The role of sex, age, and BMI in treatment decisions for knee osteoarthritis: conservative management versus total knee replacement by Fabiola Ojeda, Laura Tío, Francisco Castro-Domínguez, Simone Tassani, Jerome Noailly, Jordi Monfort

“…TKR patients demonstrated significantly worse scores in WOMAC, HADS, and PCS compared to the conservative management group, though DPA levels remained similar between both groups. …”
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Patterns and Their Implications for Intervention Strategies in Vietnam by Quang Ngoc Nguyen, Son Thai Pham, Loi Doan Do, Viet Lan Nguyen, Stig Wall, Lars Weinehall, Ruth Bonita, Peter Byass

“…High overall CVD risk (≥20% over 10 years) identified 20% of men and 5% of women—especially at higher ages—who had coexisting CVDRF. …”
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Predicting Low-Risk Prostate Cancer from Transperineal Saturation Biopsies by Pim J. van Leeuwen, Amila Siriwardana, Monique Roobol, Francis Ting, Daan Nieboer, James Thompson, Warick Delprado, Anne-Marie Haynes, Phillip Brenner, Phillip Stricker

“…Materials and Methods. Men who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP) for clinical stage ≤T2, PSA <10 ng/mL, Gleason score <8 PC, diagnosed by transperineal template-guided saturation biopsy were included. …”
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La fille en boîte : naissance d’une perversion au Japon by Agnès Giard

“…In 1972, Shibusawa Tatsuhiko (1928-1987), translator of Georges Bataille and Marquis de Sade, publishes an essay – “Introduction to collections of girls” (Shôjo korekushon josetsu) – expanding the idea according to which girls, being objects by definition, arouse in men the desire to make a collection of them, i.e. to own several specimens of girls and preserve them in boxes. « More the individuality of a woman is restricted within the limits of her sole existence, more she is deprived of words, more she becomes nothing but a fragment of object, more man’s libido burns with a pale and burning flame », writes Shibusawa. …”
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Assessment of Hearing Ability in Patients after Head and Neck Cancer Radiotherapy by Sohaila Yazdani, Kolsoum Teimouri, Negin Farshchian, Karim Khoshgard

“…A significant difference in SNHL threshold was observed between men and women at the frequency of 1000 Hz (P-value = 0.024). …”
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Comparing personality traits of healthcare workers with and without long COVID: Cross‐sectional study by Keiko Sakai, Seiichiro Tarutani, Takehiko Okamura, Hiroshi Yoneda, Tatsuhito Kawasaki, Masatoshi Takeda

“…Results Of 310 participants (141 men, 169 women, median age: 40 years), 167 had history of COVID‐19 (83/84, 37 years) and 143 did not (58 men/85 women, 46 years). …”
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Burden of Illness in Prostate Cancer Patients with a Low-to-Moderate Risk of Progression: A One-Year, Pan-European Observational Study by Cesare Selli, Anders Bjartell, Javier Burgos, Matthew Somerville, Juan-Manuel Palacios, Laure Benjamin, Libby Black, Ramiro Castro

“…Mean (SD) age was 65.0 (5.7) years and 400 (66%) men had Gleason score ≤6 prostate cancer. The most frequently used initial treatment was radical prostatectomy (71% of patients). …”
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Reasons of Requests for Psychological Help in an Emergency Hospital by A.A. Rakhmanina, A.S. Gamzatova, M.D. Tseitlina, A.V. Koroleva

“…The sample consisted of 122 men and 257 women, with an average age of 50 years. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life and Gender Differences in Elderly People: a Cross-Sectional Study by Pegah Bahrami Taghanaki, Ehsan Mosa Farkhani, Sima Nourbakhsh, Maryam Srakhosh

“…Data were analyzed using Chi-Square test. Results: Men exhibited significantly higher scores on PF (71.38 ( ± 24.13) vs 57.63 ( ± 24.75), p =0.00), SF (74.22 ( ± 17.99) vs 67.27 ( ± 18.61), p =0.01), and p (77.38 ( ± 23.76) vs 64.79 ( ± 27.77), p =0.00) dimensions compared to women. …”
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Efficacy of rifaximin in the treatment of chronic relapsing diverticulitis by S. I. Achkasov, A. I. Moskalyov, Yu. L. Trubachyova, A. F. Filon

