Oculodentodigital Dysplasia: A Case Report and Major Review of the Eye and Ocular Adnexa Features of 295 Reported Cases by Virang Kumar, Natario L. Couser, Arti Pandya

“…The syndrome appears with an approximately equal sex ratio. The most common eye features reported among all mutations were microcornea, microphthalmia, short palpebral fissures, and glaucoma.…”
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Quality of Life and Psychiatric Comorbidities among Subjects Practicing Artificial Skin Depigmentation in 2020 in the City of Cotonou (Benin) by B. Degboe, M. M. D Baloubi, N. Ntouala Noukayaba, F. G. Akpadjan, H. Adegbidi, F. Atadokpede

“…The mean age was 33.6 ± 11.6 years and the sex ratio was 0.4. Impaired quality of life was observed in 93.7% of subjects. …”
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Social Strata Differentials in Reproductive Behavior among Agricultural Families in the Krummhörn Region (East Frisia, 1720-1874) by Kai Willführ, Charlotte Störmer

“…Poisson and Cox regression models are used to analyze the age at first reproduction, fertility, the sex ratio of the offspring, sex-specific infant/child survival, and the number of children. …”
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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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Validation of the French Version of the “Patterns of Activity Measure” in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain by Charles Benaim, Bertrand Léger, Philippe Vuistiner, François Luthi

“…Five hundred and ninety five inpatients, admitted to a tertiary rehab center in the French-speaking part of Switzerland for chronic pain after orthopedic trauma, were included (sex ratio M/F = 4.36, mean age 43±12). Face, content and criterion validities, internal consistency and reliability were assessed. …”
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Reproductive features of Gerres longirostris Lacepède, 1801 (Perciformes: Gerreidae) off the Red Sea coast of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by Gabr Mohamed Hosny, Al-Harbi Mamdoh Ali, Sumon Md Afsar Ahmed

“…Therefore, we studied some aspects of the biology of Gerres longirostris based on 474 specimens collected from the Red Sea (Jeddah coast, Saudi Arabia). The overall sex ratio of males to females was found to be 1:1.52, which was significantly different from the expected ratio of 1:1 (p < 0.05). …”
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Prevalence and Clinical Profile of Drug Eruptions among Antiretroviral Therapy-Exposed HIV Infected People in Yaoundé, Cameroon by Emmanuel Armand Kouotou, Jobert Richie Nansseu, Vanessa Nancy Ngono, Sandra A. Tatah, Anne Cecile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Elie Claude Ndjitoyap Ndam

“…Of 6,829 ART-experiencing PLHIV, 41 presented with drug eruptions, giving a prevalence of 0.6%. The M/F sex ratio equaled 0.17. The mean age was 41.07 ± 11.36 years. …”
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Role of tomato plant-derived food sources on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, parasitic wasp of Tuta absoluta by Angeliki Syropoulou, Joel González-Cabrera, Judit Arnó, Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat

“…This study assessed the impact of plant guttation and the honeydew of two phloem-feeding insects, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleurodidae), on the fitness (longevity and fecundity) and performance (parasitism and sex ratio) of D. gelechiidivoris under controlled laboratory conditions. …”
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Growth and Feeding Ecology of Dnieper chub Petroleuciscus borysthenicus (Kessler, 1859) in Şahinkaya Reservoir, an Artificial Water Body of an Island Ecosystem (Gökçeada, Turkey)... by Gülşah Saç, Sevan Ağdamar

“…LWR and K values were estimated for all specimens as W=0.017×SL3.114 (r=0.988) and 2.04 (±0.28), respectively. F:M sex ratio was calculated as 1:1.33 with no signifi-cant difference from the ratio of 1:1 (2=0.02; p&gt;0.05). …”
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Evidence for Significant Skew and Low Heritability of Competitive Male Mating Success in the Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes aegypti by Claudia A. S. Wyer, Vladimir Trajanovikj, Brian Hollis, Alongkot Ponlawat, Lauren J. Cator

“…These mating swarms have a male‐biased operational sex ratio, which is expected to generate intense competition among males for mating opportunities. …”
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Persistent Retinal Detachment in Retinoblastoma: The Challenges by Sophia El Hamichi, Dhariana Acon, Veronica Kon Graversen, Aaron S. Gold, Audina M. Berrocal, Timothy G. Murray

