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Active role of the predecidual-like zone in endometrial shedding in a mouse menstrual-like model

European Journal of Histochemistry, 2013
Cyclic shedding of the endometrium is unique to menstruating species. The status of the decidua in mouse menstrual-like models seems to differ from that of the predecidua in humans before endometrial breakdown.
X. Xu, S. Guan, B. He, J. Wang
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Identification of two novel pathogenic variants of PIBF1 by whole exome sequencing in a 2-year-old boy with Joubert syndrome

BMC Medical Genetics, 2020
Background Joubert syndrome (OMIM 213300) is an autosomal recessive disorder with gene heterogeneity. Causal genes and their variants have been identified by sequencing or other technologies for Joubert syndrome subtypes. Case presentation A two-year-old
Yue Shen, Hao Wang, Zhimin Liu, Minna Luo, Siyu Ma, Chao Lu, Zongfu Cao, Yufei Yu, Ruikun Cai, Cuixia Chen, Qian Li, Huafang Gao, Yun Peng, Baoping Xu, Xu Ma   +14 more
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Genetic variants in the MicroRNA biosynthetic pathway Gemin3 and Gemin4 are associated with a risk of cancer: a meta-analysis [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
The effects of the microRNA (miRNA) processing genes Gemin3 and Gemin4 on cellular signaling pathways could have a major impact on the risk of cancer.
Wenbo Zhu, Jun Zhao, Jieyu He, Daxun Qi, Lina Wang, Xu Ma, Pei Liu   +6 more
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The impact of freedom on fertility decline. [PDF]

, 2013
Although fertility decline often correlates with improvements in socioeconomic conditions, many demographers have found flaws in demographic transition theories that depend on changes in distal factors such as increased wealth or education.
Campbell, Martha, Potts, Malcolm, Prata, Ndola   +2 more
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Contraceptive knowledge and attitudes among 14–24‐year‐olds in New South Wales, Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objectives: To investigate correlates of contraceptive knowledge and attitudes and describe differences in contraceptive knowledge by contraceptive category among young people in New South Wales.
Todd Ritter, Anne Dore, Kevin McGeechan
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Association of Husband Smoking With Wife's Hypertension Status in Over 5 Million Chinese Females Aged 20 to 49 Years

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
Background The effect of second‐hand smoking, especially husband smoking, on wife's hypertension has not been well studied. The current study was aimed to assess the association of husband smoking with wife's hypertension among females aged 20 to 49 ...
Ying Yang, Fangchao Liu, Long Wang, Qian Li, Xingyu Wang, Julia C. Chen, Qiaomei Wang, Haiping Shen, Yiping Zhang, Donghai Yan, Man Zhang, Yuan He, Zuoqi Peng, Yuanyuan Wang, Jihong Xu, Jun Zhao, Ya Zhang, Hongguang Zhang, Xiaona Xin, Yan Wang, Dujia Liu, Tongjun Guo, Qiaoyun Dai, Xu Ma   +23 more
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Renewal of the National Cervical Screening Program: health professionals’ knowledge about screening of specific populations in NSW, Australia

Public Health Research & Practice, 2022
Objectives: The National Cervical Screening Program was renewed in Australia from 1 December 2017, with the introduction of 5-yearly human papilloma virus (HPV) screening from age 25, and the release of updated national screening guidelines.
Sally O Sweeney , Yan Cheng , Jessica R Botfield, Deborah J Bateson   +3 more
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Work Performance of The Family Planning Field Workers in The Reduction of Total Fertility Rate in Sibolga, North Sumatera [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Over the past 40 years, family planning has reduced fertility rates in developing countries, from six births per woman to about three per woman.
Rochadi, K. (Kintoko ), Santosa, H. (Heru ), Tanjung, W. A. (Widia)   +2 more
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Urban street networks: a comparative analysis of ten European cities [PDF]

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 40(6) 1071 -- 1086 (2013), 2012
We compare the structural properties of the street networks of ten different European cities using their primal representation. We investigate the properties of the geometry of the networks and a set of centrality measures highlighting differences and similarities among cases.
arxiv   +1 more source

Mapping heterogeneity in family planning indicators in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria, 2000–2020

BMC Medicine
Background Family planning is fundamental to women’s reproductive health and is a basic human right. Global targets such as Sustainable Development Goal 3 (specifically, Target 3.7) have been established to promote universal access to sexual and ...
GBD Local and Small Area Estimation Family Planning Collaborators
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