‘Virginity is a virtue: prevent early sex’: teacher perceptions of sex education in a Ugandan secondary school [PDF]
, 2013 Sex education is a politically contentious issue in many countries, and there are numerous, competing ideologies relating to the most appropriate methods to teach young people about sexual and reproductive health.
Aggleton, Peter, Iyer, Padmini
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Natural reward experience alters AMPA and NMDA receptor distribution and function in the nucleus accumbens. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Natural reward and drugs of abuse converge upon the mesolimbic system which mediates motivation and reward behaviors. Drugs induce neural adaptations in this system, including transcriptional, morphological, and synaptic changes, which contribute to the ...
Kyle K Pitchers +6 more
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The Impact of Abstinence-Only Sex Education Programs in the United States on Adolescent Sexual Outcomes [PDF]
, 2019 Though there are many evaluations of abstinence-only sex education programs in the United States, there is a relatively small body of literature exploring the programs’ impact specifically on adolescent sexual behavior.
Heels, Sonja W.
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study highlights the significance of non‐canonical splicing variants in male infertility, a factor often overlooked during the analysis of high‐throughput sequencing data. Incorporating the non‐canonical splicing variants prioritization in the genetic analysis pipeline will increase the genetic diagnosis of patients with male infertility ...
Kuokuo Li +22 more
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Reducing Sexual Risk with Practice of Periodic Secondary Abstinence [PDF]
, 2008 Objective: Test a novel intervention to help sexually experienced girls increase abstinence behaviors and attitudes. Design: A quasi-experimental repeated measures design using qualitative and quantitative data.
Haglund, Kristin
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study reveals that chronic alcohol exposure selectively upregulates ACSL1 expression in prefrontal cortical microglia, driving lipid metabolism reprogramming and lipid droplet accumulation, which activates the NLRP3 inflammasome and sustains neuroinflammation. To reverse this process, a dual‐targeted lipid nanoparticle, siACSL1@LNP‐MR, is designed
Liang Hao +8 more
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Systematic review of abstinence-plus HIV prevention programs in high-income countries.
PLoS Medicine, 2007 BackgroundAbstinence-plus (comprehensive) interventions promote sexual abstinence as the best means of preventing HIV, but also encourage condom use and other safer-sex practices.
Kristen Underhill +2 more
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What Works for Adolescent Reproductive Health: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions [PDF]
, 2008 This Child Trends fact sheet reviews evaluated programs that focus on adolescent reproductive health. Among the findings: Many different types of programs have been shown to positively affect reproductive health outcomes.
Kristin Anderson Moore, Victoria Ball
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Effect Differences of Omega‐3 Fatty Acids From Plant Oil and Fish Oil on Human Health
AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.Omega‐3 fatty acids in plant oil is no less than fish oil on human health. ALA in plant oil takes directly healthy effects without conversion to DHA and EPA. Plant oil can be substitutes for fish oil to support partial ω‐3 fatty acids. For people who cannot afford fish oil, plant oil is also good for public health.
Mengxue Fang +3 more
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Abstinence Only vs. Comprehensive Sex Education: What are the Arguments? What is the Evidence? [PDF]
, 2002 Responding to the continuing health threats of HIV, STIs and unplanned pregnancy among young people, the widely respected Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences recently recommended eliminating congressional, federal, state and local ...
Chris Collins +3 more
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