CD4 Count Pattern and Demographic Distribution of Treatment-Naïve HIV Patients in Lagos, Nigeria by Akinsegun Akinbami, Adedoyin Dosunmu, Adewumi Adediran, Sarah Ajibola, Olajumoke Oshinaike, Kikelomo Wright, Olanrewaju Arogundade

“…Patients consisted of 2507 (62%) female and 1535 (38%) males. The mean age of males was years and that of females years. …”
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Inversor Integrado Zeta/Ćuk para Aplicações Monofásicas Autônomas by Anderson A. Dionizio, Aylla R. M. Guedes, Leonardo Poltronieri Sampaio, Sérgio A. O. da Silva, Óliver Pincelli Westin

“…A topologia do IHZC apresenta as seguintes vantagens: i) emprego de quatro interruptores de potência; ii) aproveitamento total da tensão de entrada; e iii) elevado rendimento. O IHZC é projetado para operar no modo de condução descontínua em aplicações monofásicas autônomas em CA, onde a tensão de saída é controlada e regulada por meio de um controlador proporcional-integral multi-ressonante. …”
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Sex differences in the time trends of sepsis biomarkers following polytrauma by Cédric Niggli, Philipp Vetter, Jan Hambrecht, Hans-Christoph Pape, Ladislav Mica

“…CRP levels were higher in sepsis cases from 24 h in females and 48 h in males, peaking at 122.5 mmol/L (females, 4 days) and 136.5 mmol/L (males, 48 h). …”
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Life Cycle and Suicidal Behavior among Women by Pablo Mendez-Bustos, Jorge Lopez-Castroman, Enrique Baca-García, Antonio Ceverino

“…More specific studies are needed to adapt future interventions on female suicide.…”
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Tigers in their new territory: intraspecific interactions among the reintroduced tiger population in Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India by Supratim Dutta, Ramesh Krishnamurthy

“…Initially, founder females had limited choice for mate selection with only one male, but as more males became available, females exhibited clear and consistent mate selection. …”
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Thoracolumbar and Lumbopelvic Spinal Alignment During the Barbell Back Squat: A Comparison Between Men and Women by Victor Bengtsson, Lars Berglund, Fredrik Öhberg, Ulrika Aasa

“… # Objectives The study aimed to quantify the spinal alignment in the upper and lower lumbar spine during the barbell back squat exercise in male and female lifters. Secondary aims were to compare alignment during the back squat to standing habitual lumbar spine alignment and determine whether male and female lifters differ in these aspects…”
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Determination of Epiphyseal Union Age in the Knee and Hand Joints Bones among the Saudi Population in Taif City by Majed O. Aljuaid, Osama R. El-Ghamry

“…More studies must be done with female samples.…”
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Demografic analysis of biopesticide effects on the two-spotted spider mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) following egg treatment by Međo Irena

“…Females were transferred daily to new discs until the death of the last one. …”
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Pharmacological effects of fibroblast growth factor 21 are sex-specific in mice with the <em>lethal yellow</em> (A^y) mutation by E. N. Makarova, T. V. Yakovleva, N. Yu. Balyibina, K. O. Baranov, E. I. Denisova, A. D. Dubinina, N. A. Feofanova, N. M. Bazhan

“…Thus, the pharmacological effect of FGF21 were significantly different in male and female Ay -mice; unlike males, females were resistant to catabolic effects of FGF21.…”
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Relationship between gender and perioperative clinical features in lung cancer patients who underwent VATS lobectomy by Wei Chen, Qiangqiang Zheng, Yi Shen, Min Liang, Yang Yuan, Yusong Lu, Yunfeng Zhou

“…There were statistically significant differences between male and female patients in operation time and lymph node dissection. …”
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THE ROLE OF GENDER IN THE USE OF LANGUAGE IN ONLINE INTERACTIONS: KURDISH INTERLOCUTORS AS NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS by Bikhtiyar Fattah

