The Single Leg Squat Test: A “Top-Down” or “Bottom-Up” Functional Performance Test? by Lindsay A Carroll, Benjamin R Kivlan, RobRoy L Martin, Amy L Phelps, Christopher R Carcia

“…There were no statistically significant differences between the groups on the FPI-6 (pass group mean = 2.5 +/- 3.9; fail group mean = 2.3 +/- 3.5; p = .599), or any of the measures of dorsiflexion range of motion (non-weight bearing dorsiflexion with knee extended: pass group = 6.9^o^ +/- 3.7^o^, fail group = 7.8^o^ +/- 3.0^o^; non-weight bearing dorsiflexion with knee flexed: pass group = 13.5^o^ +/- 5.6^o^, fail group = 13.9^o^ +/- 5.3^o^; weight bearing dorsiflexion: pass group = 42.7^o^ +/- 6.0^o^, 42.7^o^ +/- 8.3^o^, p = .611)…”
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Immunoexpression of P16 and Ki 67 in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Association with clinicopathological parameters. by Shadan Mohamad Omer, Payman Anwar Rashid

“… Background and Objectives: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is considered as a major health problem worldwide and has been associated with high recurrence rate and poor prognosis. …”
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Post-marketing safety surveillance for the recombinant zoster vaccine (Shingrix), vaccine adverse event reporting system, United States, October 2017–April 2024 by Yamin Shu, Wenxin Cheng, Xucheng He, Liu Huang, Wei Chen, Qilin Zhang

“…Descriptive analyses included sex, age, time-to-onset, seriousness, most commonly reported AEs, AE of special interest, and cause of death. …”
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Clinical and angiographic profile of left main coronary artery disease in patients with chronic coronary syndrome: a retrospective study by Abdulsalam Mahmoud Algamal, Mahmoud Abdelbadie Salem, Ahmed Ibrahim Bedier, Mohammed Salah A. Hussein, Mona Malek Abdelrahim, Shady Hussein Elhusseiny

“…Of the 19,336 screened cases, 944 obstructive LMD patients were included as the patients' group. Age and sex-matched control groups included patients with normal coronary angiography and non-LMD. …”
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Transformações do literário: a politização do corpo e do desejo em Caio Fernando Abreu e Jaime Bayly by Anselmo Peres Alós

“…The contradictions and impasses that emerge from the novels Onde andará Dulce Veiga (1990) and No se lo digas a nadie (1994) are analyzed, particularly in which concerns questions of race, class and gender, as well as the potentialities and problematic points of a queer poetics as a place of cultural intervention, intending the construction and the comprehension of this queer poetics, where new arranges of social legibility are projected in a performative way.…”
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Practical Uses for Ultrasound in Managing Beef Cattle Reproduction by Mario Binelli, Thiago Martins, John Arthington, Kalyn Waters, Vitor Mercadante, Philipe Moriel, Angela Gonella-Diaza

“… This publication aims to discuss the use of ultrasound to assist with beef cattle reproduction, which includes evaluation of the pre-service status of heifers and cows, diagnosis of pregnancy, determination of fetal age and sex, and evaluation of reproductive fitness of embryo recipients. …”
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Career choices: Adaptation and initial evidence of the Work Volition Scale in Brazil by Fernanda Mendes Pires, Alexsandro Luiz De Andrade

“…Volition is the individual perception of one’s ability to make decisions and career choices despite constraints by the external environment. …”
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United Nations and Gender Equality in Nigeria: A Reference of 2010-2020 by IJE O. JAIRUS, AJIYA SARAH, KARUEJE UCHE CHRISTOPER

“…The study concludes that despite many conventions, commissions and declarations established and declared by UN and her agencies, the status of women is still suppressed by men, religion, institutions and cultures in Nigeria. …”
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Pancreatic cancer mortality in South Africa: A case-control study by M L Nhleko, I Edoka, E Musenge

“…Since pancreatic cancer deaths occurred in SA from 1997 to 2016, the number of cases has hugely increased, and reached 23 581 in both sexes. Sex differences are likely to contribute to the variations in the strength of associations between the risk factors and pancreatic cancer mortality. …”
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The fate of recessive deleterious or overdominant mutations near mating-type loci under partial selfing by Tezenas, Emilie, Giraud, Tatiana, Véber, Amandine, Billiard, Sylvain

