Hepatitis C Prevalence on the Rise but Screening at Safety Net Institutions Lagging behind by Jarin Prasa, Syed S. Karim, Bobby Jacob, Paul Mustacchia

“…We reviewed their demographics, including age, gender, and ethnicity, as well as their history of intravenous drug use and HIV coinfection status. …”
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Speech activity circadian rhythm disturbance in children and adolescents with hypertension by V.M. Polyakov, L.V. Rychkova, N.A. Myasishchev, Zh.V. Prokhorova, I.A. Cherevikova, S.I. Kolesnikov

“…Both groups were matched for gender and age and then investigated by daily monitoring of blood pressure (BP) and multiple (threefold) neuropsychological testing following A.R. …”
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Midwife-led birthing centre in the humanitarian setup: An experience from the Rohingya camp, Bangladesh. by Abdul Halim, Abu Sayeed Md Abdullah, Fazlur Rahman, Oliva Bazirete, Sabera Turkmani, Kirsty Hughes, Sofia Castro Lopes, Andrea Nove, Mandy Forrester, Vanessa Scarf, Emily Callander, Caroline S E Homer

“…Midwives provided a range of health services including antenatal, labour and birth, postnatal, family planning, mental health support and gender-based violence services. Challenges included language barriers, difficulty obtaining transport from home and back particularly at night in remote areas, security fears and weak cell phone coverage that affected communication for referral and follow-up. …”
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Motor competence of children with different levels of physical activity by Gojko Škundrić, Draženka Mačak, Snežana Damjanović, Boris Popović

“…After adjusting for age, gender, and BMI effects, we found small to medium significant mean differences (p<0.05, d [95%CI]) between the groups in hopping for height tests (d=0.78 [0.41, 1.16]), jumping sideways (d=0.79 [0.42, 1.17]), moving sideways (d=0.68 [0.32, 1.06]), and walking backward (d=0.44 [0.07, 0.81]). …”
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Self-Efficacy in Disaster Preparedness: Insights from Nurses in Emergency and Intensive Care Units by Aric Vranada, Ferri Anggriawan, Tsae-Jyy Wang

“…Years of experience (β = 0.48, p = 0.01) and age (β = 0.25, p = 0.04) were also positively associated with self-efficacy. However, gender, education level, and marital status showed weak and non-significant correlations (r = 0.12–0.18, p > 0.05). …”
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Hemophilia A Haplotypes in Southwestern Iran by Bizhen Keikhaei Dehdezi, Ali Khodadadi, Arta Farhadi Kia, Faezeh Abbasi, Saeed Bitraf, Roya Salehi Kahyesh

“…Materials and Methods: Medical record data of patients with hemophilia A over 14 years from 2009 to 2023 were entered into a questionnaire, including age, gender, form or severity of the disease, the most common bleeding site, survival rate, cause of death, place of residence, blood type, ethnicity, family relationship, and mutation type. …”
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Ultrasonographic detection of fetal sexing in nanny goat by Eman H. Lazim, Barra D. Al-Watar

“…The sensitivity of fetal sex determination was 78.94%, and the gender detection accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were 78.78, 78.57, 83.33, and 73.33%, respectively. …”
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“The advice? Think bigger”: Community perspectives on dairy farming, including surplus calves—An Australian focus group study by Sarah E. Bolton, Bianca Vandresen, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk

“…We conducted 3 focus group sessions, each with 8 Australians who varied in age, gender identity, income, and frequency of consumption of dairy products. …”
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White Matter-Gray Matter Correlation Analysis Based on White Matter Functional Gradient by Zhengjie Li, Jiajun Liu, Jianhui Zheng, Luying Li, Ying Fu, Zhipeng Yang

“…Methods: In this paper, we have elucidated the symmetrical nature of the functional hierarchy in the left and right brain hemispheres in healthy individuals, utilizing the principal functional gradient of the whole-brain WM while also accounting for gender differences. Results: Interestingly, both males and females exhibit a similar degree of asymmetry in their brain regions, albeit with distinct regional variations. …”
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Clinical Analysis of the Patients with Isolated Low-Velocity Penetrating Neck Injury by Junepill Seok, Hyun Min Cho

“…We analyzed the patients’ age, gender, injury mechanism and causes by medical chart review. …”
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Fundus Examination of 23,861 Newborns by Digital Imaging in Ningbo by Delin Liu, Jiao Zheng, Yi Lu

