Mindfulness and decision-making for teachers—the mediating role of self-esteem and the moderating role of experience by Afaf S. Almohammadi

“…The study focused to examine the relationship primarily between mindfulness and decision-making, with self-esteem as a mediator and experience as a moderator among teachers in Saudi Arabia.MethodsA survey was conducted among teachers in Saudi Arabia and was completed by 525 teachers (67.8% were females and 32.2% were males, with an average age of 38.25 years, standard deviation [SD] = 8.72). …”
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Clinical Outcomes and Complication Rates of Endodontically Treated Teeth with Fixed Dental Prostheses: A Retrospective Study by Sarah Aloqayli, Hanin Alsalhi, Ali Alenezi

“…<b>Results</b>: A total of 287 ETT were evaluated in this study, in which 219 were placed in females and 68 in males, with an average follow-up time of 82.4 months. …”
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Viability of black currant pollen before and after cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen, and its morphological features by O. A. Tikhonova, O. A. Gavrilova, E. A. Radchenko, V. G. Verzhuk, A. V. Pavlov

“…The prevailing adverse weather conditions in 2019 produced a negative impact on the process of male generative structure formation. The level of pollen viability, depending on the cultivar, ranged from 17.98 to 58.60%. …”
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Intrabiliary Hepatic Metastasis of Colorectal Carcinoma Mimicking Primary Cholangiocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Yimin Dong, Hitendra Patel, Charmi Patel

“…We report a case of 71-year-old male who developed painless jaundice due to hepatobiliary obstruction. …”
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Injury mortality in South Africa: a 2009 and 2017 comparison to track progress to meeting sustainable development goal targets by Megan Prinsloo, Shibe Mhlongo, Rifqah A. Roomaney, Lea Marineau, Thakadu A. Mamashela, Bianca Dekel, Debbie Bradshaw, Lorna J. Martin, Carl Lombard, Rachel Jewkes, Naeemah Abrahams, Richard Matzopoulos

“…Conclusions Despite a reduction in SA’s road traffic mortality rate, challenges to achieve targets related to young and novice drivers and male homicide persist. Achieving SA’s injury mortality SDG targets requires comprehensive evaluations of programmes addressing road safety, violence reduction, and mental well-being. …”
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Use Of Apitherapy: A Sweet Approach To Bony Healing Of Extracted Tooth Socket by Tahera Ayub, Mehwash Kashif, Sahar Abbasi, Mirza Hamid Baig, Syeda Arzoo Azeem, Abdul Aleem

“…A total of 24 (48%) subjects were male in the honey group compared with the non-honey group 19 (38%). …”
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Heart rate cost as a tool for monitoring recovery between acute training sessions by José Morais Souto Filho, Milton Rocha de Moraes, Patrício Lopes de Araújo Leite, Larissa Alves Maciel, Andréa Cândida Arruda Andrade Rezende, Thiago dos Santos Rosa, Fabiana Andrade Machado, Sergio Rodrigues Moreira, Ricardo Yukio Assano, Marcelo Magalhães Sales, Herbert Gustavo Simões

“…This study evaluated the heart rate cost (HRC) during submaximal running as a simple, non-invasive, and costeffective tool to assess recovery after a high-intensity training session. Methods Fifteen male recreational runners (aged 18–31 years) participated in this investigation. …”
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Behavioral analysis of loan decision-making and influencing factors among food-producing new agricultural operating entities in China by Jingzhou Wei, Taihuang Fang

“…Conversely, the net income per hectare and the number of crop types cultivated significantly diminish their inclination to borrow. Additionally, male operators and those with higher educational backgrounds demonstrate a stronger willingness to obtain loans. …”
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Prevalence of gastrointestinal nematode parasites of dogs and associated risk factors in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia by Tsedalu Yirsa, Amare Bihone, Getenew Teshager, Yimer Muktar, Abebe Berihun

“…Female dogs were 4.5 times (COR: 4.55) and young dogs were 3.5 times (COR: 3.5) more likely exposed to these parasites than their respective male and adult dogs. Regarding body condition scores, poor were 6.5 times (COR: 6.55; 95 % CI: 0.06–0.56) and medium was 0.5 times (COR: 1.5; 95 % CI: 0.26–0.9 9) more exposed than their comparable good body conditions. …”
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First‐in‐Man Study of a Novel Peripheral Plaque Atherectomy Device by Hui Wang, Dikang Pan, Shijun Cui, Zhu Tong, Xixiang Gao, Yongquan Gu, Jianming Guo, Lianrui Guo

“…Statistical analysis used SPSS 23.0. Ten male patients (mean age: 61.4 ± 9.2 years) were treated. …”
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Black Chokeberry (<i>Aronia melanocarpa</i>) Juice Supplementation Affects Age-Related Myocardial Remodeling in Rats by Elena Daskalova, Mina Pencheva, Slavi Delchev, Lyudmila Vladimirova-Kitova, Spas Kitov, Stoyan Markov, David Baruh, Petko Denev

