Dengue Outbreak in a Hilly State of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India by Siraj A. Khan, Prafulla Dutta, Rashmee Topno, Monika Soni, Jagadish Mahanta

“…The majority of suspected cases reported NS1 antigen positivity. Females and young adults were mostly affected. The majority of the amplified NS1-positive samples showed Dengue serotype 3 infection. …”
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Temperature and Host Fruit During Immature Development Shape Adult Life History Traits of Different <i>Ceratitis capitata</i> Populations by Georgia D. Papadogiorgou, Nikos T. Papadopoulos

“…Similarly, fecundity rates in ovipositing females were higher at higher temperatures. Reproductive periods (pre-oviposition, oviposition, and post-oviposition) varied among populations, indicating population-specific responses. …”
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Morphometric Analysis of the Host Effect on Phenotypical Variation of Belminus ferroae (Hemiptera: Triatominae) by Claudia Magaly Sandoval Ramirez, Elsa Evelia Nieves Blanco, Reinaldo Gutiérrez Marin, Diego Alexander Jaimes Mendez, Nelcy Ortiz Rodríguez, Fernando Otálora-Luna, Elis José Aldana

“…Differences in the shape of wings were observed between parental and offspring wings when fed on mice, but not in males (O1, O2, and O3) or females (O1 and O2) fed on cockroaches. There was a greater wing shape similarity between the cockroach-fed offspring and their parents according to the Mahalanobis distances. …”
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An Assessment of the Genotoxicity and Subchronic Toxicity of a Supercritical Fluid Extract of the Aerial Parts of Hemp by Tennille K. Marx, Robin Reddeman, Amy E. Clewell, John R. Endres, Erzsébet Béres, Adél Vértesi, Róbert Glávits, Gábor Hirka, Ilona Pasics Szakonyiné

“…The NOAEL for the hemp extract in Hsd.Han Wistar rats was considered to be 100 mg/kg bw/day for males and 360 mg/kg bw/day for females.…”
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Circulus arteriosus formation in cat brain by Marcelo Salvador Gomes, Gabriel Pinto Dias, Mauricio Portes Santos Sobrado Silva, Clarice Machado dos Santos, Marcelo Abidu-Figueiredo

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods:</b> Anatomical dissections were performed on 50 cadavers of adult cats, 25 males and 25 females, with a medium rostrum-sacral length of 47.9 cm and 46.6 cm respectively. …”
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Evaluation of functional capacity and level of physical activity in adolescent and adult patients with cystic fibrosis by Inaê Cherobin, Paulo Dalcin, Bruna Ziegler

“…This study included 31 patients with CF (11 males and 20 females) and 31 healthy individuals. Patients with CF had significantly lower values of body mass index (BMI), pulmonary function parameters, physical activity level, six-minute walking distance (6MWD) and peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2). …”
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Proteomic Analysis of the Murine Liver Response to Oral Exposure to Aflatoxin B1 and Ochratoxin A: The Protective Role to Bioactive Compounds by Silvia Trombetti, Alessandra Cimbalo, Michela Grosso, Pilar Vila-Donat, Jordi Mañes, Lara Manyes

“…For proteomics analysis, peptides were separated using a LC-MS/MS-QTOF system and differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were statistically filtered (<i>p</i> < 0.05) distinguishing males from females. Gene ontology visualization allowed the identification of proteins involved in important biological processes such as the response to xenobiotic stimuli and liver development. …”
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Eye Gaze and Dominance, Cues for Online Communication with Strangers by Beril Durmuş, Yonca Aslanbay, Murat Çinko, Aydin Erden

“…Analysis of the data revealed no systematic differences between males and females.…”
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Impact of positive CD4 cells on event‐free survival in follicular lymphoma patients by Cong Li, Na Guo, Shuiyun Han, Haifeng Yu, Tao Lei, Xi Chen, Shuailing Peng, Haiyan Yang, Meijuan Wu

“…Results There were 49 (47.6%) male and 54 (52.4%) females, with a median age of 54 years. Compared to patients with <20% of positive CD4 cells, patients with ≥20% of positive CD4 cells exhibited a significant lower risk of early failure (2‐year EFS rate: 56.7% vs 73.5%, p = 0.047). …”
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The mattering citizen: young adults with mental illness and complex needs’ experiences and perceived opportunities of social inclusion by Silje Nord-Baade, Silje Nord-Baade, Ottar Ness, Michael Rowe, Michael Rowe, Camilla Bergsve Jensen, Anne Landheim, Anne Landheim

“…Seven young adults (three males/four females, aged 22–29) were recruited through Flexible Assertive Community Treatment teams and participated in the study through qualitative semi-structured interviews. …”
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Sexual risky behaviors in violence survivors aged 14 to 18 who sought care at a tertiary-level hospital in Mexico by Eugenia Pérez-García, Ángel Eduardo Velasco-Rojano, Alejandra García-Saisó, Aarón Rodríguez-Caballero, Jorge Luis Montes-Domínguez, Yiblia Krystal Salgado-Cedano, Lydia Estela Zerón Gutiérrez

