Clinical features, treatment, and prognosis of secukinumab-induced inflammatory bowel disease by Ronghui Li, Haibo Lei, Chunjiang Wang, Xiang Liu

“…Results A total of forty patients (21 males and 19 females) fulfilled the inclusion criteria, with a median age of 42 years (range 19, 70). …”
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Plains Zebras Prioritize Foraging Without Sacrificing Social Bonds During a Severe Drought by Severine B. S. W. Hex, Erin S. Isbilen, Daniel I. Rubenstein

“…Stallions devoted more time to greeting behaviors, which could mitigate harassment by bachelor males and facilitate grazing time for the females of the harem. …”
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The <i>Pelvicachromis pulcher</i>: A Local Aquarium Species by A.T. Ibim, G.C. Eziefule

“…They are a dwarf freshwater teleost fish, with males attaining a maximum length of approximately 12.5cm (4.9 in) and a maximum weight of 9.5g (0.34 oz), while the females are smaller and deeper bodied, with a maximum length of 8.1 cm (3.2 in) and a maximum weight of 9.4 g (0.33 oz). …”
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Hypertension Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Adult Hypertensive Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka by Udaya Ralapanawa, Kameera Bopeththa, Noorika Wickramasurendra, Sampath Tennakoon

“…The study was on a total of 371 hypertensive patients comprising 253 (68.2%) females and 118 (31.8%) males. Among the total participants, 12 (3.2%), all females, had never been to school. …”
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Temporary ectopic banking as a treatment option for mangled thumb: a case report by Meisam Jafari Kafiabadi, Adel Ebrahimpour, Seyyed Hamidreza Ayatizadeh, Reza Fereidooni, Amirhossein Kamalinia, Mehrdad Sadighi, Farsad Biglari, Seyed Arman Moein

“…Case presentation This case report describes the management of a severe occupational thumb injury in a 25-year-old white Persian male who sustained an occupational injury to his left thumb, resulting in extensive burn, crush injury to the distal and proximal phalanx, and severe soft tissue damage to the first metacarpal, thenar, and palmar areas. …”
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Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of Tick Infestations in Kassena-Nankana Livestock by Seth Offei Addo, Ronald Essah Bentil, Bernice Olivia Ama Baako, Jane Ansah-Owusu, Christopher Nii Laryea Tawiah-Mensah, Eric Behene, Victor Asoala, James C. Dunford, John Asiedu Larbi, Philip Kweku Baidoo, Michael David Wilson, Joseph W. Diclaro, Samuel K. Dadzie

“…The nymph burden and body parts of livestock hosts were significantly associated with more nymphs collected from male animals than females (p<0.001). Three genera of ticks, Amblyomma (62.97%), Hyalomma (18.71%), and Rhipicephalus (18.32%) were morphologically identified with the most predominant tick species recorded as Amblyomma variegatum (62.97%). …”
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Sociodemographic and Pathological Characterization of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treated in Peru Medical Center by José Ander Asenjo Alarcón

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 81.4 % of the patients were married, worked as teachers in activity or unemployed (52.0 %), with an average age of 59 years old (58.9 % of men ≥60 years and 56.5 % of women between 30 and 59 years old), in treatment with glibenclamide + metformin (55.8 %) and diet + exercise (75.5 %), with an illness average time of 6.6 years (56.6 % of women and 41.1 % of males ≤ 5 years).<br /> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> the majority of patients with DM2 were married, teachers, with an average age of 59 years old, on treatment with glibenclamide + metformin and diet + exercise, they suffer from the disease for an average of 6.6 years.…”
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IVIG Effects on Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Children by Farhad Salehzadeh, Ahmadvand Noshin, Sepideh Jahangiri

“…Results. 23 (46%) patients were males and 27 (54%) were females. The mean of ESR before IVIG was 31.8±29.04 and after IVIG it was 47.2±36.9; this difference was meaningful (P=0.05). …”
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Validity and reliability of the Malay language Perception Towards Smoking Questionnaire (BM-PTSQ) among secondary school adolescents: Further validation using Confirmatory Factor A... by Kuang Hock Lim, Yoon Ling Cheong, Hui Li Lim, Kee Chee Cheong, Mohd Hazilas Mat Hashim, Ali Aman Marine, Yong Kang Cheah, Jia Hui Lim, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali

“…Methods We administered the BM-PTSQ to 669 secondary school students selected through multistage sampling; 60% of respondents were male (n=398), and 69.9% (n=463) were from rural areas. …”
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Effect of Reformation of the Anterior Chamber by Air or by a Balanced Salt Solution (BSS) on Corneal Endothelium after Phacoemulsification: A Comparative Study by Alahmady Hamad Alsmman, Mohammed Ezzeldawla, Amr Mounir, Ashraf Mostafa Elhawary, Osama Ali Mohammed, Mahmoud Farouk, Ahmed Mohamed Sherif

