Incentives and limitations of Greek blood donors: Application of the Health Belief Model in the design of recruiting strategies. by Christina Sereti, Ioanna Apostolidou, Maria Baka, Nikolaos Koutsoubos, Aristeidis Seretis, Maria Theodoratou

“… # Results Our sample consisted of 261 blood donors, the majority of which were men (88.5%), 40-50 years old (36.4%), high school graduates (49.4%), and married (53.3%). …”
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Evaluating the Role that Monastic Educational Principles Play in Education in Monastic Boy Schooling in Gauteng Province, South Africa by Gradidge Jason, Sepeng Mmalefikane Sylvia

“…By examining and exploring the ways in which monastic educational principles are implemented, this article highlights the enduring influence of monastic traditions in education and underscores their relevance in preparing young men for a well-rounded and meaningful life. This article was authored to assist with the understanding of the value that these kinds of schools have in our educational system. …”
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Changes in the Level of Vitamin D3 and Calcium in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by Mohammed Hameed Mahal, Ali Rasheed Hameed Al Samarrai, Huda Abed Thamer, Othman Rashid Al Samarrai, Eman Abdulhadi Shihab

“…Materials and Methods: Fifty male patients and 40 healthy men were included, and the age of the participants in this study ranged from 40 to 50 years old. …”
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Training Monitoring And Effect Of Training Variables On Wellness Score In Elite Male Fencers by Hatice Yağmur Zengin, Ş. Alpan Cinemre, Enver Yıldırım

“…The study includes 16 elite men's saber fencers who train regularly and comprised of 139 data concentrated on training and 6 data engrossed on competitions. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Obese Presurgery Patients with and without Binge Eating Disorder, and Subdiagnostic Binge Eating Disorders by Rita Marie Sandberg, Jens K. Dahl, Einar Vedul-Kjelsås, Bjørnar Engum, Bård Kulseng, Ronald Mårvik, Lasse Eriksen

“…The present study sample consisted of 143 patients (103 women and 40 men) as 17 patients did not complete the SF-12. …”
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COPD in females- Seeing through the smoke by S R Sreedevi, Ramesh Holla, A. K Vishak, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, T Rekha, P Prasanna Mithra, Nithin Kumar, Mithun Rao

“…There are many studies estimating the burden of COPD in men and women, however, only a few studies have estimated the prevalence of COPD in women aged more than 40 years. …”
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Investigation of psychological skills of team athletes by Faruk Albay, Mehmet Çebi, Bade Yamak

“…The results of this study show that the ability to perform peaking under pressure differs between the sexes. This indicates that men tend to perform better under pressure. The results showed a moderate negative correlation (r=-0.225) between the ages of participants and their openness to learning in the “Coachability” sub-dimension of the Scale for the Assessment of Athletes’ Psychological Skills. …”
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Clinical and Laboratory Findings of 12 Children with Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by Eylem Kiral, Ayse Filiz Yetimakman

“…The predominant serogroup is Men B (5/12). The mortality rate was 16.6% with early use of antibiotics, fluids, and other interventions. …”
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Prevalence of Smoking among Workers of the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima University General Hospital by Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez, Ahmed Pomares Ávalos

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> prevalence of smoking in the hospital is high (21.9 %). Men smoke more than women (31.8 %). It is more common in those with less than a 12 grade (30.9 %), laborers (30.0 %), followed by dentists (27.1 %) and workers aged 50 to 60 years (33.0 %). …”
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Crossing Gender Boundaries: Exploring the Chain-Mediated Causal Role of Social Media Sharing in Shaping Interpersonal Networks and Enhancing Job Satisfaction by Xin Liu, Nan Qin, Xiaochong Wei

“…The findings indicate that women, compared to men, exhibit higher job satisfaction and more frequent social media sharing behavior. …”
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Can role model women in politics help married women reduce suicides? Evidence from a quasi-experimental study in Brazil by Gabriela Gerote Arvate, Paulo Arvate, Adriano Massuda, Raffael Massuda, Rifat Atun

