The characteristics of chronic benzene poisoning in 176 Chinese occupational population cases by Lian Gou, Lian Gou, Xingyu Ma, Lili Huang, Lili Huang, Mei Qiu, Ruiqing Guo, Jun Jia, Peiyu Xu, Nan Lian

“…No significant differences were observed between males and females in terms of age or benzene exposure duration. …”
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Relationship between oxidative stress biomarkers and micronuclei scoring as a biomarker for DNA damage in Egyptian nicotine-dependent smokers: A cross-sectional study by Asmaa Mahmoud Mohammed, Dalia Farouk, Adel F. Hashish

“…Subjects and methods The present study enrolled 112 Egyptian male participants, of which 45 nicotine-dependent smokers matched with 67 nonsmokers. …”
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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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Pembrolizumab with external radiation therapy effectively controlled TMB-high unresectable recurrent parathyroid cancer: a case report with review of literature by Hiroshi Katoh, Tomoya Mitsuma, Riku Okamoto, Kanako Naito, Takaaki Tokito, Mariko Kikuchi, Takafumi Sangai

“…Here, we report a case of unresectable tumor mutational burden (TMB)-high recurrent PC that has been effectively controlled by pembrolizumab (PEM) with RT. A 48-year-old male patient, with previous history of left single parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism, underwent surgeries for recurrent hyperparathyroidism at 47 and 48 years of age, and was pathologically diagnosed with PC. …”
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Gender and Authorship in Annals of Surgery: A nineteen-year review including the pandemic by Jane W. Liang, PhD, Marcello Chang, MD, MCS, Sharon L. Stein, MD, Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD

“…Medicine has long been a male-dominated practice, particularly in surgical fields. …”
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Prevalence and initial diagnostic evaluation of smoking in adolescents from Moa, Holguín by Alexander Torres Molina

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the prevalence of smoking was 17.94%. 0.83% of adolescents expressed having quit the habit (ex-smokers). 55.98% were between 17-18 years of age, and 77.61% were male. 64.86% started smoking between 12 and 14 years old, 52.51% had been smoking for 1-2 years; while 59.85% consumed between 6-10 cigarettes a day. …”
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Association Between Hopelessness And Suicidal Ideation In Iranian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mohammad Hossein Sadeghian, Farnaz Etesam, Amin Nakhostin-Ansari, Samaneh Akbarpour, Mitra Akhlaghi

“…One hundred seven students (47.76%) had mild, 58 (25.89%) had moderate, and 13 (5.8%) had severe hopelessness. Males, senior students, and dissatisfied students with their academic performance experienced more severe hopelessness (P\<0.05). …”
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Outcome and Complications of Combined Phacoemulsification and 23-Gauge Pars Plana Vitrectomy by Selcuk Sizmaz, Ebru Esen, Puren Isik, Burcu Cam, Nihal Demircan

“…Eighty-four eyes of 64 (76.2%) males and 20 (23.8%) females were enrolled. The average age of patients was 59.5 ± 13.8 (18–81). …”
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SOMATIC AND PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY OF ELDERLY DRIVERS KILLED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN FINLAND DURING 22-YEAR FOLLOW-UP by JENNY TYNI, PIRKKO RIIPINEN, HELINÄ HAKKO, NIINA SIHVOLA, LIISA KANTOJÄRVI

“…Results: Elderly drivers accounted for almost one fifth (17.2%) of all driver deaths in FMVAs in Finland between 1990–2011. 89.2% of these deaths involved male drivers. Among the oldest, diseases of the circulatory system were most common. …”
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Assessment of Compliance of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate in Patients with Early Osteoarthritis of the Knee by Ajit Prakash Bhaskarwar, Ashish Pande, Kailash Pati Dev Jaidev

“…Results: One hundred patients consisting of 44 males and 56 females were enrolled. The average age of the study population was 51.06 ± 9.44 years. …”
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Fungal Keratitis Caused by Drechslera spp. Treated with Voriconazole: A Case Report by Margarita I. Echavez, Archimedes Lee D. Agahan, Noel S. Carino

“…A 52-year-old diabetic male presented with a one-week history of foreign body sensation of the left eye, self-medicated with Neomycin, Polymyxin B, and Dexamethasone eye drops, and was diagnosed to have bacterial conjunctivitis, which was treated with Levofloxacin drops. …”
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Delayed Speech Dengan dan Tanpa Gangguan Pendengaran pada Anak Usia 6 Bulan sampai 3 Tahun di Jala Puspa RSPAL Dr. Ramelan Surabaya Periode 2017-2020 by Anthony Stephen Halim, Edward Limantara, Wienta Diarsvitri

“…Results: From a total of 872 medical records data studied, 558 (64.0%) were males and 314 (36.0%) were females. The majority (44.8%) of delayed speech children were from the two-year age group. …”
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Acceptability and Efficacy of an Adapted School-Based Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Group for Adolescents: A Qualitative Perspective by MacKenzie Whitener MPH, Shirin Khazvand PhD, Ian Carson MS, Anna Martin BS, Michelle Salyers PhD, Melissa Cyders PhD, Matthew Aalsma PhD, Tamika Zapolski PhD

“…The study sample of 18 youth (mean age 14.7; 66.7% male; 38.9% Black) completed individual semi-structured qualitative interviews assessing their perspectives on the DBT-A skills group. …”
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Profile of Egyptian pediatrics with COVID-19: insights from healthcare providers in Egypt by Salma ZEl Houchi, Hanaa I. Rady, Iman Iskander, Tamer Abdel Hamid, Salma Abdelrehim Seddik, Amira Aly Hegazy, Ahmed Taha Aboushady, Mohamed Eissa, Sherine Khamis Hussein, Dina Hanoura, Miriam Magdy Aziz, Remon Magdy, Heba Ahmed ElAwady, Esraa A. Elmazzahy

“…Results Most cases (42%) occurred in children aged 3–10 years, and a slightly higher incidence in males. Eighty-two percent of the cases presented with fever; most patients had lymphopenia and elevated CRP, 59% and 74%, respectively. …”
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Cold Stimulation Test in Blood Pressure Control of Hypertensive Patients in Preoperative Care by José Leandro Pérez Guerrero, Katherin Rodríguez Escobar, William Arias Salazar

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the male sex predominated with 58 patients, the age groups from 18 to 29 years with 36 patients (33.03 %) and the group of 70 years and over with 25 patients (22.94 %). 80 patients (73.39 %) had a negative test. …”
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Deer antler velvet (Cervus elaphus sibiricus) promotes fracture healing via partial BMP2-Smad mediated osteoblast differentiation by Ji Hyang Gu, Min-Young Chae, Jeong June Choi, Thanh Chu Duc, Chang Gue Son, Eun-Jung Lee

“…Methods Fifty-four C57BL/6 male mice underwent femoral shaft fracture by Bonnarens and Einhorn’s method, subsequently receiving a water extract of CES (200 mg/kg/day, daily) for 7 and 14 days. …”
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Nephrotic Syndrome and Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy Associated with Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease by Ramón Peces, Jorge Martínez-Ara, Carlos Peces, Mariluz Picazo, Emilio Cuesta-López, Cristina Vega, Sebastián Azorín, Rafael Selgas

“…We report the case of a 38-year-old male with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and concomitant nephrotic syndrome secondary to membranous nephropathy (MN). …”
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Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Index Is Positively Related to Mediterranean Diet Adherence in University Students by Paraskevi Detopoulou, Olga Magni, Ioanna Pylarinou, Despoina Levidi, Vassilios Dedes, Milia Tzoutzou, Konstantina Argyri, Evangelia Fappa, Aristea Gioxari, George Panoutsopoulos

“…The MedDietScore was positively related to log-aSMI in the total sample (B = 0.009, SE = 0.004, <i>p</i> = 0.05, R² for total model = 71%) irrespective of gender, age, ΒΜΙ, smoking, physical activity, and academic year and in males (B = 0.027, SE = 0.011, <i>p</i> = 0.023 R² for total model = 37%) irrespective οf age and ΒΜΙ. …”
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Performance of artificial neural networks and traditional methods in determining selected growth parameters of Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843 by Ozcan Ebru Ifakat

“…The condition factor varied between 0.479 and 1.115 for females and between 0.533 and 1.076 for males. The Mean Absolute Percent Error (MAPE) statistic was used, which is a widely used method to measure the accuracy of the predictions made. …”
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Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit by Rodolfo Javier Rivero Morey, Lietter Aguilar Jure, Yenisel Chang Cuesta, Inte Santana Carballosa, Victor René Navarro Machado, Lya del Rosario Magariño Abreus

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: 60.3% of the patients were male, and the age group from 60 to 79 years old (50.3%) was the most representative. 31.7% required artificial mechanical ventilation, and 61.8% remained hospitalized for less than 48 hours. 61.6% were discharged alive, with an average stay of 6.31 ± 10.62 days. …”
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