Comparaison de deux « populations » de la deuxième moitié du Ve millénaire avant notre ère : approche anthropométrique by Aude Civetta, Aurore Schmitt, Bérangère Saliba-serre, Jean-Luc Gisclon, Gilles Loison

“…The values of indexes are more homogeneous in males than in females. Concerning the long bones dimensions, sexual dimorphism is rather pronounced and most of males are robust.This series was compared to the collection of one from Le Crès, a contemporary settlement in south of France. …”
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The Ponto-Caspian and native amphipod life history in the Daugava River, Latvia by Paidere Jana, Brakovska Aija

“…The average number of eggs per brood was 27 (maximum: 41) with the average size of ovigerous females being 10.7 mm.…”
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The correlation between alexithymia and communication skills among undergraduate pharmacy students by Amjad H. Bazzari, Firas H. Bazzari

“…Males had higher alexithymia scores and lower communication skills compared to females. Self-reported GPA values negatively correlated with alexithymia level but not with communication skills. …”
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Evaluation of Superior Semicircular Canal Morphology and Its Relationship with Glenoid Fossa Roof Thickness Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography by Bahare Davvaz, Mahvash Hasani, Abdolaziz Haghnegahdar

“…Considering the decrease in the thickness of the SSC roof among females over 45 years of age, menopause may be responsible for this occurrence as well as for the increase in the prevalence of SSCD.…”
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Serological characteristics and immunohematological difficulties in autoimmune hemolytic anemia patients: A retrospective analytical study from South India by Dibyajyoti Sahoo, S. Anuragaa

“…Primary AIHA (56.25%) is more common than secondary AIHA. Females (73.2%) were more affected than men, mostly due to the prevalence of autoimmune disease more in females. …”
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Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations on Poverty Reduction in Kabale District: A Case study of Buhara Sub-County. by Adebayo, Sanni T.

“…The sample population is both males and females of Buhara Sub-county in all the parishes. …”
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Automated Measurement of Coronary Artery Calcifications and Routine Perioperative Blood Tests Predict Survival in Resected Stage I Lung Cancer by Federica Sabia, MSc, Camilla Valsecchi, MSc, Roberta Eufrasia Ledda, MD, Giorgio Bogani, MD, Riccardo Orlandi, MD, Luigi Rolli, MD, Michele Ferrari, MD, Maurizio Balbi, MD, Alfonso Marchianò, MD, Ugo Pastorino, MD

“…Male smokers had the highest CAC values: 32% compared with only 17% of nonsmokers. Females had lower CAC values compared with males both in smokers and nonsmokers: CAC greater than or equal to 400 only for 10% of smoking females and 0% in nonsmoking females. …”
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Infections, autoimmunity and immunodeficiencies are the leading etiologies of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in adults from the southwest of Colombia. by Andrés F. Zea-Vera, Carlos Andrés Rodríguez, Sebastián Giraldo, Mario Alejandro Chacón, Luis Fernando Guerrero, Ricardo Mosquera, Raúl Andrés Vallejo, Fabio Samir Vargas, María Andrea García, María A. Rengifo, Anilza Bonelo, Maximiliano Parra

“…Gender differences were noted in autoimmune (females: 18.8% versus males: 6.1%, p = 0.021) and immunodeficiency-related bronchiectasis (males: 21.2% versus females 5.2%, p = 0.002). …”
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Gut microbiota differences between sports and non-sports major students: a population-controlled trial by Benlong Ma, Yifang Zhang, Wenbo Yuan, Nan Hu, Shanshan Li

“…Fecal samples were collected from the sports majors (SS group, 50 students, 11 males, and 39 females, 18.7 ± 0.8 years old) and non-sports majors (NC group, 50 students, 23 males, and 27 females, 19.0 ± 1.0 years old) for high-throughput sequencing analysis. …”
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Small-molecule-induced ERBB4 activation to treat heart failure by Julie M. T. Cools, Bo K. Goovaerts, Eline Feyen, Siel Van den Bogaert, Yile Fu, Céline Civati, Jens Van fraeyenhove, Michiel R. L. Tubeeckx, Jasper Ott, Long Nguyen, Eike M. Wülfers, Benji Van Berlo, Antoine A. F. De Vries, Nele Vandersickel, Daniël A. Pijnappels, Dominique Audenaert, H. Llewelyn Roderick, Hans De Winter, Gilles W. De Keulenaer, Vincent F. M. Segers

“…In wild-type mice, EF-1 inhibits angiotensin-II-induced fibrosis in males and females and reduces heart damage caused by doxorubicin and myocardial infarction in females, but not in Erbb4-null mice. …”
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Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Marfan Syndrome and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome by N. Inayet, J. O. Hayat, A. Kaul, M. Tome, A. Child, A. Poullis

