Seroprevalence and associated factors of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C infections among sex workers in Chiangmai, Thailand during easing of COVID-19 lockdown measures... by Sayamon Hongjaisee, Woottichai Khamduang, Nang Kham-Kjing, Nicole Ngo-Giang-Huong, Arunrat Tangmunkongvorakul

“…COVID-19 had also disrupted HIV/Sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment services for sex workers due to numerous restrictions in specialist medical care. …”
Get full text

A comparison of sex-specific senescence patterns in a long-lived marine mammal by Kaitlin R. Macdonald, Jay J. Rotella, William A. Link

“…The Weddell seal is a species of long-lived mammal that displays moderate polygyny and little sexual size dimorphism, which makes it an unusual species compared to other long-lived mammals that share the polygynous mating system. …”
Get full text

Violencia de pareja durante el enamoramiento en adolescentes. by Diana Quispe Aguilar

“…Resultados: de los 63 adolescentes el 71% comete violencia y 70% es víctima, ambos en un nivel bajo; el 67% manifestó no practicar violencia sexual, y el 63% no padecerla; sobre violencia relacional el 79% negó realizar este tipo de violencia, y el 75%  manifestó no sufrirla; sobre violencia verbal emocional, el 65% comete violencia de nivel bajo y el 59% es víctima de este tipo de violencia en un nivel bajo,  la violencia por amenazas, no es perpetrada por el 81% de adolescentes y 68% no la padece y sobre violencia física, el 73% negaron cometerla y el 71% señalo  no sufrirla. …”
Get full text

A two-sex model for the influence of heavy alcohol consumption on the spread of HIV/AIDS by Gigi Thomas, Edward M. Lungu

“…But, since alcohol drinking habits,consequent risky sexual practices, alcohol-induced immunesuppression, etc., can be different for men and women, the primaryobjective of our present paper is to construct a two-sex model aimedat shedding light on how both sexes, with varying heavy alcoholconsumption trends, contribute differently to the HIV/AIDS spread.Based on numerical simulations, supported by the UNAIDSepidemiological software SPECTRUM and using the available data, ourstudy identifies heavy drinking among men and women to be a majordriving force for HIV/AIDS in Botswana and sub-Sahara Africa andquantifies its hazardous outcomes in terms of increased number ofactive TB cases and economic burden caused by increased need forAntiRetroviral Therapy (ART). …”
Get full text

Earthworm (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) intraspecific genetic variation and polyploidy by S. V. Shekhovtsov, Ye. A. Derzhinsky, E. V. Golovanova

“…The key to such a complex picture is probably the plasticity of reproductive modes in earthworms, which encompass diverse modes of sexual and asexual reproduction; also, it has been demonstrated that even high-ploidy forms can retain amphimixis.…”
Get full text

Afinidad a la diversidad en estudiantes universitarios: un estudio comparativo by Agustín Morales-Álvarez, Fernanda Inéz García-Vázquez, Mayra Karina Gálvez-Díaz

“…Se concluye que los estudiantes universitarios cuentan con una predisposición favorable hacia las personas con antecedentes socioculturales, económicos y sexuales distintos a los suyos, lo cual puede favorecer la integración de las minorías sociales. …”
Get full text

O Estado da Arte em políticas públicas educacionais de gênero no Brasil by Silvana Barreto Oriente, Maria Isabel Alonso Alves

“…Os resultados encontrados foram agrupados em quatro seções: igualdade, equidade e discriminação; planos educacionais e outros documentos oficiais, Diversidade sexual, Ideologia de gênero e questões LGBTQ; e Mulheres e feminismos. …”
Get full text

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for women: Claiming risk and recognizing responsibility to end the AIDS epidemic in New York by Lauren SUCHMAN

“…While campaign messaging around PrEP accepted men’s ‘risky’ sexual behavior, women’s expe- riences with PrEP often were framed in the context of responsibility and ‘risky’ behavior was a barrier rather than a gateway to access. …”
Get full text

Hay chicas a las que les gusta tirar: los límites del feminismo punk en el Perú de los ochenta by Shane Greene

“…Con el nombre artístico de María T-Ta, se las ingenió para impactar las normas conservadoras de género y sexuales llamando la atención pública sobre la política involucrada en el placer de tirar. …”
Get full text

Gender-Inclusive Language in Public-Facing Labor and Delivery Web Pages in the New York Tristate Area: Cross-Sectional Study by Sarah Mohsen Isaac, Mark Dawes, Emily Ruth Howell, Antonia Francis Oladipo

