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Physical Violence by Partner during Pregnancy and Use of Prenatal Care in Rural India
The role of physical violence during pregnancy on receipt of prenatal care is poorly understood, particularly for South Asian countries that have high levels of both fertility and domestic violence. Data from the 1998/1999 Indian National Family Health Survey and a 2002/2003 follow-up survey that re-interviewed women in four states were analyzed, examining the association between physical violence during pregnancy and the uptake of prenatal care. Women who experienced physical violence during pregnancy were less likely to receive prenatal care, less likely to receive a home-visit from a health worker for a prenatal check-up, less likely to receive at least three prenatal care visits, and less likely to initiate prenatal care early in the pregnancy. This study highlighted the constraining effect that the experience of physical domestic violence during pregnancy had on the uptake of prenatal care for women in rural India. Maternal health services must recognize the unique needs of women experiencing violence from their intimate partners
Metatarsophalangeal joint pain in psoriatic arthritis: a cross-sectional study
Methods. Thirty-four consecutive patients with PsA (mean age 45.3 years, 65% female, mean disease duration 9.9 years) and 22 control participants (mean age 37.9 years, 64% female) underwent clinical and US examination to determine the presence of pain, swelling, synovitis, erosions, effusions and submetatarsal bursae at the MTP joints. Mean barefoot peak plantar pressures were determined at each MTP joint. Levels of pain, US-determined pathology and peak pressures were compared between groups. Binary logistic regression was used to identify demographic, clinical examination-derived, US-derived and plantar pressure predictors of pain at the MTP joints in the PsA group.
Results. The presence of pain, deformity, synovitis, erosions (P < 0.001) and submetatarsal bursae and peak plantar pressure at MTP 3 (P < 0.05) were significantly higher in the PsA group. MTP joint pain in PsA was independently predicted by high BMI, female gender and the presence of joint subluxation, synovitis and erosion.
Conclusion. These results suggest local inflammatory and structural factors, together with systemic factors (gender, BMI), are predominantly responsible for painful MTP joints in PsA, with no clear role for plantar pressure characteristics
The peculiar galaxy IC 1182: An ongoing merger?
Broad and narrow band images and long slit spectroscopy of IC1182 are
presented. The broad band images reveal a distorted morphology with a large,
heavily obscured disk-like structure and several knots in the central region.
Galactic material, some of it in the form of two tails, is detected well beyond
the main body of the galaxy. The second, fainter tail and several knots are
reported here for the first time. The narrow band images show that the galaxy
is a powerful emitter. The emission in the main lines extends all over the
galaxy, with plumes and arc-like structures seen in H at large
distances from the center. The uncorrected H flux corresponds to
3.51 erg s, 3 times that of Arp 220. The internal
extinction deduced from the Balmer decrement is high all along the slit, with
E 1. There are no clear signs of nuclear activity and the
observed line ratios can be explained in terms of stellar photoionization. The
metallicity of the gas in the two brightest central knots is low, 0.1
Z and 0.06 Z respectively. In the main body of the galaxy,
besides the reported knots, the distribution of the ionized gas resembles that
of an inclined disk about 12 kpc in size. The rotation pattern is complex and
corresponds to two identifiable disk galaxies with observed rotation amplitudes
of 200 \kms and 100 \kms respectively. The data presented here indicate that IC
1182 is a high luminosity starburst system, involving two systems in the
process of merging, with two tidal tails emerging from the central region of
the galaxy.Comment: 15 pages, 9 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and
Astrophysic
Physical Violence by Partner during Pregnancy and Use of Prenatal Care in Rural India
The role of physical violence during pregnancy on receipt of prenatal
care is poorly understood, particularly for South Asian countries that
have high levels of both fertility and domestic violence. Data from the
1998/1999 Indian National Family Health Survey and a 2002/2003
follow-up survey that re-interviewed women in four states were
analyzed, examining the association between physical violence during
pregnancy and the uptake of prenatal care. Women who experienced
physical violence during pregnancy were less likely to receive prenatal
care, less likely to receive a home-visit from a health worker for a
prenatal check-up, less likely to receive at least three prenatal care
visits, and less likely to initiate prenatal care early in the
pregnancy. This study highlighted the constraining effect that the
experience of physical domestic violence during pregnancy had on the
uptake of prenatal care for women in rural India. Maternal health
services must recognize the unique needs of women experiencing violence
from their intimate partners
Error threshold in optimal coding, numerical criteria and classes of universalities for complexity
The free energy of the Random Energy Model at the transition point between
ferromagnetic and spin glass phases is calculated. At this point, equivalent to
the decoding error threshold in optimal codes, free energy has finite size
corrections proportional to the square root of the number of degrees. The
response of the magnetization to the ferromagnetic couplings is maximal at the
values of magnetization equal to half. We give several criteria of complexity
and define different universality classes. According to our classification, at
the lowest class of complexity are random graph, Markov Models and Hidden
Markov Models. At the next level is Sherrington-Kirkpatrick spin glass,
connected with neuron-network models. On a higher level are critical theories,
spin glass phase of Random Energy Model, percolation, self organized
criticality (SOC). The top level class involves HOT design, error threshold in
optimal coding, language, and, maybe, financial market. Alive systems are also
related with the last class. A concept of anti-resonance is suggested for the
complex systems.Comment: 17 page
The Trial to Reduce IDDM in the Genetically at Risk (TRIGR) study: recruitment, intervention and follow-up
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