“…It aims at figuring out the contributive role of language to the identification of the interlocutors’ gender, determining the influence of cultural norms on shaping the online communication patterns of Kurdish interlocutors(males and females), and identifying the frequency use of the essential linguistic elements, strategies and styles that distinguishes males’ interactions from females’. …”
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Sex of Household Heads and Attitude Towards Home Gardening in Southwest, Nigeria by Abdulrazaq Kamal DAUDU, Sidiqat Adeyemi Aderinoye-Abdulwahab

“…Results show that male households generally hold a more positive attitude towards home gardening compared to their female counterparts in the study area. Findings highlight a significant difference between male and female households in their levels of knowledge about home gardening, with females exhibiting higher levels of knowledge compared to males. …”
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Preliminary Blood Pressure Screening in a Representative Sample of Extremely Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents by Rima Abdul Razzak, Asma Elmteri, Taiba Elkanderi, Fareedah Ishaq, Munera Eljasem, Saja AlDuraie, Jenan Al-Boloushi, Fatma Elbanay, Latifa Eldabos

“…A relationship between blood pressure (BP) and obesity has been found in young adults, but no data are available for adolescents in Kuwait. 257 adolescent (11–19 years) participants were categorized into two groups according to their BMI; 48 nonobese (21 males: 43.7% and 27 females: 56.3%) with mean age of years and 209 obese (128 males: 61.25% and 81 females: 38.75%) with mean age of years. …”
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Reproductive Biology of the Mullet, Rhinomugil corsula (Hamilton, 1822) (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) in the Sitakunda Coast of Bay of Bengal, Chattogram, Bangladesh by Syeda Ismat Ara, M. Ali Azadi, Munira Nasiruddin

“…First sexual maturity in male and female fish was attained at 16 cm and 21.5 cm length, respectively. …”
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Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions, The Level of Anxiety and Hopelessness of University Students by Aysel Esen ÇOBAN, Neslihan Güney KARAMAN

“…Method: To this study 287 (%78.6) female, 78 (%21.4) male, total 365 university students participated. …”
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Gender Differences in Ghrelin Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Arab Population by Mohamed Abu-Farha, Mohammed Dehbi, Fiona Noronha, Ali Tiss, Monira Alarouj, Kazem Behbehani, Abdullah Bennakhi, Naser Elkum

“…Ghrelin levels were significantly higher in females (935 ± 78 pg/mL) than males (763 ± 65 pg/mL) (P=0.0007). …”
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Facial features of cartoon characters and their perceived attributes by Asma Ashari, Lee Win Jo, Joshua Peh, Graham Oliver

“…Within these 88 humanoid cartoon characters were identified made up of 32 male protagonists, 27 female protagonists, 22 male antagonists and 7 female antagonists. 40, 30, 21 were assessed as having a Class I, II and III skeletal profiles respectively. …”
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Impact of Obesity on Self-Esteem and Academic Performance among Medical Students in Al-Rayan Colleges, Al-Madinah by Magda Youssef, Safa Shariff, Raghad Albalawi, Bayan Aljohani, Razan Masoud, Shahad Al-hadidi

“…BMI was a predictor factor for self-esteem, especially in females. Conclusions: Obesity is a persistent problem in medical students and negatively affects self-esteem, especially in females.…”
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Mouth opening variables amongst the North Indian population by Disha Dixit, Pavitra Rastogi, Nand Lal, Rameshwari Singhal

“…Conclusion: Mouth opening of females is less than males in all age groups and it seems to decrease with age in all age groups in both males and females. …”
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Indirect evidence of an early mating advantage in wild cooperatively breeding male banded mongooses by Graham Birch, Michael A. Cant, Hazel J. Nichols, Magali Meniri, Robert Businge, Francis Mwanguhya, Jonathan D. Blount

“…Abstract Promiscuous females reduce male reproductive control. Males can attempt to monopolise access to these females, but distractions and sneaky rivals mean extra copulations cannot always be blocked. …”
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