Sex‐specific activation of SK current by isoproterenol facilitates action potential triangulation and arrhythmogenesis in rabbit ventricles [PDF]
Sex has a large influence on cardiac electrophysiological properties. Whether sex differences exist in apamin‐sensitive small conductance Ca2+‐activated K+ (SK) current (IKAS) remains unknown.
Chen, Mu +10 more
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Social bonds and genetic ties: Kinship association and affiliation in a community of bonobos (Pan paniscus) [PDF]
Studies of captive populations of bonobos suggest that females are more gregarious than males. This seems to contradict assumed sex-differences in kinship deriving from a speciestypical dispersal pattern of female exogamy and male philopatry.
Fruth, Barbara +3 more
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Female mating preferences in blind cave tetras Astyanax fasciatus (Characidae, Teleostei). [PDF]
The Mexican tetra Astyanax fasciatus has evolved a variety of more or less color- and eyeless cave populations. Here we examined the evolution of the female preference for large male body size within different populations of this species, either surface-
Plath, Martin +4 more
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Sex-related differences in chromatic sensitivity [PDF]
Generally women are believed to be more discriminating than men in the use of colour names and this is often taken to imply superior colour vision. However, if both X-chromosome linked colour deficient males (~8%) and females (
J.A. HARLOW +7 more
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The prevalence of obesity has increased significantly in developing nations over the past decade, particularly among adolescent girls. To assess the scale of this epidemic among female adolescents in South Africa, a systematic review was undertaken to ...
Nokuthula Vilakazi +3 more
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Female Fighting and Host Competition Among Four Sympatric Species of \u3ci\u3eMelittobia\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) [PDF]
Melittobia is a genus of parasitic wasps well known for high levels of inbreeding and violent male combat. Casual observations of groups of sisters of M.
Deyrup, Leif D, Matthews, Robert W
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No Detectable Fertility Benefit from a Single Additional Mating in Wild Stalk-Eyed Flies [PDF]
Background: Multiple mating by female insects is widespread, and the explanation(s) for repeated mating by females has been the subject of much discussion.
A Bretman +58 more
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Aim. To assess the influence of sleep disorders (SD) on the risk of arterial hypertension (AH) and stroke during 16 years follow-up in open population of females 25-64 y.o.Material and methods.
V. V. Gafarov +4 more
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Incidence of osteoporotic femur fractures in old people living in Kemerovo
Objective: to study the incidence rate of osteoporotic proximal femoral fractures in old persons from Kemerovo after 6, 12, and 24 months. Subjects and methods.
T A Raskina, Yulia Valeryevna Averkieva
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The effect of virtual reality (dream creation) on the happiness of female elders [PDF]
Background: Aging is inevitable for every human being. Today, the growing population of the elderly is one of the serious challenges of health systems.
Susan Dadkhah +3 more
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