Effect of Physical Activity on Blood Pressure Distribution among School Children by Anisa M. Durrani, Waseem Fatima

“…The present study analyzed the relationship between physical activity and blood pressure in 701 school children aged 12–16 years (girls = 338, boys = 363). During the baseline examination, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), height, weight, and 24-hour recall of the working day activity with duration were recorded. …”
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Unusual Bronchial Foreign Bodies with Localized Bronchiectasis in Five Children by Xi-Ling Wu, Lei Wu, Zhi-Min Chen

“…Five patents were studied (four boys, one girl; age range: 15 months to 13 years old). …”
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An investigation on levels of the empathic tendencies of elite university tennis players in terms of different variables by Atilla Pulur, Ebru Karabulut

“…Nevertheless, the girls' score was higher than the boys'. Moreover, the perceived family attitude and the educational level of mothers were found to be significantly correlated with the SET scores.…”
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Young People's Joint Leisure Activities in Traditional Karelian Culture: Norms and Social Practice by Valentina Mironova, Julia Litvin

“…The paper shows that girls had to undertake more varied tasks than boys as, on the one hand, they were to play socially prescribed roles and follow moral obligations, remaining modest and, on the other hand, had to be active in order to get married and give birth to children.…”
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Environmental exposures associated with atopy in a rural community in Gwanda district, Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study by Vuyelwa Ndlovu, Vuyelwa Ndlovu, Moses Chimbari, Pisirai Ndarukwa, Pisirai Ndarukwa, Elopy Sibanda, Elopy Sibanda

“…Separate regression analyses were conducted for children (n = 108), adults (n = 388), and a subgroup of adults who reported ever being employed in any potentially harmful occupation (n = 153).ResultsCompared with boys, girls were more likely to be sensitised to at least one allergen (OR = 4.87, 95% CI = 1.22–19.51). …”
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Nationwide representative serosurvey of third-grade school children to evaluate the hepatitis B vaccination impact in Kyrgyzstan, 2022 by Michael Brandl, Gulnara Zhumagulova, Gulbara Ishenapysova, Zuridin Nurmatov, Tatiana Enverovna Kuchuk, Nurzhan Zamirbekova, Gulsunai Sattarova, Saikal Temirbekova, Zhanara Bekenova, Martyna Gassowski, Liudmila Mosina, Antons Mozalevskis, Sandra Dudareva, Siddhartha Sankar Datta

“…The majority of children were 9 or 10 years old (2,964; 93%) with almost equal numbers of girls and boys (1,606; 50% boys) and rural and urban participants (1,624; 51% urban). …”
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Tunneled Tunica Vaginalis Flap for Recurrent Urethrocutaneous Fistulae by Jonathan C. Routh, James J. Wolpert, Yuri Reinberg

“…We retrospectively reviewed all patients undergoing repeat repair of UCF after TIP repair from 2001 to 2005. Twelve boys underwent TVF repair at our institution for recurrent UCF. …”
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Ciliated Hepatic Foregut Cyst: Two Case Reports in Children and Review of the Literature by Maliheh Khoddami, Maryam Kazemi Aghdam, Azadeh Alvandimanesh

“…Hereby, we present two cases of CHFC in two 3.5-year-old boys; one of them had cystic lesion at medial segment of left lobe of liver (common site), and in the other one it was located at right lobe of liver (less common site). …”
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Why Bother About Clumsiness? The Implications of Having Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) by Christopher Gillberg, Björn Kadesjö

“…This disorder is more common in boys than in girls and is very often associated with psychopathology, particularly with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorders/ autistic-type problems. …”
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Midline Cervical Cleft: Review of an Uncommon Entity by Liana Puscas

“…Ten patients with MCC were identified (8 boys and 2 girls). All patients presented with the classic findings of this congenital anomaly, and the length of the skin defect correlated with an increase in the patient’s age. …”
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Les services de Santé Sexuelle et Reproductive en Tunisie. Résultats d’une recherche qualitative auprès des jeunes usagers by Atf Gherissi, Francine Tinsa

“…This study aims to analyze the perceptions of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services made available to young girls and boys and to identify the determinants of their satisfaction. …”
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Pre-service science teacher’s opinions on virtual labs and their use in biology by Koca Asiye Bilge, Kizilay Esra

“…The study group of the research consisted of four pre-service science teachers (two girls and two boys) who had virtual laboratory experience by taking at least one of the courses related to technology integration at a state university located in the Central Anatolia region in Türkiye. …”
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ATTITUDE AND EVALUATION BY THE MOSCOW CITY YOUTH OF THE SYSTEM OF MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF CLINICS) by T. V. Smirnova, R. G. Smirnov, E. I. Tcoi, V. V. Maslyakov

“…Relief gender differences have been defined: in general, according to the sample, young girls not only visit polyclinics more often than young boys, but are also more demanding to the quality of medical services provided and service. …”
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Functional Interhemispheric Asymmetry and Neurocognitive Development in Children and Teenagers by N.A. Khokhlov

“…A total of 922 individuals were studied, including 594 boys and 328 girls aged 4–17 years, who underwent neuropsychological diagnostics. …”
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The Neuropathology of Autism by Gene J. Blatt

“…Autism is a behaviorally defined neurodevelopmental disorder that affects over 1% of new births in the United States and about 2% of boys. The etiologies are unknown and they are genetically complex. …”
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Intergenerational Transfers in Infant Mortality in Southern Sweden, 1740-1968 by Luciana Quaranta

“…When running sex specific models, significant effects of the number of infant deaths of the grandmother were observed for girls but not for boys.…”
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Intergenerational Transfers in Infant Mortality in Southern Sweden, 1740-1968 by Luciana Quaranta

“…When running sex specific models, significant effects of the number of infant deaths of the grandmother were observed for girls but not for boys.…”
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Thrown to the (Were)Wolves: Sisterhood, Vengeance, and Liberal Feminism in Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle’s <i>Squad</i> by Jessica Caravaggio

“…In Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle’s graphic novel <i>Squad</i>, protagonist Becca and her new friends at Piedmont High are not human adolescents but a pack of werewolves who must kill to stay alive and select teenage boys—“the WORST ones” (70)—as their meal of choice. …”
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Prevalence of Asymptomatic Brucellosis in Children 7 to 12 Years Old by Mohammad Aghaali, Siamak Mohebi, Hosein Heydari

“…The mean age was 10 ± 1.72 years and 51% were boys. Family history was positive for brucellosis in 15% of children. …”
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Inequity in treatment access for child mental health services in England: analysis of administrative national data for 2021–2022 by Tom Pape, Lauren Rixson, Anees Ahmed Abdul Pari

“…Results The number of primary school children in treatment needs to increase nationally by 173%, the number of boys by 65% and the number of children from a White ethnic background by 31%, to achieve equity in treatment access. …”
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