What do ultrasound vocalizations really mean in rats with different origins of pain? by Yang Yu, Chun-Li Li, Rui Du, Xiao-Liang Wang, Jun Chen

“…Five well-established rat models of pain were used to evaluate various parameters of spontaneous 22 kHz and 50 kHz calls in adult male rats in terms of both acute and chronic or inflammatory and neuropathic or somatic and visceral origins. …”
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Tobacco prevalence among adults in the urban slums of Delhi: results from a cross-sectional survey by Shyam Kanhaiya Saroj, Tushti Bhardwaj, Archana Kaushik

“…Tobacco use prevalence differed significantly by gender, with 86.1% males and 13.9% females. Smokeless tobacco was the most preferred method of tobacco use. …”
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Motivated by Design: A Codesign Study to Promote Challenging Misinformation on Social Media by Selin Gurgun, Emily Arden-Close, Keith Phalp, Raian Ali

“…We conducted four codesign sessions with 18 social media users (age range 20–60 years M=39.1; 10 female and 8 male). We applied the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) as a theoretical framework and analysed our data based on the core constructs of this framework: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions. …”
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Oxidative stress and inflammation in hemodialysis: a comparison of patients with or without advanced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by Vanja Kalacun, Robert Ekart, Sebastjan Bevc, Pavel Skok, Radovan Hojs, Nina Vodošek Hojs

“…Seventy-seven HD patients were included (65.14 ± 12.34 years, 59.2% male) and divided according to abdominal ultrasound and two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) measurements into two groups: 1) no NAFLD or no advanced NAFLD (2D-SWE <9 kPa) and 2) advanced NAFLD (2D-SWE ≥9 kPa). …”
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Investigating the Status of Physical Activity, Adherence to Treatment, and Quality of Life in Individuals with Asthma by Soheila Rabie Siahkali, Mojghan Sadat Aghvamy, Mohammad Javad Naghihoo

“…Results: The majority of participants were male (57.2%) with a mean (standard deviation [SD]) age of 66.35 (15.33) years. …”
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Ultrasound-guided Hydrostatic Reduction of Acute Intussusception in Children at a Tertiary Care Center: An Observational Study by Ajay Kumar Yadav, Neha Yadav, Binit Dev, Sonia Dahal, Rohit Prasad Yadav, Sushil Taparia, Hiramani Pathak

“…Results: Total 81 patients with 84 intussusceptions underwent ultrasound guided hydrostatic reduction with male to female ratio of 2.86 and mean age 9.49±8.43 months. …”
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Seminoma of Testis Masquerading as Orchitis in an Adult with Paraplegia: Proposed Measures to Avoid Delay in Diagnosing Testicular Tumours in Spinal Cord Injury Patients by Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Peter L. Hughes, Paul Mansour, Bakul M. Soni

“…Orchitis is common in adult male spinal cord injury (SCI) patients and, therefore, both health professionals and SCI patients themselves tend to attribute testicular swelling to orchitis, with a consequent potential delay in the diagnosis of testicular tumours. …”
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Do Morphological Changes in the Anterior Mandibular Region Interfere with Standard Implant Placement? A Cone Beam Computed Tomographic Cross-Sectional Study by Shaimaa M. Fouda, Passant Ellakany, Marwa Madi, Osama Zakaria, Fahad A. Al-Harbi, Maha El Tantawi

“…The lingual foramen was detected in 90% of patients. In both groups, males had significantly greater mandibular height than females (P=0.02 and 0.005). …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Visual Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for Ocular Trauma in Shandong Province, China by Fangnan Duan, Xiunian Chen, Sai Zhang, Xiaolin Qi, Weiyun Shi, Hua Gao

“…A total of 1,425 patients (1,622 eyes), aged 39.5 ± 18.5 years, were included. The ratio of male to female was 5.3 : 1. Of the mechanical eye injuries, there were 490 (34.4%) open-globe injuries and 454 (31.9%) closed-globe injuries. …”
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Bredemolic Acid Ameliorates Selected Liver Function Biomarkers in a Diet-Induced Prediabetic Rat Model by Akinjide Moses Akinnuga, Angezwa Siboto, Bongiwe Khumalo, Ntethelelo Hopewell Sibiya, Phikelelani Ngubane, Andile Khathi

“…Methods. Thirty-six (36) male rats that weigh 150 g–180 g were divided into two groups, the non-prediabetic (n = 6) and the prediabetic groups (n = 30) that were fed normal diet (ND) and HFHC diet, respectively. …”
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Analyzing the correlation between acute ischemic stroke and triglyceride-glucose index based on ordered logistic regression by Liu He, Rong Li, Lei Wang, Xi Zhu, Qiang Zhou, Zhiyong Yang, Hua Liu

