Research Dominance Definitions May Not Identify Higher Risk Limb for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in NCAA D3 Student-Athletes by Paul A. Cacolice, Brianna E. Starkey, Christopher R. Carcia, Paul E. Higgins

“… # Results Of the 46 student athletes who participated (Female=32, Male=14, 19.48±1.26years, 171.75±10.47cm, 77.26±18.74kg), 25 participants kicked and landed with the same limb. …”
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Cohort profile: Born in Wales—a birth cohort with maternity, parental and child data linkage for life course research in Wales, UK by Amrita Bandyopadhyay, Sarah Davies, Michaela James, Sinead Brophy, Sam Dredge, Hope Jones, Mike J Seaborne, Natasha L Kennedy, Adele Battaglia

“…The child cohort is 51%: 49% female: male, and 7.8% are from ethnic minority backgrounds. …”
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Influence of Altered Knee Angle on Electromyographic Activity of Hamstring Muscles Between Nordic Hamstring Exercise and Nordic Hamstring Exercise with Incline Slope Lower Leg Boar... by Taspol Keerasomboon, Toshiaki Soga, Norikazu Hirose

“… # Study Design A crossover study design # Methods Sixteen male volunteers performed two types of conventional NHE, one with knees on the floor (NHE) and one with the legs placed upon an incline slope of a lower leg board (NHEB). …”
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Giant Parotid Pleomorphic Adenoma with Atypical Histological Presentation and Long-Term Recurrence-Free Follow-Up after Surgery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mohammed AlKindi, Sundar Ramalingam, Lujain Abdulmajeed Hakeem, Manal A. AlSheddi

“…We further present the case of a 36-year-old healthy male with slow-growing and asymptomatic giant parotid PA, of 4-year duration. …”
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Curcumin nanoparticles alleviate brain mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular senescence in γ-irradiated rats by Omnia A. Moselhy, Nahed Abdel-Aziz, Azza El-bahkery, Said S. Moselhy, Ehab A. Ibrahim

“…This study evaluated the efficacy of curcumin nanoparticles (CNPs) in mitigating mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular senescence induced by γ radiation in rat brain tissues. Four groups of male Wistar albino rats (n = 8 per group) were included: (Gr1) the control group; (Gr2) the CNPs group (healthy rats receiving oral administration of curcumin nanoparticles at a dose of 10 mg/kg/day, three times per week for eight weeks); (Gr3) the irradiated group (rats exposed to a single dose of 10 Gy head γ irradiation); and (Gr4) the irradiated + CNPs group (irradiated rats treated with CNPs). …”
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HACE1 protects against myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury via inhibition of mitochondrial fission in mice by Bang-Xia Liu, Juan Zheng, Zhan-Wei Tang, Lei Gao, Meng Wang, Ying Sun, Chen Chen, Heng-Chen Yao

“…However, little is known about the role of HACE1 in the pathogenesis of myocardial I/RI. Methods Male C57BL6 mice with HACE1 knockout (KO) were subjected to 30 min of ischemia via ligation of the left anterior descending artery, followed by 0, 2, 6, or 24 h of reperfusion. …”
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Mental health literacy among primary care providers in Hungary: a vignette-based survey by Valerie S. Swisher, Dorottya Őri, Zoltán Rihmer, Róbert Wernigg

“…Mislabeling conditions was significantly associated with older age (for GAD, OCD-Aggression, PD and MDD), male gender (for GAD), greater mental health stigma (for OCD-Order), and lack of exposure to mental health conditions (for SAD). …”
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Administration of Melatonin in Diabetic Retinopathy Is Effective and Improves the Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment by Samraa H. Abdel-Kawi, Khalid S. Hashem

“…For this purpose, 50 adult male rats were divided into the following: control group: this group received 0.5 ml of 0.1 M of sodium citrate buffer (pH=4.5) (intraperitoneal (I.P.)). …”
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Systolic blood pressure response during exercise testing in symptomatic severe aortic stenosis by Kristofer Hedman, Anna Carlén, Eva Nylander, Éva Tamás, Carl Bellander, Henric Nilsson

“…The SBP response was categorised according to the last measurements of SBP during exercise, in relation to workload (the SBP/watt-slope) as ‘normal’ (>0.25 mm Hg/watt), ‘flat’ (0–0.25 mm Hg/watt) or ‘drop’ (<0 mm Hg/watt).Results 45 patients (28 male, 66±9 years, left ventricular ejection fraction 59%±5%, aortic jet velocity 4.6±0.5 m/s) were included, with pairwise comparison available in 31 cases. …”
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Challenges and Barriers of Online Teaching: Perspective of Faculty in a Private Medical College of Lahore by Naureen Omar, Ifra Aslam, Syeda Mahnoor Nadeem, Ramsha Batool, Umbreen Navied, Muhammad Subhan Feroze

