Multi-omics uncovers immune-modulatory molecules in plasma contributing to resistance exercise-ameliorated locomotor disability after incomplete spinal cord injury by Ren Zhou, Jibao Chen, Yunhan Tang, Chuijin Wei, Ping Yu, Xinmei Ding, Li’ao Zhu, Jiajia Yao, Zengqiang Ouyang, Jing Qiao, Shumin Xiong, Liaoliao Dong, Tong Yin, Haiqing Li, Ye Feng, Lin Cheng

“…Lastly, to confirm the transmissibility of the neuroprotective effects induced by resistance exercise, we intravenously injected plasma obtained from exercised male mice into SCI female mice during the non-acute phase. …”
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Palliative care needs and quality of life among adults with advanced chronic illnesses in low-income communities of Bangladesh by Ahmed Hossain, Maruf Hasan, Taifur Rahman, Alounoud Almarzooqi, Syed Azizur Rahman, Heba Hijazi, Mohamad Alameddine

“…Female patients had poorer QOL than males across all domains, and those facing financial hardships also experienced significantly lower QOL. …”
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Effect of differences in vascular anatomy on surgical outcomes of left pancreatectomy: a retrospective study by Masahiro Fukada, Noriki Mitsui, Takeshi Horaguchi, Yuji Hatanaka, Itaru Yasufuku, Yuta Sato, Jesse Yu Tajima, Shigeru Kiyama, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Katsutoshi Murase, Nobuhisa Matsuhashi

“…In open-LP cases, high body mass index (> 24 kg/m2; OR 7.24; 95% CI 1.89–36.34; p < 0.01), tumor location (pancreatic body; OR 6.89; 95% CI 1.79–33.79; p < 0.01), and the SpA type (type 2; OR 5.86; 95% CI 1.72–24.65; p < 0.01) showed significant association with prolonged operations. In MILP cases, sex (male; OR 9.07; 95% CI 2.61–38.65; p < 0.001) and the pancreatic resection line (above the portal vein; OR 4.12; 95% CI 1.18–17.08; p = 0.03) showed significant associations. …”
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Role of Chest X-Ray in Coronavirus Disease and Correlation of Radiological Features with Clinical Outcomes in Indian Patients by Satyanand Sathi, Richa Tiwari, Savita Verma, Anil Kumar Garg, Virendra Singh Saini, Manoj Kumar Singh, Amit Mittal, Devinder Vohra

“…Among 120 COVID-19 patients, 74 (61.67%) and 46 (38.33%) were males and females, respectively; 64 patients (53.33%) had ground-glass opacities (GGO), 55 (45.83%) had consolidation, and 38 (31.67%) had reticular-nodular opacities, with lower zone distribution (50%) and peripheral distribution (41.67%). …”
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Population characteristics, prescription patterns and glycemic control of users of flash glucose monitoring systems in Brazil: a real-world evidence study by Karla Santo, Josué Nieri, Karine Risério, Karla F. S. Melo

“…Compared to BGM, fCGM users were significantly younger, had a higher proportion of males, resided more frequently in the Southeast region of Brazil, had a lower BMI, a longer time since diagnosis, and used Glic™ platform more frequently. fCGM users were prescribed significantly more ultra-long and ultra-rapid acting insulins as their basal and bolus insulin, respectively, and less oral anti-diabetics drugs compared to BGM users. …”
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Band Pull-Apart Exercise: Effects of Movement Direction and Hand Position on Shoulder Muscle Activity by Takumi Fukunaga, Connor Fedge, Timothy Tyler, Michael Mullaney, Brandon Schmitt, Karl Orishimo, Malachy McHugh, Stephen Nicholas

“… # Results Data were collected from 10 healthy subjects (all males, age 36±12 years). Peak muscle activity ranged from 15.3% to 72.6% of MVC across muscles and exercise conditions. …”
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Distribution of Major HLA-A, -B, -DR, and -DQ Loci Potentially Associated with Multiple Sclerosis in a Healthy Population from Southern Morocco by Abir Fguirouche, Fatimazahra Ouahmani, Ikram Brahim, Raja Hazime, Nissrine Louhab, Najib Kissani, Mohamed Chraa, Brahim Admou

“…<b>Materials and Methods:</b> A cross-sectional study was carried out over the 2016–2023 period on 685 Moroccan healthy individuals, including 355 males and 330 females. Of the total sample tested, 685 underwent HLA class I typing, of which 305 also benefited from HLA class II typing. …”
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Un plomb inscrit de Saint-Couat-d’Aude (Aude) : des pérégrins sur le territoire de Narbonne by Julien Aliquot, Michel Feugère

“…Its most recent and best-preserved text is a two-column accounting list, combining a series of male anthroponyms with an abbreviated term beginning with a P (most likely for the word pondus) and presenting numerical indications. …”
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Ursodeoxycholic acid protects against sepsis-induced acute kidney injury by activating Nrf2/HO-1 and inhibiting NF-κB pathway by Yunpeng Lou, Hongguang Shi, Ning Sha, Feifei Li, Xiaofeng Gu, Huiyan Lin

“…This study aimed to evaluate the protective effects of UDCA against sepsis-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. Methods Sixty male C57BL/6 N mice were utilized to establish a sepsis-induced AKI model through intravenous injection of lipopolysaccharides (LPS, 10 mg/kg). …”
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Impact of Sex-Related Differences in Infrarenal Aortic Neck Morphology on Outcomes of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair for Similar-Sized Aortic Aneurysm by Ombretta Martinelli, Antonio Marzano, Maria Irene Bellini, Roberto Gattuso, Luca Di Marzo, Valeria Gonta, Jihad Jabbour, Wassim Mansour, Simone Cuozzo

