Objectives To explore the characteristics of older adult first-time sex offenders (who offended for the first time at the age of 65 years or above). Design We retrieved and analyzed data from the publicly available Missouri sex offender registry database up to December 2018 and the Missouri pub...
Adult darkling beetles are being used as a bioindicator of environmental pollution after locust control operations involving the use of chemical insecticides. Distinguishing between the sexes of the darkling beetle, Pimelia senegalensis Olivier (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), is very difficult because the exte...
Previous work10 has suggested that financial difficulties associated with being uninsured or underinsured are the main factors associated with this pattern; however, little is known about the characteristics and behavioral patterns (eg, internet use and medication-taking behaviors) of individuals who ...
The child welfare system of the early 1990s was marked by the proliferation of home-based services. Research on the effectiveness of various home-based int
Both femurs were extracted, with one being measured and ashed and the other twisted to failure to evaluate mechanical properties. Total bone length, diameter, cortical thickness, and cortical density were measured. The total femur length was longer in the 60% NRC at 5 and 10 kg of BW ...
play activities in childhood reflected the traditional sex-role patterns, whereas ratings of adult interests, hobbies, and job preferences showed that the two gender groups had moved in a more androgynous direction, with the increase in females' cross-sex interests being greater than that of males...
Intrinsic capacity (IC) can better reflect the physical functioning of older adults. However, few studies have been able to systematically and thoroughly examine its influencing factors and provide limited evidence for the improvement of intrinsic capacity. The objective of this study was to provide ...
The "sexual trajectory" is an age-graded set of various new sexual experiences, defined by three key dimensions: sequence, duration, and timing. A comprehensive description of sexual trajectories creates the possibility to investigate potential risks of certain trajectory types. The present study attem...
After the signature of an informed consent document, a questionnaire was applied for each patient by an interviewer. RESULTS SWA was positive in 136 individuals (38.4%), being 48 (45.7%) in PCG and 88(35.3%) in the controls (p=0.073). STD were related by 68.3% and 31.7% of SWA ...
Socio-demographic characteristics (age, marital status, residence, duration of stay in Guangzhou, education, and income) and MSM-related information (sexual orientation, duration of being MSM, and recruitment venue) (Table 1) were collected in this study. Sex partnership information and UAI in the...