« Le sexe faible (?) » : les femmes et le space opera dans le magazine Amazing Stories d’Hugo Gernsback by Brian S. Matzke

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Preferences and access to community-based HIV testing sites among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Côte d’Ivoire by Christine Danel, Joseph Larmarange, Lazare Sika, Maxime Inghels, Arsène Kra Kouassi, Serge Niangoran, Anne Bekelynck, Séverine Carilon, Mariatou Koné, Annabel Degrées du Loû

“…Objective Measuring access and preferences to Men who have Sex with Men focused community-based HIV testing sites (MSM-CBTS) in Côte d’Ivoire.Design A respondent-driven sampling telephone survey.Setting National survey conducted in 2018 in Côte d’Ivoire.Participants 518 MSM aged over 18 years old.Primary and secondary outcome measures Knowledge, practices, satisfaction and preferences regarding MSM-CBTS. …”
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Prevalence of Site-Specific Mycoplasma genitalium Infection and Macrolide and Fluoroquinolone-Associated Mutations in Men Who Have Sex with Men in Shenzhen, China by Leng X, Zhu R, Ao X, Zhou Y, Zhang K, Hu T, Wu J, Chen Z, Huang L, Huang N, Li X, Ahmed Alnour R, Xue Z, Zhang X, Liu H, Axirejiang T, Ke W, Zou H

“…We aimed to assess site-specific MG infection and its correlates and macrolide and fluoroquinolones mutations among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Shenzhen, China.Methods: Samples were obtained from different anatomic sites of MSM based on their sexual behavior. …”
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Tell me y: anticipation of sex discrepancies in cell-free DNA testing due to maternal genetic abnormalities: a case report by Nuria Balaguer, Emilia Mateu-Brull, Jose Antonio Martínez-Conejero, Ana Cervero, Roser Navarro, Jorge Jiménez-Almazán, Miguel Milán

Subjects: “…sex discordance…”
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« Récupérer le sexe qui m’a été volé » : la sexualité comme affirmation de soi chez Asaka Yûho by Anne-Lise Mithout

“…Asaka Yûho’s autobiography was the first account of a disabled woman’s sex life published in Japan. The text, written from an activist’s perspective, intends both to condemn social barriers weighing upon disabled people’s sexuality in Japan, and to narrate the author’s individual struggle for romantic and sexual fulfillment. …”
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Dose-response risks of all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality according to sex-specific cigarette smoking pack-year quantiles by Jieun Hwang, Suyoung Jo, Heewon Kang, Eunsil Cheon, Sung-il Cho

“…Introduction This study investigated the risks for all-cause death and death from cancer or cardiovascular diseases due to smoking status and behavior, focusing on differences in smoking duration and amount stratified by sex. Methods The integrated Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study provided data for 209770 individuals who were classified as never, former, or current smokers, based on their current smoking status. …”
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Sex Hormones Enhance Gingival Inflammation without Affecting IL-1β and TNF-α in Periodontally Healthy Women during Pregnancy by Min Wu, Shao-Wu Chen, Wei-Lan Su, Hong-Ying Zhu, Shu-Yuan Ouyang, Ya-Ting Cao, Shao-Yun Jiang

“…This study suggests that sex hormone increase during pregnancy might have an effect on inflammatory status of gingiva, independent of IL-1β and TNF-α in GCF.…”
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Sex-specific association of immunological markers in CS-delivered newborns with pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain of mothers by Karolina Rak, Michaela Godyla-Jabłoński, Monika Bronkowska

“…We investigated the relationship of pre-pregnancy body mass index (pBMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) of mothers with the placental transport rate (PTR) of IgG antibodies and antineutrophil cytoplasmatic antibodies against lactoferrin (Lf-ANCA) and their concentration in umbilical cord blood serum (UCS), verifying the sex-specificity of this relationship. The examined group of this cross-sectional pilot study consisted of 101 pregnant women and their healthy CS-delivered newborn children. …”
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Exploring mental health symptoms in elite athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis on sex differences by Liang-Tseng Kuo, Sung-Huang Laurent Tsai, Udit Dave, William A. Marmor, Reena Olsen, Bridget Jivanelli, Michelle E. Kew, Daphne I. Ling

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Sexing the sternal rib end in modern Greeks: A virtual osteometric approach using high-resolution 3D surface models by Ioanna Karagiorgou, Ioanna Anastopoulou, Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, Elena Kranioti, Konstantinos Moraitis