“…The purpose of our work is to demonstrate that women in such positions reduce suicide rates within a group affected by gender inequality: married women.MethodologyWe use regression discontinuity methodology and quasi-experimental electoral designs (elections with a margin of victory very close to zero) to ensure causal inference between the election of women and suicide rates among married women.Principal findingsMunicipalities that elected women as mayors have 1.33 fewer suicides among married women per 100,000 inhabitants compared to those that elected men as mayors.ConclusionThese results offer new insights into how empowered women can challenge social norms and improve public health outcomes.…”
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Environmental Influences on Young Adult Male Height. A Comparison of Town and Countryside in the Netherlands, 1815-1900 by Jan Kok, Erik Beekink, David Bijsterbosch

“…Our dataset allows us to disentangle effects of the family composition, the family’s socio-economic status, food prices, and the environment on bodily growth of 1,738 young men. Our results suggest that the specific conditions of urban workers were more important for the physical development of their children than the urban or rural setting itself.…”
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Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Human Herpesvirus 6 in the Quebec City Area by Louise Deschênes, Jean R Joly, Michel Couillard, Gilles Richer

“…Women had a higher geometric mean litre than men (P=0.06). This difference between sexes varied according to age and became statistically significant in subjects older than 20 years of age (P=0.04). …”
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Une nouvelle génération féministe au sein de l’islam traditionaliste : Une exception indonésienne ? by Andrée Feillard, Pieternella van Doorn-Harder

“…Deeply rooted in Islamic knowledge and being connected to a wide network of Islamic education, they represent a unique, indigenous form of Islamic feminism defending their own cause, no longer that of the men.We argue that this pivotal role played in Indonesia by feminists of Traditionalist Islam is partly due to the low profile of secular feminists who have been intimidated by special historical circumstances, the suppression of the left in 1965 and the derogatory discourse concerning Muslims with Hindu-Buddhist background in Java, delegitimized as belonging to the “abangan” category. …”
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MEVLÂNÂ’YA GÖRE AKIL NASIL KULLANILMALIDIR? by İbrahim Emiroğlu

“…O, insanı yanlıştan, eğriden ve kötüden men eder. Bu gibi önemli fonksiyonundandolayı akıl dinin esasıdır.Varlıkta asıl olan Hakk’ı bulmaktır. …”
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Smoke or no Smoke? Questions of Perspective in North and South by Mary Debrabant

“…The novelist’s primary concern is how men relate to their environment and to one another as they find their way in new circumstances. …”
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Women by Louis Laviolette, Yves Lacasse, Mariève Doucet, Miriam Lacasse, Karine Marquis, Didier Saey, Pierre Leblanc, François Maltais

“…BACKGROUND: Little is known about the comparative impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) between women and men and about women’s response to pulmonary rehabilitation.…”
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A Case of Prostatic Carcinoma Manifesting as Cutaneous Facial Nodule by Israel Antonio Esquivel-Pinto, Bertha Torres-Alvarez, Ramiro Jetzabel Gómez-Villa, Juan Pablo Castanedo-Cázares

“…Prostate cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide and the fifth most common cause of cancer deaths among men. Cutaneous metastasis is an uncommon phenomenon in prostatic cancer, occurring in 0.06–0.3% of cases. …”
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Examination of flexibility and sprint performance values of adolescent footballers by Bekir Mentes, Kenan Uzun, Tuncay Ercın

“…Total of 172 volunteer’s measurements were evaluated which consisted of 99 men footballer whose average age are 12,919 0,078 years and 72 women footballer whose average age are 12,973 0,065 years. …”
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Determining the factors affecting the happiness levels of divorced individuals by ordered logistics regression analysis by Burak Uyar, Cevdet Büyüksu

“…The statistically significant gender variable shows that divorced women are happier than divorced men. It has been determined that success and job variables tend to decrease happiness levels in divorced individuals compared to other factors. …”
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