Arterial Hypertension in Adolescents from Moa. Prevalence and Clinical Characterization by Alexander Torres Molina

“…The variables analyzed were: age, sex, skin color, prehypertension and arterial hypertension (systolic, diastolic and systodiastolic) and severity of hypertension. …”
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In Silico Analysis of Common Long Noncoding RNAs in Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium by Serhat Sirekbasan, Tugba Gurkok Tan

“…A significant number of lncRNAs was determined to be transcribed from sex chromosomes. The frequently expressed lncRNAs appear to be involved in metabolic and biological regulation processes. …”
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Assessment of Early Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Clinically Isolated Syndromes and Multiple Sclerosis by Leyla Baysal Kıraç, Özgül Ekmekçi, Nur Yüceyar, Ayşe Sağduyu Kocaman

“…Patients were matched with 40 healthy participants for age, sex, and educational level. Neuropsychological assessment was performed by stroop test, paced auditory serial addition test (PASAT), controlled oral word association test (COWAT), clock drawing test, trail making test (TMT), faces symbol test (FST). …”
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Diffusion and usage patterns of Internet services in the European Union by José Manuel Ortega Egea, Manuel Recio Menéndez, María Victoria Román González

“…</b> The identified Internet user segments show clear differences with regard to country, sex, occupation, education and location. These results confirm the existence of sociodemographic entry barriers to the use of digital services. …”
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Measuring Nurses’ Satisfaction in Primary Health Care Centers at Khartoum, Sudan by Yahya Hussein Ahmed Abdalla

“…The study also found a significant correlation between nurses’ sex and experience with their level of job satisfaction. …”
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A Descriptive Study on Common Causes, Treatment and Outcome of Neck Injuries by Hamna Abdu Nazir, Wilson Desai, Reshma Chavan, Sarvesh Azgaonkar

“…Total 17 cases of cut throat injuries, irrespective of age and sex, were included in the study. Patients with insignificant injuries to neck and those with multiple traumas to other body parts were excluded from this study. …”
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A Rare Case of Sclerosing Stromal Tumor of the Ovary Presenting in Pregnancy: A Diagnostic Dilemma on Presentation by Minh Nguyen, Namarig Soumit, Abdul Waheed, Jack Sees, Erum Azhar

“…The frozen section diagnosis was “sex cord stromal tumor, favor benign”. The final pathology confirmed the diagnosis of the sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary where characteristic features of SST including a heterogenous, pseudolobular growth pattern with hypercellular and hypocellular areas were identified along with prominent luteinized stromal cells attributed to pregnancy. …”
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Characterization of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis by Niovis Sosa Barberena, Roberto Angel Polo Amarante, Sandra Nancy Mendez Rogríguez, Mabel Sosa Barberena

“…General variables such as age, sex, and place of origin were analyzed, in addition to the causes of the disease, length of time on hemodialysis, type of vascular access, and prevalence of hepatitis C. …”
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Feminización de las luchas antiextractivistas: el colectivo Mujeres Amazónicas Defensoras de la Selva by Yolanda Martínez Suárez

“…I focus on the Ecuadorian collective Mujeres Amazónicas Defensoras de la Selva (Amazonian Women Defenders of the Rainforest) for their critical integration of gender debates into their agenda, their disruption of the sex-gender system through their emergence as a political subject, and their innovative proposal of the living forest (Kawsak Sacha), which reimagines nature and our relationship to it. …”
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Assessment of Self-Perception of Transsexual Persons: Pilot Study of 15 Patients by Jasmina Barišić, Marija Milosavljević, Dragana Duišin, Borjanka Batinić, Svetlana Vujović, Srdjan Milovanović

“…This is probably the result of experiencing discomfort for a number of years due to gender incongruence and dysphoria, in particular in persons who enter the sex reassignment procedure later in their adulthood.…”
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Radiographic Evaluation of the Lower First Permanent Molars of Children from Southeastern Brazil by Luciana Arruda Mendes de Paula, Francielle Silvestre Verner, Maria Augusta Visconti, Rafael Binato Junqueira

