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To understand the characteristics of recreational drug users' behaviors and social network , as well as their potential impact to the transmission of sexual transmitted infections STI. Qualitative interview was used to collect information on rough estimation of population size and behavior change before and after recreational drug use. A total of participants were recruited by convenient sampling from April to October, in a community of Qingdao city.
All participants used methamphetamine and of them showed social connection. The prevalence of syphilis and HIV were The estimated size of recreational drug users was big with a wide diversity of occupations and age range, and males were more frequent than females. Drug use may affect condom use and frequent drug users showed symptom of psychosis and neuro-toxicities. The size of social network was 2.
Understanding social and sexual networks of sexual minority men and transgender women in Guatemala city to improve HIV prevention efforts. In this study, we investigated the contributions of major emission source categories located upwind of South Korea to Particulate Matter PM in South Korea. Tswanarising global gayness : the 'unAfrican' argument, Western gay media imagery, local responses and gay culture in Botswana. South Korea is contiguous to China, Japan and North Koreas , so air pollutants transported from outside South Korea should be investigated. The union's challenge to the Ministry of Education's control of the system and the charges of subversion had made compromise seem a very remote possibility at the start One minicomputer in the network serves as a gateway to KEKNET, which connects the minicomputer network and the central computers. This makes it possible to infer global features from local ones using regression models trained on networks with high generalization power.
Personality characteristics and parent-child relationships juveniles who commit violent crimes of a sexual nature. Full Text Available Studies of aggressive behavior of teenagers and sexual aggression in particular in the last time are particularly relevant and valuable in modern society.
This is confirmed by the data of criminological statistics, according to which the rate of minor crime in the Russian Federation in recent years has virtually the same range. A comprehensive study of the person of a minor convicted of violent crimes of a sexual nature personal characteristics , characteristics of sexual identity and parent-child relationship on the basis of comparative analysis with a group of teenagers convicted of the crime of mercenary-violent type, and a group of students emerging in socially favourable environment, enabled them to identify some distinctive features.
The obtained results allow to suggest a possible mutual influence of personal characteristics and characteristics of sexual identity with the peculiarities of child-parent relationships in a group of juveniles convicted for violent crimes of a sexual nature.
To investigate how network education can improve college students' knowledge on sexual and reproductive health in Ningbo city. From December to June , we conducted a questionnaire investigation among college students in Ningbo city about the effects of network education on their knowledge about sexual psychology, sexual physiology, sexual ethics, and reproductive health. A total of 7 college students accomplished the investigation, of whom 2 Approximately Reproductive health-related network education significantly enriched the students' knowledge about the reproductive system and sex, pubertal development, sexual physiology, conception and embryonic development, methods of contraception, sexual psychology, sexually transmitted diseases and their prevention, pregnancy care and eugenics, and environment- and occupation-related reproductive health P college students and improve their sexual experience and health.
Sexpectations: male college students' views about displayed sexual references on females' social networking web sites. Sexual reference display on a social networking web site SNS is associated with self-reported sexual intention; females are more likely to display sexually explicit content on SNSs. The purpose of this study was to investigate male college students' views towards sexual references displayed on publicly available SNSs by females.
Focus groups. One large state university. Male college students age All tape recorded discussion was fully transcribed, then discussed to determine thematic consensus. A trained male facilitator asked participants about views on sexual references displayed on SNSs by female peers and showed examples of sexual references from female's SNS profiles to facilitate discussion.
A total of 28 heterosexual male participants participated in seven focus groups. Nearly all participants reported using Facebook to evaluate potential female partners. Three themes emerged from our data. First, participants reported that displays of sexual references on social networking web sites increased sexual expectations. Second, sexual reference display decreased interest in pursuing a dating relationship.
Third, SNS data was acknowledged as imperfect but valuable. Females who display sexual references on publicly available SNS profiles may be influencing potential partners' sexual expectations and dating intentions.
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Future research should examine females' motivations and beliefs about displaying such references and educate women about the potential impact of these sexual displays. Characteristics of female patients with sexual dysfunction who also had a history of blunt perineal trauma. Perineal trauma can occur in both genders, however, data supporting the relationship between sexual dysfunction and blunt perineal trauma in women is lacking. This study reviewed the patient characteristics of women with sexual dysfunction who also had a history of blunt perineal trauma. A neurogenic form of sexual dysfunction has been implicated, with primary complaints of orgasm disorder and abnormalities noted on genital sensory testing.
