Prevalence of and Risk factors associated with hypertension: a community based- cross sectional study in Ndorwa West Health Sub District, Kabale district, southwestern Uganda. by Munezero,Tamu John Bosco, Mfitumukiza, Valence, Okafor, Christiana Nkiru, Mandera, Immaculate, Kabami, Jane, Arineitwe, Edward Bwengye, Namuyibwa, Lydia, Izo, Herbert, Baikaitwoha, Everd M., Okonkwo, Uchenna Prosper

“…The prevalence of HT and pre-HT in Ndorwa HSD was 28.3% and 45.7%, respectively. 61.8% (n = 243) were females and 36.1% (n = 142) were males with a mean age of 48.18 years and standard deviation of 11.5 years. …”
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Child Abuse and Intention to Dropout Among Secondary School Students in Rubanda District. by Ninsiima, Patience

“…Key findings indicated that female students had a higher dropout rate (53.2%) compared to males (46.8%). The age group 11-14 accounted for 54% of dropout cases, while students aged 15-18 and 19 and above had dropout rates of 32% and 14%, respectively. …”
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Temporal Changes in Plasmodium Falciparum Genetic Diversity and Multiplicity of Infection Across Three Areas of Varying Malaria Transmission Intensities in Uganda. by Mwesigwa, Alex, Kiwuwa, Steven M., Musinguzi, Benson, Kawalya, Hakiim, Katumba, James Davis, Baguma, Andrew, Mutuku, Irene M., Adebayo, Ismail Abiola, Nsobya, Samuel L., Byakika‐Kibwika, Pauline, Kalyango, Joan N., Karamagi, Charles, Nankabirwa, Joaniter I.

“…The majority of participants were males (50.6%) and children aged 5–11 years (46.7%). …”
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Media Technology and the Academic Performance of the Students. by Jenifer, Tusiimire

“…Respondents who took part in this study totaled to 50 and they were both females and males. They included the students and the staff of which the students took a great part. …”
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Parental Sociodemographic Characteristics and Bruxism’s Risk Factors Among Children: Saudi Arabian Evaluation by Almabadi ES, Felemban D, Alekhmimi RK, Aynusah MA, Alsharif A, Althagafi N, Kassim S

“…Descriptive, bivariate and binary logistic regression analyses were performed.Results: The response rate was 85.2% (55% females, 45% males) and 25.8% of the parents self-reported that their children had bruxism. …”
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Toxicity of standing milkvetch infected with Alternaria gansuense in white mice by Bo Yang, Zhi Biao Nan, Yan Zhong Li

“…This study aimed to determine the safety of standing milkvetch that is infected with A. gansuense as forage for animals.MethodsTwo-week-old specific pathogen-free (SPF) male white mice were fed a commercial mouse feed (CMF), healthy plant feed (HPF) and diseased plant feed (DPF) for 3 or 6 weeks. …”
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Methodology for the Positive Voices 2022 Survey of People With HIV Accessing Care in England, Wales, and Scotland: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study by Janey Sewell, Carole Kelly, Adamma Aghaizu, Hannah Kitt, Annegret Pelchen-Matthews, Veronique Martin, Amal Farah, Colette Smith, Alison Brown, Clare Humphreys, Alex Sparrowhawk, Valerie Delpech, Alison Rodger, Fiona Lampe, Meaghan Kall

“…The median age of participants was 52 years, 3428 of participants were male, 2991 were of White ethnicity, and 1121 were of Black ethnicity. …”
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Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Early Stages of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease in a Sample of Egyptian Patients by Yasser A Elmotaleb Gazar, Hesham Salah Hamoud, Sherif Mohamed Ismail

“…Results: Of the sixty patients studied, 49 (81.7%) patients were females and 11 were males with a mean age of 31 years with a median of 29.5 and range 16–52 years. …”
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Effect of supplemental dietary phytogenic blends on growth performance, jejunal histomorphometry, and jejunal immunity of broiler chickens by A. Ceylan, P. Saçaklı, Ö. Özgenç Çınar, M. S. Ramay, U. Ahsan, U. Ahsan, J. A. Harijaona, A. G. Bayraktaroğlu, F. Manghebati, A. Calik

“…For this purpose, a total of 300 Ross 308 male broiler chicks that were 1 d old were randomly allocated to five experimental groups. …”
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The biomechanical effects of treating double-segment lumbar degenerative diseases with unilateral fixation through interlaminar fenestration interbody fusion surgery: a three-dimen... by Kai-Kai Feng, Xiao-Bing Xiang, Cheng-Peng Li, Kai-Yin Gao, Wei-Wei Zhang, Zhen-Yu Nie, Wen-Xin Liao, Dong Zhao, Guang-Ru Cao

“…Methods A three-dimensional finite element model of L3-5 was established based on CT data from a recruited young male volunteer, and the model was validated to have reasonable predictive capability. …”
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The role of ultrasound combined with water bath in the establishment of animal models of rat urethral stricture by Xiaojian Ye, Xianjing Lin, Yehui Chen, Rongquan Xu, Jiawei Zhou

