Without this comparison, one could argue that deceiving others online about one's identity, and engaging in manipulative behaviors, is an inherent part of most online sexual interactions with strangers. Additionally, little is known about the associations between manipulative behaviors and the ...
Nearly 60% of convicted sex offenders serve a term of felony probation or parole. Using data for 917 convicted male sex offenders on probation in 17 states, this study examines the efficacy of community supervision for this population. Offenders' social demographics and baseline criminality were stu...
We explore in this article why a condom was not used during last sexual intercourse with a man and with a woman, taking into account the respondent's characteristics, type of relationship and the context of the sexual act. In the survey, 489 men reported that they had had sexual ...
Since fetal programming is sex-specific, there may also be sex-specific in parental influences on newborn birth weight. We aimed to investigate the influence of parental factors on small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants of different sexes. Based on a pr
We defined initial labs as the first lab value within 24 h of the start of the encounter. A subset of patients had baseline serum interleukin-1-beta (IL-1B), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a) values obtained as part of a study...
The difference in days between onset of symptoms and collection of specimen was calculated and factors influencing the time difference were identified using a gamma regression model. The median number of days between onset of symptoms and collection of specimen was two days with 27.1 % of cases ...
Population differences paralleled those obtained in actual R-NR studies and suggest that 1 factor which may contribute to the R-NR results is the spontaneous abandonment by older children of 1 previously rewarded response following nonreward of another previously rewarded response. Preschool Ss "...
[Objective] To assess the relationship between meteorological factors and selected air quality indicators including concentrations of particulate matters with particle size below 10 microns(PM10), sulfur dioxide(SO2), and nitrogen dioxide(NO2) in Wuhan during 2009-2012 by partial least squares regression...
Out of ethical considerations and control of potential confounding factors, we have developed exclusion criteria: (1) Under 18 or over 35 years old; (2) Pregnant or lactating women; (3) Suffering from serious physical or mental diseases and not yet recovered; (4) Taking psychotropic drugs in...
Among the study participants, 161 (26.8%) had sexual contact and the mean age of first sexual encounter was 17.4 (SD =2.3) years. About 443 (76%) of students knew that condoms can prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Among sexually active students, 74 (46%) had not used ...