Dose-dependent role of AMH and AMHR2 signaling in male differentiation and regulation of sex determination in Spotted knifejaw (Oplegnathus punctatus) with X1X1X2X2/X1X2Y chromosom... by Haixia Zhao, Jun Li, Zhizhong Xiao, Yongshuang Xiao

“…The outcomes of amhr2 interference (RNAi) experiments indicate that amhr2 knockdown leads to a reduction in the expression of male-related gene (dmrt1, amh, sox9a, sox9b), androgen synthesis genes (hsd11b2, cyp11a), and female-related genes (wnt4, foxl2, cyp19a, cyp19b). …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of drooling, reluctance, oropharynx, others, and leukocytosis score as a predictor of mortality and complications following acute corrosive ingestion by Fawaz Poonthottathil, Soorya Suresh, Jamshed Nayer, Praveen Aggarwal

“…The median age was 26 years with a female predominance. Nausea, vomiting, and pain abdomen were the common symptoms. …”
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A Primary Pulmonary Glomus Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Yasushi Ariizumi, Hirotaka Koizumi, Masahiro Hoshikawa, Takuo Shinmyo, Kouji Ando, Atsushi Mochizuki, Ayako Tateishi, Masatomo Doi, Mieko Funatsu, Ichirou Maeda, Masayuki Takagi

“…A case of a glomus tumor originating from the lung is reported. A 43-year-old female had undergone resection of a right lung tumor following a clinical diagnosis of carcinoid, sclerosing hemangioma, or other sarcoma. …”
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A Clinical Prospective Observational Cohort Study on the Prevalence and Primary Diagnostic Accuracy of Occult Vertebral Fractures in Aged Women with Acute Lower Back Pain Using Mag... by Atsushi Terakado, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Go Kubota, Tomohiro Kanzaki, Hiroshi Mori, Yuji Shinohara, Junichi Nakamura, Yusuke Matsuura, Yasuchika Aoki, Takeo Furuya, Masao Koda, Seiji Ohtori

“…Background. Elderly female patients complaints of acute low back pain (LBP) may involve vertebral fracture (VF), among which occult VF (OVF: early-stage VF without any morphological change) is often missed to be detected by primary X-ray examination. …”
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A park-based group mobility program for older adults with difficulty walking outdoors: a qualitative process evaluation of the Getting Older Adults Outdoors (GO-OUT) randomized con... by Kristina M. Kokorelias, Jacquie Ripat, Ruth Barclay, C. Allyson Jones, Nancy E. Mayo, Theresa Grant, Stephanie Scodras, Kyla Alsbury-Nealy, Charlotte Ryder-Burbidge, Nancy M. Salbach

“…Participants We interviewed 27 adults (52% male, 48% female, mean age 76 years) from the OWG (n = 13) and WR group (n = 14). …”
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Effect of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections on physical fitness of school children in Côte d'Ivoire. by Ivan Müller, Jean T Coulibaly, Thomas Fürst, Stefanie Knopp, Jan Hattendorf, Stefanie J Krauth, Katarina Stete, Aurélie A Righetti, Dominik Glinz, Adrien K Yao, Uwe Pühse, Eliézer K N'goran, Jürg Utzinger

“…Multivariable analysis revealed that VO(2) max was influenced by sex (reference: female, coef. = 4.02, p<0.001) and age (years, coef. = -1.23, p<0.001), but not by helminth infection and intensity, Plasmodium spp. infection, and environmental parameters.…”
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Dynamic high resolution US as primary tool in comparison to MRI in evaluation of TMJ disk anterior displacement by Ahmed Y. Ashour, Abdalwhab M.A. Zwiri, Ahmed H. Ali, Ahmed M. Mostafa, Bahaa-Eldin A. Moustafa, Husseini F. EL boraey, Alshimaa Y. Ashour, Elsayed M. Abd El-Hamid

