OBJECTIVES To determine the sexual and demographic risk factors for the acquisition of presumptive pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). METHODS A retrospective, case-control study in women, who attended the Sydney Sexual Health Centre (SSHC), between April 1991 and December 1997. Logistic regression analysis was used to adjust for confounding variables. RESULTS 741 women with PID and an equal...

North East Europe harbors a high diversity of cultures and languages, suggesting a complex genetic history. Archaeological, anthropological, and genetic research has revealed a series of influences from Western and Eastern Eurasia in the past. While genetic data from modern-day populations is commonly used to make inferences about their origins and past migrations, ancient DNA provides a powerf...

[1] An East Asian cold surge (EACS) is characterized by rapid advancement of a polar airmass toward the east coast of the Eurasian continent in boreal winter. Over the east coast of Asia, extratropical cyclogenesis and the amplitudes of atmospheric disturbances ranging from synoptic to subseasonal timescales are immediately enhanced as the cold air approaches. This study investigates for the fi...

A bivariate symmetric backwards recursion is of the form d[m,n] = w0(d[m− 1, n]+d[m,n−1])+ω1(d[m−r1, n−s1]+d[m−s1, n−r1])+· · ·+ωk(d[m−rk, n−sk] +d[m− sk, n− rk]) where ω0, . . . ωk are weights, r1, . . . rk and s1, . . . sk are positive integers. We prove three theorems about solving symmetric backwards recursions restricted to the diagonal band x+ u < y < x− l. With a solution we mean a formu...

Simulations performed with Ocean–Atmosphere General Circulation Models (OAGCM) under the Climate Model Intercomparison Project, phase 5 (CMIP5) (Taylor et al. 2012), provide climate predictions for the upcoming 100 years (the so-called radiative concentration pathways emission scenarios). However, CMIP simulations suffer from severe limitations in predicting climate at a shorttime horizon (< 10...

Introduction: Sinonasal malignancies are uncommon neoplasms with several histological subtypes. These malignancies have a poor prognosis and, because of the nonspecific nature of the symptoms, most patients are diagnosed late when the disease is already at an advanced stage. Therefore, most sinonasal malignancies tend to be treated with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy. Understanding the ...

Purpose This paper investigates the global and local interest in Internet information about cryptocurrency Nigeria central bank digital currency, which is also known as eNaira. Design/methodology/approach Granger causality test GMM coefficient matrix methodologies were used. Findings There sustained increase eNaira first six weeks after adoption. Local exceeded cryptocurrency. The south-east re...

STOCK DEFINITION AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE Minke whales have a cosmopolitan distribution in polar, temperate and tropical waters. In the North Atlantic there are four recognized populations — Canadian east coast, west Greenland, central North Atlantic, and northeastern North Atlantic (Donovan 1991). These four population divisions were defined by examining segregation by sex and length, catch distri...

STOCK DEFINITION AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE Minke whales have a cosmopolitan distribution, being distributed in polar, temperate and tropical waters. In the North Atlantic, there are four recognized populations — Canadian East Coast, west Greenland, central North Atlantic, and northeastern North Atlantic (Donovan 1991). These divisions were defined by examining segregation by sex and length, catch di...