“…The neonates’ birth weight, gestational age, gender, delivery mode, oxygen intake, and other conditions were recorded. …”
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Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding FoodDrug Interaction in the Intensive Care and Emergency Hospitals by Samir Y Lafi, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Bayan Omar Sharif

“…The findings of the present study conclude that more than half of nurses had low knowledge and none of them had high level of knowledge, also there is no significant association between the levels of knowledge with age, gender, educational level, years of experience and working place. …”
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Banking service quality perceived by students: Implications to green services by Đokić Nenad, Milićević Nikola, Kalaš Branimir, Đokić Ines

“…Limitations/future research: The omission of certain variables that may be related to banking services represents the limitation of this study; hereby, in future researches, some socio-demographic characteristics (such as gender, household income, etc.) could be included in the analysis.…”
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Variation of DNA Repair Genes APE1 and RAD18 in β-Thalassemia Patients by Nawras Najah Jawad, Mona N. Al-Terehi

“…The study subjects’ characteristics showed nonsignificant differences between age, body mass index, and the percentage of gender between patients and control. Objectives: The objective of the study was to detect the apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease enzyme (APE1) Asp148Glu (rs3136820) and RAD18 Arg302Gln (rs373572) in β-thalassemia patients. …”
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Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Airway Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Promsrisuk Tichanon, Khrisanapant Wilaiwan, Santamit Sopida, Pasurivong Orapin, Boonsawat Watchara, Intarapoka Banjamas

“…FeNO and MDA levels were higher in the patients compared to the age and gender matched controls (FeNO: 25.9 ± 5.0 versus 17.5 ± 5.9 ppb, P<0.001; MDA: 14.6 ± 7.8 versus 2.1 ± 0.3 μmol/L, P<0.001). …”
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Geospatial Analysis and Molecular Epidemiologic Study of Emerging Pulmonary Lophomoniasis in Iran: A National Registry-Based Study by Mohammad Amin Ghatee, Maryam Nakhaei, Ali Sharifpour, Mahdi Fakhar, Niloufar Mohamadi, Mostafa Soleymani, Siavash Abedi, Masoud Aliyali, Hossein Mehravaran

“…The study found a correlation between geographic latitude and age with BPL prevalence, but no association was found for gender, NDVI, or DEM. Most patients were over 40 years old, and the rate of disease was higher in southern latitudes. …”
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A Single-Center Retrospective Study of the Impact of Thyroid Cancer on the Malignant Risk of Contralateral TI-RADS 3 and 4 Nodules by Huan Liu, Jun Jin, Qiao Chen, Zhongmin Li

“…However, after controlling for potential confounding factors, including age (p=0.004), gender (p=0.775), and TI-RADS classification (p≤0.001), we found that the difference was not significant (adjusted OR 1.08, 95% CI: 0.39–3.01, p=0.886). …”
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Prevalence of Emergence Delirium in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy by Katie Liu, Christopher Liu, Seckin O. Ulualp

“…There was no significant difference in total anesthesia time, phase I time, or phase II time when compared across the subgroups of gender, age, indication for T&A, severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and ASA score. …”
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Comparative Abilities of Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Abdominal Volume Index, Body Adiposity Index, and Conicity Index as Predictive Screening Tools for Metabolic Syndrome... by Lawrence Quaye, William Kwame Boakye Ansah Owiredu, Nafiu Amidu, Peter Paul Mwinsanga Dapare, Yussif Adams

“…Generally, BMI and WC showed largest area under curves (AUCs) than abdominal volume index (AVI), body adiposity index (BAI), and conicity index (CI) in predicting MetS and its components. Upon gender stratification, AVI and CI had the larger AUCs in females whiles BMI remained the superior index in males. …”
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Listeria Contamination in Milk-Processing Chain and Proficiency in Listeria monocytogenes Decontamination of Small-Scale Milk Retailers by Suppada Kananub, Papavarin Lertsakkongkul, Patsara Aryatawong, Wilailak Horhirunkhajohn, Nayika Pinniam, Praphaphan Krajanglikit, Kamonrat Sonthong, Suwicha Kasemsuwan

“…Processing measures presale were significantly influenced by the gender of the retailer. The male retailer reportedly spent less time treating milk compared to their female counterparts. …”
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