Learning practices of experienced healthcare teams and dyads in acute care settings: a scoping review by Jenny Rudolph, Michael Meguerdichian, Katie Walker, Tricia Yusaf, Maryam Asoodar, Kimberly Campbell-Taylor, Jeroen van Merriënboer

“…All studies were conducted in acute care settings such as operating rooms, emergency rooms, intensive care units and simulation centres.Participants The participants were experienced healthcare professionals who work in acute care settings of any age or any sex. The group was interprofessional including two or more disciplines and/or professions. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose index and carotid atherosclerosis in Chinese steelworkers: a cross-sectional study by Haoyue Cao, Qinglin Li, Juxiang Yuan

“…The association between TyG and CAS was evaluated across different subgroups, including sex, age, lifestyle, medical history, and the state of occupational exposure. …”
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Hydrometeorological Variability of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (<i>Lepidochelys olivacea</i>) Nesting Beaches: Implications for Conservation Practices by Anatoliy Filonov, Enrique Godínez-Domínguez, Iryna Tereshchenko, Cesar O. Monzon, David Avalos-Cueva, María del Refugio Barba-López

“…This study investigates the influence of hydrometeorological conditions on the nesting season and annual hatchling sex ratios conducted at the Playón de Mismaloya Federal Reserve in Tomatlán, Jalisco, Mexico. …”
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The Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Circulating Ischaemia-Modified Albumin Concentrations by Firat Uygur, Hakan Tanriverdi, Murat Can, Tacettin Ornek, Fatma Erboy, Bulent Altinsoy, Figen Atalay, Murat Damar, Furuzan Kokturk, Meltem Tor

“…Multiple logistic regression analyses showed that OSAS increased the serum IMA concentration independent of age, sex, body mass index, smoking habit, and cardiovascular disease. …”
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The Association of Weight Status with Physical Fitness among Chinese Children by Xianwen Shang, Ailing Liu, Yanping Li, Xiaoqi Hu, Lin Du, Jun Ma, Guifa Xu, Ying Li, Hongwei Guo, Guansheng Ma

“…The height and fasting body weight were measured. The age-, sex-specific BMI WHO criteria was used to define underweight, overweight and obesity. …”
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Model systems of human immunodef iciency virus (HIV-1) for in vitro eff icacy assessment of candidate vaccines and drugs against HIV-1 by N. B. Rudometova, D. N. Shcherbakov, A. P. Rudometov, A. A. Ilyichev, L. I. Karpenko

“…The f irst aspect covers preventive measures including educational campaigns on HIV/AIDS and promotion of a healthy lifestyle, protected sex, and pre-exposure prophylaxis of vulnerable groups. …”
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Assessing the stability of psychobiological stress reactivity during adolescence: mixed-effect modelling of cortisol responses to laboratory stressors [version 2; peer review: 2 ap... by Elizabeth Susman, Jen O'Shea, Samantha Dockray

“…It is associated with rapid development in the hypothalamus, which is central in the production of both stress and sex steroids. While patterns of stress reactivity are calibrated in early life, this time of rapid development may provide a means for these patterns to change. …”
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Low-density Lipoproteins and Degrees of Cardiovascular Risk in Adults over 40 Years of Age: Case-control Study by Abel Pérez Pavón, Francisco Sánchez Hernández, Karla Doriam Gámez Ávalos, Donovan Casas Patiño, Alejandra Rodríguez Torres

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the average age of the subjects was 62 years, the female sex predominated, with a greater proportion of married people, the level of schooling that predominated was high school, the catholic religion was more frequent and the subjects were from the urban area. …”
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THE COURSE OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY COVID-19 DISEASE, COMPLICATED BY COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM PATHOLOGY by T.A. Trybrat, Yu.M Kazakov, O.O. Honcharova, S.V Shut, V.D. Sakevich

“…To date, there is a decrease in the number of cases per day, but there is a variety in the course of the disease depending on sex, and the most vulnerable are elderly patients with comorbid pathology, therefore, the study of its features determines the relevance of this work. …”
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Ethnobotanical Study on Wild Edible Plants in Metema District, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia by Getinet Masresha, Yirgalem Melkamu, Getnet Chekole Walle

“…Knowledge difference among age and sex groups was evaluated by independent sample t-test. …”
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Evaluation of Cancer Patient Satisfaction: A Transversal Study in Radiotherapy Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco by Boujemaa EL Marnissi, Fouad Abbass, Hafida Charaka, Nawal Mouhoute, Abdelaziz Tritha, Touria Bouhafa, Khalid Hassouni

