Approximately 3% of the population has some degree of intellectual disability. Sex offenders with identified intellectual disabilities appear overrepresented in the charged and imprisoned population of sexual offenders. Statistics range from 15% to 33% (Shapiro, 1986; Steiner, 1984). Day (see 1994) cautions that the prevalence rate may actually be higher because it does not account for those pe...

This is perhaps a philosophical question rather than a mathematical one, we do not expect to give a full answer, even though we hope to clarify some ideas. In addition, we would like to provide a new perspective on the subject. We will find curious analogies with the way we perceive color and make some imaginary experiments showing that, even living imprisoned in three dimensions... it could be...

It is generally acknowledged that a reduction in the sensitivity to penicillin of several gonococcal strains is leading to an increase in therapeutic failures. Since 1963 we have tentatively used ampicillin (Doctacillin 8) to treat gonorrhoea infections in patients in the Copenhagen prisons. The acid stability of ampicillin, the satisfactory absorption of the drug from the gastrointestinal cana...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Incarcerated women are more vulnerable to developing cervical cancer than women in general; therefore, screening and intervention programs must be included in their healthcare provision. We therefore aimed to investigate the state of cervical cancer screening for imprisoned women in Mato Grosso do Sul, and to analyze the interventions geared toward the control of cervical ...

BACKGROUND The healthcare needs and general experience of women in detention in sub-Saharan Africa are rarely studied and poorly understood. METHODS A mixed-methods study was conducted including in-depth interviews with 38 adult female prisoners and 21 prison officers in four Zambian prisons to assess the health and human rights concerns of female detainees. Key informant interviews with 46 o...

This article explores the phenomenon of "phantom pain." The analysis is based on personal experiences elicited from individuals who have lost a limb or live with a paralyzed body part. Our study reveals that the ways in which these individuals express their pain experience is an integral aspect of that experience. The material consists of interviews undertaken with men who are living with phant...

the role of education in improving quality of life of patients with chronic renal failure has been emphasized by many studies. this survey was performed to assess the effect of a confined program of home-care on the health status of patients who were receiving hemodialysis. in this research, 37 patients afflicted by chronic renal insufficiency were chosen and put into two categories randomly, 1...

We have analyzed the electric dipole moment and the Higgs mass constraints on the supersymmetric model which offers dynamical solutions to the μ and strong CP problems. The trilinear coupling phases, and tanβ − |μ| are strongly correlated, particularly in the low-tan β regime. Certain values of the phases of the trilinear couplings are forbidden, whereas the CP violating phase from the chargino...