Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Status Among University Freshmen in Hawai‘i

Purpose/Background: The HPV vaccine provides immunity against nine HPV strains that cause cancer and genital warts. It is recommended for 11 to 12 year olds, and catch-up immunization is recommended for females 13 to 26 years old and males 13 to 21 years old. College students represent an important population for HPV vaccination due to their increased risk for HPV infection. Despite the benefits of the HPV vaccine, its coverage rates are low in Hawaii. Hawai‘i is the home of two large universities on two islands that are representative of Hawai‘i’s populations, including Native Hawaiians, Filipinos, and Pacific Islanders. The purpose of this study was to assess the current HPV and HPV vaccine knowledge, barriers and beliefs among incoming Freshmen university students at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Materials & Methods: In 2016, 200 University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) and University of Hawai‘i at Hilo (UHH) Freshmen students responded to a survey that assessed their knowledge and awareness of HPV, the HPV vaccine, their current vaccination status, and barriers and motivators to vaccination. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize each survey variable first for all students and then separately for each campus. Results: Overall 76% of Freshmen from both campuses heard of the HPV vaccine and 54% reported hearing it from their health care provider. Only 28% UHM and 23% UHH Freshmen students have received partial (1-2 shots) or completed doses of the HPV vaccine. For those who received the vaccine, 45% reported that they were told by their parent and 43% were told by their doctor. For the 147 students who did not receive the vaccine, 28% reported that they are still not sure to get it and 20% need more information. Their main reasons for not receiving the HPV vaccine were: their doctor did not mention the vaccine to him/her (44%), he/she never knew about the vaccine (18%), and they don\u27t know enough about the vaccine (17%). Discussion/Conclusion: Although the HPV vaccine has been available for 13 years, young adults remain unvaccinated. Freshmen students reported that they are informed about the vaccine, but were not vaccinated because of the lack of parental and/or healthcare provider recommendation. With no active education campaigns in Hawaii promoting the HPV vaccine at college campuses, a first step to increasing vaccination rates is to develop a health education campaign to inform students of the HPV vaccine and its availability at campus clinics and neighboring pharmacies

From an individual approach to a Cluster strategy

Portuguese agri-food sector, as well as in Europe, is characterized by being dispersed and pulverized. Nevertheless, in Portugal, the Food and Beverage Industry (F&BI) has the highest rates in terms of turnover of the manufacturing industry - corresponding to 20% (INE - 2009). This sector is a key vector of the economy, contributing the most to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Due to the relative small dimension of the domestic market, and its subsequent small scale, companies are obliged to turn to international markets in order to be more competitive

Position-dependent-mass; Cylindrical coordinates, separability, exact solvability, and PT-symmetry

The kinetic energy operator with position-dependent-mass in cylindrical coordinates is obtained. The separability of the corresponding Schr\"odinger equation is discussed within radial cylindrical mass settings. Azimuthal symmetry is assumed and spectral signatures of various z-dependent interaction potentials (Hermitian and non-Hermitian PT-symmetric) are reported.Comment: 16 page

Exact results on spin dynamics and multiple quantum dynamics in alternating spin-1/2 chains with XY-Hamiltonian at high temperatures

We extend the picture of a transfer of nuclear spin-1/2 polarization along a homogeneous one-dimensional chain with the XY-Hamiltonian to the inhomogeneous chain with alternating nearest neighbour couplings and alternating Larmor frequencies. To this end, we calculate exactly the spectrum of the spin-1/2 XY-Hamiltonian of the alternating chain with an odd number of sites. The exact spectrum of the XY-Hamiltonian is also applied to study the multiple quantum (MQ) NMR dynamics of the alternating spin-1/2 chain. MQ NMR spectra are shown to have the MQ coherences of zero and $\pm$ second orders just as in the case of a homogeneous chain. The intensities of the MQ coherences are calculated.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure

Desenvolvimento de Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch, 1856) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) em sorgo, cultivar BR 304.

Ensaios em laboratório e casa-de-vegetação, destinados a estudar aspectos biológicos do pulgão Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) em sorgo, foram conduzidos na Embrapa Milho e Sorgo, Sete Lagoas, MG. Para os experimentos desenvolvidos em laboratório, pulgões recém-nascidos com cerca de uma hora de idade foram individualizados em seções foliares da cultivar BR304 oriundas de plantas cultivadas no campo e mantidas em câmaras climatizadas reguladas a 15, 20, 25 e 30 ± 1ºC, UR 70 ± 10% e fotofase de 12 horas. Para os ensaios conduzidos em casa-de-vegetação, a 26,3 ± 8,9oC e UR 79,3 ± 12%, ninfas com até uma hora após o nascimento foram individualizadas em gaiolas cilíndricas fixadas nas superfícies adaxial e abaxial de folhas de sorgo por meio de uma presilha metálica adaptada a essa função. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado, com quatro tratamentos (temperaturas) e 40 repetições para os ensaios de laboratório e dois tratamentos (superfícies foliares) e 25 repetições para aqueles conduzidos em casa-de-vegetação. As ninfas de R. maidis passaram por quatro ínstares, embora alguns indivíduos tenham apresentado cinco estádios. Observou-se que, em laboratório, a duração de cada fase do ciclo biológico do pulgão foi afetada significativamente pela temperatura, constatando-se um aumento na velocidade de desenvolvimento quando submetido a condições térmicas mais elevadas. As temperaturas de 20 e 25oC foram as que proporcionaram maior número de descendentes, menor mortalidade e fuga de ninfas e adultos. Em casa-de-vegetação, observou-se a que superfície abaxial das folhas de sorgo mostrou-se mais adequada à criação do pulgão, por proporcionar um melhor desenvolvimento do inseto, com maior produção de ninfas, menor mortalidade e fuga de ninfas e adultos.Edição especial