Effectivity of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy versus Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery on Kidney Stone: A Single-center Experience by Muhammad Fachri Fauzi, Tarmono Djojodimedjo, Mohammad Ayodhia Soebadi, Mohamad Fairuz Mohamad Sharin

“…The SFR of both modalities decreases as the Guy’s stone score increases.…”
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Sirkusdirektør Arnardos manesjespråk by Lars Anders Kulbrandstad, Anne Golden

“…Den legendariske sirkusdirektøren Arnardo het egentlig Arne Otto Lorang Andersen, var født i Sarpsborg og snakket til daglig bokmålsnært østnorsk med et visst østfoldpreg. Men når han med sin karakteristiske pondus og sine bakkenbarter steg inn i manesjen i full direktørmundur og ønsket publikum velkommen til forestillingen, brukte han en egenartet varietet som gav inntrykk av at han kom til Norge fra den store verden. …”
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Oncological aid for colorectal cancer patients in Tomsk area: ways of cancer prevention by L. D. Zhuykova, Yu. I. Tyukalov, A. S. Popova

“…Observed survival rate at colorectal cancer was:1-year — 57,8 and 56,4%, 5-year — 38,1 and 38,2%, 9-year — 36,8 and 37,3% in men and women respectively. Comparison of relative survival rate in Tomsk area and in the USA has demonstrated, that the highest difference in scores was marked for 1-, 2- and 3-years survival rate — by 23,7, 24,4 and 22,3% is higher than in the USA. …”
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Remote ECG Monitoring by ECG247 Smart Heart Sensor by Jarle Jortveit, Rune Fensli

“…A total of 97 participants (53% men, age 48 (±14) years) were included in the study. …”
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Isolated Testicular Metastasis Diagnosed More than a Decade and a Half Post Primary Treatment for Prostate Cancer by Nassib F. Abou Heidar, Gerges Bustros, Jose M. El-Asmar, Bassel Zein Sabatto, Jad A. Degheili

“…Prostate cancer is the most common visceral malignancy among men. It rarely metastasizes to the testicles. We herein present the case of a male patient who underwent a radical prostatectomy for a grade group 3 Gleason score 7 (4+3) prostate adenocarcinoma followed by adjuvant radiation therapy and continuous androgen deprivation therapy after his first biochemical recurrence. …”
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Genre et discours métaphoriques sur la traduction by Lori Chamberlain

“…With the agenda of freeing translation studies, the female translator and all creative acts from the yoke of limiting prejudices such as the binarity and hierarchy of the sexes (men/women) of works (original text/derived text) and of creation (calque/belles infidèles), Lori Chamberlain also questions an ultimately primitive, vision of anthropological relationships that are supposed to be based, as colonization was, on lust, greed, lust and violence, and that have long been conveyed in the metaphors of translation built around "the exchange of words, women and goods" (Lévi-Strauss). …”
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Guarding the Borders of Japan: Occupation, Korean War and Frontier Controls by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

“…In the last months of the Pacific War the center of the nearest big city, Matsuyama, had been reduced to a burnt-out wasteland by allied fire-bombing.2 The villages had been spared the worst of the air-raids, but during the final stages of the war their fishing boats had been requisitioned by the military or lain idle, unable to venture out into the dangerous waters of war. Men who had been recruited to fight in China or Southeast Asia, and families who had migrated to Manchuria to help build Japan’s Greater East Asia Prosperity Sphere, were still trickling home, transformed by experiences which could seldom be put into words. …”
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Psychometric analysis of a simplified version of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire in Mexican adults: The ERQ-CA-9 by Pablo D. Valencia, Anabel De la Rosa-Gómez

“…However, the original ERQ has complex wording, which may make it difficult for readers of lower educational levels. …”
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Ventral Prostate Fibrosis in the Akita Mouse Is Associated with Macrophage and Fibrocyte Infiltration by Sanghee Lee, Guang Yang, William Mulligan, Jerry Gipp, Wade Bushman

