Knowledge, Awareness and Behaviors of Somalian Female University Students regarding Cervical Cancer, HPV and the HPV Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study by Şeyma Zehra Altunkurek, Samira Hassan Mohamed

“…Background: Awareness and knowledge of cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) are consistently poor in low-resource settings. …”
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Socioeconomic variations in risky sexual behavior among adolescents in 14 sub-Saharan Africa countries who report ever having had sex by Mohamed M. Ali, Leena Merdad, Saverio Bellizzi

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There’s More to Humanity Than Meets the Eye: Differences in Gaze Behavior Toward Women and Gynoid Robots by Jessica M. Szczuka, Nicole C. Krämer

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HIV infection, genital symptoms and sexual risk behavior among Indian truck drivers from a large transportation company in South India by Annie Dude, Ganesh Oruganti, Vinod Kumar, Kenneth H Mayer, Vijay Yeldandi, John A Schneider

“…Conclusion: Time away from home, urban residence, income, and marital status were the strongest correlates of genital symptoms for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and risk behaviors, although none were consistent predictors of all outcomes. …”
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HIV knowledge, self-perception of HIV risk, and sexual risk behaviors among male Tajik labor migrants who inject drugs in Moscow by Casey Morgan Luc, Judith Levy, Mahbat Bahromov, Jonbek Jonbekov, Mary E. Mackesy-Amiti

“…Yet, HIV knowledge and self-perceived risk in association with sexual risk behavior among male Tajik MWID in Moscow remains unknown. …”
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Human papillomavirus infection: knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among lesbian, gay men, and bisexual in Italy. by Concetta P Pelullo, Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Italo F Angelillo

“…BACKGROUND: This cross-sectional study assess knowledge, attitudes, and behavior towards the human papillomavirus (HPV) and the vaccination among a random sample of 1000 lesbian, gay men, and bisexual women and men. …”
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Patterns of human papillomavirus DNA and antibody positivity in young males and females, suggesting a site-specific natural course of infection. by Henrike J Vriend, Johannes A Bogaards, Fiona R M van der Klis, Mirte Scherpenisse, Hein J Boot, Audrey J King, Marianne A B van der Sande, Medical Microbiological Laboratories, Municipal Health Services

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Male and female mice display consistent lifelong ability to address potential life-threatening cues using different post-threat coping strategies by Xue Liu, Xiaolong Feng, Hongren Huang, Kang Huang, Yang Xu, Shuwei Ye, Yu-Ting Tseng, Pengfei Wei, Liping Wang, Feng Wang

“…Although there are reports of an absence of sexual dimorphism in the context of innate fear, the question of whether there is sexual dimorphism of innate defensive behavior is still an open question. …”
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Regional differences in cervical cancer incidence and associated risk behaviors among Norwegian women: a population-based study by Bo T. Hansen, Suzanne Campbell, Mari Nygård

“…The main risk factor for cervical cancer is sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), which is sexually transmitted and thus associated with sexual behavior. …”
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How to reach clients of female sex workers: a survey "by surprise" in brothels in Dakar, Senegal by Espirito Santo M.E. Gomes do, Etheredge G.D.

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Wired on steroids: Sexual differentiation of the brain and its role in the expression of sexual partner preferences by Brenda Mae Alexander, Donal C. Skinner, Charles E Roselli

“…We also explore how this information has helped to frame our understanding of the biological influences on human sexual orientation and gender identity.…”
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A community-based comprehensive intervention to reduce syphilis infection among low-fee female sex workers in China: a matched-pair, community-based randomized study by Wei Dong, Chu Zhou, Ke-Ming Rou, Zun-You Wu, Jun Chen, Sarah Robbins Scott, Man-Hong Jia, Yue-Jiao Zhou, Xi Chen

“…Abstract Background Low-fee female sex workers (FSWs) are at high risk of acquiring and spreading human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in China. …”
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Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and factors associated among women who have sex with women by Mariana Alice de Oliveira Ignacio, Juliane Andrade, Ana Paula Freneda de Freitas, Gabriel Vitor da Silva Pinto, Marcia Guimarães da Silva, Marli Teresinha Cassamassimo Duarte

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Sex differences associated with corpus callosum development in human infants: A longitudinal multimodal imaging study by Astrid Schmied, Takahiro Soda, Guido Gerig, Martin Styner, Meghan R. Swanson, Jed T. Elison, Mark D. Shen, Robert C. McKinstry, John R. Pruett, Jr., Kelly N. Botteron, Annette M. Estes, Stephen R. Dager, Heather C. Hazlett, Robert T. Schultz, Joseph Piven, Jason J. Wolff

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Latest news from the bonobos: Pan paniscus myths and realities by David Beaune

“…Females have high social status in the group due to female association and coalition. …”
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fruitless tunes functional flexibility of courtship circuitry during development by Jie Chen, Sihui Jin, Dandan Chen, Jie Cao, Xiaoxiao Ji, Qionglin Peng, Yufeng Pan

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The Relationship Between Emotional Self-efficacy, Sensation Seeking, and the Quality of Child-Parent Relationships With Quality of Life Mediated by High-Risk Sexual Behaviors in St... by Farnoosh Sadat Etminan, Kobra Haji Alizadeh, Seyed Abdul Wahab Samavi

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Gender Difference in the Clinical and Behavioral Characteristics of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Injection Drug Users in Taiwan by Shu-Hsing Cheng, Shu-Chuan Chiang, Yu-Lin Hsieh, Yuan-Ying Chang, Yun-Ru Liu, Fang-Yeh Chu

“…We studied the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics, sexual behaviors, drug use histories and criminal records of male and female HIV-infected IDUs. …”
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The Relationship Between Parents’ Health Literacy Levels and Their Attitudes Towards Human Papillomavirus Vaccination by Mustafa Berk Akbas, Sebahat Gucuk

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Simultaneous Cooperation and Competition in the Evolution of Musical Behavior: Sex-Related Modulations of the Singer's Formant in Human Chorusing by Peter E. Keller, Peter E. Keller, Rasmus König, Giacomo Novembre

“…Influential accounts of the evolutionary origins of music favor cooperative functions related to social cohesion or competitive functions linked to sexual selection. However, work on non-human “chorusing” displays, as produced by congregations of male insects and frogs to attract female mates, suggests that cooperative and competitive functions may coexist. …”
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