Testosterone exacerbates neutrophilia and cardiac injury in myocardial infarction via actions in bone marrow by Elin Svedlund Eriksson, Marta Lantero Rodriguez, Bente Halvorsen, Inger Johansson, Anna K. F. Mårtensson, Anna S. Wilhelmson, Camilla Huse, Thor Ueland, Pål Aukrust, Kaspar Broch, Lars Gullestad, Brage Høyem Amundsen, Geir Øystein Andersen, Mikael C. I. Karlsson, Malin Hagberg Thulin, Alessandro Camponeschi, Dana Trompet, Ola Hammarsten, Björn Redfors, Jan Borén, Elmir Omerovic, Malin C. Levin, Andrei S. Chagin, Tuva B. Dahl, Åsa Tivesten

“…Abstract Men develop larger infarct sizes than women after a myocardial infarction (MI), but the mechanism underlying this sex difference is unknown. Here, we demonstrated that blood neutrophil counts post-MI were higher in male than female mice. …”
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Anticholinergic burden and behavioral and psychological symptoms in older patients with cognitive impairment by Sabrina Pistorio, Gianluca Scotto di Tella, Vittoria Canzanella, Raffaella Merenda, Gianluigi Cuomo, Paola Iacotucci, Vincenzo Carnovale, Leonardo Bencivenga, Maria Vargas, Annalaura Manes, Mauro Cataldi, Giuseppe Rengo, Giuseppe Rengo, Michela Zanetti, Grazia Daniela Femminella, Grazia Daniela Femminella

“…In the multivariate regression analysis, after adjusting for age, sex, polypharmacy and IADLs lost, only the MMSE and the ACB scores were independent predictors of the NPI score. …”
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Cohort profile: the Viral load Cohort North-East Lesotho (VICONEL) from 2016 to 2023 – cohort description, test volumes, predictors of viraemia and the road ahead by Tracy Glass, Frédérique Chammartin, Jochen Ehmer, Thomas Klimkait, Alain Amstutz, Josephine Muhairwe, Irene Ayakaka, Blaise Lukau, Jennifer Anne Brown, Lipontso Motaboli, Malebanye Lerotholi, Maurus Kohler, Kathrin Haenggi, Moliehi Mokete, Makobefo Gladys Chakela, Mpho Kao, Mathebe Kopo, Moleboheng Mokebe, Lorena Urda, Bienvenu Lengo Nsakala, Anna Klicpera, Nadine Tschumi, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

“…At the time of the last viral load test, median age was 42 years (IQR: 33–53); 18 511 (63%) were adult women, 10 029 (34%) adult men and 835 (3%) children <15 years (age/sex missing for 5) and median time taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) was 6.4 years (IQR 3.2–9.9). …”
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BREAKING GENDER STEREOTYPES: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION by Joy Amarachi Ofordi, Babatunde Joseph Ayodele

“…Women are sometimes referred to, as the weaker sex because they are more easily subjugated by strong, physically dominant men who are also able to support their family. …”
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Gambling in Connecticut adolescents: Prevalence, socio-demographic characteristics, trauma exposure, suicidality, and other risk behaviors. by Elina A Stefanovics, Zu Wei Zhai, Marc N Potenza

“…Gambling was further associated with suicidality and risk behaviors including substance use, smoking [traditional tobacco and electronic vapor use], risky use of digital technologies, unsafe sex, and aggressive behaviors. Gambling was also associated with traumatic experiences, depression/dysphoria, poor academic performance, and less familial social support. …”
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Biology of Predatory Fire Caterpillar, Sycanus sp. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), when fed Alternative with Black Soldier Fly Maggots (Hermetia illucens) by Nadila Hayati, Rusli Rustam, Irwin Mirza Umami, Andriyani Prasetiyowati

“…The age of the male was shorter than that of the female, as was the body size. The sex ratio also showed fewer males than females (2:3). …”
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Progress in Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Short Stature in Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes by XU Kexin, LI Guozhuang, WU Zhihong, ZHANG Jianguo, DISCO(Deciphering Disorders Involving Scoliosis & Comorbidities) Study Group, WU Nan

“…Short stature is defined as a height that is two standard deviations or more below the average height for individuals of the same age, sex, and race. The etiopathogenesis of short stature is complicated. …”
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Socioeconomic characteristics of drivers versus pedestrians in pedestrian crashes by Antonio Giron, Xiaohan Gu, Robert J. Schneider

“…We collected driver and pedestrian sex, age, and home address from a random sample of 336 pedestrian crashes reported to police between 2011 and 2015 in the City of Milwaukee and the surrounding seven-county metropolitan region. …”
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ASSESSING SELECT PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISASTER AND RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT DURING PANDEMIC RESTRICTION IN THE PHILIPPINES by M. Alican Pandapatan

