Phenotype of the First Gynogenesis Generation of Koi by , Alimuddin, K. Sumantadinata, Yani Hadiroseyani, D. Irawan

“… ABSTRACT This experiment was conducted to study phenotype of F1 koi that obtained from gynogenesis at the Laboratory of Fish Genetic and Breeding, Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB). Females koi used for this experiment were kohaku (white-red), hi-utsuri (red-black), and shiro-bekko (white-black); whereas males used kohaku, hi-utsuri, and shiro-bekko. …”
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Interrater reliability and agreement of the NEUMOBACT checklist about infection-prevention performance of intensive care nurses in simulation-based scenarios. by Marta Raurell-Torredà, Ignacio Zaragoza-García, Oscar Arrogante, Anna María Aliberch-Raurell, Francisco Javier Sánchez-Chillón, Martín Torralba-Melero, Andrés Rojo-Rojo, Alfonso Muriel-García, Ana Carolina Amaya Arias, Juan Roldán-Merino, Mariona Farrés-Tarafa

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 95 pairs of valid NEUMOBACT checklists were completed by 190 raters with a median age of 29 [25-35] years, 93.7% were female. At the Central Venous Catheter insertion station, Gwet's AC1 was 0.934 (95% CI [0.919-0.949]). …”
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Is the convergence insufficiency symptom survey applicable to elderly individuals? by Saeid Abdi, Haleh Kangari, Saeed Rahmani, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban, Zahra Kamary Rad

“…Results The mean ages and gender ratios in the CI group and normal group were 49.70 ± 5.96 and 49.82 ± 5.64 years with a 50% female distribution among individuals. The mean CISS scores for presbyopes with CI and normal groups were 19.24 ± 5.33 and 13.26 ± 3.53 respectively (p < 0.001). …”
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Factors That Influence Refractive Changes in the First Year of Myopia Development in Premature Infants by Jianbo Mao, Jimeng Lao, Chenyi Liu, Mingyuan Wu, Xueting Yu, Yirun Shao, Lin Zhu, Yiqi Chen, Lijun Shen

“…Different gender, birth weight, gestational age, and ROP did not affect the overall development of refractive status. Females may have higher hyperopia at nine months of postmenstrual age. …”
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Comparison of the Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life, Sleep Quality, and Oral Health Literacy in Sleep and Awake Bruxism: Results from Family Medicine Practice by Melike Mercan Başpınar, Çiğdem Mercan, Metin Mercan, Merve Arslan Aras

“…The presence of SB and AB was detected as 41.4% and 21.7%, respectively, among 91 males and 158 females, with a mean age of 36.64 ± 11.60 years. Sleep and awake bruxers had a lower oral health-related quality of life (odds ratio (OR): 0.816, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.770–0.864 and OR: 0.923, 95% CI = 0.956–0.982, respectively). …”
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Integrated microRNA and mRNA signatures associated with overall survival in epithelial ovarian cancer. by Joanna Lopacinska-Jørgensen, Douglas V N P Oliveira, Guy Wayne Novotny, Claus K Høgdall, Estrid V Høgdall

“…Ovarian cancer (OC), the eighth-leading cause of cancer-related death among females worldwide, is mainly represented by epithelial OC (EOC) that can be further subdivided into four subtypes: serous (75%), endometrioid (10%), clear cell (10%), and mucinous (3%). …”
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Dyslipidemia among Patients with End Stage Renal Disease on Maintenance Hemodialysis by Mohammed Ghazi Abdulhadi, Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Fenk Bakir Maarouf

“…Patients and Methods: A case-control study was conducted from February 2015 until August 2015 in Ibn-Sena teaching hospital on 100 participants (52 males and 48 females), 50 were patients with end-stage renal disease on regular hemodialysis and 50 were age and gender-matched apparently healthy subjects as the control. …”
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Prevalence and Residual Risk of HIV in Volunteer Blood Donors of Zhejiang Province, China, from 2018 to 2022 by Hong Zhu, Wei Ding, Wenjuan Han, Xiaofan Zheng, Yiqing Hu, Jie Dong, Yaling Wu, Danxiao Wu, Jinhui Liu, Faming Zhu

“…The HIV prevalence of males (15.49/100000) was significantly higher compared to females (1.95/100000; p<0.05). There was an insignificant difference in HIV prevalence among blood donors of all different age groups (p>0.05), but the HIV prevalence in the 26–35 age group and 18–25 age group was significantly higher compared to the 36–45 age group (p<0.05). …”
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Modern contraceptive discontinuation and associated factors among adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania: An analysis of a nationally representative data by Victoria J Solomon, Shadrack E Kibona, Elevatus N Mukyanuzi, Christopher H Mbotwa

“…Factors associated with higher discontinuation rates included higher age (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 1.64, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.06–2.51 for the 20–24 age group), residing in households headed by a female (aHR 1.40, 95% CI 1.05–1.85), and residing in the western zone (aHR 1.87, 95% CI 1.21–2.90). …”
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Biofilm-Producing Bacteria and Risk Factors (Gender and Duration of Catheterization) Characterized as Catheter-Associated Biofilm Formation by Wani Devita Gunardi, Anis Karuniawati, Rainy Umbas, Saptawati Bardosono, Aida Lydia, Amin Soebandrio, Dodi Safari

“…Biofilm-producing bacteria, female gender, duration of catheterization (more than five days), and PapC gene presence have strong correlation with the biofilm formation. …”
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The Evaluation of In-Hospital Transportation of Emergency Room Critically Ill Patients by Turan Tahirli, Sercan Yalçınlı, Yusuf Ali Altuncı

