Closed Catheter Drainage for Klebsiella pneumoniae Empyema Necessitans by Mohammed Ishaq, Abdullah Bahadi

“…In this case report, we include a 47-year-old female with empyema necessitans; closed drainage has been sought as a sole treatment based on the clinical presentation and radiological findings of an empyema necessitans. …”
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The mexican lac scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae) by Ian Stocks

“…The Mexican lac scale is native to Mexico and Texas, but populations have been established in Florida. Adult female scales produce a high-domed ‘test’ or shell with four to six lobe-like projections that anchor the test to the plant surface. …”
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Homosexuel et hétérosexuel : les termes en question by Jonathan Ned Katz

“…It is particularly unsettling, I think, to speak of heterosexual history, for that history challenges our usual, implicit, deterministic assumption that heterosexuality is fixed, timeless, biological, synonymous with the conjunction of female and male organs and acts. To the contrary, I argue, heterosexuality (like homosexuality) has an unheralded, various past, and an open, undetermined future. …”
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Les Combattantes : une anthologie de femmes héroïques by Sonia Suvélor

“…Through this eight-episode mini-series on the crucial role of female patriots, it is the duty of remembrance as well as the need for hidden recognition that are effectively revived.…”
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Čarodějnické a kouzelnické procesy v zahraniční historiografii: nové perspektivy a úhly pohledu by Zuzana Kobrlová

“… The present study is devoted to historiographical foreign production related to the issue of processes with witches and female sorcerers, especially to the development of linguistically German and English research within approximately the last thirty years. …”
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Para não ser trapo no mundo: as mulheres negras e a cidade na narrativa brasileira contemporânea by Regina Dalcastagnè

“…This paper examines, in the work of Carolina Maria de Jesus and Conceição Evaristo , aesthetic and political possibilities of self - representation of black female experience in Brazilian metropolis. The city, in their books, is not just landscape or portrait, but element of subjectivation and space of empowerment, which become effective f rom the writing itself. …”
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The Deer Hunter : essai de topologie imaginaire américaine by Jacques Pothier

“…In this film the dichotomies between civilization/the wilderness, male space / female territory, national vs. ethnic identities present in the American imagination from Cooper to the classic western through Washington Irving or Mark Twain, are thoroughly revisited through the tragic counterpointing of a Russian working-class community in a Pennsylvania small town and an Asian heart of darkness. …”
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A pilot investigation of a combined food literacy and exercise program for college students: a one-group pre-post intervention study by Minjeong Jeong, Jinhyun Kim, Dahye Han, Eunjin Jang, Kyoungho Choi, Sohyun Park

“…Results Among 39 participants (35.9% male, 64.1% female), the overall FL score increased significantly from 64.1 to 70.6 post-program (P = 0.001). …”
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Pest categorisation of Lepidosaphes pistaciae by EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Anna Berlin, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de la Peña, Nicolas Desneux, Francesco Di Serio, Anna Filipiak, Paolo Gonthier, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Roel Potting, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Alex Gobbi, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Dimitrios Papachristos, Oresteia Sfyra

“…It completes two generations per year and overwinters as a fully developed adult female. The eggs are hidden under the female's body and hatch around April. …”
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Middle hepatic vein incorporation in live donor liver graft transplantation; implication and safety by Mahmoud Ali Abdi, Tayeb Sabir Kareem, Assad Abidon Hassoun

“…The recipient age (48.5 ± 11.3), male/female 27/13, intensive care unit stay (4.75 ± 3.9), floor stay (7.7 ± 3.7) days, portal vein velocity (63.96 ± 24.65 ml/sec), hepatic artery peak systolic velocity (74.76 ± 32.85) hepatic artery resistive index (0.7 ± 0.15), and triphasic/continuous venous outflow 27/13.   …”
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Analgesic Efficacy of Transversus Abdominis Plane block vs Local Infiltration of Lignocaine and Bupivacaine in Post-operative Patients by Shabbir Ahmad, Muhammad Kareemullah, Saeed Mahmood, Muhammad Azhar Alam, Qasim Farooq, Muhammad Rashid

