Investigation of parameters affecting throwing velocity and accuracy in handball by Neslihan Akçay, Kerem Can Yıldız, Sezer Tanrıöver, Mehmet Ali Kanı, Mustafa Şakir Akgül, Fatma Neşe Şahin

“…In this context, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of body composition, isokinetic strength, handgrip strength, and static and dynamic balance parameters on throwing speed and accuracy in handball players. A total of 20 male handball players with an average age of 14.95±0.24 years and an average sports age of 4.15±0.44 years participated in the study voluntarily. …”
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Using a Consumer Wearable Activity Monitoring Device to Study Physical Activity and Sleep Among Adolescents in Project Viva: Cohort Study by Yutong Zhang, Nicole Bornkamp, Marie-France Hivert, Emily Oken, Peter James

“…The mean (SD) number of steps was 8883 (3455) steps/day and the mean (SD) awake sedentary time was 564 (138) minutes/day. Male participants were more often engaged in very active (27 minutes/day) and moderately active physical activity (29 minutes/day) compared with female participants (15 and 17 minutes/day, respectively). …”
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Liraglutide alleviates high-fat diet-induced kidney injury in mice by regulating the CaMKKβ/AMPK pathway by Yingli Xuan, Ting-ting Ding, Xiao-lei Mao, Shiqing Pang, Ruibin He, Li Qin, Jiang zi Yuan

“…Therefore, this study was designed to observe the characteristics and potential mechanism of liraglutide against obesity-related kidney disease.Methods Thirty-six C57BL/6J male mice were randomly divided into six groups (n = 6 per group). …”
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Prevalence and influencing factors of regular physical activity among community-dwelling adults in Shaanxi province, 2018: an analysis of surveillance data by Yali TAO, Rina SA, Weihua WANG, Meng WU, Rong LIU, Lin QIU

“…ConclusionsThe prevalence of regular physical activity among community-dwelling adults in Shaanxi province is generally low, especially among males, young adults, and those with lower levels of education, indicating target populations for interventions to promote regular physical activity in the population.…”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Shared Bicycle-Related Injuries from a Large Emergency Medical Centre in China, 2017–2021 by Mao Chen, Weiwei Li, Jun Ye, Gang Liu, Chaolin Huang

“…Most shared bicycle-related injuries occurred in male (60.50%), aged 18–35 (38.81%). Company employees (29.28%) were the majority of victims of shared bicycle-related injuries. …”
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Oxidative Stability of the Meat of Broilers Fed Diets Supplemented with Various Levels of Blackcurrant Extract (Ribes nigrum L.) during Different Time Period by Kamil Sierżant, Małgorzata Korzeniowska, Barbara Król, Janusz Orda, Aneta Wojdyło

“…A number of 120 fifteen-d-old Hubbard Flex male chicks (initial BW 363.5 ± 22.9 g) were randomly allocated to five groups: the control and four treatments (6 replicates, 4 birds per cage in each group). …”
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Topical Tranexamic Acid and Chest Masculinization Surgeries—Impact on Postoperative Hematoma Incidence by Krisztina Sipos, Katriina Joensuu, Susanna Kauhanen, Kaisu Ojala

“…Methods: This retrospective cohort comprises female-to-male transgender and non-binary patients who underwent chest masculinization at Helsinki or Tampere University hospitals between 2018 and 2024. …”
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Once-weekly semaglutide doubles the five-year risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a Danish cohort of 424,152 persons with type 2 diabetes by Jakob Grauslund, Andreas Abou Taha, Laleh Dehghani Molander, Ryo Kawasaki, Sören Möller, Kurt Højlund, Lonny Stokholm

“…Results At baseline, median age and hemoglobin A1c were 65 years and 50 mmol/mol, and 54·5% were male. During 1,915,120 person-years of observation, 218 persons developed NAION. …”
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Long-Term and Short-Term Effects of Hemodialysis on Liver Function Evaluated Using the Galactose Single-Point Test by Yi-Chou Hou, Wen-Chih Liu, Min-Tser Liao, Kuo-Cheng Lu, Lan Lo, Heng-Chih Pan, Chia-Chao Wu, Oliver Yoa-Pu Hu, Hung-Shang Tang

“…Seventy-four patients on maintenance HD (46 males and 28 females, 60.38 ± 11.86 years) with a mean time on HD of 60.77 ± 48.31 months were studied. …”
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Comparison Of ALT In Type 2 Diabetics with And Without Fatty Liver Disease by Kausar Malik, Faiza Batool, Lubna Meraj, Shazia Saddiq, Abrar Akbar, Hina Hanif Mughal

“…Results: Total study population was 90 patients and out of which 35 (38.8%) were male and 55 (61.1%) were female. 58 years was the mean age of our study population. …”
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Parameters Suggesting Spontaneous Passage of Stones from Common Bile Duct: A Retrospective Study by Tawfik Khoury, Mohamed Adileh, Ashraf Imam, Yosef Azraq, Avital Bilitzky-Kopit, Muhamad Massarwa, Ari Benson, Zaher Bahouth, Samir Abu-Gazaleh, Wisam Sbeit, Rifaat Safadi, Abed Khalaileh