“…This study aimed to investigate the methodology of model establishment, imaging evaluation techniques, and endpoint effectiveness. Twenty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to groups, including a blank control group and surgical groups. …”
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A comparative study of the effect of capsular repair in the Latarjet procedure by Andrew P. McBride, Thibault Lafosse, Alex N. Karanja, Laurent Lafosse, Ian P. Hughes, Gregory A. Hoy, Eugene T. Ek, Shane A. Barwood, Fraser Taylor, Ezekiel Tan

“…Results Forty-four patients were included, median age was 29.5 years and 91% male. Three groups were assessed, open latarjet with no capsular repair (OL n = 11), open latarjet with capsular repair (OLCR n = 20), and arthroscopic Latarjet without capsular repair (AL n = 13). …”
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A study to correlate the association of Gender, Age, Physiology (GAP) index and radiological patterns in interstitial lung disease by Aditya Shashi Bhushan, B L Shashibhushan, K Ashwin

“…Results: The study population had a mean age of 55.5 years, consisting of 68 males and 86 females. Shortness of breath (97.4%) and cough (87.7%) were the most common symptoms. …”
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Salivary testosterone and cortisol responses to seven weeks of practical blood flow restriction training in collegiate American football players by Paul E. Luebbers, Luke M. Kriley, Drake A. Eserhaut, Matthew J. Andre, Michael S. Butler, Andrew C. Fry

“…PurposeThe purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 7-week supplemental BFR training intervention on both acute and chronic alterations in salivary testosterone (sTes) and cortisol (sCort) in collegiate American football players.Methods58 males were divided into 4 groups: 3 completed an upper- and lower-body split resistance training routine (H, H/S, H/S/R; H = Heavy, S = Supplemental, R = BFR), with H/S/R performing end-of-session practical BFR training, and H/S serving as the volume-matched non-BFR group. …”
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Medication adherence and blood pressure control in treated hypertensive patients: first follow-up findings from the PREDIcT-HTN study in Northern Bangladesh by Ahmed Hossain, Gias Uddin Ahsan, Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Probal Sutradhar, Sarowar-E. Alam, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Heba Hijazi, Syed Azizur Rahman, Mohamad Alameddine

“…Certain patient subgroups had higher rates of poor adherence: females (17.1%) compared to males (12.2%), rural residents (22.4%) compared to city-dwellers (12.2%), and newly diagnosed patients (17.2%) compared to those diagnosed 2–5 years earlier (12.6%). …”
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Le continent noir du désir masculin : Colet et Flaubert, encore by Barbara Vinken

“…Flaubert expresses his inability to love on the one hand by his extreme male chauvinistic and hygienic practice of “baisade” or “foutrerie”, and on the other, in a ascetic, even monastic, discourse of “life for Art”, or, even better, of an Art that demands dying to life. …”
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Medication Administration Through Feeding Tubes in a Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Observational Study by Zhu Y, Zhu B, Jin P

“…Compared to the general hospitalized population, patients in the tube feeding group exhibited a higher proportion of male patients (59.74% vs 48.91%), older age [(68.00± 14.99) vs (59.75± 16.38)], lower weight [(65.75± 13.32) vs (67.82± 12.72)], increased rates of being bedridden (18.06% vs 5.38%), longer hospital stay [(21.56± 28.12) vs (8.88± 10.38)], and a greater number of prescribed medication types [(51.21± 19.37) vs (23.35± 15.04)]. …”
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Effect of Sports Energy Drink on Fat Metabolism and Weight Loss of College Students by Huan Chu, Wenyong Zhou, Shanshan Wang

“…In this paper, 10 healthy male and female college students without training experience were used to determine the maximum fat metabolism intensity FATmax. …”
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Outcomes of Idecabtagene Vicleucel Therapy in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma: A Single-Institution Experience by Aaron Trando, Farid Ghamsari, Philip Yeung, Caitlin Costello, Ila Saunders, Ah-Reum Jeong

“…Twelve patients (48%) were male. Patients received a median of six lines of prior therapy with four patients (16%) receiving prior BCMA-targeted therapy. …”
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Contribution à l’analyse de la viabilité d’une petite population de gorilles, Gorilla beringei graueri (Hominidae, Primates), par modélisation et simulations de l’écosystème du Mon... by Jean‑Claude Kasolene Kyungu, Jean Mukulire Malekani, Lohandjola Nyamangombe

“…Cette tendance n’a pas changé en faisant une simulation d’une population en déclin ; 2) qu’en introduisant les paramètres de fécondité, de capacité de charge biologique en fonction de la mortalité (taux de fécondité moyen de 4.4 et de mortalité de 0.666 au début), la population de gorilles aura toujours tendance à diminuer ; 3) qu’avec de nouvelles femelles de repeuplement, la population de gorilles pourrait se stabiliser dans les 100 prochaines années ; 4) qu’avec l’analyse génétique pour la recherche de l’identité, les génotypes à partir des échantillons confirment la présence de gorilles mâles et femelles ; 5) qu’avec les pathologies, les résultats des observations et de simulation montrent que l’évolution des infections probables (shigelloses et salmonelloses) est resté constante et linéaire jusqu’à 78 ans. …”
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