Evaluation of Health-related Quality of Life in Regular Hemodialysis Patients Using the KDQOL-SFTM Questionnaire by Eliseo Capote Leyva, Raydel Argudín Selier, Salvador Roberto Mora González, Lázaro Capote Pereira, Idrissa Leonard Rupalé, Yosvany Moret Hernández

“…The specific dimensions with lower scores were the burden of kidney disease, employment status and sexual function while dimensions with higher scores were specific: relationship with the dialysis staff (85.62 points), cognitive function (84.33 points) and quality of social relationship (82.88 points). …”
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High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Primary or Salvage Prostate Cancer Therapy: Initial Outcomes in the Veteran Healthcare Setting by Sagar Patel, Ali Antar, Aly Alrabaa, Gal Saffati, Broderick Fleming, Neel Srikishen, Jeremy Slawin, Jennifer Taylor, Jeffrey Jones

“…Secondary endpoints included 30-day complications, Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM), and American Urological Association Symptom Score (AUASS). …”
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Using Recombinase-Aid Amplification Combined with <i>Pyrococcus furiosus</i> Argonaute for Rapid Sex Identification in Flamingo (<i>Phoenicopteridae</i>) by Shenluan Tan, Fanwen Zeng, Wanhuan Zhong, Tanzipeng Chen, Xuanjiao Chen, Li Li, Hengxi Wei, Shouquan Zhang

“…In addition, flamingos are sexually monomorphic birds, and distinguishing between males and females is difficult. …”
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Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying Psychological Dysfunction After Brain Injuries by Prashin Unadkat, Tania Rebeiz, Erum Ajmal, Vincent De Souza, Angela Xia, Julia Jinu, Keren Powell, Chunyan Li

“…Additionally, it identifies sexually dimorphic factors as potential areas for further exploration and advocates for detailed investigations into sex-specific patterns to uncover additional contributors to these disorders. …”
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Pelvic Muscle Rehabilitation: A Standardized Protocol for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction by Rodrigo Pedraza, Javier Nieto, Sergio Ibarra, Eric M. Haas

“…Pelvic floor dysfunction syndromes present with voiding, sexual, and anorectal disturbances, which may be associated with one another, resulting in complex presentation. …”
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Barriers and facilitators regarding the implementation of policies and programmes aimed at reducing adolescent pregnancy in Ghana: an exploratory qualitative study by Melissa Kang, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Lin Perry, Fiona Brooks

“…Effective implementation of community by-laws, youth involvement, use of available data, and collaboration and effective coordination between stakeholders were the perceived facilitators.Conclusion Political leaders and community members should be actively engaged in the implementation of adolescent sexual and reproductive health policies and programmes. …”
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Lichen Sclerosus Atrophicus with Vitiligo in Pediatrics by Juan Carlos Yanes Macías, Mery Rosa Betancourt Trujillo, Lino Arístides Sánchez Galván, Damarys Díaz Leonard, Tamara Sánchez Estrada, Hugo Almeida Leyva

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> lichen sclerosus is a pathology that affects the quality of life of patients, its possible sexual and urinary repercussions and its potential risk of epinocellular carcinoma, for which it is necessary to make a timely diagnosis.…”
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Análisis de materiales didácticos digitales en secundaria desde la perspectiva de género by Milena Villar Varela, Annachiara Del Prete, Eva M. Barreira-Cerqueiras, Miriam Elizabeth Aguasanta Regalado

“…Esto incluye esfuerzos por representar equitativamente a personas de diferentes identidades de género, la ausencia de estereotipos de género y orientación sexual, y el uso de un lenguaje inclusivo. Este artículo tiene como objetivo evaluar la presencia de elementos coeducativos en materiales digitales de educación secundaria. …”
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Biology of Blattodea and Dermaptera in the Continental Biogeographical Region and Adjacent Areas of European Russia by Victor V. Aleksanov, Alexander B. Ruchin, Nikolai V. Shulaev, Inessa O. Karmazina, Sergey V. Lukiyanov, Evgeniy A. Lobachev, Anna M. Nikolaeva, Mikhail N. Esin

“…<i>Ectobius sylvestris</i> exhibits a more pronounced sexual dimorphism concerning the effectiveness of different sampling methods compared to <i>E. lapponicus</i>. …”
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Amphibian newts as experimental models for studying weight gain after castration by Mai Takehara, Mitsuki Kyakuno, Kazuko Okamoto, Ichiro Tazawa, Nobuaki Furuno, Megumi Furumitsu, Kazuyoshi Ukena, Takuya Imamura, Takashi Takeuchi, Toshinori Hayashi

“…Vertebrate animals often exhibit sexual dimorphism in body shape. In mammals, decreases in sex hormones caused by testicular castration can affect body shape and occasionally lead to pathologies such as obesity. …”
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Psychosocial Adjustment to Sex Reassignment Surgery: A Qualitative Examination and Personal Experiences of Six Transsexual Persons in Croatia by Nataša Jokić-Begić, Anita Lauri Korajlija, Tanja Jurin

