Does the habitual dietary intake of adults in Bavaria, Germany, match dietary intake recommendations? Results of the 3rd Bavarian Food Consumption Survey by Florian Rohm, Nina Wawro, Nina Wawro, Sebastian Gimpfl, Nadine Ohlhaut, Melanie Senger, Christine Röger, Martin Kussmann, Kurt Gedrich, Jakob Linseisen, Jakob Linseisen

“…In addition, food consumption data were compared with the results reported 20 years ago collected by the same methodology (2nd Bavarian Food Consumption Survey, BVS II).ResultsUsing 24-h diet recalls of 550 male and 698 female participants, we estimated intake distributions for food (sub-)groups and nutrients. …”
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Increase of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Decrease of MCP-1 and Some Updated Epidemiology Aspects of Cystic Echinococcosis Human Cases in Calabria Region by Giovanni Matera, Maria Teresa Loria, Cinzia Peronace, Tatiana Catanzariti, Pio Settembre, Aida Giancotti, Angelo G. Lamberti, Giorgio S. Barreca, Luisa Galati, Gessica Dodaro, Maria Mazzitelli, Alessio Strazzulla, Carlo Torti, Angela Quirino, Maria Carla Liberto, Alfredo Focà

“…Our data demonstrated an endemic spreading, at least in the province of Catanzaro and neighboring Calabria territories, for such parasitosis with the novel issue of the number of female overcoming male cases. In conclusion, the novel findings of this study were the increased VEGF and the reduced serum MCP-1 in the studied cases, as well as the number of Echinococcus-infected females overcoming the infected males.…”
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Antibiotic-mediated dysbiosis leads to activation of inflammatory pathways by Jemma J. Taitz, Jemma J. Taitz, Jian Tan, Jian Tan, Duan Ni, Duan Ni, Camille Potier-Villette, Camille Potier-Villette, Georges Grau, Georges Grau, Ralph Nanan, Ralph Nanan, Ralph Nanan, Laurence Macia, Laurence Macia, Laurence Macia

“…While the impact of specific metabolites or taxa on host cells is well-documented, the broader impact of a disrupted microbiota on immune homeostasis is less understood, which is particularly important in the context of the increasing overuse of antibiotics.MethodsFemale C57BL/6 mice were gavaged twice daily for four weeks with Vancomycin, Polymyxin B, or PBS (control). …”
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Educational effectiveness of cognitive and metacognitive strategies on educational self-destructive behaviors and negative self-evaluation thinking in Arabic lessons by Ali Nourihamid Altome, Mohammad hassani, Masoumeh Talebi

“…Ali Bakshi & Maghanlou (2023) investigated the relationship between academic self-efficacy and negative self-evaluative thinking among female high school students. The results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between academic self-efficacy and educational self-defeating behaviors among female high school students. …”
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Steroid hormone receptors, exome sequencing and treatment responsiveness of breast cancer patient-derived xenografts originated in a South American country by Gabriela Pataccini, Andrés Elia, Gonzalo Sequeira, Luisa Ambrosio, Marcela Coianis, Caroline A. Lamb, Paola A. Rojas, Paula Martínez Vázquez, Javier Burruchaga, Eunice Spengler, Silvia I. Vanzulli, Martin Abba, Claudia Lanari

“…Surgical fragments were maintained in a culture medium and inoculated subcutaneously into untreated NSG female mice, or treated with estradiol pellets. Other fragments were fixed in formalin for diagnosis and immunohistochemistry, and a third piece was frozen at -80°C for molecular studies or whole exome-sequencing. …”
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Long-Term Effects of Ozone Treatment in Patients with Persistent Numbness and Tingling Secondary to Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy. A Retrospective Study by Bernardino Clavo MD, PhD, Delvys Rodríguez-Abreu MD, PhD, Saray Galván-Ruiz MD, Mario Federico MD, PhD, Angeles Cánovas-Molina RN, Yolanda Ramallo-Fariña MSc, Carla Antonilli MD, Gretel Benítez MD, Himar Fabelo BEng MSc, PhD, Carla García-Lourve RN, MRes, Damián González-Beltrán CNS, MSc, Ignacio J. Jorge MD, PhD, Francisco Rodríguez-Esparragón BSc, PhD, Gustavo M. Callico MEng, PhD

