cases antenatally lethal in boys. Occasionally, typical IP may occur in boys due to Klinefelter syndrome or a genomic mosaicism. …”
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What differentiates adolescents who have attempted suicide from those without suicidal history? A retrospective psychiatric inpatient study by Diana Puzio, Ernest Jan Bobeff, Katarzyna Bliźniewska-Kowalska, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Piotr Gałecki

“…Results 115 out of 284 analyzed patients (40.5%) – 91 girls (subgroup 1) and 24 boys (subgroup 2) - had a history of SA. In the whole group SA was associated with female gender, cigarette smoking, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and neglect of emotional or social needs. …”
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Bullying and Its Associated Factors among School-Aged Adolescents in Thailand by Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

“…The predominant forms of being bullied were among boys being hit, kicked, pushed, shoved around, or locked indoors and among girls making fun of with sexual jokes, comments, and gestures. …”
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Early Infant Feeding Practices as Possible Risk Factors for Immunoglobulin E-Mediated Food Allergies in Kuwait by Dalal Alkazemi, Munirah Albeajan, Stan Kubow

“…Children aged 0–13 years were recruited from pediatric allergy and immunology clinics (PAICs) located at major government hospitals in Kuwait (total FA cases: n=100; boys = 67%), and healthy controls (n=100, boys 55%) were recruited from various vaccination units at primary healthcare centers. …”
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Isolation and In Silico Anti-COVID-19 Main Protease (Mpro) Activities of Flavonoids and a Sesquiterpene Lactone from Artemisia sublessingiana by Roza I. Jalmakhanbetova, Yerlan M. Suleimen, Masayoshi Oyama, Eslam B. Elkaeed, Ibrahim. H. Eissa, Raigul N. Suleimen, Ahmed M. Metwaly, Margarita Yu. Ishmuratova

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Nutritional condition of school age children. Clinic, anthropo-medical and alimentary assessment by Alina Esther González Hermida, Jesús Vila Díaz, Carmen Emilia Guerra Cabrera, Odalys Quintero Rodríguez, Mariela Dorta Figueredo, José Danilo Pacheco

“…There were no children with height under the third percentile, with prevalence of boys and girls tall and very tall. Bronchial asthma was the most common disease. …”
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Parental Reported Bullying among Saudi Schoolchildren: Its Forms, Effect on Academic Abilities, and Associated Sociodemographic, Physical, and Dentofacial Features by Raghad S. Alabdulrazaq, Sanaa N. Al-Haj Ali

“…Problems related to teeth, in particular, which can be treated, were targets, mainly for boys and the youngest schoolchildren. More studies are required in Saudi Arabia to explore the issue further among schoolchildren themselves.…”
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Population-Based Studies on the Epidemiology of Insulin Resistance in Children by M. P. van der Aa, S. Fazeli Farsani, C. A. J. Knibbe, A. de Boer, M. M. J. van der Vorst

“…Overweight and obese children had higher prevalence and girls were more insulin resistant than boys. Consensus on the definition for IR in children is needed to allow for comparisons between different studies.…”
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Comparison of scenarios in the trajectory of body mass index among adolescents monitored in primary health care: the VigiNUTRI Brazil study by Rafaella Lemos Alves, Natacha Toral, Vitor Paravidino, Vivian S. S. Gonçalves

“…Monitoring nutritional status in the PHC setting may have been more effective at controlling excess weight in boys, emphasizing the importance of improving care.…”
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Evaluating the impact of an after-school program on overhand throwing and perceived motor competence among students from low socio-economic backgrounds in the U.S. by Omar Albaloul, Omar Albaloul, Kahyun Nam, Pamela Hodges Kulinna, Conner Acri

“…Students were assigned to either CSPAP condition (n = 60, 26 boys, 34 girls; Mgrade = 4.27, SD = .43) or a control condition (n = 20, 7 boys, 13 girls; Mgrade = 4.00, SD = .35). …”
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Orexitropic Signaling Proteins in Obese Children by Ljiljana Saranac, Bojko Bjelakovic, Hristina Stamenkovic, Borislav Kamenov

“…Twenty-one obese children (seven girls and 14 boys), divided into two groups, were compared with 14 controls. …”
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Performance Disparity in Mathematics between male and female Students in Selected Secondary Schools in Kamuganguzi Subcounty, Kabale District. by Amos, Musimenta

“…The study was guided by objectives which were to compare the difference in performance in Mathematics among boys and girls, examine the factors accounting for the differences in performance between boys and girls and, to establish the effect of gender on academic performance. …”
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Access of Women to Higher Education in Uganda: An Analysis of Inequalities, Barriers and Determinants by Kwesiga, Joy Constance

“…The central conclusion is that the family, society and the state in Uganda act as if they are constantly weighing the profitability of investing in boys' or girls' education, albeit not in the conventional way of measuring earnings of educated workers, but rather assessing the future functional value of the individual. …”
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Secular trends of physical fitness for college students in Anhui Province over the past decade by Jianzhong Sun, Hui Liang, Lei Wang, Zhongju Chen, Cunjian Bi, Feng Zhang

“…Compared to the year of 2019, there has been a substantial decline in the physical fitness levels of college students, along with a notable uptick of “failed” candidates, in the year of 2020.In terms of individual physical fitness, boys outperformed girls in all physical testing items except for sit-and-reach, and significant differences were observed in most years for both boys and girls. …”
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Gender aspect in primary mathematics by Danutė Kiseliova, Arkadijus Kiseliovas

“… The research results show that the girls of the fourth form solve mathematics tasks better than boys from the qualitative point of view. However, a statistically significant difference was received in solving only the tasks on measurements (x2 = 8.6, p < 0.05) and applications (x2 = 7.94, p < 0.05). …”
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Bilateral Maxillary Sinus Hypoplasia by Sachin Khanduri, Sumit Agrawal, Saakshi Chhabra, Swati Goyal

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