Impact of Sex on the Nonmotor Symptoms and the Health-Related Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease by Márton Kovács, Attila Makkos, Zsuzsanna Aschermann, József Janszky, Sámuel Komoly, Rita Weintraut, Kázmér Karádi, Norbert Kovács

“…Based on our results, female sex is an independent predictor for having worse HRQoL in PD.…”
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Nutritional and Microbiome Effects of a Partial Substitution of Poultry Meat with Hydrolyzed Feather Meal in Dog Diets by Fatemeh Balouei, Bruno Stefanon, Rosangela Armone, Andrea Randazzo, Biagina Chiofalo

“…Sex differences were also significant, with 25 taxa differing between male and female dogs. Overall, the study underscores the impact of HFM and sex on gut microbiota composition in dogs, with potential implications for dietary interventions and microbiome research.…”
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Perceived stress and coping strategies used by undergraduate dental students: An observational study. by Saira Atif, Nilofar Mustafa, Sarah Ghafoor

“…Item "overload feeling due to huge syllabus" had the highest mean stress score (3.49±0.76) and "language barrier" had the lowest mean stress score (1.75±0.92). Female students had higher mean stress scores than the male students in all of the DES domains. …”
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Hubungan Anxietas dengan Kejadian Amenore Sekunder pada Mahasiswi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Andalas by Flora Oktavia, Desmiwarti ., Yaslinda Yaunin

“…<br />Keywords:anxiety,secondary amenorrhea,female medical faculty</p>…”
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The Relationship of Body Composition and Sleep Quality with VO2max in Adolescent Athletes at Sidoarjo Sports High School and Sewon 1 High School by Fathirani Mutiara, Rahadyana Muslichah, Mirza Hapsari Sakti Titis Penggalih

“…Results: There was a significant negative relationship between the percentage of fat mass and VO2max in both combined subjects (r=-0.669, p-value<0.001), male (r=-0.295, p-value=0.026), and female (r=-0.486, p-value<0.001). There was a significant positive relationship between the percentage of muscle mass and VO2max both with combined subjects (r=0.628, p-value<0.001) and women (r=0.492, p-value<0.001). …”
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Women’s mental health in the doctoral context: Protective function of the psychological capital and academic motivation by Angel Deroncele-Acosta, Roger Pedro Norabuena-Figueroa, Emerson Damian Norabuena-Figueroa

“…Objectives: The study aims to evaluate the relationship between academic motivation, psychological capital, and university academic performance (UAP) and to identify factors of female mental health success. Design: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods study was conducted with a sample of 108 female doctoral students from a university in Lima, during the first quarter of 2024. …”
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Time Course of Acute Hip Adduction Range of Motion Changes Following Foam Rolling by Anthony D’Amico, Kevin Silva, Joseph Gallo

“… # Method In a within-subject design, 34 subjects (21 female, 13 male) (female mean age 24.67 ± 8.6 yrs, height 161.4 ± 9.8 cm, mass 67.3 ± 12.3 kg; male mean age 22 ± 2.5 yrs, height 170.2 ± 8.2 cm, mass 76.3 ± 21.9 kg) underwent a baseline Ober’s test to measure hip adduction ROM prior to the FR and control conditions. …”
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Patient‐Reported Fatigue Associated with Joint Histopathology in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Diyu Pearce‐Fisher, Melanie H. Smith, Bella Y. Mehta, Edoardo Spolaore, Edward DiCarlo, Dongmei Sun, Susan M. Goodman

“…In multivariable models, female sex, DAS28‐ESR, and SLH were all associated with higher fatigue. …”
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Differential Regulation of NK Cell Receptors in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Le Jie Lee, Norfarazieda Hassan, Siti Zuleha Idris, Suresh Kumar Subbiah, Heng Fong Seow, Norhafizah Mohtaruddin, Kian Meng Chang, Raudhawati Osman, Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim, Sheila Nathan, Maha Abdullah

“…Targeted next-generation sequencing was conducted on 62 activating/inhibitory receptors, ligands, effector, and exhaustion molecules on T-ALL (6 males) and normal controls (NC) (4 males and 4 females). Quantitative PCR (q-PCR) further investigated copy number variation (CNV), methylation index (MI), and mRNA expression of significant genes in T-ALL (14 males), NC (12 males and 12 females), and B-ALL samples (N=12 males and 12 females). …”
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Biochemical analysis of miR-217 and miR-532 in patients with fibromyalgia by Shymaa E. Ayoub, Azza M. Ahmed, Mostafa Y. Abdelwahed, Abeer A. Khalefa, Aeshah A. Awaji, Samer S. Zekry, Enas G. Ibrahim, Hana M. Eid, Shimaa M. Elasmer, Reham Fares