“…Methods: Ozone treatment was administered by rectal insufflation in 15 patients (female/male: 8/7, age: 66 years old) suffering from persistent numbness and tingling secondary to grade-2 or grade-3 CIPN. …”
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Duration of Disease and Long‐Term Outcomes in Patients With Difficult‐To‐Treat Recurrent Pericarditis: A Chronic Condition Treated With Nonsteroidal Anti‐Inflammatory Drugs, Colchi... by Elisa Ceriani, Francesco Agozzino, Silvia Berra, Antonio Gidaro, Paolo Bindi, Alberto Pavarani, Silvia Macchi, Letizia Vena, Francesco Moda, Ludovico Luca Sicignano, Celeste Ambra Murace, Laura Gerardino, Elena Verrecchia, Caterina Chiara De Carlini, Silvia Maestroni, Gabriella Marinaro, Emanuele Bizzi, Antonio Brucato, Massimo Imazio

“…Methods This was a multicenter, longitudinal, observational study including 370 patients (51.4% female). The remission rate was the proportion of patients who stopped all pericarditis‐related therapies for at least 6 months without recurrences. …”
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The association between neighborhood social vulnerability and community-based rehabilitation after stroke by Shuqi Zhang, Elizabeth R. Mormer, Anna M. Johnson, Cheryl D. Bushnell, Pamela W. Duncan, Fang Wen, Shweta Pathak, Amy M. Pastva, Janet K. Freburger, Sara B. Jones Berkeley

“…Methods We included 6,843 adults (51.6% female; 75.1% White; mean age 70.1) discharged home after a stroke enrolled in the COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services study, a pragmatic trial conducted in 40 North Carolina hospitals from 2016–2019. …”
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Quality of Life and Related Factors in Discharged Patients with COVID-19 by Jinzhuo HU, Wenhuan WU, Jinwen SUN, Wei ZHANG, Shu CHENG, Zicheng GAO, Jinghua QIAN

“…Patients with COVID-19(especially female patients and severe patients) should be screened for depression and anxiety as soon as possible after discharge and intervention should be carried out to reduce patients'negative emotions. …”
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circRNA18_46222157_46248185 inhibits melanogenesis by targeting miR-211/ pathway in goat melanocytes by Kai Yuan Ji, Xue Qing Zhang, Yi Wei Zhao, Chun E Liang, Xin Yuan, Yun Hai Zhang

“…Results qRT-PCR results unveiled distinct expression patterns of circRNA18 in diverse tissues of male and female goats, while in situ hybridization assays showed that circRNA18 is expressed in the cytoplasm of melanocytes. …”
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Betulinic acid protects against ovarian impairment by decreasing F-2 toxin-induced oxidative stress and inflammation associated with the downregulation of p38 expression in mice by Li Kong, Xinyu Gao, Lijuan Zhu, Xing Lin, You Huang, Chunlin Huang, Wenjiang Yang, Yazhi Chen, Haoqiang Zhao, Jing Wu, Zhihang Yuan, Jin’e Yi

“…Subsequently, we found that 0.25 mg/kg BA played an anti-inflammatory role in the F-2 toxin-induced ovarian impairment by decreasing interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) mRNA expression, as well as inhibiting p38 protein expression.These data demonstrated that BA exerts its protective effect on F-2 toxin-induced ovarian oxidative impairment and inflammation by inhibiting p38 expression, which implies a natural product-based medicine to ameliorate F-2 toxin-caused female reproductive toxicity and provides a detoxifying method for food contaminated by mycotoxin.…”
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Arthralgia and Extraintestinal Manifestations in Crohn’s Disease Elevate the Risk of IBD-Related Arthritis over Sacroiliitis by Ivan Giovannini, Nicola Cabas, Marco Marino, Annarita Tullio, Ilaria Tinazzi, Angela Variola, Carmelo Cicciò, Fabro Cinzia, Berretti Debora, Chiara Zuiani, Rossano Girometti, Luca Quartuccio, Alen Zabotti, Lorenzo Cereser

“…Results Ninety-five patients, mean age 43.9 years (standard deviation [SD] ± 16.6), 52.6% female were enrolled in the study with a median follow-up of 83 months (Q25:75 25:143). …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among physicians and pharmacists toward antibiotic use in sepsis by Jingmin Zhang, Jingmin Zhang, Haipeng Shi, Haipeng Shi, Yanmei Xia, Yanmei Xia, Zhenghua Zhu, Yaojun Zhang

