Sports Nutrition Knowledge among Mid-Major Division I University Student-Athletes by Ashley Andrews, Janet R. Wojcik, Joni M. Boyd, Charles J. Bowers

“…Participants included 123 mid-major Division I university student-athletes (47 females and 76 males) from baseball, softball, men’s soccer, track and field, and tennis. …”
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MODIFIED THREE-DIMENSIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS by Enguer Beraldo Garcia, Gabriel António de Matos, Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira Senna, Liliane Faria Garcia, André de Sá, Enguer Beraldo Garcia Júnior, Juliana Garcia Camarinha, Victor de Oliveira Matos, Juliano Chaves

“…There was a higher incidence of hyperlordosis in females. There was a predominance of hypokyphosis in younger individuals. …”
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Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Has a Negative Impact on Quality of Life Compared with Other Comorbidities: An Epidemiological Cross-Sectional Study of 1862 Community-Dwelling Individuals by Koji Otani, Shinichi Kikuchi, Shoji Yabuki, Tamaki Igarashi, Takuya Nikaido, Kazuyuki Watanabe, Shinichi Konno

“…A total of 1862 people (697 males and 1165 females, most subjects were between 40 and 85 y.o.) agreed to participate and were interviewed. …”
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Different whole body HIIT protocols do not promote different muscle thickness and functional adaptations among healthy physically active subjects by Alexandre L. Evangelista, Júlio B. B. de Camargo, Roberta L. Rica, Luiz Carlos Carnevali Júnior, Gregg S. Mallett, Valentina Bullo, Marco Bergamin, Stefano Gobbo, Danilo S. Bocalini

“…Therefore, the aim of the present study was to assess the effects of two distinct WB-HIIT protocols on morphological and general fitness adaptations in healthy active young individuals.MethodsThirty-four participants (22 males and 12 females) were randomly assigned to one of the following groups: 30 s of all-out effort interspersed with 10 s of passive recovery (G30 × 10, n = 17) or 40 s of an all-out effort interspersed with 20 s of passive recovery (G40 × 20, n = 17). …”
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Influences of age and sex on the diagnostic accuracy of human epididymis secretory protein 4 for malignant pleural effusion by Qian Yang, Yan Niu, Qianghua Zhou, Dan-Ni Yang, Hong-Zhe Zhu, Cheng Yan, Su-Na Cha, Ting-Wang Jiang, Li Yan, Wen-Qi Zheng, Jian-Xun Wen, Zhi-De Hu

“…The diagnostic accuracy of HE4 in males did not differ significantly from that in females. Therefore, we conclude that age should be considered when using HE4 in pleural fluid to diagnose MPE.…”
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External Dacryocystorhinostomy: Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes in Patients with and without Previous Dacryocystitis by Gilad Rabina, Shani Golan, Meira Neudorfer, Igal Leibovitch

“…A total of 185 patients with NLDO underwent external DCR of whom 152 (100 females and 52 males, mean age 67 ± 15 years) met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Low Fat Loss Response after Medium-Term Supervised Exercise in Obese Is Associated with Exercise-Induced Increase in Food Reward by Graham Finlayson, Phillipa Caudwell, Catherine Gibbons, Mark Hopkins, Neil King, John Blundell

“…The study was a 12-week supervised exercise intervention prescribed to expend 500 kcal/day, 5 d/week. 34 sedentary obese males and females were identified as responders (R) or non-responders (NR) to the intervention according to changes in body composition relative to measured energy expended during exercise. …”
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Hyoid bone-based sex discrimination among Egyptians using a multidetector computed tomography: discriminant function analysis, meta-analysis, and artificial intelligence-assisted s... by Afaf Abdelkader, Susan A. Ali, Ahmed Abdeen, Ehab S. Taher, Asmaa Y. A. Hussein, Mamdouh Eldesoqui, Mohamed Abdo, Liana Fericean, Bănăţean-Dunea Ioan, Samah F. Ibrahim, Ashraf M. Said, Darine Amin, Elturabi E. Ebrahim, Amany M. Allam, Mihaela Ostan, Khaled A. Bayoumi, Tabinda Hasan, Ekramy M. Elmorsy

“…The results indicated that all measured dimensions of the hyoid bone were substantially larger in males confront to females. Discriminant functions combining four measurements (major and minor axes of the hyoid body, the distance between the lesser horns, and hyoid bone length) achieved a higher accuracy of sex prediction compared to univariate functions. …”
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Association of Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Calcium in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients by Ghaith Hamza Kamil, Mohammed Mezher Hussein, Raya Ezzat Maroof

“…One hundred blood samples (57males and 43 females) from CKD patients have been gathered from Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Baghdad Teaching Hospital and Al-Karama Teaching Hospital during the period from December 2021 to March 2022 besides 50 samples as apparently healthy control. …”
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Sleep Breathing Disorders’ Screening Among Children Approaching Orthodontic Evaluation: A Preliminary Study by Marco Storari, Francesca Stramandinoli, Maurizio Ledda, Alberto Verlato, Alessio Verdecchia, Enrico Spinas

