Current social, legal and institutional factors impede a safe working environment for sex workers and their clients. OBJECTIVES: To describe characteristics and sexual behaviour of female, male and transgender sex workers, and assess their risk factors for unprotected sex. METHODS:Repeat cross-sectional...
This study surveyed college students in one southern state to determine their sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. A group of 915 students (602 female and 313 male) attending 4 state universities completed the Sexual Knowledge instrument during class. The instrument contained 27 sex knowledge ...
To fill this knowledge gap, we conduct a sex-specific analysis of clinical data from 4930 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in New York City from the start of the pandemic to August 5, 2020. We confirm the association between male sex and adverse COVID-19 outcomes in this primary cohort and ...
atmosphere during the Middle and Later Pinghu periods caused a sharp increase of erosion. Enormous sediments provided by the source areas were transported into the Xihu Depression, which accelerated the progradation of braided river delta into the sea. In addition, the paleogeographic framework during...
A large body of research on justice-involved youth focuses on risk and promotive factors associated with delinquent behaviors. However, few studies of youth involved with the justice system have centered on predictors of positive adjustment post-adjudication, that is, once a youth has been charged ...
The current study used a longitudinal design to examine the role played by personality trait factors (neuroticism, extraversion) as well as psychosexual factors (sexual beliefs) in predicting sexual functioning and sexual distress across time during the current pandemic crisis. A total of 528 individu...
The population is rapidly aging worldwide, and there is an age-related decline in muscle mass. Therefore, it is important to examine the prevalence and associated factors of low appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASMI) in older adults. The objectiv
To explore the risk factors associated with the occurrence of renal failure and column line graph model for predicting concurrent renal failure in patients with chronic kidney disease(CKD). Methods The raw data were collected from the Japanese CKD-ROUTE study for prediction model development and inte...
Fc24-06 - Exploration of personality factors and the predictive impact on therapy utilization: The externalizing mode of functioning. Exploration of personality factors and their predictive impact on therapy utilization: the externalizing mode of functioning. Psychother. Res. 20 (3), 295-... ...
The factors of production are land, labor, entrepreneurship, and capital. These inputs are needed for the creation of goods and services. Those who control the factors of production often enjoy the greatest wealth in a society. In capitalism, the factors of production are most often controlled ...