Portrayals of schizophrenia in the media have been found to be very negative in nature. This study is an attempt to take research in this area a step further by conducting an experiment measuring attitudes of viewers toward schizophrenia before and after viewing an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit in which a man with schizophrenia is depicted as a dangerous sexual deviant. Partici...

AIM To promote the provision of reproductive health services to young people by exploring the attitudes and perceptions of university students in Shanghai, China, toward reproductive health. METHODS From July 2004 to May 2006, 5 243 students from 14 universities in Shanghai took part in our survey. Topics covered the demands of reproductive health-care services, attitudes towards and experien...

BACKGROUND The interaction between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry influences physicians' attitudes and prescribing behavior. Although largely studied in the US, this topic has not been well studied in resource-poor settings, where a close relationship between physicians and industry still exists. OBJECTIVE To describe physician interactions with and attitudes towards the pharmaceu...

We examine new survey data on attitudes towards international trade showing that women are significantly less likely than men to support increasing trade with foreign nations. This gender difference remains large even when controlling for a broad range of other demographic and socio-economic characteristics among survey respondents. And the gender gap widens markedly among older and married res...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to explore laypersons' attitudes toward the use of archived (existing) materials such as medical records and biological samples and to compare them with the attitudes of physicians who are involved in medical research. METHODS Three focus group interviews were conducted, in which seven Japanese male members of the general public, seven female members of...

PURPOSE To assess public awareness and attitudes toward epilepsy in Brazilians of different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. BACKGROUND Several studies have examined public awareness and attitudes toward epilepsy in various countries but there are no equivalent data for Brazil or South America. MATERIAL AND METHODS We have applied the survey proposed by Caveness and Gallup, with some...

1.1 Complex modular organization When grown on semi-solid surfaces, P. vortex organize its colonies by generating rotating modules (termed vortices), each consisting of many cells, which are used as building blocks for the colony as a whole [1-17] as is illustrated in Figure S1. Each vortex is composed of many cells that swarm collectively around their common center at about 10 micron/sec (see ...