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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maria Vale, João P Gomes, Marlene Matos
Technology-facilitated sexual abuse refers to the use of information and communication technologies to facilitate both virtual and in-person sexual crimes. Research on this topic has focused on rates, risk factors, and consequences. This scoping review aims to understand whether and how forensic psychological procedures are adapted to assess adolescent victims and how Internet-based information might be useful as complementary data. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extensions for Scoping Reviews guidelines, searches were conducted in April 2023 in five electronic databases to include Portuguese, Spanish, or English quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-method peer-reviewed studies...
April 18, 2024: Behavioral Sciences & the Law
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sarah Dagher, Shimpei Ishiyama
Tickling is commonly perceived as juvenile play associated with laughter. However, its potential connection to adult sexual behavior has largely remained unexplored. Our online survey, primarily distributed among individuals interested in tickle fetishism, explored tickling and its association with sexual behavior. Ticklishness types, tools, preferred body parts, and partner preferences, were examined. Results revealed diverse patterns of ticklishness changes over time and distinct body-part preferences for different types of tickling...
2024: Frontiers in Psychology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nasim Bashour, Arash Aminpour, Shabnam Vazifehkhah, Rasool Jafari
Toxoplasmosis is a frequent infection among the human population. The infection can cause devastating complications for the fetus during pregnancy. The present study aimed to determine the serological and molecular prevalence of the infection and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates among pregnant women referred to Kowsar Hospital, Urmia, Iran. In a cross-sectional study, 340 blood samples were collected from pregnant women referred to Kowsar Hospital, Urmia, Iran from May to July 2022. Anti-T...
April 17, 2024: BMC Infectious Diseases
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emrah Yakut, Esengul Ekici
Our study aimed to investigate the effects of anxiety and obsessive beliefs on sexual function in men with human papillomavirus (HPV) and healthy men. Ninety HPV-positive men (mean age=32.26 ± 6.63 years) from the Urology Outpatient Clinic and 75 healthy men (mean age=33.51 ± 5.67 years) who worked in the hospital were assessed using the International Index of Erectile Function-15 (IIEF-15), Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-44 (OBQ), and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) in 2023...
April 17, 2024: International Journal of Impotence Research
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bianca Brijnath, Rachel Muoio, Peter Feldman, Davina Ghersi, An-Wen Chan, Vivian Welch, Shaun Treweek, Heidi Green, Aaron M Orkin, Ebenezer Owusu-Addo
OBJECTIVE: Lack of ethnic diversity in trials may contribute to health disparities and to inequity in health outcomes. The primary objective was to investigate the experiences and perspectives of ethnically diverse populations about how to improve ethnic diversity in trials. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Qualitative data were collected via 16 focus groups with participants from 21 ethnically diverse communities in Australia. Data collection took place between August and September 2022 in community-based settings in six capital cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Darwin and one rural town: Bordertown (South Australia)...
April 15, 2024: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Terri Flood, Ciara M Hughes, Iseult Wilson, Marian McLaughlin
High-risk strains of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) can lead to the development of a number of cancers including cervical, vulvar, penile, anal and oropharyngeal. HPV vaccination programmes offer the HPV vaccine to males and females 12-13 years old in schools throughout the UK. However, knowledge of HPV remains low in post-primary schools. The aim of this study is to capture 15-16 year old students' perceptions regarding the current provision of HPV education, and whether providing HPV education to 15-16 year olds could influence their intention to be vaccinated and/or future sexual health decisions related to HPV...
2024: PLOS Glob Public Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Devi Das, Saumya Seal, Sreeparna Pal, Nandini Chitara, Rakesh Meena, Ankita Guleria, Akansha Rana, Ritika Verma, Kewal Krishan
The science of fingerprints is very crucial in criminal investigation as it helps identify perpetrators or victims of a crime. Fingerprint ridge density (FPRD), which refers to the number of ridges within a specific area on the epidermal skin layer of the distal phalanges in humans, has been found to differ between males and females. This study attempts to estimate the sex from FPRD and evaluates the diversity in FPRD across several topological areas. The study involves 208 participants (120 males, 88 females) between the ages 18 to 25 years from a North-west Indian population...
April 17, 2024: Die Naturwissenschaften
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ryosuke Omori, Hiam Chemaitelly, Laith J Abu-Raddad
INTRODUCTION: We aimed to investigate the overlapping epidemiologies of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis in sexual networks of men who have sex with men (MSM), and to explore to what extent the epidemiology of one sexually transmitted infection (STI) relates to or differs from that of another STI. METHODS: An individual-based Monte Carlo simulation model was employed to simulate the concurrent transmission of STIs within diverse sexual networks of MSM...
