Differences in physical activity, sedentary time, and anthropometric variables among children and adolescents: The TUBON project by Necip Demirci, Ayda Karaca, Emine Çağlar, Pelin Aksen, Nigar Küçükkubaş, Mehmet Mesut Çelebi, Erdem Karabulut, Gıyasettin Demirhan, Sadettin Kirazcı, Elif Nursel Özmert

“…Children had a higher MVPA than adolescents in girls (p<0.05), but the difference was insignificant in boys (p>0.05). …”
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Differences in Spoilage Microflora Growth Kinetics Could Be Contributing to Beef Muscle-Specific Color Stability by Colton L. Smith, Ifigenia Geornaras, Jessica Metcalf, Mahesh N. Nair, Sara V Gonzalez

“…The results confirmed that PM steaks had less color stability and a faster increase in bacterial numbers compared with LL during display. …”
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Gender differences in correlation of biochemical parameters with the severity of covid pneumonia and the need for oxygen/mechanical support by Jankovic Jelena, Stjepanovic Mihailo, Maric Nikola, Belic Slobodan

“…Results: The majority of our patients were over 61 years old (58.6%), male (57.6%), and had severe radiological findings (bilateral pneumonia 29.3%, ARDS 35.4%), with only 20.2% had not required any oxygen supplementation. …”
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Clarifying Differences in the Manifestation of Young Men’s Motor Fitness Components in the Absence of Compulsory Physical Activity by Volodymyr Banakh, Gennadii Iedynak, Lesia Galamanzhuk, Oksana Blavt, Volodymyr Faidevych, Oleh Hrebik, Olena Musiyenko

“…The study involved 39 young men aged 17.6±0.5 years who had just started studying at the university, belonged to different somatotypes and had no restrictions in the use of different physical activity parameters. …”
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Sex differences in the longitudinal relationship of low-grade inflammation and echocardiographic measures in the Hoorn and FLEMENGHO Study. by Sharon Remmelzwaal, Joline W J Beulens, Joline W J Beulens, Petra J M Elders, Coen D A Stehouwer, Zhenyu Zhang, M Louis Handoko, Yolande Appelman, Vanessa van Empel, Stephane R B Heymans, Lutgarde Thijs, Jan A Staessen, A Johanne van Ballegooijen

“…In the Hoorn Study, women whose TNF-α levels increased with 1-SD over time had a decrease in LVEF of 2.2 (-4.5;0.01) %. In FLEMENGHO, men whose E-selectin levels increased with 1-SD over time had a decrease in LVEF of 1.6 (-2.7;-0.5) %.…”
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Elephant movements in different human land-uses in Chobe District, Botswana by Tempe S. F. Adams, Keith E. A. Leggett, Michael J. Chase

“…Overall, all of the elephants had smaller annual home ranges (~450-1,750 km 2 ) than seen in other studies within southern Africa, and there was a difference in seasonal movements, between individuals. …”
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Effect of safety and security equipment on patient and visitor violence towards nurses in multiple public hospitals of China during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective, differen... by Dan Zhao, Cheng Zhang, Ju Huang, Jinghua Xia, Yanzhen Hu, Xue-mei Lu

“…Objectives This study aimed to analyse whether safety and security equipment decreased patient and visitor violence (PVV) towards nurses in the COVID-19 period and quantify to what extent safety and security equipment affects PVV.Design Controlled before and after study and difference-in-difference (DID) analysis.Setting A large hospital medical group, consisting of three public tertiary teaching hospitals, namely, Xinjiekou Branch, Huilongguan Branch and Xinlongze Branch of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, located in the west and north parts of Beijing, China.Participants A panel of nine departments recruited using two-step sampling method, administered online surveys in 2021 and 2022. …”
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Racial differences in endometrial cancer genomics and outcomes using UNCseqTM targeted DNA sequencing by Meredith A. Newton, Jason D. Merker, Weida Gong, Sushant Patil, Xianming Tan, David L. Cocoran, Adam D. Pfefferle, Michele C. Hayward, Russell Broaddus, Hazel B. Nichols, Andrew F. Olshan, Bernard Weissman, Temitope O. Keku, Victoria Bae-Jump

“…White patients more often had somatic mutations in ARID1A or PTEN (p < 0.05). …”
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Structural and Functional Differences in the Bacterial Community of Chernozem Soil Under Conventional and Organic Farming Conditions by Darya V. Poshvina, Alexander S. Balkin, Anastasia V. Teslya, Diana S. Dilbaryan, Artyom A. Stepanov, Sergey V. Kravchenko, Alexey S. Vasilchenko