“…During this period, we have included 230 patients: 159 women (69.1%), 71 men (30.9%) and the sex ratio (women/men) was 2.23. Half of the investigated patients have never been schooled (52.61%). …”
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Assessment of Weight Management Practices among Adults in the United Arab Emirates by Amita Attlee, Nour Atmani, Viktor Stromtsov, Fatima Ali, Rim Tikarly, Sarah Ryad, Ghada Salah, Hayder Hasan, Reyad Obaid

“…WM goals were significantly associated with age, sex, marital status, education, current body weight perception, and medical condition. …”
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Consultations for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis before and after health insurance coverage of pre-exposure prophylaxis to a university-based emergency department in Germany by Lennert Böhm, Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, Hubert Schelzig, Tom Luedde, Michael Bernhard

“…Regarding the reasons for ED visits, no statistically significant difference was found [occupational risk contact (18.2 vs. 26.5%, p = 0.081), sexual risk contact (74.7 vs. 69.0%, p = 0.266), other non-occupational risk contact (7.1 vs. 4.5%, p = 0.329)]. For men who have sex with men (MSM), no statistically significant differences were found [38.9 (n = 60) vs. 35.5% (n = 55), p = 0.537]. …”
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Revisiting microgenderome: detecting and cataloguing sexually unique and enriched species in human microbiomes by Zhanshan Sam Ma

“…Abstract Background Microgenderome or arguably more accurately microsexome refers to studies on sexual dimorphism of human microbiomes aimed at investigating bidirectional interactions between human microbiomes, sex hormones, and immune systems. It is important because of its implications to disease susceptibility and therapy, in which men and women demonstrate divergence in many diseases especially autoimmune diseases. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of burn-out among Nigerian medical doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Ruth Eshikotse Pius, Janet Ngozi Ajuluchukwu, Alero Ann Roberts

“…The univariate analysis revealed a correlation between burn-out scores and cadre, age, sex, years of experience, marital status, weekly work hours and number of calls. …”
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Milestones and Timescale of Poststroke Recovery: A Cohort Study by Marianna Loi, Alberto Zaliani, Marta Abbamonte, Elena P. Ferrari, Roberto Maestri, Luigi Trojano, Pietro Balbi

“…The acquisition of three milestones was significantly associated with female sex (autonomous standing), length of stay and Fugl-Meyer initial score (autonomous walking), and Fugl-Meyer initial score (functional arm). …”
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Factors Associated with Visit-to-Visit Variability of Blood Pressure Measured as Part of Routine Clinical Care among Patients Attending Cardiology Outpatient Department of a Tertia... by Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Vathulan Sujanitha, Mahesan Guruparan, Nadarajah Rajeshkannan

“…When comparing mean SD among the categories of different variables, female sex (P=0.023) and comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus (DM) (P=0.013), chronic kidney disease (CKD) (P=0.007), and risk of developing obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) (P=0.04) showed significant variation. …”
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HOMA-AD in Assessing Insulin Resistance in Lean Noncirrhotic HCV Outpatients by Matheus Truccolo Michalczuk, Camila Rippol Kappel, Oscar Birkhan, Ana Carolina Bragança, Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silva

“…The groups were similar regarding sex and BMI, but the HCV patients were older. The median insulin level was higher in the HCV group (8.6 mU/mL (6.5–13.7) versus 6.5 (4.3–10.7), P=0.004), as was median HOMA-IR (1.94 (1.51 to 3.48) versus 1.40 (1.02 to 2.36), P=0.002) and the prevalence of IR (38.3% versus 10.3% (P=0.009)). …”
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Impact of DLL3 Expression as Prognostic Factor in Extensive Stage of Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With First‐Line Chemotherapy by Hohyung Nam, Soon‐Hee Jung, Jii Bum Lee, Jee Hyun Kong, Seungtaek Lim

“…Results DLL3 expression was not associated with any of the clinico‐pathological characteristics such as age at diagnosis, sex, response to first‐line chemotherapy, second‐line chemotherapy (Yes or No), and number of metastatic sites. …”
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Exercise-Intervened Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells Under Hypertensive Plus Hypoxic Conditions by Smara Sigdel, Shuzhen Chen, Gideon Udoh, Jinju Wang

“…Transgenic hypertensive mice (Alb1-Ren) underwent 8-week treadmill exercise (10 m/min for 1 h, 5 days per week). Age- and sex-matched sedentary Alb1-Ren mice served as controls. cEVs were isolated from the blood of exercised and sedentary mice and are denoted as ET-cEV and nET-cEV, respectively. cEVs were labeled to determine their uptake efficiency and pathways. …”
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