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Showing 1 to 20 of 97 for “"vagina"”.
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"My Vagina" and other stories.
This thesis includes seven short stories and a critical afterword. The afterword places the stories in their literary historical context in regards to creative nonfiction. It goes on to discuss the craft of fictionalizing autobiographical stories. Each of the stories should stand alone, though they …
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Anisotropy of Passive and Active Rat Vagina under Biaxial Loading
… is associated with mechanical alterations of the vaginal wall. In order to characterize the complex mechanical behavior of the vagina, we performed planar biaxial tests of vaginal specimens in both the passive (relaxed) and active (contracted) states. Specimens were isolated from virgin, female …
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Functional and Morphological Characteristics of Smooth Muscle in the Rat Vagina
The vagina is an essential organ of the female reproductive system that has been largely understudied in the field of biomechanics. The ability of the vagina to contract gives rise to a set of active mechanical properties that contribute to the complex function of this organ in-vivo. After briefly …
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Putting Women Back on Top?: (Re)constituting Power and Audience in The Vagina Monologues
Eve Ensler's goal in writing The Vagina Monologues was to generate a dialogue regarding women's sexuality to counter the silence that pervades the patriarchal culture that they inhabit. To achieve this goal, Ensler constructs two ideologies—one grounded in patriarchy and another supposedly grounded …
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Der Effekt von Östradiol-17β und von Agonisten der Östrogenrezeptoren alpha und beta im Uterus und in der Vagina der ovarektomierten Ratte
… wurden der Uterus und die Vagina auf proliferative Effekte und histomorphologisch untersucht. Zusätzlich wurden das Uterusgewicht, die Futteraufnahme, das Körpergewicht und mittels RIA der Hormonhaushalt (Östradiol, LH, TSH, fT3 und fT4) beurteilt. Die kontinuierlich …
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Pengaruh ekstrak air daun katu (Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr) terhadap panjang fase diestrus dan proliferasi epitel vagina mencit (Mus musculus L.) betina premenopause
… adalah haid yang tidak teratur dan atrofi vagina. Keluhan tersebut dapat diatasi dengan pemberian fitoestrogen. Daun katu mengandung isoflavon yang berpotensi sebagai bahan fitoestrogen. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh ekstrak air daun katu (Sauropus …
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Time-dependent deformations of vaginal tissue: Experiments and constitutive modeling
The vagina is a complex organ that undergoes significant deformations emph{in vivo} in fulfilling multiple crucial biomechanical roles in the female reproductive system, notably acting as the birth canal during parturition. In spite of this, the creep properties of the organ have been …
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Effect of different culture media and incubation methods on culturing murine embryos in vitro using a semen straw as an alternative receptacle
… zygotes in bi-gas incubator and in a goat vagina and compare the in vitro embryo development in TCM-199 and Ham's F10 culture media until the blastocyst formation. The spermatozoa and oocytes of an F1 generation (Balb C x C57) were fertilized in Ham's F10 and TCM-199 in semen straws and in …
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Evidence That Endogenous Relaxin Promotes Vaginal Growth and Softening in Pregnant Rats
… that endogenous relaxin has effects on the vagina, which is linked anatomically to the cervix. There were four objectives. The first was to determine if relaxin promotes vaginal growth. When a monoclonal antibody (MCA1) was injected intravenously to rats daily from days 12--22 of pregnancy, …
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What to Expect when Mice Are Expecting: Pregnancy-Driven Changes in the Reproductive Tract
… the short and long term such as pre-term birth, vaginal tearing, and pelvic organ prolapse. The female reproductive tract undergoes dramatic changes during pregnancy and postpartum recovery, requiring coordinated efforts across the vagina, cervix, and uterus. From an engineering perspective, we …
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A study of the influence of sperm surface proteins on the activity of avian spermatozoa In-vitro and In-vivo
… of spermatozoa to gain access to the uterovaginal insemination. This indicates a clear role for sperm surface-associated proteains and sperm surfarce sialic acid in vaginal sperm transport. <br/><br/>Sperm surface-associated proteins were also extracted by glycerol in a …
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Characterization of TvDMC1 and TvSOD6 expression and function in trichomonas vaginalis
<p>Trichomonas vagina/is is a common sexually transmitted disease, affecting women more often than men. It has only been seen to undergo mitosis, even though published studies have confinned the organism has meiotic proteins. These meiotic proteins are known to function in other organisms with a …
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Foreign object insertion in sexual homicide cases : an exploratory study
Foreign object insertion into the vagina of a murder victim is a rare occurrence. When it is encountered it is often seen as an indicator of a sexual murder, or regarded for signature analysis purposes. Due to its rare occurrence it is often only documented in literature in case-study form. In this …
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Expression and analysis of a legumain from trichomonas vaginalis
<p>Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus are the etiologic agents of human and bovine trichomoniasis, respectively. As microaerophilic protozoans; both share a wide array of clinical manifestations ranging from vaginitis to abnormal pregnancies. Human trichomoniasis receives minimal …
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Quantitative Comparison: Equine Genital Tissues Under Uniaxial Loading
… along the circumferential direction (CD) of the vagina, penis, and scrotum. The results include load–displacement data, stress–strain behavior, and tangent moduli for the penile sheath, vaginal canal, and scrotum, with strain measured in both the CD and longitudinal direction (LD). Findings …
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Evidence That Relaxin Promotes Cellular Proliferation in the Lower Reproductive Tract of the Pregnant Rat
… determined that relaxin promotes growth of the vagina during pregnancy in any species. Furthermore, this study also determined that the relaxin-induced growth of the cervix is brought about, in part, by promoting the cellular proliferation of cervical epithelial and stromal cells.
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Biologia reprodutiva de Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
… RJ. Histological sections were obtained from vagina, uterus, oviducts and ovaries in females and accessory glands, testis and epididymis in males. A lituratus is a monovular species since only one corpus luteum was found in each ovary and both ovaries are functional. A particular aspect is the …
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The recombinant expression and localization of TvCP2 of trichomonas vaginalis
<p>Trichomonas vagina/is, one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, has been shown to increase patients' susceptibility to HIV infection and cervical cancer; moreover, resistance to metronidazole is increasing, and new drug targets must be identified in order to combat resistant …
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Analyse der Spätkomplikationen nach Onkotherapie bei Frauen mit gynäkologischen Malignomen
… Spätfolgen waren eine verkürzte, verklebte Vagina (65%), Harninkontinenz (74%), Zystozelen (37%), chronische Zystitiden (22%), chronische Diarrhoe (20%) und Stuhlinkontinenz (17%). Trotz all dieser Komplikationen war der Leidensdruck der Patientinnen erstaunlich gering. Folgen wie chronische …
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