conclusions the results of this study suggested that parental monitoring and affiliation with deviant peers largely explained sexual risk taking among adolescents. therefore, prevention efforts aimed at reducing risky sex should compose of these factors. in fact, the results suggested that earlier prevention efforts may be warranted. results according to the results, about one-fifth of subjects...

background sexually transmitted infections (stis) have a major negative impact on sexual and reproductive health globally. the most effective way to avoid stis is to abstain from sexual contact or having sex only in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner. objectives this study aimed to determine behavioral prevention regarding stis. patients and methods this an...

one of the mechanisms involved in the regulation of the immune system by steroid hormones could be the monocytic-macrophage system. in this study the effect of the male hormone 5a-dht on cytokine release by peritoneal macrophages (mφ) of male and female nzb/balbc mice was investigated. macrophages from male mice activated with lps produced a greater amount of il-1β (21.8%) (p<0.05) and il-6 (19...

those produced by x-irradiation, the above result and further experiments producing mutations with neutrons may lead to new conclusions regarding the interaction of radiation ions with genes and hence of the size and structure of the gene. It is interesting to note that the ratio of effectiveness (5 or 6 to 1) for the effects on mature sperm of neutron as compared with x-irradiation is comparab...