Gender bias in urology: The role of gender in selecting urology as a medical specialty by Mansour Alnazari, Abdullah K. Aljohani, Emad S. Rajih, Abdulaziz Bakhsh, Ghadi S. Alghamdi, Faris S. Sebaa, Ali A. Alraddadi, Adel Moalwi

“…Background: Gender inequality has been prevalent in the history of medicine, specifically within surgical specialties. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Motahare Shabestari, Forouzan Salari, Reyhaneh Azizi, Akram Ghadiri-Anari, Nasim Namiranian

“…Lockdown restrictions were associated with decreased TC and LDL-C levels in T2DM patients without a history of COVID-19 infection.…”
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Gallbladder Wall Thickness as a Non-Invasive Tool for Prediction of Esophageal Varices in Patients with Hepatitis C Related Chronic Liver Disease by Munir Ahmed, Maliha Aziz, Shahzad Riyaz, Mohammad Salih, Rashed Nazir, Muslim Atiq

“…Group I is further divided into Group 1a (non-advanced /low-risk varices: Grade-I EVs) and Group 1b (Advanced/High-risk varices: Grade II/III EVs). After detailed history, examination laboratory investigations, EGD and ultrasound abdomen were performed. …”
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One-year Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Cost of Hospitalizations for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States by Christopher M. Blanchette, Emily Zacherle, Joshua M. Noone, Bryce A. Van Doren, Debosree Roy, Reuben Howden

“…Future research should assess other differences between AATD and the general COPD population such as natural history of disease, treatment responsiveness and disease progression.…”
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Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Adverse Outcome in Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis by Valeriy D. Lunkov, Marina V. Maevskaya, Ekaterina K. Tsvetaeva, Ana G. Mendez, Maria S. Zharkova, Petr E. Tkachenko, Vladimir T. Ivashkin

“…The natural history of liver cirrhosis (LC) is characterized by two stages: compensated and decompensated. …”
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Molecular and morphology identification of Squat lobster (Family Galatheidae) in Seribu Islands, Jakarta by Amanda Siregar Raissha, Putri Anggraini Nurlita, Restiana Endang Gelis Ester, Suryo Kusumo Bagus, Subhan Beginer, P Zamani Neviaty, Madduppa Hawis, Najwa Khalilah

“…Due to its wide distribution and many systematic differences within the group, this group has a complex classification history. This lobster squat group can be accurately identified using molecular analysis combined with morphological identification. …”
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China’s chrysanthemum in the global market: evaluating the international competitiveness and influencing factors by Bo Pan, Bo Pan, Yingxin Du, Qingbing Chen, Qingbing Chen, Yaoyao Wang, Lijie Chen, Lijie Chen, Haiying Li, Conglin Huang, Kang Gao

“…China, with a long history of cultivating chrysanthemums, is one of the largest producers of cut chrysanthemums in the world. …”
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Estimation of D-dimer, C-reactive protein and ferritin in Covid-19 survivors in a North Indian Hospital, Lucknow, India. by Chetna Singla, Dhananjay Tiwari, Himali Jha, Mohammad Mustufa Khan, Sadaf Parveen, Roshan Alam

“…Method: This case-control study was conducted on COVID-19 survivors and a control group without a history of Covid-19. The D-dimer and Ferritin were determined by using Mini Vidas Immuno assay analyser and CRP was estimated Dimension RXL Siemens autoanalyzer by Particle Enhanced Turbidimetric Immunoassay. …”
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Toward the calibration of 2D thermomechanical simulations of magma poor passive continental margins: method, validation and case example by Perron, Paul, Le Pourhiet, Laetitia, Jourdon, Anthony, Cornu, Tristan, Gout, Claude

“…By calibrating against a 2D cross-section extracted from the final state of a 3D model, we show that the approach predicts thermal history and deformation paths beyond calibration points. …”
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Disorders of Adipose Tissue and Lipodystrophies: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment Perspectives by Rosińska Kamila Rosińska, Ewelina Justyna Janicka, Julia Natalia Skibicka, Monika Niedźwiedzka, Mateusz Rosiński

“…Diagnosis includes medical history, physical exams, and body composition analysis. …”
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of ZF-HD family in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) under drought and salt stresses by Kangping Zhang, Ruqian Yan, Xiaoqing Feng, Jingjing Zhang, Yuanyuan Jiang, Lin Li, Jianzhong Guo, Xianping Zhang

