A Single‐Center Retrospective Cohort Study of Biopterin Metabolism Disorders in the United Arab Emirates by Omar Jarrah, Mahmood Nouri, Aisha Al Shamsi

“…The youngest patient was diagnosed at 3‐ weeks, and the oldest was nine; 70% were male, consanguineous 80%, and 40% were Emirati. Prematurity was reported in two patients. …”
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Oral Hygiene Practices and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting Private Dental Clinics at Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia, 2018 by Desalegn Humna Beyene, Bereket Beyene Shashamo, Lankamo Ena Digesa, Eshetu Zerihun Tariku

“…About 153 (39.9%) of the study participants had poor oral hygienic practice. Male (AOR: 1.63, 95% CI: (1.053, 2.523)), rural residence (AOR: 3.79, 95% CI: (1.724, 8.317)), and poor knowledge about oral hygiene (AOR: 2.38, 95% CI: (1.402, 4.024)) were independently associated to poor oral hygienic practice. …”
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Outcome of dual implantation in distal end femur fractures among patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Karnataka by Kumar SVA, Vishnuprasad SH, Vittal V, Diwakar P, Zai SAK

“…Results: Study participants primarily aged above 60 years (30.0%), mostly males (53.3%), exhibited fractures over the right femur (63.3%). …”
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The flow pattern of neuro-pediatric emergency visits during COVID-19 pandemic by Imad M. Khojah, Osama Y. Muthaffar, Anas S. Alyazidi, Maha K. Alghamdi, Mayar Alhuqaili, Hassan A. Alalawi, Ohud T. Alharbi, Latifa A. Almuharib

“…Results The study included 960 patients with a provisional neurological diagnosis, consisting of 542 (56.5%) males and 418 (43.5%) females. The mean age of admission was 5.29 ± 4.19 years. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF BRACKET BOND FAILURE DURING FIXED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT BASED ON A QUESTIONNAIRE DISTRIBUTED TO ORTHODONTISTS by Manuela Nardin, Mihaela Ionescu, Diana-Elena Vlăduțu, Anne-Marie Rauten, Luminița Dăguci, Cristina Teodora Preoteasa, Alexandra Done, Veronica Mercuț

“…Predisposed patients are male patients under 18 years of age during the first 6 months of treatment. …”
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Prevalence of Dental Caries and Its Associated Factors among Primary School Children in Ethiopia by Anguach Shitie, Rahel Addis, Abebe Tilahun, Wassie Negash

“…The mean Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index was 1.28 (±1.21). Being male (AOR = 1.975, 95% CI = 1.067–3.66), lack of parents’ insistence (AOR = 2.052, 95% CI = 1.079–3.902), lack of oral health education program (AOR = 4.753, 95% CI = 1.69–13.38), history of dental aches (AOR = 2.88, 95% CI = 1.55–5.32), and poor habit of mouth wash (AOR = 4.74, 95% CI = 2.55–8.79) were found significantly associated with dental caries. …”
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Anxiety and depression in primary knee osteoarthritis patients: are they related to clinical features and radiographic changes? by Yasmin A. Abd Elhamid, Ghada S. Elazkalany, Marwa H. Niazy, Angie Y. Afifi

“…Results Twenty-nine patients were female (58%) and 21 were male (42%). The mean HADS score was significantly higher in OA patients than controls ( p = 0.001). …”
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Deep learning based decision-making and outcome prediction for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients with posterior surgery by Kai Chen, Xiao Zhai, Ziqiang Chen, Haojue Wang, Mingyuan Yang, Changwei Yang, Yushu Bai, Ming Li

“…A total of 425 patients with an average age of 14.60 ± 2.08 years, including 77 males and 348 females, were enrolled in this study. …”
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Motivational strategies reduce recidivism and enhance treatment adherence in intimate partner violence perpetrators with substance use problems by Marisol Lila, Cristina Expósito-Álvarez, Manuel Roldán-Pardo

“…The aim of this study was to determine whether the incorporation of motivational strategies led to improved outcomes in participants with ADUPs compared to those without.MethodsParticipants were intimate partner violence male perpetrators who received a standard intervention (n = 349) or a standard intervention adding an individualized motivational plan (n = 367). …”
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Frailty Is Associated With Decreased Survival in Adult Patients With Nonoperative and Operative Traumatic Subdural Hemorrhage: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 381,754 Patients by Evan N. Courville, MD, Oluwafemi P. Owodunni, MD, MPH, Jordyn T. Courville, BS, Syed F. Kazim, MD, PhD, Alexander J. Kassicieh, BS, Allyson M. Hynes, MD, Meic H. Schmidt, MD, MBA, Christian A. Bowers, MD

