Is the treatment of ankle osteoarthritis changing over time in Italy? Analysis of temporal trends for fusion and arthroplasty in a population-based study from 2001 to 2022 on the N... by Adriano Cuccu, Elena Manuela Samaila, Enrico Ciminello, Umberto Alfieri Montrasio, Fabrizio Cortese, Stefania Ceccarelli, Tiziana Falcone, Marina Torre

“…Surgical volumes, trends over time, classes of hospital activity volume, sex and age of patients, and population incidence rates were described. …”
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Prevalence of Anti-JC Virus (JCV) Antibodies in the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Population in Cyprus: A Retrospective Study by Sakis Lambrianides, Christiana A. Demetriou, Andis Tillyris, Elena Kkolou, Eftychia Gaglia, Eleni Agkastinioti, Eleni Leonidou, Yiolanda-Panayiota Christou, Savvas S. Papacostas, Kleopas A. Kleopa, Theodoros Kyriakides, Marios Pantzaris

“…Although previously reported, in our study, the anti-JCV antibody seropositivity was not associated with increasing age or sex.…”
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Surgical Outcomes of Trabeculectomy in Uveitic Glaucoma: A Long-Term, Single-Center, Retrospective Case-Control Study by Rina Kanaya, Riki Kijima, Yasuhiro Shinmei, Akihiro Shinkai, Takeshi Ohguchi, Kenichi Namba, Shinki Chin, Susumu Ishida

“…MMC-TLE was performed on 50 eyes with UG between February 2001 and January 2015 at Hokkaido University Hospital. Age- and sex-matched patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) who underwent MMC-TLE were matched by age and sex and enrolled as controls. …”
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Predictors of plasma HDL-C concentrations in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study by James M. Shikany, John R. Bassler, Jared P. Reis, Pamela J. Schreiner, David T. Redden, John T. Wilkins, Cora E. Lewis

“…Other factors were inversely associated with HDL-C concentration longitudinally in both women and men: cigarette smoking, intakes of carbohydrates and total fat, body mass index, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations, along with sex-specific associations with HOMA-IR and parity >0 (women only). …”
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Prevalence of neonatal sepsis and associated factors among neonates admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Northern Uganda. by Brendah Katugume, JohnBaptist Muzungu, Nelson Okello, Eustes Kigongo, Deborah Andrinar Namutebi

“…Factors 1-3 days of age, male sex, a birth weight of <2500g, and an Apgar score of 1-4 at birth among all neonates were significant. …”
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Associations between mental illness, TB risk and migrant status by S.E. Hayward, K.L. Kristensen, A. Deal, J.H. Petersen, T. Lillebaek, S. Hargreaves, M. Norredam, J.S. Friedland

“…Cox regression models, adjusted for age, sex and migrant status, were used to assess the effect of mental disorders on TB risk. …”
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Detailed cytogenetic analysis of three duck species (the northern pintail, mallard, and common goldeneye) and karyotype evolution in the family Anatidae (Anseriformes, Aves) by V. R. Beklemisheva, K. V. Tishakova, S. A. Romanenko, D. A. Andreushkova, V. A. Yudkin, E. А. Interesova, F. Yang, M. A. Ferguson-Smith, A. S. Graphodatsky, A. A. Proskuryakova

“…The new data about the three Anatidae species add knowledge about the transformation of macro- and sex chromosomes of Anseriformes during evolution.…”
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Determinants of Higher-Risk Sexual Behavior in Some Selected African Countries by Adikwor Ewoenam Puplampu, Seth Afagbedzi, Samuel Dery, Dzifa Adimle Puplampu, Chris Guure

“…Generally, determinants of H-RSB among the countries include age, sex, religious affiliation, marital status, educational level, employment status, economic status, age at first sex, and status of circumcision. …”
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Insights into <i>Solea senegalensis</i> Reproduction Through Gonadal Tissue Methylation Analysis and Transcriptomic Integration by Daniel Ramírez, Marco Anaya-Romero, María Esther Rodríguez, Alberto Arias-Pérez, Robert Mukiibi, Helena D’Cotta, Diego Robledo, Laureana Rebordinos

