... risk. While oral and anal specimens were collected from a subset of men in the HIM study, this analysis relied on genital specimens collected from all men at every study visit. Men were classified as virgins (n = 88) or nonvirgins (n = 3834) at baseline ( Supplementary Figure 1 ). The criteria have...

...) at Baseline in Male Nonvirgins and Male Virgins in the HPV Infection in Men Study, Tampa, São Paulo, and Cuernavaca, 2005–2009 Variable Nonvirgins, No. (%) (n = 3834) Virgins, No. (%) (n = 88) P Value^a HPV genotype group  Any 2012 (52.5) 22 (25.0) < .001...

... their mating rate? The question is difficult to test, because if such traits evolve to be efficient, sperm limitation will no longer appear to be a problem to females. Here, we suggest that changes in choosiness between populations, and in particular between virgin and mated females, offer an efficient way...

...If the living situations of religious women in early medieval Ireland were diverse, so too were the grades and varieties of their profession. There were two, possibly three, grades of female monastic: the virgin, the widow/penitent, and the priest's ‘wife’, in addition to the peregrina...

...By all accounts, much of the Irish women's religious life was little affected by the changes of the 10th, 11th, and early 12th centuries. The structure of the professions, for example, seems unchanged. The two types of nuns, the virgins and the penitents/widows, continued to exist. Nuns, nunneries...

... of allegorical representation and specific works of art presented in the Introduction, the Conclusion examines Cameron’s representations of the biblical Parable of the Ten Virgins from Matthew, explaining why the photographer made a new photograph of the Parable some ten years after first representing the story...

... level. Of all the priestesses under consideration in this chapter, the enigmatic saliae virgins (Salian Virgins) may be the most intriguing. The chapter analyzes how these priestesses dressed, where they sacrificed, and with whom they were associated in the ritual sphere. Bacchanalian...

...Table 1.1. Outline of the Ritual for the Consecration of Virgins, Romano-Germanic Pontifical (RGP), Mainz, ca. 950 Presentation 1. Before Mass, the candidate's family pXesents her to the bishop, along with the oblation. The bishop accepts her hand, which is covered with an altar...

...During the early years of the twentieth century, Puerto Rico was home to numerous man-gods and woman-virgins. Two of them were Elenita, a woman regarded as Our Lady of Mt. Carmel incarnate, and a brotherhood of itinerant preachers known as the Hermanos Cheos. Elenita, the woman-virgin...

... be charged under this law—and they were all men of the senatorial class. The chapter specifies that there is only a single exception, which is provided by the Vestal Virgins; they were the only college of public priestesses in Rome, and infractions against their religious duties, particularly loss...

...A shift in tone is instantly evident in the opening of John Chrysostom's treatise to the women. In the treatise to women, spiritual marriage is tragic because it concerns not common people but those of nobility. Uncovering the virgins' “dark secrets,” Chrysostom reveals their hateful motivation...

... Theme and Variations Three Virgins and a Devil The Youskevitch Igor Barn Dance Chase Lucia Fall River Legend Filling Station Goberman Max Markova Alicia Pro Arte Musical Society Rayneri Piedra Laura mother of Fernando and Alberto Alonso Socialism Steinberg Benjamin Ballet teaching of Dolin...

.... This article examines the depiction of Christian saints in medieval literature in Western Europe, particularly early Christian virgins martyred by pagan oppressors. It looks at the life of John Wyclif, an Oxford scholar and cleric, and his views about the character and validity of the Church and its saints...

...Citizens of ancient Greece and Rome were expected to reproduce, whereas violators of this guideline were penalized by governmental legislation. An exception was made for the Vestal Virgins and the eunuch‐priests of the Cybele cult because of their religious office. The obligation to reproduce hides...

... Corinthians baptism Hsia Ronnie Japanese converts Constantine Emperor Xu Guangqi conversion Rambo Lewis Standaert Nicolas Aristotle Gernet Jacques Liu Yu Zürcher Erik Brockey Matthew demons Catholic missionary strategies Chinese Catholicism Laamann Lars Christian Virgins Institute...

... such on their guard: otherwise, which would fail; or like the unwise Virgins, should let their lamps go out, &c. watchword should Virgins unwise conclude This content is only available as a PDF. ...

...Fig. 2.2. The virgin pantheon of England Date Writers Virgin foundress/abbess lives 11th c. Goscelin of St Bertin, fl. 1080–1114 EDITH of Wilton d. 984, ETHELBURGA d. 675, HILDELITHA d. c.712, WULFHILDA of Barking d. c...

..., adviser to Henry III. 62 years (incl. 44 as recluse) endowed sisters at Minchin Buckland, Somerset source of miracle of the Virgin story in Vaux de Cernay MS Ela, Countess of Salisbury m. 1198; w. 1226; d. 1261. Abbess of Laycock 1238. Her vision of her son Wm. Longespee's death reported...

... in a brief stretch of time allows the subsequent political paths taken by Southcottians such as James Elishama Smith to be explained. The chapter further sheds new light on several well-known episodes in Southcottian history, including John Wroe’s ‘virgins’ scandal, which preceded his dismissal from...

... to the conquest, such as Los Remedios in Mexico City and La Conquistadora in Puebla, became prized objects over which various communities contended. As criollos elaborated a serviceable vision of history through their Virgins of the conquest, these Madonnas acquired a distinctively colonial...