Fitness versus Fatness and Insulin Resistance in U.S. Adolescents by Doyle M. Cummings, Katrina D. DuBose, Satomi Imai, David N. Collier

“…Positive correlations existed between lnHOMA and waist circumference (r=0.59; r=0.54) for boys and girls, respectively. lnHOMA and VO2max were inversely related in boys (r=−0.29) but not girls (r=−0.06). …”
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Concurrent Effects of Plyometric Interval Training Implemented in Physical Education Lessons on Adolescent Power and Endurance: An Analysis of Responder Prevalence by Dawid Koźlenia, Katarzyna Kochan-Jacheć, Jarosław Domaradzki

“…Also, the prevalence of positive responders was more common for boys than girls; however, the difference was statistically insignificant (<i>p</i> = 0.09). …”
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Novel Azo dyes containing a hydrazide-hydrazone moiety for dyeing polyester fabric by Ali A. Ali, Mostafa A. Ismail, Walid E. Elgammal, Amany Belal, Ahmed J. Obaidullah, Ali Kh. Khalil, Gameel A. M. Elhagali, Mohamed S. A. El-Gaby

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Optimizing athletic engagement and performance of obese students: an adaptive approach through basketball in physical education by Oumayma Slimi, Oumayma Slimi, Antonella Muscella, Santo Marsigliante, Mourad Bahloul, Georgian Badicu, Abdullah F. Alghannam, Fatma Hilal Yagin

“…This study evaluated the effects of a 7-week adapted basketball program on the performance and athletic engagement of students with obesity.MethodsSixty-two students with obesity (23 boys, 39 girls, aged 15-17) were randomly assigned to an experimental group (EG, n = 30; 11 boys, 19 girls) participating in adapted basketball sessions or a control group (CG, n = 32; 12 boys, 20 girls) attending standard basketball lessons. …”
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A gender perspective on Internet use: consequences for information seeking on the net by AnnBritt Enochsson

“…</b> The aim of this article is to look at how attitudes towards the Internet technology differ between boys and girls, and how this affects their critical approach when seeking information. …”
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Sexual maturity staging and affecting immune-hormonal factors in children aged 6-18 years living with HIV: experience from tertiary care center in North India by Ashwini Shivannavar, Alok Hemal, Hema Gupta Mittal

“…Delayed puberty was observed in 6.5% of boys and 8.6% of girls. The mean age of menarche was 13 ± 1.4 years. …”
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Turning to friends in preference to parents for support in early adolescence: does this contribute to the gender difference in depressive symptoms? by Nicky Wright, Helen Sharp, Jessica Gay, Andrew Pickles, Jonathan Hill

“…Analyses used path analysis using the gsem command in Stata.ResultsGirls had higher depressive symptoms than boys (p &lt; .001). Consistent with the hypotheses, girls had higher scores than boys for preferentially turning to friends (p &lt; .001). …”
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Reference intervals of inhibin B in Chinese children on chemiluminescence analyzer by Bin Zhou, Jinjun Luo, Xiang Dai, Xuelian He, Hui Yao

“…The optimal models for the effect of age on INHB were cubic (R2 = 0.440 for boys and R2 = 0.198 for girls). The median INHB concentrations in the youngest and oldest age groups for girls were higher than the two intermediate age groups and in the youngest age group for boys were higher than other age groups (all P ≤ 0.001). …”
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Problems in defining the motor space of children by Šekeljić Goran V., Marković Jovan M.