“…This study assessed the diversity, structure, and functional characteristics of the soil bacterial community in two different cropping systems. The subjects of the study were soil samples from Chernozem, which had been cultivated using the organic method for 11 years and the conventional method for 20 years. …”
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Differences in gut microbiome between autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with and without intracranial aneurysms by Tatsumaru Fukuda, Masatoshi Takagaki, Junya Kaimori, Daisuke Motooka, Shota Nakamura, Shuhei Kawabata, Hajime Nakamura, Tomohiko Ozaki, Ryota Nakagawa, Takaki Matsumura, Kunimasa Teranishi, Hiroki Yamazaki, Yoshitaka Isaka, Haruhiko Kishima

“…There were significant differences in microbial beta diversity between the groups. …”
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Differences in ethylene sensitivity, expression of ethylene biosynthetic genes and vase life among carnation varieties by Min Wang, Man Wang, Chenyu Ni, Shan Feng, Yan Wang, Linlin Zhong, Yunjiang Cheng, Manzhu Bao, Fan Zhang

“…The results showed that among the 14 carnation varieties, 'Master' had the strongest ethylene sensitivity and 'Snow White' had the weakest ethylene sensitivity. …”
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Sex-Specific Differences in Sepsis Development in Polytrauma Patients Undergoing Stand-Alone Definitive Surgery by Philipp Vetter, Cédric Niggli, Jan Hambrecht, Hans-Christoph Pape, Ladislav Mica

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Comparison of Chemically Treated, Pasteurized, and Microwave-Treated (at Different Time Durations) Chia Seeds Added To Mango-Whey Beverage, during Different Storage Periods, for Ph... by Farzana Siddique, Ashiq Hussain, Amer Ali Mahdi, Mansoor Hassan, Saima Noreen, Tahira Siddique, Syeda Ayesha Batool, Shazia Yaqub, Faiza Iftikhar Gorsi, Samina Kauser, Haya Fatima, Sameh A. Korma

“…Foods that are widely consumed and accepted have had a lot of ingredients added to them which may enhance consumer’s health. …”
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Temporal and regional differences in the incidence of hospital‐diagnosed endometriosis: a Danish population‐based study by Louise Ruby Høj Illum, Axel Forman, Anna Melgaard, Karina E. Hansen, Stefan N. Hansen, Mette Nyegaard, Lone Hummelshoj, Dorte Rytter

“…The results showed an overall increase in the incidence of diagnosed endometriosis of 46.8% (95% CI 32.9–62.2) during the study period and also displayed significant regional differences. After adjustments, women living in northern Jutland had the highest probability of receiving a hospital‐based diagnosis of endometriosis (hazard ratio 1.13, 95% CI 1.09–1.18), whereas women living in northern Zealand had the lowest probability (hazard ratio 0.63, 95% CI 0.60–0.67) compared with eastern Jutland. …”
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Cluster Analysis Results for Assessment of COVID-19-Related Mortality Differences Between Russian Regions by V. T. Korkhmazov, V. I. Perkhov

“…Of the total number, 17.3% of cases (424,252) had COVID-19 as a primary cause of death: nearly three times more than in 2020 (144,691 COVID-19-related deaths). …”
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Satellite Data Revealed That the Expansion of China’s Lakes Is Accompanied by Rising Temperatures and Wider Temperature Differences by Yibo Jiao, Zifan Lu, Mengmeng Wang

“…In contrast, 48.1% of lakes in the Middle and Lower Yangtze River Plain (MLYP) had a K_{LSWT_max} less than 0, and 48.5% of lakes had a K_{LSWT_mean} less than 0. …”
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Sex differences in correlates of obesity indices and blood pressure among Malay adults in Selangor, Malaysia by Ahmad Norfazilah, M. S. Juliana, M. N. Azmawati

“…The main aim of this study was to determine the sex differences in correlates of four frequently used obesity indices among Malaysians. …”
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Gender-based differences in career paths, parenthood and perspectives on professional barriers among Asian ophthalmologists by Claire L Peterson, Brian S.Y. Yeo, Shelley Yin-Hsi Chang, Rachel S Chong, Marcus Ang, Anna CS Tan, Tina Wong, Andrew S.H. Tsai

“…Although most institutions had gender-balanced workforces, gender disparities persisted. …”
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Differences in walking attainment ages between low-risk preterm and healthy full-term infants by Ana P. Restiffe, José Luiz D. Gherpelli

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Effects of different types of fruit bags on the quality of Xiahui 10 peaches by ZHANG Binbin, DU Jinhua, CHEN Hong, WANG Xiaojun, ZHANG Yuanyuan, CHEN Zheng, DING Hui, YAN Zhimei, YU Mingliang, MA Ruijuan

“…The yellow-single-layer bags, double-layer bags with yellow outside and white inside, and removable bags with black outside and white inside significantly improved the fruit firmness with skin by 29.93%, 23.1% and 29.01%, respectively, while the other bags had no significant effect. The brightness value (L) of fruits protected with different bags increased from 11.64% to 57.15% as compared to the control, with the double-layer bags with yellow outside and black inside and the removable bags with black outside and yellow inside achieving the most significant effects. …”
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