Assessment of Vascular Change Using Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: A New Theory Explains Central Visual Loss in Behcet’s Disease by Thanapong Somkijrungroj, Sritatath Vongkulsiri, Wijak Kongwattananon, Peranut Chotcomwongse, Sasivarin Luangpitakchumpol, Korrawan Jaisuekul

“…Twenty-one patients were enrolled (52.4% males). The average age at onset was 36.7 ± 12.93 years. …”
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A comprehensive assessment of a passive back support exoskeleton for load handling assistance by Jangwhan Ahn, Hyeonhee Jung, Jeongin Moon, Cheolmin Kwon, Jooeun Ahn

“…Fifteen young and healthy males participated in two experiment sessions. In the first session, participants lifted a 15 kg box and held it in a static position. …”
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A structural model of the relationship between personality traits and self-esteem with academic self-efficacy with the mediation of students' achievement motivation by Salman Akbardoost zanganeh, Ata Tehranchi, Zahra Ejadi

“…In a structural equation and correlation design, 306 male students of the second secondary school in Gonabad city were selected in the academic year of 2021-2022 with a multi-stage cluster random sampling method, and the questionnaires of Neo's personality traits (1985), self-esteem questionnaires of Kroker et al. (2003) , Morgan and Jinks' (1999) academic self-efficacy and Hermans' (1977) achievement motivation completed. …”
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Genetics of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency Beyond CAH in Saudi Arabian Population by Mohamed H. Al‐Hamed, Alya Qari, Lamya Alrayes, Mohammed Alotaibi, Zainab Al Masseri, Afaf Alotaibi, Abdullah AlAshwal, Zuhair N. AlHassnan, Afaf Alsagheir

“…Materials and Methods A cohort of 47 PAI patients (41 males and six females) representing 30 families was recruited. …”
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Adenocarcinoma of the Right Colon in a Patient with Bloom Syndrome by Carlos Augusto Real Martinez, Lilian Vital Pinheiro, Debora Helena Rossi, Michel Gardere Camargo, Maria de Lourdes Setsuko Ayrizono, Raquel Franco Leal, Cláudio Saddy Rodrigues Coy

“…Clinical manifestations also include short stature, dolichocephaly, prominent ears, micrognathia, malar hypoplasia and a high-pitched voice, immunodeficiency, type II diabetes, and hypogonadism associated with male infertility and female subfertility. The aim of this report is to describe case of patient with BS who developed adenocarcinoma of the cecum, successfully treated by right colectomy. …”
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Ovine Eimeria infection, OPG and determinants in and around Gondar town, Ethiopia by Senait Belay, Desie Sheferaw

“…The prevalence of Eimeria infection was significant (P <0.05) higher in lambs/young than the adult, in females than males, and in poor body condition than in medium body condition sheep. …”
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Changes in Corticospinal Tract Consistency after Dry Needling in a Stroke Patient by Masoome Ebrahimzadeh, Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari, Iraj Abdollahi, Behnam Akhbari, Jan Dommerholt

“…The participant was a 57-year-old male who had experienced an ischemic stroke 9 months prior. …”
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Late-Onset Bilateral Choroidal Metastases from Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Constantinos D. Georgakopoulos, Athina Pallikari, Panagiotis Plotas, Olga E. Makri

“…Case Report. A 57-year-old male patient in the Oncology Clinic complained of reduced vision in the right eye (OD) for 7 days. …”
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Meningococcal Meningitis (2016 to 2018) Four Years after the Introduction of Serogroup A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Benin by Togbemabou Primous Martial Godjedo, Alidehou Jerrold Agbankpe, Moussiliou Noël Paraiso, Tamegnon Victorien Dougnon, Marie Hidjo, Lamine Baba-Moussa, Honore Bankole

“…The majority of N. meningitidis-positive samples were from male patients (59.8%) with a median age of 4 (IQR: 1–13). …”
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FREQUENCY AND CONSEQUENCES OF FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONSIN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENTS BELOW 50 YEARS OF AGE by Fakhira Arain

“…Result: Participants were 80 (male + female) with an average age of 45.1 years and a standard deviation of 4.2. …”
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Psychological Impact of Maxillectomy and Prosthodontic Rehabilitation and Role of Socio-demographic and Disease-related Variables by Chanchal Gupta, Ruchi Raj