“…There was no association with sex, except for the presence of restorations.…”
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Washing 'Dirty Work' in Academia and Beyond: Resisting Stigma as an Early Career Researcher Investigating Sexuality in the Digital by Chiara Perin

“…My ethnographic journey demanded substantial emotional labour as I navigated potentially toxic technocultures (Massanari 2015) and non-sex-positive environments. What I had not foreseen was the systematic stigma, discomfort, and delegitimisation in both institutional (academic) and non-institutional contexts (social and familial). …”
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What was Killing Babies in Ipswich Between 1872 and 1909? by Eilidh Garrett, Alice Reid

“…We consider annual and quinquennial mortality rates amongst Ipswich's youngest residents by age, sex, seasonality and cause. The individual causes of death not only offer insight into conditions in the town, but also highlight questions concerning how best to interpret the information provided when both medical terminology and registration practices were changing over the decades of the study. …”
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Assessment of Shoulder Function after Internal Fixation of Humeral Diaphyseal Fractures in Young Adults: A Prospective Comparative Study by Hossam Fathi Mahmoud, Ahmed Hatem Farhan, Fahmy Samir Fahmy

“…The results were reported prospectively with no significant differences in mean age, sex, side of injury, type of fracture, mechanism of injury, and the follow-up period between the groups studied. …”
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Ocular Defects in Photosensitive Epilepsy by Ebere C. Anyanwu, John Ehiri

“…These findings were analyzed according to age and sex. The relationship between the ocular abnormalities and the interpretations of the changes in the characteristics of the VEP indicated that optic-related atrophies, visual defects, optic neuritis, chiasmal compression, nystagmus, migraine headache, cataracts, and amblyopia were prevalent in photosensitive epileptic patients at varying degrees. …”
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Species delimitation of newly collected spiders of the genus Pseudopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae) from Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China: An integrated morpholog... by Jianshuang Zhang, Tianqin Pan, He Zhang, Yuanqian Xing, Hao Yu, Yang Zhong

“…The DNA barcodes of the six species were obtained for species delimitation, sex matching, and future use.…”
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Associations between Extracellular Matrix Protein 1 Gene Polymorphism and Progression of Liver Disease by Xiuting He, Ting Liu, Rui Zhang, Xu Li

“…After adjustment for age, sex, smoking status, and drinking habits, the GT genotype was dramatically related to a reduced risk of chronic HBV infection in both non-HCC (OR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.49-0.94) and total chronic HBV infection patients (OR = 0.75, 95% CI: 0.56-1.00). …”
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Énergétique et régulation de la fonction de reproduction chez des femelles captives Babouins Olive (Papio anubis) by Cécile Garcia

“…High-ranking females or those in good physical condition appear likely to withstand relatively rapid infant growth which is independent of the infant’s sex, and have therefore higher reproductive rates. …”
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Mandibular Canines with Two Roots and Two Root Canals: Case Report and Literature Review by Hugo Plascencia, Álvaro Cruz, Gerardo Gascón, Beatriz Ramírez, Mariana Díaz

“…Literature review revealed that the overall prevalence of such root canal configuration is 5.7%, with a strong preference for female sex (87.5%). Although mandibular canines with two roots and two root canals are not common, clinicians should always anticipate the presence of possible variations. …”
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Klinefelter Syndrome Sans Malignancy with Unusually Elevated Levels of CEA: A Case Report by Wo X, Yu X, Miao L, Mao Y, Tang K

“…Xinxin Wo, Xiaoyan Yu, Lingling Miao, Yushan Mao, Keke Tang Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo University, Ningbo, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Keke Tang, Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo University, Ningbo, People’s Republic of China, Email lcyxtkk@126.comPurpose: Klinefelter’s syndrome (KS) is the most common sex chromosome disorder in the male population and is characterized by the presence of one or more X chromosomes. …”
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