Further research in this area is needed. Network characteristics and open innovation in SMEs. The open innovation literature has primarily been concentrating on open innovation OI in large companies. Hence it is very unclear whether these findings can be generalized to small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs.
This paper begins filling in this knowledge gap. In doing so, we focus Case studies were used and empirical data was mainly generated through semi-structured interviews. Cases selected for study were companies in the Danish food industry with less than employees.
In this paper we report our Our study shows that companies with a relatively open innovation process have both strong and weak ties with external partners. Companies with a relatively more closed innovation process have on the other hand only few weak ties and no strong ties with external partners MSM with TGP were more likely to be older, have a sexual orientation other than homosexual, have a history of incarceration, or have insufficient funds for necessities, but less likely to be HIV positive or report sex with men to health care providers.
Future studies should examine differing sexual risks MSM take with sexual partners with different gender identities. Data were collected using a structured social support network matrix in a community sample recruited in New York City. Both heterosexuals and LGBs relied less on family and more on other people e.
In seeking major support e. Sociodemographic and diagnostic characteristics of homicidal and nonhomicidal sexual offenders. The aims of this study were to compare the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and "psychopathy" in homicidal and nonhomicidal sexual offenders and to investigate the specificity of previous studies on psychiatric morbidity of a sample of sexual murderers. Sexual murderers were diagnosed more often with a personality disorder Adult Males. In the United States, an estimated three million men are victims of sexual violence each year, yet the majority of existing studies have evaluated the consequences and characteristics of victimization among women alone.
The result has been a gap in the existing literature examining the physical and psychological consequences of sexual assault…. Stress during early development can retard or accelerate s Original research: online social networking patterns among adolescents, young adults, and sexual offenders. The use of online social networks like Facebook continues to increase rapidly among all age groups and segments of our society, presenting new opportunities for the exchange of sexual information as well as for potentially unsafe encounters between predators and the vulnerable or young.
This study surveyed middle school, high school, and college-age students, as well as sexual offenders, regarding their use of social networking sites in order to provide information to better focus education and prevention efforts from nurses and other health care providers. Written questionnaires asking about various characteristics of participants' use of social networking sites were distributed to each group and filled out by middle school students, 2, high school students, 1, students drawn from five traditional four-year colleges, and adults who had committed either an Internet sexual offense or a hands-on sexual offense in some cases both.
The use of the Internet presents. Comparing men who have sex with men and transgender women who use Grindr, other similar social and sexual networking apps, or no social and sexual networking apps: Implications for recruitment and health promotion. Researchers and public health professionals have increased their attention to GPS-based social and sexual networking applications apps tailored to gay, bisexual, other men who have sex with men MSM and transgender women.
These populations continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV in the United States, therefore these apps, in particular Grindr, have become an important sampling venue for the recruitment of HIV-related research participants. As such, it is essential to identify differences among app users to avoid potential sampling bias. This paper seeks to identify differences in MSM and transgender women who use Grindr and those who use other similar apps.
A community-based participatory research CBPR approach was used to recruit participants online who then completed a item anonymous survey. Five domains were assessed: sociodemographics, HIV testing, sexual risk, substance abuse, and use of GPS-based social and sexual networking apps. After adjusting for the sociodemographic characteristics associated with app use, there were significant differences in HIV risk and substance use between the groups.
This paper is the first to report on findings that compare MSM and transgender women who report using Grindr to MSM and transgender women who report using other similar apps. GPS-based social and sexual networking apps may offer a valuable recruitment tool for future HIV research seeking to recruit populations at increased risk for HIV or those living with HIV for therapeutic trials.

Because of the differences identified across users of different apps, these findings suggest that if researchers recruited participants from just one app, they could end up with a sample quite different than if they had recruited MSM and transgender women from other apps. Data were collected through a combination of structured interviewing and self-report measures.
Results Most patients were males Endorsement of sexual addiction diagnosis varied from Ninety percent of patients endorsed a comorbid psychiatric diagnosis, and Conclusions Results showed highly different profiles in terms of sexual preferences and behaviors, as well as comorbidities involved.
These findings highlight the need to develop tailored psychotherapeutic interventions by taking into account the complexity and heterogeneity of the disorder. How central are clients in sexual networks created by commercial sex? An online consultation tool, the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Consultation Network is a new resource for sexually transmitted disease clinicians and clinic managers.