“…In all the persistent RD groups (7 patients/11 eyes), RB and RD were present simultaneously in the first ophthalmological assessment. Sex ratio was 2 females/5 males. The mean age of diagnosis was 11 months. …”
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The Benefits and Risks of Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Prospective Cohort Study by Doh Young Lee, Kyoung Ho Oh, Jae-Gu Cho, Soon-Young Kwon, Jeong-Soo Woo, Seung-Kuk Baek, Kwang-Yoon Jung

“…The two groups of patients were similar in age, sex ratio, follow-up duration, and tumor size (P=0.227, 0.359, 0.214, and 0.878, resp.). …”
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The factors influencing self-management in patients with depression: a qualitative research from China by Ying-Li Gao, Lu-Xia Shen, Xiu-Mei Hou, Shu-Ping Si, Huan-Huan Zhu, Zhong-Li Shi

“…The group of depressed patients included in the study had a male to female sex ratio of 1:1 with a mean age of 46years. The psychiatric nurse group had a male to female ratio of 1:2 with a mean age of 42.42 years. …”
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Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Mimi C Yu, Jian-Min Yuan, Sugantha Govindarajan, Ronald K Ross

“…Independent of race and geography, rates in men are at least two to three times those in women; this sex ratio is more pronounced in high-risk regions. …”
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Synthèse des initiatives de recherche et de conservation des chimpanzés (Pan troglodytes verus) au Sénégal by Djibril Diouck

“…A partir des années 2000, de nombreux travaux ont porté sur l’écologie et l’éthologie (Comportement alimentaire et social, sex-ratio, domaine vital, utilisation des outils, etc.) du chimpanzé au Sénégal. …”
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Congenital pulmonic and aortic stenosis in Newfoundland dogs: Results of a 14-year French cardiovascular screening program (921 dogs). by Valérie Chetboul, Constance Fauveau, Peggy Passavin

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 921 dogs were screened during the study period (female:male sex ratio = 1.94, median age [IQR] = 1.9 years [1.6-2.7], body weight = 55.0 kg [50-60]). …”
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Damage symptoms, development, and reproductive performance of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on fodder maize and cob by Hend O. Mohamed, Hassan F. Dahi, Azza A. Awad, Walaa E. Gamil, Bassam F. Fahmy

“…In this context, the weights (g) of larvae, pupae, and adults, pupal period (days), sex ratio (%), longevity (days), oviposition preferences, fecundity (%), egg incubation period (days), and hatchability (%) on fodder maize and corn cobs were assessed. …”
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Pain Assessment Following Open Hemorrhoidectomy Under Local Anesthesia Versus Saddle Block: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. by Sikakulya, Franck Katembo, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Okedi, Xaviour Francis, Baluku, Moris, Lule, Herman, Kiyaka, Sonye Magugu, Kyamanywa, Patrick

“…Results We recruited 58 participants in this study who underwent open hemorrhoidectomy under local anesthesia or saddle block (29 participants per group). The sex ratio was of 1.15 of female to male and a mean age of 39±13. …”
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Bio-impedancemetry an essential tool in the obesity screening of patients with chronic renal failure [La bio-impédancemétrie un outil indispensable dans le dépistage de l’obésité c... by Samia BOUDANI, Faiza ZERDOUMI, Naouel FZ. BOUMANSOUR, Abbou KADDOUS, Bachir M. GUELLIL

“…The mean age was 56.3±12.3 years, and the sex-ratio was 0.95. Regarding the nutritional evaluation of patients with CKD, more than 71% of patients had a BMI (kg/m2) greater than 25 (overweight and obesity), and33.6% greater than 30. …”
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Contribution of Patch Tests with Occupational Handled Products in the Diagnosis of Occupational Contact Dermatitis: A 10-year Review by A. Aloui, M. Maoua, S. El Guedri, A. Moussa, M. Bouhoula, A. Chouchene, I. Kacem, A. Brahem, N. Ghariani, H. Kalboussi, O. El Maalel, S. Chatti, M. Denguezli, N. Mrizek

“…The mean age was 35.79 ± 9.45 years with a male predominance (sex ratio = 1.35). The most represented activity sectors were the health sector in 30.1% and the textile sector in 21.2%. …”
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