evoke and evoke+: design of two large-scale, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 studies evaluating efficacy, safety, and tolerability of semaglutide in early-stage symptomat... by Jeffrey L. Cummings, Alireza Atri, Howard H. Feldman, Oskar Hansson, Mary Sano, Filip K. Knop, Peter Johannsen, Teresa León, Philip Scheltens

“…Eligible participants were men or women aged 55–85 years with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to AD with confirmed amyloid abnormalities (assessed by positron emission tomography or cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] analysis). …”
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Efficacy and safety of super selective bronchial artery coil embolisation for haemoptysis: a single-centre retrospective observational study by Daijiro Kabata, Ayumi Shintani, Masanori Akira, Masahiko Hara, Hideo Ishikawa, Misaki Ryuge, Jun Takafuji, Mihoko Youmoto, Yukio Nagasaka, Kouji Yamamoto

“…Each component of the primary end point and procedural success defined as successful embolisation of all target HRAs were also evaluated.Results The median patient age was 69 years, and 46.4% were men. The total number of target vessels was 4 (quartile 2–7), and the procedural success rate was 93.4%. …”
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Pola Infeksi Oportunistik yang Menyebabkan Kematian pada Penyandang AIDS di RS Dr. M. Djamil Padang Tahun 2010-2012 by Aghnia Jolanda Putri, Eryati Darwin, Efrida .

“…Subjects are dominated by men against women with 3:1 ratio. Oral candidiasis and tuberculosis is the main secondary opportunistic infections in this study. …”
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Building National Identity from Within: The Role of Self-Competence in Strengthening National Identity by B. Baydhowi, M. Preston, V. Syahputra, A.D. Cahyani, D. Rabitha

“…The study sample consists of 504 university students (176 men and 328 women), aged between 18 to 25 years, recruited from 20 public and private universities in Jakarta, Indonesia.…”
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Depression as a risk factor for osteoporosis independent of sarcopenia in hemodialysis patients: findings from a multicenter cross-sectional study by Xiaohua Hu, Xianwu Ye, Haimin Chen, Bibo Wu, Qi Guo, Chen Yu, Wei Ding, Jianying Niu, Junli Zhao, Hualin Qi, Suhua Zhang, Cheng Xue, Liming Zhang

“…Results Among the 858 participants (524 men, 334 women), 39.2% had osteoporosis. The prevalence of sarcopenia and depression was 18.9% and 42.1%, respectively. …”
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Women Are More Susceptible to Caries but Individuals Born with Clefts Are Not by Aditi Jindal, Michelle McMeans, Somnya Narayanan, Erin K. Rose, Shilpa Jain, Mary L. Marazita, Renato Menezes, Ariadne Letra, Flavia M. Carvalho, Carla A. Brandon, Judith M. Resick, Juan C. Mereb, Fernando A. Poletta, Jorge S. Lopez-Camelo, Eduardo E. Castilla, Iêda M. Orioli, Alexandre R. Vieira

“…Women tend to present higher caries rates in comparison to men. Our work provides strong evidence that individuals born with clefts are not at higher risk to caries; however, women tend to have more severe caries experience.…”
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Effect of different load during eccentric training with blood flow restriction on muscle size, strength, and performance: A randomized controlled trial✰ by Taíse Mendes Biral, Leonardo Kesrouani Lemos, Allysiê Priscilla de Souza Cavina, Eduardo Pizzo Junior, Julia Waszczuk Vendrame, Gabriel Martins da Silva, Guilherme Henrique da Silva Brandão, Gabriella Souza Oliveira Meireles Pimenta, Gabriel Oliveira da Silva, Gabriel Cena Santos, Enzo Vinícius Corrêa de Oliveira, Franciele Marques Vanderlei

“…Therefore, this study aimed to analyze and compare the effects of six weeks of eccentric training of knee extensors at different load associated or not with BFR on strength, hypertrophy, and performance of knee extensors. Methods: 61 men, healthy and untrained, performed six weeks of quadriceps muscle eccentric training in isokinetic dynamometer were randomized into four groups: high-load eccentric training with BFR (HLET-BFR), low-load eccentric training with BFR (LLET-BFR), high-load eccentric training (HLET) and low-load eccentric training (LLET). …”
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The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9) in Ageing and Longevity: Focus on Sicilian Long-Living Individuals (LLIs) by Patrizia Cancemi, Anna Aiello, Giulia Accardi, Rosalia Caldarella, Giuseppina Candore, Calogero Caruso, Marcello Ciaccio, Laura Cristaldi, Francesca Di Gaudio, Valentina Siino, Sonya Vasto

“…A cohort of 154 healthy subjects (72 men and 82 women) of different ages (age range 20-112) was recruited. …”
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Migration, race, and gender: the policing of subversive solidarity actors in Morocco by Sébastien Bachelet, Maria Hagan

“…Particularly for women, activism is considered deviant, giving rise to greater police and social scrutiny of their acts and attempts to govern their behaviour. While men tend to face professional threats as insidious punishment for their activism, attacks on women more often target their family or intimate life. …”
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The effect of smoking on the immediate effectiveness of induction chemotherapy in the combined treatment of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer by P. V. Golubev, L. V. Bolotina, A. R. Gevorkov, T. I. Deshkina