“…Data were collected from 45 MS patients (12 males and 33 females, age range 19–41 years, mean 28 years) and 45 hEDS patients (6 males and 39 females, age range 18–32 years, mean 24 years). …”
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Estimation of cause-specific mortality in Rakai, Uganda, using verbal autopsy 1999-2019 by Dorean Nabukalu, Júlia Almeida Calazans, Milly Marston, Clara Calvert, Hadijja Nakawooya, Brendah Nansereko, Robert Sekubugu, Gertrude Nakigozi, David Serwadda, Nelson Sewankambo, Godfrey Kigozi, Ronald H Gray, Fred Nalugoda, Fredrick Makumbi, Tom Lutalo, Jim Todd

“…By 2020, the predominant causes of death among females were non-communicable diseases, with external causes of death dominating in males.…”
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HCV and HBV genotypes: vital in the progression of HCV/ HBV co-infection by Yasmin Badshah, Maria Shabbir, Khushbukhat Khan, Sameen Zafar, Tayyaba Afsar, Fohad Mabood Husain, Houda Amor, Suhail Razak

“…Co-infection development was more common in females than in males, and females were at a higher risk of developing the infection (p-value = < 0.0001, OR = 2.437). …”
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System of plasminogen regulators in the skin of intact uPA gene-knockout C57BL/6-PlautmI.IBug-This Plau6FDhu/GFDhu mice and in a model of chronic neurogenic pain by E. M. Frantsiyants, E. I. Surikova, I. V. Kaplieva, I. V. Neskubina, L. S. Kozlova, V. A. Bandovkina, L. K. Trepitaki, V. V. Pozdnyakova

“…Intact uPA-deficient C57BL/6-PlautmI.IBug-ThisPlau6FDhu/GFDhu mice differed from C57BL/6 mice by a decreased level of PG regulators, excluding plasmin in all mice, PG in males and urokinase receptor (uPAR). uPA-deficient mice with CNP showed continuing decrease in levels of plasminogen regulators, except for uPAR in all mice, PG in males and the activity of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1-act) in females.Conclusion. Almost the entire cascade of PG regulators was inhibited in intact uPA-deficient mice of both genders, compared to C57BL/6 animals, except for uPAR in females, PG in males and plasmin in all animals. …”
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Neuronal density in the brain cortex and hippocampus in Clsnt2-KO mouse strain modeling autistic spectrum disorder by I. N. Rozhkova, S. V. Okotrub, E. Yu. Brusentsev, E. E. Uldanova, E. А. Chuyko, T. V. Lipina, T. G. Amstislavskaya, S. Ya. Amstislavsky

“…Moreover, in males of both strains, neuronal density in this region was lower as compared to females. Besides, the differences between males and females were revealed in two other hippocampal regions. …”
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Gendered time-budgeting, affective wellbeing, and its implication for cognitive health among older adults in India by Dipti Govil, Harihar Sahoo, Srei Chanda, K. S. James

“…Older adults were found to spend the most time at work each day, with males spending 172 min and females spending 141 min. Self-care and household chores/caregiving were next in order. …”
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Gender difference in metabolic syndrome and quality of life among elderly people in Noakhali, Bangladesh by Marjia Sultana, Md. Mehedi Hasan, Towhid Hasan

“…Results: Results revealed that over 70 % of the elderly participants had MetS, with a significantly higher prevalence among females (79.2 %) compared to males (66.7 %). Gender disparities were also evident in QOL scores, with males reporting better outcomes across all domains—physical, psychological, social, and environmental. …”
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Prevalence of Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritic Changes Using Cone-beam Computed Tomography in South Indian Population by S. Pattugayathri, B. G. Harshavardhan, V. Poongodi, K. Saraswathi Gopal

“…Results: In our study, the prevalence of osteoarthritic changes of TMJ was higher in females than males. TMJ on the right side was more affected than the left side. …”
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Serological investigation of maedi-visna virus infection in sheep in konya region by Sibel Yavru, Atilla Şimşek, Oya Bulut, Mehmet Kale

“…Seropositivity rates by gender were evaluated to be 33 females (2.45%) and 6 males (0.44%). Thirty of 33 seropositive females were Akkaraman and 3 were Morkaraman. …”
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Sigma Virus (DMelSV) Incidence in Lines of Drosophila melanogaster Selected for Survival following Infection with Bacillus cereus by Meghan L. Bentz, Eve A. Humphrey, Lawrence G. Harshman, Marta L. Wayne

“…In this study we tested for cross-immunity for bacteria and viruses by scoring the incidence of infection with the vertically transmitted Sigma virus (DMelSV) in the progeny of a cross between females transmitting DMelSV at high frequencies and males from lines subjected to three selection regimes related to resistance to Bacillus cereus. …”
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