“…Testing was performed on a sample of 220 girls and 180 boys aged 10, using a battery of 18 motor tests. …”
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The Socio-Economic Factors Affecting the Performance of Girl Child in Mathematics: A Case Study of Kanaba Sub-Count Kisoro District. by Munyabuntu, Reuben

“…The study findings show that there is influence in girl’s participation in mathematics compared to boys as they include; teachers hold the view that girls are not as trouble as boys in Mathematics as indicated by 20% respondents. beliefs lead to heavy cultural related support for males to be more successful than females as shown by 10% respondents. …”
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Enhancing health and well-being: unlocking the speed abilities of 9-year-old primary school children by Margarita Mameshina, Mirosława Cieślicka

“…Jumping Rope Results: 1) Boys - the average number of successful jumps per minute was 74.94 ± 13.85; 2) Girls - the average number of successful jumps per minute was 76.00 ± 28.16. 30-Meter Run Results: 1) Boys - the average time taken to complete the run was 6.64 ± 0.10 seconds; 2) Girls - the average time taken to complete the run was 6.63 ± 0.11 seconds. …”
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Importance of Android/Gynoid Fat Ratio in Predicting Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Normal Weight as well as Overweight and Obese Children by Lennie Samsell, Michael Regier, Cheryl Walton, Lesley Cottrell

“…For boys, the android/gynoid ratio was significantly related to insulin resistance regardless of BMI tertile with and LDL + VLDL in tertiles 1 and 3. …”
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Variation Comparison of OLS and GLS Estimators using Monte Carlo Simulation of Linear Regression Model with Autoregressive Scheme by Sajid AliKhan, Sayyad Khurshid, Tooba Akhtar, Kashmala Khurshid

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Les classes préparatoires scientifiques T.B. et A.T.S. : des « prépas » mal connues et reconnues by Christine Fontanini

“…Our research by questionnaire, in 2008, with 28 pupils of the class T.B. (15 girls and 13 boys) of first year and for 31 pupils of the preparation A.T.S. …”
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Physical development and sociocultural context influences on children’s physical activity by Alessandro Hervaldo Nicolai Ré, Maria Teresa Cattuzzo, David Stodden, Guilherme dos Santos, Albert Lucas Olinto Tertuliano, Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro, Diogo Henrique Constantino Coledam, Anthony David Okely

“…Boys had a higher prevalence of active leisure with balls than girls (42.8 vs. 7.7%). …”
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Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children with Accidental Diagnosis of Unilateral Small Size Kidney by Mohsen Mohammadi, Khadijeh Ebrahimi, Soraya Khafri, Maryam Nikpour, Hadi Sorkhi

“…Results: The mean age of the children with small-size kidneys was 5.52 ± 3.70 years, and 58.1% were boys. Out of the 86 children, 28 (32.6%) were found to have VUR, with approximately 71.4% of them being boys. …”
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Relationship of Child Perceptions of Maternal Pain to Children’s Laboratory and Nonlaboratory Pain by Subhadra Evans, Jennie CI Tsao, Lonnie K Zeltzer

“…No such differences were found for boys. The findings suggest that children’s perceptions of maternal pain may play a role in influencing children’s own experience of pain, and that maternal pain models may affect boys and girls differently.…”
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The Acute Phase Proteins Reaction in Children Suffering from Pseudocroup by Beata Pucher, Magdalena Sobieska, Michal Grzegorowski, Jaroslaw Szydlowski

“…W1 and W2 were decreased in boys. W3 emerged in boys. The Tf concentration and T4 variant were lower compared to the control group. …”
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Devenir styliste. Des trajectoires genrées dans les écoles de mode by Nicolas Divert

“…As they are quite few to be trained, boys are sought after and the « scar » linked to their unorthodox path turns into a source of distinction. …”
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Effects of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in Martial Arts Sports on Students’ Physical and Mental Health by JingGang Li, XiaoShuang Wang, LiJun Wang, Hyoungkil Kang

“…Through in-depth research on artificial intelligence and virtual reality technology, this paper shows that artificial intelligence and virtual reality martial arts sports can increase the lung capacity of boys by about 14% and girls by 16%; the effect on physical fitness can increase the lower body strength of boys by 3% and the flexibility of girls by 30%; as for the impact on mental health, it can be concluded that the emotional and cognitive dimensions of boys and girls have increased by about 19% compared with the previous values.…”
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