2024: Frontiers in Public Health
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Lauren E Parmley, Sophia S Miller, Innocent Chingombe, Munyaradzi Mapingure, Owen Mugurungi, John H Rogers, Godfrey Musuka, Chesterfield Samba, Avi J Hakim, Tiffany G Harris
INTRODUCTION: We sought to characterize social and structural drivers of HIV vulnerability for transgender women (TGW) in Zimbabwe, where TGW are not legally recognized, and explore differences in vulnerability by feminine presentation. METHODS: A secondary analysis was conducted with a sub-sample of participants recruited from a 2019 respondent-driven sampling survey that comprised men who have sex with men, TGW and genderqueer individuals assigned male sex at birth, from two cities in Zimbabwe...
April 2024: Journal of the International AIDS Society
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marwa A Gouda, Sara A Saied, Ahmed Edrees, Rasha Galal Mostafa, Ashraf Elfert, Aya Abdallah Seleem, Asmaa Shams, Sameh Afify
BACKGROUND: Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) are among the most prevalent foodborne parasitic and bacterial infections worldwide. However, the concurrent impact of coinfection on gastric pathology has yet to be studied in depth. The effect of coinfection generally either adds a synergetic or antagonistic impact; we aimed in the current work to assess the impact of T. gondii coinfection on the progression of H. pylori-associated gastric pathology and reporting H...
April 16, 2024: BMC Infectious Diseases
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jennifer C Spencer, Brittany M Charlton, Peyton K Pretsch, Phillip W Schnarrs, Lisa P Spees, Michael G Hudgens, Lynn Barclay, Stephanie B Wheeler, Noel T Brewer, Jennifer S Smith
We sought to examine cervical cancer screening barriers by sexual orientation among low-income women in North Carolina. The MyBodyMyTest-3 Trial recruited low-income women (< 250% of federal poverty level) aged 25-64 years who were 1+ year overdue for cervical cancer screening. We compared perceptions of cervical cancer screening among those who self-identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer (LGBQ; n = 70) to straight/heterosexual women (n = 683). For both LGBQ and straight respondents, the greatest barriers to screening were lack of health insurance (63% and 66%) and cost (49% and 50%)...
April 16, 2024: Archives of Sexual Behavior
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kate L Seib, Basil Donovan, Caroline Thng, David A Lewis, Anna McNulty, Christopher K Fairley, Barbara Yeung, Fengyi Jin, Doug Fraser, Benjamin R Bavinton, Matthew Law, Marcus Y Chen, Eric P F Chow, David M Whiley, Brent Mackie, Michael P Jennings, Amy V Jennison, Monica M Lahra, Andrew E Grulich
INTRODUCTION: Gonorrhoea, the sexually transmissible infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae , has a substantial impact on sexual and reproductive health globally with an estimated 82 million new infections each year worldwide. N. gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance continues to escalate, and disease control is largely reliant on effective therapy as there is no proven effective gonococcal vaccine available. However, there is increasing evidence from observational cohort studies that the serogroup B meningococcal vaccine four-component meningitis B vaccine (4CMenB) (Bexsero), licensed to prevent invasive disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis , may provide cross-protection against the closely related bacterium N...
April 16, 2024: BMJ Open
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emily Moes, Christopher W Kuzawa, Heather J H Edgar
OBJECTIVES: External environmental heat exposure during gestation impacts the physiology of human development in utero, but evidence for these impacts has not yet been explored in dentition. We examined deciduous teeth for fluctuating asymmetry (FA), a measure of developmental instability, together with gestational environmental temperature data drawn from historical weather statistics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We measured dental casts from the longitudinal Burlington Growth Study, representing 172 participants (ages 3-6 years) with health records...
April 16, 2024: American journal of biological anthropology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ayodeji K Adefemi, Adeyemi A Okunowo, Rose I Anorlu
Background Anogenital warts (AGWs) are a prevalent condition resulting from human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which is the most frequently encountered sexually transmitted infection (STI) on a global scale. Women who are HIV-positive experience a disproportionately high burden of AGWs compared to other populations. It is imperative to comprehend the epidemiological factors linked to the disease within this particular at-risk population. Objectives The objective of the study was to ascertain the prevalence of AGWs and its demographic and socio-biological epidemiological features among recently diagnosed HIV-positive women (HPW) in Lagos, Nigeria...
March 2024: Curēus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
James D Mancuso, Anwar E Ahmed
Estimates of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) coverage in the U.S. military, defined as the proportion of the persons taking HIV PrEP out of the estimated number of persons who had indications for it, have never been published. The objective of this study was to provide an estimate of HIV PrEP coverage comparable to U.S. civilian estimates. The population with indications for HIV PrEP was obtained from the Department of Defense 2018 Health Related Behaviors Survey, a stratified random sample of members of all military service branches...
