Evaluation of Role of Prognostic Factors on Hearing Outcome in Unilateral Idiopathic Sudden Onset Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Namrata Yadav, Priti Lal, Rohit Bharadwaj, Kuldeep Yadav

“…Material and methods: This prospective observational study was conducted with the primary aim of analyzing the role of various possible prognostic factors on the outcome of idiopathic SSNHL including demographic (Age, gender), audio-vestibular (Pre-treatment hearing loss in the affected ear, hearing in the contralateral ear, time elapse between onset of hearing loss and start of treatment, type of hearing loss in term of frequencies affected), presence of tinnitus / vertigo and Comorbidities (Diabetes, Hypothyroidism & Deranged lipid profile/ dyslipidemia). …”
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Effect of Moodle LMS on Distance Learning Undergraduates’ Performance in Environmental Education by Ibrahim Abba Mohammed, Charles George Ekpo, Tope Gloria Olatunde-Aiyedun, Ahmad Yahaya Zakari, Syvanus Innocent Ogar

“…The study also found that variables such as age, gender, location, and device type did not significantly moderate the impact of Moodle on students' achievement. …”
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“Your brother is compelled–not a hero!” by Imene Medfouni

“…These disparities highlight the need for an all-encompassing approach to address the various Algerian interlocutors (students, teachers, gender inequality, and university disparities) in policy-making.…”
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Social and structural factors that influence refugee women’s use of mental health care services in Canada: A narrative review by Shreya Mahajan, Samantha B. Meyer

“…Results and Discussion: Our findings unveil the complexities of refugee status, discrimination and stigma, the social experience of gender, and previous health experiences in relation to how they influence mental health service use. …”

Platelet Responses in Cardiovascular Disease: Sex-Related Differences in Nutritional and Pharmacological Interventions by Valeria Gasperi, M. Valeria Catani, Isabella Savini

“…These results highlight that full understanding of gender-related differences will be useful for designing personalized strategies, in order to prevent and/or treat platelet-mediated vascular damage.…”
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Socio-Economic and Spatial Correlations of the Eastern European Health Paradox in Hungary by Zoltán Egri, Tamás Tanczós

“…In particular, this paper aims at highlighting the spatial correlations of premature mortality and the main causes of death by gender as well as their socio-economic and spatial embeddedness. …”
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Challenging Discourses of Sexual Violence on X: The Linguistic Representation of Victims and Perpetrators in Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Process by Patricia Palomino Manjón

“…The results revealed a high presence of keywords concerning gender and violence to construct identities of victims and perpetrators. …”
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Total Colectomy with Subtotal Proctocolectomy of High Risk Colorectal Cancer Patients by Fadhil Ahmed Mohialdeen

“…The questionnaire was including information on Socio- demographic data such as; age, gender, address, occupation and marital status. In addition, data on the presentation of the disease was obtained and data on complications and post-operative outcomes were also recorded. 42 patients were studied and the mean age ±SD of their age were 49.5± (10.2), 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female.76.1 % of the patients present with a bleeding per-rectum,71.4, 66.6, 61.9 present with abdominal pain, change in bowel habit and abdominal pain respectively. …”
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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension and Its Risk Factors in (Central) Vietnam by Ho Anh Hien, Nguyen Minh Tam, Vo Tam, Anselme Derese, Dirk Devroey

“…In total 67.3% (74.5% in women, 60.1% in men; p = 0.001) of the participants were aware of their hypertension, 33.2% (37.5% in women, 28.9% in men; p = 0.01) of the participants were treated, and 12.2% (16.7% in women, 7.8% in men; p < 0.001) of the hypertensive participants’ hypertension was controlled. Age, gender, place of residence, body mass index, and diabetes were found to be independent risk factors for hypertension. …”
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Evaluation of Fall Risk in Hemodialysis Patients within the Scope of Quality Improvements: A Comparison of Two Assessment Scales by Özden Güdük

“…The relationship between patients' age, gender, duration of hemodialysis treatment, and the status of having a chronic disease and falls were examined.Results: According to the Itaki Scale, 57% were in the ''high-risk'' group. …”
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Prevalence of Microalbuminuria in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Eastern Saudi Arabia by Ahmed M. Alkhunaizi, Adil A. Al-Khatti, Mansour A. Alkhunaizi

