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Understanding Menstrual Hygiene Management and Human Rights [PDF]

, 2017
The practitioner's guide explains how women's and girls' ability to manage their menstruation hygienically, and with normalcy and dignity, enables women and girls to enjoy certain human rights.

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Why Ganymede Faints and the Duke of York Weeps: Passion Plays in Shakespeare [PDF]

, 2017
This article revisits contemporary critical debates surrounding the presence of cross-dressed boys as women on the early modern stage – in particular the question of whether or to what extent boy-actors could or should be said to represent ‘women’ or ...
Sujata Iyengar
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Case Report With Biallelic Variants in GCNT2 Implicates Exon 1B in Congenital Cataracts

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT GCNT2‐related cataracts is a disorder characterized by bilateral congenital cataracts (CC) of various types (with or without the adult i blood phenotype) and is caused by biallelic variants in GCNT2, which has 3 major isoforms, differentiated by alternative splicing of the first exon (known as exon 1A, B, and C).
Audrey O'Neill, Cindy Bayer, Emily McQuillen, Erica D. Smith, Meghan Towne, Dallas Reed   +5 more
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Promoting menstrual health and hygiene—insights from the 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day celebration events in the Hohoe municipality in Ghana

Frontiers in Public Health
The 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day (WMHD) celebration at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) sought to create awareness about menstruation.
Sitsofe Gbogbo, Israel Wuresah, Phyllis Addo, Senam Klomegah, Emmanuel Gbogbo, Wisdom Axame, Priscilla Klutse, Christopher Makam, Robert Kokou Dowou, Paramount Eli Nelson, Ishmael Boateng, Sarah Odi Mantey, Nuworza Kugbey, Victor Christian Korley Doku, Julie Hennegan, Frank E. Baiden, Lydia Aziato, Fred N. Binka   +17 more
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Determinants of pre-menarcheal knowledge of menstruation and sociocultural implications in college going girls: A community-based cross-sectional study from Latur, Maharashtra

Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2016
Introduction: Adolescence marks the onset of female puberty. The first menstruation is often horrifying and traumatic to an adolescent girl because it usually occurs without her knowing about it. Implications of a girl′s response to menarche have a socio-
Namrata Arvind Thakur, Vimal Madhavrao Holambe   +1 more
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Descriptive Epidemiology From the Myhre Syndrome Foundation Registry: The Value of Self‐Reported Data

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome is an ultrarare genetic disease characterized by short stature, distinct craniofacial features, cardiovascular and respiratory fibrosis and stenosis, neurodevelopmental delays, autism, intellectual disability, and hearing loss. The natural history of Myhre syndrome is still not fully understood due to a small patient population ...
Mary K. Young, Armelle Pindon, Maggie R. Brand, Kate Wears, Katherine H. Young, Alyssa Mendel, Michael J. Lyons   +6 more
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Confidence to manage menstruation among university students in Australia: Evidence from a cross-sectional survey

Women's Health, 2022
Objectives: There has been increased attention to university students’ experiences of menstrual disorders, and access to menstrual products, in high-income countries.
Alana K Munro, Melanie Keep, Erin C Hunter, Syeda Z Hossain   +3 more
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Monitoring Menstrual Health Knowledge: Awareness of Menstruation at Menarche as an Indicator

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022
As initiatives to support menstrual health are implemented globally, monitoring progress through a set of comprehensive indicators provides important feedback to direct policies and programs.
Julie Hennegan, Julie Hennegan, Zay Yar Swe, Kyu Kyu Than, Calum Smith, Lidwien Sol, Hilda Alberda, Justine N. Bukenya, Simon P. S. Kibira, Fredrick E. Makumbi, Kellogg J. Schwab, Peter S. Azzopardi, Peter S. Azzopardi   +12 more
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Prevalence of Premenstrual Syndrome and Quality of Life Among Health Science College Student [PDF]

, 2020
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a set of affective, behavioral and physical symptoms with appear in the luteal phase that could affect productivity and quality of life.
Kustriyanti, D. (Dwi), Rahayu, H. (Hermeksi)   +1 more
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A novel mouse model of endometriosis: Simulating the recurrent hemorrhagic microenvironment of clinical lesions

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
To address the limitations of existing models, this study innovatively established a mouse model of endometriosis (EMs) capable of mimicking cyclic bleeding. Our results confirmed that this model recapitulates the complete pathological progression from ectopic lesion establishment to systemic responses, exhibiting superior clinical relevance compared ...
Yu Zhuang, Yan Zan, Tiantian Ma, Xiaoquan Huang, Junwei Li, Liangjun Xia, Yuping Sa, Youbing Xia   +7 more
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