Ethnic differences in dissatisfaction with sexual life in patients with type 2 diabetes in a Swedish town

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The first aim of this study was to analyze whether self-reported satisfaction with one's sexual life was associated with ethnicity (Swedish and Assyrian/Syrian) in patients with type 2 diabetes. The second was to study whether the association between satisfaction with one's sexual life and ethnicity remained after controlling for possible confounders such as marital status, HbA1c, medication, and presence of other diseases.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>This cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted at four primary health care centers in the Swedish town of Södertälje. A total of 354 persons (173 ethnic Assyrians/Syrians and 181 ethnic Swedes) participated.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The total prevalence of self-reported dissatisfaction with one's sexual life in both groups was 49%. No significant ethnic differences were found in the outcome. In the final model, regardless of ethnicity, the odds ratio (OR) for self-reported dissatisfaction with one's sexual life in those ≥ 70 years old was 2.52 (95% CI 1.33-4.80). Among those living alone or with children, the OR was more than three times higher than for married or cohabiting individuals (OR = 3.10, 95% CI 1.60-6.00). Those with other diseases had an OR 1.89 times (95% CI 1.10-3.40) higher than those without other diseases.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The findings demonstrate that almost half of participants were dissatisfied with their sexual life and highlight the importance of sexual life to people with type 2 diabetes. This factor should not be ignored in clinical evaluations. Moreover, the findings demonstrate that it is possible to include questions on sexual life in investigations of patients with type 2 diabetes and even in other health-related, questionnaire studies, despite the sensitivity of the issue of sexuality.</p

The role of leadership in salespeople’s price negotiation behavior

Salespeople assume a key role in defending firms’ price levels in price negotiations with customers. The degree to which salespeople defend prices should critically depend upon their leaders’ influence. However, the influence of leadership on salespeople’s price defense behavior is barely understood, conceptually or empirically. Therefore, building on social learning theory, the authors propose that salespeople might adopt their leaders’ price defense behavior given a transformational leadership style. Furthermore, drawing on the contingency leadership perspective, the authors argue that this adoption fundamentally depends on three variables deduced from the motivation–ability–opportunity (MAO) framework, that is, salespeople’s learning motivation, negotiation efficacy, and perceived customer lenience. Results of a multi-level model using data from 92 salespeople and 264 salesperson–customer interactions confirm these predictions. The first to explore contingencies of salespeople’s adoption of their transformational leaders’ price negotiation behaviors, this study extends marketing theory and provides actionable guidance to practitioners

CMS physics technical design report : Addendum on high density QCD with heavy ions

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Review of the algal biology program within the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts

In 2010,when the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB) consortiumbegan, littlewas known about themolecular basis of algal biomass or oil production. Very fewalgal genome sequenceswere available and efforts to identify the best-producing wild species through bioprospecting approaches had largely stalled after the U.S. Department of Energy\u27s Aquatic Species Program. This lack of knowledge included how reduced carbon was partitioned into storage products like triglycerides or starch and the role played bymetabolite remodeling in the accumulation of energy-dense storage products. Furthermore, genetic transformation and metabolic engineering approaches to improve algal biomass and oil yields were in their infancy. Genome sequencing and transcriptional profiling were becoming less expensive, however; and the tools to annotate gene expression profiles under various growth and engineered conditions were just starting to be developed for algae. It was in this context that an integrated algal biology program was introduced in the NAABB to address the greatest constraints limiting algal biomass yield. This review describes the NAABB algal biology program, including hypotheses, research objectives, and strategies to move algal biology research into the twenty-first century and to realize the greatest potential of algae biomass systems to produce biofuels

Effects of species and sites on metal concentrations in byssal threads of two mytilids

7 páginas, 2 tablas, 3 figurasConcentrations of 11 metals (Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, V and Zn) were determined by inductively coupled plasma quadruple mass spectrometer measurements in byssus of two mytilid species Mytilus galloprovincialis and Xenostrobus securis from three sites situated along the coastline of Ría de Vigo (NW Spain). The species coexist only at one of those sites, thus it was possible to compare the impact of both factors, site and species, on metal concentrations. Principal component and regression analyses showed a dominant effect of mussel species and not the site. In all samples, the highest concentration was observed for iron in accordance with the literature data for M. galloprovincialis. One order of magnitude higher concentrations of iron detected in the byssus of X. securis than that of M. galloprovincialis are discussed considering a different microstructure of byssus threads as shown by transmission electron microscopy imagesThis study was partly funded by the project AGL2010-16464 (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Gobierno de España)Peer reviewe

Solvent effect on reductive bond cleavage of 1-chloro-10-methyltribenzotriquinacene: Change from the concerted to the stepwise mechanism

Jaworski JS, Cembor M, Kuck D. Solvent effect on reductive bond cleavage of 1-chloro-10-methyltribenzotriquinacene: Change from the concerted to the stepwise mechanism. ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA. 2007;52(5):2196-2202.Electrochemical reduction of 1-chloro-10-methyltribenzotriquinacene in benzonitrile, acetonitrile and NN-dimethylformamide (DNIF) is compared. A two-electron DISP1 mechanism was found in C6H5CN at glassy carbon and mercury electrodes with C-Cl bond cleavage as the rate determining step. In CH3CN and DNIF the hydrogen atom abstraction from solvent molecules by a radical formed in bond cleavage results in the one-electron process. In the above-mentioned solvents an analysis of a potential dependence of the transfer coefficient, obtained from convoluted voltammetric curves at mercury electrode, showed the concerted mechanism. A change from the stepwise process in C6H5CN to the concerted one in CH3CN and DNIF is explained by acceleration of bond cleavage in the radical anion due to stronger solvation of product chloride anions by CH3CN and DMF. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved