Surgical Treatment Outcomes of Unresolved Osgood-Schlatter Disease in Adolescent Athletes by Frederick Mun, William L. Hennrikus

“…Postoperatively, patients were allowed to fully weight-bear in an extension knee brace for 4 weeks and then allowed to gradually resume activity. Four males and 2 females were studied. The right knee was involved in 3 cases and the left knee in 3. …”
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Telephone coaching supports exercise in people with prediabetes and diabetes: A mixed-methods study by Ana Paula Delgado Bomtempo, Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi, Mariana Balbi Seixas, Adriano Luiz Pereira, Paul Oh, Danielle Aparecida Gomes Pereira, Lilian Pinto da Silva

“…Results: Thirty-one individuals (20 to 74 years old, 55% male, 71% type 2 diabetes) answered, on average, 4.0 ± 1.4 phone calls. …”
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Epidemiology and Outcomes from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Kuwait by Dalal Al Hasan, Ameen Yaseen, Mazen El Sayed

“…Most were non-Kuwaiti (60.8%) males (67.1%) with mean age 61 (+−16) years. Most OHCA cases occurred at home (76%) but with low witness rate (11.5%). …”
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Impact of synthetic insecticides on the life table parameters of Trichogramma chilonis under laboratory conditions by Muhammad Salim, Arsalan Arif, Muhammad Ayaz, Ahmad Ur Rahman Saljoqi, Ayhan Gökçe, Haroon Khan, Shahid Sattar, Bashir Ahmad, Shah Alam Khan

“…The results showed that the insecticides Imidacloprid and Chlorantraniliprole led to low mean fecundity, minimum number of male and female adults emergence and prolonged the total pre-oviposition period of T. chilonis as compared to Bifenthrin and Novaluron. …”
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Efficacy of Sub-Conjunctival Injection of Mitomycin C Versus Bevacizumab in Pterygium Treatment: Pakistani Population by Amber khalid, Sharjeel Sultan, Aveen Fatima, Ayesha Khalid, Maryam Shifa

“…Results: The study analyzed data from 54 patients with pterygium, having a mean age of 42.03±8.23 years, with a male-to-female ratio of 3:1. The common symptoms were Redness (40.74%), itching (27.8%), and decreased visual acuity (31.4%). …”
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Effect of drinking water supplementation of different aromatic plant essential oils on performance and some blood parameters in quail breeders (coturnix coturnix japonica) by Özlem Durna Aydın

“…There were 60 quails in the control group and 50 quails in the other two groups. Male and female numbers were equal. Treatments were as follows: C (Control; without supplementation); M1 (0,1ml/L mintofarm supplementation in drinking water) and M2 (0,3ml/L mintofarm supplementation in drinking water).…”
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A Guide in the Process of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Formulation by Nergis LAPSEKÝLÝ, Mehmet AK

“…Case: Y.B. was 32 years old, single male patient graduated from university. He applied because of his obsessions and compulsions. …”
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Not “Much Room” in the Heart: A Rare Case of a Massive Intracardiac Candida Mass by Ali Haider Jafry, Sardar Hassan Ijaz, Murtaza Mazhar, Areeba Shahnawaz, Ali Yousif

“…We report a case of a massive intracardiac Candida mass in an adult with native valve CIE. Case. A 51-year-old male on chronic total parenteral nutrition (TPN) because of bowel resection presented with fevers, night sweats, and unintentional weight loss. …”
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Description of a new leaf litter toad of Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from Hunan, China by Jie Huang, Fang-Peng Zhang, Wan-Sheng Jiang, Yong-Xiang Tian, Xing-Long Huang, Ya-Lan Xu, Jing Liu, Xin-Yu Li, You-Xiang Zhang, Tao Wu

“…The new species can be distinguished from its congers by the following morphological characters: snout-vent length (SVL) 27.2–28.9 in males, SVL 26.2–31.6 in females; black spots on flanks; toes webbing rudimentarily; narrow fringes on toes; creamy white ventral body with indistinct black speckling at margins; dorsal body with sparse large warts, dense little wart grains, and longitudinal ridges; head width greater than head length; tibiotarsal articulation reaching to anterior edge of the eye; brick-red color in the dorsal surface; upper parts of iris bright coppery in life. …”
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Cardiovascular Characterization of Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Anemia by Nancy González Vales, Ximena Laura Graña, Lucía Díaz Morejón, Tamara Sánchez Estrada, Belkis Rodríguez Jorge, Ifraín Machín Caride

