background: this study evaluated the reproductive health rights, women empowerment and gender equity in a rural area of bangladesh. methods: three hundred married women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in meherpur district, bangladesh were interviewed using a structured questionnaire and purposing sampling techniques. the logistic regression analysis was used to determine the dominating factor...

Background: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a prion disease that always fatal in cattle and considered an important risk factor for human health. Genetic polymorphisms alter proteins may be associated with susceptibility or resistance to infectious encephalopathy. Therefore, we investigated the distribution of 23 bp indel variant protein (PRNP) gene Jersey Turkey. Methods: A total 95 ...

While the number of studies providing evidence of actuarial senescence is increasing, and covers a wide range of taxa, the process of reproductive senescence remains poorly understood. In fact, quite high reproductive output until the last years of life has been reported in several vertebrate species, so that whether or not reproductive senescence is widespread remains unknown. We compared age-...

1. Three hypotheses have been proposed to explain age-structured patterns of reproductive investment and somatic investment: residual reproductive value, senescence and evolutionary restraint. We evaluated these hypotheses for female Columbian ground squirrels ( Spermophilus columbianus ) by examining age-related patterns of somatic and reproductive investment. Females were designated as succes...

The cost of reproduction theory posits that there are trade-offs between current and future reproduction because resources that are allocated to current offspring cannot be used for future reproductive opportunities. Two adaptive reproductive strategies have been hypothesized to offset the costs of reproduction and maximize lifetime fitness. The terminal investment hypothesis predicts that as i...

To help support and direct the Lions Club's construction of a Community Health Clinic specializing in Reproductive and Sexual Health, this descriptive study began in November of 2004 and was completed in May 2005. The sample consists of 552 high school students in Rumiñahui County, and surveys were used to study four principle themes: reproductive and sexual health education, family planning, s...

Methods: We conducted secondary analyses of data collected at 4 urban primary care settings during July 2004 through June 2005. The primary study was a randomized trial of 523 female patients who were assigned to 1 of the 3 screening protocols. Inclusion criteria were women aged 18 or older and currently involved with a partner. Each screening protocol included two brief DV screening tools, HIT...

ED FROM Chen PH, Rovi S, Washington J, et al. Randomized comparison of 3 methods to screen for domestic violence in family practice. Ann Fam Med 2007;5:430–5. Correspondence to: Dr P H Chen, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–New Jersey Medical School. Newark, NJ, USA; [email protected] Source of funding: American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. c Clinical impact ratings...