“…Higher TyG index values were associated with worse neurological outcomes. Although male gender, older age, and smoking were also linked to poorer outcomes, these associations did not reach statistical significance.ConclusionThe findings suggest that a higher TyG index, indicating greater insulin resistance, is associated with worse neurological outcomes in stroke patients. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Tear Film and Corneal Surface in Chronic Smokers and Non Smokers: A Cross-sectional Study by Ruchi Dabas, Meena Kumari, Manisha Rathi, Monika Dahiya, Rajni Yadav, Sumit Sachdeva

“…Results: The mean age of smokers was 50.15±6.89 years, whereas the mean age of non smokers was 49.25±6.39 years, with a significant male preponderance. The dry eye parameters, such as the Schirmer I test and TBUT, were significantly lower in smokers compared to non smokers, with a statistically significant difference (p-value <0.001). …”
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Effect of probiotic-fermented milk containing Lactiplantibacillus pentoses strain HBUAS 53657 on serum glutathione peroxidase activity and pancreatic histopathology in hyperglycemi... by Rita Yaswir, Eti Yerizel, Netti Suharti, Cimi Ilmiawati

“…Method: A post-test-only experimental design was conducted using 25 adult male Wistar rats divided into five groups (n = 5 per group): normal control, hyperglycemic control group, and hyperglycemic rats treated with PFM at doses of 1 × 10⁸ CFU/day (P1), 1 × 10⁹ CFU/day (P2), and 1 × 10¹⁰ CFU/day (P3) for 28 days. …”
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The relationship between parental emotional abuse and interpersonal competence and digital game addiction: A path analysis by İbrahim Taş

“…Methods and Material: The study group comprised 360 adolescents, with 197 (54.7%) being female and 163 (45.8%) male. The adolescents’ ages varied between 13 and 18 and their average age was 15.55. …”
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Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Sreedevi Nunkappa Thippeswamy, Keerthi Kumar Kabbyar Chidananda, Kamalesh Tagadur Nataraju

“…Results:In this time bound study, 61.88 % of the study participants were male and 38.13 % were females. Majority of the participants were in the age group between 20 and 60 years. …”
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Experience with the implementation of central venous catheters by medical oncologists in a non-surgical setting by Alfonso Revuelta, Luka Mihic, Alfredo Castillo, Axel Mariño, Lucía Mateos, Claudia Iglesias, Carmen Sáenz de Jubera, Cristina Fernández, David Rodríguez-Rubí, Paula Jiménez-Fonseca, José Pablo Berros, Emilio Esteban

“…From January 2015 to March 2019, five hundred port systems were implanted, with a median age of 62 years (range 18–81), male 286/female 214. Most patients had a digestive tumor (79.4%). …”
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To Compare Serum Procalcitonin And CRP As Markers Of Neonatal Sepsis by Rafiq Ahmad, Israr Liaquat, Nadia Mumtaz, Sughra Zulfiqar, Sidra tul Muntaha, Nazia Rafique

“…The average age in the study was 6.44 ± 5.24 days, with 40 (57.1%) males and 30 (42.9%) females. The CRP test demonstrated a sensitivity of 85.42%, specificity of 81.82%, positive predictive value (PPV) of 91.11%, negative predictive value (NPV) of 72.00%, and diagnostic accuracy of 84.29% in predicting neonatal sepsis. …”
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A 10-Year Risk Assessment and Primary Prevention Study of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Among Adult Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Abdulhameed Alkhalaf, Qasem Aljabr, Khalid Al Mulla, Duaa Almubarak, Abdul Sattar Khan, Zainab Y. Al Jaziri, Ibrahim Albahrani

“…Smoking, diabetes (39.6%), hypertension (40.8%), and male gender were key predictors of high ASCVD risk. …”
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Black Garlic Supplementation and Glomerular Protection in Hyperuricemic Rats: A Study on Kidney Health Prevention by Wahyudin Wahyudin, Fajar Wahyu Pribadi, Gita Nawangtantrini, Muhammad Riski Fatah, Zainuddin Zainuddin

“…The sample consisted of 30 male Sprague-Dawley rats divided into 5 groups: disease control, drug control (allopurinol), and 3 black garlic dose groups (240 mg/day, 480 mg/day, and 960 mg/day). …”
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Incidence and Patterns of Interstitial Lung Disease and Their Clinical Impact on Mortality in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: Korean Single... by Jang Woo Ha, Jung Yoon Pyo, Sung Soo Ahn, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee

“…The median age was 65.0 years, and 34.9% were male. ILD occurred in 53 patients, among whom 49.1% developed ILD after AAV diagnosis. …”
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