Data on anal intercourse practices among high risk core transmitters of HIV like Female Sex Workers (FSW) in India are sparse. Methods: Data are drawn from the first round of Integrated Biological and Behavioural Assessment aimed at evaluating "Avahan, the India AIDS initiative", a HIV ...
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 ...
Very often in the process of solving the problem we have questions that we do not have answers to at the moment. For example, is it possible to place 30 choir singers in several rows so that each row has the same number of singers and none one is left? This question is answered by ...
Classification of Disease codes; it is updated by medical providers during clinical encounters (inpatient and outpatient) and reflects ongoing medical issues. Obesity was based on body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2or a pre-existing diagnosis in the medical record if BMI was not available...
Factors of production are the inputs needed for the creation of a good or service. These include labor, entrepreneurship, and capital.
but the determinants of these hormones are not well understood.Cross-sectional analyses of breast cancer risk factors and circulating hormone concentrations in more than 6000 postmenopausal women controls in 13 prospective studies.Concentrations of all hormones were lower in older than younger women, with...
To investigate the influence of various factors on the two outcome parameters “procedure - specific complication” (femoral head necrosis, infection, nonunion, femoral neck shortening, screw loosening, implant penetration) and “functional outcome” in patients with displaced and undisplaced femoral neck...
Aside from factors such as interest rates and inflation, the currency exchange rate is one of the most important determinants of a country's economic health. A higher-valued currency makes a country's imports less expensive at home and its exports more expensive in foreign markets. ...
Due to its severity and the population at risk, prompt clinical diagnosis and treatment of listeriosis is essential. A major step to making a clinical diagnosis is the collection of the appropriate specimen(s) for testing. This study explores factors that may influence the time between onset of...