“…Results: Patients were 14 male and 26 female patients (mean age 29.36 ± 7.09 years) with a duration of ADD of 3.2 ± 1.7 months. …”
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Isolation of Viable Follicles from Cryopreserved Human Ovarian Tissue by Farnaz Tajbakhsh, Somayeh Tavana, Mohammad Kazemi Ashtiani, Naeimeh Sadat Abtahi, Leila Sadat Tahaei, Ashraf Moini, Rouhollah Fathi

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Correlation of dietary inflammation index with sarcopenia in patients with chronic kidney disease based on the NHANES database by Ma Xiao-yan, Yao Rui, Ni Lin, Dai Jing-jing

“…After stratification， DII remained positively associated with the risk of sarcopenia in female CKD patients （P=0.024）.ConclusionDII is strongly associated with the risk of sarcopenia in CKD patients， with higher DII scores associated with a higher risk of developing sarcopenia.…”
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Analysis of syphilis epidemiological characteristics among the resident population in Ruian City, 2014‒2023 by HONG Wansheng, CHEN Jiangmin, ZHOU Limin, HU Yunlei, CHEN Chunnan, CHEN Liangchai, LI Jun, HUANG Jieru, ZHOU Zumu

“…ObjectiveTo understand the epidemiological characteristics of syphilis in Ruian City, so as to provide a scientific basis for developing syphilis prevention and control strategies.MethodsDescriptive epidemiological methods were used to investigate the infection status of syphilis cases reported among the permanent resident population in Ruian City from 2014 to 2023, and its epidemiological characteristics were analyzed.ResultsA total of 5 482 syphilis cases were reported in Ruian from 2014 to 2023, with a male-female ratio of 1∶1.47. The average annual incidence rate from 2014 to 2023 was 37.51/100 000, with a declining trend in the incidence rate among females (APC=-4.78%, P<0.05). …”
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Quality of life of older adults and associated factors in Ghanaian urban slums: a cross-sectional study by Jos M G A Schols, Priscilla Yeye Adumoah Attafuah, Irma Everink, Aaron Asibi Abuosi, Christa Lohrmann

“…In all domains, male participants have a significantly higher mean QoL than their female counterparts. An analysis of variance comparing the living arrangements of participants showed that those who lived with extended family had high mean scores in environmental QoL, overall QoL and satisfaction with health. …”
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Association of socio-demographic characteristics, comorbidities, lifestyle habits, and saliva parameters with dental caries in adults with obesity by Virginie Chuy, Marie Mayoute, Maud Monsaingeon-Henry, Blandine Gatta-Cherifi, Élise Arrivé

“…Results: Mean DMFT was 12 ± 7 and was independently associated with age (mean 47 ± 14 years; for 1 standard deviation (SD) increase: β = 0.22, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.16–0.29), female sex (72%; β = 3.76, 95% CI = 1.65–5.87), brushing <2 times/day (35%; β = 2.86, 95% CI = 0.81–4.90), salivary buffering capacity (low [46%] vs. normal [40%]: β = 2.02, 95% CI = 0.08–3.95; very low [10%] vs. normal: β = 3.34, 95% CI = 0.31–6.37), and salivary consistency (bubbly [30%] vs. clear [57%]: β = 2.45, 95% CI = 0.52–4.38). …”
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Patient Perspectives on Personalized Risk Communication Using Polygenic Risk Scores to Inform Colorectal Cancer Screening Decisions by Shauna R. Goldberg, MPH, Linda K. Ko, PhD, Li Hsu, PhD, Hang Yin, MS, Charles Kooperberg, PhD, Ulrike Peters, PhD, MPH, Andrea N. Burnett-Hartman, PhD, MPH

“…Results: Of the 19 participants who successfully completed polygenic risk score–related testing and a semistructured interview, 13 were female, 14 never smoked cigarettes, 6 were Hispanic, and 13 were non-Hispanic White. …”
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Exploring the link between exposure to volatile organic chemicals and incidence of infertility:A cross-sectional study by Wen Zhang, Jiarong He, Fang Zhao, Jing Pan, Jiefu Wen, Lijun Jiang, Mingming Zhang

