Positive association between chronic hepatitis B virus infection and anemia in pregnancy in Southern China by Renliang Huang, Zhe Lu, Xinze Li, Duo Zhou, Jing Xu, Dan Lin, Yunxue Fu, Yan Liang, Xuexia Li, Frank Petersen, Qiaomiao Zhou, Xinhua Yu

“…Firstly, a cross-sectional study was conducted, encompassing a review of clinical data of 43,201 pregnant women admitted to the Hainan Women and Children’s Medical Center between January 2017 and December 2020. …”
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Is HbA1c Predictive for Screening and Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus? by Neslihan Yerebasmaz, Oya Aldemir, Şeyma Asıltürk, Deniz Esinler, Ertuğrul Karahanoğlu, Ömer Kandemir, Serdar Yalvaç

“…Venous blood samples of these women were collected for HbA1c. One sample test was performed to test the difference between our HbA1c results and the value in the literature. …”
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L’exposition Femmes célèbres du XIXe siècle organisée par Marguerite Durand en 1922 by Mathilde Leïchlé

“…Based on a collection of archives kept at the Marguerite Durand Library (Paris), this article presents the constellation of women conceived by Marguerite Durand in 1922 for the exhibition Famous Women of the 19th Century. …”
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Fear of childbirth and psychiatric disorders decrease the likelihood of subsequent births: a retrospective register-based cohort study by Elina Silvan, Terhi Saisto, Tia Mäkelä, Katariina Salmela-Aro, Mika Gissler, Laura Lampio

“…This study aims to assess the influence of FOC, psychiatric disorders, and the mode of first delivery on the likelihood of the second birth among primiparous women. Methods Data were collected from the Medical Birth Register, the Hospital Discharge Register, and Statistics Finland census data. …”
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Iterativity, agency, and feminism in the Hindu Tij songs of Nepal by Basanti Timalsina, Victoria L. Bergvall

“…However, some recent songs and videos exploit the iterativity of language and new media to position women instead as powerful agents to choose partners (or not), pursue education and economic freedom, and join collectively to choose women’s empowerment and rebel against patriarchal religious expectations. …”
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Inequalities in total fertility rate in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019 by Augustus Osborne, Umaru Sesay, Mohamed S. Bah, Camilla Bangura, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…The provincial disparities between Western and Eastern provinces point to a need for balanced provincial development policies and improved resource distribution, particularly in the Eastern province, where women face greater disadvantages. These implications collectively suggest that policymakers should adopt an integrated approach that combines economic empowerment, educational initiatives, and provincial development strategies to address these intersecting inequalities in TFR effectively.…”
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Emic definitions of empowerment for just development: learnings from Kenya by Haley Zaremba, Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Nadia Guettou Djurfeldt, Hanna North, Vanya Slavchevska, Annarita Macchioni Giaquinto

“…Participants of all genders suggested that women’s empowerment is more limited than men’s, as women who are not. …”
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Sociocultural Determinants of the Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services in the Tallensi District in the Upper East Region of Ghana by Jonathan Mensah Dapaah, John Onzaberigu Nachinaab

“…The quality maternal health care that women receive during pregnancy and delivery is important for the health of both the mother and the baby. …”
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Gender Analysis, Milk Value Chain, Kabale Uganda. Kabale: Kabale University. by Tugume, Samuel

“…Efforts should be made to facilitate access to credit or microloans specifically for women to purchase dairy cows. Encourage women's groups for collective ownership and management of breeding stock. …”
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Gender and ethnoracial disparities in Veterans’ trauma exposure prevalence across differing life phases by Fernanda S. Rossi, Yael I. Nillni, Alexandria N. Miller, Annie B. Fox, Johanne Eliacin, Paula P. Schnurr, Christopher C. Duke, Jaimie L. Gradus, Tara E. Galovski