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of <i>Aronia melanocarpa</i> fruit juice (AMJ) supplementation on age-related myocardial remodeling in aged rat hearts. Methods: Healthy male Wistar rats (n = 24) were divided into three groups: (1) young controls (CY)—age 2 months; (2) old controls (CO)—age 27 months; (3) AMJ group—27-month-old animals, supplemented with <i>Aronia melanocarpa</i> juice (AMJ) at a dose of 10 mL∙kg⁻¹ for 105 days. …”
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Prevalence of Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit in Fast Bowlers and Its Correlation with Bowling Speed by Suresh Perumal

“…Materials and methods: Shoulder range of motion was assessed for 22 top-division-level male cricket bowlers in their dominant and nondominant sides, and the GIRD was estimated. …”
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Success or Failure in the City? Social Mobility and Rural-Urban Migration in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Groningen, the Netherlands by Richard Paping, Jacek Pawlowski

“…For all social groups (except for children of farmers), male urban migrants had on average a better social mobility performance than rural stayers, whereas for females the differences were rather limit­ed. …”
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Frequency Of Hyponatremia In Children Admitted To The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit In A Tertiary-Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ammar Yasir Khan, Arooba Idris, Asad Shabbir, Sobia Rashid, Asad Iqbal Danish, Syeda Mamoona Qudrat

“…Mean±SD was calculated as 3.29±1.40 years, 69.25% (n=232) were male and 30.75% (n=103) were females.  The frequency of hyponatremia in children with acute diarrhoea was recorded in 4.18% (n=14) whereas 95.82% (n=321) had no findings of morbidity. …”
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Effect of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin on QT Interval Prolongation and Other Cardiac Arrhythmias in COVID-19 Confirmed Patients by Seyed Parsa Eftekhar, Sohrab Kazemi, Mohammad Barary, Mostafa Javanian, Soheil Ebrahimpour, Naghmeh Ziaei

“…Generally, 22.1% of patients had a prolonged QTc interval after treatment. Male gender, or baseline QTc≥450 milliseconds, or high-risk Tisdale score increased the likelihood of prolonged QTc interval. …”
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‘I can’t understand why others don’t screen more’: a qualitative study exploring why Australian general practitioners screen for primary aldosteronism by Sanne Peters, Jun Yang, Grant Russell, Abhir Krishan Nainani

“…We recruited a purposive sample of 16 GPs (6 females, 10 males) who varied in practice location, clinical experience and the number of patients screened for PA.Results Although GPs had been educated about PA, they found it challenging to explain the condition to patients and were uncertain about how to screen patients who were already taking antihypertensive medications. …”
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Identifying Patient Characteristics Associated With Opioid Use to Inform Surgical Pain Management by Anish K. Agarwal, MD, MPH, MS, Ruiying Xiong, MS, Jeffrey Ebert, PhD, Fran Shofer, PhD, Evan Spencer, MS, Daniel Lee, MD, MS, Zarina Ali, MD, MS, M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

“…In the adjusted analysis of opioid use relative to the guideline, higher use was associated with age, male sex, obesity, discharge pain score, and history of mental health disorder. …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of pathogens isolated from clinical specimens at a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh, 2020–2023 by Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Fahim Alam Nobel, Saiful Islam, Amiyo Haider, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Mohammod Johirul Islam

“…Out of 2068 isolates, 644 (31.1 %) were gram-positive and 1424 (68.9 %) were gram-negative bacteria. Isolates belonged to males (55.3 %) and females (44.7 %). The most common gram-negative bacterial isolates were Pseudomonas spp. (33.9 %) and Escherichia coli (23.4 %), whereas the most common isolates of gram-positive bacteria were Staphylococcus spp. (15.8 %) and Streptococcus spp. (12.2 %). …”
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Interlimb coordination in Parkinson’s Disease is minimally affected by a visuospatial dual task by Hill, Allen, Nantel, Julie

“…Seventeen volunteers with mild to moderate PD (11 males, 65 ± 8 years, 173 ± 8 cm, 74 ± 20 kg, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale motor section 10 ± 5) participated in gait trials in an Extended-CAREN system, which includes a treadmill, 12-camera Vicon motion capture system, and a 180° field-of-view virtual reality projection screen. …”
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Metformin reverts aortic calcifications and elastin loss induced by an experimental metabolic syndrome by Lucas Streckwall, Nancy Martini, Claudia Sedlinsky, León Schurman, María Virginia Gangoiti, Antonio Desmond McCarthy

“…Here, we evaluate the in vivo efficacy of oral MET to reduce AC in a model of MetS. Twenty young male Wistar rats were divided into two groups: one received water and the other received water plus 20% fructose to induce MetS. …”
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