The Others in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre: A Postcolonial-Orientalist and Feminist Reading by Filiz Barın Akman

“…She is the colonized and racial other, a madwoman who threatens British men as embodied in Mr. Rochester, and women embodied as in Jane, and her final self-destruction for Jane’s sake are poignant plot devices to this end. …”
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Proprioception in Above-the-Knee Amputees with Artificial Limbs by E. P. Latanioti, A. G. Angoules, E. C. Boutsikari

“…Materials and Methods. 22 patients (18 men, 4 women), 24–65 years old (mean: 42), who had undergone above-the-knee joint amputation and underwent evaluation of proprioception using joint reposition in a predetermined angle of 15° knee flexion. …”
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Gambaran Indeks Eritrosit pada Pasien Penyakit Ginjal Kronik yang Menjalani Hemodialisis di RSUP H. Adam Malik Medan by Yosephin Irene Togatorop, Nindia Sugih Arto

“…Results: From 149 study samples, 92 people (61.7%) were male, 57 people were female (38.3%), more in the age range of 55-64 years, hemoglobin (Hb) on average in low grades (98.9% men, 94.7% women), and erythrocyte index (MCV, MCH, MCHC) averages in the normal range. …”
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What Drives Responses to Willingness-to-pay Questions? A Methodological Inquiry in the Context of Hypertension Self-management by Billingsley Kaambwa, Stirling Bryan, Emma Frew, Emma Bray, Sheila Greenfield, Richard J McManus

“…**Conclusion:** The majority of hypertensive patients who had taken part in a self-management study were prepared to purchase the self-monitoring equipment using their own funds, more so for men, those with higher incomes and those with greater satisfaction. …”
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Relationships between Loneliness and Occupational Dysfunction in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study by Daiki Nakashima, Keisuke Fujii, Yuta Kubo, Kyosuke Yorozuya

“…Seventy-four older adults (12 men and 62 women; mean age 73.9±8.3 years) completed a questionnaire survey that included the Japanese version of the UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3 and the Classification and Assessment of Occupational Dysfunction (CAOD). …”
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Role of the CHADS-VASc score in predicting hospital stay and 90-day readmission among patients with atrial fibrillation in Syria by Ibrahim Antoun, Alamer Alkhayer, Alkassem Alkhayer, Yaman Mahfoud, Ahmed Kotb, Riyaz Somani, G André Ng, Mustafa Zakkar

“…Results In total, 717 patients were included; 320 (45%) were readmitted to the hospital within 90 days (58% men, 65% aged <65 years). Inpatient mortality was 4%; the median LOS was 2 days. …”
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Urinary Bladder Cancer in Egypt: Are There Gender Differences in Its Histopathological Presentation? by Fiorina Kyritsi, Christopher A. Loffredo, Yun-Ling Zheng, George Philips, Sania Amr

“…There were no statistically significant gender differences in tumor grade, stage, mucosal ulcer, or inflammatory cystitis, regardless of the cancer type, but men were less likely than women to have undergone cystectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy. …”
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Cone-Beam Computed Tomographic Assessment of Mandibular Condylar Position in Patients with Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction and in Healthy Subjects by Maryam Paknahad, Shoaleh Shahidi, Shiva Iranpour, Sabah Mirhadi, Majid Paknahad

“…Posterior condylar position was more frequently observed in women and anterior condylar position was more prevalent in men in the symptomatic group. However, no significant differences in condylar position were found in asymptomatic subjects according to gender. …”
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Sleep and cardiorespiratory function assessed by a smart bed over 10 weeks post COVID-19 infection by Gary Garcia-Molina, Dmytro Guzenko, Susan DeFranco, Mark S. Aloia, Rajasi Mills, Faisal Mushtaq, Virend K. Somers, Eve Van Cauter

“…Mean age was 47.5 years (standard deviation [SD] 9.5), mean body mass index was 30.1 kg/m2 (SD 7.1), and 46% were men. During acute infection, 64% exhibited 5–6 h increased sleep duration, 51% had increased movement, and 64% had increased breathing rate (BR). …”
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Ventral Prostate Fibrosis in the Akita Mouse Is Associated with Macrophage and Fibrocyte Infiltration by Sanghee Lee, Guang Yang, William Mulligan, Jerry Gipp, Wade Bushman