“…Comparing groups D versus E, it was found that male gender (P=0.03), older age (P<0.001), high levels of GGT (P=0.022), high levels of alkaline phosphatase (P=0.011), high levels of total bilirubin (P=0.007), and lower levels of amylase (P<0.001) are predictors for positive MRCP studies for CBD stones. …”
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Post-Marketing Pharmacovigilance of Canakinumab from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) by Weidong Zhang, Yunzhou Chen, Zeyu Yao, Mengling Ouyang, Minghui Sun, Shupeng Zou

“…More attention should be paid to serious infections, particularly in males, individuals aged ≥60 years, or those weighing >100 kg, who demonstrated the highest risk of serious infections.…”
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Epidemiology of Liver Cancer in Europe by F Xavier Bosch, Josepa Ribes

“…In Europe, an excess of LC incidence among men compared with women is observed, and the age peak of the male excess is around 60 to 70 years of age. Significant variations in LC incidence among different countries have been described and suggest differences in exposure to risk factors. …”
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Alpha B-crystallin Ameliorates Imbalance of Redox Homeostasis, Inflammation and Apoptosis in an Acute Lung Injury Model with Rats by Seda KOCAK, İbrahim GUNER, Muhittin Onur YAMAN, Tugba EKIZ YILMAZ, Emine Elif GUZEL MEYDANLI, Nermin YELMEN, Gulderen SAHIN

“…The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of alpha B-crystallin, a small heat shock protein (known as HspB5), on lung injury induced by abdominal aortic IR in rats. Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups: control, ischemia-reperfusion (IR, 90 min ischemia and 180 min reperfusion), and alpha B-crystallin +IR. …”
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Primary liver lymphoma: review of the literature and clinical case presentation by A. K. Smolyaninova, A. V. Gubkin, Ye. Ye. Zvonkov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy

“…Despite of rapid disease progression with development of severe liver failure, that resulted in poor prognosis, patient demonstrated significant response to high-dose chemotherapy and achieved long-term remission. Summary. Male 38-year-old patient developed acute symptoms: sweating, general weakness, febrile fever, weight loss (50 kg for 4 months), abdominal pain combined to hepatomegaly and multiple focal lesions in the liver according to abdominal US, with 5 unsuccessful attempts for 6 months to receive informative tissue sample. …”
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Cardiac Injury Biomarkers and the Risk of Death in Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Sami H. Alzahrani, Mohammed W. Al-Rabia

“…Nine studies met the inclusion criteria (1799 patients, 53.36% males, 20.62% with cardiac injury). The risk of death was significantly higher in patients with elevated cTn than those with normal biomarker levels (RR = 5.28, P<0.0001). …”
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Long-Term Surgical Outcomes of Glaucoma Drainage Implants in Eyes with Preoperative Intraocular Pressure Less than 19 mmHg by Shahin Hallaj, Jae-Chiang Wong, Lauren E. Hock, Natasha Nayak Kolomeyer, Aakriti G. Shukla, Michael J. Pro, Marlene R. Moster, Jonathan S. Myers, Reza Razeghinejad, Daniel Lee

“…The average age was 65.9 ± 13.2 years. Most cases were male (52.2%), White (53.7%), and had primary open-angle glaucoma (62.7%). …”
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Evaluation of the effect of 48 weeks of BIC/F/TAF and DRV/c/F/TAF on platelet function in the context of rapid ART start by Akif A. Khawaja, Gary Whitlock, Sarah Fidler, Alfredo Soler-Carracedo, Merle Henderson, Graham P. Taylor, Marta Boffito, Michael Emerson

“…Results An analysis of 21 participants was performed at Week 48 (96% male and 48% white; mean (range) age was 37 (23–78) years). …”
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Factors affecting risk perception of COVID-19: differences by age and gender by Sungwook Kang, Chang Hoon You, Young Dae Kwon, Young Dae Kwon

“…In the older adult population group (65 years and older), education level was related to COVID-19 risk perception, whereas this was not observed in the young population group. In the male group, economic variables such as income and employment status were related to COVID-19 risk perception, whereas in women, family-related variables such as marital status and housing type were related. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of the properties of camel bone gelatin: impact of the duration of pre-treatment and extraction by Meriem Imelhayene, Abdelkader Adamou, Samira Becila, Ayad Redjeb, Dahia Saidj, Abdelhakim Senoussi, Dimitris Sarris, Eleni Naziri

“…Methods: Four bone samples from 4-4.5-year-old male Sahraoui camels were utilized. The gelatin extraction process comprised demineralization with hydrochloric acid, followed by pre-treatment with sodium hydroxide for 24 or 48 hours and subsequent chemo-thermal extraction in acetic acid for 6 or 12 hours. …”
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