Reliability of Upper Extremity Functional Performance Tests for Overhead Sports Activities by Bryan L Riemann, Kevin E Wilk, George J Davies

“… # Methods Forty adults (20 males, 20 females) completed four upper extremity FPT during two data collection sessions three to seven days apart: 1) prone medicine ball drop test 90°shoulder abduction (PMBDT 90°), 2) prone medicine ball drop test 90°shoulder abduction/90° elbow flexion (PMBDT 90°-90°), 3) half-kneeling medicine ball rebound test (HKMBRT), 4) seated single arm shot put test (SSASPT). …”
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Evaluation of serum Ferritin level in patients presenting with dysphagia: A hidden marker to diagnose Plummer Vinson syndrome by Rukhsana Tumrani, Afshan Qayum, Kashif Munir, Ahmad Ijlal, Mehvish Sana

“…Results: Mean age of the study subjects was 37.79±8.451years and 53(26.1%) were male and 150(73.9%) were females. Of the total 203 study subjects, 22(10.8%) were diagnosed as Plummer Vinson syndrome and among all these cases, 18(81.8%) were having low serum ferritin ≤8.0ng/ml with statistically significant difference between subgroups (p value <0.001).  …”
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Nutritional Evaluation of Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Treated with Hydroxyurea by Belkis Lázara Rodríguez Jorge, Lucía Morejón Díaz, Yoandra León Rayas, María Santa Cruz

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 15 patients were studied, there was a predominance of females (60 %) and adolescents represented 80 % of the patients in the study. 10 patients (66.7 %) presented the homozygous form; the Sβ thalassemia and SC variant were represented with 2 and 3 patients, respectively. …”
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New optical coherence tomography biomarker for diagnosis of acute optic neuritis in multiple sclerosis by Hend Mohammed Safwat, Sanaa Ahmed Mohamed, Ahmed Hassan Elsheshiny

“…Results: A total of 44 eyes of 22 MS patients (18 females, 4 males) with the mean age of 30.54 ± 9.65 years were included in this study. …”
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Insight into the Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance among Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Patients Admitted in ICUs of a Tertiary Care Hospital in India by Garima Gautam, Shweta Satija, Ravinder Kaur, Anil Kumar, Divakar Sharma, Megh Singh Dhakad

“…Isolates belonged equally to males (50.86%) and females (49.14%). The most common culture-positive clinical specimen received was blood (39.08%) followed by respiratory samples (29.45%). …”
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The Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Skeletal Age Assessment by Khalaf Alshamrani

“…The study includes 80 patients identified from an endocrine clinic, two males and two females from each of 5 age groups (<5, 5 to 7, 8 to 10, 11 to 13, and 14 to 16 years). …”
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A Cross-Sectional Study to Evaluate the Prevalence and Severity of Gingivitis among High School Students in Erbil City-Iraq. by Dildar Abdullah Othman, Rawand Mohammed Muhi, Nadeen Nazar Nafie, Manar Nadhum Farman

“…In general, males show a higher Gingival Index compared to females. Conclusion: The high prevalence of gingivitis shows us there’s a need for educational programs to improve the awareness and attitude towards better oral hygiene practices and the students belonging to lower socioeconomic were more affected by gingivitis. …”
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Bullying and Its Associated Factors among School-Aged Adolescents in Thailand by Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

“…The study found an overall prevalence of being bullied on one or more days during the past 30 days of 27.8%, 32.9% among males and 23.2% among females. The predominant forms of being bullied were among boys being hit, kicked, pushed, shoved around, or locked indoors and among girls making fun of with sexual jokes, comments, and gestures. …”
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Prevalence of Sleep-related Breathing Disorders in Children from 6 to 11 Years Old by Alexander Torres Molina

“…<strong><br />Results</strong>: 13.55% of school children snore habitually and 36.01% occasionally. 14.31% of males and 12.65% of females snore regularly. Sore throat (44.95%) and mouth breathing during the day (47.71%) were common clinical manifestations in habitually snoring children. 91.61% of those with a score between -1 and 3.5 and 89.80% of those who had&gt; 3.5 in Brouillette score were habitual snorers. …”
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Resistance Rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates to Primary Anti-tuberculosis Drugs: A 5-Year Retrospective Study by Sondos A. A. Ibnouf, Fatma Esenkaya Taşbent

