Human Sex Differences
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1. Human enteroviral infection in fibromyalgia: a case-control blinded study
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to test the hypothesis that fibromyalgia is associated with a human enteroviral infection. METHODS: Venous peripheral blood samples from 27 patients fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology revised diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and from 26 age- and sex-matched controls, who underwent immunofluorescence assa
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira. Publicado em: 2022
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2. Morphometric characteristics and seasonal proximity to water of the Cypriot bluntnosed viper Macrovipera lebetina lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Abstract Background: The blunt-nosed viper Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758) is a medically important snake species in the Middle East. Its nominate subspecies Macrovipera l. lebetina is confined to Cyprus, where it is the only dangerously venomous snake species and heavily pursued. Despite the viper's large size, data on its body mass and sex-specific
J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis. Publicado em: 24/01/2019
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3. PROPOSAL AND TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY OF A SCALE FOR CERVICAL, THORACIC, AND LUMBAR SPINE PAIN IN BRAZILIAN YOUNG PEOPLE
RESUMO Objetivo: Propor e analisar a reprodutibilidade de um instrumento para verificar a presença e a intensidade da dor na coluna cervical, torácica e lombar em jovens brasileiros. Métodos: Estudo de reprodutibilidade com uma amostra de 458 participantes (13 a 20 anos). Dois grupos foram formados para cada sexo de acordo com o intervalo de dias entr
Rev. paul. pediatr.. Publicado em: 07/01/2019
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4. Hepatitis C viral load in HCV-monoinfected and HCV/HIV-1-, HCV/HTLV-1/-2-, and HCV/HIV/HTLV-1/-2-co-infected patients from São Paulo, Brazil
ABSTRACT Co-infections of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and either human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) or type 2 (HTLV-2) have been described as having an impact on HCV viremia and subsequent disease progression. HCV load in serum samples from 622 patients (343 males, 279 females; median age 50.8 years) from
Braz J Infect Dis. Publicado em: 2018-03
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5. Quality of life and informal labor among elderly persons in an intermediate Colombian city, 2012-2013
Abstract Objective: Describe the quality of life of elderly informal workers in an intermediate Colombian city. Method: A descriptive study of 320 randomly selected informal workers aged older than 18 from Manizales was performed. A sub-sample of 153 people aged older than 50, representing 47.8 percent of the study population, was performed. Two instrume
Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol.. Publicado em: 2016-06
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6. Management framework paradigms for disorders of sex development
Until 2005, questions regarding medical treatment and diagnostic information on Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) were not systematically discussed with both the patients and their families; however, the way these patients are currently treated have been changing with time. Interventional changes in the clinical-psychotherapeutic-surgical areas of DSD deter
Arch. Endocrinol. Metab.. Publicado em: 28/08/2015
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7. Urine alpha1-microglobulin is a better marker for early tubular dysfunction than beta2-microglobulin among tenofovir-exposed human immunodeficiency virus-infected men who have sex with men
Objectives: Men who have sex with men are at risk of tenofovir nephrotoxicity due to its wide use in both treatment and prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus infection, but little is known about the urinary biomarkers of early renal dysfunction in this population. This study aims to identify useful biomarkers of early renal dysfunction among human im
Braz J Infect Dis. Publicado em: 2015-08
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8. Sexual behavior among high school students in Brazil: alcohol consumption and legal and illegal drug use associated with unprotected sex
OBJECTIVE: Alcohol and other drug use appears to reduce decision-making ability and increase the risk of unsafe sex, leading to possible unplanned pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases/human immunodeficiency virus/HIV transmission, and multiple sexual partners. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that risky sexual behaviors among adolescents are as
Clinics. Publicado em: 2013-04
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9. Is there a relationship between endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms and ankylosing spondylitis?
OBJECTIVE: Nitric oxide is produced by endothelial nitric oxide synthase, and its production can be influenced by polymorphisms of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene. Because candidate genes responsible for susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis are mostly unknown and available data suggest that there may be problems related to the nitric oxide pat
Clinics. Publicado em: 2013
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10. Cognição espacial: um estudo sobre o desempenho na realização de tarefas espaciais e fatores que o influenciam / Spatial cognition: a study about the performance on spatial tasks and factors that influence it
As habilidades de navegação e as estratégias de memorização de rotas, temas estudados na área de Cognição Espacial, são assuntos de extrema importância que vem atraindo interesse crescente por parte de psicólogos, etólogos, biólogos, geógrafos e engenheiros. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo testar se os resultados encontrados na literatur
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 14/03/2012
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11. Crianças que se percebem competentes e são intrinsecamente motivadas são motoramente mais competentes? um estudo associativo entre desenvolvimento motor e aspectos psicossociais de escolares
This research aimed to investigate the perception of competence, motivational orientation and motor performance in children from public schools. More specifically we sought: check if children who have motor difficulties in gross motor skills fundamental also present difficulties in motor tasks specific to fine motor skills and balance, as well as the differe
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 2012
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12. Occurrence of Ascocotyle sp. (Digenea: Heterophyidae) in grey mullets (Osteichthyes: Mugilidae) commercialized in Iguape, Sao Paulo, Brazil / Ocorrência de Ascocotyle sp. (Digenea: Heterophyidae) em mugilídeos (Osteichthyes: Mugilidae) comercializados no município de Iguape, São Paulo, Brasil
The world spread of oriental culture and the common use of fish which is not cooked showed some problems related to them like diseases caused by parasites. There is a great incidence of Ascocotyle sp. parasites in mullets fishes, which are part of human culinary spread all over world. The aim of the present study is to estimate the presence of trematode Hete
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 30/06/2011