“…Any difficulties reported by participants are related to either sexual relationships or internalized transphobia. …”
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Desigualdades de género y sexualidad en la vida universitaria. Presencias y olvidos en las narrativas institucionales de una universidad del Conurbano Bonaerense (Argentina) by Anahí Farji Neer, Martín Boy, Luana Marian López Reta, Camila Newton, Vanina Obenat, Santiago Rodríguez Duran

“…Los hallazgos se sitúan en el marco de un proceso de ampliación de la ciudadanía sexual y de institucionalización de las demandas feministas en las universidades nacionales de Argentina. …”
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Heterozygous mutation in BRCA2 induces accelerated age-dependent decline in sperm quality with male subfertility in rats by Yashiro Motooka, Hideaki Tanaka, Yuki Maeda, Misako Katabuchi, Tomoji Mashimo, Shinya Toyokuni

“…Of note, these alterations in testes and sperm, including DNA fragmentation in spermatozoa, were observed from completion of sexual maturation. The present findings suggest that it is crucial to consider not only cancer risk but also potential declines in reproductive capacity in men carrying BRCA2 exon 11 PVs. …”
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Regular exercise in adolescents with ACE gene polymorphism helps preventing cardiovascular risk factors by Nivaldo de Jesus Silva Soares Junior, Carlan Senna, Carlos Alberto Alves Dias-Filho, Bruno Rodrigues, Maria Claudia Irigoyen, Danielle da Silva Dias, Vinícius Santos Mendes, Carlos José Moraes Dias, Sally Cristina Moutinho Monteiro, Cristiano Teixeira Mostarda

“…Blood pressure, body composition, physical activity level, and sexual maturation were assessed to characterize the groups. …”
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Hacia la reconstrucción de las tendencias jurisprudenciales en América Latina y el Caribe en materia de igualdad: sobre la no-discriminación, la no-dominación y la redistribución y... by Laura Clérico, Liliana Ronconi, Martín Aldao

“…Luego aplica estas herramientas argumentativas para analizar sentencias de varios tribunales superiores de las Américas como así también producciones de la Comisión Interamericana de derechos humanos y sentencias de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, referidas a situaciones de discriminación basadas en la nacionalidad, la edad, la situación de discapacidad, la orientación sexual. El análisis de los casos pretende contribuir a determinar cuál concepción de igualdad prevaleció en la resolución de cada caso visto desde la fundamentación de la sentencia como así también de las medidas reparatorias ordenadas. …”
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Corticosterone rapidly modulates dorsomedial hypothalamus serotonin and behavior in an estrogen- and progesterone-dependent manner in adult female rats: potential role of organic c... by Jamie L. Scholl, Joshua T. Rogers, Na Feng, Gina L. Forster, Michael J. Watt, Jazmine D. W. Yaeger, Michael W. Buchanan, Christopher A. Lowry, Kenneth J. Renner

“…These results suggest that ovarian hormones in combination with corticosterone modulate OCT3-mediated 5-HT clearance in the DMH, potentially representing an adaptive mechanism that allows sexually receptive females to respond rapidly to acute stressors.…”
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First record of stone moroko (Pseudorasbora parva), an invasive alien fish species, in water bodies of urban green areas in Poland by Wróblewski Paweł, Maciaszek Rafał, Kasprzak Robert

“…The population in pond 2 apparently survived the winter, and the fish caught in June displayed visible signs of sexual dimorphism and were significantly larger (average body mass: 1648 ± 1123 mg; range: 460–6090 mg) than those caught in the pond in the two fall samplings (404 ± 122 mg; 154–729 mg). …”
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Implications of hormonal carcinogenesis for transgender and gender-diverse people undergoing gender-affirming hormone therapy: an up-to-date review by Matteo Lambertini, Filippo Pietrantonio, Dario Trapani, Francesco Perrone, Rossana Berardi, Saverio Cinieri, Chiara Cassani, Amelia Barcellini, Filippo Ghelardi, Alberto Giovanni Leone, Stefania Bonadonna, Marianna Sirico, Barbara Tagliaferri, Stefano Maccarone, Davide Dalu, Lorenzo Ruggieri, Simone Nardin, Nicla La Verde

“…Unfortunately, the scarcity of epidemiological data on cancer incidence in the TGD population persists due to the absence of sexual orientation and gender identity data collection in cancer centres. …”
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Influence of Preoperative Pain Duration on Microsurgical Varicocelectomy Outcomes by Mustafa Gökhan Köse, Kadir Önem, Mehmet Çetinkaya, Erkan Karadağ, Emre Arpali

“…Semen analysis was performed after 3 days of sexual abstinence twice a month. Total sperm concentration (TSC), rapidly progressive motility (SPa), and slow or sluggish motility (SPb) rates were noted. …”
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Ameliorative effect of Borago officinalis L extract on sperm parameters, testosterone level in a streptozotocin-induced mouse model of diabetes by Nabaz abasi, shiva khalesro, Erfan daneshi

“…It is well known that men with diabetes frequently experience reproductive disorders and sexual dysfunction. In fact, sperm quality has a significant impact on fertilization success and embryo development. …”
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