The Association of Pension Income with the Incidence of Type I Obesity among Retired Israelis by Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner

“…Research findings stress the differences and similarities in male-female patterns of obesity after the retirement age of 67 years and may be of assistance to welfare and public health experts.…”
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Fetal Growth Trajectories and Their Association with Maternal, Cord Blood, and 5-year Child Adipokines by H. C. Bartels, A. A. Geraghty, E. C. O’Brien, A. Kranidi, J. Mehegan, C. Yelverton, C. M. McDonnell, F. M. McAuliffe

“…This study shows that male sex is associated with an accelerated estimated weight trajectory. …”
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Prevalence of asymptomatic Leishmania donovani infection and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Habtamu Belay, Adugna Abera, Esayas Aklilu, Tesfahun Bishaw, Ayinalem Alemu, Geremew Tasew, Berhanu Erko

“…Close contact with domestic animals and being male were identified as significant risk factors. …”
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Study of the Influence Hormone LHRH-a and 17a-MT of Hemocytology on Orange Spot Grouper Broodstock, Epinephelus coioides by F. Johnny, A. Priyono, D. Roza

“…Fish weights were ranged 4.7-10.4 kg (female) and 10.4-17.8 kg (male).  The females broodstock was treated by hormone 17a-MT with dosage 50 mg/kg body weight, and males was by hormone LHRH-a with dosage 50 and 100 mg/kg body weight.  …”
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Genetic divergence of hot pepper lines (Capsicum spp.) in hybrid combinations by Šević Biljana, Cvikić Dejan, Slađana Savić, Tupajić Ivan, Ugirnović Milan, Bajagić Marija, Luković Kristina, Stojiljković Jelena

“…Seven experimental pepper hybrids were created by crossing the ms line HM5 (nuclear male sterility) as the female parent with seven pure lines (LHP 1-7) as the male parents, producing seeds of hybrid combinations. …”
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Parastomal hernia repair: A 10-year retrospective study at District General Hospital—Recurrence and complications by Ali Javaid, Karim Muhammad, Nafees Qureshi

“…RESULTS: A total of 47 patients were identified during the study period. There were 29 male and 18 female patients, with a male:female ratio of 67.75%:38.3%. …”
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Twin testosterone transfer hypothesis and the second‐to‐fourth digit ratio in females of same‐sex and opposite‐sex twin pairs: An exploratory study by Moses Banyeh, Martha Nyewie, Abdul‐Rafik Abdulai, Charles Nkansah, Gabriel Abbam, Thea Kangkpi, Kervin Edinam Zogli, Shafiat Omotoyosi Shittu, David Bure, Romarick Kofi Wemegah, Mikail Ihsan Azindow, Suleman Yakubu, Musah Seidu, Mohammed Madde Baba, Elisha Essoun, Nancy Owireduwaa, Augusta S. Kolekang

“…Abstract The twin testosterone transfer (TTT) hypothesis posits that females with male co‐twins (opposite‐sex, OS) might develop male‐typical traits due to higher prenatal testosterone exposure. …”
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Gender differences of health literacy in persons with a migration background: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Elke Kalbe, Nicole Skoetz, Christiane Woopen, Digo Chakraverty, Annika Baumeister, Angela Aldin, Ümran Sema Seven, Ina Monsef

“…Thereof, 22 studies (8012 female and 5380 male participants) were included in the meta-analyses. …”
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Machine learning reveals sex differences in distinguishing between conduct-disordered and neurotypical youth based on emotion processing dysfunction by Gregor Kohls, Erik M. Elster, Peter Tino, Graeme Fairchild, Christina Stadler, Arne Popma, Christine M. Freitag, Stephane A. De Brito, Kerstin Konrad, Ruth Pauli

“…Notably, the female classifier outperformed the male classifier in identifying individuals with CD. …”
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Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy Ameliorates Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Type 2 Diabetic Mice by Bing Li, Yu Cheng, Songyan Yu, Li Zang, Yaqi Yin, Jiejie Liu, Lin Zhang, Yiming Mu

“…Age-matched male C57BL/6 wild-type db/+ mice were used as controls. …”
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Clinical and Immunological Characteristics of Elderly Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis by LI Zhengfang, WU Chanyuan, MA Mengsi, LI Tingting, WU Xue, MENG Xinyan, ZHANG Sha, WU Lijun

