The Association between the Pulmonary Arterial Obstruction Index and Atrial Size in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism by Taraneh Faghihi Langroudi, Maryam Sheikh, Mohammadreza Naderian, Morteza Sanei Taheri, Amir Ashraf-ganjouei, Isa Khaheshi

“…Main Findings. There were 25 males and 25 females with PE, who had a mean age of 58 years. …”
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An expert perspective on diversity-oriented standards for assessing sex and gender in clinical research by Hannah R. Hambruch, Nora M. Laskowski, Robert-Paul Juster, Georg Halbeisen, Georgios Paslakis

“…Sex should be assessed with “Please specify your sex assigned at birth” and the answer categories “female”, “male”, “intersex”. Gender identity should be assessed with “I identify as…” and the answer categories “woman”, “man”, “nonbinary”, “trans woman”, “trans man”, “genderqueer”, “genderfluid”, “agender”, “two spirit”. …”
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Spillable Semisolid Contents of Cystic Ameloblastoma Habour Tumour Cells by Mark C. Nwoga

“…Results: Thirty-one resected specimens were documented with semisolid materials of blood clots, gelatinous, or cheesy materials. The male-to-female ratio, mean age, and mean duration were 1:1.7, 20.4 ± 6.6 years, and 42.0 ± 26.5 months, respectively. …”
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Survival and prognostic factors among different types of liposarcomas based on SEER database by Jiaqi Zhao, WenLi Du, XiaoLiang Tao, AiAi Li, Yi Li, Shuai Zhang

“…Advanced age, higher tumor stage, and the absence of surgical intervention were associated with inferior survival outcomes across all subtypes. Male gender, higher pathological grade, and primary tumor sites outside the extremities were identified as risk factors for the prognosis of subtypes other than pleomorphic liposarcoma. …”
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Interpreting Variants of Uncertain Significance in PCD: Abnormal Splicing Caused by a Missense Variant of DNAAF3 by Haixia Zheng, Chongsheng Cheng, Miao He, Wangji Zhou, Yixuan Li, Jinrong Dai, Ting Zhang, Kai‐Feng Xu, Xue Zhang, Xinlun Tian, Yaping Liu

“…Results We identified two variants of DNAAF3: c.557G>A, p.G186E in exon 5, and c.1364G>A, p.G455D at the terminal nucleotide of exon 10 in a 16‐year‐old male patient. Through a minigene assay, we demonstrated that the c.1364G>A variant led to a four‐nucleotide skipping. …”
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Grade IV oral mucositis treatment with Brazilian green propolis mucoadherent gel by Diogo Alvarenga Silva, Patrícia Carlos Caldeira, Silvia Ferreira de Sousa, Vagner Rodrigues Santos

“…Rapid treatment of OM means restoring quality of life to patients and lowering the cost of cancer treatment for public health. There male patients with oral carcinoma undergoing radiotherapy treatment were followed between August 2018 and April 2019. …”
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A Pharmacotherapy and ECT resistant OCD patient’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Tacettin KURU, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…Case: Patient was 46 years old, male. Patient had recourse to with complaints that loved ones arrive per accident or sexual thoughts about inappropriate people that led to the unintentional and occurred to distress so repetitive behaviors to get rid of that woes. …”
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Meningitis In Newborns With Late-Onset Sepsis; A Critical Insight by Sobia Naveed, Madiha Fayyaz, Somayya Siddiqa, Asvar Samaa, Rahat Rahman, Zartasha Sial

“…Among these children 122(58.1%) were males, while 88(41.9%) were females. The age range in this study was from 7 to 28 days with mean age of 17.7±6.3 days. …”
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Reliability, Responsiveness, and Validity of the Visual Analog Fatigue Scale to Measure Exertion Fatigue in People with Chronic Stroke: A Preliminary Study by Benjamin Y. Tseng, Byron J. Gajewski, Patricia M. Kluding

“…Twenty-one people post-stroke (12 males, age =59.5±10.3 years; time post-stroke =4.1±3.5 years) participated. …”
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Associations of infection burden with Kawasaki disease in a population-based setting during 30 years by Johannes Mofors, Håkan Eliasson, Gunnar Bergman, Sven-Erik Sonesson, Marie Wahren-Herlenius, Göran Elinder, André Rudolph, Bodil Schiller

“…Prescription of antibiotics and infections in family members were also considered in separate analyses.Results The study comprised n=1774 (61% male) cases and n=17 731 controls. Overall, a history of infections was associated with Kawasaki disease with an OR of 2.3 (95% CI 2.0 to 2.5). …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward vitiligo among vitiligo patients: a mediation analysis by Hua Feng, Xiulian Xu, Shuzhen Qi, Kun Chen, Mei Ju, Xiaofang Li, Shuxian Shang

