Head rotation and the perception of eyelid height and contour by Daniel B Rootman, Elana Meer, Nicholas J Jackson, Stefania B Diniz, John M Nesemann

“…Standard illustrations of the human face with varying degrees of eyelid abnormality, laterality, gender and rotation were presented to participants who were asked to judge whether the eyelids were symmetric or asymmetric.Results The survey was completed by 75 oculoplastic surgeons (49.33% male; mean age of 46.9±10.7) and 192 lay individuals (54.6% male; mean age 34.6±11.3 years). …”
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New Classification of Benign Epithelial Tumors: Colorectal Polyps and Synchronous Neoplasms: An Update and Critical Assessment: An Analysis of 678 Consecutive Cases and 1137 Polyps by Ali KOYUNCUER, Tulay ZENGINKINET

“…Results: The cases of 60.5% were male and 39.5% were female. The mean age of patients with polyps was 61.1 (+-11.1) years. …”
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THE EFFECT OF QUERCETIN ON MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN RAT LIVER UNDER 270TH DAY CENTRAL DEPRIVATION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE SYNTHESIS by M.V. Rud, V.I. Shepitko, Ye.V. Stetsuk, O.Ye. Akimov

“…The experiments were performed on 30 adult male white rats. Rats were divided into 3 groups: control (10), experimental I (10), and experimental II (10). …”
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A Revision of the Selenocosmiine Tarantula Genus Phlogiellus Pocock 1897 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with Description of 4 New Species by Steven C. Nunn, Rick C. West, Volker Von Wirth

“…The type species P. atriceps (Pocock 1897) holotype male is redescribed and the male P. baeri (Simon 1877) is described in detail for the first time. …”
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Resident Doctors' Experiences in Breaking Bad News: The Level of Using Spikes Protocol and Related Factors by Esra Çınar Tanrıverdi, Yasemin Çayır, Banu Çiçek Dilfiruz

“…Significance level was accepted as P<.05.Results: Of the participants, 57.3% (n=133 were male, 57.3% (n=133) were married, and 70.3% (n=163) were working in internal sciences. …”
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Relationships between Obesity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Cardiovascular Function by Kade Davison, Stefan Bircher, Alison Hill, Alison M. Coates, Peter R. C. Howe, Jonathan D. Buckley

“…Method and Results. Obese (9 male, 18 female; BMI 35.3 ± 0.9 kg·m-2) and lean (8 male, 18 female; BMI 22.5 ± 0.3 kg·m-2) volunteers were assessed for body composition (DXA), cardiorespiratory fitness (predicted ̇VO2max), blood pressure (BP), endothelial vasodilatator function (FMD), and arterial compliance (AC) (via radial artery tonometry). …”
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Maternal Parvovirus B19 Infection Causing First-Trimester Increased Nuchal Translucency and Fetal Hydrops by Olivia Grubman, Farrah Naz Hussain, Zoe Nelson, Lois Brustman

“…The patient delivered a viable male fetus at 37 weeks’ and 6-day gestation, without sequelae of the previously noted hydrops. …”
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Comparing Health-Related Quality of Life of Cancer Patients under Chemotherapy and of Their Caregivers by Ioannis Vrettos, Konstantinos Kamposioras, Nick Kontodimopoulos, Evelina Pappa, Elissavet Georgiadou, Dionysios Haritos, Angelos A. Papadopoulos, Dimitris Niakas

“…The EQ-5D descriptive system indicates that female patients more frequently experience anxiety and depression than male patients. Male and higher-education caregivers had higher VAS scores, while demographic factors did not seem to influence patients’ HRQoL. …”
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Parametric and non-parametric estimation of reference intervals for routine laboratory tests: an analysis of health check-up data for 260 889 young men in the South Korean military by Taeyun Kim, Hyunji Choi, Sun Min Lee

“…Participants with obesity showed higher RIs for CBC, some liver function tests and some lipid profiles than participants without obesity.Conclusions Using data from healthy, male Korean soldiers in their 20s, we proposed the RIs for CBC and biochemical parameters, comparing parametric and non-parametric estimation. …”
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Sex Differences in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus-Related Left Ventricular Remodeling: A Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study by Yongning Shang, Yulin Zhang, Weiling Leng, Xiaotian Lei, Liu Chen, Xiaoyue Zhou, Ziwen Liang, Jian Wang