“…Sixty-eight patients (51 men and 17 women) with locally advanced squamous cell cancer of the oropharynx associated with papillomavirus were included in the study, which was carried out from 2021 to 2023 at the P. …”
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The Association of Pension Income with the Incidence of Type I Obesity among Retired Israelis by Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner

“…Further results indicate that for both genders above 67 years and for men above 62 years, the projected BMI drop of one year decreases with income from a pension (p=0.013, p=0.039, and p=0.007, respectively), although the spread around the projection becomes wider. …”
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Cohort profile: Noncommunicable diseases and ideal cardiovascular health among people living with and without HIV in Zambia and Zimbabwe (NCDzz cohort) by Gilles Wandeler, Samuel Bosomprah, Cleophas Chimbetete, Belinda Varaidzo Chihota, Guy Muula, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Tinei Shamu, Ardele Mandiriri, Esau Banda

“…Our data show no apparent difference in cardiovascular health determinants between men and women, but high BMI in women and overall high hypertension prevalence need detailed investigation. …”
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Echocardiographic phenotypes of diabetic myocardial disorder: evolution over 15 months follow-up in the ARISE-HF trial by Thomas H. Marwick, Carolyn Lam, Yuxi Liu, Stefano Del Prato, Julio Rosenstock, Javed Butler, Justin Ezekowitz, Nasrien E. Ibrahim, W. H. Wilson Tang, Faiez Zannad, Riccardo Perfetti, James L. Januzzi

“…The 1858 potential participants (age 67 ± 7 years; 50% women) were screened for SBHF based on abnormal echocardiography or biomarkers (N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide ≥ 40 ng/L or high sensitivity cardiac troponin T ≥ 10 ng/L [women] and ≥ 16 ng/L [men]). Exercise capacity (peak VO2) was reduced in 669 with DbMD (age 68 ± 7, 50% women), and peak VO2 was reassessed at 15 months. …”
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The effect of an app-based dietary education on dietary intake and cardiometabolic risk markers in people with type 2 diabetes: results from a randomized controlled trial by Linnea Sjöblom, Essi Hantikainen, Anna Dahlgren, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Stephanie E. Bonn

“…Results The study included 129 participants (67 in the intervention group and 62 controls), of whom 61% were men. At baseline, mean age was 63.0 years and mean body mass index was 29.8 kg/m2. …”
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Wacana Gender Dalam Perjanjian Pernikahan Rifā'ah Rāfi’ Al-Ṭahṭāwī by Rangga Hafidin

“…At the phrase/sentence level, the study indicates that the sentence constructions made by Al-Ṭahṭāwī contribute to marginalizing the role of women in the presence of men. Then, at the discourse level, Al-Ṭahṭāwī constructs the text to involve women in accepting the consequences of the agreement. …”
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Ultrasound super-resolution imaging for non-invasive assessment of microvessel in prostate lesion by Xin Huang, Huarong Ye, Yugang Hu, Yumeng Lei, Yi Tian, Xingyue Huang, Jun Zhang, Yao Zhang, Bin Gui, Qianhui Liu, Ge Zhang, Qing Deng

“…Abstract Background Prostate cancer (PCa) is the leading cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality in men worldwide. An early and accurate diagnosis is crucial for effective treatment and prognosis. …”
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Biometry and Intraocular Lens Power Calculation by Combined Scheimpflug-Placido Disc versus Optical Interferometry Devices by Mehlan Juliane, Lehman Anne-Isabel, Cichocki Myriam, Druchkiv Vasyl, Katz Toam, Stephan J Linke

“…Results: Our study included 205 healthy, unoperated eyes from 117 patients (61 women, 56 men) aged 20 to 75 years. Twenty-two eyes of cataract patients were also included in this retrospective study design. …”
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Frekuensi HBsAg Positif pada Uji Saring Darah di Palang Merah Indonesia Cabang Padang Tahun 2012 by Nadia Ventiani, Susila Lastri, Dian Pratiwi

“…There were 26975 blood donors studied that  men donors were higher than female donors, with the number ratio of male and female were 11.69:1, and the number of voluntary donors were higher compared to the replacement donors, with ratio 2.95:1. …”
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Relation of left atrial overload indices with prognostic endpoints in heart failure and preserved ejection fraction by Shiro Hoshida, Koichi Tachibana, Yukinori Shinoda, Tomoko Minamisaka, Masahiro Seo, Masamichi Yano, Takaharu Hayashi, Akito Nakagawa, Yusuke Nakagawa, Shunsuke Tamaki, Takahisa Yamada, Yoshio Yasumura, Yohei Sotomi, Shungo Hikoso, Daisaku Nakatani, Yasushi Sakata, OCVC‐Heart Failure Investigators

“…Methods and results We analysed 898 patients with HFpEF hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure (men/women: 406/492). Blood tests and transthoracic echocardiography were performed before discharge. …”
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Course of COVID-19 in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Regional Experience by L. M. Kupkenova, E. N. Belousova, E. S. Bodryagina, D. D. Mukhametova, A. Kh. Odintsova, D. G. Iskhakova, D. I. Abdulganieva

“…The mean age of the patients was 41.0 ± 14.7 years, of which 59 (58.4 %) were men and 42 (41.6 %) were women. A comparative analysis of patients with and without IBD and CT-verified lung disease was carried out. …”
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