Females have Lower Knee Strength and Vertical Ground Reaction Forces During Landing than Males Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction at the Time of Return to Sport by Zachary B. Sullivan, Barrie S. Sugarman, Mallory S. Faherty, Carrie Killelea, Dean C. Taylor, Daniel Le, Alison P. Toth, Jonathan C. Riboh, Lee H. Diehl, Jocelyn R. Wittstein, Annunziato Amendola, Timothy C. Sell

“…While a significant amount of epidemiological data exists demonstrating sex differences as risk factors for primary ACL injury, less is known about sex differences as potential risk factors for second ACL injury. …”
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Gardnerella vaginalis-binding IgA in the urethra of sexually experienced males by Rachel Liu, R. M. Galiwango, Daniel Park, Sanja Huibner, Maliha Aziz, Aggrey Anok, James Nnamutete, Yahaya Isbirye, John Bosco Wasswa, Deo Male, Godfrey Kigozi, Aaron A. R. Tobian, Jessica L. Prodger, Cindy Liu, Bryan Coburn, Rupert Kaul

“…Conclusions This first description of microbe-binding antibodies in the penile urethra suggests that urethral colonization by Gardnerella after penile-vaginal sex specifically induces a G. vaginalis-binding IgA response. …”
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Survey of the risk behaviors and mental health of adolescents in Gabon by Joel Fleury Djoba Siawaya, Steeve Minto’o Rogombe, Mah Diawara, Rotimi Myrabelle Avome Houechenou, Nora Sylvana Efire Emagha, Zena Andrews, Lydie Armelle Moukambi, Anicet Christel Maloupazoa Siawaya, Amandine Mveang Nzoghe, Ofilia Mvoundza Ndjindji, Patrick Douada Mouguiama

“…Sexually active adolescents have, on average, 3.2 ± 2.2 sex partners. Also, 38% of sexually active adolescents experienced coerced sex. 11.3% of sexually active girls had an abortion, and 17.4% of them had kids. 19.4% have experienced sex under substance influence. …”
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Homosexual Pairing within a Swarm-Based Mating System: The Case of the Chironomid Midge by Athol J. McLachlan

“…I refer to the possibility that same-sex mating is the result, not of adaptive behaviour at all, but rather of errors due to imprecise sensory machinery. …”
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How to Measure “Short-Term Hormonal Effects”? by Lothar A. J. Heinemann

“…Interest to assess short-term benefits or risks of sex-steroid hormone use (OC or HRT) exists for years. …”
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Cerebrovascular Diseases and Risk Factors: a Strategy of Primary Prevention by Miguel Angel Buergo Zuaznábar, Rubén Bembibre Taboada

“…The alimentary habits and the levels of physical activity at present are risk behaviors which are spread all over the world passing from one population to another as an infectious disease with incidence in the morbidity profiles worldwide. While age and sex as well as genetic vulnerability are no modifiable elements, great part of the risks associated to age and sex can be reduced. …”
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CEDAW and Women’s Intersecting Identities: A Pioneering New Approach to Intersectional Discrimination by Meghan Campbell

“…Women experience disadvantage and discrimination based on their sex and gender and that is inextricably linked to other identities, factors and experiences such as a race and poverty. …”
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THE PHENOMENON OF ALIENATION IN CHILDREN-PARENT RELATIONS by E. Е. Ivanova, Yu. A. Storozheva

“…The characteristic of child-parent relations in same-sex and opposite-sex couples child-parent has been made.…”
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Prediction of growth and feed efficiency in mink using machine learning algorithms by A. Shirzadifar, G. Manafiazar, P. Davoudi, D. Do, G. Hu, Y. Miar

“…The color and sex features were recorded on 1 088 mink and mink’s age, BW and length were measured every 3 weeks from August 1st to November 14th which is called P1–P5. …”
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Effect of gonadectomy and estradiol on the expression of insulin signaling cascade genes in female and male mice by T. V. Iakovleva, N. E. Kostina, E. N. Makarova, N. M. Bazhan

“…It is believed that these sex differences are due to a protective effect of estradiol in females, but not in males. …”
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Y-Balance Test Lower Quarter: Reliability, Discriminant Validity, and Predictive Validity by Phillip Plisky, Katherine Schwartkopf-Phifer, Bethany Huebner, Mary Beth Garner, Garrett Bullock

