Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Type 2 Diabetes in Elderly Patients Aged 45-80 Years at Kanungu District by Debrah Asiimwe, Godfrey O. Mauti, Ritah Kiconco

“…This study also found that females and patients aged 61-65 years were most affected by diabetes. …”
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Sex-Pheromone-Mediated Mating Disruption Technology for the Oriental Fruit Moth, Grapholita molesta (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): Overview and Prospects by Wei N. Kong, J. Li, Ren J. Fan, Sheng C. Li, Rui Y. Ma

“…Recently, a new formulation, paraffin wax, which maximizes competition between point sources of synthetic pheromone and feral females for males, was shown to have high disruption performance. …”
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Cone-Beam Computed Tomographic Evaluation of Prevalence and Internal Dental Morphology of Radix Entomolaris and Paramolaris in Mandibular First and Second Molars—A Retrospective St... by Mousumi Biswas, Dibyendu Mazumdar, Siddhi Agarwala, Kallol K. Saha, Kaushik Dutta

“…Materials and Methods: Analysis of 305 CBCT scans (126 males and 179 females; mean age 24.72 ± 8.14 years) was done to evaluate 1220 molars (610 mandibular first molars (MFM) and 610 mandibular second molars (MSM)) to detect radix. …”
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Nutritional condition of school age children. Clinic, anthropo-medical and alimentary assessment by Alina Esther González Hermida, Jesús Vila Díaz, Carmen Emilia Guerra Cabrera, Odalys Quintero Rodríguez, Mariela Dorta Figueredo, José Danilo Pacheco

“…The variable weight/age showed one bad-nutrition (for defect) among females, there was a prevalence of bad-nutrition for excess in both genders. …”
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Psychometric properties of an arabic translation of the short boredom proneness scale (SBPS) in adults by Tia Khadra, Rabih Hallit, Diana Malaeb, Souheil Hallit, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Sahar Obeid

“…Methods In this cross-sectional study, 410 participants (72.4% females, aged 18–52 years) were recruited to participate by completing the translated Arabic version of the SBPS through an online Google Forms survey. …”
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Frequency Of Burnout Among Healthcare Professionals In A Tertiary Care Hospital, After The COVID-19 Pandemic by Yasira Abbasi, Lubna Meraj, Asma Batool, Samreena Mansoor, Sidra tul Muntaha, Anjum Jalal

“…Results: When the demographic data of 100 participants was analyzed it showed that there were 39 (39 %) males and 61(61 %) females. The mean age of participants was 32.2 years. …”
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Imagined and Actual Acupuncture Effects on Chronic Low Back Pain: A Preliminary Study by Jin Cao, Scott P. Orr, Georgia Wilson, Jian Kong

“…We first performed a single-arm study in which we administered video-guided acupuncture imagery treatment (VGAIT) on patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP) (Study 1, n=18, 12 females). We then compared our findings to those from a recently published study in which real or sham acupuncture treatment was applied on patients with cLBP (Study 2, n=50, 31 females) using a similar protocol. …”
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The Relationship Between Self-Control and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatients: Exploring the Role of Self-Control by Zhenhua Chen, Jie Xu, Ronghua Zhang, Yuxuan Wang, Ziwei Shang

“…The prevalence of NSSI was significantly higher in females than in males (χ² = 19.059, <i>p</i> < 0.01). …”
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Frequency and characteristics of anemia in hypothyroid patients: A cross-sectional study by Abdullah S. Babaker, Reem M. Al-Qahtani

“…This highlights the importance of monitoring anemia in patients with hypothyroidism, especially in females and obese individuals.…”
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Adaptation of the sulfophosphovanillin method of analysis of total lipids for various biological objects as exemplified by <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> by M. A. Eremina, N. E. Gruntenko

“…For the first time the method of quantitative measurement of total lipids with the use of the sulfophosphovanillin (SPV) method was described by Zöllner and colleagues in 1962, and adapted for insects by Van Handel on females of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. …”
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Association of High Vitamin D Status with Low Circulating Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Independent of Thyroid Hormone Levels in Middle-Aged and Elderly Males by Qingqing Zhang, Zhixiao Wang, Min Sun, Mengdie Cao, Zhenxin Zhu, Qi Fu, Yuan Gao, Jia Mao, Yanyun Li, Yun Shi, Fan Yang, Shuai Zheng, Wei Tang, Yu Duan, Xiaoping Huang, Wei He, Tao Yang