“…Among the participants, 115 (57.5%) were female and 118 (59%) had experience with ICU patient management. …”
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Medical Students’ Tobacco Consumption Status and Experiences with Smoke-free Law Violations in Enclosed Spaces in Türkiye and Northern Cyprus by Dilek Aslan, Pınar Ay, Kervin Raymond, Özen Aşut, Gulifeiya Abuduxike, Meltem Şengelen, Duygu Çekici, Füsun Yıldız, Emine Ünal Evren, Ali Fuat Kalyoncu, Elif Dağlı

“…RESULTS: Most participants were female (56.4%), with a mean age of 21.5±2.37 years. …”
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A randomised controlled implementation trial of the feasibility and effectiveness of school staff delivery of a selective substance use and mental health program during the COVID-1... by Lucinda Grummitt, Kirsty Rowlinson, Joanne Cassar, Chloe Conroy, Louise Birrell, Lexine Stapinski, Emma Louise Barrett, Julia Macauley, Maree Teesson, Nicola C. Newton, Erin V. Kelly

“…Of these, 40% had elevated scores on one of the four personality profiles, resulting in 220 students in the current study (102 students in intervention schools, 118 students in control schools; mean age 13.6, 45.7% female). Most RE-AIM domains showed high ratings, with school staff showing good adherence and confidence in delivery. …”
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Use of 3D-DXA in the assessment of bone structure among patients with chronic kidney disease by Martin Kužma, Zuzana Kužmová, Ludovic Humbert, Mirella Lopez Picazo, Roman Králik, Jakub Falat, Juraj Smaha, Peter Jackuliak, Zdenko Killinger, Juraj Payer

“…Bone mineral density (BMD) assessment is limited due to the inability to measure trabecular and cortical bone characteristics and the interference of aortic calcifications.Study objectiveThis study aimed to assess the trabecular bone score (TBS) and three-dimensional dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (3D-DXA) in participants across all CKD stages.Patients and methodsIn total, 64 CKD patients (consisting of 28 female participants and 36 male participants, with an average age of 69.5 years) were included. …”
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High-resolution spatiotemporal analysis of chikungunya epidemics between 2019 and 2020 in Salvador, Brazil: a municipality-level transmission dynamics studyResearch in context by Hernan D. Argibay, Cristiane W. Cardoso, William M. de Souza, Raquel L. Souza, Maysa Pellizzaro, Geraldo M. Cunha, Julie Clennon, Scott C. Weaver, Mitermayer G. Reis, Uriel Kitron, Guilherme S. Ribeiro

“…Findings: Citywide, 19,129 cases (mean age: 40.2, range: 0–112; male: 41.8%, female: 58.0%, non-binary: 0.2%) were reported between 2016 and 2020, with a significant increase in 2019 and 2020 (4549 and 13,071 cases, respectively). …”
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Indicators of Esophageal pH-Impedance Monitoring and High-Resolution Manometry in Patients with Various Forms of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by I. V. Maev, E. V. Barkalova, M. A. Ovsepyan, D. N. Andreev, Yu. A. Kucheryavyi

“…The gender structure was as follows: 44 male and 25 female patients. The average age of the examined patients was 46 years. …”
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Factors associated with caffeine intake among undergraduates: a cross-sectional study from Palestine by May Hamdan, Souzan Zidan, Fatima Al-Amouri, Hiba Niroukh, Manar Abu Dawod, Sajeda Ashour, Shahd Sameer Dweik, Manal Badrasawi

“…The majority of the undergraduates were female (65.0%) and single (89.5%). The sample was distributed almost equally between the first (26.3%), second (23.0%), third (22.8%), and fourth (18.7%) academic years, and only 44 undergraduates (9.1%) were in their fifth year. …”
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Social determinants and follow-up care after emergency department discharge for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage by Meghan M. Dillan, Joseph Piktel, Adam Perzynski, Mary Jo Roach, Kristen K. Curtis, Yasir Tarabichi, Lance Wilson, Michael L. Kelly

“…Results: The average age of enrolled patients was 53 ± 20 years with 39 % female, 26 % Black, 69 % White, and 6 % Hispanic. …”
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