“…Of all patients 34 were women (79,1%), 9 – men (20,9%), age of patients ranged 44 to 84 years. …”
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Developing a youth-friendly internet-enabled HIV risk calculator: A collaborative approach with young key populations, living in Soweto, South Africa. by Mamakiri Mulaudzi, Gugulethu Tshabalala, Stefanie Hornschuh, Kofi Ebenezer Okyere-Dede, Minjue Wu, Oluwatobi Ifeloluwa Ariyo, Janan J Dietrich

“…Using qualitative research, we conducted an exploratory study with 40 young people including young key population (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) individuals, men who have sex with men (MSM), and female sex workers). …”
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Kommunikasiewetenskap en kommunikasie van die wetenskap by H.C. Marais

“…Per slot van rekening beleef ons tans in Suid-Afrika-maar dit geld in 'n sekere mate ook vir die res van die wêreld - 'n fase waarin daar krities en indringend gekyk word na organisasiestrukture waarbinne die mens die grootste deel van sy of haar tyd deurbring. …”
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Trauma Volume and Performance of a regional Trauma Center in Korea: Initial 5-year analysis by Byungchul Yu, Giljae Lee, Min A Lee, Kangkook Choi, Sungyoul Hyun, Yangbin Jeon, Yong-Cheol Yoon, Jungnam Lee

“…Over 70% of the patients were men, and most of the admitted patients were within the age groups of 55–59 years for men and 75–79 years for women. …”
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Un arrière-plan essentiel, la question de la sécurité dans la série Maria Vandamme by Isabelle Veyrat-Masson

“…It received numerous awards for its portrayal of the four-part adaptation of Jacques Duquesne's book, set during the Second Empire and concluding with La Commune de Paris. …”
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Investigating the relationship between prenatal androgen exposure and sleep quality: a comprehensive study using anthropometric measurements, questionnaires, actigraphy, and polyso... by Adrian Bartoszek, Magdalena Sawic, Karol Pierzchała, Aleksandra Kudrycka, Piotr Białasiewicz, Wojciech Kuczyński

“…The average PSQI score was 6.94 ± 2.98, and the MEQ score was 35.43 ± 19.59, with no significant gender differences in sleep quality or chronotype. …”
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The theology of creation in Vito Mancuso’s Radical Theology by C. C. Simut

“…Thus, matter is the mother of all existing realities which include the universe, nature and even the soul. In other words, Mancuso proposes a theology from below which seeks to re-interpret the basic teachings of Christianity in a way which sheds light on the experience of today’s world. …”
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Risk of depression in glaucoma patients with vision impairment: A nationwide cohort study by Sheng-Min Wang, Younhea Jung, Kyungdo Han, Kyoung Ohn, Hae-young Lopilly Park, Chan Kee Park, Jung Il Moon

“…The impact of glaucoma and vision impairment on new-onset depression was greater in men and in those with less comorbidities.…”
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Prevalence of Fabry Disease among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Alexandra Lackova, Christian Beetz, Sebastian Oppermann, Peter Bauer, Petra Pavelekova, Tatiana Lorincova, Miriam Ostrozovicova, Kristina Kulcsarova, Jana Cobejova, Martin Cobej, Petra Levicka, Simona Liesenerova, Daniela Sendekova, Viktoria Sukovska, Zuzana Gdovinova, Vladimir Han, Mie Rizig, Henry Houlden, Matej Skorvanek

“…The mean age of our patients was 68.9 ± 8.9 years, 130 were men (55.1%), and the mean disease duration was 7.77 ± 5.35 years. …”
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Brian C. Stiller, Preaching parables to postmoderns by Jan-Albert van den Berg

“… Uit teks: Brian Stiller, president van Tyndale University College and Seminary en veral ’n bekende in Kanadese Evangeliese sirkels as skrywer en prediker, maak in sy boek Preaching parables to postmoderns erns met die betekenis van die gelykenisse vir die postmoderne mens. In dié boek formuleer hy ’n aantal verhelderende perspektiewe ten einde die leser te laat sien dat die gelykenisse soos vensters is wat op die Koninkryk geopen word. …”
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Age but not vitamin D is related to sarcopenia in vitamin D sufficient male elderly in rural China by Weinuo Mi, Huifeng Zhang, Lina Zhang, Xingjia Li, Zhiguo Wang, Yu Sun, Tonggao Shen, Kuanlu Fan, Chao Liu, Shuhang Xu

“…The prevalence of sarcopenia in our cohort was 21.5%, and higher in men than in women (29.4% vs. 10.8%). The serum 25(OH)D level was not correlated with sarcopenia, HGS and SPPB score in either male or female elderly. …”
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