“…Cohorts were predominately male and White. Multivariable analyses showed a stepwise relationship with all outcomes P < 0.001; 7.1% nonoperative and 14.9% operative patients had an 20% to 46% increased risk of mortality, that is, nonoperative: very frail (HR: 1.20 [95% CI: 1.13–1.26]), and operative: very frail (HR: 1.46 [95% CI: 1.38–1.55]). …”
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Efficacy of Hymecromone in Post-Cholecystectomy Patients by A V. Okhlobystin, A. К. Ufimtseva, M. A. Tatarkina, O. Z. Okhlobystina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Overall, 26 patients were enrolled in non-interventional comparative study: 2 males, 24 females, aged from 25 to 74 years. All patients underwent cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstone disease within 1 to 10 years prior to beginning of the study. …”
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Oxidative and Excitatory Neurotoxic Stresses in CRISPR/Cas9-Induced Kynurenine Aminotransferase Knockout Mice: A Novel Model for Despair-Based Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress... by Ágnes Szabó, Zsolt Galla, Eleonóra Spekker, Mónika Szűcs, Diána Martos, Keiko Takeda, Kinuyo Ozaki, Hiromi Inoue, Sayo Yamamoto, József Toldi, Etsuro Ono, László Vécsei, Masaru Tanaka

“…Methods: In CRISPR/Cas9-induced aadat knockout (kat2-/-) mice, we examined the effects on emotion, memory, motor function, Trp and its metabolite levels, enzyme activities in the plasma and urine of 8-week-old males compared to wild-type mice. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of pancreatic cancer from 1990 to 2021, its attributable risk factors, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the global burden of... by Tianyu Li, Chen Lin, Weibin Wang

“…Notable increases in ASIR and ASMR were observed in low-middle and low sociodemographic index regions with males experienced higher rates compared to females. …”
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Effects of butyric acid glycerol ester supplementation on intestinal nutrient transporter and immune-related genes in broiler chickens challenged with Eimeria maxima by Kouassi R. Kpodo, Katarzyna B. Miska, Lori L. Schreier, Daniel J. Milliken, Monika Proszkowiec-Weglarz

“…The study objective was to determine the effects of BE on nutrient transporter and intestinal immune genes in chickens infected with Eimeria maxima (EM).MethodsRoss male 708 chicks were fed diets supplemented with 0 (control, C) or 0.25% of BE. …”
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From one size fits all to a tailored approach: integrating precision medicine into medical education by Lana Sbitan, Noor Alzraikat, Haneen Tanous, Abdelrahman M. Saad, Mohanad Odeh

“…Results Participants in the present study were 607 individuals, 55.5% were males. 29.6% of participants had low knowledge scores (marks between − 12 and 0). …”
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Relation between occupation, gender dominance in the occupation and workplace and suicide in Sweden: a longitudinal study by Gun Johansson, Theo Bodin, Anette Linnersjö, Vladimir Carli, Gergö Hadlaczky, Nuria Matilla Santander, Bianca Blazevska

“…In terms of gender dominance in the occupation, borderline associations with increased suicide risk were found for men in both male-dominated (OR: 1.32, 95% CI: 0.98 to 1.79) and female-dominated (OR: 1.37, 95% CI: 0.99 to 1.91) occupations. …”
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The Effects of Vitamin E Application on Some Free Radicals and Lactate Levels in Acute Exercise by Ekrem Boyalı, Mustafa Nizamlıoğlu, Süleyman Patlar

“…The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of vitamin E supplement on elite taekwondo performers who were made to do acute taekwondo exercise on some free radicals. Twenty-four healthy male elite taekwondo performers whose mean age is21.66 ± 1.20 and mean body weight is 72.50 ±8.17 kg participated the study. …”
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Association between Serum Neopterin and Inflammatory Activation in Chronic Kidney Disease by Ashok Kumar Yadav, Vinod Sharma, Vivekanand Jha

“…The mean age was 51.04±1.3 years and 66% were males. The commonest cause of CKD was diabetes (36%). …”
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Correlation analysis of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis with papillary thyroid carcinoma occurrence and its central lymph node metastasis: a single center experience by Kang Sun, Kang Sun, Xiaoming Wang, Dexuan Chen, Chaoqun Ma

“…Isthmus, Capsule + ETE, multifocality, age &lt; 55 years old, and male are high-risk factors for CLNM in PTC, while HT is regarded as a protective factor. …”
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Acupuncture for Chronic Prostatitis or Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Juanhong Pan, Song Jin, Quan Xie, Ying Wang, Zhipeng Wu, Jianfeng Sun, Tai Pin Guo, Di Zhang

“…Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a complex male dysfunction, mostly seen in young and middle-aged men with a history of more than 3 months. …”
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