Environmental enrichment with nylon gnaw sticks introduces variation in Sprague Dawley rat immune and lower gastrointestinal parameters with differences between sexes by Mark Wulczynski, Stephen P. J. Brooks, Judy Green, Fernando Matias, Martin Kalmokoff, Julia M. Green-Johnson, Sandra T. Clarke

“…Sex-related tissue cytokine profiles also significantly differed between rats with and without access to GS. …”
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Trunk, Mass Grasp, Knee, and Hip Muscle Performance in CrossFit Participants: Reference Values According to Participants' Sex and Limb Dominance by Ana Luiza R Rodrigues, Renan A. Resende, Livia S. Pogetti, Thiago R. T. Santos, Henrique M. P. Faria, Mauro H. Chagas, Juliana M Ocarino

“…Mixed multivariate and univariate analyses of variance and independent t-tests were used for statistical analyses to compare between sexes and limbs. # Results Participants included 111 individuals (58 males and 53 females) with at least one year of experience in CrossFit. …”
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Preferences and access to community-based HIV testing sites among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Côte d’Ivoire by Christine Danel, Joseph Larmarange, Lazare Sika, Maxime Inghels, Arsène Kra Kouassi, Serge Niangoran, Anne Bekelynck, Séverine Carilon, Mariatou Koné, Annabel Degrées du Loû

“…Objective Measuring access and preferences to Men who have Sex with Men focused community-based HIV testing sites (MSM-CBTS) in Côte d’Ivoire.Design A respondent-driven sampling telephone survey.Setting National survey conducted in 2018 in Côte d’Ivoire.Participants 518 MSM aged over 18 years old.Primary and secondary outcome measures Knowledge, practices, satisfaction and preferences regarding MSM-CBTS. …”
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Tell me y: anticipation of sex discrepancies in cell-free DNA testing due to maternal genetic abnormalities: a case report by Nuria Balaguer, Emilia Mateu-Brull, Jose Antonio Martínez-Conejero, Ana Cervero, Roser Navarro, Jorge Jiménez-Almazán, Miguel Milán

Subjects: “…sex discordance…”
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Dose-response risks of all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality according to sex-specific cigarette smoking pack-year quantiles by Jieun Hwang, Suyoung Jo, Heewon Kang, Eunsil Cheon, Sung-il Cho

“…Introduction This study investigated the risks for all-cause death and death from cancer or cardiovascular diseases due to smoking status and behavior, focusing on differences in smoking duration and amount stratified by sex. Methods The integrated Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study provided data for 209770 individuals who were classified as never, former, or current smokers, based on their current smoking status. …”
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Sex Hormones Enhance Gingival Inflammation without Affecting IL-1β and TNF-α in Periodontally Healthy Women during Pregnancy by Min Wu, Shao-Wu Chen, Wei-Lan Su, Hong-Ying Zhu, Shu-Yuan Ouyang, Ya-Ting Cao, Shao-Yun Jiang

“…This study suggests that sex hormone increase during pregnancy might have an effect on inflammatory status of gingiva, independent of IL-1β and TNF-α in GCF.…”
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Sex-specific association of immunological markers in CS-delivered newborns with pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain of mothers by Karolina Rak, Michaela Godyla-Jabłoński, Monika Bronkowska

“…We investigated the relationship of pre-pregnancy body mass index (pBMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) of mothers with the placental transport rate (PTR) of IgG antibodies and antineutrophil cytoplasmatic antibodies against lactoferrin (Lf-ANCA) and their concentration in umbilical cord blood serum (UCS), verifying the sex-specificity of this relationship. The examined group of this cross-sectional pilot study consisted of 101 pregnant women and their healthy CS-delivered newborn children. …”
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Exploring mental health symptoms in elite athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis on sex differences by Liang-Tseng Kuo, Sung-Huang Laurent Tsai, Udit Dave, William A. Marmor, Reena Olsen, Bridget Jivanelli, Michelle E. Kew, Daphne I. Ling

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Determinants of survival of the bovine blastocyst to cryopreservation stress: treatment with colony stimulating factor 2 during the morula-to-blastocyst transition and embryo sex by Froylan Sosa, Jeremy Block, Yao Xiao, Peter J. Hansen

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Sexing the sternal rib end in modern Greeks: A virtual osteometric approach using high-resolution 3D surface models by Ioanna Karagiorgou, Ioanna Anastopoulou, Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, Elena Kranioti, Konstantinos Moraitis

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Association between social determinants of health and premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and sex differences in US adults: A cross-sectional study by Chun Yang, Na Zhang, Tiankuo Gao, Yingxin Zhu, Chen Gong, Mingyue Xu, Cuicui Feng

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Cross-species comparisons between pigs and mice reveal conserved sex-specific intraspinal inflammatory responses after spinal cord injury by Reena Kumari, Gabrielle V. Hammers, Robert H. Hammons, Andrew N. Stewart, Steven M. MacLean, Tracy Niedzielko, Lonnie E. Schneider, Candace L. Floyd, John C. Gensel

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of sex on inflammation and outcomes in a pig thoracic contusion/compression SCI model. …”
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Sex Disparity in Characteristics, Management, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients with ST-Segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction: Insights from Henan STEMI Registry by Shan Wang, You Zhang, Qianqian Cheng, Datun Qi, Xianpei Wang, Zhongyu Zhu, Muwei Li, Junhui Zhang, Dayi Hu, Chuanyu Gao, On behalf of Henan STEMI registry study group

“…Women experienced worse in-hospital outcomes, and age and cardiovascular risk factors were major factors influencing sex-related differences. The sex disparity stressed the awareness and importance of quality improvement efforts against female patients in clinical practice.…”
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Colonial tourism and prostitution: the visit to Bousbir in Casablanca (1924-1955) by Jean-François Staszak

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Two new species of Plagiostomum (Prolecithophora, Plagiostomidae) from China with its morphology, phylogeny, and reproductive strategy by Leyuan Feng, Shiyan Zhang, Ming Tao, Ting Sun, Antai Wang

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Transcriptomic landscape of Hras12V oncogene-induced hepatocarcinogenesis with gender disparity by Huaiyuan Di, Zhuona Rong, Nan Mao, Huiling Li, Jun Chen, Renwu Liu, Aiguo Wang

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Running to Freedom: The Flight of the Fathers of Illegitimate Children to the Colonies of the British Empire, 1875-1901 by Florence Pellegry

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Presence of distinct operant phenotypes and transient withdrawal-induced escalation of operant ethanol intake in female rats by Joseph R Pitock, Shannon R Wheeler, Arleen Perez Ayala, Shikun Hou, Nathaly M Arce Soto, Elizabeth J Glover

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Oxytocin attenuates demand for cocaine in female rats by Amy S. Kohtz, Hannah Davies, Belle Lin, Gary Aston-Jones

Subjects: “…Sex differences…”
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