“…A higher incidence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) among diabetic men is unexplained. Recently, prostate inflammation and fibrosis have been implicated as major contributing factors to bladder outlet obstruction and LUTS. …”
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Dental prosthesis and buccal lesions in the elderly by Beatriz García Alpizar, Mikhail Benet Rodíguez, Eduardo Enrique Castillo Betancourt

“…<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: the chronic lesions were the more prevalence in this study and they were very related with factors like: state of the conservation the prosthesis, time use, hygiene this and sex of the individual; but when determining the independent influence from each factor with the presence lesions, we established that only the state of conservation of the prosthesis and their hygiene affected of the important way to the old men of this study.…”
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Multifocal Insulinoma in Pancreas and Effect of Intraoperative Ultrasonography by Ersin Borazan, Alper Aytekin, Latif Yilmaz, Muhsin Elci, Mehmet Salih Karaca, Selim Kervancioglu, Ahmet Abdulhalik Balik

“…The case was investigated in terms of MEN 1. During preoperative screening for localization, there was one focus in the head of the pancreas in the abdominal tomography and two foci in endoscopic ultrasonography. …”
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Fathers’ Experiences of Relationship Breakdown Including Post-Separation Abuse and Parental Alienating Behaviours by Benjamin Hine, Eilish Mairi Roy, Ching-Yu Huang, Elizabeth Bates

“…Methods: A mixed-methods approach was employed, including a survey of 141 men and follow-up interviews with 30 participants. …”
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SPECT and PET Imaging of Meningiomas by Varvara Valotassiou, Anastasia Leondi, George Angelidis, Dimitrios Psimadas, Panagiotis Georgoulias

“…They are usually diagnosed after the third decade of life and they are more frequent in women than in men. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, meningiomas can be classified into grade I meningiomas, which are benign, grade II (atypical) and grade III (anaplastic) meningiomas, which have a much more aggressive clinical behaviour. …”
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انتاجیة المرأة العربیة فى مجال العلوم والتکنولوجیا کمخرجات بحثیة فى قواعد البیانات العالمیة : دراسة سیانتومتریة... by د. متولى على الدکر

“…Thepaper highlights the role of women in science and the gap in researchproductivity between men and women. Highlighting policy decisions to promotewomen's research in Arab countries. …”
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Prevalence of Dental Anomalies in Deciduous and Permanent Dentition of Cleft Lip and Palate Patients by Bernardo Olsson, Letícia Fontanella Fernandes, Halina Grossmann Pereira, Beatriz Jervásio Silva, Nicoly Ghilardi Cardoso, Giuseppe Valduga Cruz, Caroline de Souza Mendes, Rafaela Scariot

“…There was a statistically significant difference in the prevalence of women and men with cleft palate, being cleft palate more prevalent in women (p=0.005). …”
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Long-Term Trends in Marriage Timing and the Impact of Migration, the Netherlands (1650-1899) by Charlotte Störmer, Corry Gellatly, Anita Boele, Tine De Moor

“…Migrating individuals married on average later than non-migrating individuals both compared to men and women in the receiving community, as to the ‘stayers’ in the location of origin. …”
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Oncological aid for colorectal cancer patients in Tomsk area: ways of cancer prevention by L. D. Zhuykova, Yu. I. Tyukalov, A. S. Popova

“…Observed survival rate at colorectal cancer was:1-year — 57,8 and 56,4%, 5-year — 38,1 and 38,2%, 9-year — 36,8 and 37,3% in men and women respectively. Comparison of relative survival rate in Tomsk area and in the USA has demonstrated, that the highest difference in scores was marked for 1-, 2- and 3-years survival rate — by 23,7, 24,4 and 22,3% is higher than in the USA. …”
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Sex- and site-specific, age-related changes in bone density – a Terry collection study by Niina Korpinen, Petteri Oura, Juho-Antti Junno

“…We were able to detect age-related bone loss in both vertebra and femur. It was observed that men tended to lose more bone density on the vertebra, whereas bone loss in women was more pronounced in the femur. …”
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Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases Among Elderly in India: A Scoping Review by Patlolla Sriram Yadav, Ajitha Katta, Gooty Shirisha, Mousami Kirtania

“…Obesity and overweight were widespread, with women being more likely to be overweight and men to have central obesity. Significant gender disparities existed in hypertension, depression, diabetes, and visual impairments. …”
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