Evaluation of Mucous Retention Cyst Prevalence on Digital Panoramic Radiographs in the Local Population of Iran by Homa Rastegar, Fereshteh Osmani

“…MRCs were detected in 80 panoramic images of 1624 (9/4), of which 54 patients (67.5%) were male and 26 patients (32.5%) were female. Of those 34 (42.5%), the total cases were between 30 and 40 years old. …”
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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

“…Mean age in years was 39±9.8 of the enrolled faculty. Predominance of females 47 (67.1%) to males 23 (32.9%) was observed. …”
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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). The follow-up ranged from 12 to 48 months (mean: 30). …”
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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. The age range was 40–88 years, and the mean age of the subjects studied 53.6 ± 11.2 years. …”
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Clinical and Histopathologic Characteristics of Oral and Maxillofacial Malignancies: A 5-year Assessment in an Iranian Population by Saber Babazadeh, Shadi Saghafi Khadem, Zeinab Mousavi

“…Gender distribution frequency consisted of 58 male and 41 female patients. Patients had a mean age of 56.8±17.16 years. …”
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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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The Impact of Visual Perturbation Neuromuscular Training on Landing Mechanics and Neural Activity: A Pilot Study by Timothy R Wohl, Cody R Criss, Adam L Haggerty, Justin L Rush, Janet E Simon, Dustin R Grooms

“…Methods: Eight right leg dominant healthy female athletes (20.4±1.1yrs; 1.6±0.1m; 64.4±7.0kg) participated in four VPNT sessions. …”
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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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Longitudinal Associations Between Sleep Disturbance Trajectories and Internet Gaming Disorder Mediated by Self-Control: A Six-Wave Longitudinal Investigation by Liu H, Qiao X, Shi X

“…Hongping Liu,&ast; Xiaofei Qiao,&ast; Xuliang Shi College of Education, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei Province, 071002, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xuliang Shi, Associate Professor at the College of Education, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, People’s Republic of China, Email shixl163@163.comObjective: The present study aims to analyze the heterogeneous trajectories of sleep disturbance (SD) among college students and to examine whether self-control mediates the association between sleep disturbance trajectories and Internet gaming disorder (IGD).Methods: A total of 4352 students were initially invited to participate, and 4191 (Mage = 19.12, SD = 0.98; 46.9% females) students were included as valid respondents at the first time-point. …”
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A scoping review to map the concept, content, and outcome of wilderness programs for childhood cancer survivors. by Mats Jong, E Anne Lown, Winnie Schats, Michelle L Mills, Heather R Otto, Leiv E Gabrielsen, Miek C Jong

“…A majority of the participating childhood cancer survivors were female, white, aged 8-40 years, with a wide range of cancer diagnoses. …”
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Associations of sociodemographic and smoking characteristics with intention to quit among Chinese adults aged 20–69 years who smoke: Findings from nationwide China Health Literacy... by Zhen-xiao Huang, Ying-hua Li, Ying Xie, Yi Liu, Zheng Su, Xin Xia, Dan Xiao, Chen Wang

“…Results: In China, 41.34 % of individuals who smoke had ItQ, higher in females (44.89 %) than males (41.34 %). Provincial proportions ranged from 23.53 % to 63.56 %. …”
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Icariin modulates osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation in ADSCs via the Hippo-YAP/TAZ pathway: a novel therapeutic strategy for osteoporosis by Shaozi Lin, Zuyu Meng, Mei Wang, Zixuan Ye, Mengsha Long, Yiyao Zhang, Fang Liu, Hongling Chen, Menghan Li, Jiajia Qin, Haiquan Liu

“…ADSCs were isolated from female SPF-grade SD rats, with surface markers identified through flow cytometry. …”
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New aspects of investigating stress, anxiety, and depression in the Ryazan region population with arterial hypertension by Ayoub Glenza, Natalia V. Dobrynina, Sergey S. Yakushin, Alexander A. Dzekan

“…Levels of stress did not depend on employment compared to anxiety (5 (3–8) in employed and 6 (4–9,75) in unemployed people; р 0.001) and depression (5 (2–7) and 6 (3–9) respectively; р=0.001), which were higher in unemployed people. CONCLUSION: Female gender, marital status, and low education are the factors contributing to increased stress, anxiety, and depression in patients with hypertension in the Ryazan region.…”
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Eales&rsquo; Disease in Inuit: A Short Report and Clinical Update by Forshaw TRJ, Moldow B

“…Thomas Richard Johansen Forshaw,1,2 Birgitte Moldow1,3 1Department of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Sygehus Sønderjylland, Sønderborg, Denmark; 3Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkCorrespondence: Thomas Richard Johansen Forshaw, Department of Ophthalmology, Sygehus Sønderjylland, Sydvang 1, 6400 Sønderborg, Denmark, Tel +45 79975800, Email forshawthomas@yahoo.co.ukPurpose: We report a case of Eales disease in Inuit and reflect on advances in telemedicine and treatment of retinal disease since the first report of Eales’ disease in Greenlandic Inuit was published.Patients and Methods: A 41-year-old Inuit female complaining of blurred vision was referred to our eye department. …”
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Cancer incidence and the influence of immunosuppressive agents in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a retrospective cohort study by Soo-Kyung Cho, Jung-Yong Han, Yena Jeon, Seung-Hun You, Sun-Young Jung, Eun Jin Jang, Yoon-Kyoung Sung

“…Results A total of 10,013 predominantly female (91%) Korean SLE patients with a mean age of 36.9 ± 15.2 years were included. …”
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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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Opportunities, challenges, and difficulties in NMR-based metabolomics applied to neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) patient follow-up by M. Schoumacher, M. Schoumacher, V. Lambert, M. Campas, P. Blaise, B. Locht, M. Thys, E. Duchateau, E. Cavalier, E. Cavalier, J.-M. Rakic, A. Noël, P. de Tullio, P. de Tullio

“…A two-year follow-up of 29 nAMD patients undergoing treatment provided 231 time points for analysis.MethodsOver the two-year period, 11 males and 18 females (aged 61–92 years) were monitored, yielding 231 time points. …”
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KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG MOTHERS OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN ENUGU STATE; SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA by UCHENNA TERESA OKONKWO, HELEN NNADI, CHIOMA AKAEBE

“…This study highlights the need for males to be actively involved in the reproductive health of females and helps to understand the essence of the use of modern contraceptives; this will invariably increase the utilization of modern contraceptives among mothers of reproductive age in Enugu State, Southeastern Nigeria. …”
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Advancing Objective Mobile Device Use Measurement in Children Ages 6–11 Through Built-In Device Sensors: A Proof-of-Concept Study by Olivia L. Finnegan, R. Glenn Weaver, Hongpeng Yang, James W. White, Srihari Nelakuditi, Zifei Zhong, Rahul Ghosal, Yan Tong, Aliye B. Cepni, Elizabeth L. Adams, Sarah Burkart, Michael W. Beets, Bridget Armstrong

“…Data was collected opportunistically from nine participants (8.2 ± 1.75 years, 5 female) in the sedentary portion of two semistructured physical activity protocols. …”
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Analysis of Ocular Injury Characteristics in Survivors of the 8.12 Tianjin Port Explosion, China by Hao Jiang, Chao Xue, Yanlin Gao, Yan Wang

“…The patients comprised 14 males and 3 females (mean age, 35.24 ± 12.68 years). Eighteen eyes had open-globe and 2 had closed-globe injuries. …”
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