Analysis of the Learning Curve of Surgeons without Previous Experience in Laparoscopy to Perform Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy by Felipe Monnerat Lott, Deborah Siqueira, Hermano Argolo, Bernardo Lindberg Nóbrega, Franz Santos Campos, Luciano Alves Favorito

“…There was progressive postoperative improvement and maintenance of continence and sexual potency until the last patient was operated in our sample. …”
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Parental divorce's long shadow: Elevated stroke risk among older Americans. by Mary Kate Schilke, Philip Baiden, Esme Fuller-Thomson

“…An analytic sample of 13,205 adults aged 65 and above (56.6% female) who have never experienced childhood physical nor sexual abuse were analyzed using binary logistic regression. …”
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Factors Associated with HIV Testing Uptake in Cameroon: Data from the 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey by Buh Nkum C, Nanfak A, Guenou E, Fri Kami R, Murhabazi Bashombwa A, Tchio-Nighie KH, Nangue C, Ateudjieu J

“…Despite the implementation of various HIV testing strategies, the uptake rate of HIV testing remains low.Objective: This study aims to assess the factors associated with HIV testing uptake among women and men in Cameroon.Methods: A secondary analysis of the 2018 Cameroon demographic and health survey (DHS) was conducted using data of sexually active men and women aged 15– 64. Multivariate logistic regression was employed to identify the key factors associated with HIV testing in Cameroon.Results: We included a total of 18,112 participants (12563 women and 5549 men). …”
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The impact of obstetric violence on postpartum quality of life through psychological pathways by Shahnaz Kohan, Desirée Mena-Tudela, Samaneh Youseflu

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Imperialismo, ambigüedad y liberación. Sobre la construcción de la identidad política en Las aventuras de la China Iron (2017), de Gabriela Cabezón Cámara by Andrea Durán Rebollo

“…Defendemos que esta deconstrucción involucrará la toma de conciencia de las injusticias y los moldes del sistema ideológico vigente y culminará con la ruptura de sus códigos imperiales y de su arraigado binarismo genérico y sexual. En consecuencia, la liberación, conseguida tanto de forma individual como colectiva, se ejercerá mediante la asunción de la ambigüedad, cuyo significado se despliega en un paraje recobrado, natural y utópico. …”
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Fragmentos de silentes bulliciosas Nancy Cárdenas y Violeta Barrientos by Adriana Fuentes Ponce

“…En sus versos dejan ver la relación erótico-afectiva entre mujeres y dan cuenta de las dificultades y resoluciones al incursionar en una forma de vida y prácticas sexuales que se alejan de lo aceptado socialmente. …”
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Constipation at endocrine diseases by Yu. O. Shulpekova, A. G. Komova

“…Disorders of defecation are observed at adrenal insufficiency (alternates with diarrhea), hyperaldosteronism, hypopituitarism, changes of sexual hormones secretion, hyperinsulinemia. Laxatives, including volume and osmotic laxatives, stimulating drugs, are prescribed in absence of response to nonpharmaceutical procedures.Conclusion. …”
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Female Breast Cancer Patients, Mastectomy-Related Quality of Life: Experience from Ethiopia by Engida Abebe, Kassaw Demilie, Befekadu Lemmu, Kirubel Abebe

“…On the evaluation of EORTC QLQ-BR23, future perspective about their health was low with a mean of 40.3 and their sexual functioning and enjoyment were significantly affected with mean scores of 85.3 and 71.2, respectively. …”
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Incidence and long-term patient reported outcome measures of patients with radiological cauda equina compression but without clinical features of cauda equina syndrome by Hamzah Alsheikh Soleiman, Mary Solou, Andreas K. Demetriades

“…The long-term patient reported outcomes of the operated patients revealed that 66.7% were fully ambulant, 77.8% maintained an intact sexual function, and 88.9% were free of urinary symptoms. …”
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Tres reflexiones sobre la sexualidad y los derechos humanos en el ámbito de la Iglesia católica by Juan Guillermo Figueroa Perea

“…En este texto se exploran algunas coincidencias y discrepancias entre el discurso de losderechos humanos y las normas que propone la Iglesia católica al vincularse con lasprácticas sexuales. Se parte de la hipótesis de que las enseñanzas sobre sexualidadtransmitidas a partir de modelos normativos hegemónicos de esta institución puedenviolentar algunos derechos humanos de las personas en el ámbito de su sexualidad,tanto por discriminación como por omisión, pero además llegan a contradecir las mis-mas enseñanzas de esta tradición católica y de sus actualizaciones normativas másrecientes. …”
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Neurocognitive Impairment and HIV Treatment Engagement in Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV Who Report Chronic Pain and Substance Use by Matthew C. Sullivan, Megan R. Wirtz, Samantha M. McKetchnie, Lauren R. Gulbicki, S. Wade Taylor, Jonathan D. Jampel, Nikhil Banerjee, Conall O’Cleirigh

“…This study explored relationships between neurocognitive impairment (NCI), engagement in HIV care, and functional disability among sexual minority men aged 50 years or older living with HIV, chronic pain, and recent substance use. …”
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The qualifying features of minors’ corruption: a criminal law analysis by Pysmenska O.

“…The conclusions and proposals formulated in the article can be used in lawmaking activities to improve the criminal legislation of Ukraine, as well as in research activities, as a basis for further academic study of the issues of liability for criminal offenses against sexual inviolability.…”
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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. …”
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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). …”
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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.…”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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