“…However, no difference was observed between sexes in the anterior reach direction (males: 71.9 \[95%CI 69.5-74.5]; females: 70.8 \[95%CI 65.7-75.9]; p=0.708). …”
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Human Papillomavirus Prevalence in Oral and Oropharyngeal Rinse and Gargle Specimens of Dental Patients and of an HIV-Positive Cohort from Pretoria, South Africa by Neil H. Wood, Koketso S. Makua, Ramokone L. Lebelo, Nina Redzic, Ina Benoy, Olivier M. Vanderveken, Johannes Bogers

“…Open mouth kissing during teenage years was confirmed by 64.7% of participants, 40.3% have given oral sex with their mouth, and 44.8% confirmed to have received oral sex from their partner’s mouth. …”
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Physiological differences in cardiopulmonary exercise testing between children and adults by Valentina Papic, Romina Ledergerber, Ralf Roth, Raphael Knaier

“…Linear regression models analyzed differences by age and sex of the key outcome parameters VT1, VT2, OUES and OUEP. …”
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Sport Specialization, Physical Performance and Injury History in Canadian Junior High School Students by Chris Whatman, Carla van den Berg, Luz Palacios-Derflingher, Carolyn Emery

“…Eighteen percent of participants reported high specialization, with no significant associations between sex, grade or school size and specialization category. …”
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Normative Parameters of Gastrocnemius Muscle Stiffness and Associations with Patient Characteristics and Function by Larisa R Hoffman, Shane L Koppenhaver, Cameron W MacDonald, Johnny M Herrera, Joshua Streuli, Zachary L Visco, Nicole Wildermuth, Stephanie R Albin

“…Differences based on muscle state (resting vs contracted) and sex (female vs male) were assessed using a 2 X 2 analysis of variance (ANOVA). …”
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Factors Associated with Uncontrolled Hypertension among Renal Transplant Recipients Attending Nephrology Clinics in Nairobi, Kenya by Mary N. Kubo, Joshua K. Kayima, Anthony J. Were, Seth O. McLigeyo, Elijah N. Ogola

“…On logistic regression analysis, male sex (adjusted OR 4.6, 95% CI 1.1–19.0, p=0.034) and nonadherence (adjusted OR 33.8, 95% CI 8.6–73.0, p<0.001) were independently associated with uncontrolled hypertension. …”
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Muscle-Bone Interactions in Chinese Men and Women Aged 18–35 Years by Meihua Su, Zhaojing Chen, Breanne Baker, Samuel Buchanan, Debra Bemben, Michael Bemben

“…Calcium, serum vitamin D, and physical activity levels were similar across age and sex groups. Significant sex differences p<0.05 were found for most body composition variables, hip aBMD, tibia variables, and muscle strength and power. …”
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Sexual Functions Are Impaired in Males and Females With Chronic Spontaneous and Inducible Urticaria: A Controlled Study by Pelin Kuteyla Can, Utku Can

“…Objectives: The aim was to investigate prevalence of SexD in women and erectile dysfunction (ED) caused by 2 different CU subtypes. …”
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Risk factors related to COVID-19. Turcios Lima Polyclinic. Pinar del Rio, 2020-2021 by Jorge Félix Rodríguez Ramos, Gema Chávez Ivizate, Raquel Piloto González

“…<strong><br />Conclusions</strong>: although sex, place of residence, occupation, and personal medical history were identified as risk factors related to COVID-19, information about the impact of other factors is still limited and requires further study.…”
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Using Adipose Measures from Health Care Provider-Based Imaging Data for Discovery by Elliot D. K. Cha, Yogasudha Veturi, Chirag Agarwal, Aalpen Patel, Mohammad R. Arbabshirani, Sarah A. Pendergrass

“…Using a “greedy snake” algorithm and 2,545 CT images from the Geisinger PACS, we measured levels of VAT, SAT, total adipose tissue (TAT), and adipose ratio volumes. Sex-combined and sex-stratified association testing was done between adipose measures and 1,233 disease diagnoses and 37 clinical laboratory measures. …”
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