“…The prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency was 94.29% in males and 97.22% in females, and the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was 55.61% in males and 69.64% in females. …”
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The Relationship between the Neighborhood Safety and Nutritional Status of Children in Baghdad City, Iraq by Hasanain Faisal Ghazi, Zaleha Md. Isa, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Mohammed A. Abdal Qader, Tiba Nezar Hasan, AL-abed Ali AL-abed

“…In this study, males were more predominant than females with 215 participants compared to 185 females. …”
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Using Recombinase-Aid Amplification Combined with <i>Pyrococcus furiosus</i> Argonaute for Rapid Sex Identification in Flamingo (<i>Phoenicopteridae</i>) by Shenluan Tan, Fanwen Zeng, Wanhuan Zhong, Tanzipeng Chen, Xuanjiao Chen, Li Li, Hengxi Wei, Shouquan Zhang

“…In addition, flamingos are sexually monomorphic birds, and distinguishing between males and females is difficult. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is widely used for sex identification. …”
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The Temporal Pattern of Arterial Stiffness during Aging: A Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study by Zhengli Tang, Yuanyuan Lu, Yiming Hao, Robert Morris, Di Kang, Fang Wang, Lin Fan, Weijian Wang, Yiqin Wang, Feng Cheng

“…Between the ages of 18 and 50, men in the study had significantly higher baPWV readings than females of comparable age on average. However, after the age of 50, mean baPWV values increased at a greater rate in females than in males. …”
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Total and High Molecular Weight Adiponectin Levels and Prediction of Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetic Patients by Dagmar Horáková, Kateřina Azeem, Radka Benešová, Dalibor Pastucha, Vladimír Horák, Lenka Dumbrovská, Arnošt Martínek, Dalibor Novotný, Zdeněk Švagera, Milada Hobzová, Dana Galuszková, Vladimír Janout, Sandra Doněvská, Jana Vrbková, Helena Kollárová

“…The first group comprised metabolically healthy participants (143 females, and 126 males) and the second group were T2DM patients (164 females, and 118 males). …”
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Correlation between Insulin Resistance and Thyroid Nodule in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yunzhao Tang, Tiantian Yan, Gang Wang, Yijun Chen, Yanjuan Zhu, Zhenhuan Jiang, Min Yang, Chenguang Li, Zhu Li, Ping Yu, Shanshan Wang, Nannan Zhu, Qiuyue Ren, Changlin Ni

“…The thyroid nodule volume and size and the TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) were greater in females than in males, whereas FT3 (free triiodothyronine) was lower in females. …”
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School performance gap between non-immigrant and second-generation immigrant children in Sweden—time trends and contributing factors by Kenta Okuyama, Sara Larsson Lönn, Ardavan M. Khoshnood, Ardavan M. Khoshnood, Shervin Assari, Shervin Assari, Shervin Assari, Shervin Assari, Jan Sundquist, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist

“…The existing gap was explained by parental mental disorders in addition to parental education and neighborhood socioeconomic status for both males and females. The unadjusted model suggested an increasing trend of the existing gap in school performance by immigration status for both males and females. …”
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Sex differences in delivery and neonatal characteristics of new-borns from the “MAMI-MED” cohort by Roberta Magnano San Lio, Martina Barchitta, Andrea Maugeri, Elisabetta Campisi, Giuliana Favara, Claudia Ojeda Granados, Claudia La Mastra, Maria Clara La Rosa, Fabiola Galvani, Elisa Pappalardo, Carla Ettore, Giuseppe Ettore, Antonella Agodi

“…The analysis included 1,090 mother–child pairs.ResultsThe comparison of birth weight and birth length distribution showed some differences between sexes, confirmed by higher birth weight (β = 0.121; 95% CI = 0.071–0.172) and greater birth length (β = 0.659; 95% CI = 0.360–0.958) in males compared to females. However, the comparison of small and adequate for gestational age (SGA vs. …”
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Relatedness of White-Tailed Deer from Culling Efforts Within Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zones in Minnesota by Alberto Fameli, Christopher Jennelle, Jessie Edson, Erik Hildebrand, Michelle Carstensen, W. David Walter

“…In white-tailed deer (<i>Odocoileus virginianus</i>), closely related females form social groups, avoiding other social groups. …”
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Urethral Duplication with a Cystic Phallic Urethra Associated with a Uterus Didelphys, Partial Agenesis of the Tibia, and an Equinovarus Foot by Edwige Kafando, Boniface Moifo, Landry Mbouche, Derek Ndangoh, Evelyn Mah, Faustin Mouafo Tambo

“…Urethral duplication is a rare congenital malformation, especially in females. It may be associated with complex urogenital malformations, but the association with a cystic phallic urethra and a uterus didelphys is exceptional. …”
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