OBJECTIVES To investigate the occurrence of rape/attempted rape and verbal sexual coercion among an ethnically diverse adolescent population and to evaluate whether unique risk factors existed for victims of either type of forced sexual experience. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey assessing sexual violence within the past 12 months, behaviors that occurred on each subject's most recent date, and...

Hypertension (HT) has been one of the leading global risk Background: factors for health and the leading cause of death in Thailand for decades. The influence of socioeconomic factors on HT has been varied and inconclusive. The aim of this study was to determine the association between socioeconomic determinants and HT in Thailand. This study used data from the National Socioeconomic Survey, a ...

BACKGROUND Increasing evidence shows that polymorphisms in a number of genes can influence age-related macular degeneration (AMD) risk. This study aimed to investigate the association of CX3CR1 839C/T, CX3CR1 745G/A, PLEKHA1 958A/G, VEGFA +674C/T, and VEGFA +936C/T polymorphisms with AMD risk among Chinese. MATERIAL AND METHODS The polymorphisms were genotyped on 827 AMD patients and 827 contro...

Hypertension (HT) has been one of the leading global risk Background: factors for health and the leading cause of death in Thailand for decades. The influence of socioeconomic factors on HT has been varied and inconclusive. The aim of this study was to determine the association between socioeconomic determinants and HT in Thailand. This study used data from the National Socioeconomic Survey, a ...

A preconditioned AOR iterative method is proposed with the preconditioner I + S∗ αβ. Some comparison theorems are given when the coefficient matrix of linear system A is an irreducible L−matrix. The convergence rate of AOR iterative method with the preconditioner I + S∗ αβ is faster than the convergence rate with the preconditioner I + Sα by Li et al. Numerical example verifies comparison theor...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of physical activity levels with sleep duration (SD), and self-rated health (SRH) using the fifth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2010 and 2011. METHOD Overall, 12,188 Korean people were evaluated in relation to meeting guidelines for vigorous PA (MVPA), moderate PA (MMPA), and low PA (MLPA)...

background nearly every nation in the world faces shortages of health workers in remote areas. cameroon is no exception to this. the ministry of public health (moph) is currently considering several rural retention strategies to motivate qualified health personnel to practice in remote rural areas.   methods to better calibrate these mechanisms and to develop evidence-based retention strategies...

Agent oriented software engineering (AOSE) is an emerging field in computer science  and  proposes some systematic ideas for multi agent systems analysis, implementation and maintenance. Despite the various methodologies introduced in the agent-oriented software engineering, the main challenges are defects in different aspects of methodologies. According to the defects resulted from weaknesses ...

Background: Lassa fever (LF) is an acute viral haemorrhagic disease endemic in Ondo State, Nigeria. This study aimed to determine the factors associated with mortality among confirmed LF cases. Methods: A cross sectional study design was used by conducting a retrospective review of the records of all patients who had been treated for LF at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo since 2017 till March 2...

Objectives To investigate the predictors of general practitioner (GP) consultation and antibiotic use in those developing sore throat. Methods We conducted a prospective population-based cohort study on 4461 participants in two rounds (2010-11) from 1897 households. Results Participants reported 2193 sore throat illnesses, giving a community sore throat incidence of 1.57/ person-year. 13% o...