Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation in South Africa: a case study of USAID-supported programs by Jerome Wendoh Milimu, Lauren Parmley, Mahlodi Matjeng, Mathata Madibane, Mandisi Mabika, Jacques Livingston, Joseph Lawrence, Orapeleng Motlhaoleng, Hasina Subedar, Rethabile Tsekoa, Zandile Mthembu

“…(vi) USAID-supported PrEP initiations have been highest among females of reproductive age in the general population and men who have sex with men among key populations, priority populations in South Africa. …”
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The burden of generational harm due to alcohol use in Tanzania: A mixed method study of pregnant women. by Kirstin West, Alena Pauley, Mia Buono, Miriana Mikindo, Yvonne Sawe, Joseph Kilasara, Francis Sakita, Sharla Rent, Bariki Mchome, Blandina T Mmbaga, Catherine A Staton

“…Of those, 541 women and 114 men completed the survey. The quantitative analysis focused exclusively on survey data from 533 women who reported their pregnancy status and age. …”
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Seroprevalence of Human Herpesvirus Infections in Newly Diagnosed HIV-Infected Key Populations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Doreen Kamori, Agricola Joachim, Mucho Mizinduko, Godfrey Barabona, Macdonald Mahiti, Upendo Kibwana, Mtebe Majigo, Salim Masoud, Ambele M. Mwandigha, Takamasa Ueno, Elia Mmbaga, Eligius Lyamuya

“…In the population at high risk of HIV infection, also termed as key populations (female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM), and people who inject drugs (PWID)), and their sexual partners, HHV infections can potentially compromise the efforts to prevent and control HIV infection. …”
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Functional interaction between receptor tyrosine kinase MET and ETS transcription factors promotes prostate cancer progression by Elisa Carouge, Clémence Burnichon, Martin Figeac, Shéhérazade Sebda, Nathalie Vanpouille, Audrey Vinchent, Marie‐José Truong, Martine Duterque‐Coquillaud, David Tulasne, Anne Chotteau‐Lelièvre

“…Prostate cancer, the most common malignancy in men, has a relatively favourable prognosis. However, when it spreads to the bone, the survival rate drops dramatically. …”
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Weight loss for overweight and obese patients with prostate cancer: a study protocol of a randomised trial comparing clinic-based versus Telehealth delivered EXercise and nutrition... by Robert U Newton, Daniel A Galvão, Dennis R Taaffe, Suzanne K Chambers, David Joseph, Amanda Devine, Colin I Tang, Nigel Spry, Emily Jeffery, Dickon Hayne, Pedro Lopez, P Lyons-Wall, Christine Kudiarasu

“…Introduction Obese men with prostate cancer have an increased risk of biochemical recurrence, metastatic disease and mortality. …”
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Automated Video Assistant Referee in Lead Climbing by Eliane Künzler, David Roder, Urs Stöcker, Peter Wolf

“…Thus, a total of ten videos from Villar (outdoor) were analysed – five uncropped (five men), five with focus (women) – and ten videos from Lenzburg (indoor) – five uncropped (five women), five with focus (five men). …”
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Human-Centered Design of an mHealth Tool for Optimizing HIV Index Testing in Wartime Ukraine: Formative Research Case Study by Nancy Puttkammer, Elizabeth Dunbar, Myroslava Germanovych, Mariia Rosol, Matthew Golden, Anna Hubashova, Vladyslav Fedorchenko, Larisa Hetman, Liudmyla Legkostup, Jan Flowers, Olena Nesterova

“…The study involved 3 steps: formative HCD, including in-depth individual interviews with clients, such as men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs, and internet-based design workshops with HCWs from rural and urban HIV clinics in Chernihiv and Dnipro; software platform assessment and heuristic evaluation, including assessment of open-source mHealth platforms against CASI-Plus requirements, prototype development, and testing of the REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) prototype based on usability heuristics; and usability walk-throughs, including simulated cases with HCWs and clients. …”
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Genetic ancestry concordant RNA splicing in prostate cancer involves oncogenic genes and associates with recurrence by Muthana Al Abo, Wen-Chi Foo, Lauren E. Howard, Shannon McGue, Bonnie Lacroix, Julie Kephart, Angela Clayton, Blair Thornburg, Monika Anand, Michael B. Rothberg, Shannon J. McCall, Jiaoti Huang, Thomas A. Esther, Judd W. Moul, Michael N. Ferrandino, Thomas J. Polascik, Cary N. Robertson, Brant A. Inman, Andrew J. Armstrong, Yuan Wu, Terry Hyslop, Daniel J. George, Steven R. Patierno, Jennifer A. Freedman

