BACKGROUND Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable mortality. The prevalence of smoking in adolescents in high schools ranges from 23.5% to 41%, respectively. In Colombia, these figures are similar and students entering the University are exposed to initiate smoking. The purpose of this study was to establish the determinants associated with the initiation of tobacco smoking among u...

The objective of this study was to determine some of the factors that affect student success in a genetics course. Genetics for the Kansas State University College of Agriculture is taught in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry and covers Mendelian inheritance, molecular genetics, and quantitative/population genetics. Data collected from 1,516 students over 7 yr included year and sem...

BACKGROUND Reducing harm associated with selling and purchasing sex is an important public health priority in China, yet there are few examples of sustainable, successful programs to promote sexual health among female sex workers. The limited civil society and scope of nongovernmental organizations circumscribe the local capacity of female sex workers to collectively organize, advocate for thei...

OBJECTIVES This study examines the association between cultural orientation and drinking behaviors among university students. Cultural orientation is the measure of how the cultural values of individuals living in their own society are influenced by cultural values introduced from the outside. METHODS In 2011, a cross-sectional survey collected data from 1279 university students from six univ...

OBJECTIVE To describe factors predicting James Cook University (JCU) medical graduates having a rural practice location at postgraduate year (PGY) 5. PARTICIPANTS JCU MBBS graduates who had completed their PGY 5 in Australia (n = 260). DESIGN Multiple logistic regression analysis involving graduates' application data (age, gender, location of hometown, School Leaving Score, interview score,...

Contested Heritage of Predappio. Conflicting Memories and Construction the European City Narrative This paper is devoted to problem Predappio as a place contested memory. Benito Mussolini’s hometown presented in literature symbolic site divided memory fascist regime. In what follows, I will examine process shaping image from period present day, well strategies implemented by local authorities o...

resistance literature is full of patriotism and liberalism. the resistance poet defends the aims of his hometown by his poetry weapon and applies his poem at his country’s political and social service. thus the resistance poetry contains a strong epic and national spirit. this kind of literature calls people for defending their grand ideals. tamim al-barghouti is a young palestinian famous poet...

ilia abu mazi lived in twentieth century and in the imitation toward to innovation era. although he did not have a deep philosophy in his poetry he outstripped thomas aquinas who lived in thirtieth century. this philosophy was one the most important ones in that era which the church had accepted it. abu mazi was completely pessimistic; although the life stream can destroy any thing in its way b...

death is one of the main issues in samih ghasem works; because he paid special attention to it in his works. the present paper studies his ideologies about death as well as his motivations on expressing this issue. his aesthetic view strengthens resistance spirit in his hometown fellows and causes changing in their view point on death. this article has been done in descriptive – analytic method...