Effects of Chewing Different Flavored Gums on Salivary Flow Rate and pH by Maryam Karami Nogourani, Mohsen Janghorbani, Raha Kowsari Isfahan, Mozhgan Hosseini Beheshti

“…The aim of this paper was to assess the effect of five different flavors of sucrose-free chewing gum on the salivary flow rate and pH in healthy dental students in Isfahan, Iran. Fifteen (7 men and 8 women) healthy dental student volunteers collected unstimulated saliva and then chewed one of five flavored gums for 6 min. …”
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Excess Weight and Body Fat Percentage Associated with Waist Circumference as a Cardiometabolic Risk Factor in University Students by Roberto E. Nuñez-Leyva, Tabita E. Lozano-López, Yaquelin E. Calizaya-Milla, Sergio E. Calizaya-Milla, Jacksaint Saintila

“…The findings indicated that 36.9% and 61.1% of men were overweight and had higher %BF, respectively, compared to women. …”
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Comparison of the Methods for Diagnosing the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Aurimas Dobilinskas, Saulius Knystautas, Kęstutis Braziulis, Irmantas Rutkauskas, Loreta Pilipaitytė

“…Results. 30 patients participated in the study, of which 26 (86.7%) were women, 4 (13.3%) were men. Electroneuromyography was found to be both sensitive and specific for a measure of sensory propagation velocity, 76.2 and 75%, respectively (p = 0.042); of motor propagation speed – 100 and 75% (p = 0.040). …”
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The investigation of relationships among sprint and jump performance with velocity parameters during propulsive phase of full back squat exercise by Erdal Arı, Hamit Cıhan, Ibrahim Can

“…For this purpose, thirty-two men amateur athletes (age: 20.4 ± 1.98 years; height: 179.3 ± 7.23 cm; weight: 73.5 ± 9.85 kg) who actively involved in sports and have a basic level of force participated in voluntarily to this study. …”
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The Impact of Abdominal Obesity Status on Cardiovascular Response to the Mediterranean Diet by Alexandra Bédard, Sylvie Dodin, Louise Corneau, Simone Lemieux

“…Thirty-eight abdominally obese individuals (waist circumference >102 cm in men and >88 cm in women) and thirty-one nonabdominally obese individuals were recruited and studied before and after the MedDiet. …”
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Readiness of PSMZA Lecturer on The Use of Mooc Platform in Learning and Teaching by Hasliza Binti Hashim, Pazlina Binti Mat Ali

“…The mean score for female lecturers was 2.83 compared mean score men namely 2.57 and this shows women more ready against the use of platform MOOC. …”
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Intestinal Schwannoma: A Clinicopathological, Immunohistochemical, and Prognostic Study of 9 Cases by Zhenbo Shu, Chunsheng Li, Mingze Sun, Zhongmin Li

“…Intestinal schwannoma is a rare tumor, and in our study its incidence was higher in women than in men. The main symptoms were abdominal pain and melena. …”
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Whole-brain gray matter volume and fractional anisotropy of the posterior thalamic radiation and sagittal stratum in healthy adults correlate with the local environment by Keisuke Kokubun, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Toshiharu Ikaga, Yoshinori Yamakawa

“…In this study, we combined magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain analysis with a questionnaire survey on the local environment in 141 healthy middle-aged men and women. Our findings reveal that a favorable environment is positively correlated with gray matter volume (GMV) in the frontal and occipital lobes, cerebellum, and whole brain, as well as with fractional anisotropy (FA) in the fornix (including the fornix stria terminalis), posterior thalamic radiation (PTR), sagittal stratum (SS), and whole brain. …”
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Four-Year Trends in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors according to Baseline Abdominal Obesity Status in West-African Adults: The Benin Study by Charles Sossa, Hélène Delisle, Victoire Agueh, Michel Makoutodé, Benjamin Fayomi

“…Controlling for WC changes, age, baseline diet, and lifestyles, the relative risk (RR) of low HDL-C and high TC/HDL-C was 3.2 (95% CI 1.06–9.61) and 7.4 (95% CI 2.01–25.79), respectively, in AO men; the RR was not significant in women. Over a four-year period, AO therefore appeared associated with an adverse evolution of cholesterolemia in the study population.…”
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Service users’ perception and attitude toward telemedicine-based treatment for substance use disorders: A qualitative study from India by Abhishek Ghosh, Tathagata Mahintamani, P. V. Aswathy, Debasish Basu, Surendra K. Mattoo, B. N. Subodh, Renjith R. Pillai, Manpreet Kaur