“…Among the sociodemographic variables, psychological distress was not affected by the patient’s age or marital status at any time point (P > 0.05); however, the female, illiterate, and unemployed patients had significantly higher HADS scores compared to the male, graduate, and employed patients (P < 0.05). …”
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Rapid Improvement in Cardiac Damage Predicts Better Prognosis After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Hao-Wei Lee, Chih-Hui Chin, Po-chin Chou, Chia-Hsiu Chang, Chiu-Ling Tsai, Chi-Hung Huang

“…Results: A total of 64 patients were enrolled (53.1% male, mean age 81.7 ± 7.7 years). Within a mean interval of 4 days (interquartile range = 3 to 7 days) after TAVR, cardiac damage improved in 25.0% of patients, while it worsened in 20.3%. …”
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Emotional distress and affective knowledge representation one year after the COVID-19 outbreak. by Laura Barca, Pierpaolo Iodice, Amine Chaigneau, GianLuca Lancia, Giovanni Pezzulo

“…Furthermore, female participants reported higher scores than males on the questionnaire subscales of Emotional Awareness and Attention Regulation. …”
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Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies among B.Sc. Nursing Students in Mizoram during COVID-19 Pandemic by C. Lalramdini, H. T. Lalremsanga, Lukima Saikia, H. T. Malsawmtluanga

“…Results: The majority of the participants 89% were female, whereas 10.1% were male. Most of the participants 89.2% resided in a hostel. …”
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ICU Length of Stay and Factors Associated with Longer Stay of Major Trauma Patients with Multiple Rib Fractures: A Retrospective Observational Study by Hesham S. Abdelwahed, F. Eduardo Martinez

“…Among 215 patients who were enrolled, 150 (69.7%) were male, the median Injury Severity Score (ISS) was 24 (interquartile range (IQR): 17–32). …”
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A 15-year pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma experience in a single centre: a Singapore perspective by Yingshan Lee, Leon Yuan Rui Tan, Shaikh Abdul Kader Kamaldeen Abdul Shakoor

“…One case of PGL developed bilateral disease on follow-up. There were 17 male and 10 female patients with a median age of 57 (range 24–77) years. …”
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Postoperative Hemoglobin Drop and the Associated Factors among Elective Orthopedic Surgeries in Northern Tanzania by Abdel Ashir, Elifuraha G. Maya, Shahnoor Ruhulamin Saiyed, Taher Muslim Alimohamed, Mubashir Alavi Jusabani, Kulthum A. Abdel, Abid M. Sadiq, Ali Mohamed Ali, Faiton Ndesanjo Mandari

“…The majority of the participants were male (62.1%), with the main etiology of symptoms being motor traffic accidents (31.8%). …”
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PYROSEQUENCING: ITS POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS IN DIAGNOSIS OF INHERITED DISEASES IN CATTLE by Н. A. Kirsanova, A. V. Sukhoedova, M. A. Pleskacheva, I. V. Soltynskaya, I. A. Timofeeva, О. V. Prasolova, E. V. Krylova

“…Such mutations are associated with leukocyte adhesion defi ciency, complex vertebral malformation, uridine monophosphate synthetase defi ciency, citrullinemia, spinal muscular atrophy, spinal cord demyelination, Brown Swiss haplotype 2, Weaver syndrome, developmental duplications, α-mannosidosis, dwarfi sm, bovine male subfertility, trombocytopathya, arachnomelia syndrome, hypozincemia-like syndrome. …”
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Collecte de sperme by Romain Lacoste, Guillaume Martinez, Christophe Arnoult

“…La sauvegarde du patrimoine génétique des individus mâles (congélation de spermatozoïdes) en vue de la conservation de l’espèce nécessite l’utilisation de procédures de collection sur animal vivant (sperme éjaculé) ou décédé (extraction chirurgicale de spermatozoïdes épididymaires). …”
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The Role Of Cyberchondria In Mediating Health Anxiety, Fears And Obsessions Among Students Of Private Medical Colleges Sargodha by Muhammad Usman, Adnan Afzal, Muhammad Afzal, Sundas Ahmad, Bilal Habib, Amina Iqbal

“…Findings also indicate significant gender differences on health anxiety and cyberchondria, Females are more concerned about health and have more cyberchondria tendencies than males.  However, non-significant difference on OCD patterns, mobile phone daily usage. …”
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