Articles

Same-sex sexual behavior and evolution

Elsevier, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 24, August 2009
Same-sex sexual behavior has been extensively documented in non-human animals. Here we review the contexts in which it has been studied, focusing on case studies that have tested both adaptive and non-adaptive explanations for the persistence of same-sex sexual behavior. Researchers have begun to make headway unraveling possible evolutionary origins of these behaviors and reasons for their maintenance in populations, and we advocate expanding these approaches to examine their role as agents of evolutionary change.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Science; Diversity and inclusion; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Ecosystem services and valuation of urban forests in China

Elsevier,

Cities, Volume 26, August 2009

Urban forests are integral components of urban ecosystems, which could generate significant ecosystem services, such as offsetting carbon emission, removing air pollutants, regulating the microclimate, and recreation. These ecosystem services contribute to improving environmental quality, quality of life, and sustainable urban development. Despite a long history of inserting vegetation in human settlements in China, modern scientific study of this natural-cum-cultural resource did not start until the 1990s.

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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS), Global

Psychotherapy and the real-life experience: From gender dichotomy to gender diversity

Elsevier, Sexologies, Volume 17, October 2008
Treatment of gender-identity disorders is guided by standards set forth by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Although not absolute, WPATH's eligibility criteria for hormone therapy and/or genital-reconstructive surgery include participation in psychotherapy. In addition, applicants for genital-reconstructive surgery are required to live at least one year full-time in the preferred gender role, a period referred to as the real-life experience (RLE).
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, Europe

A clinical overview of pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas and carcinoid tumors

Shows biosynthetic pathways from Tryptophan to Serotonin and from Tyrosine to Epinephrine
Elsevier,

Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Volume 35, August 2008

Pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas are rare tumors; most are sporadic.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing; Science, Global

Comparative endocrinology, environment and global change

Elsevier, General and Comparative Endocrinology, Volume 157, July 2008
All organisms respond to environmental cues that allow them to organize the timing and duration of life history stages that make up their life cycles. Superimposed on this predictable life cycle are unpredictable events that have the potential to be stressful. Environmental and social stresses have deleterious effects on life history stages such as migration, reproductive function and molt in vertebrates. Global climate change, human disturbance and endocrine disruption from pollutants are increasingly likely to pose additional stresses that could have a major impact on organisms.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land

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Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Model, processes and outcomes

Elsevier, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Volume 44, January 2006
The present article presents and reviews the model of psychopathology and treatment underlying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT is unusual in that it is linked to a comprehensive active basic research program on the nature of human language and cognition (Relational Frame Theory), echoing back to an earlier era of behavior therapy in which clinical treatments were consciously based on basic behavioral principles.
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Behavioral treatment approaches for methamphetamine dependence and HIV-related sexual risk behaviors among urban gay and bisexual men

Elsevier, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Volume 78, 9 May 2005
Background: Methamphetamine-dependent gay and bisexual men (GBM) are at high risk for HIV transmission, largely due to drug-associated sexual risk behaviors. This project evaluated the efficacy of four behavioral drug abuse treatments for reducing methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviors among this population.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion; Gender equality and women's empowerment, North America

Prevalence of serious mental disorder in 7000 refugees resettled in western countries: A systematic review

Elsevier,

Lancet, Volume 365, 9 April 2005

This article ties to SDG 3. This article analysed the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, or psychotic illnesses in general refugee populations in western countries.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing, Global

Soil health and sustainability: Managing the biotic component of soil quality

Elsevier,

Applied Soil Ecology, Volume 15, August 2000

Soil health is the capacity of soil to function as a vital living system, within ecosystem and land-use boundaries, to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality, and promote plant and animal health. Anthropogenic reductions in soil health, and of individual components of soil quality, are a pressing ecological concern.

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SDG:

Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 2: Zero hunger

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Biomass Components, Global

Predictors of HIV antibody testing among gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth

Elsevier, Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 26, April 2000
Purpose: To identify factors related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody testing among gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth. Methods: Self-reported demographics, risk behaviors, variables related to the Health Belief Model, and HIV testing data were collected at a conference for gay youth, as well as at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center in a Southeastern metropolitan area (n = 117). Results: About one third of participating youth who reported engaging in anal and vaginal sex had done so without a condom. In addition, one in four youth reported at least one other HIV risk factor.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion; Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and population, North America

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