“…This study included 80 participants who splitted into two groups: 40 fibromyalgia sufferers (12 male and 28 female), and 40 healthy volunteers (10 male and 30 female) who served as the control group. …”
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Influence of Life Style Factors on Barrett’s Oesophagus by A. Horna Strand, T. Franzén

“…Barrett’s oesophagus patients had the same level of alcohol consumption and the same average BMI as the control subjects. Female patients with Barrett’s oesophagus rated themselves as more mentally stressed (67%) than the female controls (38%) (P<0.05). …”
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Exploring factors of physicians’ preferences for continuing medical education by Ruzica Nikolic Mandic, Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic, Zoran Bukumiric, Zorica Terzic-Supic, Jovana Todorovic, Sandra Grujicic, Dejan Nesic, Ulrich Laaser

“…The score on the clinical emergency domain, besides the female gender, was associated with work in primary health care (B = 0.748), being a specialist (B=-1.592) and being a subspecialist (B=-1.023). …”
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Isolation and Characterization of <i>Lactobacillus gasseri</i> Strains from Women for Potential Vaginal Health Applications by Eui-Chun Chung, Jong Seo Lee, Hye Ji Lim, Seok-Jin Kim, Youn-Jee Chung, Kum-Joo Shin

“…<i>Lactobacillus</i>, a genus of lactic acid bacteria, is known to coexist symbiotically in the female vaginal microbiota and has gained attention as a potential probiotic with benefits for female reproductive health. …”
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Potentials of transanal endoscopic surgery at early rectal cancer by Yu. A. Shelygin, S. V. Chernyshov, L. P. Orlova, E. G. Rybakov

“…Overall 14 patients with adenocarcinomas (uT1N0) of high or moderate degree of differentiation were selected for transanal endoscopic operation (TEO), as a basic treatment method of villous rectal tumors. Male to female ratio among investigated patients was equal (7/7). …”
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Multiple rare abdominal aortic branch variations in the case of a centenarian woman. Case report and review of the literature by Michela Vincis, Claire Lewis, Denis Barry, Marcello Trucas

“…As part of routine anatomical dissection, we identified multiple rare aortic vessel variants in a cadaveric female with associated visceral adaptations. Methods: A 99-year-old formalin embalmed female donor was dissected at the Discipline of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. …”
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The Role of Using Motorized Diamond Burr Polisher Instrument in Minimizing the Recurrent Rate of Pterygium Excision by Sakar Abdulkarim Nidhamalddin

“…A 90 patients with the mean age of group A (48.84±12.7) years and group B (49.67±12.3) years, complained of different grads of primary pterygium, group A had 31(68.9%) male and 14(31.1%) female, while group B had 22(48.9%) male and 23(51.1%) female. …”
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A prebiotic intervention improves mood in everyday life in healthy women but not in men: Exploratory results from a larger double-blind placebo controlled cross-over study by Koen Hogenelst, Tanja Krone, Boukje Eveleens Maarse, Ines Warnke, Jessica Snabel, Tim J. van den Broek, Frank Schuren, Matthijs Moerland, Femke P.M. Hoevenaars

“…The intervention significantly increased daily positive affect (PA) and reduced daily negative affect (NA) in female but not male participants. The intervention-induced reduction in NA was associated with an increase in microbial diversity in female participants. …”
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Predictors of Young Adult Women’s Psychological Well-Being in Romantic Relationships by Elif Yöyen, Süreyya Çalık, Tülay Güneri Barış

“…This study included 415 female participants aged 23–45 who had been in a romantic relationship for at least 12 months. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Post-COVID-19 Conditions Among Diabetes Patients in the United Arab Emirates by Aysha Alkhemeiri, Ziad El-Khatib, Abrar Hassan Alameri, Athari Ahmed AlKaabi, Jeyaseelan Lakshmanan, Niyi Awofeso

“…Risk factors predisposing to severe post-COVID-19 conditions included female gender, older age, and comorbidities. Self-reported depression was rare in both groups of this cohort.…”
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A comparative study to estimate three commercial products of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) on blood biochemistry, sexual hormones concentrations, reproductive indices, and lar... by El-Sayed I. Attia, Mohamed F. A. Abdel-Aziz, Habib Ul Hassan, Mohammad Z. Ahmed, Takaomi Arai, Hamed H. E. Saleh

“…Both males and females received the same single dose of hCG (1500 IU)/kg of biomass. 80 brood-stock (40 female + 40 male) were used and distributed in two replicates in 8 square concrete ponds (water volume: 2.4 m3) each tank was randomly stocked at a rate of (5 males + 5 females). …”
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