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The “costly son” hypothesis: Sons exacerbate obstetrical dilemmas in humans and other mammals

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Human childbirth has often been considered uniquely difficult among mammals, yet recent evidence suggests that obstructed labor and fetopelvic disproportion are widespread across placental mammals. Here, we propose the “costly son” hypothesis: because male offspring are typically larger at birth, they impose greater obstetric risk on mothers ...
Nicole D. S. Grunstra, Jonathan C. K. Wells   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

How have unintended pregnancies and contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women changed in Uganda? Evidence from the 2014 and 2019 PMA national surveys.

PLoS ONE
Unintended pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), and any pregnancy among adolescent girls are still a challenge, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and Uganda.
Simon P S Kibira, Mary Nakafeero, Mathew Amollo, Ronald Ssenyonga, Rawlance Ndejjo, Phil Anglewicz, Melody Kukundakwe, Mabel Luzze, Samuel Kagongwe, Victor Guma, Vivian Zalwango, Fredrick Edward Makumbi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Body Image in Australian adolescents: Exploring functional and aesthetic body image across the sporting context [PDF]

, 2012
This thesis take a multidimensional view on body image, suggesting that perceptions of the body are not restricted to the way the body “looks”; they may also extend to the way the body “functions”.
Abbott, Bree
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Favorable Functional Outcomes and Low Instability Recurrence Rates After the Latarjet Procedure in Adolescent Patients: A Systematic Review

Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To assess clinical, functional, and radiographic outcomes as well as return‐to‐sports (RTS) rates in adolescent patients (aged 10‐19 years according to the World Health Organization) who underwent the Latarjet procedure. Methods A systematic review was performed in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta ...
Peter Rab, Igor J. Shirinskiy, Thibault Lafosse, Peter J. Millett, Doruk Akgün, Sebastian Siebenlist, Lucca Lacheta, Maximilian Hinz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Tu’Washindi Na PrEP Intervention to Reduce Gender-Based Violence and Increase Preexposure Prophylaxis Uptake and Adherence Among Kenyan Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR Research Protocols
BackgroundAdolescent girls and young women constitute a priority population disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for 25% of annual HIV incidence among people older than 15 years in Kenya.
Sarah T Roberts, Alexandra M Minnis, Sue Napierala, Elizabeth T Montgomery, Lina Digolo, Mackenzie L Cottrell, Erica N Browne, Jacqueline Ndirangu, Joyce Boke, Kawango Agot   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lower Extremity Injuries and Revision Surgery Rates are Increased in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa Compared With Controls

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To compare lower extremity soft tissue injury and revision surgery rates for patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) compared with matched controls. Methods This retrospective cohort study used a deidentified claims database.
Jackson G. Woodrow, David G. Deckey, Eugenia Lin, Jack M. Haglin, Joshua S. Bingham, Karan A. Patel, Callie M. Davies, Steven K. Poon   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Providing Gender-Specific Services for Adolescent Female Offenders: Guidelines & Resources, January 1999 [PDF]

, 1999
Information of Gender-Specific Services for Adolescent Female Offenders produced by the Iowa Commission on the Status of ...

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Affective dimensions in the information behavior of forcibly displaced people: A literature review. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review analyzed 241 scholarly articles published between 2010 and 2025 in information science venues to examine how affect shapes refugees' information behavior during forced migration and to identify additional contextual factors. It identifies seven affective dimensions: anxiety, shame and stigma, grief and loss, frustration, (mis)trust,
Maja Krtalić, Lilach Alon
wiley   +1 more source

What Are the Barriers Which Discourage 15-16 Year-Old Girls from Participating in Team Sports and How Can We Overcome Them? [PDF]

, 2013
Given the clear benefits of regular physical activity (such as reduced risks of cardiovascular disease and obesity, as well as other benefits including those related to mental health), exploration of the reasons that adolescent girls give for not taking ...
Radley, Rebecca, Pearce, Mark, Wetton, Abigail, Jones, Angela   +3 more
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Beyond the label: Rethinking off‐label drug use in paediatrics. Towards a scientifically grounded and safer future for paediatric pharmacotherapy

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite regulatory progress being made in the past two decades, off‐label drug use in paediatrics remains pervasive, with prevalence estimated between 3% and 97% of prescriptions across different clinical settings. Off‐label use—defined as prescribing outside the conditions described in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC)—is often ...
Tjitske M. van der Zanden, Miriam G. Mooij, Matthijs de Hoog, Saskia N. de Wildt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source