This report provides a summary of the results of the various studies completed in the Partnered Pavement Research Program (PPRC) during the period 2000–2004. In addition, preliminary findings of investigations, initiated but not yet implemented during this period, are included. The results are based on the combined results of analytical developments, laboratory testing of pavement materials, an...

BACKGROUND Children as young as 10 years old report curiosity and participation in health-risk behaviors, yet most studies focus upon adolescent samples. OBJECTIVE To document the types and frequencies of health risk behavior among pre-adolescents and to examine the child, family, and environment factors that predict them. METHOD A sample of 297 pre-adolescents (mean age=10.5, SD=0.6) from ...

INTRODUCTION The diversity in self-identified lesbian and bisexual women's sexual interactions necessitates better understanding of how and when they integrate personal lubricant into different experiences. However, little is known about lesbian and bisexual women's lifetime lubricant use, particularly at the population level. AIMS The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and chara...

Paartnered operations refer to military where States collaborate with each other, non-State actors (such as organized armed groups) or intergovernmental organizations the United Nations) achieve a common aim in given conflict situation. Partnered are not new phenomenon, but nowadays they have become standard modality of conducting operations, conflicts Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Syria, Yem...

Objective: Sleep disturbance and sexual dysfunction are common in menopause; however, the nature of their association is unclear. The present study aimed to determine whether sleep characteristics were associated with sexual activity and sexual satisfaction. Methods: Sexual function in the last year and sleep characteristics (past 4 wk) were assessed by self-report at baseline for 93,668 women ...

Objective Previous studies conducted in Japan targeted only mothers who cared for children with disabilities, and lacked reference subjects, such as mothers of children without disabilities. The aim of this study was to examine the association between raising one or two children with a disability and maternal psychological distress compared to mothers of children without a disability, and to as...

Cadherins and catenins evidently partnered at the dawn of the animal kingdom to enable the first polarized epithelium, and perhaps animal evolution itself. New evidence from a primitive slime mold, however, suggests that α- and β-catenins may have engaged this function independently, long before cadherins arrived on the scene.

The newly formed upstream company embarked on a mainframe retirement program, targeting its critical applications in the areas of health and safety, corporate communications and human resources, along with certain archival and reporting systems. The company partnered with us for the end-to-end migration program, which included portfolio analysis for application rationalization, technology migra...

This article describes the history, development, and growth of Maryland's first hospital-based trauma prevention program. It details how the creators of the program partnered with multiple community agencies to provide a much-needed service for high-risk teens. The program has grown to include a variety of prevention education programs reaching people of all ages.