BACKGROUND With emphasis on policy implications, the main objective of this study was to estimate the numbers of two main groups affected by FGM/C in Norway: 1) those already subjected to FGM/C and therefore potentially in need for health care and 2) those at risk of FGM/C and consequently the target of preventive and protective measures. Special attention has been paid to type III as it is ass...

OBJECTIVE To compare the sexual function of women with female genital mutilation (FGM) to women without FGM. DESIGN A prospective case-control study. SETTING A tertiary referral university hospital. PATIENT(S) One hundred and thirty sexually active women with FGM and 130 sexually active women without FGM in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. INTERVENTION(S) Women with and without FGM were asked to a...

Aim. To explore female outpatients' perspectives on problems related to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and their views on information, care, and counseling. Setting. An FGM/C support center at a maternity clinic in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Methods. A qualitative, descriptive study, using content analysis of seven semistructured interviews with female outpatients. Results. All participan...

We consider a generalization of the bivariate Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern (FGM) distribution by introducing additional parameters. For the generalized FGM distribution, the admissible range of the association parameter allowing positive quadrant dependence property is shown. Distributional properties of concomitants for this generalized FGM distribution are studied. Recurrence relations between m...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) includes procedures involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitals for non-therapeutic reasons. They can have negative psychosexual and health consequences that need specific care. In this paper, we review some key knowledge gaps in the clinical care of women with FGM, focusing on obstetric outcomes, surgical interventions (defibulation an...

The present work aims at building an explicit solution with respect to Functionally Graded Material (FGM) parameter for plate structures. For that, the displacement field is written under a separated variables form: in-plane coordinates x,y, transverse coordinate z and material chosen beforehand. This choice yields non-linear problem that can be solved by iterative process based on classical fi...

BACKGROUND The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 100-140 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C). FGM/C is an ancient cultural practice prevalent in 26 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. With increased immigration, health professionals in high income countries including UK, Europe, North America and Australia care for women an...

ObjectivesOpen reduction and internal fixation of both columns is considered the treatment choice for displaced anterior column with posterior hemitransverse (ACPHT) fractures in non-geriatric patients. Plate one combined lag screw other allows to decrease operative time approach-related morbidity compared conventional plating. The aim this biomechanical study was evaluate whether single plate ...

Rosemary Kinuthia The Association between Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and the Risk of HIV/AIDS in Kenyan Girls and Women (15-49 Years) (Under the direction of Dr. Ike S. Okosun, MS, MPH, PhD, FRSPH and Dr. Richard Rothenberg, MD, MPH, FACP). INTRODUCTION: Kenya like the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be plagued with high rates of AIDS/HIV. Research has shown that cultural practices...

Faecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FGM) concentrations are used increasingly as a non-invasive measure to index physiological stress experienced by diverse taxa. However, FGM may not be evenly distributed throughout a faecal mass or faecal pellet group. Moreover, within-sample variation in FGM measurements associated with different sampling and/or processing techniques is rarely reported despite...