“…Results: Most participants were middle-aged men (40.5 years, 86.7%), dependent on two or more substances (86.7%), and had a history of chronic, heavy substance use (use ~16 years, dependence ~11.5 years). …”
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Contaminated Pond Water Favors Cholera Outbreak at Haibatpur Village, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, India by Dilip Kumar Biswas, Rama Bhunia, Dipankar Maji, Palash Das

“…Forty-one cases of patients were identified with overall attack rate (AR) was 5% (41/780). AR among men was higher 6% (25/404) than women. There was no death. …”
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Virtual/Real Transfer in a Large-Scale Environment: Impact of Active Navigation as a Function of the Viewpoint Displacement Effect and Recall Tasks by Grégory Wallet, Hélène Sauzéon, Florian Larrue, Bernard N'Kaoua

“…Sixty-four subjects (32 men and 32 women) participated in the experiment. …”
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Like a Wave in Its Variable Shape, Breadth, and Depth: A Qualitative Interview Study of Experiences of Daytime Sleepiness in People with Parkinson’s Disease by Arja Höglund, Peter Hagell, Ulrika Östlund, Sten Fredrikson, Christina Sandlund

“…Materials and Methods. Five women and seven men (42–82 years) with PD for 1.5 to 21 years and excessive daytime sleepiness (i.e., a score of >10 on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale) participated in the study. …”
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The Anti-Inflammatory, Phytoestrogenic, and Antioxidative Role of Labisia pumila in Prevention of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis by M. E. Nadia, A. S. Nazrun, M. Norazlina, N. M. Isa, M. Norliza, S. Ima Nirwana

“…Women are more likely to develop osteoporosis than men due to reduction in estrogen during menopause which leads to decline in bone-formation and increase in bone-resorption activity. …”
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TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY: UKRAINE IN THE 21ST CENTURY by Tetyana V. Danylova

“…It is essential to bring Ukrainian legislation into conformity with the constitutional principles of equality and European standards; develop appropriate and effective anti-discrimination norms and sanctions for violating gender legislation; introduce special measures to ensure gender parity in decision-making, in all public offices; conduct special information campaigns; develop and institutionalize gender studies and gender education at all stages; get more public control over the implementation of international commitments and principles of equal rights and opportunities for women and men. Conclusion. Appropriate mechanisms for overcoming gender stereotypes will contribute to integration of equal rights’ principle and opportunities. …”
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Relationship of modifiable risk factors with the incidence of thyroid cancer: a worldwide study by Zahra Maleki, Jafar Hassanzadeh, Haleh Ghaem

“…Conclusion This study showed that the risk of thyroid cancer is higher in women than men. Smoking, alcohol, obesity, and low physical activity may be risk factors for ASIR of thyroid cancer. …”
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Role of radiological methods of diagnostics at simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation by A. V. Pinchuk, I. V. Dmitriev, I. E. Selina, R. Sh. Muslimov, Ye. A. Lapshina, M. V. Parkhomenko, A. S. Kondrashkin

“…Of all recipients 19 were women (47,5%) and 21 — men (52,5%). Results. Of 15 patients after SPKT 21 surgical complications were diagnosed, overwhelming majority of them have been corrected successfully. …”
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Durable Effect of Radioactive Iodine in a Patient with Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma by Aubrey A. Carhill, Rena Vassilopoulou-Sellin

“…Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy and fastest increasing of all cancers in both men and women in the United States. Traditionally, differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) carries a good prognosis when diagnosed early, but increasingly patients are presenting with late-stage disease and bone metastasis which carries a poor prognosis. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Image-Guided Biopsies with a High Detection Rate of Prostate Cancer by Dirk G. Engehausen, Karl Engelhard, Siegfried A. Schwab, Michael Uder, Sven Wach, Bernd Wullich, F. Steffen Krause

“…Patients and Methods. Ninety-six men with suspected prostate cancer underwent MRI-guided prostate biopsies under real-time imaging control in supine position. …”
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Risk Factors and Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Persistent High Incidence Area of Gastric Carcinoma in Yangzhong City by Yangchun Zhu, Xiaoying Zhou, Junbei Wu, Jing Su, Guoxin Zhang

“…There was significant difference between sexes and women had a higher infection rate than men. The prevalence of H. pylori infection was also associated with eating kipper food and fried food. …”
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