Assessment of Anterior Loop of Inferior Alveolar Nerve and Its Anatomic Variations with Age, Gender, and Dentition Status in Indian Population: A CBCT Study by Anjali Gupta, Sandeep Kumar, Siddharth Kumar Singh, Arunoday Kumar, Abhishek Gupta, Palkin Mehta

“…Males were found to have significantly higher loops compared to females. The number of loops was found to decrease significantly with age. …”
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Beyond the Scalpel: Addressing Communication and Distress in ENT Cancer by Bogdan Hirtie, Norberth-Istvan Varga, Andrada Oprisoni, Sonia Tanasescu, Estera Boeriu, Virgiliu Bogdan Sorop, Octavia Harich, Adrian Vasile Bota, Delia Ioana Horhat

“…A high prevalence of psychological distress was observed, particularly among widowed individuals and females. No direct correlation was found between communication preferences and distress. …”
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Analysis of Autoantibodies to 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A Reductase Using Different Technologies by Lucile Musset, Makoto Miyara, Olivier Benveniste, Jean-Luc Charuel, Alexander Shikhman, Olivier Boyer, Richard Fowler, Andrew Mammen, Joe Phillips, Michael Mahler

“…The mean age of the anti-HMGCR antibody positive patients was 54.4 years, 16/20 were females, and 18/20 had necrotizing myopathy (two patients were not diagnosed). …”
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The Initial Assessment of Daily Insulin Dose in Chinese Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes by Jing Ma, Huan Zhou, Hua Xu, Xie Chen, Xiangyu Teng, Qianjing Liu, Wei Liu

“…Research Design and Methods. 65 newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes (39 males/26 females; HbA1c ≥ 11.80 ± 0.22%) were investigated. …”
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Determinants and Perception of Incest in Family Relationships in Uyo Capital City, Nigeria by Victoria Nkan, Enwongo Abasi Udofia, Deborah Uduk

“…Using a cross-sectional survey of 800 respondents (382 males, 418 females), the research identifies key determinants of incest, including poverty (15%), depression (14%), and alcoholism (16%), as well as factors like single parenting (15%) and divorce/separation (20%). …”
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A finite element model for biomechanical characterization of ex vivo peripheral nerve dysfunction during stretch by Nicholas C. Vasas, Adam M. Forrest, Nathaniel A. Myers, Michael B. Christensen, Jenny L. Pierce, Sidney M. Kaufmann, Kimberly B. Lanaghen, Randal C. Paniello, Julie M. Barkmeier‐Kraemer, Jonathan P. Vande Geest

“…Successive stretch trials were run on eight sciatic nerves (four females and four males) excised from Sprague–Dawley rats. …”
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Coronary Calcium Scoring and Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Belkis Mercedes Vicente Sánchez, Gisela Zerquera Trujillo, Felix R. Jorrín Román, Lázaro E. de la Cruz Avilez, Elodia M. Rivas Alpízar

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> females were predominant. Most patients were between 41 and 70 years old. …”
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Training Psychological Skills: Efficacy and Assessment of a Nonclinical Psychological Sports Coaching E-Intervention for Young Elite Athletes by Raphaël Bonetti, Fabienne Crettaz von Rotten, Denis Hauw

“…Methods The study sample consisted of 105 athletes (73 males, 32 females), comprising 61 skiers (33 males, 28 females), 29 male footballers, and 15 track and field athletes (11 males, 4 females), recruited from four sports clubs in Switzerland and France. …”
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Acute Poisoning Cases Presented to the Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency, and Trauma Hospital Emergency Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Biruktawit Zemedie, Menbeu Sultan, Ayalew Zewdie

“…Data were collected from 98 acute poisoning cases, and 52% were males and 48% were females. 85 (86.7%) were less than 45 years. 52 (55.1%) were unemployed, and 33 (33.7%) were farmers. 96 (98%) cases were due to intentional poisoning, and 96 (98%) had oral ingestion. …”
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Incidence and Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection After Knee Arthroplasty; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ayub Bagheri, Alireza Sharifi Niknafs, Bahar Farhadi, Seyed Amirhossein Mazhari, Parnia Karimian, Nafiseh Hekmati Pour, Hamid Hojjati, Iman Nosratabadi, Azadeh Emami, Reza Salehi

“…The Odds Ratio (OR) for the incidence of SSI in males was observed to be significantly higher than that in females (OR: 1.617; 95% CI: 1.380 to 1.894; Z=5.951; P<0.001). …”
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The Role of Visfatin, Leptin, and IL-18 in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Patients by Sukayna H. Rashed, Eman A. Hadi