“…A higher incidence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) among diabetic men is unexplained. Recently, prostate inflammation and fibrosis have been implicated as major contributing factors to bladder outlet obstruction and LUTS. …”
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Ageing in the right place—usability of a web-based housing counselling service by Frida Nordeström, Marianne Granbom, Susanne Iwarsson, Magnus Zingmark

“…The study’s aim was to evaluate the usability of the ARP as regards content, design, specific functions, and self-administration as a mode of delivery and to lay the ground for further optimisation.Material and method Nine women and five men (aged 66–82) completed a series of tasks using the ARP. …”
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Development and validation of a model to predict cognitive impairment in traumatic brain injury patients: a prospective observational studyResearch in context by Xiaofang Yuan, Qingrong Xu, Fengxia Du, Xiaoxia Gao, Jing Guo, Jianan Zhang, Yehuan Wu, Zhongkai Zhou, Youjia Yu, Yi Zhang

“…The mean (standard deviation, SD) age of the patients in the cohort was 47.74 (17.89) years, and 184 patients (78.63%) were men. The validation cohort included 84 patients with a mean (SD) age of 48.44 (14.42) years, and 68 patients (80.95%) were men. …”
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Long-Term Followup after Electrocautery Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by F. Kallenberg, T. A. Hossack, H. H. Woo

“…International prostate symptom score (IPSS), quality of life (QOL) and peak urinary flow rate (Qmax⁡), and postvoid residual (PVR) were recorded. …”
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Internet Gaming Disorder and Unmet Psychological Needs: Mediating Roles of Self-Esteem, Depression, and Escapism by Z. Gedik, M. Gulec

“…Men had higher mean IGD and gaming motivations scores compared to women. …”
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Hasil Belajar PENINGKATAN HASIL BELAJAR DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE ROLE PLAY MATERI MUNAKAHAT SISWA KELAS XII SMK NEGERI 2 PRABUMULIH by Lestarika Lestarika, Abdurrahmansyah Abdurrahmansyah, Firnawinda Firnawinda

“…Regarding the research sample, there were 30 students in the Prabumulih XII Accounting class, 26 women and 4 men. The results of the search results obtained are: (1) Student academic achievement shows improvement from cycle to cycle. …”
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Elevated Serum C-Reactive Protein and Markers of Sleep Disordered Breathing by R. Constance Wiener, Rouxin Zhang, Anoop Shankar

“…We studied sleep duration, snoring, snorting, and daytime sleepiness, and an additive SDB score. …”
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Clinical and Laboratory Findings of 12 Children with Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by Eylem Kiral, Ayse Filiz Yetimakman

“…The predominant serogroup is Men B (5/12). The mortality rate was 16.6% with early use of antibiotics, fluids, and other interventions. …”
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Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospital by Simone Varrasi, Claudia Savia Guerrera, Giuseppe Alessio Platania, Sabrina Castellano, Concetta Pirrone, Pasquale Caponnetto, Costanza Nicolosi, Francesca Insanguine, Emanuela Greco, Mariacatena Perrone, Carmen Pulvirenti, Diletta Randazzo, Gabriele Ferro, Maurizio Consoli, Santo Di Nuovo

“…The Emergency Medicine had higher scores in Compassion Satisfaction than Infectious Disease, Pneumology, Obstetrics and Cardio-Medicine…”
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Incentives and limitations of Greek blood donors: Application of the Health Belief Model in the design of recruiting strategies. by Christina Sereti, Ioanna Apostolidou, Maria Baka, Nikolaos Koutsoubos, Aristeidis Seretis, Maria Theodoratou

“…Based on the K6 scale answers score, most participants are classified in the intermediate-risk category for Serious Mental Illness (SMI)…”
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Prevalence of Upper Abdominal Complaints in Patients Who Have Undergone Partial Gastrectomy by RJLF Loffeld

“…Eight questions were scored on a five-point Likert scale, and a symptom score was calculated. …”
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Motivational Personality Sphere and Psychoemotional Features in Patients with Drug Addiction Disorders atDifferent Stages of the Treatment and Rehabilitation Process (Part 2) by E.V. Fadeeva, A.M. Lanovaya

“…The study involved 226 patients: 163 men (72.1%) and 63 women (27.9%) with narcological disorders. …”
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