OBJECTIVE To assess the public's awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) as a causative factor for oropharyngeal cancer. STUDY DESIGN Twenty-three-item survey. SETTING Local shopping malls and Maxwell Air Force Base in 2012. METHODS Respondents were randomly chosen to participate in 23-item survey at various local shopping malls and at Maxwell Air Force Base in 2012. The χ(2) test was use...

Conscientious objection is the right of physicians to reject a practice or action that violates their ethical or moral principles (1). In majority of democratic countries, an individual has a legitimate right to conscientiously object and refuse to act according to the law or its individual provisions that prescribe behavior contrary to the individual’s conscience. However, it is necessary that...

Law enforcement is not a task usually undertaken by military forces, at least within domestic legal contexts. Conversely, maintaining or restoring security within dysfunctional or ‘post-conflict’ areas of operation is a role commonly undertaken by them. Within these latter operations, the skill sets and highly calibrated application of force that are commonly associated with police forces in th...

BACKGROUND Efficient information systems support the provision of multi-disciplinary aged care and a variety of organisational purposes, including quality, funding, communication and continuity of care. Agreed minimum data sets enable accurate communication across multiple care settings. However, in aged care multiple and poorly integrated data collection frameworks are commonly used for client...

Abstract Economic modernisation is widely seen as a path to democracy, but the technological progress that drives also provides rulers with new means of repression. We collect data on international diffusion 29 repressive military technologies, and demonstrate such technologies spread faster from Western Europe United States than economic development. Moreover, in panel all independent countrie...