“…“Fully inclusive” websites explicitly acknowledged lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual plus other gender- and sexual-oriented (LGBTQIA+) parents, “inclusive” websites did not use gendered terminology for parents, and “noninclusive” websites used gendered terms at least once in the text reviewed. …”
Get full text

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF RURAL WOMEN IN NOTHERN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA by LAZARUS BASSEY ABONOR, ESTHER E-C UZOH, PHILOMINA UGBE AMOKEYE, JOSEPH EDUM TAKWAN

“…The study identified key challenges faced by rural women to include limited educational opportunities, inadequate family planning services, unsafe abortions, untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs), poor prenatal and postnatal care, and barriers to cervical cancer screening. …”
Get full text

Lessons Learned from Experimental Human Model of Zinc Deficiency by Ananda S. Prasad

“…In zinc-deficient dwarfs from the Middle East, we reported growth retardation, delayed sexual development, susceptibility to infections, poor appetite, and mental lethargy. …”
Get full text

Quality of life and well-being of dermatology patients: Influence of associated anxiety and depression in relation to satisfaction of care by Prasanta Mohapatra, Piyush Sahu, Ankita Mohapatra, Nilamadhab Kar

“…Results: The sample (n = 150) covered a range of dermatological diagnoses including allergy/eczema (53.3%), inflammatory/infective diseases (19.3%), sexually transmitted diseases (10.0%), psycho-somatic diseases (9.3%), and auto-immune diseases (7.3%). …”
Get full text

Hipoadrenocorticismo primario canino: reporte de caso by J. L. Granados, L. M. Martínez, V. Galindo

“…El hipoadrenocorticismo primario es un desorden endocrino poco común que afecta principalmente pacientes caninos; está caracterizado por la destrucción inmunomediada de las cortezas adrenales, lo cual conduce a deficiencia de glucocorticoides, mineralocorticoides y hormonas sexuales adrenales. La historia de los pacientes afectados es variable y los signos clínicos son usualmente inespecíficos; las pruebas de laboratorio, por lo general, revelan hiperkalemia e hiponatremia, resultantes de la pérdida de la secreción de aldosterona. …”
Get full text

Computational approaches of modelling human papillomavirus transmission and prevention strategies: a systematic review by Weiyi Wang, Shailendra Sawleshwarkar, Mahendra Piraveenan

“…Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world. Persistent oncogenic HPV infection has been a leading threat to global health and can lead to serious complications such as cervical cancer. …”
Get full text

Treatment of Priapism Secondary to Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction by José Pablo Saffon Cuartas, Carolina Sandoval-Salinas, Juan M. Martínez, Héctor A. Corredor

“…The results suggest that in men treated for priapism secondary to the use of sexual impotence drugs, initial treatment with local measures and etilefrine can achieve detumescence, decreasing the need for invasive procedures or surgery as a first-line therapy alternative. …”
Get full text

Assessing the capture of sociodemographic information in electronic medical records to inform clinical decision making. by Rawan Abulibdeh, Karen Tu, Debra A Butt, Anthony Train, Noah Crampton, Ervin Sejdić

“…Documentation of marital status (51.0%) and occupation (47.2%) were significantly higher compared to the rest of the variables. Race (1.4%), sexual orientation (2.5%), and gender identity (0.8%) had the lowest documentation rates with a 97.5% missingness rate or higher. …”
Get full text

Prevalence, Pattern and Effect of Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Abeokuta, South West Nigeria by AbdulMumin Kayode Ahmed, Ayotunde Sherif Azees, Mojirola Martina Fasiku, Olanrewaju Saheed Jimoh, Gloria Bosede Imhonopi, Abiola Oluwatoyin Temitayo-Oboh, Rasheed Abiodun Salam, Ibrahim Ahmed El-Imam, Omobola Yetunde Ojo, Emmanuel Chukwudi Ehiem

“…The effects of IPV reported were bruises/lacerations, unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and attempted suicide. …”
Get full text

New Orleans as the city of misfit women in Jezebel (William Wyler, 1938) and The Flame of New Orleans (René Clair, 1941) by Taïna TUHKUNEN

“…In several Hollywood movies on the antebellum South, the city of New Orleans pivots upon an unruly woman, ill-adapted to the codes and customs of the country, to serve the cinematographic portrayal of the 19th century Louisiana city, viewed as a topos of cultural and sexual instabilities, as well as a perfect site for spectacles and shows of all kinds. …”
Get full text

Causes of global extinctions in the history of life: facts and hypotheses by T. M. Khlebodarova, V. A. Likhoshvai

“…The bistability phenomenon arises only in ecosystems with predominant sexual reproduction. Our hypothesis suggests that even in the absence of global abiotic catastrophes, extinctions of biota would occur anyway. …”
Get full text