“…The study included 500 patients (250 in each group), 220 males (44%) and 280 females (56%) with no significant statistical age differences. …”
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Reference intervals of inhibin B in Chinese children on chemiluminescence analyzer by Bin Zhou, Jinjun Luo, Xiang Dai, Xuelian He, Hui Yao

“…A total of 622 healthy Chinese children including 48.6% females and 51.4% males were included and serum INHB and six conventional sex hormones were measured. …”
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Elvitegravir/Cobicistat/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide in the Treatment of HIV-Infected Patients: Experience with the First 100 Patients from Qatar by Hussam Al Soub, A. Latif M. Al-khal, Deema Alsoub, Waleed Awouda

“…Among the 100 HIV-infected patients who were treated with EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF, 64 were Qatari and the rest were from other nationalities. 80 patients were males and 20 were females. 29 were treatment naïve, and 71 were treatment experienced. …”
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Lemierre Syndrome with Extensive Thrombosis: A Unique Case Report and Literature Review by Stergos Koukias, Asimenia Athousaki, Dionisios Klonaris, Melina Kavousanaki, Georgios Papazoglou, Nikolaos Papanikolaou

“…A 52-year-old Caucasian male was transferred to the emergency department (ED) with an altered level of consciousness and clinical findings of acute bacterial pharyngotonsillitis. …”
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A qualitative study of motivations for non-suicidal self-injury in a sample of psychiatric outpatients in Singapore by Shazana Shahwan, Yunjue Zhang, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Say How Ong, Siow Ann Chong, Mythily Subramaniam

“…Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 outpatients (6 males, 14 females) of the Institute of Mental Health aged 17–29 years who had reported NSSI as part of an earlier survey. …”
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Cryopreservation of epididymal semen of domestic cat by S. Ya. Amstislavsky, E. Yu. Brusentsev, V. I. Mokrousova, E. A. Kizilova, V. V. Kozhevnikova, V. A. Naprimerov, I. N. Rozhkova

“…Semen was collected from the caudal epididymises of adult males and frozen with CPF and SF, correspondingly. …”
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Orthodontic Treatment Characteristics and Outcomes in an Educational Setting by T. Al-Jewair, V. Ryan, S. Warunek

“…Of the 287 patients, 122 (42.5%) were male and 165 (57.5%) were female. The total average treatment time was 33.87 ± 10.28 months, with a range from 11 to 75 months. …”
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Distress Tolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity by Ahmet Emre SARGIN, Kadir &Ouml;ZDEL, &Ccedil;isem UTKU, Erkan KURU, &Ouml;zden YAL&Ccedil;INKAYA ALKAR5, M. Hakan T&Uuml;RK&Ccedil;APAR

“…Method: One hundred and sixty seven university students (male=66, female=101) participated in this study. …”
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Association of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema in rheumatoid arthritis with high titer of rheumatoid factor and autoimmunity to the lung by Aiping Ma, Renliang Huang, Jiaxi Guo, Guangdong Wang, Heqing Huang, Xinze Li, Shan Zhong, Yan Huang, Shaowei Lin, Yikai Lin, Qiaomiao Zhou, Susanne Krauss-Etschmann, Frank Petersen, Zhanxiang Wang, Xinhua Yu, Xinhua Yu

“…Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that male gender, cigarette smoking, occupational exposure to dust, high ILD score, high rheumatoid factor (RF) titers, and the presence of anti-SSA were associated with an increased risk for RA-CPFE. …”
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Effects of Cholecalciferol on Key Components of Vitamin D-Endo/Para/Autocrine System in Experimental Type 1 Diabetes by Anna Mazanova, Ihor Shymanskyi, Olha Lisakovska, Lala Hajiyeva, Yulia Komisarenko, Mykola Veliky

“…Design. T1D was induced in male Wistar rats by streptozotocin (55 mg/k b.w.). …”
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Psychological Status and Quality of Life in relation to the Metabolic Syndrome: Isfahan Cohort Study by Hamidreza Roohafza, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Mohammad Talaei, Zahra Pourmoghaddas, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

“…Participants mean age was 56.3 ± 9.8 years. Male/female ratio was 0.86 (217/251). Mean score of depression (𝑃=0.003), anxiety (𝑃=0.018), distress (𝑃=0.047), and QoL (𝑃≤0.001) was significantly higher in MetS group. …”
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