Management of Complex Nonunion of Long Bones by Distraction Osteogenesis Using Monorail Fixator by Azad Khan, Parwez Ahmed, Vishvendra Tomar, Rahul Kumar Gupta, Areeb Ali Siddiqui, Mohd Adnan

“…Materials and Methods: The study comprised 26 patients, 22 of whom were male and 4 were female. Majority of cases landing up as complex nonunion were as a result of road traffic accidents. …”
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First-in-Man Evaluation of I-PGN650: A PET Tracer for Detecting Phosphatidylserine as a Biomarker of the Solid Tumor Microenvironment by Richard Laforest PhD, Farrokh Dehdashti MD, Yongjian Liu PhD, Jennifer Frye CMMT, Sarah Frye CMMT, Hannah Luehmann, Deborah Sultan, Joseph S. Shan PhD, Bruce D. Freimark PhD, Barry A. Siegel MD

“…Methods: Eleven patients with known solid tumors received approximately 140 MBq (3.8 mCi) 124 I-PGN650 intravenously and underwent positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET/CT) approximately 1 hour, 3 hours, and either 24 hours or 48 hours later to establish tracer kinetics for the purpose of calculating radiation dosimetry (from integration of the organ time-activity curves and OLINDA/EXM using the adult male and female models). Results: Known tumor foci demonstrated mildly increased uptake, with the highest activity at the latest imaging time. …”
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Epidemiological characteristics of elderly osteoporosis fractures and their association with air pollutants: a multi-center study in Hebei Province by Guangzhao Hou, Qian Xiao, Zhipeng Ye, Shihang Liu, Shuai Zhou, Yan Wang, Wenjing Li, Yingze Zhang, Hongzhi Lv

“…The average age was 76.44 ± 7.58 years, predominantly female (13,189 patients, 69.66%). The number of hospitalized patients increased progressively from 2019 to 2022. …”
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First detection of Culex tritaeniorhynchus in Western Australia using molecular diagnostics and morphological identification by Kimberly L. Evasco, Craig Brockway, Tamara Falkingham, Margaret Hall, Nerida G. Wilson, Abbey Potter

“…Results From 31 March 2021 to 30 May 2024, a total of 211 female Cx. tritaeniorhynchus specimens were collected from 21 unique trap sites in the Kimberley’s Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley (SWEK). …”
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Correlates of physical activity behaviour among nursing professionals: A systematic search and literature review by Amanda H Wilkerson, Hunter O Thomas, Vinayak K Nahar

“…All had predominately female samples and reported statistically significant findings. …”
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Inebilizumab treatment in a patient with co-occurring AQP4-IgG positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and myasthenia gravis: a case report and literature review by Xiaoqian Song, Xiaoqian Song, Jingjiao Chen, Chenyang Jin, Yilong Peng, Yuewen Sun, Xueping Zheng

“…Despite previous reports, a consensus on treating NMOSD concurrent with MG is lacking.MethodsWe present the case of a 55-year-old female with both anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody-positive NMOSD and anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody-positive MG, who achieved stable disease control following treatment with inebilizumab without significant adverse effects. …”
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Adherence to First-Line Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy in the Context of Guideline Recommendations for US Patients With High-Risk Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer by Franklin D. Gaylis, Bruno Emond, Ameur M. Manceur, Anabelle Tardif-Samson, Laura Morrison, Dominic Pilon, Patrick Lefebvre, Lorie A. Ellis, Hiremagalur Balaji, Andrea Ireland

“…**Results:** Of 5803 high-risk NMIBC patients treated with first-line BCG (mean age, 67.3 years; 20.6% female), 930 (16.0%) had CIS. After first-line BCG, 56.6% received another treatment. …”
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Visceral Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Vascular Complications in a Rat Model with Severe Dyslipidemia: Sex Differences and PAI-1 Tissue Involvement by Irena Markova, Martina Hüttl, Natalie Gayova, Denisa Miklankova, Kristyna Cerna, Martina Kavanova, Petra Skaroupkova, Sona Cacanyiova, Hana Malinska

“…Additionally, HHTg females had higher platelet counts, larger platelet volumes, and lower antithrombin inhibitory activity. …”
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Predicting high sensitivity C-reactive protein levels and their associations in a large population using decision tree and linear regression by Somayeh Ghiasi Hafezi, Toktam Sahranavard, Alireza Kooshki, Marzieh Hosseini, Amin Mansoori, Elham Amir Fakhrian, Helia Rezaeifard, Mark Ghamsary, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…This study was conducted on a population of 9704 males and females aged 35 to 65 years recruited from the Mashhad Stroke and Heart Atherosclerotic Disorder (MASHAD) cohort study. …”
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Follow-Up Study on Acoustic De-Licing of Atlantic Salmon (<i>Salmo salar</i>): <i>Lepeophtheirus salmonis</i> and <i>Caligus elongatus</i> Dynamics over Four Consecutive Production... by Albert Kjartan Dagbjartarson Imsland, Pablo Balseiro, Sigurd Handeland, Olav Rune Godø

