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..Sexual risk reduction interventions are needed for women who were sexually abused as children. Continued research on the effects of multitype maltreatment on adult sexual risk behavior is needed...

..It is unclear how occlusion pressure, exercise intensity, and occlusion duration interact, or which combination of these factors results in the most potent muscle stimulus...

..These results suggest a mechanism for the unidirectional spread of yellow plumage across the hybrid zone but slowed movement beyond it...

..This information highlights an emerging new paradigm in chromatin control, that of the epigenetic regulation of nucleosome mobility...

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..After brief comments on the increase in interest in this topic and related definition concerns, each of the five articles that comprise the special section is presented...

..Thus, the stability ball is an effective platform for barbell chest-press training in untrained women over a short duration...

..This study investigated these relationships, focusing on the first year posttreatment admission and 3 years later...

..Together, the results suggest that subjects spontaneously assimilate stimulus and word into a single representation by building asymmetric effortful imagery associations, going from the English word to the Chinese character...

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..These complex, interpreted image features might well be the stimulus elements that stereo mechanisms analyse to recover depth. But are they?..

..Consequently, distant intercessory prayer (IP) for healing is one of the most commonly practiced alternative interventions and has recently become the topic of scientific scrutiny...

..Sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics provide an opportune setting for HIV prevention efforts. This randomized controlled trial evaluated a unique, two-step approach to sexual risk reduction at a publicly-funded STI clinic...

..It was observed that a mild hot water pre-hydrolysis improved the bleachability of SAQ pulps to a level equal to that of kraft...

..Micromotion measurements indicated fretting motions in the range of 10-25 microm where 0-mm heads tended to piston on the trunion, while 6 mm heads tended to rock...

..Identifying smoking patterns and correlates of use would assist health providers to develop more culturally sensitive interventions...

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..The second concern questions the sharpness of the distinction Machery draws between psychological and philosophical conceptions of concepts...

..The goal of this study was to examine the association between IPV and prenatal trauma and placental abruption during pregnancy...

..2010) describe the participation of two siRNA populations, generated by two different RNA-directed RNA polymerases, in a pathway to silence expression of endogenous genes in Caenorhabditis elegans...

..intervention to reduce obesity and promote healthy lifestyles, represents a successful partnership among Syracuse University, local Black churches, and several sponsors to empower families of color to adopt and sustain positive ..

..Results of an additional simulation based on the Howard and Kahana (2002) version of TCM may be downloaded from http://pbr.psychonomic-journals.org/content/supplemental...

..Assuming that the signals used in species recognition are also used in mutual mate choice, our results indicate that a single amino acid substitution contributes to speciation...

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..These findings suggest that contiguity effects in episodic memory do not reflect direct associations between items but rather a process of binding, encoding, and retrieval of a gradually changing representation of temporal context...

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..Furthermore, we show that most of the variation in measures of selection intensity is explained by sperm length and relative investment in sperm production...

..More important, the compilations of guidelines offer tested field methods for improving the ethical conduct of research with native community populations...

..In particular, FEW may be an effective means to reach populations unwilling or unable to engage in psychotherapy. A case illustration of FEW is presented. Evidence and future directions for FEW as self-help are reviewed...

..However, individual responsiveness to the different intervention components indicates that brief experimental analyses are warranted to identify the most effective intervention...

..To the extent that females prefer to mate with larger males, this choice is harmful, a pattern that is consistent with the theory of sexually antagonistic coevolution...

..This route represents a rapid and convenient method for the synthesis of 2-methyl-D-erythritol and is expected to be useful for generating isotopically labeled intermediates for biochemical studies...

..Perceived social norms can serve to make excessive alcohol use appear common and acceptable to the student. This review critically examines the literature on each form of peer influence and provides suggestions for future research...

..Results are discussed in terms of how rituals affirm relationships, connect values and beliefs, and may have differential meaning for men and women...

..The accelerated evolutionary rates reflect not only the transition from cones to rods in the retina but also the blue-shift in the absorption spectra of the gecko pigments...

..To determine the specific emotions and concerns of women who are pregnant following a perinatal loss...

..The lack of the opposite mating type could be the result of a bottleneck during its introduction to Australia. The original geographic/host distribution of this species in the Americas is unknown...

..Molecular evolutionary analyses suggest that specific amino acid replacements in the SWS1 and SWS2 pigments, resulting from accelerated evolution, must have been responsible for their functional divergences among the avian pigments...

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..Obesity is associated with an increased prevalence of arthritis, diabetes, and hypertension. These results are cross-sectional and are based on self-reports of height and weight; they must be interpreted cautiously...

