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Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
wiley   +1 more source

The use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in child well-being research: a scoping review of research on child well-being research and interventions

BMC Public Health
Background Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a method for examining configurational causality by identifying pathways that lead to an outcome of interest.
Aye Thiri Kyaw, Meghna Ranganathan, Cathy Zimmerman, Isabelle Pearson, Emily Warren, Benjamin Hanckel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vulnerability to violence against women or girls during COVID-19 in Uganda

BMC Public Health, 2023
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, gender-based violence (GBV) was reported to have increased worldwide. We build on existing literature to examine the factors that increased vulnerability to GBV during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda.
Paul Bukuluki, Peter Kisaakye, Grace Bulenzi-Gulere, Beatrice Mulindwa, Dan Bazira, Evelyn Letiyo, Hellen Nviiri Laetitia Namirembe, Isabella Schmidt, Pamela Nabukhonzo Kakande, Simon Nissling   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Women in family farming: Evidence from a qualitative study in two Portuguese inner regions

Frontiers in Sociology, 2022
The importance of family farming in food systems worldwide is recognized by different international bodies, as well as the leading role played by women and the inequalities they face in this sector of activity.
Diana Gomes, Diana Gomes, Miguel Jesus, Rosário Rosa, Rosário Rosa, Rosário Rosa, Cristina Bandeira, Cristina Amaro da Costa, Cristina Amaro da Costa   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Somatostatin receptor 4 (SSTR4) is a tumor suppressor in cutaneous and head & neck squamous cell carcinomas

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study identifies somatostatin receptor 4 (Sstr4) as a critical tumor suppressor against skin and head/neck cancers (HNSCC, cSCC, and BCC). The loss of Sstr4 removes a check on cell growth, causing hyperactivation of the MAPK‐ERK signaling pathway (↑).
Ali Taqvi, Tuan Khang Huynh, Adway Kadam, Zahra Kardan, Yue Yan, Amina Jamal Laham, Sampath Kumar Loganathan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of jealousy and infidelity in intimate partner violence against women: a qualitative meta-synthesis of five studies

BMC Public Health
Background Jealousy and infidelity are frequently identified as key drivers of intimate partner violence (IPV) yet remain underexplored in IPV prevention programming and inadequately conceptualised in measurement frameworks. This study presents the first
Marjorie Pichon, Erin Stern, Vandana Sharma, Nambusi Kyegombe, Heidi Stöckl, Ana Maria Buller   +5 more
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Caring for Women Experiencing Gender-Based Violence: A Qualitative Study from the Nursing Experience

Nursing Reports
Gender-based violence is a social problem that affects the health of women in all countries, cultures, ages and economic status; its complexity requires a transdisciplinary approach.
Meyber González-González, Venus Medina-Maldonado   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intimate partner violence against women during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol for producing global and regional estimates

Systematic Reviews, 2023
Background Intimate partner violence is a devastating human rights violation and public health problem with high prevalence rates globally. Intimate partner violence during pregnancy is associated with devastating maternal, perinatal, and neonatal health
Leah Schrubbe, Claudia García-Moreno, Lynnmarie Sardinha, Heidi Stöckl   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gender equality and violence against women: what’s the connection? [PDF]

, 2014
A lack of gender equality is consistently cited as an underlying determinant of violence against women. The United Nations General Assembly, in its 1993 Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, noted that this violence is a manifestation
Liz Wall
core  

Towards a politics of uncertainty: difficulties of naming the relationship between gender and violence

, 2021
This article discusses how the relationship between gender and violence can be articulated, both in policy and theory, in order to unsettle the feminist orthodoxy that equates gender-based violence with violence against (heterosexual, white) women ...
Carbin, Maria,, Maria Carbin
core   +1 more source