Krüppel-like factors (KLFs) are evolutionarily conserved zinc finger-containing transcription factors with diverse regulatory functions in cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, and embryogenesis. KLF4 and KLF5 are two closely related members of t
Risk factors were assessed in 1,925 consecutive patients with a first AMI (age, 28-103 years old; men, 1,353; women, 572), who were admitted to one of the major institutes in Japan, and in 2,279 age-and sex-matched population-based controls. Hypertension (odds ratio (OR), 4.80; ...
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 ...
Hospitality girls can be categorised as sex-HGs and non-sex-HGs. To understand the proportion of sex-HGs and non-sex-HGs, the prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections, and the high-risk behaviours among HGs. A total of 257 HGs at 29 entertainment establishments (13 sauna/...
5,6. Research has demonstrated the potential transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as chlamydia, bacterial vaginosis, and HSV-2, within female-female sexual encounters4,7,8,9. When compared to sexual majority women, STI prevalence among the SMW population can vary, showing...
PROCEEDINGS of the HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS SOCIETY 50th ANNUAL MEETING—2006 2547 MEASURING THE USABILITY OF PAPER BALLOTS: EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS, AND SATISFACTION K. (2006). "Measuring the usability of paper ballots: Efficiency, ef- fectiveness, and satisfaction." To appear in Proceedings...
Many studies from different populations and countries have demonstrated the satisfactory reliability and validity of this scale. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the SIAS-6 and SPS-6 in the Chinese university sample, were 0.742 and 0.868, respectively30,31,32. Each of the 12 items used a ...
Most of the female patients (89%) who had received money or drugs in exchange for sex had used crack. Crack use was less common among female patients who denied receiving money or drugs in exchange for sex (11%) and among control patients (6%). Crack use and providing money or drugs ...
However, the Kongqueting area has rarely been researched, and few studies have been made to sedimentary facies evolution and its controlling factors. Based on drilling and 3D seismic data, microfacies of the Pinghu Formation are carefully described in this paper and the controls of global sea ...
5. Terms of Trade A ratio comparing export prices to import prices, theterms of tradeis related to current accounts and thebalance of payments. If the price of a country's exports rises by a greater rate than that of its imports, its terms of trade have favorably improved.8Increasing term...