HISTORY AND CULTURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ADARA AND ZURU IN KADUNA AND KEBBI STATES FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO 2018 by MARABS JOSHUA ANTHONY, SOJA ZAKKA

“…The composition of the informants will largely be elders from ages fifty and above cutting across both sex (male and female). Since the polities have so much in common in their cultural history, facts from both primary and secondary data that exhibits any form of similarity shall be cross examine and objectively interpreted. …”
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Association of ANKRD55 Gene Polymorphism with HT: A Protective Factor for Disease Susceptibility by Yu-die Fang, Jing Zhao, Xin-juan Zhuang, Jian-bin Xu, Tian-tian Cai, Xiao-rong Yang, Kai-da Mu, Jin-an Zhang

“…In different genetic model analyses, rs7731626 and rs159572 were also significantly correlated with HT in allele, dominant and additive models before and after age and sex adjustment. There were no differences in rs321776, rs191205, or rs415407 of the ANKRD55 gene in allele frequency or genotype frequency between AITDs patients and controls. …”
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Efikasi Diri Anak Usia 6-18 Tahun yang Mengalami Thalasemia by Stella Pramasita Arundina, Lina Dewi Anggraeni, Paramitha Wirdani Ningsih Marlina

“…The result showed that 62% including 6-12 years with 60% female sex, respondents who underwent therapy <10 years as much as 52% with early age diagnosed at <1 year as much as 38%. …”
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Reproductive Cycle of Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815) (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) in the Lagoon of Tunis by Monia El Barhoumi, Patrick Scaps, Fathia Zghal

“…Gonads are not well defined in either sex. The process of spermatogenesis takes place in the coelomic cavity. …”
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A Smart Electronic Tagging System Based on Context Awareness and Machine-to-Machine Interworking by Gil-Yong Lee, Nam-Yeol Yun, Sung-Chul Lee, Soo-Hyun Park

“…The existing electronic tagging system traces the location of a sex offender using triangulation by communicating with Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and mobile phone base stations. …”
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Causes and Metabolic Consequences of Gynecomastia in Adult Patients by Ralitsa Robeva, Atanaska Elenkova, Sabina Zacharieva

“…Further longitudinal studies are needed to evaluate the long-term consequences of sex hormones imbalance on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in adults with GM.…”
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in Teenage Versus Adult Pregnancies – A Prospective Comparative Study by Prathima S, Sarojini -, Ashakiran T R, Manasa K, Bhanu BT

“…Maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality can be minimized in teenage pregnancies by providing education improving their nutritional status socioeconomic status educating them about contraception safe sex practices to avoid unintended pregnancies and by providing them good antenatal care.…”
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Psycho-sexological impact(s) of syphilis among infected persons by Mylene Bolmont, Penelope Bornhauser, Juliette Cloppet Mouchet, Melanie Michaud, Laurence Toutous Trellu

“…We also noted long-term changes in sexual practices (safer sex, abstinence) for 20/43 (55.81%) of the patients and short-term changes for 4/43 (9.30%) of patients. …”
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The relationship between principals’ pedagogical leadership practices and teachers’ job performance: the role of sociodemographic characteristics by Kelemu Zelalem Berhanu

“…Findings Consequently, there were strong and moderate correlations between teachers’ job performance and pedagogical leadership. Sex did not significantly impact principals’ pedagogical leadership practices or teachers’ job performance. …”
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Evaluation of Heavy and Trace Metals in Fingernails of Young School Children and Adults in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria by HK Okoro, ST Alao, GB Adebayo, KA Basheer

“… Fingernail samples of young school children and selected adults were collected with respect to sex and ages in Ilorin Kwara state. The aim of this study was to determine the level of heavy metals (Fe and Cu) and trace elements (Mg and K) in the fingernails of young school children and some selected adults using atomic  absorption spectrophotometer techniques for metal analysis. …”
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Wild Rats (Rattus rattus) in Northern Iran by Seyed Abdollah Hosseini, Saeid Abediankenari, Afsaneh Amouei, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Mehdi Sharif, Fatemeh Rezaei, Ahmad Daryani

