Local resource competition and the skewness of the sex ratio: a demographic model by Lorenzo Mari, Marino Gatto, Renato Casagrandi

“…Aninteresting hypothesis proposed by Clark (1978) to explain male-biased sexratios is the local resource competition theory: the bias may be expected inthose species in which males disperse more than females, which are thus moreprone to local competition for resources. …”
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Determination of Physical Activity Levels of Karabük University Students by Serkan Revan, Mert Aydogmus, Yılmaz Yüksel, Numan Kayışoğlu

“…A total of 1717 students, 843 males and 874 females, studying in different departments, participated in the study. …”
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Hamstring Injury Rehabilitation and Prevention in the Female Athlete by Lucy O'Sullivan, Jamie Preszler, Miho Tanaka

“…Currently, the majority of existing literature investigating HSI rehabilitation has been conducted using male participants. However, female athletes display intrinsic anatomical and biomechanical differences compared to males that influences the way this population experiences HSIs and HSI rehabilitation. …”
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Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis Causing Back Pain and Leg Weakness: An Unusual Presentation of Hyperthyroidism by Henrik Elenius, Marie Cesa, Corina C. Nava Suarez, Abhishek Nimkar, Prasanta Basak, Nandita Sinha

“…The vast majority of patients are male. Muscle weakness ranges in severity from very mild to life-threatening, due to respiratory compromise. …”
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A Comparison of Pattern of Pregnancy Loss in Women with Infertility Undergoing IVF and Women with Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriages Who Conceive Spontaneously by Vidya A. Tamhankar, Beiyu Liu, Junhao Yan, Tin-Chiu Li

“…This difference persists whether the infertility is secondary to tubal factors, male factors, or unexplained cause.…”
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A rare case of type III popliteal artery entrapment syndrome causing popliteal pseudoaneurysm by Jinshou Yang, Peng Liu, Yingxin Xu, Yan You, Xiao Di, Yuexin Chen

“…Here, we report the case of a 30-year-old male who presented with acute right calf muscle pain. …”
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Social mates dynamically coordinate aggressive behavior to produce strategic territorial defense. by Nicole M Moody, Cole M Williams, Sohini Ramachandran, Matthew J Fuxjager

“…We find that residents do organize their defense into definable patterns, with female and male social mates deploying their behaviors non-randomly in a correlated fashion. …”
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Comorbidities related to the COVID-19 severity in adults. Hospital San Vicente de Paul. 2021 by Mónica Echeverría Martínez, Jorge Luis Anaya González, Secundino González Pardo, Juan Francisco Vaca Oña

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> the study of the clinical characteristics of people infected with COVID-19 has shown that factors such as advanced age, male gender and the presence of comorbidities are associated with the clinical variability of this disease.…”
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Survival Analysis of Risk Factors for Mortality in a Cohort of Patients with Tuberculosis by Yi Xie, Jing Han, Weili Yu, Junping Wu, Xue Li, Huaiyong Chen

“…Cox regression analysis showed that advanced age, male sex, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positivity, first sputum positivity, retreated tuberculosis, and a delayed visit (≥14 days) were risk factors for mortality in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis receiving antituberculosis treatment under DOTS. …”
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Germline-restricted chromosomes of the songbirds by P. M. Borodin

“…In males, it is almost always eliminated from spermatocytes. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with First Time and Recurrent Shoulder Instability: A Systematic Review by Alexis Wright, Brandon Ness, Angela Spontelli-Gisselman, Dora Gosselin, Joshua Cleland, Craig Wassinger

“…At least two reviewers independently extracted information and data regarding author, year, study population, study design, criterion standard, and strength of association statistics with risk factors. # Results Male sex, participation in sport, hypermobility in males, and glenoid index demonstrated moderate to large risk associated with first time shoulder instability. …”
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Tendency to depressive states, anxiety and strategies of coping behavior for boys and girls by E. F. Yashchenko, N. B. Kaznacheeva, E. V. Bazhanova

“…The purpose of the work is to determine the tendency to depressive states, anxiety and copying strategies among male and female students of various universities in St. …”
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Study on the difference in cardiopulmonary endurance between different genders and traditional Chinese medicine constitutions by ZHU Limei, LIN Jia, WU Xiaoxu, WANG Kewen, ZHONG Wenliang

“…The VO2peak of male students [1.97(1.68, 2.27)] was higher than that of female students [1.38(1.17, 1.52)], and the difference was statistically significant (P0.05). …”
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Higher P-Wave Dispersion in Migraine Patients with Higher Number of Attacks by A. Koçer, M. Eryılmaz, H. Tutkan, N. Ercan, Z. S. Küçükbayrak

“…Attacks number per month and male gender were the factors related to the P WD (P<0.01). …”
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Effects of Acyclovir and IVIG on Behavioral Outcomes after HSV1 CNS Infection by Chandran Ramakrishna, Mari S. Golub, Abby Chiang, Teresa Hong, Markus Kalkum, Edouard M. Cantin

“…Distinct serum proteomic profiles were observed for male and female mice, and the antagonistic effects of ACV and IVIG on behavior were paralleled by similar changes in the serum proteome of ACV- and ACV + IVIG-treated mice. …”
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Behavior of Anemia due to Toxicity to Chemotherapy in Patients with Lung Cancer by Mahité Cañete Fonseca, Zaily Fuentes Díaz, Orlando Rodríguez Salazar

“…<strong> <br />Results:</strong> the male sex predominated with 73.3 % of the cases of lung cancer, there were no differences in terms of age according to sex. …”
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Mechanical ventilation in patients diagnosed with COVID -19 by Adisnay Rodríguez Plasencia, Jennifer Lisette Miranda Miranda, Rider Fabiàn Donoso Noroña, Elisabeth Germania Vilema Vizuete

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> more than half of those treated belong to the male gender; 55.1% are between 35 and 49 years old and obesity predominated among the risk factors with 42.1%. …”
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Simultaneous Presentation of a Right Littre’s Hernia and a Left Amyand’s Hernia in a School-Aged Patient by Andrés Eduardo Velásquez-Bueso, Luis Enrique Sánchez-Sierra, Sergio David Villeda-Rodríguez, Roberto Antonio Martínez-Quiroz

“…Inguinal hernia is the most common condition in both male and female subjects. Amyand’s hernia is characterized by the presence of the cecal appendix, swollen or not, inside the inguinal hernia sac. …”
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A Rare Anatomical Finding: Bilateral Accessory Mental Foramen by Zülfikar Karabıyık, Mustafa Kıranatlı

“…CBCT and a three-dimensional reconstructed model of the male patient showed bilateral accessory mental foramen (AMF). …”
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Determining The Relationship Between Speed and Branch Specific Test for Fencers in The U 10-12 Categories by Sercin Kosova, Merve Koca Kosova, Celal Gençoğlu, Hikmet Gümüş, Fırat Özdalyan, Egemen Mancı

“…Thirty-eight sabre fencers (female: 25 and male: 13) participated in the study. The anthropometric properties of the participants were determined, then the 30-m ST and the 7-m RLAT, a specific test for fencing, were performed. …”
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