“…There were 108 (98.18%) male and 2(1.81%) female cases with a higher male-to-female ratio. The results indicated that the TAP Block group consistently required fewer rescue analgesic doses than the local wound Infiltration group at all postoperative time points. …”
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Clinicopathological Factors Influencing Lymph Node Yield in Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Study by Elena Orsenigo, Giulia Gasparini, Michele Carlucci

“…On multivariate analysis right colon tumors, larger mean size of tumor, length of specimen, pT3-T4 disease, and female sex were found to significantly affect lymph node retrieval. …”
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Epidemiological characterization of congenital heart disease at different altitudes in Ecuador: a four-year retrospective study in a pediatric referral hospital by Juan S. Izquierdo-Condoy, Fabian D. Arias-Rodríguez, Walter I. Díaz-Chamba, Diego A. Mena-Noroña, Lizbeth Cueva Toaquiza, Beanjuly Espín-Sambache, Emilia J. Valdivieso-Andrade, Amanda Cangas-Isacaz, Susana García-Cañarte, Mario Rubio-Niera, Esteban Ortiz-Prado

“…Among these patients, 56.0% were female, and 65.2% resided at high altitudes (2,500–3,500 m). …”
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Seasonal Variation in Home Range Sizes and Daily Distance to Ephemeral Surface Water for African Savannah Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in Eastern Okavango Panhandle, Northern Bots... by Anastacia A. Makati, Anna Songhurst, Emily Bennitt, Gaseitsiwe S. Masunga, Graham McCulloch, Amanda Stronza, Tiroyaone A. Matsika, Frank D. Eckardt

“…We studied seasonal differences in home range sizes and daily distance to the nearest surface water sources by five male and 10 female African elephants in the eastern Okavango Panhandle in northern Botswana between 2014 and 2017. …”
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Microspore embryogenesis in vitro: the role of stresses by T. I. Djatchouk, O. V. Khomyakova, V. N. Akinina, I. A. Kibkalo, A. V. Pominov

“…Gametic embryogenesis is one form of totipotency of plant cells, in which either male or female gametes are induced to form embryoids (sporophytes). …”
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Usage and cost-effectiveness of anti-psychotics in psychiatry OPD among various clinical conditions: A prospective observational study in a tertiary care center by Reshabh Saini, Chandrasekaran Dhinakaran, Rohit Raina, Ramanathan Gandhibabu, Kathiresan Krishnasamy

“…Out of 93 patients, 69.89% (65 patients) were male and 30.10% (28 patients) were female. Out of non-psychotic 57 patients, 27 were male patients and 30 were female patients. …”
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Role of Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells in Polyps Development in Mice with ApcMin/+ Mutation by Michele Barone, Maria Principia Scavo, Raffaele Licinio, Michele Piombino, Nicola De Tullio, Rosanna Mallamaci, Alfredo Di Leo

“…Sublethally irradiated 8-week-old female ApcMin/+ mice were transplanted with bone marrow (BM) cells obtained from either male age-matched ApcMin/+ (Apc-Tx-Apc) or wild type (WT) (WT-Tx-Apc) mice. …”
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Carbohydrate Restriction During Recovery from High-Intensity–Interval Training Enhances Fat Oxidation During Subsequent Exercise and Does Not Compromise Performance When Combined W... by Camilla Soegaard, Simon Riis, Jesper Friis Mortensen, Mette Hansen

“…Background: Carbohydrate restriction can alter substrate utilization and potentially impair endurance performance in female athletes. Caffeine intake may mitigate this performance decrements. …”
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On the specifics of valuing effort: a developmental and a formalized perspective on preferences for cognitive and physical effort by Wolff, Wanja, Stähler, Johanna, Schüler, Julia, Bieleke, Maik

“…In a sample of N = 299 paid online workers (37% female, Mage = 38.79 ± 11.24 years), we found that people differ markedly with respect to their preferred effort allocation. …”
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Association Of Functional Dyspepsia With Depression; Gut-Brain Axis And Mental Health by Nadia Shams, Fareya Usmani, Hina Andaleeb, Furquana Niaz, Lubna Meraj, Nargis Munir

“…Results: There were 72(48 %) males & 78(52%) females in each group. Mean age was 43.7+13.79 years (FD patients) vs. 46.24+15.27 years (controls). …”
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