Evaluation of Condyle–Fossa Relationships in Adults with Various Skeletal Patterns Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography by Alice Choi, Jae Hyun Park, Curt Bay, Jong-Moon Chae

“…The average values of most measurements were significantly higher in males than in females. The average value of APT was significantly higher in the late age group than in others, but there was no statistical difference according to race. …”
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Impact of Chronic Statins Use on the Development of Esophagitis in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by Tawfik Khoury, Amir Mari, Hana Amara, Mohamed Jabaren, Abdulla Watad, Wiliam Nseir, Wisam Sbeit, Mahmud Mahamid

“…Overall, out of the 4148 patients included, 48% were males and 2840 patients were in the control group. …”
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Smart Sport Watch Usage: The Dominant Role of Technology Readiness over Exercise Motivation and Sensation Seeking by Gershon Tenenbaum, Tomer Ben-Zion, Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Yair Galily, Assaf Lev

“…A sample of 315 adolescents, <i>Mage</i> = 29.6 (SD = 11.01) and healthy male (<i>n</i> = 95, 30.2%) and female (<i>n</i> = 179, 56.85%), completed all the measures of these variables’ dimensions via the internet. …”
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Molecular Hydrogen Modulates T Cell Differentiation and Enhances Neuro-Regeneration in a Vascular Dementia Mouse Model by Dain Lee, Hyunjun Jo, Jong-Il Choi

“…This study explores whether molecular hydrogen (H₂) administration can alleviate cognitive and immunological disturbances in a mouse model of vascular dementia (VaD). Adult male C57BL/6 mice underwent bilateral common carotid artery stenosis to induce VaD and were subsequently assigned to three groups: VaD, VaD with hydrogen-rich water treatment (VaD + H₂), and Sham controls. …”
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Use Of Anti-Epileptics For Seizure Prophylaxis After Traumatic Brain Injury In The Pediatric Population by Aroosh Khan, Sidra Tul Muntaha, Hammad Ayaz, Afrah Tariq, Huma Mughal

“…Results: In 160 patients mean age and duration of injury were 8.45±4.54 years and 7.91±4.93 hours respectively. Male to female incidence was 92 (57.50%) and 68 (42.50%) respectively. …”
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Exploring internet addiction and its associated factors among college students in Western Rajasthan, India: A mixed-methods study by Thota Rajasekhar, Kikkeri Hanumantha Setty Naveen, Pankaja Raghav, Jitender Aneja, Prasanna Thirunavukkarasu, Gitashree Dutta, Srikanth Srinivasan, Prem Prakash Sharma, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Akhil Dhanesh Goel

“…Predictors of IA were male gender, age in years, age of first internet use in years, urban origin, accessing internet at college, mobile internet use, using internet to make online friendship, sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety, and stress. …”
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Assessing Mean Change in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness on Optical Coherence Tomography in Glaucoma Patients after Trabeculectomy by Khizir Hayat, Muhammad Younis Tahir, Muhammad Ajmal Chaudhary, Adeel Ahmad Siddiqui, Sadia Haneef

“…Results: There were 63.3% males and 36.7% females, the mean age was 51.83±16.24 years, and the mean duration of disease was 16.50±10.46 months. …”
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Vasectomy Regret or Lack Thereof by Danyon J. Anderson, Morgan Lucero, Stephen Vining, Charles Daniel, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“… # Results Typically, most males who have sought a vasectomy are satisfied with their decision, however, approximately 6% of this population seeks reversal. …”
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Health literacy in context: struggling to self-manage diabetes – a longitudinal qualitative study by Xavier Debussche, Maryvette Balcou-Debussche, Delphine Ballet, Jessica Caroupin-Soupoutevin

“…Second round at the completion with directed interviews guided by the first round’s themes together with Health Literacy Questionnaire.Settings Interviews conducted at home.Participants Forty-four (31 females/13 males, 30–79 years, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)≥7.5%) consecutive participants out of 100 recruited in the ERMIES trial from 4 diabetology outpatient settings (Reunion Island). …”
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The use of a percutaneous cystostomy tube as an adjunctive treatment option for dogs with idiopathic functional outflow tract obstruction by Zoe P. Greenfield, Allyson C. Berent, Chick W. Weisse

“…Abstract Background Functional outflow tract obstruction (FOO) remains a challenging disease to manage in male dogs. Cystostomy tubes have been used to relieve urethral obstruction while allowing time to achieve effective medical management, avoiding the need for emergency visits and repeat urinary catheterizations. …”
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Sex estimation in a Chilean population by mandibular analysis in cone beam computed tomography images by F. Ceballos, N.F. Deana, N. Alves

“…Results The data included were 155 CBCT, 105 of females and 50 of males. The mandible presented great sexual dimorphism, with the mandibular ramus presenting greater predictive power than the mandibular body. …”
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Systemic Inflammatory Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury, Femur Fracture, and Shock: An Experimental Murine Polytrauma Model by C. Probst, M. J. Mirzayan, P. Mommsen, C. Zeckey, T. Tegeder, L. Geerken, M. Maegele, A. Samii, M. van Griensven