“…Results: Out of the 154 isolated positive samples, males and females constituted equal parts of the study population (50%). …”
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Reverse Dipping of Blood Pressure in Patients of Hypertension with and without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Kanwal Shahid, Nauman Ismat Butt, Tooba Iqbal, Rubaba Khan, Anum Rasheed, Iqra Azam

“…Results: Mean age was 51.18±10.1 years with 54 (60.0%) were male and 36 (40.0%) females. Mean fasting blood glucose and mean random blood glucose levels were 87.32±13.2 mg/dl and 152.76±21.8 mg/dl respectively. …”
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The extent of western lowland gorilla social relationships within and between groups. by Kristena Cooksey, Jake Funkhouser, Crickette Sanz, Jean Marie Massamba, Thierry Fabrice Ebombi, Prospère Teberd, Gaston Abea, Gaeton Mbebouti, Kathryn Judson, Sean Brogan, Colleen Stephens, David Morgan

“…For all groups, we found that males were more social than females, younger individuals were more social than older gorillas, and slightly greater rates of social behaviors were observed during periods of higher fruit availability. …”
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Establishment of Pathogen-Free <i>Rhipicephalus bursa</i> Colonies Under Laboratory Conditions for the Vector Competence Studies by Mehmet Can Ulucesme, Sezayi Ozubek, Munir Aktas

“…In this study, engorged <i>R. bursa</i> females were collected from 12 infested livestock and allowed to lay eggs. …”
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The population structure and habitat use of resident of Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) in Wu River (Southwest China) by Canshi Hu

“…The observed adults sex ratio of males to females was 0.44:1. At the microhabitat scale, the results of logistic regression models indicated that the key habitat variables included the distance to the nearest forest edge (dist.forest), opening extent of valley (deg.valley) and distance to the nearest human settlement (dist.settlement). …”
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Automated quantitative pupillometry as a predictor for transtentorial brain herniation in patients with malignant acute ischemic stroke. by Catherine Park, So Young Park, Min Kim, Bumhee Park, Ji Man Hong

“…The study involved 59 patients (mean age 68.8 ± 1.6 years, 23 females) divided into herniation (n = 10) and non-herniation (n = 49) groups. …”
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Global regional and national burden of cataract attributable to high body mass index from 1990 to 2019 by Xiaowen Lan, Baodong Zhang, Yuxi Ding

“…In 2019, the burden of cataract due to high BMI was higher in females and the elderly population. North Africa and the Middle East were the high-risk areas of cataract attributable to high BMI in 2019, with Saudi Arabia being the country with the heaviest burden. …”
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Characterization of Older Adults with Colorectal Cancer in the Community by Belkis Álvarez Escobar, Juan Carlos Mirabal Requena, José Alejandro Concepción Pacheco, Javier Cruz Rodríguez, Ydalsys Naranjo Hernández

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> in the characterization of the sample, females, the age group between 70 and 79 years and the level of lower secondary education predominated. …”
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Dentists’ Attitudes in Jordan towards the Shortened Dental Arch Concept: A Cross-Sectional Study by Motasum Abu-Awwad, Rula Amarin, Farah Khouli, Sirin Shaban, Sandra AlTarawneh

“…One hundred and six dentists responded (70.7% response rate). Fifty-five were females. 82.1% were aware of the SDA concept. The fewer the years of experience, the more likely the dentists were aware of the SDA concept (X2, P=0.024) and the more likely they learned about it through undergraduate education (X2, P<0.001). …”
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Result of Surgery to Patients with Brain Tumor in Cienfuegos by Jorge Luis Acevedo Cardoso, Samuel Sánchez Sánchez, Yoniel Suárez Guerrero, Tamara García Alfonso de Armas, Wendy Gómez Menéndez

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> there was a slight predominance of females over males. 67.9 % of the patients did not present associated comorbidity, 45.3 % started as an endocranial hypertension syndrome, 81.9 % had supratentorial localization and 73.6 % had total macroscopic tumor cytoreduction. …”
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Clinical epidemiological characterization of COVID-19 in Cumanayagua. 2021 by Narciso Águila Rodríguez, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Sarah Hernández Malpica, Natasha Sánchez Bouza, Yoseline César Carrero, Maidelenyis Santos Santos

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> The months of August and September predominated with higher positive cases and deaths, more frequent in females, as well as in young adults. The highest percentage presented clinical symptoms, cough and asthenia were the most reported symptoms, followed by headache and runny nose. …”
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