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Sex Differences in Countermovement Jump Phase Characteristics [PDF]

Sports, 2017
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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Uniform female-biased sex ratios in alpine willows [PDF]

, 2012
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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Sexed up: theorizing the sexualization of culture [PDF]

, 2006
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, Beck, Ulrich and Beck-Gernsheim, Elisabeth, Bell, David, Bristow, Joseph, Evans, David, Feona Attwood, Giddens, Anthony, Gill, Rosalind, Gillis, Stacy, Given-Wilson, R., Jancovich, Mark, Juffer, Jane, Kendrick, Walter, Lumby, Catharine, Maddison, Stephen, McNair, Brian, Merck, Mandy, Plummer, Kenneth, Radner, Hilary, Simon, William, Stoller, Debbie, Whelehan, Imelda, Williamson, Judith   +22 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]

, 2003
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 and age differences in atypical chief complaints for acute decompensated heart failure in the emergency department [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
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, Jason J. Bischof, Montika Bush, Anna E. Waller, Timothy F. Platts-Mills, Martin F. Casey, Michelle L. Meyer   +6 more
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Psychological Characteristics of Sex Offenders

European Psychiatry, 2022
IntroductionA significant problem for clinical judicial experts when issuing court opinions is the possibility that the assessed person may be simulating, as well as lack of examination tools that would increase the objectivity and reliability of the assessment. This presentation covers studies on psychological characteristics of perpetrators of crimes
W. Oronowicz-Jaśkowiak, M. Lew-Starowicz   +1 more
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Sex-Specific Characteristics of the Microcirculation [PDF]

, 2018
The requirements of metabolizing tissue are both continuous and variable; accordingly, the microvasculature serving that tissue must be similarly dynamic. Just as it is recognized that males and females of the same species have differing metabolic requirements, is it not likely that the microvasculature serving these tissues will differ by sex?
Virginia H, Huxley, Scott S, Kemp
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Burden of comorbidities in people with multiple sclerosis: a population-based study in Catalonia

Frontiers in Neurology
BackgroundPeople with multiple sclerosis (MS) often present with chronic comorbidities that complicate care and affect prognosis. Population-based evidence in Europe is limited.ObjectiveTo describe the prevalence of selected comorbidities among ...
Toni Mora
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Civil partnership five years on

, 2011
The Civil Partnership Act 2004, which came into force in December 2005 allowing same-sex couples in the UK to register their relationship for the first time, celebrated its fifth anniversary in December 2010.
Berrington, Ann, Gask, Karen, Ross, Helen   +2 more
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Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis, Okeleji Olayinka, Mariam Z. Quraishi, Lakshmi V. Srivaths, Deborah L. Brown, Neethu M. Menon, Ricardo A. Mosquera, Ashwin P. Patel, James M. Stark, Aravind Yadav   +9 more
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