Influence of Gender on Cardiac and Encephalic Inflammation in the Elderly with Cysticercosis: A Case Control Study by Camila Lourencini Cavellani, Rosana Rosa Miranda Corrêa, Mara Lúcia Fonseca Ferraz, Laura Penna Rocha, Ana Carolina Guimarães Faleiros, Ruy de Souza Lino Junior, Marlene Antônia dos Reis, Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira

“…The non-elderly group with cysticercosis had significantly more inflammation, both cardiac and encephalic, than the elderly group. The elderly females with cysticercosis had more cardiac and encephalic inflammation. …”
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Small Cages with Insect Couples Provide a Simple Method for a Preliminary Assessment of Mating Disruption by Françoise Briand, Patrick M. Guerin, Pierre-Joseph Charmillot, Patrik Kehrli

“…The proportion of mated females was between 15 to 70% lower in pheromone-treated compared to untreated vineyards. …”
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Educational intervention applied in children from 5 to 11 years of age with deforming oral habits by María de los Santos Haces Yanes, Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez, Nicolás Ramón Cruz Pérez, Ivette Alvarez Mora

“…Risk factors were eradicated in more than 50% of the children being the most frequent: lingual protraction, baby bottle suction, mainly among females. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> The intervention was successful for the reduction of deforming oral habits, and the high level of knowledge acquired. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy Of Placental Thickness Measured By Ultrasonography In The Detection Of Intrauterine Growth Restricted (IUGR) Babies Keeping Actual Birth Weight As Gold Standard by Farkhanda Jabeen, Madiha Farhan, Maryam Amjad, Aeisha Begum, Nadia Gul, Salma Umbreen

“…Placental thickness was measured as the distance between the echogenic line of the chorionic plate and the hypoechoic myometrium. The pregnant females were followed till childbirth and the weight of the baby at birth was recorded. …”
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Local resource competition and the skewness of the sex ratio: a demographic model by Lorenzo Mari, Marino Gatto, Renato Casagrandi

“…Aninteresting hypothesis proposed by Clark (1978) to explain male-biased sexratios is the local resource competition theory: the bias may be expected inthose species in which males disperse more than females, which are thus moreprone to local competition for resources. …”
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Selfitis: An Analysis on Prevalence and Attitude among College Students by MG Sreejamol, R Radhika, Rajalakshmi Reghuvaran

“…Results: It was found that 86% (344) were males and 14% (56) were females. Eighty-five percentage (340) of the study subjects had smartphone and only a few, 60 (15%) were not using it. …”
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Epidemiology of pelvic and acetabular fractures in a tertiary hospital in Singapore by Amritpal Singh, Amaris Shu Min Lim, Bernard Puang Huh Lau, Gavin O’Neill

“…The demographics of PAFs have changed, with fewer injuries in females (20.7% vs. 33.3%), a reduction in the proportion of injuries in the Chinese (51.5% vs. 70.1%). …”
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The <i>Pelvicachromis pulcher</i>: A Local Aquarium Species by A.T. Ibim, G.C. Eziefule

“…They are a dwarf freshwater teleost fish, with males attaining a maximum length of approximately 12.5cm (4.9 in) and a maximum weight of 9.5g (0.34 oz), while the females are smaller and deeper bodied, with a maximum length of 8.1 cm (3.2 in) and a maximum weight of 9.4 g (0.33 oz). …”
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Reducing trailing limb collisions in older adults through targeted leading limb placement after obstacle crossing: effect of closer foot placement by Tomoki Hakamata, Tomoki Hakamata, Takahiro Higuchi

“…This study investigated whether the intervention of placing the leading limb closer to the obstacle is effective in reducing trailing limb collisions in healthy older adults.MethodsTwenty-one older individuals (11 males, 10 females; mean age 75.7 years) participated. Participants were allocated to one of two groups: a closer placement group, instructed to place the leading limb on a square target positioned on their walking path after crossing an obstacle, and a control group, instructed to cross the obstacle naturally. …”
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Radiological and Clinical Prognostic Factors of Recurrence of Subacute and Chronic Subdural Hematomas by Milda Paliulytė, Gytis Šustickas

“…Out of 149 patients, SSDHs and CSDHs were observed in 89 males (59.6%) and 60 (40.3%) females. Mean of the patients age was 71.1±15 years. …”
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Effect of Hepatitis E Virus on the Male Reproductive System: A Review of Current Evidence by Ahmed A. Kotb, Mohamed A. El-Mokhtar, Ibrahim M. Sayed