“…Background: Several local studies revealed there is a rising occurrence of polycystic ovarian syndrome in the city of Mosul at different ages, even among unmarried females. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of body mass index (BMI) on a range of biochemical markers among PCOS patients and healthy women at Mosul women's clinics and hospitals. …”
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التخطیط الاستراتیجى فى مؤسسات المعلومات فى دولة الکویت by د. عبد الله حمود مویهان

“…Research population consisted ofemployees of libraries in Kuwait University (98) employees (males - females).The results showed that a percentage of 44.9 % of individuals see that thestrategic planning achieves the objectives of Information Institution and achievesthe library message. …”
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The Effect of Hand Anthropometric Variables on Grip Strength in Grip Elite Athletes and Non-Athletes by Tufan Ulcay, Kazım Kaya, Ahmet Uzun, Ersan Kara, Burcu Kamaşak, Naime Meric Konar

“…Results revealed that some anthropometric measurements of hand significantly higher in elite athlete group than non-athlete group in males and females (p lt;0.05). In conclusion, we found that some hand anthropometric parameters are different in the grip sports and non-athletes, but we cannot exactly determine whether specific sport activities affect these differences or the inherent characteristics of athletes lead them to these sports. …”
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Dietary lipids shape cytokine and leptin profiles in obesity-metabolic syndrome implications: A cross-sectional study. by Sakawrut Poosri, Karani Santhanakrishnan Vimaleswaran, Pattaneeya Prangthip

“…<h4>Results</h4>Obesity prevalence was 26.1% and 73.90% in males and females, respectively. Participants with obesity exhibited significantly higher inflammatory and hormonal marker levels. …”
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Assessment of Knowledge of Legal Provisions on Organ Donation and Transplantation amongst Healthcare Workers in Nigeria: A Cross-sectional Study by Oludamilola Adebola Adejumo, Oluseyi Ademola Adejumo, Olalekan Ezekiel Ojo, Imuetinyan Rashida Edeki, Olubukola Ayoola Ojo, Roli Cynthia Madubuko

“…Results: A total of 836 physicians and nurses with a mean age of 37.61 ± 9.78 years participated in the study. Females and physicians constituted 53.3% and 62.9% of the respondents, respectively. …”
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A Small Surge in Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in the “Dynamic Zero” Period by Xiaona Li, Ruili Li, Qiguo Lian, Yang Wang, Wenkui Gu, Qinghe Meng

“…Among the 108 laboratory-confirmed patients, the median age was 38 years old, and 50.9% were females. Obvious symptoms were observed among 67.6% (73/108) of all cases, and major clinical manifestations included fever, sore throat, and cough, which occurred in 31.5%, 26.9%, and 19.4% of the 108 cases, respectively. …”
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Unlocking prognostic potential: A genomic signature of caloric restriction in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer. by Ori Tal, Tamar Zahavi, Liat Anabel Sinberger, Mali Salmon-Divon

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a literature search to identify proteins modulated by fasting, intermittent fasting or prolonged caloric restriction in human females. Based on the gene expression of these proteins, we calculated a Non-Fasting Genomic Signature score for each ovarian cancer sample sourced from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. …”
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Observations of Score Changes Between USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 Among Students of Different Demographic Groups in a Longitudinal Clinical Curriculum by Kaitlyn Novotny, Daniel Levine, Dale Netski, Edward Simanton

“…RESULTS Analysis revealed significant score improvements between Step 1 and Step 2 for the following groups: females, students with low socioeconomic status, and students who originally received lower Step 1 scores. …”
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Establishment of Reference Norms for Lung Function Parameters of Healthy Sri Lankan Tamils by Mathanki Sooriyakanthan, Savithri Wimalasekera, Sivapalan Kanagasabai

“…Means, and standard deviations for Vital Capacity (VC), Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second (FEV1), FEV1%, Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) and for other forced expiratory parameters of 775 males and 687 females were determined. Lung function parameters have significant p<0.05 positive correlations with most of the anthropometric measures. …”
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CohortDiagnostics: Phenotype evaluation across a network of observational data sources using population-level characterization. by Gowtham A Rao, Azza Shoaibi, Rupa Makadia, Jill Hardin, Joel Swerdel, James Weaver, Erica A Voss, Mitchell M Conover, Stephen Fortin, Anthony G Sena, Chris Knoll, Nigel Hughes, James P Gilbert, Clair Blacketer, Alan Andryc, Frank DeFalco, Anthony Molinaro, Jenna Reps, Martijn J Schuemie, Patrick B Ryan

“…Specifically, the incidence rate of SLE was consistently higher in occurrence among females. Moreover, expected clinical events like laboratory tests, treatments, and repeated diagnoses were also observed. …”
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