“…The study recruited 517 (54.55% male) adult vitiligo patients in Beijing and Nanjing. …”
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Atypical Mal de Meleda in a Hispanic Patient by Mónica Guevara, Michelle Mafla, Camila Miño

“…Additional features include nail dystrophy, lichenoid lesions, hyperhidrotic maceration, involvement of the knees and elbows, malodor, fungal superinfections, and digital constrictions. A male patient aged 42 years presented with asymptomatic, chronic, and diffused PPK lesions that progressed to the dorsal surface of the hands and feet, along with knees and elbows involvement. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents aged from 6 to 17 years old: a cross-sectional study based on the National Health and Nutriti... by Hailun Cai, Yanyan Shao, Weihao Yu

“…AGE was negatively associated with male compared with female (OR=0.86, 95% CI: 0.73 to 0.99, p=0.035), Mexican American (OR=0.82, 95% CI: 0.70 to 0.97, p=0.018) and non-Hispanic Black (OR=0.80, 95% CI: 0.69 to 0.93, p=0.003) compared with non-Hispanic White. …”
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Sperm Cryopreservation in Canaries to Protect Endangered Songbird Species: Comparison of Different Cryoprotectants by Arda Onur Özkök, Burcu Esin, Eser Akal

“…For this purpose, sperm samples were collected from 12 2‐year‐old male Gloster canaries three times a week using cloacal massage for 4 weeks. …”
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Upper Gastrointestinal Crohn’s Disease: Literature Review and Case Presentation by Soorya N. Aggarwal, Yana Cavanagh, Lan Wang, Amer Akmal, Matthew A. Grossman

“…We describe an 18-year-old male who presented with only unexplained, persistent iron-deficiency anemia. …”
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Epidemiology of Yellow Fever in Nigeria: Analysis of Climatic, Ecological, Socio-Demographic, and Clinical Factors Associated with Viral Positivity Among Suspected Cases Using Nati... by Stephen Eghelakpo Akar, William Nwachukwu, Oludare Sunbo Adewuyi, Anthony Agbakizua Ahumibe, Iniobong Akanimo, Oyeladun Okunromade, Olajumoke Babatunde, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Mami Hitachi, Kentaro Kato, Yuki Takamatsu, Kenji Hirayama, Satoshi Kaneko

“…Predictors of YFV positivity were the Jos Plateau, Derived/Guinea Savanah, and the Freshwater/Lowland rainforest compared to the Sahel/Sudan Savannah; dry season compared to rainy season; the hot dry or humid compared to the temperate, dry cool/humid climatic zone; 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 epidemic years compared to compared to 2017; first, third, and fourth quarters compared to the second; male sex compared to female; age group > = 15 years compared to < 15 years; working in outdoor compared to indoor settings; having traveled within the last two weeks; being of unknown vaccination status compared to being vaccinated; and vomiting. …”
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Ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 mitigates ischemic stroke via metabolic pathway modulation by Xiaoyao Liu, Yuan Tian, Wenhui Xu, Yuxi Wang, Zhen Liu, Yuncheng Ma, Weiling Wang, Jian Gao, Ting Wang

“…Objective: To confirm the therapeutic efficacy of the ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 on ischemic stroke and elucidate its underlying mechanism. Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups: sham, model, and EGb761 (ginkgo biloba extract). …”
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Does Pseudomonas aeruginosa Colonization Affect Exercise Capacity in CF? by Asterios Kampouras, Elpis Hatziagorou, Vasiliki Avramidou, Vasiliki Georgopoulou, Fotios Kirvassilis, John Tsanakas

“…Seventy-eight (78) children and adults with CF (31 males) mean (range) age 17.08 (6.75; 24.25) performed spirometry, Multiple Breath Washout (MBW) and CPET along with HRCT on the same day during their admission or follow up visit. …”
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Noninvasive Evaluation of the Biomechanical Accommodations to Bolus Volume during Human Swallowing by Qiang Li, Kazuhiro Hori, Kazuhiro Murakami, Yoshitomo Minagi, Yoshinobu Maeda, Yongjin Chen, Takahiro Ono

“…This study aimed to evaluate the impact of bolus volume on the biomechanical characteristics of oropharyngeal swallowing events with a noninvasive sensing system. Fifteen healthy male subjects were recruited and instructed to swallow 5, 10, and 15 ml of water. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Osteochondral Allograft with Osteogenic Protein-1 Augmentation: A Twelve-Year Follow-Up by Eric Assid, Andrew Renshaw, Mawadah Samad, Richard Tupler, Deryk Jones

“…We present a 51-year-old male who received OCA augmented with an OP-1 implant (Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI) in 2011. …”
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