“…Overall, 56% of rats were infected by T. gondii. Considering the sex of rats, 45% of male and 55% of female rats were seropositive, but the differences were not statistically significant. …”
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Characterization of cerebro-vascular disease in the Intermediate Care Unit. Multicentre study in the central part of Cuba. by Alba Enseñat Alvarez, Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Maribel Misas Menéndez, Julio Cortizo Hernández, Niurka Galende Hernández, Aleida Hernández Lara, Ramón Erice Lafont

“…<strong>Results:</strong> There was a predominance of the white race ( 75,3 %), male sex (56,7 %) and hypertension was the risk marker ( 71,3 % ). …”
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Independent Benefits of Meeting the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines to Insulin Resistance in Obese Latino Children by Nazrat Mirza, Matilde Palmer, Johanna O'Connell, Loretta DiPietro

“…We observed that those obese children who met the 2008 Guidelines for MVPA (≥60 min/day) experienced a significantly lower odds of IR compared with those not meeting the Guidelines (OR=0.29; 95% CI: (0.10–0.92)) and these findings were independent of age, sex, pubertal stage, acculturation, fasting insulin, and 2 h glucose concentrations. …”
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Characteristics of Offender’s Personality who Committs False Suggestion of the Court or Other Authorized Agency by K. S. Kotlubaeva

“…It has been offered to divide the basic data about a person who commits false suggestion of the court or other authorized agency into the following groups: 1) biological: age, sex, anatomical and physiological qualities; 2) social: education, employment, marital status, criminal experience, communication with the person who committed the casual crime, motive. …”
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The effect of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and thrombocyte index on inflammation in patients with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis syndrome by Vildan Gungorer, Alaaddin Yorulmaz, Husamettin Vatansev, Sukru Arslan

“…As a control group, healthy children that presented to the general pediatrics polyclinic with the exact same age and sex as the patient group were recruited. The medical records of all participants were evaluated retrospectively. …”
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Major Extremity Injuries Associated with Farmyard Accidents by Cem Copuroglu, Nurettin Heybeli, Mert Ozcan, Baris Yilmaz, Mert Ciftdemir, Elif Copuroglu

“…We evaluated a 3-year period including 41 patients. Data on age, sex, injury patterns, anatomical localizations, injury season, length of stay in the hospital, and infections were evaluated, and the patients were examined with SF-36 in the follow-up period. …”
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Clinical and Psychological Variables Present in Patients with Chronic Back Pain by Ahmed José Pomares Avalos, Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez, José Antonio Pomares Alfonso

“…The study variables were: age, sex, educational level, occupation, origin, characteristics of pain (intensity, frequency, duration, type of treatment used for its relief), anxiety, depression, anger and hostility as personality traits, and anxiety, depression and stress as negative emotional states. …”
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Evaluation of Heavy and Trace Metals in Fingernails of Young School Children and Adults in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria by HK Okoro, ST Alao, GB Adebayo, KA Basheer

“… Fingernail samples of young school children and selected adults were collected with respect to sex and ages in Ilorin Kwara state. The aim of this study was to determine the level of heavy metals (Fe and Cu) and trace elements (Mg and K) in the fingernails of young school children and some selected adults using atomic  absorption spectrophotometer techniques for metal analysis. …”
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Increased overwintering temperature reduces reproductive success of the solitary bee species Osmia bicornis by Sarah Müller, Jana Collatz, Henning Richter, Robert Zboray, Matthias Albrecht

“…Although longevity and daily offspring production rate were not significantly affected, nesting duration of females wintered at 0 °C tended to be longer (+ 2.5 days) than that of bees wintered at 4.5 °C, which likely contributed to the higher offspring production at colder overwintering temperatures. Mortality and sex ratio of offspring was not significantly affected. …”
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Utilizing machine learning to predict hospital admissions for pediatric COVID-19 patients (PrepCOVID-Machine) by Chuin-Hen Liew, Song-Quan Ong, David Chun-Ern Ng

“…The RFE algorithm selected 12 highly predicted variables for COVID-19 hospitalization, including age, male sex, fever, cough, rhinorrhea, shortness of breath, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, body temperature, chest indrawing, and abnormal breath sounds. …”
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