Feminine Endings in The Duchess of Malfi by Ladan Niayesh

“…Extending that principle to the play, it offers a reflection on the way endings are made distinct for female and male protagonists, and thereby paradoxically opens a space for the feminine and femininity within the text, even if that space can only be reached in loss and death.…”
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Select the Sex of Your Next Calf Prior to Mating: Using Sexed Semen by Gary R. Hansen

“…This is accomplished through a procedure known as flow cytometry cell sorting where X- (female) or Y-(male)-chromosome-bearing cells are sorted based on DNA content of the sperm cell. …”
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The history of childbirth: Women and doctors in the lying-in hospital of Göttingen University, eighteenth – nineteenth century by Jürgen Schlumbohm

“…With regard to the relationship between medical men and female midwives, the picture that emerges from a closer scrutiny of German sources is also more complicated than expected. …”
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Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Endorsement among Adolescents and Young Adults in Tanzania: Insights from the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey by Alpha Johnson Kapola, Rahma Musoke, Glenda Marie Manayon, Hassan Fredrick Fussi, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Haji Mbwana Ally, Swalehe Mustafa Salim, Zuhura Mbwana Ally, Lynn Moshi, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Habib Omari Ramadhani

“…Female respondents (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.69; 95% CI 0.51–0.91) and rural residents (aOR = 0.78; 95% CI 0.61–1.00) had lower odds of PrEP awareness compared with male respondents and urban residents, respectively. …”
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Sex-related functional outcome after periacetabular osteotomy in mild to severe hip dysplasia by Maximilian Fischer, Lars Nonnenmacher, Andre Hofer, Alexander Zimmerer, Andreas Nitsch, Rico Großjohann, Sabrina Erdmann, Georgi I. Wassilew

“…Results: In total, 145 patients (28 male, 117 female) were included. The PROMs improved significantly across males and females at the latest follow-up. …”
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Factors influencing livestock ownership and herd intensity among smallholder farmers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa by Jabulile Z. Manyike, Amon Taruvinga, Leocadia Zhou

“…Based on these findings, policy recommendations include promoting gender-inclusive livestock policies to empower female-headed households, enhancing access to climate information, supporting farm organizations and income diversification, and fostering adaptation to environmental changes, to improve the sustainability and resilience of smallholder livestock farming.…”
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Turkish suicide patterns: Longitudinal analysis of suicide trends in Turkiye (2000 -2022) by Ayhan Tabur, Feruza Turan Sonmez

“…From 2010 to 2021, total suicide rates increased by 35%, with female suicides rising by 45% and male suicides by 27%. …”
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Sex Differences in the Allele Distribution of PGLYRP2 Variant rs892145 in Parkinson’s Disease by Caroline Ran, Karin Wirdefeldt, Olof Sydow, Per Svenningsson, Rochellys Diaz Heijtz

“…Although initial analysis of the three variants rs892145, rs959117, and rs10888557 and a meta-analysis of rs892145 did not reveal any association between the selected variants and PD, we found an interaction between sex and genotype for rs892145, with a marked difference in the allele distribution of rs892145 between male and female patients. As compared to controls, the T allele was less common in female patients (odds ratio = 0.76, P = 0.04) and more common in male patients (odds ratio = 1.29, P = 0.04). …”
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Evaluating dental students’ satisfaction in clinical Periodontics courses at KSAU-HS: a cross-sectional study by Jawaher Abu Wathlan, Hussam Alqahtani

“…Results The study included a balanced distribution of male (47.92%) and female (52.08%) participants, with 68.75% in their third year and 31.25% in their fourth year. …”
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Two Unrelated Iranian Patients with Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency: A Case Report and Review of Treatment by Parvaneh Karimzade, Aziz Eghbali, Mohammad Keramatipour, Reza Shiari, Zahra Golchehre, Mahdieh Taghizadeh, Mazdak Fallahi, Shahrzad Fallah, Nasrin Khakbazan Fard, Narges Eslami, Narges Bazgir, Mahnaz Jamee, Zahra Chavoshzadeh

“…The first patient was a 7-year-old female who experienced recurrent neurological symptoms such as vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and right-sided hemiparesis. …”
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Gluteal Muscle Activation During Common Yoga Poses by B.J. Lehecka, Sydney Stoffregen, Adam May, Jacob Thomas, Austin Mettling, Josh Hoover, Rex Hafenstine, Nils A Hakansson

