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Tailoring the Properties of Functional Materials With N‐Oxides

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, Volume 36, Issue 17, 26 February 2026.
The properties of materials bearing N‐oxide groups are often dominated by the polar N+─O− bond. It provides hydrophilicity, selective ion‐binding, electric conductivity, or antifouling properties. Many of the underlying mechanisms have only recently been discovered, and the interest in N‐oxide materials is rapidly growing.
Timo Friedrich   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Actions of female sex workers who experience male condom failure during penetrative sexual encounters with clients in Cape Town: Implications for HIV prevention strategies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND: Condom failure has always been found to coexist with condom usage, especially among sex workers. OBJECTIVE: To describe the actions of female sex workers when they are faced with situations of condom failure.
Mukumbang, Ferdinand C.
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Bacteriocins as a Promising Antimicrobial Strategy Against Multidrug‐Resistant Pathogens: Mechanisms of Action, Applications in Human and Animal Health, and the Food Industry

open access: yesBioMed Research International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The global rise of antimicrobial resistance has significantly increased the difficulty treating infectious agents, creating an urgent need for alternative therapeutic strategies. In this context, bacteriocins have emerged as a promising solution, offering a potential alternative to conventional antibacterial therapies.
Abdo Megra Geda   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Spermicide Effect from Methanol Extract of Kalangkala Seed (Litsea angulata) to Spermatozoa Mice (Mus musculus)

open access: yesJournal of Agromedicine and Medical Sciences (AMS), 2016
Men involvement in family planning needs to be increased by providing natural spermicide from natural source which is safer. One of them is kalangkala seed which is endemic plant in South Kalimantan.
Rommy Akmal   +5 more
doaj  

Preference for Face‐to‐Face Contraceptive Service Delivery Post‐COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, Volume 132, Issue 13, Page 2186-2197, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Objective To measure the prevalence of, and social positions associated with, preference for solely face‐to‐face contraceptive service delivery among women and people assigned female at birth in post‐COVID‐19 pandemic England. Design Cross‐sectional online study. Setting England.
Sophie Patterson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of safety margins of Chenopodium album seed decoction: 14-day subacute toxicity and microbicidal activity studies

open access: yesReproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2011
Background Sperm immobilizing activity and plausible mechanism of action of Chenopodium album seed decoction (CAD) have been elucidated in our earlier studies.
Mondal Nirup B   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Womens knowledge of and attitudes towards emergency contraception in Hong Kong: questionnaire survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
OBJECTIVE. To study the level of knowledge of and attitude towards emergency contraception in a group of women requesting the termination of pregnancy. DESIGN. Structured questionnaire survey. SETTING.
Ho, PC, Lai, LYH, Lee, SWH, Wai, MFY
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The limits of women's choices in Japan: Pronatalism, autonomy, and narratives of sexual risk in the era of the pill

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, Volume 6, Issue 2, November 2025.
Abstract The continued assault on women's reproductive freedoms has dampened the critique of the liberal feminist logics of autonomy in reproductive rights activism. This article centers on the Pill, a longtime symbol of women's empowerment, to reorient debates about individual choice.
S. Y. Cheung
wiley   +1 more source

Infección urinaria recurrente en la mujer

open access: yesRevista Médica Clínica Las Condes, 2018
Resumen: La infección urinaria recurrente (ITU-R) en la mujer es un fenómeno muy frecuente que aumenta con la edad. Generalmente ocurre en pacientes sin alteraciones del tracto urinario, por lo que los exámenes de imágenes contrastados, endoscópicos y/o ...
Juan Pablo Valdevenito, Dr.   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contraception in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: A Pharmacological Review

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Haematology, Volume 115, Issue 4, Page 344-348, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are chronic hematologic disorders characterized by clonal proliferation of myeloid lineage cells, commonly driven by JAK2 mutations, and associated with significant thrombotic and hemorrhagic complications.
Awni Alshurafa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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