PURPOSE To characterize the prevalence of dating violence experienced by gay, lesbian, bisexual (GLB), and heterosexual adolescents. METHODS Self-report surveys were collected and analyzed from 521 adolescents at a GLB youth rally. Respondents were asked about dating violence, including types of abuse, threats of "outing," and gender of abuser. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were u...

Ward outings provide patients the opportunity to practice what they have learnt during their inpatient admission in a real-life context, to learn to feel comfortable eating out in public. The ward outing is for patients that are progressing well and have demonstrated that they can manage their meal plans on the unit and on leave. The outing provides patients with an opportunity to challenge the...

knowledge of the relation between agronomical traits with economical yield is very important in crop improvement and breeding. in order to study of genetic diversity and identifying yield components, 568 kabuli type germplasm and 390 desi type chickpea germplasm that were available in pulses collection of faculty of agriculture, university of tehran, was investigated in this research in 2009 in...

The purpose of this study is to assess the effects an alternative approach type 2 diabetes prevention. Ninety-six patients with prediabetes (age 52 (10) years; 80% female; BMI 39.2 (7.1) kg/m2) received a continuous remote care intervention focused on reducing hyperglycemia through carbohydrate restricted nutrition therapy for two years in single arm, prospective, longitudinal pilot study. Two-...

outing in the public Internet is based on a distributed system composed of many routers, grouped into management domains called Autonomous Systems (ASes). ASes are operated by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and by multihomed subscribers. (Throughout the remainder of this article, for brevity, we will talk in terms of ISPs, usually omitting references to multihomed subscribers.) Routing infor...