“…Abstract Black men suffer disproportionately from prostate cancer (PCa) compared to men of other races and ethnicities. …”
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Kimura Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature with A New Management Protocol by Mohamed Ashraf Fouda, Osama Gheith, Ayman Refaie, Mohamed El-Saeed, Adel Bakr, Ehab Wafa, Mona Abdelraheem, Mohamed Sobh

“…Kimura disease (KD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with angiolymphatic proliferation, usually affecting young men of Asian race but is rare in other races. The etiology of KD is still unknown. …”
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Evaluation of body-self-perception of sedentary individuals aged over 30 who attended fitness center classes by Engin Gezer, Gulten Herguner, Mahmut Gulle, Mehmet Cetın

“…The sample was composed of 80 sedentary individuals (38 men and 42 women) who attended the selected fitness centers with random sampling. …”
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Beyond clay: tracing Mekelle’s pottery tradition through ethnoarchaeological and sociocultural lenses by Kibrom Gebremariam

“…In this paper, social dynamics within Mekelle’s pottery making community, including hierarchical rankings and gender-based division of labor, are explored, showing that women exclusively handle the making, transportation, and marketing of pottery, while men engage in smithing and weaving. These findings have significant archaeological implications and offer insights into behavioral patterns within the community. …”
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CHEK2∗1100delC Mutation and Risk of Prostate Cancer by Victoria Hale, Maren Weischer, Jong Y. Park

“…Screening for CHEK2∗1100delC should be considered in men with a familial history of prostate cancer.…”
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Hypertensive Response to Exercise as an Early Marker of Disease Development by Wojciech Kosowski, Krzysztof Aleksandrowicz

“…There is no consensus about precise cutoffs in the definition of this condition, which is most commonly diagnosed based on systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 210 mm Hg in men and ≥190 mm Hg in women at peak exercise intensity. …”
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The Effect of Work Life Balance and Perceived Organizational Support on Work Engagement in Female Employees of PTPN I Regional 4 Surabaya by Della Widya Pramudita, Sulastri Irbayuni

“…The increase in the number of female workers is due to the equal opportunity between women and men in obtaining higher education. However, in reality, there are many challenges that must be faced by married women when they decide to start their careers. …”
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Tra ambizione e carriera. La professione di advocatus nello Stato della Chiesa tra XVI e XVIII secolo by Maria Macchi

“…It is possible not only to study singular professional biography but also to reconstruct social- climbing instruments used by young lawyers to introduce themselves in the Papal court. Indeed a lot of men in Ancien Regime decided to invest time, studies and money in this profession with a very important objective: to be a member of “Avvocati Concistoriali” one of most representative professional group in Rome in modern history. …”
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Current Challenges in Prostate Cancer Management and the Rationale behind Targeted Focal Therapy by Al B. Barqawi, Kevin J. Krughoff, Khadijah Eid

“…Among men, prostate cancer has a high prevalence, with relatively lower cancer-specific mortality risk compared to lung and colon cancer. …”
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The healing hand: the role of women in ancient medicine by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…The funerary inscriptions of female doctors reveal that they were honoured in the same way as men for exceptional services; medical works were also dedicated to them as colleagues, and those of them who wrote texts of their own were quoted with respect. …”
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A crise dos vivos by Maria Helena da Cruz Coelho

“…The second half of the fourteenth century witnessed economic hardship and social upheaval, resulting from epidemics that decimated populations, bad weather that caused famine, and wars that mobilised men and money and generated violence and destruction. …”
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Jere COVID-19: Pwodwi jaden ak izin anbalaj yo by Laurel Dunn, Michelle Danyluk, Emmanuel Duvalsaint

“…Manje pa parèt tankou yon kòz ki favorize transmisyon COVID-19 la, men menm pratik yo itilize pou evite maladi ou ka pran nan manje, menm pratik sa yo ta dwe itilize pou diminye chans kontaminasyon COVID-19 la nan nan pwodwi alimentè ki fre yo epi risk pou COVID-19 ta simaye l pami travayè agrikòl yo ak sa kap travay nan izin anbalaj yo. …”
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Effect of body orientation and joint movement on local bioimpedance measurements by Abie Sisay Mebre, de Román Alejandro Ortega, Hou Jie

“…Ultrasound machine was used to measure the thickness of the skin layers and then bioimpedance measurements were performed for ten young men (age=23 ± 5) at room temperature (22°C) for different body orientations, skin treatments, joint angle, and shoulder arch movements. …”
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