©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2009: 35(2) Background We have come a long way since John Rock and his coworkers felt it necessary to build in a monthly bleed for women on the combined oral contraceptive (COC) pill.1 They were trying to offset potential objections from the Catholic church, and were aware of the fact that women were psychologically reliant on monthly bleeds for reassurance ...

BACKGROUND Reported response rates of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) in dogs to piroxicam in combination with either mitoxantrone or carboplatin are similar; however, it is unknown whether either drug might provide superior duration of response. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To determine if the progression-free interval (PFI) of dogs with TCC treated with mitoxantrone and piroxicam was different t...

Objective: The least populated state of India, Sikkim is situated over 6,000 ft as of the sea level. The health of people residing at high altitude is shaped not only by the low-oxygen environment, but also by population ancestry and socio-cultural determinants. These factors may also have an influence over their physical fitness level. Thus the present survey work was designed in order to asse...

In the absence of significant advance in first-line therapy until recently, the increased knowledge of how to manage relapse accounts for most of the advances observed in ovarian cancer during the last 10 years. In addition, a large number of new drugs, mostly in the category of 'targeted therapy', are currently being tested in the setting of recurrent ovarian and are expected to change the cou...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the level of cancer fatalism and other sociocognitive behavioral determinants in Mexican American women categorized as regular mammography screeners and infrequent mammography screeners. DESIGN Cross-sectional, descriptive. SETTING A southwestern American city on the U. S.-Mexico border. SAMPLE 68 Mexican American women with low incomes recruited from a cance...

To better understand carbonaceous aerosol emissions from gasoline vehicles, a direct injection (GDI) vehicle with and without particle filter (GPF) installed port fuel (PFI) were tested on chassis dynamometer using standard emission drive cycles. Carbonaceous particles emitted the vehicles collected quartz filters analyzed three different thermal optical protocols to assess sensitivity of organ...

Abstract. Forest dynamics are closely related to climate change, natural disasters, and ecological diversity. The accumulated Landsat archive provides an unprecedented opportunity for long-term forest monitoring globally. However, using time series detect small-scale low-intensity disturbance events is still challenging since the moderate spatial resolution of images mixed pixel problem. Toward...

City of Florence, central Italy Aiming at defining a nature-based strategy to mitigate pluvial flood risk, two-tiered methodology is proposed. Firstly, the areas prone are identified by spatial multi-criteria analysis that combines five criteria (imperviousness, slope, hydrologic soil groups, density sewer system and social vulnerability) build Pluvial Flood Index (PFI). The PFI validated compa...

We aim to answer the question of effect a social-purpose-driven ecosystem on value capture from digital health platforms. call phenomenon which seeks social impact before profits and aims empower citizens for individual collective well-being. Thus, capturing platforms embedded in fundamentally differs profiting purely commercial poses significant challenges platform owners public policy. Previo...