“…Participants and setting: 173 medical records from adolescents aged 14 to 18 (average age: 15.15 years) who sought care at a tertiary-level hospital were analyzed, with 52.02% females and 47.98% males. Methods: A cross-sectional study reviewed records from 2018 to 2023. …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension, Obesity, Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome in Nepal by Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Anup Ghimire, Jeyasundar Radhakrishnan, Lekhjung Thapa, Nikesh Raj Shrestha, Navaraj Paudel, Keshar Gurung, Maskey R, Anjali Budathoki, Nirmal Baral, David Brodie

“…Prevalence was higher in the less educated, people working at home, and females. There was no significant correlation between the participants’ lifestyle factors and the prevalence of MS. …”
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College Students’ Perceptions of Worry and Parent Beliefs: Associations with Behaviors to Prevent Sun Exposure by Robert A. Yockey, Laura A. Nabors, Oladunni Oluwoye, Kristen Welker, Angelica M. Hardee

“…Specifically, males showed lower levels of sun protection behaviors, with the exception of wearing a hat with a brim, and lower levels of worry about sun exposure compared to females. Roughly a third of our sample had a family history of skin cancer, and this variable was related to worry about sun exposure and parental beliefs. …”
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Intraosseous angioleiomyoma of the mandible- Report of a rare case by K.S. Gamal Abdul Nasser, S.G. Wasim Ahamed, Madhu Narayan

“…Leiomyoma (LM) is a smooth muscle tumor of a benign nature frequent in the genital tract of females. It is infrequent in the oral cavity. Oral LMs are generally of the angioleiomyoma (ALM) type. …”
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Demographic disparities, service efficiency, safety, and user satisfaction in public bus transit system: A survey-based case study in the city of Charlotte, NC by Sanaz Sadat Hosseini, Babak Rahimi Ardabili, Mona Azarbayjani, Hamed Tabkhi

“…Key findings show that East Charlotte residents and females face limited routes and longer wait times; safety concerns are more prevalent among Black participants and those in East Charlotte; and privacy concerns are higher among infrequent and higher-income bus users. …”
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Vaccination Coverage of the Elderly in Greece: A Cross-Sectional Nationwide Study by Dimitrios Papagiannis, Georgios Rachiotis, Anargiros Mariolis, Efterpi Zafiriou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis

“…Two thousand and seventy-two participants participated in the present study: of which, 1043 were males and 1029 were females. The mean age of the participants was 73.3 years, and 83% vaccination coverage for flu vaccine, 49.5% for conjugate pneumococcal vaccine, and 23.5% for polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine were recorded. …”
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Oncocytic Adrenocortical Neoplasm Diagnosed after Robot-Assisted Adrenalectomy by Andrew C. Harbin, Andrew Chen, Siddharth Bhattacharyya, Jasvir S. Khurana, Joshua R. Kaplan, Daniel D. Eun

“…This pathology is rare, with only about 150 cases described in the literature. It occurs in females 2.5 times more frequently and more commonly on the left side. …”
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Asymmetric Omphalopagus in a Triplet after In Vitro Fertilization: A Rare Case of Conjoined Twinning by Samir Jabari, Roman Carbon, Manuel Besendörfer, Arndt Hartmann, Oliver Rompel, André Hoerning, Stephan Söder

“…The sex was nondeterminable, but DNA fingerprinting revealed that both parasite and autosite are monozygotic, so are females. There was no sign of any axial skeleton or central nervous system. …”
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The effects of clinical and pharmacological factors on the ratio of clozapine to norclozapine in psychiatric patients by Anna Mach, Anna Wnorowska, Marcin Siwek, Marcin Wojnar, Marcin Wojnar, Maria Radziwoń-Zaleska

“…The purpose of this study was to assess the factors modifying the CLO/NCLO ratio (CNR).MethodsA total of 446 blood samples (233 of which were drawn from females and 213 from males, aged from 18 to 77 years) were analyzed in this study. …”
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A network medicine approach to investigating ME/CFS pathogenesis in severely ill patients: a pilot study by Li-Yuan Hung, Chan-Shuo Wu, Chia-Jung Chang, Peng Li, Kimberly Hicks, Joshua J. Dibble, Braxton Morrison, Chimere L. Smith, Ronald W. Davis, Wenzhong Xiao

“…Additionally, our findings underscore a potential link between ME/CFS and estrogen signaling pathways, which may elucidate the higher prevalence of ME/CFS in females. These findings provide insights into the pathogenesis of ME/CFS from a network medicine perspective and highlight potential therapeutic targets. …”
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