“…Despite the fact that zinc finger-homeodomain (ZF-HD) genes play an important role in responding to plant growth, development and stress resistance across the multiple species, the evolutionary history and abiotic function of the ZF-HD gene family in sunflower remain largely unexplored. …”
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Predicting postoperative nausea and vomiting after cesarean section: a nomogram model combined with gastric ultrasound by Yingchao Liu, Huohu Zhong, Zhisen Dai, Yuxin Huang, Yibin Liu, Hefan He, Yuewen Liao, Weifeng Liu

“…Simultaneously, 29 adult patients who underwent caesarean section between February 2023 and April 2023 were included in the hospital as a test set to conduct external verification of the nomogram and Apfel scoring models, and compare their diagnostic efficacy in predicting PONV after caesarean section. Results A history of motion sickness, systolic blood pressure reduction > 20%, and gastric volume were independent risk factors for PONV and used to construct the model. …”
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A Nation-Wide Survey of High School Baseball Coaches’ Perceptions Indicates their Arm Care Programs Play a Role in Injury Prevention by K A Matsel, E E Weiss, R J Butler, M C Hoch, P M Westgate, T R Malone, T L Uhl

“…Although 42% of 654 coaches recognized reduced shoulder mobility as a major contributor to injury, risk factors such as throwing with a fatigued arm, previous injury history, and throwing \> 8 months per year were not consistently identified as primary risk factors…”
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Evaluation of serum amylase and lipase in diagnosed Covid-19 survivors in a North Indian Hospital, Lucknow, India by Nabeela Usmani, Mukhtar Ahmad, Saba Khan, Mohammad Mustufa Khan, Haseeb Ahsan, Sadaf Parveen, Roshan Alam

“…Two groups of subjects (70 adults consisting of 35 Covid-19 survivors and 35 controls) aged between 35 to 70 years were selected for the study with mild to moderate Covid-19 diagnosed using RT-PCR/rapid antigen test and a control group of healthy individuals without history of Covid-19. The serum amylase was determined by the direct substrate method and serum lipase by the turbidimetric UV method using a semi-autoanalyzer. …”
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‘Bulun in Winter Is So Sad’: A. Bogolepov about Everyday Life in Polar Yakutia, 1913–1916 by Lilia I. Vinokurova, Alexander A. Suleymanov, Svyatoslav I. Fedorov

“…The manuscript is an important source for the research of cryoanthropology, and also contains valuable information on Yakutia’s socioeconomic and cultural history throughout the early decades of the twentieth century. …”
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Diversification outbreaks and dynamics of Asian leaf-litter frogs, genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae), with the description of a new species from Guizhou Province, China by Tao Luo, Zi-Fa Zhao, Zhong-Lian Wang, Chang-Ting Lan, Ming-Yuan Xiao, Huai-Qing Deng, Ning Xiao, Jiang Zhou

“…This study highlights how biogeographic meta-analyses can be utilised to estimate diversification history in taxa lacking sufficient molecular markers to quantify the impact of orogeny and climatic shifts on diversification processes. …”
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Issues of diagnostics and treatment of abdominal pain at irritable bowel syndrome at outpatient stage of the healthcare by Yu. A. Kucheryavy, T. L. Lapina, M. A. Livzan, M. F. Osipenko

“…In the case of visceral pain the minimal range of laboratory and instrumental tests is indicated. If the history of visceral pain is more than 6 months and there are no alarm symptoms, doctor should define specific features of clinical presentation already during outpatient visit, taking into account pain location, that provides formulation of preliminary diagnosis. …”
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Systemic immune response at gastroesophageal reflux disease by Yu. V. Yevsyutina, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin, S. V. Lyamina, I. Yu. Malyshev

“…All patients underwent following investigation: taking complaints and past history, detection of GERD risk factors; esophagogastroduodenoscopy and 24-hour рН-impedance recording. …”
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis – An Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in Southern India: A PULM MUCOR Study by Ashwin Oliver Arul, K. Rajiv Karthik, Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher

“…The most common risk factor was diabetes in 34 patients (91%), with the mean glycosylated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) at presentation being 10.28. History of steroid use was present in 9 (24%) patients, predominantly among those with CAPM. …”
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Fishing on Facebook: Using Social Media and Citizen Science to Crowd-Source Trophy Murray Cod by Matthew O’Connell, Dirk Spennemann, Jennifer Bond, R. Keller Kopf, Nicole McCasker, Paul Humphries

“…Trophy specimens are cultural and social objects but also are examples of informal historical records that may supply biological tissue and supplement formal natural history collections. The use of social media to gather information from citizen scientists has great potential for data collection of such specimens. …”
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