“…Results:Of the 588 patients included in the study, 36.9% were female and 63.1% were male, with an average age of 61.9 years. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of sub-optimal laboratory monitoring of selected higher risk medicines in Irish general practice: a 5-year retrospective cohort study of community-dwellin... by Fiona Boland, Emma Wallace, Frank Moriarty, Tom Fahey, Caroline McCarthy, Ann Sinéad Doherty, Mark Feighery

“…Logistic regression was used to explore the association between baseline sub-optimal monitoring and the odds of adverse health outcomes (unplanned healthcare utilisation, adverse drug reactions and mortality).Results Of 625 participants, the mean age was 77.7 years, 53% were female, the mean number of drugs was 7.3 (SD 3.3) and 499 (79.8%) had ≥1 unmonitored dispensing over 5 years. …”
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Exploring survival rates in HIV-infected Ethiopian children receiving HAART: a retrospective cohort study by Yimam Getaneh, Yared Dejene, Birhanemeskel T. Adankie, Siti Qamariyah Khairunisa, Dominicus Husada, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Maria Inge Lusida

“…There was a high risk of mortality among female (adjusted HRs (AHRs) (95% CI) =1.35 (1.14 to 1.65)), those with poor adherence (AHR (95% CI) =1.29 (1.13 to 1.35)), CD4 count of ≤200 cells/mm3 (AHR (95% CI) =1.75 (1.33 to 2.30)) and baseline haemoglobin≤12 g/dL (AHR (95% CI) =1.8 (1.66 to 1.98)).Conclusion The significant drop in the survival rate as of the 6th year follow-up and the high loss rate to follow-up call for programme attention. …”
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Impact of health education on knowledge retention among caregivers of hypertensive patients: A prospective cross-sectional study in rural Malawi. by Chikondi Maluwa, Sitalire Kapira, Hataichanok Chuljerm, Wason Parklak, Kanokwan Kulprachakarn

“…Among the 422 caregivers who participated in the study, 267 (63.2%) were females and mean age was 44.94 years. The baseline mean knowledge level score was 9.5 (38.0%) and rose to 21.08 (84.3%) p = 0.000 immediate post-health education and a 2.1% decrease 20.54 (82.2%) p<0.001 at week six from the immediate post health education score. …”
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Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Rats with Hyperandrogenic Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome by Na Li, Chenghao Yang, Huiyu Xie, Yinghong Liu, Yuanpeng Liao

“…Hyperandrogenism is a key pathologic characteristic of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), and exercise can alleviate the accompanying inflammation and decrease the high androgen levels, but the mechanism is still unclear, so the purpose of this study is to explore the pathophysiologic characteristics of hyperandrogenic PCOS and the mechanism underlying its amelioration with aerobic exercise. Thirty-two female rats were randomly allocated to a normal control group (NC, n = 8), exercise control group (EC, n = 8), PCOS group (PC, n = 8), and PCOS plus exercise group (PE, n = 8). …”
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Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) Diagnosed by MRI-Guided Biopsy among BRCA1/BRCA2 Mutation Carriers by Renata Faermann, Eitan Friedman, Orit Kaidar-Person, Jonathan Weidenfeld, Malka Brodsky, Anat Shalmon, Osnat Halshtok Neiman, Michael Gotlieb, Yael Yagil, David Samoocha, Dana Madorsky Feldman, Miri Sklair-Levy

“…Materials and Methods. All female BRCA1/BRCA2 PSV-carriers followed at the Meirav High-risk clinic from 2015 to 2020 were eligible if they underwent semiannual breast imaging (MRI/mammography) and MRI-guided biopsy-proven pure DCIS. …”
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Practice on Metered Dose Inhaler Techniques and Its Associated Factors among Asthmatic Patients at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, East Gojjam, Ethiopia: A Prospec... by Tadele Asmare, Anteneh Belayneh, Bekalu Dessie

“…A total of 166 patients had involved in the study, of which 52.4% were females. One hundred and eleven (66.9%) participants had good knowledge of asthma and inhalational techniques, while the rest of them had poor knowledge. …”
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Machine learning-based pipeline for automated intracerebral hemorrhage and drain detection, quantification, and classification in non-enhanced CT images (NeuroDrAIn). by Samer Elsheikh, Ahmed Elbaz, Alexander Rau, Theo Demerath, Elias Kellner, Ralf Watzlawick, Urs Würtemberger, Horst Urbach, Marco Reisert

“…Mean age (SD) was 70 (±13.56) years, 32 female. Intracerebral hemorrhage and drains were automatically segmented using a previously published artificial intelligence-based approach. …”
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Oakland score to identify low-risk patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding performs well among emergency department patients by Daniel D. DiLena, Sean C. Bouvet, Madeline J. Somers, Maqdooda A. Merchant, Theodore R. Levin, Adina S. Rauchwerger, Dana R. Sax

“…Results We identified 8,283 patients with LGIB, 52% were female, mean age was 68, 49% were non-White, and 27% had an adverse event. …”
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Hantavirus antibody seroprevalence and risk factors among adults in West Kazakhstan, 2023 by Ulyana Gubareva, Ulyana Gubareva, Ulyana Gubareva, Roberta Horth, Roberta Horth, Dilyara Nabirova, Dilyara Nabirova, Nur Tukhanova, Nur Tukhanova, Elmira Utegenova, Elmira Utegenova, Zhanna Shapiyeva, Zangar Turliyev, Nazym Tleumbetova, Nurbek Maykanov, Manar Smagul, Alan L. Landay, Gavin Cloherty, Gavin Cloherty, Francisco Averhoff, Francisco Averhoff, Edmond F. Maes

“…We assessed factors associated with seropositivity using multivariable Poisson regression, adjusting for key variables such as age and gender.ResultsAmong 921 participants, 63.0% were female, median age was 53 years, 72.0% resided in single houses and 38.0% reported encounters with rodents. …”
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