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Actin dynamics controlled by IqgC, a RasGAP at the crossroads between the IQGAP and fungal GAP1 families

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
IqgC is a RasGAP from Dictyostelium discoideum. IqgC binds RasG via its RasGAP domain and deactivates it on macroendocytic cups, thereby suppressing the uptake of fluid and particles. IqgC has a positive effect on cell‐substratum adhesion, and its RGCt domain is required for recruitment to ventral foci.
Vedrana Filić   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alcohol Production as an Adaptive Livelihood Strategy for Women Farmers in Tanzania and Its Potential for Unintended Consequences on Women's Reproductive Health. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Although women occupy a central position in agriculture in many developing countries, they face numerous constraints to achieving their full potential including unequal access to assets and limited decision-making authority.
B Agarwal   +28 more
core   +3 more sources

Diabetes‐induced vascular calcification is associated with low pyrophosphate and its oral supplementation prevents calcification in diabetic mice

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Induction of diabetes in three different mouse strains uniformly resulted in an increase in TNAP activity and a reduction in pyrophosphate (PPi) in the circulation. Inhibition of TNAP restored plasma PPi. Diabetes‐induced calcification in the media layer of the aorta was detected only in the Abcc6−/− strain, which is predisposed to ectopic ...
Krisztina Fülöp   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Challenges of Reproductive and Sexual Rights

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2008
There is continuing historical and social ambivalence about whether human reproduction and indulgence of human sexuality are primarily private rights or public concerns. Family creation is essentially a private matter, involving the most personal, intimate motivations and occasions.
openaire   +3 more sources

Conscientious objection: protecting sexual and reproductive health rights [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Healthcare providers' conscientious objection to involvement in certain procedures is grounded in the right to freedom of religion, conscience and thought.
Bueno De Mesquita, Judith, Finer, Louise
core  

Impact of a senior research thesis on students' perceptions of scientific inquiry in distinct student populations

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This study addressed how a senior research thesis is perceived by undergraduate students. It assessed students' perception of research skills, epistemological beliefs, and career goals in Biochemistry (science) and BDC (science‐business) students. Completing a thesis improved confidence in research skills, resilience, scientific identity, closed gender‐
Celeste Suart   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Young people’s proposals for a web-based intervention for sexual health promotion: a French qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Promoting sexual health is key to improving the supportive behaviors and well-being of young people. With the advent of the Internet, web-based features for sexual health promotion may be attractive to a diverse range of young people.
Philippe Martin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reproductive and Sexual Rights: Do Words Matter?

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2008
The 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development helped governments, the organs and agencies of the United Nations system, and nongovernmental organizations move beyond the confines of traditional family planning approaches. This watershed event fostered and defined subsequent international and national reproductive and sexual ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Sexual and reproductive health and rights in emergencies

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2016
The World Health Organization defines health emergencies as sudden-onset events from naturally occurring or man-made hazards, or gradually deteriorating situations through which the risk to public health steadily increases over time.1 In recent years, conflict, violence and disasters have brought a dramatic rise in the number of displaced people, both ...
Askew, Ian   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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