“…We found that the presence of a fungal-like mating-type locus (i.e. not preventing diploid selfing) always sheltered the mutation under selfing, i.e. it decreased the purging probability and increased the purging time of the mutations. …”
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Comparisons of adverse events associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: a real-world disproportionality analysis based on the FDA... by Ruichen Gao, Wenjun Liang, Jintao Chen, Mingxia Yang, Xiaowei Yu, Xiaohua Wang

“…Abstract Background Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy is increasingly used to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, little attention has been given to the comparative analysis of adverse events (AEs) associated with different ICIs. …”
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A Prospective Clinical Study on the Correlation between Hamstring Graft Size and Anthropometric Parameters in Indian Population by Sandeep Pangavane, Ashutosh Ushir, Vaibhav Pawar, Devesh Asrani, Krishna Anerao, Jay Gujarati, Makarand Surwase, Ajinkya Mohite

“…Correlation coefficient (Pearson’s r) analysis was used. Results: As per the study, height of the patients correlated to graft diameter and length in both Indian men and women (P < 0.001). …”
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Comparison of Prevalence and Angulation of Impacted Third Molar among Erbil Population with That of Iraq Neighboring Countries by Khurshid Kheder, Hassan Barzanji, Sarkawt Ali

“…Results: regarding the age and sex, there is no such significant differences between all included countries; considering dominant type of impaction, Kuwait was different from others by dominance of vertical impaction; Distoangular impaction in Erbil was twice of other countries. …”
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Gender Dysphoria and Its Non-Surgical and Surgical Treatments by Danyon Anderson, Himasa Wijetunge, Peyton Moore, Daniel Provenzano, Nathan Li, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…Gender dysphoria is defined by severe or persistent distress associated with an incongruence between one's gender identity and biological sex. It is estimated that 1.4 million Americans and 25 million people worldwide identify as transgender and that 0.6% of Americans experience gender dysphoria. …”
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Value Chain Analysis as a Catalyst in Gender Main Streaming by Adebayo, Sanni T.

“…Gender activities in the global world have revealed that, one sex has been marginalized by the other. From time immemorial, gender roles and activities differ, some base on physical ability and so on. …”
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Youth Involvement in Pornography and Academic Engagement in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality. by Kanyesigye, Bens Rogers

“…Addressing this issue requires comprehensive sex education, media literacy programs, and open dialogues to empower youths of school-going age to make informed choices. …”
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Neural tube defects in a war-torn Tigray regional state of Ethiopia: a retrospective study of 54,626 deliveries by Birhane Alem Berihu, Afework Mulugeta, Tony Magana, Masresha Tessema, Tafere Gebreegziabher, Yibrah Berhe, Abadi Leul Welderufael, Hayelom Kebede Mekonen

“…The specific birth prevalence of NTDs was 262.5 per 10,000 (95% CI, 249.1-276.5 per 10,000), with NTDs being the predominant cause of stillbirths. …”
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Relationship between albumin-corrected anion gap and lumbar spine bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study by Aiguo Liu, Aiguo Liu, Ting Ying, Shuang Deng, Chenxu Wang, Chenxu Wang, Ziwen Zhao, Sitong Zhang, Han Xiao, Chengqing Yi, Dejian Li

“…Demographic and clinical characteristics were analyzed, including age, sex, education level, body mass index (BMI), and prevalence of diabetes and hypertension. …”
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Association of weight-adjusted-waist index with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese urban adults: a cross-sectional study by Qingzheng Wu, Bing Li, Yuepeng Wang, Yuepeng Wang, Yue Zhang, Qian Wang, Binqi Li, Binqi Li, Wei Jing, Jing Yang, Yiming Mu

“…BackgroundRecently, weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI), a new index for evaluating obesity, has been developed. …”
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Collecting Real-World Data via an In-Home Smart Medication Dispenser: Longitudinal Observational Study of Survey Panel Persistency, Response Rates, and Psychometric Properties by Benjamin Ogorek, Thomas Rhoads, Erica Smith

“…For reliability, we computed Pearson correlation between mean scores over 2 years of survey responses, and transitions between mean score intervals of [0, 0.5), [−0.5, 0.5), and [0.5, 1]. …”
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