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440 Sex Workers Cannot Be Wrong: Engaging and Negotiating Online Platform Power

Social Sciences
Online platforms shape and facilitate our social, economic, and political activities. Sex workers have long pioneered their use for advertising, providing services, screening clients, collecting payments, and peer-interaction, among other activities.
Samantha Majic, Melissa Ditmore, Jun Li
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Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono, Yoshifumi Moriyama, Koji Ohashi, Naoya Otaka, Minako Tatsumi, Toyoaki Murohara, Noriyuki Ouchi, Satoru Oshima   +7 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo, Weisi Dai, Jie Mao, Mei Ye, Xingshan Lu, Xiaocui Zhang   +5 more
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Diversity and complexity in neural organoids

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Neural organoid research aims to expand genetic diversity on one side and increase tissue complexity on the other. Chimeroids integrate multiple donor genomes within single organoids. Self‐organising multi‐identity organoids, exogenous cell seeding, or enforced assembly of region‐specific organoids contribute to tissue complexity.
Ilaria Chiaradia, Madeline A. Lancaster
wiley   +1 more source

Are sex assistants sex workers?

, 2023
Le chapitre explore l'émergence et l'évolution de l'assistance sexuelle pour les personnes handicapées. L'auteur analyse comment cette pratique, bien que controversée, tente de se différencier de la prostitution en se positionnant comme une forme de thérapie sexuelle.
openaire   +1 more source

Epigenetic blind spots – the role of DNA methylation dynamics in stem cell‐based models of embryogenesis

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Embryo‐like structures (stembryos) are an innovative tool, but they are hindered by experimental variability and limited developmental potential. DNA methylation is crucial for mammalian development, but its status in stembryo models is poorly characterized.
Sara Canil, Anna Corrà, Annalisa Scapolatiello, Chengxiang Qiu, Gianluca Amadei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Sex Worker’s Work in the Streets and Bars of the City

Psicologia, 2010
This article shows the differences and singularities of the sex workers’s (SW) situations in the central fair and in the bars of the city Campina Grande‑PB. It was used collective interviews techniques, general observation and work systematization.
Edil Ferreira da Silva, Daysse Beserra Costa, José Ulisses do Nascimento   +2 more
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Understanding Risk Factors for Oropharyngeal Gonorrhea Among Sex Workers Attending Sexual Health Clinics in 2 Australian Cities: Mixed Methods Study

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
BackgroundThe risk factors for oropharyngeal gonorrhea have not been examined in sex workers despite the increasing prevalence of gonorrhea infection.
Tiffany R Phillips, Christopher K Fairley, Kate Maddaford, Anna McNulty, Basil Donovan, Rebecca Guy, Ruthy McIver, Rebecca Wigan, Rick Varma, Jason J Ong, Denton Callander, Gabrielle Skelsey, Mish Pony, Dylan O'Hara, Jade E Bilardi, Eric PF Chow   +15 more
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The human gut microbiome across the life course

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero, Basak Bahcivanci, Antonietta Hayhoe, Animesh Acharjee, Ezgi Özkurt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transnational Sex Workers in Malaysia: Methodological Challenges in Data Collection

Journal of Modern Languages, 2018
Sex workers represent a community subject to constant stigmatisation and discrimination yet provide an excellent source of data for research about sex work.
Puspalata C. Suppiah, Surinderpal Kaur
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