Thromboelastography parameters in chronic viral liver disease and liver resection: a retrospective study by Ying Di, Jialu Li, Chunjuan Ye, Zheng Wang, Qianqian Zhu

“…The present study aimed to explore the utility of TEG for the evaluation of patients with chronic viral liver disease, which has previously not been investigated. …”
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Chromosomal genome assembly resolves drug resistance loci in the parasitic nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta. by Jennifer McIntyre, Alison Morrison, Kirsty Maitland, Duncan Berger, Daniel R G Price, Sam Dougan, Dionysis Grigoriadis, Alan Tracey, Nancy Holroyd, Katie Bull, Hannah Rose Vineer, Mike J Glover, Eric R Morgan, Alasdair J Nisbet, Tom N McNeilly, Yvonne Bartley, Neil Sargison, Dave Bartley, Matt Berriman, James A Cotton, Eileen Devaney, Roz Laing, Stephen R Doyle

“…Assembly using PacBio long-reads and Hi-C long-molecule scaffolding together with manual curation resulted in a 573 Mb assembly (N50 = 84 Mb, total scaffolds = 1,286) with five autosomal and one sex-linked chromosomal-scale scaffolds consistent with its karyotype. …”
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Metabolic control and its associated factors in type 1 diabetic people: longitudinal trajectory modeling by Zahra Khosravi, Ali Taghipour, Monavar Afzalaghaee, Habibollah Esmaily, Ahmad Khosravi

“…Moreover, sex, job, and BMI could increase the odds of being in the high decreasing risk group (p < 0.05). …”
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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY ON TRAFFICKERS by Paul Nwala

“…This paper buttresses that human trafficking is not limited to areas of conflict and for sex exploitation. Human trafficking can occur anywhere there is demand for labour. …”
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Antipredator behaviour in semi-feral horses: innate response and the influence of external factors by Antoine Bercy, Francisco Ceacero, Martina Komárková

“…Abstract Rewilding can play a vital role in safeguarding biodiversity, with the grazing pressure exerted by large ungulates and controlled by their predators being a significant factor, particularly in European contexts. …”
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The impact of PD-L1 polymorphisms on the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors depends on the tumor proportion score: a retrospective study by Keiichiro Suminaga, Takashi Nomizo, Hironori Yoshida, Hiroaki Ozasa

“…We retrospectively extracted data on age, sex, smoking history, driver mutations, TPS, progression-free survival (PFS), and best response to ICI from medical records. …”
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Prevalence and Incidence of Injury during Olympic-style Shooting Events: A Systematic Review by Mica R. Harr, Cody J. Mansfield, Bailey Urbach, Matt Briggs, James Onate, Laura C. Boucher

“…Females had higher injury rates than males in the summer Olympics while the opposite was observed in the winter Olympics, likely from sex differences and differences in physiological demand for each event…”
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Hip Stability Isometric Test (HipSIT): Concurrent Validity and Reference Values for CrossFit® Participants by Thiago R T Santos, Ana Luiza R Rodrigues, Henrique M P Faria, Stéphane M Teixeira, Livia S Pogetti, Andressa Silva, Renan A Resende, Juliana M Ocarino

“…Clinicians can use the data as reference values for athletes who participate in CrossFit® and should consider the difference between sexes and lower limbs…”
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Study on the correlation between carotid plaque calcification types and acute ischemic stroke by Tianyu Chu, Zhongping Guo, Yonggang Zhang, Ying Liu, Yan Gu

“…In both the acute ischemic stroke and control groups, sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, systolic blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and homocysteine levels were statistically significant (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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A study of lipid profile peculiarities and atherogenic index of plasma in patients younger than fifty years of age with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis by Varsha R. Bhatt, Kavita K. Krishna, Vishal Asrani, Rajat Chauhan

