Sex as an important factor in nanomedicine [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2021 AbstractNanomedicine has demonstrated substantial potential to improve the quality and efficacy of healthcare systems. Although the promise of nanomedicine to transform conventional medicine is evident, significant numbers of therapeutic nanomedicine products have failed in clinical trials. Most studies in nanomedicine have overlooked several important
Hojatollah Vali +6 more
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The predominant relationship between sexual environment characteristics and HIV-serodiscordant condomless anal sex among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) [PDF]
, 2016 In some studies, situational factors have been shown to be stronger predictors of condomless sex than individual risk factors. Cross-sectional relationships between condomless anal sex (CAS) with HIV-serodiscordant partners and risk factors across ...
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Characteristics, sexual behaviour and risk factors of female, male and transgender sex workers in South Africa [PDF]
, 2013 Background. In South Africa, information on sex workers' characteristics, sexual behaviour and health needs is limited. Current social, legal and institutional factors impede a safe working environment for sex workers and their clients. Objectives.
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Adolescents’ preferences for sexual dimorphism are influenced by relative exposure to male and female faces [PDF]
, 2009 Exposure to a particular population of faces can increase ratings of the normality and attractiveness of similar-looking faces. Such exposure can also refine the perceived boundaries of that face population, such that other faces are more readily ...
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Associations between blood glucose and carotid intima-media thickness disappear after adjustment for shared risk factors: the KORA F4 study. [PDF]
, 2012 The association between blood glucose and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is considered to be established knowledge. We aimed to assess whether associations between different measures of glycaemia and CIMT are actually independent of anthropometric
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The price of sex: condom use and the determinants of the price of sex among female sex workers in eastern zimbabwe. [PDF]
, 2014 Background. Higher prices for unprotected sex threaten the high levels of condom use that contributed to the decline in Zimbabwe's human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic.
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The sex factor of colicin factor E1a
Genetical Research, 1967 The sex factor ofcolE1aappears related to Ib, the sex factor ofcolIb, by each of three criteria: mutual inhibition of epidemic spread, antigenic structure of the sex pilus and susceptibility to I phage. The failure of each factor to spread in cultures carrying the other implies that donor ability is subject to a cytoplasmic repressor.
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Do routinely measured risk factors for obesity explain the sex gap in its prevalence? Observations from Saudi Arabia. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: The prevalence of adult obesity is higher in women than men in most countries. However, the pathways that link female sex with excess obesity are still not fully understood. We examine whether socioeconomic and behavioural factors may mediate
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Sexually Transmitted Infections and Sexual Behaviour Among Commercial Sex Workers in a Rural District of Malawi. [PDF]
, 2003 In Thyolo District, Malawi, a study was conducted among commercial sex workers (CSWs) attending mobile clinics in order to; determine the prevalence and pattern of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), describe sexual behaviour among those who have an ...
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