Uniform female-biased sex ratios in alpine willows [PDF]
Premise of the study: The development of biased sex ratios in dioecious plant species has been ascribed to either (1) factors influencing differential adult mortality of male and female plants or (2) factors acting at an early life stage that determine ...
Hik, David S., Myers-Smith, Isla H.
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Sex and age differences in atypical chief complaints for acute decompensated heart failure in the emergency department [PDF]
Objective About one million United States emergency department (ED) visits annually are due to acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) symptoms. Characterizing the presentation of ED symptoms among ADHF patients may improve clinical care; however, sex ...
Matthew L. Regan +6 more
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Gender differences in the experience of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome
AimsThis study assessed gender differences in a debilitating urologic pain condition, interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). We aimed to (1) evaluate how pain, symptom, and distress profiles of IC/BPS may differ between genders and (2 ...
Sula S. Windgassen +9 more
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Sex Differences in Countermovement Jump Phase Characteristics [PDF]
The countermovement jump (CMJ) is commonly used to explore sex differences in neuromuscular function, but previous studies have only reported gross CMJ measures or have partly examined CMJ phase characteristics. The purpose of this study was to explore differences in CMJ phase characteristics between male and female athletes by comparing the force ...
McMahon, JJ, Rej, S, Comfort, P
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Addictive social media usage during covid-19 pandemic: a case study of southern Punjab, Pakistan
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of fear of missing out, belongingness, and peer pressure on social media addiction and to find out the gender difference in social media addiction.
Huma Batool +2 more
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Sexed up: theorizing the sexualization of culture [PDF]
This paper reviews and examines emerging academic approaches to the study of ‘sexualized culture’; an examination made necessary by contemporary preoccupations with sexual values, practices and identities, the emergence of new forms of sexual experience ...
Bauman, Zygmunt +22 more
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Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the potential of permanent canines for sexual dimorphism in a Brazilian population. Methods: The sample consisted of 172 dental casts from females (n=102) and males (n=70) aged between 13 and 49 years old.
Silvia Sayuri Shimada +5 more
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Sex‐specific differences in colorectal cancer: A multicenter retrospective cohort study
Background Due to sex‐specific differences in the incidence and clinical and histopathological characteristics of colorectal cancer (CRC), understanding the impact of sex on CRC may suggest sex‐targeted strategies for screening, treatment, and prevention,
Hyun Jin Joo +9 more
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Speech characteristics of monozygotic twins and a same-sex sibling: an acoustic case study of coarticulation patterns in read speech [PDF]
This case study reports on an acoustic investigation of the motor speech characteristics of a set of young adult male monozygotic (MZ) twins and compares them to those of an age- and sex-matched sibling who participated in the study 2 years later to ...
Rixon, E., Whiteside, S.P.
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Sex Equitable Prehospital Stroke Triage Using Symptom Severity and Teleconsultation
Objectives: We aimed to determine whether there are sex differences in prehospital accuracy of the Stockholm Stroke Triage System (SSTS) to predict large artery occlusion (LAO) stroke, and endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), and whether clinical ...
Elin Wiebert +8 more
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