objective: sarcomas are neoplasms of mesenchymal (stem cell) origin and are rare skin diseases of cats and may occur anywhere on the cat body.the main etiologies of soft tissue sarcomas are feline sarcoma virus induced sarcomas, vaccine site sarcomas, trauma, inflammation and radiation. methods: in march 2014, a three years old male domestic shorthair cat were referred to a private veterinary c...

conclusions the used instrument for measuring domestic violence had desirable validity and reliability and can be used as a suitable instrument in health and social researches in the local population. results the self-administered instrument was completed by 334 women. the cfa and efa methods confirmed embedding items and the three-factor structure of the instrument including psychological, phy...

BACKGROUND Violence against women is one of the major public health problems in both developed and developing worlds. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of current (occurred in one year preceding the survey) domestic violence and socio-demographic factors associated with domestic violence against women. METHODS This was a cross sectional household survey (face to face int...

This study addresses violence against women from the perspective of Community Health Agents and related care practices developed at the basic care level. It aims to understand their opinions and care practices in daily care delivery in order to support training of workers on this theme. The theoretical-methodological reference was gender violence as a social construct and ideology as a social p...

BACKGROUND Domestic violence against women is well researched in the general population, but much less so in relation to women with learning disabilities. This qualitative research study interviewed 15 women with learning disabilities who had experienced domestic violence about their experiences, the impact of the violence on them and their children, their coping strategies and help seeking beh...

We offer a new perspective to the unionised wage effects of unilateral trade liberalisation by considering endogenous domestic market structure. Hence, in contrast to the existing works, which focus on the short-run effects of trade liberalisation on unionised wage, we focus on more long-run effects by considering the effects of trade liberalisation on the domestic market structure. Trade liber...

A case is presented where a dentist recognizes physical abuse of a patient. Although legally the dentist must report such cases, the patient asks that this not be done. Statistics are presented regarding the prevalence and consequences of abuse, and one potential response is suggested.

The Housing First model has been shown to be a highly effective approach to achieving permanent housing for chronically homeless individuals with serious mental illness and chemical dependency. There are numerous components of the model that lend themselves toward achieving similar goals for homeless domestic violence (DV) survivors and their children. A leading cause of homelessness for women,...

objective: as domestic violence becomes increasingly recognized a widespread social problem, judicial system has begun playing larger roles in providing legal protection to these victims. one way they are doing this in the united states is through the use of protective restraining orders or injunctions. the purpose of this research was to determine if permanent injunctions for protection provid...