“…For the small (sessile and mobile stages) salmon lice, a significantly lower number (mean ± SEM) was shown for the AcuLice group (0.73 ± 0.03) compared with the control group (1.18 ± 0.05). For the mature female salmon lice, a significantly lower number (mean ± SEM) was found for the AcuLice group (0.12 ± 0.01) compared with the control group (0.22 ± 0.03). …”
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Dietary DHA Regulated the Androgen Production in Male Chinese Tongue Sole Cynoglossus semilaevis by Jiahao Liu, Qiang Ma, Feiran Zhang, Qingyan Gao, Zhijun Zhang, Yuliang Wei, Mengqing Liang, Houguo Xu

“…Regarding docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), currently the regulating effects were mostly evaluated in female fish rather than males. This study aimed to investigate the DHA effects on the sex steroid hormone production in male Chinese tongue sole. …”
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RETRACTED: Modern Subtype Classification and Outlier Detection Using the Attention Embedder to Transform Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis by S. M. Nuruzzaman Nobel, S M Masfequier Rahman Swapno, Md. Ashraful Hossain, Mejdl Safran, Sultan Alfarhood, Md. Mohsin Kabir, M. F. Mridha

“…Ovarian cancer, a deadly female reproductive system disease, is a significant challenge in medical research due to its notorious lethality. …”
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Validation of a tele-robotic ultrasound system for abdomen and thyroid gland explorations: a comparison with standard ultrasound by Andreu Antolin, Nuria Roson, Marina Planes, Mar Castillo, Anna Alberti, Manuel Escobar

“…Results 64 participants (23 male, 41 female) were consecutively included during the recruitment period, for a total of 51 abdominal and 37 thyroid gland US studies. …”
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Multiple Comorbidities, Psychiatric Disorders, Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Adults with Essential Tremor: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Large US Comme... by Dingwei Dai, Ali Samiian, Joaquim Fernandes, Henriette Coetzer

“…**Results:** The mean (SD) age of ET patients (n = 5286) was 70.8 (11.8) years, 49.1% were female, and 82.9% were Medicare Advantage members. …”
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FTO Facilitates Cervical Cancer Malignancy Through Inducing m6A‐Demethylation of PIK3R3 mRNA by Bingxin Chen, Liming Wang, Xiaomin Li, Ci Ren, Chun Gao, Wencheng Ding, Hui Wang

“…ABSTRACT Background The incidence rate and mortality of cervical cancer rank the fourth in the global female cancer. N6‐methyladenosine (m6A) always plays an important role in tumor progression, and fat mass and obesity‐associated gene (FTO) works as the m6A demethylase. …”
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Fatigue after subarachnoid haemorrhage: a study of patients with good clinical outcome by G. Makarevičius, K. Pilypaitė, G. Terbetas, G. Šustickas, G. Bulotienė

“…Total of 30 patients participated in our study: 20 female (66.67%) and 10 male (33.33%), median age 47 years (range 29-68). …”
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Photobiomodulation on Bax and Bcl-2 Proteins and SIRT1/PGC-1α Axis mRNA Expression Levels of Aging Rat Skeletal Muscle by Fang-Hui Li, Yan-Ying Liu, Fei Qin, Qing Luo, Hai-Ping Yang, Quan-Guang Zhang, Timon Cheng-Yi Liu

“…Material and Methods. Twenty female Sprague Dawley rats (18 months old) were randomly divided into two groups (n=10 per group): control (CON) and LLLI groups. …”
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Community perceptions and determinants of obstetric fistula across gender lines by Wagaye Fentahun Chanie, Aster Berhe, Ambaye Dejen Tilahun, Bikis Liyew, Chernet Baye, Tarekegn Asemaw Akalie, Destaye Shiferaw Alemu, Miteku Andualem Limenih

“…The study included nearly equal proportions of males (49.1%) and females (50.9%), with a median age of 32 years (IQR: 19–64). …”
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Acute kidney injury in critically ill COVID-19 patients in a tertiary hospital: short and long-term kidney and patient outcomes by Juliana Alves Manhães de Andrade, Gisele Meinerz, Raphael Palma, Eduardo Rech, Marco Antônio Vinciprova Dall’Agnese, Cristiane Bundchen, Fernanda Bordignon Nunes, Gisele Branchini, Elizete Keitel

“…At the 90-day follow-up, 88.1% of patients died and 10.0% had recovered kidney function. Female gender (p = 0.047), older age (p = 0.047), AKI stage 3 (p = 0.005), requirement of KRT (p < 0.0001), mechanical ventilation (p < 0.0001), and superimposed bacterial infection (p < 0.0001) were significantly associated death within 90 days. …”
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Clinical Presentation and Management Strategies in Intraorbital Foreign Bodies by Samreen Khanam, Ayushi Agarwal, Ruchi Goel, Neha Rathie, Akash Raut, Shweta Raghav, Sumit Kumar, Mohit Chhabra, Sonam Singh, Sushil Kumar

“…Amongst the seven patients, two were children (aged <10 years). The male : female ratio was 4 : 3. Of the seven retained IOrbFBs, two were plastic, two wooden, and three metallic in nature (one gunshot injury, one ball projectile (commonly referred to as BB) injury, and one with knife). …”
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