A comparative study to determine the sport branches that the classroom pre-service teachers want to be engaged in the most in their leisure time by Osman Dalaman

“…Out of the participants of the study, 336 are males and 746 are females. A gender-based significant difference was found among the sports the participants want to perform the most (p=.000, p lt;.05). …”
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Eye Habits Affect the Prevalence of Asthenopia in Patients with Myopia by Jing Wang, Peng Zeng, Xiao-wen Deng, Jia-qi Liang, Yun-ru Liao, Shu-xian Fan, Jian-hui Xiao

“…In this cross-sectional study, myopia patients were inquired about their eye habits and were requested to complete an asthenopia questionnaire and ocular examinations. Age, gender, occupation, anisometropia, eye care education, weekly outdoor activity time, duration of continuous near work, daily screen time, dry eye, near phoria, and binocular accommodative facility were calculated using the Student’s test-test, Mann Whitney U test, and Pearson’s chi-square test. …”
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Trends in Adolescent Suicide in Hong Kong for the Period 1980 to 2003 by Daniel T.L. Shek, Britta M. Lee, Joyce Chow

“…Fifth, although male adolescent suicide rates were in general higher than female adolescent suicide rates (10-24 age group), gender differences in suicide rates appeared to be moderated by age. …”
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Assessment of the Scholastic Performance and Cognitive Functions in Malnourished Children of Primary and Secondary Class Students by J. U. Senthamizhan, P. G. Rajakumar, Rathinasamy Muthusamy

“…The variables were compared with respect to age, gender, standard, and P value obtained to see its significance. …”
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The Role of Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity in Insulin Sensitivity, Beta Cell Function, and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance by Lou Rose Malamug, Rudruidee Karnchanasorn, Raynald Samoa, Ken C. Chiu

“…After adjustment for age and BMI and also adjustment for all covariates, no difference was found in either HOMA-IR or HOMA-B in all ethnic and gender groups except for a marginally significant difference in HOMA-IR in NHB females. …”
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Demographic and clinical characteristics of older people with multimorbidity accessing primary healthcare in Malawi: A cross-sectional study by Duncan Kwaitana, James Jafali, Maya Jane Bates, Dorothee van Breevoort, Thomas Mildestvedt, Eivind Meland, Eric Umar

“…After adjusting for clinic visit year, gender, and study location, individuals aged 70 years and older were significantly less likely to have multimorbidity compared to those aged 50–59 years (AOR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.52–0.62, p < 0.001). …”
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The Natural History of Depression in Parkinson’s Disease within 30-Month Follow-Up by Yuan-Yuan Xu, Sheng-Han Kuo, Zheng Liang, Hui Xu, Wu-Ruo Feng, Cui-Yu Yu, Wei-Guo Liu

“…Activities of Daily Living (ADL) symptoms in PD and female gender may be crucial factors of increasing depressive symptoms.…”
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The prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders among Indonesian dental professionals by Erica Kholinne, Xarisa Azalia, Erika Putri Rahayu, Ira Juliet Anestessia, Nadifa Agil, Muchtar

“…Limitations of the study include unequal distribution among professional groups and a gender imbalance, which may affect the generalisability of the findings.…”
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Prevalence and Etiological Factors of Dental Trauma among 12- and 15-Year-Old Schoolchildren of Lebanon: A National Study by Chirine Abdel Malak, Carole Chakar, Alain Romanos, Samar Rachidi

“…Increased overjet (OR = 2.32, p = 0.034), deficient lip coverage (OR = 5.73, p = 0.019), and gender (OR = 5.36, p ≤ 0.001) were significant predisposing factors for dental trauma. …”
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Unpacking the doctoral journey in India: Supervision, social support, and institutional factors influencing mental health and research engagement by Suhalia Parveen, Juhi Yasmeen, Mohd Ajmal, Md. Tauseef Qamar, Shahab Saquib Sohail, Dag Øivind Madsen

“…Findings indicate that (a) supervisory support, (b) peer collaboration, and (c) financial security significantly reduce stress and enhance engagement, while insufficient support and competitive peer dynamics increase anxiety and disengagement. Gender-based differences were also observed, with female students often reporting distinct social support experiences. …”
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Deconstructing the map of the paradigm struggle: tracing a nationwide debate on “I do not get it” in Art Magazine (Meishu) by Nan Li, Dawei Lu