“…It was also associated with mortality in pregnant females. Several studies have investigated the impact of HEV on the male reproductive system; however, the available data are limited and conflicting. …”
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Characterization of hemorrhoidal disease in patients treated in the Coloproctology service. Cienfuegos, 2020-2022 by Victor Manuel García Pino, José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Lidia Torres Aja

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: females predominated (60.1%), patients with smoking habits (33.6%) and arterial hypertension (39.9%), as well as the age group 61-70 years (33.2%). …”
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Influence of food consumption and packaging on urinary Bisphenol-A level in a sample of Egyptian students by Rania N. Sabry, Rehab S.I. Moustafa, Saneya A. Wahba, Ebtissam M. Salah El-Din, Samia Boseila, Mai M. Youssef, Mones M. Abushady, Jihan Hussein, Dalia Medhat, Safaa M. Morsy, Dina A. Salah

“…Sixty four participants were males, and sixty-one were females. Urine samples were analysed from the studied children and adolescents to assess urinary BPA levels. …”
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Illness Perception and Depressive Symptoms among Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study in Clinical Settings in Nepal by Suira Joshi, Raja Ram Dhungana, Usha Kiran Subba

“…The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 44.1% (95% CI: 39.1, 49.1). Females (p<0.01), homemakers (p<0.01), 61–70 age group (p=0.01), those without formal education (p<0.01), and people with lower social status (p<0.01) had significantly higher proportion of depressive symptoms than the others. …”
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Indirectly acquired fear memories have distinct, sex-specific molecular signatures from directly acquired fear memories. by Shaghayegh Navabpour, Morgan B Patrick, Nour A Omar, Shannon E Kincaid, Yeeun Bae, Jennifer Abraham, Jacobi McGrew, Madeline Musaus, W Keith Ray, Richard F Helm, Timothy J Jarome

“…Here, using a rodent indirect fear learning paradigm where one rat (observer) watches another rat (demonstrator) associate an auditory cue with foot shock, we found that fear can be indirectly acquired by both males and females regardless of the sex or novelty (familiarity) of the demonstrator animal. …”
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Lumboperitoneal shunts in children: a retrospective study by Mohammad Elbaroody, Basem Ismail Alhayen, Mohamed Eltoukhy, Ahmed Atallah, Hossam Eldin Mostafa, Ahmed Mohamed Alselisly

“…Results A total of 19 patients are included in our study. 12 children were males (63.2%) and 7 were females (36.8%). The mean age at LP shunt placement was 5.7 years (6 months–12 years), and most of the children were in the school-age group 11 (57.9%). …”
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INVESTIGATION OF MORAL DECISION-MAKING ATTITUDES OF YOUTH ATHLETES by Nurullah Emir Ekinci, Piyami Çakto, Ümmühan Tınaz, Büşra Işık, Alican Bayram

“…The population of the study consists of amateur sports clubs in the Kütahya province, while the sample was determined through snowball sampling, a non-probability sampling method (N=520, 104 males, 416 females). This is a quantitative research adopting a survey model. …”
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Poor quality of life in indian ankylosing spondylitis patients by Latika Gupta, Sakir Ahmed, Gautam Dhar Choudhury, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal

“…Results: Out of the 99 patients, 5 were females and 5 had juvenile onset AS. Median age was 32 (26-42) years and median disease duration was 6 (1.25-10) years. …”
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Consumers’ Awareness on Organic Food: Case of Urban Sri Lanka by S.H. Pushpa Malkanthi, S.D. Dilini Rathnachandra, W.A. Ruwani N. Weerasinghe

“…According to the results, the majority of the respondents were married females. The results revealed that Sri Lankan consumers have a better awareness on organic food. …”
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The Reality of Field Training Programs for Students of Media and Communication Departments in Saudi Universities: The Department of Media and Communication at King Khalid Universit... by Dr. Ali bin Abdullah Al-Zuhair Al-Qahtani

“…From the point of view of those responsible for training in government and private sector institutions in the Asir region; In order to determine the suitability of training programs for department students; In terms of content, training methods, and program evaluation tools for trainees’ performance, the study relied on the survey method through a deliberate sample with (40) individuals, males and females, from the study population, which includes workers in public relations departments, newspapers, radio, and television in training agencies in the Asir region. …”
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