“…For tissue characteristics, T2DM was associated with a similar T1 value, elevated extracellular volume fraction (ECV, T2DM: 27.8±3.6% vs. controls: 25.1±2.5%, p=0.002), and increased extracellular matrix volume index (ECMVi, T2DM: 15.8±3.8 ml/m2 vs. controls: 13.4±2.7 ml/m2, p=0.008) in males. For myocardial function, in male, compared with control, T2DM was associated with decreased peak longitudinal diastolic strain rate (PLDSR, T2DM: 0.97±0.19 1/s vs. control: 1.13±0.29 1/s, p=0.030). …”
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Prevalence of Strabismus among Patients Attending Basrah Teaching Hospital, Basrah, Iraq by Mohammed Al Ashoor, Hamid Al Taha

“…The study primarily observed strabismus in younger individuals and males, underscoring the significance of early screening in these groups. …”
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Eye-hand coordination with basketball dribbling skills: Does it have a relationship? by Eko Saputra, Didi Suryadi, Y Touvan Juni Samodra, Rezza Dewintha, Mikkey Anggara Suganda, Asry Syam, Mashud, Isti Dwi Puspita Wati

“…The sampling technique in this study used total sampling involving all male students of grade VIII, totaling 48 students. …”
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High Cesarean Section Rates during Labor Induction in Low Risk, Late-Term Cephalic Pregnancies in a Tertiary Centre by Neslihan Erkal, Metin Kaba, Yeliz Akpinar Mayir, Fatma Elif Isik Eryilmaz

“…According to the multivariate logistic regression, being nulliparous, having a male fetus were found to be the associated risk factors for cesarean delivery (p < 0.05). …”
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Detachable Lip and Cheek Plumper for Rehabilitation of Facial Disfigurement by Nada Fathalla Abdelbagi, Ibrahim Ahmed Ismail, Fadia Awadalkreem, Mohammed Nasser Alhajj

“…This article presents prosthodontic management of a young male patient with deformation of the entire right half of the face due to surgical removal of odontogenic myxoma. …”
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Translation, Adaptation, and Validation in Portuguese of an Acceptance Scale for Human–Robot Interaction in an Industrial Context by Ana Pinto, Leticia Lemos, Carla Carvalho, Joana Santos, Paulo Menezes, Tatsuya Nomura

“…To conduct an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), 140 participants (male=45%, female=52%, and nonbinary=3%) were recruited. …”
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Remodeling the light-adapted electroretinogram using a bayesian statistical approach by Marek Brabec, Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos, Lynne Loh, Irene O. Lee, Mikhail Kulyabin, Aleksei Zhdanov, Hugo Posada-Quintero, Dorothy A. Thompson, Paul A. Constable

“…Electroretinograms were recorded in n = 25 ADHD (16 male; age 11.9 ± 2.7 years) and n = 38 (8 male; age 10.4 ± 2.8 years neurotypical control participants as part of a broad study into the determining if the electroretinogram could be a biomarker for ADHD. …”
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Detection of Inguinal Hernia in Patients with Groin Pain on Ultrasound by Muhammad Arif Afridi, Imran Khan, Adnan Ahmed, Ibrar Ahmad, Mehmood Khan, Malik Mairaj Khalid

“…Out of 323 patients 280 (86.7%) were male patients and 43 (13.3%) were females patients included in our study. …”
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Molecular Evidence of Emerged Pulmonary Lophomoniasis due to Lophomonas blattarum among Hospitalized Patients in Southwestern Iran: A National Registry-Based Study by Kobra Mokhtarian, Simin Taghipour, Maryam Nakhaei, Amirmasoud Taheri, Ali Sharifpour, Mahdi Fakhar, Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi

“…Out of the 36 positive subjects, 63.9% were male and 36.1% female. Male and Lophomonas infection had a significant correlation (p=0.001). …”
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Detection of Chromosome X;18 Breakpoints and Translocation of the Xq22.3;18q23 Regions Resulting in Variable Fertility Phenotypes by Attila Szvetko, Nicole Martin, Chris Joy, Andrea Hayward, Bob Watson, Andrew Cary, Stephen Withers

“…We describe a familial pattern of gonosomal-autosomal translocation between the X and 18 chromosomes, balanced and unbalanced forms, in male and female siblings. The proposita was consulted for hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. …”
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Examining general, physical, and mental health disparities between transgender and cisgender adults in the U.S. by Sunday Azagba, Galappaththige S. R. de Silva, Todd Ebling

“…Gender nonconforming (GNC), male-to-female (MTF), and female-to-male (FTM) individuals had lower odds of reporting good general health compared to cisgender individuals (GNC, OR = 0.46, 95% CI = 0.35–0.61; MTF, OR = 0.67, 95% CI = 0.53–0.85; FTM, OR = 0.71, 95% CI = 0.57–0.87). …”
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