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Showing 1 to 20 of 158 for “"STI"”.
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Metrology of SIMOX buried oxide and nitride/STI CMP
… systems used in VLSI technology are investigated. The first system is the material, Separation by IMplanted OXygen (SIMOX) buried oxide. SIMOX technology has been studied extensively as a viable alternative to bulk silicon technology in radiation-hard and low-power applications. However, …
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Assessing Socio-stigmatizing Factors Affecting College Students' STI Testing Decisions
… to achieve optimal sexual health due to the stigma and class status (Barth, Cook, Downs, Switzer, & Fischoff, 2002). However, what is not clear is how this affects their health-seeking behaviors. The most common barriers to STI prevention/treatment include stigma, concerns of providers’ …
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Enhancing EFL teacher trainees’ cognition through Systemic Theoretical Instruction (STI)
… conceived Systemic Theoretical Instruction (STI), a developmental theory that proposes ways of developing cognition through three key phases: 1) Materialization; 2) Verbal Action; and 3) Internalization. Given that EFL teachers must possess a solid level of knowledge (linguistic, …
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Expanded adolescent STI health education and screening pilot project: program evaluation
The Expanded Adolescent STI Health Education and Screening Pilot Project was designed by the Adolescent Health Program of the Chicago Department of Public Health and the Chicago Public School’s Office of Special Education and Supports to combat the documented high rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia …
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Sexual behaviour and barriers to STI testing among youth in Northeastern BC
… in rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young people, with Chlamydia rates among youth in the Northeast exceeding the provincial average by 22%. Previous research indicates that socio-cultural and structural determinants of youth sexual behaviour and access to STI testing are …
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Behavioral Risks and STI Outcomes in Men who have Sex with Men: Chicago, 2002-2010.
Behavioral Risks and STI Outcomes in Men who have Sex with Men: Chicago, 2002-2010.
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Passive surveillance of STI pathogens in Cape Town, South Africa: A six-month molecular epidemiology study
… surveillance study sought to document local STI prevalence and to evaluate the potential of a molecular assay as a surveillance tool in our setting. Methods: Urogenital swabs, submitted to Groote Schuur Hospital over a period of 6 months, for routine microbiological investigations, were …
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Modeling of advanced integrated circuit planarization processes : electrochemical-mechanical planarization (eCMP), STI CMP using non-conventional slurries
… for planarization of shallow-trench isolation (STI) structures are proposed, with a focus on die-scale and feature-scale uniformity. This thesis captures the fundamental weakness of CMP, pattern dependencies, and uses deposition prole effects as well as the pattern-density to more accurately …
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ASTUS-S : formalisme de représentation explicite de stratégies de résolution de problèmes à des fins d'enseignement par STI
… stratégiques par système tutoriel intelligent (STI). Le formalisme est une proposition de solution au fait que dans le domaine des systèmes tutoriels intelligents multidisciplinaires, les efforts de modélisation croissent considérablement avec la complexité du domaine à enseigner. Le problème …
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Evaluating the quality of care for sexually transmitted infections (STI) in 14 primary health care (PHC) facilities in Umjindi local municipality, Mpumalanga Province
… aim of this study was to evaluate quality of STI services in Umjindi local municipality. A concrete objective was to investigate the health system issues that may have a negative impact in the provision of quality STI service in the local municipality. These include accessibility of the STI …
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Relationship between sexual partnerships, intimate partner violence and sexually transmitted infections in pregnant women living with HIV and not living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
… risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) prior to and during pregnancy. There is limited research on the link between quality of sexual relationships, intimate partner violence (IPV) and STIs in pregnancy. This study aims to evaluate the association between relationship type and …
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Synthesis and expression of the Erythrina trypsin/tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) inhibitor encoding-gene : genetic dissection to correlate the interaction of Erythrina and Soybean trypsin inhibitors with tPA
… has good homology to soybean trypsin inhibitor (STI). However, STI does not inhibit tPA. From the three-dimensional structure of ETI it was known that the amino-terminus of the molecule forms a finger-like structure stabilized by hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions. In addition, the …
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Consider the Source : The Effects of Adult Sources of Human Immunodefciency [sic] Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Information on Teen Risk Behaviors for Sexually Transmitted Infection
<p>Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), are major health problems for adolescents, who represent over 26% of new cases of STIs diagnosed annually in the United States. Half of all HIV cases in people under age 25 result from sexual transmission …
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The Detection and Analysis of Pathogen-Reactive Immunoglobulins in the Urine of Men With Nongonococcal Urethritis
… women who have sexually transmitted infections (STI). Characteristic signs and symptoms of urethritis include urethral discharge and burning pain during urination (dysuria). However, these findings are non-specific and can be elicited by STI for which optimal treatment approaches differ. We …
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Communication patterns following the acquisition of a sexually transmitted infection
… contraction of a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Participants were 148 college students (46 men, 104 women) attending a large Mid-Atlantic University. Seventy-four of the participants reported having had an STI. Participants completed the Communication Competence Scale (Wiemann, 1977), the …
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Noise reduction algorithms and performance metrics for improving speech reception in noise by cochlear-implant users
… metric is the Speech Transmission Index (STI), which is well correlated with speech reception by normal-hearing listeners for additive noise and reverberation. We expect the STI will effectively predict speech reception by CI users since typical CI sound-processing strategies, like the …
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Mathematical modelling of the population impact of screening for Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in South Africa
… it is likely that a large proportion of curable STIs go untreated, as screening for asymptomatic STIs is rarely conducted. Due to the lack of empirical data on the efficacy of STI screening programs, dynamic mathematical modelling has been used to assess the impact of screening, but most previous …
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The Relationship Between Temperament and Emotion Understanding in Preschoolers: An Examination of the Influence of Emotionality, Self-Regulation, and Attention
… findings. The Structured Temperament Interview (STI) measured facets of temperament and the Emotion Comprehension Test examined emotion understanding. Both measures offer clear definitions of their associated constructs. Additionally, principal components analyses were run on STI dimensions. …
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Knowledge and perceptions of sexually transmitted infections in male graduate students
… about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their transmission, prevention, testing, and treatment in relation to age and previous STI education. The 160 participants took an online survey containing 38 items. The only significant finding was that males in the older age group (32–45 …
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An Examination of the Relationships between Safer Sex Education and Intentions to Practice Safer Sex in Undergraduate Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
… rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are increasing, with young adults being at higher risk. Safer sex practices, including barrier use, can decrease the risk of acquiring STIs. This exploratory study utilized a cross-sectional, quantitative design to investigate if any …
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