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Environmental Sciences
Rong Xiang, Jiuming Yan, Shupin Cheng, Yi Yang, He Wang, Jinghua Xie, Lishi Zhang, Jinyao Chen
Summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of perinatal exposure to 4-nonylphenol (4-NP) on developmental immunotoxicity (DIT) and its potential gender differences. The findings showed that high-dose 4-NP exposure during perinatal period caused growth retardation in male rats during infancy, but this effect was not evident in females. Additionally, perinatal exposure to 4-NP induced DIT, characterized by decreased weight of immune organs, suppressed immune function, and altered cellular ratios. The study also identified a signaling pathway involved in regulating the balance of immune cells.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Dora Bianchi, Mara Morelli, Roberto Baiocco, Antonio Chirumbolo
Summary: The study found that sexual purposes and body image reinforcement are the most commonly reported motivations for sexting, with boys more inclined towards instrumental/aggravated reasons. Sexual purposes increase with age, while body image reinforcement shows a trend of increasing from adolescence to early young adulthood and decreasing from early to late young adulthood.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tobias Riede, Amy Stein, Karen L. Baab, Joseph M. Hoxworth
Summary: This study investigated the phenotypic variation of the human vocal organ and found that age and body mass index are associated with shape and size changes in the larynx. These effects differ between male and female larynges. The findings have important implications for surgeons and speech language pathologists.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Diego Gomez-Baya, Jose A. Salinas-Perez, Alvaro Sanchez-Lopez, Susana Paino-Quesada, Ramon Mendoza-Berjano
Summary: Anxiety disorders are common during emerging adulthood, with women more likely to experience anxiety than men. The Developmental Assets Theory can help prevent anxiety by fostering positive identity and values, particularly in women.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Mara R. Kapsner-Smith, Manuel E. Diaz-Cadiz, Jennifer M. Vojtech, Daniel P. Buckley, Daryush D. Mehta, Robert E. Hillman, Lauren F. Tracy, J. Pieter Noordzij, Tanya L. Eadie, Cara E. Stepp
Summary: This study examined the discriminative ability of acoustic indices, smoothed cepstral peak prominence (CPPS) and relative fundamental frequency (RFF), in vocal hyperfunction. The combination of CPPS and RFF showed better discriminative ability for phonotraumatic vocal hyperfunction (PVH) compared to using either measure alone. Clinical cutoff scores for acoustic indices of vocal hyperfunction are proposed for assessment and screening purposes.
JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Ayse Erturk, Emre Gurses, Mavis Emel Kulak Kayikci
Summary: The study examined the production patterns and perception abilities of sex-related emotional prosody in adult speakers. The findings showed no sex differences in emotional prosody perceptions. However, differences were observed in the pitch variation of speech between sexes. Women tended to use a higher pitch when expressing joy, while both men and women exhibited varying loudness levels for different emotional states. Furthermore, both men and women speak slower when expressing sadness as compared to other emotional states.
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG
(2023)
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Lady Catherine Cantor-Cutiva, Hedrick Yoseft Robles-Vega, Emilio Alejandro Sanchez, Diego Alejandro Morales
Summary: The fundamental frequency and standard deviation of vocal sound pressure level are important indicators for identifying vocal fatigue among college professors in Bogota-Colombia.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Shan Jiang, Gary K. W. Wong
Summary: The study found that students show a developmental progression in computational thinking skills before instruction, and different ages develop computational thinking differently during the intervention, unaffected by gender differences.
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING
(2022)
Article
Family Studies
Malgorzata Stepien-Nycz, Sandra Bosacki, Marta Bialecka-Pikul
Summary: The study found that females outperformed males in advanced ToM measurement among 13 and 16-year-old Polish adolescents, and that age did not significantly affect ToM performance over 18 months, although there was a slight increase in the quality of ToM explanations for the total sample.
JOURNAL OF EARLY ADOLESCENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Diego Gomez-Baya, Teresa Santos, Margarida Gaspar de Matos
Summary: The study analyzes the associations between internal and external developmental assets and positive youth development (PYD) in Spanish youth, finding that DAs are positively related to PYD. Gender differences in PYD were observed, with male students scoring higher in confidence and competence, while female students excelled in connection, caring, and character. The study suggests that gender differences in PYD may be partly explained by differences in developmental assets.
APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Aviv Gelber, Michael Drescher, Shachaf Shiber
Summary: The study found that male patients were more likely to be admitted by physicians based on the HEART Pathway predictions. This suggests that women may be disproportionately excluded, leading to a potential risk of serious coronary artery disease being overlooked even in those who seek timely medical assistance.
JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Jessica N. Fish, Meg D. Bishop, Stephen T. Russell
Summary: The study found disparities in substance use between sexual and gender minority adolescents and their heterosexual, cisgender peers emerged in early adolescence and intensified in late adolescence. Sexual minority girls had the highest substance use rates across all age groups.
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Johanna Waltereit, Jonas Zimmer, Veit Roessner, Robert Waltereit
Summary: This study aimed to assess and compare the family and developmental history profiles of female versus male adolescents with ADHD. The results showed that gender had little influence on the family and developmental history of this neurodevelopmental disorder.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Acoustics
Thomas Koelewijn, Etienne Gaudrain, Terrin Tamati, Deniz Baskent
Summary: Perceptual differences in voice cues can facilitate speech understanding in challenging conditions, while lexical content has a positive effect on vocal tract length perception. The presence of vocoders can impact voice perception.
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Economics
Ha Trong Nguyen, Sally Brinkman, Huong Thu Le, Stephen R. Zubrick, Francis Mitrou
Summary: Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, this study documents significant gender differences in time allocation in the first 16 years of life. Females spend more time on personal care, chores, and educational activities, while males spend more time on physical and media related activities. These gender gaps in time allocation appear at a young age and widen over time. The study provides evidence that these gender differentials in time investment are important in explaining a female advantage in cognitive and non-cognitive skills, with educational time being the most influential factor in test score gaps.
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Ilya A. Volodin, Elena V. Volodina, Marina V. Rutovskaya
Summary: This study found that captive camels produced high-frequency calls in different contexts, with males typically using them for guarding females or competing for mating rights, while females used them for communication or protest. There were differences in frequency and duration of high-frequency calls between the two camel species, and the presence of nonlinear vocal phenomena was observed.
BIOACOUSTICS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SOUND AND ITS RECORDING
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Elena V. Volodina, Ilya A. Volodin, Roland Frey
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Ilya A. Volodin, Margarita M. Dymskaya, Antonina Smorkatcheva, Elena V. Volodina
Summary: This study provides the first evidence of ultrasonic vocalisations in the northern mole vole Ellobius talpinus, with two distinct types of vocalisations identified and differences in vocal frequency observed between wild and captive populations.
BIOACOUSTICS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SOUND AND ITS RECORDING
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Margarita M. Dymskaya, Ilya A. Volodin, Antonina Smorkatcheva, Nina A. Vasilieva, Elena V. Volodina
Summary: This study investigated the impact of subterranean and surface-dwelling lifestyles on the vocalizations of rodents, finding that surface-dwelling Brandt's voles have higher-frequency audible calls compared to subterranean Mandarin voles, while ultrasonic calls did not differ between the species. The evolutionary emergence of a high-frequency audible alarm call in Brandt's voles may have contributed to the differences in vocalizations observed.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Ilya A. Volodin, Kseniya D. Karaseva, Elena V. Volodina, Tamas Tari, Andras Nahlik
Summary: Within-population acoustic variation of European red deer follows two rules: similar-pitched calls between stags and hinds, and lower-pitched calls in adults.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Elena V. Chelysheva, Anna V. Klenova, Ilya A. Volodin, Elena V. Volodina
Summary: Adult cheetahs use long-distance chirps to communicate with coalition partners, mates, and cubs. This study analyzed the acoustic variation of these vocalizations in 20 mature cheetahs in Kenya. Male chirps were longer and had lower frequencies than female chirps. The chirps also showed individual differences, but these were not consistent over time.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Liliya M. Sedova, Ilya A. Volodin, Mariya N. Erofeeva, Galina S. Alekseeva, Sergey V. Naidenko, Elena V. Volodina
Summary: This study investigated the frequency, temporal, and power parameters of vocalizations in captive feral domestic cats during the mating season. The results showed that meows encode information about individual identity and sex, and the frequency differences in the meows exceed sexual dimorphism in body size in domestic cats.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Ilya A. Volodin, Svetlana S. Gogoleva, Andres J. Garcia, Tomas Landete-Castillejos, Elena V. Volodina
Summary: This study used automated acoustic recording and spectrographic analysis to describe vocalizations of non-breeding farmed Iberian red deer stags, and identified three call types (roars, contact calls, and bellows). The study found that these vocalizations were similar to those of wild red deer stags, but with lower frequencies. This discovery has implications for the potential welfare issues related to the behavioral and vocal repertoire of farmed and zoo animals.
ANIMAL PRODUCTION SCIENCE
(2023)