“…Methods This study examined survey data from 3,544 Veterans (1,781 women; 1,686 men) across six discrete data collection points (between August 2018 to March 2022). …”
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Infectivity in full-term placenta of Zika viruses with different lipid profiles by Eva Mazzetto, Alessio Bortolami, Davide Bovo, Matteo Stocchero, Elisa Mazzacan, Alessandra Napolitan, Valentina Panzarin, Maria Rosa Tran, Gianpiero Zamperin, Adelaide Milani, Andrea Fortin, Michela Bigolaro, Paola Pirillo, Matteo Pagliari, Claudia Zanardello, Giuseppe Giordano, Maria Teresa Gervasi, Eugenio Baraldi, Calogero Terregino, Carlo Giaquinto, Francesco Bonfante

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The Effect of Cord Blood Bile Acid Levels on the Meconium Passage in Utero in Normal Pregnancies by Saynur Sarıcı Yılmaz, Deniz Hızlı, Yaprak Engin Üstün, Engin Yılmaz, Elif Gül Yapar Eyi, Leyla Mollamahmutoğlu

“…Exclusion criteria were: presence of any maternal disease, obstetric cholestasis, hepatic infections and multiple pregnancies. Sixty one pregnant women were recruited for the study: 31 women with meconium stained amnion liquid and 30 women with normal amnion liquid. …”
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Does preeclampsia impact the gut microbiota of preterm offspring during early infancy? by Yang Chen, Zhou-Ting Yi, Hai-Long Yu, Xiao-Yan Wu, Jun-Ping Wang, Chuan Nie, Hui Li, Sheng-Hui Li, Qiu-Long Yan, Tian-Wen He, Min-Chai Chen, Xin-Yue Yang, Ji-Ying Wen, Li-Juan Lv

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Modeling HIV outbreaks: The male to female prevalence ratio in the core population by Brandy Rapatski, James Yorke

“…What affects the ratio of infected men to infected women in the core population in a heterosexual HIV epidemic? …”
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Understanding factors that influence whether a woman will seek care for reproductive health: A national survey by Pooja Kanyadan, Latha Ganti, Rohan Mangal, Thor Stead, Lindsey Hahn, Marcos Sosa

“…These results can be further extrapolated to whether women will seek OB/GYN healthcare in the future. …”
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Engagement féminin en Kabylie et intersection des revendications (1980-2001). Dominations, expériences et négociations identitaires by Margherita Rasulo

“…Particular attention is given to the association Tiɣri n’Ttmeṭṭut, active from 1989 to 1995, and the Black Spring Women’s Collective, active since 2001.The hypothesis of the article is that women’s movements and identity movements are part of a relationship of both tension and complementarity, with each generating reciprocal consequences, the scope of which we try to measure in particular for women, who are minoritised among the minorities. …”
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Expression of Dual-Specificity Phosphatase 9 in Placenta and Its Relationship with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Qiang Wei, Xiaomin Pu, Li Zhang, Yi Xu, Meifan Duan, Yuemei Wang

“…Placental tissues from pregnant women with GDM (n=17) and normal healthy pregnant women (n=16) were collected at delivery. …”
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Assessing the cataract surgical rate and gender equity in cataract services in south-east Nigeria by Clare Gilbert, Onyinye Onyia, Ada Ejealor Aghaji, Christiana Ubaka, Eberechukwu Ogbeanu Achigbu, Ifeoma Lilian Ejiakor, Adaku I Mbatuegwu, Chiamaka J P Okeke, Barbara C Okoli, Emmanuel U Ogborogu, Kenneth C Dike, Florence U Nkwogu

“…The CSR was calculated overall, in men and women, and in younger and older women.Results The CSR overall was 330/million and was slightly higher in women (347/million) than in men (315/million) (p<0.001). …”
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Multicultural Pentecostal Congregations: by D.N. Andrew, W.J. Schoeman, L.J.S. Botes

“…This qualitative study collected data from men and women in five focus group discussions, with about 10 people in each group, held in five multicultural congregations. …”
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Evaluation of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness from 2021 to 2024: A Guangdong-Based Test-Negative Case–Control Study by Liyan Zhu, Ying Han, Jiahai Lu, Jianhao Tan, Conghui Liao, Cheng Guo, Qing He, Yajie Qiu, Huahua Lu, Yue Zhou, Jianrui Wei, Dandan Hu

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