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..To examine how family management styles, garnered from parent interviews about the effect of asthma on family life, are related to medical adherence and health care utilization...

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..It is suggested that the range of shapes used in feeding is the matrix for both behaviors...

..Predictors of clinician burnout include hours worked per week and job setting. Factor analysis indicates that the MBI is an appropriate assessment tool for measuring burnout among MFTs. Implications for clinical practice are discussed...

..These results indicate large spatio-temporal variability of CO2 fluxes and suggest factors that control the variability in Yellowstone National Park...

..Here, we review these findings and other recent studies that suggest the structured globular domain of the nucleosome core particle plays a key role regulating chromatin dynamics...

..The packing of the molecule shows a network of classical O...H-O and Br...H-O, and non-classical Br...H-C and O...H-C hydrogen bonds between the methanol solvate molecules, the metal complex cations and the bromide anions...

..These results suggest that the size of the pool of species available to colonize grassland is an important factor controlling the response of grassland SR to herbivory, particularly from low- to intermediate-productive grassland...

..To develop a reliable measure of asthma management routines and examine its association with health care utilization, medical adherence, and quality of life...

..In addition to its role in proliferation, ATX-2 acts downstream of FOG-2 to promote the female germline fate...

..The Internet is an important source of this information, but not all family physicians use the Internet. This study used "diffusion of innovations" theory to identify strategies for increasing Internet use by family physicians...

..Results indicate that distinguishing features of GAD and PD in older treatment-seeking adults may be fewer and slightly different from those of younger adults...

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..Divergences and convergences between different types of family measurement are discussed in light of meaning-making processes associated with coping with a chronic illness...

..45-.51) than in the noncases (.07-.18). These results demonstrate that correlated change may either signify causal commonality or the cumulative effects of multiple age-related conditions that can affect multiple cognitive systems...

..To determine whether efficient allocation of home care services can produce net long-term care cost savings...

..The innovative use of a two-step approach, coupling motivational and behavioral skills components, will advance HIV prevention science and practice. ..

..This study will lead to the development of a practical, effective, and easily-distributed sexual risk reduction intervention for use in public STD clinics. ..

..This study will lead to the development of a practical, effective, and easily-distributed sexual risk reduction intervention for use in public STD clinics. ..

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..This award would allow the applicant protected time (teaching relief and summer support) to continue to develop her research on the treatment of substance abuse among the severely mentally ill. ..

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..The K02 award would allow the applicant protected time to continue to develop his skills in and to conduct a program of research on alcohol treatment. ..

..04%], or moderate alcohol dose [BAC = .08%]) and other factors. The primary dependent variables will be risk perception, risk exposure, negotiation skills, and intentions to engage in risky behavior...

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..This has important public health implications related to reducing smoking-related health disparities. ..

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..The project will investigate processes that are required for formation of functional sperm and eggs, and which may also help to reduce the susceptibility of offspring to particular diseases. ..

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..Knowing how the visual system computes SFM is not only essential for understanding the brain per se, but also important for finding psychophysical diagnostic tools for pinpointing potential areas of brain damage. ..

..If effective, the proposed intervention promises to have a significant public health impact by averting new HIV infections and improving health outcomes among HIV+ MSM. ..

..This may also be true of the support cells surrounding the auditory hair cells. ..

..Finally, Active Life Expectancy-the number of years people can expect to live in an "active" or healthy state-has become a widely-accepted index of public health, and our model will produce improved estimates of this index. ..

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..Finally, Active Life Expectancy-the number of years people can expect to live in an "active" or healthy state-has become a widely-accepted index of public health, and our model will produce improved estimates of this index. ..

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..We will estimate the impacts of major policy changes enacted in the United Kingdom and Germany during the 1990s, and will control for policy variation within these countries as well. ..

..Psychophysical measures will be used on stimuli that are designed to reveal the basics of stereo computations and also those that will allow a generalization to natural-image objects and real-world tasks. ..

..Because of the increased mortality in this population, this project will provide insight into whether autonomic dysfunction can be reversed and if gender differences occur in this response. ..

..e., the military) in specific historical periods shapes the process of cumulative (dis)advantage that leads to later-life health disparities. ..

..This will permit in situ quality of control of chiral and physical properties in final-stage pharmaceutical products. ..

..Analyses of age-related individual differences along these measures across multiple practice sessions are expected to reveal shifts from algorithmic computation to memory based processing. ..

..e., private residence, supportive housing, nursing home) over a two-year period. In addition, intensity of assistance received (i.e., a summary of assistance with ten activities) will be considered. ..