“…With respect to the notion of “contemporaneity” of contemporary Chinese art, the related theoretical struggles suggest a complex paradigm map that consists of the geographically distinct sociocultural, economic, ideological, political, historical, ethnic and gender characteristics of the PRC. Thus, if discourse is a “gene pool” for interpreting research outcomes, from which scholars can extract a specific range of knowledge, draw on statements and establish their theoretical frameworks, the shaping of discourse and the ensuing theoretical paradigm struggle are more likely to influence one’s scholarly judgements, particularly in his or her exploratory research. …”
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Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Genetically Selected Mouse Lines: Genetic Linkage with Quantitative Trait Locus Controlling Antibody Response by Francisca Vorraro, Wafa H. K. Cabrera, Orlando G. Ribeiro, José Ricardo Jensen, Marcelo De Franco, Olga M. Ibañez, Nancy Starobinas

“…Resistance was associated with gender (females) and strain—the high responder lines AIRmax and HIII were resistant. …”
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An investigation of consumer willingness to pay for traceable pork accompanied by supplementary quality assurance information by Zengjin Liu, Tingting Fan, Caixia Li, Shanshan Wang

“…Specifically, 94.59% of the consumers were willing to pay an additional price when the bid price was 2 yuan/kg, whereas only 10.53% were willing to pay 30 yuan/kg. (2) Nine variables significantly influence consumer WTP for credit-traceable pork: bid price, purchase experience, trust level, concern for pork, confidence in pork, purchasing from specialty stores, local pork purchasing habits, gender, and education level. On average, consumers are willing to pay an additional 8.48 yuan/kg for credit-traceable pork compared with regular pork. …”
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Unannounced phone-based pill counts for monitoring antiretroviral medication adherence in South Africa by Seth Kalichman, Ellen Banas, Bruno Shkembi, Moira Kalichman, Catherine Mathews

“…Results showed that lower UPC adherence was significantly associated with male gender, alcohol use, higher HIV viral loads, lower CD4 cell counts, running out of ART, and intentionally not taking ART. …”
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Preoperative Hepatitis B seroprevalence and AntiHbs Levels in Children Consulted for Dental Procedures Under Anaesthesia by Fatma Kaya, Sadiye Sert

“…No statistically significant difference was detected when comparing the anti-HBs levels based on gender. The average age of children with antiHbs seropositive was found to be statistically significant lower than that of those with antiHBs negative. …”
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Reliability and Validity of the Y-balance Test in Young Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain by Yousef Alshehre, Khalid Alkhathami, Kelli Brizzolara, Mark Weber, Sharon Wang-Price

“… # Methods Fifteen individuals with CLBP (≥ 12 weeks) and 15 age- and gender-matched asymptomatic adults completed the study. …”
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Plasma Glycosaminoglycans: A new Promising tool for Assessment of Non-Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Following Nephrectomy by Awais ALi, Abdelkarem Omneya, Kashif Adil

“…Eighty samples were obtained from biopsy-proven non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients, of which 40 were collected pre-nephrectomy, 40 were collected post-nephrectomy from the same patients, and 80 samples were collected from age and gender-matched healthy individuals. Total plasma glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) levels were analyzed through a manual enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using a non-competitive sandwich technique. …”
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Common variable immunodeficiency: An uncommon cause of bronchiectasis, granulomatous disease, chronic liver disease, and enteropathy – Case report and review of literature by Veena Shamsudeen, Arun Hegde, Uday Bhanu Kovilapu, Nisha Verma, Anurag Jain

“…Although there is no age or gender predilection, it is usually diagnosed between the second and fourth decades of life. …”
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Evaluating drivers of water-energy use: Insights from a selected Higher Education University in Abu Dhabi, UAE by Ameena S. Al-Sumaiti, Reem S. Al-Ali, Vikash Kumar Saini, N. Al-Saif, Rajesh Kumar

“…The data have been collected from university campuses and dorms considering various factors such as the number of on-campus students, humidity, temperature, gender, and cost. The ANOVA statistical analysis, employing a multiple regression approach, is used for the analysis. …”
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Community Behavior to Prevent Covid-19 and its Associated Factors in North Parigi District by I Kadek Wartana, Veni Mornalita Kolupe, Sitti Fajrah, Rikwan Rikwan, Gustini Gustini

“…Variables in this study include age, gender, occupation, income, education, health insurance, history of covid-19 infection, history of covid-19 vaccination and behavior to prevent covid-19.  …”
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