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The Review of Pros and Cons between Traditional Male Circumcision and Medical Male Circumcision in the Contemporary South Africa

open access: yesJournal of Human Ecology, 2017
ABSTRACTThe relevance and benefits of Traditional Male Circumcision (TMC) as opposed to Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) has been a topical issue globally. The purpose of this paper through a desktop review, seeks to elicit debates, discussions, discourses and analysis of the pros and cons between Traditional Male Circumcision (TMC) and Medical Male ...
Thanduxolo Nomngcoyiya   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Short‐Term Surgical Outcomes: Modified Dorsal Inlay Graft Versus Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty in Pediatric Hypospadias With Narrow Urethral Plates

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Reconstructing the urethra presents in hypospadias surgery is difficult. Occasionally, the urethral plate (UP) may be quite narrow, necessitating augmentation or replacement to achieve additional tubularization. Objective The objective of this research was to assess the application of modified dorsal inlay graft (mDIG) and ...
Yakun Xu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Lies Between Them? Exploring Relational Dynamics Among Hetero‐Gay Co‐Parents

open access: yesJournal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study seeks to enhance knowledge of the relationships between elective co‐parents in hetero‐gay families. Background Elective co‐parenting is an alternative family form that encompasses parents who are not intimate partners but decide to collaborate for the purpose of having children and raising them together.
Lior Bar, Ahuva Even‐Zohar
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of cfDNA Concentration and Fragmentation in Prostate Cancer

open access: yesThe Prostate, Volume 86, Issue 3, Page 338-348, February 15, 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the value of circulating free DNA (cfDNA) in prostate cancer (PCa) by cfDNA assay and analysis of plasma and urinary cfDNA fragmentation to determine the usefulness of this parameter for risk staging and tumor progression monitoring.
Marta Victoria Lorenzo‐Sánchez   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Male and Female Circumcision or Genital Mutilation in Men and Women

open access: yesJournal of Alternative, Complementary & Integrative Medicine
Circumcision is the surgical removal of a large section of the male genitalia or the cutting, usually non-surgical, of a large section of the female genitalia.
Alejandro Cuevas-Sosa
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Efficacy of Virtual Reality vs. Tablet Games for Pain and Anxiety in Children Undergoing Bone Pins Removal: Randomised Clinical Trial

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 2, Page 1791-1802, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Aims To verify the efficacy of virtual reality compared to tablet games for pain and anxiety management in children undergoing percutaneous bone pin and/or suture removal procedures. Design Randomised clinical trial using two parallel groups: (1) virtual reality or (2) tablet game.
Estelle Guingo   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voluntary medical adult male circumcision for HIV prevention in South Africa: The tensions between medicalised modernity and traditional practices

open access: yes, 2016
While a staggered rollout of voluntary medical adult male circumcision (VMAMC) for HIV prevention has been initiated, traditional male circumcision (TMC) and noncircumcision are important signifiers of cultural identity and masculinity in South Africa ...
Lynlee Howard-Payne
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mental Accounting, Remittances, and Celebrations

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 411-437, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Is one KGS of remittance income equal to one KGS of another source of income? The traditional concept of fungibility suggests that it is. However, if it is not, then migrant money transfers may cause behavioral changes at the household level, and their development impact can be huge.
Nurgul Tilenbaeva
wiley   +1 more source

Religion is Secularised Tradition: Jewish and Muslim Circumcisions in Germany

open access: yesOxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2020
This article demonstrates that the legal reasoning dominant in modern states secularises traditions by converting them into ‘religions’. Using a case study on Germany’s recent regulation of male circumcision, we illustrate that religions have (at least ...
Lena Salaymeh, S. Lavi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Virtual Reality Relaxation for Reducing Aggression and Emotional Distress in At‐Risk Adolescents in Israeli Residential Care: A Feasibility Randomized Clinical Trial

open access: yesAggressive Behavior, Volume 52, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Aggression and emotional distress are all too common in at‐risk adolescents in closed residential institutions, which often contain restrictive conditions such as overcrowding, lack of autonomy, and shifting staff–youth relationships. In war‐torn areas like Israel, these restrictive conditions are amplified with additional stressors such as ...
Hagit Mercedes Sabo‐Brants   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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