“…Correlation was tested with multiple variables including age, gender, body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin level, blood pressure, blood transfusion history, pain episodes, and use of hydroxyurea. …”
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Transjugular Portosystemic Shunting in Refractory Cirrhotic Ascites by Yu. V. Khoronko, M. A. Kozyrevskiy, A. V. Dmitriev, A. A. Volokhova, G. Yu. Spiridenko, K. R. Bogomolova

“…The patients were randomly assigned to two cohorts similar by gender, age, cirrhosis aetiology and condition severity. …”
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Clinical Competence of Nurses and the Associated Factors in Public Hospitals of Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shitaye Shibiru, Zeleke Aschalew, Mekidim Kassa, Agegnehu Bante, Abera Mersha

“…Associated factors identified with clinical competence include gender, age, marital status, qualification, position, work experience, unit, interest in their profession, critical thinking disposition, clinical self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence. …”
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Investigation of proprioceptive sense in team and individual athletes by Emine Busra Aydin

“…According to results proprioceptive sense is not differ according to gender (p>0.05). Dominant and non-dominant knee proprioceptive senses of team athletes were better than individual athletes (p<0.05). …”
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SHOX Duplication and Tall Stature in a Patient with Xq Deletion and Vascular Disease by J. M. Ramirez, F. A. Rodríguez, M. I. Echeverría, A. L. Vargas, A. E. Calderón, R. M. Miatello, N. F. Renna

“…We have proposed that cytogenetic anomalies in X chromosome could contribute to decrease this protein synthesis in this gender.…”
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On-Farm Management of Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn. in Amuria District, Eastern Uganda by Paul Okiror, Jacob Godfrey Agea, Clement Akais Okia, John Bosco Lamoris Okullo

“…Although insecure land tenure, insecurity, pests, disease, and shortage of planting materials were reported as major hindrances, farmsize, family size, and gender significantly (P≤0.05) influenced people’s willingness to conserve V. paradoxa. …”
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Deepfake detection models and methods in artificial intelligence and ‎insights from media and social culture perspective by Soheil Fakheri, Azamossadat Nourbakhsh, Mohammadreza Yamaghani

“…Furthermore, the study analyzes the impact of deepfakes from multiple perspectives, including media and society, media production, representation, dissemination, audience, gender, law, and politics. The results reveal that society is currently unprepared to effectively combat deepfakes, due to a combination of technological, educational, and regulatory shortcomings.Originality/Value: This research provides a comprehensive and comparative analysis of deepfake detection methods, offering valuable insights for policymakers and researchers. …”
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The Role of Small-Scale Industries in Achieving the Sustainable Development: the Experience of India by N. V. Galistcheva

“…The author draws attention to the fact that the small scale industry promotion policy impacts significantly not only on decreasing the unemployment rate as well as long-term and youth unemployment but also on solving such acute social problems as poverty, famine, undernourishment and food insecurity, lack of quality education, gender inequality and the empowerment of women. The author pays attention to the evolution of small business in India in 1950-2010s. …”
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Analysis of Differences in ECG Characteristics for Different Types of Drivers under Anxiety by Yongqing Guo, Xiaoyuan Wang, Qing Xu, Quan Yuan, Chenglin Bai, Xuegang (Jeff) Ban

“…The results show that there are significant differences in ECG signal characteristics of drivers by gender, age, and driving experience, in time domain, frequency domain, and waveform under anxiety. …”
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Personality, opinion strength, and social media use – not such a straightforward relationship by Melissa Cox, Bernadine Cocks, Susan E. Watt, Elizabeth C. Temple

“…Time spent on social media significantly predicted direction of opinions on several issues, as well as strength of opinion on the issue of gender equality, however it did not moderate any relationship between personality and opinion direction or strength.Conclusions Although opinions, personality, and social media use are sometimes related, individuals high or low in particular personality traits are at no greater risk of polarising due to social media use than anyone else.…”
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