“…Predominance of females 47 (67.1%) to males 23 (32.9%) was observed. Maintaining class decorum and controlling students' plagiarism was a major challenge for 65 participant s(92.9%). …”
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Utility of a New Artificial Dermis as a Successful Tool in Face and Scalp Reconstruction for Skin Cancer: Analysis of the Efficacy, Safety, and Aesthetic Outcomes by Fedele Lembo, Liberato Roberto Cecchino, Domenico Parisi, Aurelio Portincasa

“…On follow-up (6 months), tumor recurrences, quality of scars (using the Vancouver Scar Scale), and patient reported outcomes (using FACE-Q Skin Cancer Module) were evaluated. 10 were males and 6 females, with a mean age of 73 years (61–89). …”
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Utilization of eye care services among adults in a rural community in Rivers State South-South, Nigeria by Datonjo Alwell George, Godswill Inye Nathaniel

“…Results: Four hundred and twenty-five subjects participated in the study made up of 240 males (56.5%) and 185 females (43.5%), with an M:F ratio of 1:1.3. …”
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Quantitative and qualitative analysis of sunflower pollen (<i>Helianthus</i> L.) and it’s use in breeding work by O. N. Voronova, V. A. Gavrilova

“…In breeding work, it is necessary to take into account such an important feature as male sterility of the hybrids obtained. If a plant has visually visible anthers and pollen, the quality of the pollen grains themselves may be low. …”
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Feasibility and Reliability of a Novel Game-Based Test of Neurological Function in Youth: The Equilibrium Test Battery by Heather A Shepherd, Cody R van Rassel, Amanda M Black, Robert F Graham, Keith Owen Yeates, Carolyn A Emery, Kathryn J Schneider

“… # Results Fifty-five uninjured high school students (31 females and 24 males, mean age = 16.24 \[1.09\]) from three high schools participated in the study. …”
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A Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Effects of Letrozole and 17α-Methyltestosterone on the Expression of Reproductive-Related Genes in Golden Pompano (<i>Trachinotus o... by Qi Zhou, Yan Wang, Yuwen Guo, Guangli Li, Tao Wang, Huapu Chen

“…Aromatase inhibitor letrozole (LZ) and 17α-methyltestosterone (MT) are commonly used for sex control breeding to induce female-to-male sex reversal in aquaculture. However, studies on the molecular regulatory mechanisms of LZ and MT are still limited. …”
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Patient’s Information Toward Some Modifiable Risk Factors of Ischemic Heart Disease by Bayan Omar Sharif, Aras Hamad Rasul, Osman Ibrahim Mahmud, Farman Nuri Abdulla

“…The outcome showed that most of the sample rang from the age (25-40) years and most of them were male from urban, more than half of them were unemployed but nearly half of them were graduated from primary school. 32.2% of them diagnosed by cardiovascular disease. …”
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Burden of NASH related liver cancer from 1990 to 2021 at the global, regional, and national levels by Shuang Li, Shuang Li, Shuangjiang Li, Linjing Guan, Mingjuan Li, Jiahui Zhao, Min Wu, Qiuyun Li, Hui Li, Guoqing Ouyang, Guangdong Pan, Guangdong Pan

“…At the national level, ASRs consistently decreased with higher SDI.ConclusionThis study highlights the substantial burden of NRLC at global, regional, and national levels. Males and older individuals bear a higher disease burden, and considerable variation exists across different regions and countries. …”
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PPARG2 Pro12Ala and TNFα -308G>A Polymorphisms Are Not Associated with Heart Failure Development in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Izabela Wojtkowska, Tomasz A. Bonda, Andrzej Tysarowski, Katarzyna Seliga, Janusz A. Siedlecki, Maria M. Winnicka, Janina Stępińska

“…Methods. 122 patients without HF (aged 63 ± 8.8 years, 85% males) with confirmed coronary artery disease qualified for coronary bypass grafting were enrolled in the study. …”
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Impact of Endurance Exercise Training on Biomarkers of Aortic Endothelial Damage in Diabetic Rats by Mahtab Fouladi, Maryam Mahmoudabady, Zahra Gholamnezhad, Sadegh Shabab, Saeed Niazmand, Hossein Salmani

“…The aim is to elucidate the impact of different exercises (interval and continuous training) and metformin on biochemical parameters, aortic injury, oxidative stress, and inflammation to provide insights into potential therapeutic interventions for diabetes-associated vascular complications. Male Wistar rats were administered a single dose of STZ (60 mg/kg) to induce diabetes. …”
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The Relationship Between the Modified Glasgow Prognostic and SYNTAX Scores in Patients with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Ahmet KARADUMAN, Cemalettin YILMAZ, Mustafa Ferhat KETEN, Ismail BALABAN, Zeynep Esra GUNER, Mehmet CELIK

“…Results: There were 295 patients (23.1% female, 76.9% male) included in the research, with an average age being 61.2+-10.9 years, and the mean SYNTAX score being 7.3+-10.4 (range: 0-40). …”
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