“…Aims: Evaluation of lipid profile and atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) in newly diagnosed DMARD naïve patients of RA younger than 50 years of age, and its comparison with age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Settings and Design: Cross-sectional comparative study. …”
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Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania 2021-2024. by Andrew D Marques, Matthew Hogenauer, Natalie Bauer, Michelle Gibison, Beatrice DeMarco, Scott Sherrill-Mix, Carter Merenstein, Ronald G Collman, Roderick B Gagne, Frederic D Bushman

“…Analysis showed no association of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence with age, sex, or diagnosis with Chronic Wasting Disease. …”
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Depression, Anxiety, and Stress In The Time of COVID-19 Pandemic In Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Niaz mustafa kamal, Nasih Othman

“…The sample was mainly from Sulaimani (89%), mean age was 37.9 (SD 13.5) and male/female ratio was 1. …”
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Lymphocyte levels in Crohn’s disease patients in clinical remission are significantly lower than those in healthy people by Asi He, Tulan Hu, Linzhen Li

“…Abstract Background and purpose Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, non-specific inflammatory bowel disease caused by multiple causes. …”
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Identification of specific risk factors and predictive analytics for cardio-cerebral arterial stenosis: a comparative study utilizing framingham risk stratification insights by Gege Zhang, Sijie Dong, Fanfan Feng, Weihao Kan, Taozhen Shi, Hongmei Ding, Ruiguo Dong

“…Significant differences in age, sex, and the risk factors were observed among risk groups. …”
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Underutilized and neglected crop species and their role in enhancing household food security amid climate change, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia by Dessalegn Shiferaw Yesuph, Dabalke Dabala Dalka, Masresha Tadesse Baye

“…Neglected and underutilized crop species (NUCS) are those that have been largely overlooked in mainstream agriculture, despite their potential to contribute to food security, nutritional diversity, and resilience to climate change. …”
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Women are worse off in developing and recovering from temporomandibular disorder symptoms by Anna Lövgren, Simon Vallin, Birgitta Häggman-Henrikson, Flavia P. Kapos, Christopher C. Peck, Corine M. Visscher, Per Liv

“…Abstract Decision-making for temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) is reported being a clinical challenge, partly due to uncertainities in assessment of long-term prognosis. …”
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Interleukin 28B polymorphism impact on early HCV kinetics in HCV-infected liver transplant recipients undergoing antiviral therapy by V. E. Syutkin, V. P. Chulanov, I. V. Karandashova, V. A. Dolgin, A. O. Chugunov

“…The only pre-treatment factors which have impact on complete EVR were genotype (1 vs. non-1) and IL28B polymorphisms.Conclusion. The SNP in IL28B region may predict slow response to AT in post-LTx setting and should be considered when AT duration is planning.…”
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Unhealthy alcohol use and risk of coronary heart disease among young and middle-aged adults by Jamal S. Rana, Felicia W. Chi, Isaac Acquah, Stacy A. Sterling

“…Weekly alcohol intake, categorized into below (≤14/week men; ≤7/week women) and above limits (≥15/week men; ≥ 8/week women) per U.S. guidelines, and heavy episodic drinking (HED, ≥5/≥4 drinks any day in past 3 months for men/women, respectively). …”
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Risk of adverse cardiovascular events following spinal cord injury in patients with osteoporosis: Real-world evidence by Shih-Kai Kao, Yu-Ting Yu, Ming-Hsien Tsai

“…We included adults with osteoporosis with or without a diagnosis of SCI between 2015 and 2020: case (SCI group, N = 7,308) and control (non-SCI group, N = 843,235) cohorts. …”
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Dietary phytochemical index and the risk of gallstone disease: a case-control study by Mohammad Abdulmohsin Jebur, Ghufran Lutfi Ismaeel, Haitham Mukhklif Salim, Ammar Hussein Ahmed, Israa Habeeb Naser

“…This significant association remained even after adjusting for age and sex, and the odds ratio slightly strengthened. …”
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