March 20, 2024: MSMR
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Qianwen Li, Zhi Yang, Kaili Chen, Ming Zhao, Hai Long, Yueming Deng, Haoran Hu, Chen Jia, Meiyu Wu, Zhidan Zhao, Huan Zhu, Suqing Zhou, Mingming Zhao, Pengpeng Cao, Shengnan Zhou, Yang Song, Guishao Tang, Juan Liu, Jiao Jiang, Wei Liao, Wenhui Zhou, Bingyi Yang, Feng Xiong, Suhan Zhang, Xiaofei Gao, Yiqun Jiang, Wei Zhang, Bo Zhang, Yan-Ling He, Liwei Ran, Chunlei Zhang, Wenting Wu, Quzong Suolang, Hanhuan Luo, Xiaojing Kang, Caoying Wu, Hongzhong Jin, Lei Chen, Qing Guo, Guangji Gui, Shanshan Li, Henan Si, Shuping Guo, Hong-Ye Liu, Xiguang Liu, Guo-Zhang Ma, Danqi Deng, Limei Yuan, Jianyun Lu, Jinrong Zeng, Xian Jiang, Xiaoyan Lyu, Liuqing Chen, Bin Hu, Juan Tao, Yuhao Liu, Gang Wang, Guannan Zhu, Zhirong Yao, Qianyue Xu, Bin Yang, Yu Wang, Yan Ding, Xianxu Yang, Hu Kai, Haijing Wu, Qianjin Lu
BACKGROUND: Lupus erythematosus (LE) is a spectrum of autoimmune diseases. Due to the complexity of cutaneous LE (CLE), clinical skin image-based artificial intelligence is still experiencing difficulties in distinguishing subtypes of LE. OBJECTIVES: We aim to develop a multimodal deep learning system (MMDLS) for human-AI collaboration in diagnosis of LE subtypes. METHODS: This is a multi-centre study based on 25 institutions across China to assist in diagnosis of LE subtypes, other eight similar skin diseases and healthy subjects...
April 15, 2024: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology: JEADV
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Christopher P Coplen, Mladen Jergovic, Elana L Terner, Christine M Bradshaw, Jennifer L Uhrlaub, Janko Ž Nikolich
UNLABELLED: Human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) is a ubiquitous facultative pathogen, which establishes a characteristic latent and reactivating lifelong infection in immunocompetent hosts. Murine CMV (mCMV) infection is widely used as an experimental model of hCMV infection, employed to investigate the causal nature and extent of CMV's contribution to inflammatory, immunological, and health disturbances in humans. Therefore, mimicking natural human infection in mice would be advantageous to hCMV research...
April 15, 2024: Journal of Virology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ngoc-Thao-Hien Le, Kenn Foubert, Mart Theunis, Tania Naessens, Murat Bozdag, Pieter Van Der Veken, Luc Pieters, Emmy Tuenter
Lepidium meyenii Walp. (Brassicaceae), also known as Maca or Peruvian ginseng, is a common ingredient in food supplements with many claimed health benefits, such as improved endurance, increased energy level, and enhanced sexual properties. Due to potential toxicity of its chemicals, including alkaloids, some regulatory authorities, e.g., in Belgium, Germany, the United States, expressed concerns about the safe consumption of Maca root. However, due to the lack of commercial standards, no established analytical method currently exists for this purpose...
April 9, 2024: ACS Omega
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ruoyi Zhang, Wei Xu, Siyuan Yang, Dehua Hu, Li Bai, Rumei Xiang, Xiaowei Zhao, Yuxian Nie, Qiu-Ling Shi
Purpose This study delves into the epidemiology of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection and its link to precancerous lesions among perimenopausal (40-59 years) and elderly (60-65 years) women in a Chinese county with a notably high incidence of cervical cancer. By uniquely focusing on these age groups in underdeveloped regions, the research aims to offer novel strategies for the management and prevention of cervical cancer. It seeks to inform targeted interventions and public health policies that could significantly benefit women at heightened risk for HPV, addressing a critical gap in current prevention efforts in economically disadvantaged communities...
April 2024: Curēus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gang Jiang, Yucai Xue, Arifuzzaman Arifuzzaman, Xuxiong Huang
Dmrt (doublesex and mab-3 related transcription factor) is a protein family of transcription factors implicated in sexual regulation. Dmrt proteins are widely conserved and known for their involvement in sex determination and differentiation across species, from invertebrates to humans. In this study, we identified a novel gene with a DM (doublesex/Mab-3)-domain gene in the river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense, which we named MniDmrt1B due to its similarities and close phylogenetic relationship with Dmrt1B in Macrobrachium rosenbergii...
April 15, 2024: Development Genes and Evolution
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