Previous narrative research by TANESA found rural primary school students in Mwanza Region to be sexually active from the age of 12 years. The Regional Education Office established a program to protect primary school girls from sexual abuse following 1995-96 reports to the rural School AIDS Committees (SACs) that female students were being sexually harassed and abused by primary school teacher...

According to agency theory, board of directors plays an important monitoring role in reducing information asymmetry and increasing the transparency of financial statements and social responsibility. This research is concerned with examining board diversity and social responsibility of the firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the years 2011-2015. To do so, a sample of 98 firms was se...

The present case report addresses the treatment of an Angle Class II malocclusion in an adult female patient, long face pattern, with posterior open bite and dental arches extremely expanded, due to previous treatment. The patient and parents rejection to a treatment with orthognathic surgery led to orthodontic camouflage of the skeletal discrepancies. This clinical case was presented to the Br...

Between 17th October and 9th November 2009, the third leg of the Chinese DY115-21 cruise on board the R/V Dayangyihao, confirmed two new hydrothermal fields near the equatorial East Pacific Rise. Five pycnogonid specimens were obtained by deep-sea TV-grab from one of the new hydrothermal vents named 'Precious Stone Mountain' at 1.22°N 101.49°W. These specimens belonged to two new species of the...

Drivers of environmentally conscious firm behaviour have gained increasing attention over past decades. The Board Directors holds a central role in corporate decision-making, and previous empirical evidence suggests that its characteristics could influence environmental performance. This paper contributes to the literature with first certain board on whether ultimately supports one or more SDGs...

The present investigation was conducted to see the effect of gender of head teachers on the academic success of the school students in Bangladesh. A total of 60 head teachers (male = 37, female = 23) and 3776 students (boys = 2142, girls = 1634) were randomly selected from the schools in a divisional town in Bangladesh to serve as sample. Academic success records of the students in their Primar...

Protrusion of maxillary incisors is a common complaint among patients seeking orthodontic treatment. This report addresses the correction of Class II Angle malocclusion with excessively bucally proclined maxillary incisors, in an adolescent female patient, through the use of extraoral and fixed appliances. This case was presented to the Brazilian Board of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic...

The authors present a case report of unrecognized herpes genitalis, which was caused by primary HSV-1 infection. The 28-year old female was examined by three board certified gynaecologist and initially treated as mycotic vulvitis. The authors point out the atypical course in the patient without anti-HSV-1 and HSV-2 antibodies. This infection is rather very painful, extensive and with complicati...

A growing body of ethics research investigates gender diversity and governance on corporate boards, at individual and firm levels, in single country studies. In this study, we explore the environmental context of female representation on corporate boards of directors, using data from forty-three countries. We suggest that women's representation on corporate boards may be shaped by the larger en...