“…The variables analyzed were: age, sex, mean baseline hemoglobin, nutritional status, interrogation and physical examination, bloo<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the predominant age group was 7 to 10 years old, with 52.4 %, with a predominance male sex standing out, baseline hemoglobin between 80 and 90.9g / l represented 57 %. 85.7 % had hepatomegaly and in 71.4 % there was arterial dance, 57.1 % showed systolic murmur and 23.8 % suprasternal beat. 100 % of the cases presented normal electrocardiogram and echocardiogram. …”
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Prognostic Factors of IVF&ICSI Cycle Cancellation in Patients with Endometriosis-Related Infertility by Elif Kulahci Aslan, Kiper Aslan, Cihan Cakir, Isil Kasapoglu, Berrin Avci, Baris Ata, Gurkan Uncu

“…The electronic database was screened and infertile patients with endometriosis, without male factor infertility, systemic disease, or undefined adnexal mass, and aged <40 were selected. …”
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Triple Local Recurrence of Synovial Sarcoma: A Case Report by Mouli Edward, Kukuh Ali Akbar

“…Case Report: A 33-year-old male came to our outpatient clinic with chief complaints of a sudden ingrowing mass on his left hip. …”
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The Effectiveness of Myo-Inositol and D-Chiro Inositol Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes by Basilio Pintaudi, Giacoma Di Vieste, Matteo Bonomo

“…This was a pilot study involving a consecutive sample of patients with T2DM with suboptimal glycemic control (HbA1c 7.0–10.0%) already treated with glucose-lowering agents. Patients (23.1% males, mean age of 60.8±11.7 years) took for three months a combination of myo-inositol (550 mg) and d-chiro-inositol (13.8 mg) orally twice a day as add-on supplement to their glucose-lowering drugs. …”
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Epidemiology and Molecular Aspect of pediculosis among Primary School Children in Sulaimani Province Kurdistan-Iraq by Abdullah A. Haama

“…A total of 4087 students was inspected from 13 primary schools in Sulaimani city, with the overall prevalence of 8.3%, The participants were 2046 males and 2041 females with prevalence 2.20% and 6.1% respectively. …”
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Corrosive induced esophageal and gastric injury: Histopathological evaluation of surgically resected specimens over a decade in a tertiary care center by Jimil Shah, Anuraag Jena, Shweta Shweta, Kim Vaiphei, Vikas Gupta, Naveen Kumar, Anupam K Singh, Rakesh Kochhar

“…The mean age of the included patients was 28.66 ± 9.31 years and 25 (64.1%) were male. The majority of patients (30; 76.9%) had a history of caustic ingestion more than three months before the surgery and the presence of long or refractory stricture was the most common indication for the surgery (20; 51.28%). …”
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Association Between Prebiotic or Probiotic Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the General Adult Population by Şefika Tuğba Yangöz, Cansu Koşar Şahin, Hatice Ceylan

“…Univariate analysis, logistic and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted.Results: Of 401 adults, 51.6% were male and 78.80% were under 45 years of age. 89% of the sample stated they consumed prebiotic-probiotics. …”
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Effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Sambucus nigra on superficial digital flexor tendon repair in rabbit by ultrasonography and histopathology by Niusha Asgari, Elham Moghtadaei‐Khorasgani, Mehrdad Yadegari, Omid Taheri‐Boroujeni

“…Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of this plant's fruit on superficial digital flexor tendon repair in rabbits (SDFT). Methods Twenty‐five male New Zealand white rabbits weighing 1.5–2 kg were selected, quarantined and randomly divided into four groups of six. …”
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Overwhelming Pulmonary Infection after a Tobogganing Accident by Ravinder Singh, Brian E Louie, William F Bennett, Christopher Allen, Tom Kelly, Christine H Lee

“…A 17-year-old male patient presented to St Joseph's Healthcare (Hamilton, Ontario) with a radiologically opacified left hemithorax. …”
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Factors affecting patient satisfaction during endoscopic procedures by Maryam Ghazala, E-Hinna Rashk, Sardar Saman, Khan Jahangir, Isram Javaria, Hassan Fayyaz

“…Results: The majority of patients (50.9 %) underwent endoscopy, with 59.4 % being males and 40.6 % females. The average age of the participants was 42.34 years. …”
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Evaluation of Knowledge and Perception of Dental Graduates Regarding Problem-based Learning Method: A Cross-sectional Study by Bhawna Shyamsukha, Amit Reche, Anshu Agrawal, Archana Sonone, Priyanka Paul, Kumar Gaurav Chhabra

“…Responses of female students were statistically significant (P = 0.001) than males regarding PBL curriculum and consequently, according to the academic year (P = 0.001) of 1st, 3rd year, and Intern groups compared to 2nd and 4th year. …”
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