“…Results: Among the 48 participants (31 females, 17 males) aged 5–12 years, 69% were identified as being at risk for SDB. …”
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IMPORTANCE OF POSTUROLOGY AS PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SPINAL DEFORMITIES by Petya Kasnakova, Biyanka Tornyova, Tanya Paskaleva

“…The functional study was conducted in the period 2022-2024 on the territory of Plovdiv and Haskovo regions. 488 individuals between the ages of 18 and 65 were studied, 49.8% (n = 248) females and 49.2% (n = 240) males. The diagnosis was made with special tests for spinal dysfunctions. …”
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No Correlation Exists between Disease Activity and the Expression of Killer-Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Toshiaki Kogure, Takeshi Tatsumi, Atsushi Niizawa, Hiroshi Fujinaga, Tomoyuki Ito, Yutaka Shimada, Katsutoshi Terasawa

“…In the cross-sectional study, 15 patients (9 females and 6 males) who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for RA were assessed. …”
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Blood Morphology and Hematology of Adult Baikal Seals (<i>Pusa sibirica</i> Gmelin, 1788) Under Professional Care by Polina Esipova, Irina Suvorova, Veronika Yachmen, Igor Pushchin

“…We studied the morphological features of blood cells of twelve clinically normal, adult Baikal seals (<i>n</i> = 6 males, <i>n</i> = 6 females) from two oceanariums under professional care for eight years. …”
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Optic Neuritis in the Older Chinese Population: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study by Junqing Wang, Huanfen Zhou, Limin Qin, Chunxia Peng, Jie Zhao, Da Teng, Dahe Lin, Nanping Ai, Quangang Xu, Shihui Wei

“…Results. 76 patients (99 eyes) were included, of which 58% were females. The mean age at presentation was 55.53 ± 8.29 years (range: 45–83 years). …”
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The Role of Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity in Insulin Sensitivity, Beta Cell Function, and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance by Lou Rose Malamug, Rudruidee Karnchanasorn, Raynald Samoa, Ken C. Chiu

“…After adjustment for age and BMI and also adjustment for all covariates, no difference was found in either HOMA-IR or HOMA-B in all ethnic and gender groups except for a marginally significant difference in HOMA-IR in NHB females. H. pylori infection was not a risk factor for abnormal glucose tolerance, nor plays a major role in insulin resistance or beta cell dysfunction.…”
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Ethnic Differences in Risk Factors for Obesity among Adults in California, the United States by Liang Wang, Jodi Southerland, Kesheng Wang, Beth A. Bailey, Arsham Alamian, Marc A. Stevens, Youfa Wang

“…Differences in risk factors for obesity were also observed: Whites (gender, age, physical activity, smoking, arthritis, and diabetes medicine intake), Latinos (age, arthritis, and diabetes medicine intake), Asians (age, binge drinking, arthritis, and diabetes medicine intake), and African Americans (gender, physical activity, smoking, binge drinking, and diabetes medicine intake). Females were more likely to be obese among African Americans (odds ratio (OR) = 1.43, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.05–1.94), but less likely among Whites (OR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.74–0.87). …”
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Primary and middle school students' views on inclusive physical education: Perceptions, practices, and future directions by Gabriele Russo, Alice Masini, Laura Dallolio, Andrea Ceciliani

“…The analysis also revealed that males perceived a higher well-being in PE classes than females. Conclusion: The research underscores that primary and especially middle school PE teachers should promote the well-being of students by creating inclusive and enjoyable PE classes. …”
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Assessment of Opuntia ficus-indica supplementation on enhancing antioxidant levels by Rahela Zaman, Eugenie Sin Sing Tan, Normina Ahmad Bustami, Farahnaz Amini, Marjan Sadat Seghayat, Yu Bin Ho, Chung Keat Tan

“…Fifty healthy participants, aged 18 years and older, including males and females, received a daily OFi supplement of 1500 mg for 3 months. …”
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Inheritance patterns of male asexuality in hybrid males of a water frog Pelophylax esculentus by Marie Doležálková-Kaštánková, Dmitrij Dedukh, Veronika Labajová, Eleonora Pustovalova, Lukáš Choleva

“…To understand the mechanisms of gametogenesis in hybrids, we performed three-generation experiments of sexual P. ridibundus females and hybrids from all-male hybrid populations. …”
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Barriers and facilitators for the implementation of delayed-prescription of antibiotics in family medicine: a qualitative study by Aline Rinaldi, Serena Petrocchi, Luca Gabutti, Anna Bullo, Peter Johannes Schulz

“…Results A total of 29 participants were involved (M = 39,76 years of age, SD = 15,91; 19 females). Participants naturally polarized into two distinct groups: one expressing attitudes against delayed prescription and the other in favor of such practice. …”
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