“…We describe the effects of a combined injury with respect to lymphocyte population and cytokine activation. Methods. 45 male C57BL/6J mice (mean weight 27 g) were anesthetized with ketamine/xylazine. …”
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Evaluation of immunohistochemical expression of novel neuroendocrine marker INSM1 and histological tumor growth pattern in well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix... by Ali Koyuncuer, Tolga Canbak, Aylin Acar, Onur Şahin

“…Results: Thirty-five patients, 60% of whom were male, had a mean age of 30 years at diagnosis and a mean tumor size of 0.9 cm. …”
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Malnutrition risk, weight loss, and subsequent survival in patients listed for heart transplantation by Tae Kyung Yoo, MD, MS, Satoshi Miyashita, MD, Ariella Stein, MSCIS-HI, Michael Wu, BS, MPH, Lauren Parsly Read-Button, MPH, RD, LDN, Masashi Kawabori, MD, Greg S. Couper, MD, Edward Saltzman, MD, Amanda R. Vest, MBBS, MPH

“…Results: The 1,024 patients [76% male; median age 55 (46–61) years; HT operation n = 656] had median follow-up of 4.6 (interquartile range 1.6–8.7) years. …”
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Glucose Metabolism of Human Prostate Cancer Mouse Xenografts by Hossein Jadvar, Xiankui Li, Antranik Shahinian, Ryan Park, Michel Tohme, Jacek Pinski, Peter S. Conti

“…We performed in vivo biodistribution and imaging studies of [F-18] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) accumulation in androgen-sensitive (CWR-22) and androgen-independent (PC-3) human prostate cancer xenografts implanted in castrated and noncastrated male athymic mice. The growth pattern of the CWR-22 tumor was best approximated by an exponential function (tumor size in mm 3 = 14.913 e 0.108 × days , R 2 = .96, n = 5). …”
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Neuroprotective Effect of Taurine against Cell Death, Glial Changes, and Neuronal Loss in the Cerebellum of Rats Exposed to Chronic-Recurrent Neuroinflammation Induced by LPS by Samara P. Silva, Adriana M. Zago, Fabiano B. Carvalho, Lucas Germann, Gabriela de M. Colombo, Francine L. Rahmeier, Jessié M. Gutierres, Cristina R. Reschke, Margarete D. Bagatini, Charles E. Assmann, Marilda da C. Fernandes

“…The present study investigated the neuroprotective effect of taurine against the deleterious effects of chronic-recurrent neuroinflammation induced by LPS in the cerebellum of rats. Adult male Wistar rats were treated with taurine for 28 days. …”
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Efficacy of a new treatment algorithm for capsulitis of the fingers in rock climbers by Volker Rainer Schöffl, Volker Rainer Schöffl, Volker Rainer Schöffl, Volker Rainer Schöffl, Volker Rainer Schöffl, Christoph Lutter, Christoph Lutter, Hans-Christoph Lang, Mario Perl, Othmar Moser, Michael Simon

“…BackgroundAlthough finger joint capsulitis has been described among the most frequent injuries in climbers, no clinical studies on treatment strategies and outcomes are available.Study designProspective case series study.MethodsBetween 2015 and 2018 we prospectively treated 50 patients (38 male, 12 female) with a total number of 69 independent finger joint capsulitis according to a clinic specific treatment regimen and evaluated the outcome retrospectively. …”
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Clinical findings, treatment, and outcomes in cats with naturally occurring hypoadrenocorticism: 41 cases by Emma Roberts, Ian K. Ramsey, Ruth Gostelow, Anna Latysheva, Luca Battaglia, Paolo Silvestrini, Ghita Benchekroun, Karen Brenner, Bérénice Conversy, Riccardo Ferriani, Andre Kortum, Lisa Stammeleer, Nele Van den Steen, Flavia Tavares, Julia Lieser, Angie Hibbert, Antoine Duclos, Troy Bunn, Alisdair M Boag, Carolina Arenas, Kirsty Roe, Florian K. Zeugswetter, Yi Cui, Imogen Schofield, Federico Fracassi

“…Twenty‐three (56%) cats were male and 18 (44%) were female. Cats with hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, or both were less likely to have a history of vomiting (P = .01) but more likely to be hypothermic (P = .03), dehydrated (P = .04) or weak (P = .04) on examination, compared with nonhyponatremic and nonhyperkalemic cats. …”
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Musculoskeletal Corticosteroid Injection during COVID-19 Pandemic in Sabah: Is It Safe? by Mohamad Azwan Aziz, Redzal Abu Hanifah, Azmi Mohamed Mohd Nahar

“…Thirty-five patients who responded to the call were included, with mean ages of 47.9 years ± 15.1. 52% were male respondents, while 48% were female. 25% of them were diabetics, and 2.9% of them had a history of lymphoproliferative disorders. …”
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Tailoring and characterization of bioactive graft material for alveolar bone preservation and regeneration in fresh extraction sockets of dog model by Ayat Hamdy, Manal Saad, Rania ElBackly, Samir Nouh, Himanshu Jain, Mona Marei

“…Extraction sockets of twenty-two male mongrel dogs received TAMP-BG in the right side around implant in the distal socket of the mandibular fourth premolar (P4), while the adjacent empty mesial socket of the same tooth was filled with the same graft. …”
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