“…Compared with YORA group, EORA group had a higher proportion of male patients(39.3% vs. 22.4%, P=0.012), patients with interstitial lung disease (21.4% vs. 3.1%, P < 0.001), and patients with anemia (10.1% vs. 3.1%, P=0.049).The onset of large joint was more common in the EORA group(53.9% vs. 23.5%, P < 0.001). …”
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Effects of intranasal oxytocin on neural reward processing in children and adolescents with reactive attachment disorder: A randomized controlled trial by Shinichiro Takiguchi, Shinichiro Takiguchi, Kai Makita, Takashi X. Fujisawa, Takashi X. Fujisawa, Shota Nishitani, Shota Nishitani, Akemi Tomoda, Akemi Tomoda, Akemi Tomoda

“…Intranasal OT administration enhanced activity in the reward pathway in male children and adolescents with RAD, suggesting that exogenous OT promotes reward processing and reward-related motivational behavior in these individuals. …”
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Personality traits and their relationship with oral health related quality of life among adolescents in Saudi Arabia by Danah Sahmi Alhajri, Danah Abdullatif Alhammad, Lulwah Fouad Alabdulqader, Reem Rashed Alasbly, Muhanad Alhareky, Mazin Algahtani, Asim Al-Ansari, Muhammad Ashraf Nazir

“…Methods This cross-sectional study included male and female students aged 12–18 years from different schools in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. …”
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TREM2 affects DAM-like cell transformation in the acute phase of TBI in mice by regulating microglial glycolysis by Lin Wang, Diqing Ouyang, Lin Li, Yunchuan Cao, Yingwen Wang, Nina Gu, Zhaosi Zhang, Zhao Li, Shuang Tang, Hui Tang, Yuan Zhang, Xiaochuan Sun, Jin Yan

“…Methods In this study, a controlled cortical impact model was used to induce TBI in adult male wild-type (WT) C57BL/6 mice and adult male TREM2 knockout mice. …”
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Assessment of Learning Styles of First-year Medical Students’ using VARK 8.02 Model Questionnaire: A Cross-sectional Study by Senthil Ganesh P Kannappan, Ravichandran Doraisamy, Vijayakumar Jagadesan

“…To compare the learning styles of male and female students, Chi-square tests and paired sample t-tests were performed. …”
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Genetic Polymorphisms of IL17 and Chagas Disease in the South and Southeast of Brazil by Pâmela Guimarães Reis, Christiane Maria Ayo, Luiz Carlos de Mattos, Cinara de Cássia Brandão de Mattos, Karina Mayumi Sakita, Amarilis Giaretta de Moraes, Larissa Pires Muller, Julimary Suematsu Aquino, Luciana Conci Macedo, Priscila Saamara Mazini, Ana Maria Sell, Divina Seila de Oliveira Marques, Reinaldo Bulgarelli Bestetti, Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer

“…The analysis according to the gender showed that the A/A genotype of IL17A was more frequent in female with LVSD and mild to moderate LVSD and also in male patients with LVSD. The frequency of IL17F T/C genotype was higher in male patients with CCC and severe LVSD and in female with mild to moderate LVSD. …”
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Insomnia, cardiorespiratory function and quality of life in individuals with post-COVID-19 fatigue by Nathalea Spode de Arruda, Alessandra Hofstadler Deiques Fleig, Charles Rech, Carine Cristina Callegaro

“…Methods: Thirty-four post-COVID-19 individuals participated in the study, 20 with fatigue (32 ± 12 years old, 15% male) and 14 without fatigue (31 ± 12 years old, 42.9% male). …”
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Assessment of hand hygiene practices among nurses at a regional hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional study based on the World Health Organization (WHO) ‘Your 5 Mome... by Abdul Qadeer Baseer, Asmatullah Usmani, Shafiqullah Mushfiq, Mohammad Hassan Hassand, Bilal Ahmad Rahimi, Abdul Wahid Monib, Mohammad Salim Daqiq, Parwiz Niazi

“…Female nurses showed significantly higher compliance (87.5%) than their male counterparts (68.8%) with a p-value of 0.044, AOR = 1.15 (95% CI: 1.03–9.75). …”
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Anaesthetic management of infant with occipital encephalocele associated with Arnold Chiari III malformation - A Case Report by Vandana Patilbuwa Pakhare, K. Naga Sri Sowmya, Mohammed Mohsin Ali, Reshma Sultana, Doli Suresh Chander

“…Here, we report a late case of a 9-month-old male child with occipital encephalocele associated with Arnold–Chiari III malformation. …”
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The Prevalence of Crohn’s Disease in the Israeli Kibbutz Population by Yaron Niv

“…There were 15 women and 16 men (female to male ratio 0.94). The average age of patients was 45 years in the survey year, and 35 years at diagnosis. …”
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