This study examines the rate of domestic violence against adult women by men partners. Two hundred eighteen women at two primary care clinics responded anonymously to a questionnaire. Forty-eight percent reported verbal abuse, 44 percent minor physical abuse, and 28 percent severe physical abuse. Abuse was common (16 percent) before marriage. Respondents whose partners were reported to be chemi...

application of outflow water from treatment plants for irrigation as a non-usual water resource is being developed due to the lack of usual water resources in iran. activated carbon as a conditioner in water treatment procedures causes undesired changes in hydraulic properties of porous media and soil degradation. in this paper, the effects of activated carbon concentration on hydrodynamic prop...

Analysis of neighboring aromatic groups in four biphenyl peptides or peptide analogs and 34 proteins reveals a specific aromatic-aromatic interaction. Aromatic pairs (less than 7 A between phenyl ring centroids) were analyzed for the frequency of pair type, their interaction geometry (separation and dihedral angle), their nonbonded interaction energy, the secondary structural locations of inter...

A parametric study of twenty-five reinforced concrete ring deep beams using finite element analysis is presented in this study. This paper took into account the kind loading (partial and complete), diameter, depth, width beam, as well NO. supports. When compared to equivalent concentrated central loading, acting a partial distributed 25-100 percent length span increased capacity load by about 3...

Fifth Light Technology Ltd., based in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, develops centrally controlled, dimmable lighting systems for office, industrial and public buildings. The company’s approach consists of providing the desired lighting level in the right place at the right time while at the same time taking into account the light conditions in the surroundings, the respective energy costs and the ...

Background: Physical treatment is a unique calling with broad clinical applications in the rebuilding,support and advancement of ideal physical capacityAim study: To assess level knowledge regarding benefits physiotherapy among PhysiotherapySpecialty students.Methodology: A cross sectional descriptive study included (54) Physiotherapy students Medical TechnicalInstitute, Technical College Healt...

effect of different planting ratios of oat (avena sativa l.) and vetch (vicia sativa l.) was assessed on quality and quantity of forage and silage in an intercropping system as completely randomized block design (rcbd) with four replications. the treatments were different planting ratios of oat and vetch including 0:100, 20:80, 40:60, 50:50, 60:40, 80:20 and 100:0 (oat-vetch) formed as replacem...

As a perusal of Colombia's economic history makes clear, agriculture has been central to the economy's generally satisfactory performance. Agriculture's postwar growth rate (3.7 percent over 1950-80) was well above the average for developing countries and was unusually high in relation to the growth rate of GDP (5.1 percent over 1950-80). During the years of fastest GDP growth (5.9 percent in 1...