“…The participants were diverse in terms of age, sex, length of service, field of specialization, and level of training on DRRM. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of Zavegepant as Abortive Treatment for Migraine by Nazir Noor, Alexis Angelette, Abby Lawson, Anjana Patel, Ivan Urits, Omar Viswanath, Cyrus Yazdi, Alan D. Kaye

“…Its risk factors include family history, genetics, sex, race, socioeconomics, the existence of comorbid conditions, and level of education. …”
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Immune thrombocytopenia in infants: a retrospective study with comparison to toddlers by Anselm Chi-wai Lee

“…Infants with ITP generally had minor or mild bleeding (19, 86.4%) and seldom required treatment (7, 31.8%), and their thrombocytopenia resolved at a mean of 1.90 months after diagnosis. Besides age, the sex ratio, severity of bleeding, platelet counts and proportion that required treatment were comparable between infants and toddlers. …”
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Comorbidity Networks From Population-Wide Health Data: Aggregated Data of 8.9M Hospital Patients (1997–2014) by Elma Dervić, Katharina Ledebur, Stefan Thurner, Peter Klimek

“…We present co-occurrence networks of hospital diagnoses, stratified by age, sex, and observation period in a total of 96 different subgroups. …”
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Factors for the Presence of Abortion Among Girls in High Institutions of Learning in Kabale Municipality. by Ainembabazi, Vanitah

“…This should include a mandatory curriculum covering contraception, safe sex practices, and the legal aspects of abortion.…”
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Seroprevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 IgG in Juba, South Sudan, 20201 by Andrew, Baguma, Juma John, Hassen, Sheila, K. Baya, Joseph, F. Wamala

“…After accounting for waning antibody levels, age, and sex, we estimated that 38.3% (95% credible interval 31.8%–46.5%) of the population had been infected with SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Association between treatment resistance and cognitive function in schizophrenia by Jiaqian Sun, Jie Yin Yee, Yuen Mei See, Charmaine Tang, Shushan Zheng, Boon Tat Ng, Jimmy Lee

“…The planned statistical analyses included adjustments for covariates such as age, sex, PANSS scores and antipsychotic dose, which might affect cognitive function. …”
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Pазказът на костните останки: два скелета от вкопано жилище № 10, ранносредновековен комплекс Брестница–Полето, Северозападна България... by Victoria Russeva, Lyuba Manoilova, Stiliyan Ivanov

“…The consequent laboratory analysis presents a detailed report of the individual characteristics of each skeleton starting with age, sex and stature estimation, and a thorough examination of pathological marks and changes, as well as dental and craniometrical indexes where the condition of the bones allowed a reconstruction. …”
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The Determination of Fetal Gender with Gestational Sac Volume Maternal Age and Body Mass Index by Aytekin Aydın, Mustafa Öztürk, Murat Gökhan Kinaş

“…Then, between 20 and 22 gestational weeks, pregnant women were taken in sonographic evaluation for sex determination. RESULTS: The average age of pregnant women was 32 (min.20 - max.41). 28 of them (76%) were pregnant in 10 weeks, 5 of them (14%) were pregnant in 11 weeks, and 4 of them (%10) were pregnant in 12 weeks. …”
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Effects of infliximab biosimilar on retinal microvasculature in Crohn’s disease patients evaluated by optical coherence tomography angiography by Hesham M. El Mazar, El sayed E. El Shayeb, Asmaa M. Ebrahim, Ayatullah S.A. Motawe, Esraa S. El-Ghoubashy

“…Objective To compare the retinal microcirculation in Crohn’s disease cases under infliximab (IFX) biosimilar with controls that are age- and sex-matched in terms of disease severity. Background Crohn’s disease is a relapsing, remitting condition that affects the gastrointestinal tract. …”
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Discriminatory Practices against Women in Labour Relations in Nigeria: Interrogating the Position of International Law by Atah Pine, Ochoga Edwin Ochoga

“…Therefore, any contractual agreement aims at discriminating workers on the basis of their sex amount to an aberrational act. The paper has equally discovered that the fear of losing one’s job often makes women to work under any condition whatsoever which is different from the position of international law. …”
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The genome sequence of Cory’s shearwater, Calonectris borealis (Cory, 1881) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Joan Ferrer Obiol, Guillem Izquierdo Arànega, Marta Riutort León, Raül Ramos Garcia, Jacob González-Solís Bou, Julio Rozas Liras

“…Most of the assembly for haplotype 1 is scaffolded into 41 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z and W sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 has 39 autosomes. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 19.95 kilobases in length.…”
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