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An explorative qualitative study of barriers to the use of health and mental health services among migrant female sex workers in Germany and needs for action by Anastasiia Lotysh, Hürrem Tezcan-Güntekin, Olivia Kalinowski, Gizem Kaya, Franziska Kroehn-Liedtke, Hristiana Mihaylova, Meryam Schouler-Ocak, Wulf Rössler

Subjects: “…migrant female sex workers…”
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Berawirdkirinek di Navbera Menzûmeya Şêxê Sen’anî ya Feqiyê Teyran û Nezîreya Wê ya Xemgînê Xanî da by Müjde Süleyman

“…Gelek helbestvanên serdema nûjen ên ku bi şêwaza klasîk nivîsîne nezîre afirandine, yek ji wan Xemgînê Xanî ye ku nezîreyek ji çîroka menzûm a Feqiyê Teyran a bi navê Şêxê Sen'anî re nivîsîye. Di vê lêkolînê de berawirdkirineke edebî di navbera çîroka şêxê Sen’anî ya Feqiyê Teyran (1563-1632) û nezîreya wê de hatiye kirin ku ji aliyê helbestvan Xemgînê Xanî (1915-2008) ve hatiye nivîsîn; xalên wekhev û yên cuda di navbera herdu menzûmeyan de ji aliyê naverokê, teşeyên nezmê, serwa û erûzê ve her weha ji aliyê qebareya herdu berheman ve hatine ronîkirin û hatiye diyarkirin ku herçend serdema nivîsîna vê berhema Xemgînê Xanî ji ya Feqiyê Teyran dûr be jî, di asteke bilind de hatiye nivîsîn ku resenîya helbesta klasîk parastiye û kariye berhemekê di asteke ne kêmî asta Feqiyê Teyran de binivîse.…”
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Association between social determinants of health and premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and sex differences in US adults: A cross-sectional study by Chun Yang, Na Zhang, Tiankuo Gao, Yingxin Zhu, Chen Gong, Mingyue Xu, Cuicui Feng

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Cross-species comparisons between pigs and mice reveal conserved sex-specific intraspinal inflammatory responses after spinal cord injury by Reena Kumari, Gabrielle V. Hammers, Robert H. Hammons, Andrew N. Stewart, Steven M. MacLean, Tracy Niedzielko, Lonnie E. Schneider, Candace L. Floyd, John C. Gensel

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of sex on inflammation and outcomes in a pig thoracic contusion/compression SCI model. …”
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Sex Disparity in Characteristics, Management, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients with ST-Segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction: Insights from Henan STEMI Registry by Shan Wang, You Zhang, Qianqian Cheng, Datun Qi, Xianpei Wang, Zhongyu Zhu, Muwei Li, Junhui Zhang, Dayi Hu, Chuanyu Gao, On behalf of Henan STEMI registry study group

“…Women experienced worse in-hospital outcomes, and age and cardiovascular risk factors were major factors influencing sex-related differences. The sex disparity stressed the awareness and importance of quality improvement efforts against female patients in clinical practice.…”
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Prevalence of alcohol and drug consumption and knowledge of drug/alcohol-related sexual assaults among Italian adolescents by Antonio Villa, Alessia Fazio, Anna Esposito

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Sex-specific trends in smoking prevalence over seven years in different Austrian populations: results of a time-series cross-sectional analysis by Thomas Ernst Dorner, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Helmut Brath

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Barriers and missed opportunities in PrEP uptake, use and care among men who have sex with men with recent HIV infection in the Netherlands by Jeffrey C. D. Koole, Maarten R. D. Bedert, Feline de la Court, Irene Bais, Ferdinand Wit, Janneke Stalenhoef, Tania Mudrikova, Katalin Pogany, Birgit van Benthem, Maria Prins, Udi Davidovich, Marc van der Valk

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Du rôle de genre au travail du sexe : entretien avec Jérôme Meizoz autour de Faire le garçon (2017) by Jérôme Meizoz

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Age Stage Two-Sex Life Table Reveals Sublethal Effects of Some Herbal and Chemical Insecticides on Adults of Bemisia tabaci (Hem.: Aleyrodidae) by Fatemeh Jafarbeigi, Mohammad Amin Samih, Mehdi Zarabi, Saeideh Esmaeily

“…In this study, we used the age-stage two-sex life table to evaluate the sublethal effects of the herbal extracts taken from Fumaria parviflora Lam. …”
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