“…Abstact: Background: Growing evidence suggests that environmental pollutants exert a detrimental impact on female fertility. Among these pollutants, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), easily encountered in the environment, have garnered significant attention as prevalent airborne contaminants. …”
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Shared Medical and Environmental Risk Factors in Dry Eye Syndrome, Sjogren’s Syndrome, and B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Case-Control Study by Hadas Ben-Eli, Doron J. Aframian, Eldad Ben-Chetrit, Dror Mevorach, Geffen Kleinstern, Ora Paltiel, Abraham Solomon

“…In a clinic-based case-control study, 702 participants (91 SS, 120 DES, 211 (age and sex frequency-matched) controls, and 280 B-NHL cases) were recruited and interviewed regarding exposures, medical history, and family history. Results. Female predominance was noted in SS (ratio 9.2 : 1). …”
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Intestinal endometriosis amongst other extra-pelvic endometriosis foci presenting as acute/subacute bowel obstruction in women of reproductive age: a retrospective case series stud... by Ercument Gurluler, Ozgen Isik, Nesrin Ugras, Aysun Sahin, Murat Sen, Tuncay Yilmazlar

“…Methods A total of 23 female patients (mean ± SD age: 34.9 ± 6.5 years) who underwent abdominal surgery for acute bowel obstruction and received histopathological diagnosis of endometriosis were included in this retrospective case-series study. …”
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An Obesity Paradox of Asian Body Mass Index after Cardiac Surgery: Arterial Oxygenations in Duration of Mechanic Ventilation by Chiu-Hsia Chang, Fan-Yen Lee, Chin-Chou Wang, Ying-Ni Chen, Hsin-Chu Chen, Huei-Ling Hung, Meng-Chih Lin, Shih-Feng Liu

“…Under-normal weight patients had significantly better oxygenations of AaDO2 and P/F ratio in the DMV; however, they correlated with the longest DMV, older age, more female, lower LVSV, higher BUN, more dialysis-dependent, and poorer outcomes, namely, 1-year mortality, HAP, reintubation, tracheotomy, and LOS. …”
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Osteomyelitis in Cat-Scratch Disease: A Never-Ending Dilemma—A Case Report and Literature Review by D. Donà, L. Nai Fovino, E. Mozzo, G. Cabrelle, G. Bordin, R. Lundin, C. Giaquinto, T. Zangardi, O. Rampon

“…We performed a review of published case studies of osteomyelitis associated with cat-scratch disease to consolidate existing information on clinical presentation, diagnostic tools, therapy, and outcome, as well as presenting a case of disseminated cat-scratch disease in a 12-year-old female with skull osteomyelitis and spleen involvement. …”
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Trust in the integrity of a micro health insurance scheme and its determinants in two rural districts of Ethiopia by Mohammed Hussien

“…In the multivariable regression analysis, age (AOR = 1.58; 95% CI: 1.10, 2.29), female gender (AOR = 2.05; 95% CI: 1.29, 3.25), education (AOR = 1.36; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.80), insurance membership status (AOR = 2.68; 95% CI: 1.89, 3.80), membership duration (AOR = 1.51; 95% CI: 1.19, 1.92), value for solidarity (AOR = 1.71; 95% CI: 1.20, 2.45), perceived risk protection (AOR = 3.35; 95% CI: 2.27, 4.96), and perceived quality of care (AOR = 1.78; 95% CI: 1.34, 2.37) were positive predictors of trust in the integrity of the scheme, while wealth index (AOR = 0.33; 95% CI: 0.23, 0.47), and hospitalization history (AOR = 0.62; 95% CI: 0.48, 0.82) were negative predictors of trust. …”
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Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of Canakinumab in Patients with MKD/HIDS: Interim Analysis of the RELIANCE Registry by Prasad T. Oommen, Tilmann Kallinich, Juergen Rech, Norbert Blank, Julia Weber-Arden, Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner

“…Five (62.5%) were children (< 18 years) and five (62.5%) were female. The median patient age was 8.0 (range 2.0–39.0) years, and all patients were pre-treated with canakinumab prior to enrolment (median duration of canakinumab treatment: 3.8 years). …”
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