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: Female patients undergoing EVAR often present with hostile proximal aortic neck features and are treated at an older age than males. Despite these differences, technical success rates and mid- to long-term outcomes were comparable between genders, with no variation in stent graft selection or suprarenal fixation use. …”
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The criteria for choice of myocardial revascularization method in patients with stable coronary artery disease in routine clinical practice by O.A. Yepanchintseva, O.J. Zharinov, K.O. Mikhaliev, A.V. Khokhlov, B.M. Todurov

“…The selected patients’ sample consisted of 284 (83.3 %) males and 57 (16.7 %) females, with age range from 32 to 83 years, mean age (61 ± 9) years. …”
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Smoking relapse reasons among current smokers with previous cessation experience in Shanghai: A cross-sectional study by Ruiping Wang*, Lingzi Shenfan*, Yu Song*, Qingliang Wang*, Rui Zhang, Le Kuai, Bin Li

“…Results Of the 1745 smokers included, 1452 (83.2%) were males, with an average age of 44.2 years, and 48.0% (838/1745) had cessation experience but relapsed. …”
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The Performance of Equations That Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate against Measured Urinary Creatinine Clearance in Critically Ill Patients by Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Abdulmajeed A. Alsadhan, Ayman S. Almozaini, Ali M Alamri, Hani Tamim, Musharraf Sadat, Lolowa Al-Swaidan, Elwaleed Elhassan, Yaseen M. Arabi

“…The cohort consisted of 237 patients (age 45 ± 20 years, males 75%, mechanically ventilated 99% with serum creatinine 101 ± 94 µmol/L and CrCl24h-urine 108 ± 69 ml/min/1.73 m2). …”
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Practices and preferences in the use of magnification among endodontists and restorative dentists: A multicentre study. by Azhar Iqbal, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari, Deepti Shrivastava, Kumar Chandan Srivastava, Bilal Arjumand, Hmoud Ali Algarni, Meshal Aber Alonazi, Muhsen Alnasser, Osama Khattak, Jamaluddin Syed, Reham Mohmad Attia, Asma Abubakar Rashed, Sherif El Sayed Sultan

“…<h4>Results</h4>Majority of the participants were male (56.5%) and in the age group of 25-35 years (30.3%). …”
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The Response of the Pulp-Dentine Complex, PDL, and Bone to Three Calcium Silicate-Based Cements: A Histological Study in an Animal Rat Model by Ranjdar Mahmood Talabani, Balkees Taha Garib, Reza Masaeli

“…An experimental lateral root perforation with pulp exposure was performed in 32 lower incisors of 16 male Wistar albino rats. They were randomly assigned into three test groups (each including eight teeth) that were filled either by Biodentine (BD) or MicroMega mineral trioxide aggregate (MM-MTA) or EndoSequence root repair material putty (ESRRM putty), besides eight unperforated incisors from the other four rats (control group). …”
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Doxycycline Usage for Prevention of Leptospirosis among Farmers and Reasons for Failure to Use Chemoprophylaxis: A Descriptive Study from Southern Sri Lanka by C. L. Fonseka, B. N. Vidanapathirana, C. M. de Silva, A. A. B. B. Athukorala, P. R. Goonawardena, A. P. Karunathilake, I. H. Rajapakse, A. S. Dissanayake

“…We recruited 319 (77%-males) farmers to the study. Eighteen (5.6%) have already had leptospirosis. …”
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Metformin Increases Protein Phosphatase 2A Activity in Primary Human Skeletal Muscle Cells Derived from Lean Healthy Participants by Aktham Mestareehi, Xiangmin Zhang, Berhane Seyoum, Zaher Msallaty, Abdullah Mallisho, Kyle Jon Burghardt, Anjaneyulu Kowluru, Zhengping Yi

“…Eight lean insulin-sensitive nondiabetic participants (4 females and 4 males; age: 21.0±1.0 years; BMI: 22.0±0.7 kg/m2; 2-hour OGTT: 97.0±6.0 mg/dl; HbA1c: 5.3±0.1%; fasting plasma glucose: 87.0±2.0 mg/dl; M value; 11.0±1.0 mg/kgBW/min). …”
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis – An Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in Southern India: A PULM MUCOR Study by Ashwin Oliver Arul, K. Rajiv Karthik, Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher

“…Results: Among the 37 patients with pulmonary mucormycosis, 24 (65%) were male, and 13 (35%) were female, with a mean age of presentation of 50.5 years. …”
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The epidemiology and unmet need of migraine in five european countries: results from the national health and wellness survey by Gianluca Coppola, Joshua D. Brown, Amanda R. Mercadante, Sheila Drakeley, Nikoletta Sternbach, Aaron Jenkins, Karin Hygge Blakeman, Astrid Gendolla

“…Migraine prevalence was highest in the age group of 30–39 years, and females had nearly twice the prevalence compared to males. About 56% of respondents reported disability due to migraines, with highest percentage reported in Germany (66.0%). …”
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Improving ROP management: insights from a comparative analysis of screening and treatment modalities in a tertiary hospital, Pakistan by Muhammad Moin, Aisha Azam, Lubna Siddiq Mian, Ashal Pal, Rutaab Kareem, Noor Us Sehar

“…The cohort included 55 males (61.8%) and 34 females (38.2%), with a mean gestational age of 31.31 weeks and a mean birth weight of 1602.25 g. …”
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