background: sexual practices as an important aspect of reproductive health have many physical and psychological effects on people’s lives, there is limited evidence on such practices and their pattern among iranian women. hence we aimed to determine different types of sexual practices among 19-45 year old married iranian women. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 married...

conclusions the current study revealed that a significant difference existed in hgs among the low, medium, and high bmi groups. a positive correlation existed between hgs and weight and height, while sex was the most significant factor affecting hgs. these findings can serve as a reference to assess hgs prediction, whereby the sex effect should be considered. results the results showed that the...

background: gender preference is prevalent in some communities and using medical techniques to choose the baby’s sex may cause the gender discrimination and gender imbalance in communities. therefore, evaluating the gender preferences and attitudes towards using sex selection technologies seems to be necessary. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in avicenna fertility center. part...

background: sex education is one of the challenging areas of educational systems that has always been accompanied by many problems due to some obstacles and constraints. this has led to occurrence of many behavioral problems and deviations. the aim of this study was to determine the sex education gaps in university curriculum from the students' perspective. methods: this was a descriptive-...

Reproduction in domestic animals, as a major source of food and other products for human, has greatimportance and study of related subjects including sex differentiation and gonadogenesis during fetal life can solve many questions on normal development and various disorders of urogenital system. Since studies on sex differentiation in goat fetus are scarce, this study was performed. Twenty-five...

lipids in liver wet and dry matter, liver moist and dry matter and their relationships were investigated based on species, sex and age in cows, buffaloes, sheep and goats. mean percentage of lipids in liver wet and dry matter and liver dry matter in cows were 3.60%, 1.10%, 29.70%, and for buffaloes were 5.30%, 1.55%, 29.20%, sheep 3.00%, 0.83%, 27.90%, and goats 2.910%, 1.55% and 28.40%, respec...