“… # Study Design Cross-Sectional # Methods Thirty-one healthy males and females aged 18-35 years were tested during five yoga poses performed in a randomized order. …”
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Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum, and Cervical and Facial Massive Emphysema Secondary to Colonoscopy: A Rare Complication of Colonoscopy by Ruben Daniel Perez Lopez, Julian Vargas Flores, Lenin de Jesus Orbe Garibay, Hugo Fernando Narvaez Gonzalez

“…Case report of a 71-year-old female who presents a rare complication due to a perforation in the sigmoid which developed pneumoperitoneum, pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and massive subcutaneous emphysema as a complication of a diagnostic colonoscopy where a biopsy of a friable lesion was performed. …”
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Bouveret’s Syndrome as a Rare Life-Threatening Complication of Gallstone Disease—A Surgical Problem: Two Case Reports by Nebojsa S. Ignjatovic, Ilija D. Golubovic, Miodrag N. Djordjevic, Marko M. Stojanovic, Daniela A. Benedeto Stojanov, Jelena S. Ignjatovic, Jelena D. Zivadinovic, Sonja Golubovic

“…<i>Case 2</i>: A 72-year-old female presented with a gastroduodenal passage obstruction confirmed by imaging, which identified a duodeno-biliary fistula. …”
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Multiomic analysis reveals cellular, transcriptomic and epigenetic changes in intestinal pouches of ulcerative colitis patients by Yu Zhao, Ran Zhou, Bingqing Xie, Cambrian Y. Liu, Martin Kalski, Candace M. Cham, Zhiwei Jiang, Jason Koval, Christopher R. Weber, David T. Rubin, Mitch Sogin, Sean Crosson, Mengjie Chen, Jun Huang, Aretha Fiebig, Sushila Dalal, Eugene B. Chang, Anindita Basu, Sebastian Pott

“…We generated a cell-type-resolved transcriptional and epigenetic atlas of ileal pouches using scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq data from paired biopsy samples of the ileal pouch and the ileal segment above the pouch (pre-pouch) from patients (male=4, female=2), and paired biopsies of the terminal ileum and ascending colon from healthy individuals (male=3, female=3) serving as reference. …”
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Occurrence of Clinostomum Metacercariae in Oreochromis mossambicus from Mashoko Dam, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe by Casper Mutengu, Wilson Mhlanga

“…Among the infected fish, 46 were males and 67 were females. Greater parasite burden and mean intensity were observed in female fish (2.7 MI) than males (2.2 MI). …”
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The Effect of Child Abuse on University Student’s Psychological Status: A Retrospective study by Pary M. Azize, Farida A. Kadir, Lavin Luqman Othman

“…We can see that the constant (Male) is 49.29 and the female participants are 26.34 more than the constant. …”
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Prevalence of Myopia among Children Attending Pediatrics Ophthalmology Clinic at Ohud Hospital, Medina, Saudi Arabia by Aisha Mohammed Alemam, Mohammed Hamad Aldebasi, Abdulkarem Rehmatullah, Rami Alsaidi, Ishraq Tashkandi

“…Out of the study participants, 56.8% were female and the mean age was 9.7 ± 3.6. Myopia was more prevalent in male participants than female participants (n = 525, 4%, n = 690, 3.1%, p=0.5). …”
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Multimodal Imaging Characteristics of ADRP in a Family with p.Thr58Arg Substituted RHO Mutation by Misty Ruppert, John Pyun, K. V. Chalam, David Sierpina

“…Results. The 58-year-old female and her son with symptoms of nyctalopia and decreased vision showed macular pigmentary changes in a bull’s-eye pattern along with bone spicules in periphery with retinal atrophy. …”
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Efficacy of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome in Elderly Patients: A Retrospective Study by Naoki Higashiyama, Shinya Tamura, Taku Sugawara

“…There were 27 cases in the <75-year-old group and 46 in the ≥75-year-old group, with no significant differences in male/female ratio, duration of pain, or operative time between the two groups. …”
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Frequency and Prognostic Relevance of FLT3 Mutations in Saudi Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients by Ghaleb Elyamany, Mohammad Awad, Kamal Fadalla, Mohamed Albalawi, Mohammad Al Shahrani, Abdulaziz Al Abdulaaly

“…Our data show significant increase of FLT3 mutations in male more than female (13 male, 5 female). Our results support the view that FLT3-ITD mutation has strong prognostic factor in AML patients and is associated with high rate of relapse, and high leucocytes and blast count at diagnosis and relapse.…”
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