“…Fish exhibit diverse mechanisms of sex differentiation and determination, shaped by both external and internal influences, often regulated by distinct DNA methylation patterns responding to environmental changes. …”
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Stress psychosocial de l’enfant et excrétion urinaire de cortisol : impact du type de structure familiale et de l’expérience de migration by Hélène Pagezy, Valérie Niel-Bernard, Pierre Darlu

“…The biological stress level was assessed through the 24h cortisol level in urine samples, standardized according to sex and age. These children lived either in nuclear families or in family structures of another type. …”
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Abdominal ectopia cordis. About a case by Evis Johnson Montero, Juan Carlos Quintana Díaz, Raquel Rojas Bruzón

“…<strong>Introduction</strong>: Ectopia cordis is a rare and severe congenital malformation characterized by the displacement of the heart outside the chest cavity, there is discreet predominance in the female sex and is associated with non-potent teratogens and also related to genetic factors, its prenatal diagnosis is very important and its prognostic is unfavorable in almost all cases. …”
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UNDECLARED WORK OF SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE IN LIGHT OF SURVEY RESEARCH by Mariola Szewczyk-Jarocka

“…The analyses included the distribution of answers to survey question within the entire sample together with verification of the statistical significance between the answers and such variables as: sex, age, education and period of being registered in the Municipal Employment Office.…”
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The Problem of Confounding in Studies of the Effect of Maternal Drug Use on Pregnancy Outcome by Bengt Källén

“…In rare instances, infant sex and multiple birth can appear as confounders. …”
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Articuler l’expérience et le discours : réflexions à partir du poststructuralisme et de la phénoménologie féministe by Mickaëlle Provost

“…Finally, I consider Simone de Beauvoir’s Second Sex as an illuminating perspective on the relationship between experience and discursive norms, managing to articulate a phenomenological approach and an analysis of the discursive formation of lived experience.…”
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Masculinization on tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) by natural hormone steroid agent from bee resin through artificial diet by Dinar Tri Soelistyowati, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Harton Arfah

“…This research aim to increase male sex ratio and production performance. Treatment of bee resin dose is 0.6; 1.2; 1.8; 2.4; 3.0 feed ml/kg compared to Control (0 ml/kg diet) were given  during 28 days at larva age 7 day in aquarium, then transferred to the farm ground until age 12 weeks. …”
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Factors that influence the use of birth control by Brazilian adolescents by Diogo Fajardo Nunes Hildebrand, Andres Rodriguez Veloso

“…The results indicate that the intention to use and actual use of contraceptive methods is directly affected by perceptions of self-efficacy, life goals related to stability and education, and the respondent’s sex (boys intend to use birth control methods more than do girls). …”
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Die impak van gepreokkupeerdheid met seksuele aktiwiteit geassosieer met internetgebruik op die gesin - 'n pastorale perspektief by W. Coetzer

“… Together with the tremendous growth in the number of users of the internet in recent years, there was a corresponding growth in pornographic websites as well as internet sex. According to researchers and counsellors, more and more families and individuals get stuck in this trap, with destructive results for marriages and children. …”
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Devenir styliste. Des trajectoires genrées dans les écoles de mode by Nicolas Divert

“…The study shows however that these masculine trajectories raise questions related to their sexuality so much so that sex, gender and sexuality must be grasped altogether.…”
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The genome sequence of Radford’s Flame Shoulder, Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, 1831) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Mark J. Sterling, David C. Lees

“…Most of the assembly (99.93%) is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.37 kilobases in length. …”
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Design of indirect ELISA-based test-system for determination of Mannheimia haemolytica antibody titre in bovine sera by Ye. S. Kostrova, O. P. Bjadovskaya, Ye. V. Peshkova, O. V. Pruntova

“…Indirect ELISA-based test-system was developed for determination of Mannheimia haemolytica antibody titre in sera from cattle of different age-sex groups. Lipopolysaccha-ride antigen (LPS-antigen) produced by phenol-water extraction from Mannheimia haemolytica strain No. 29696 (ATCC collection) was used as an antigen. …”
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