BACKGROUND Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that affects approximately 1% of the US population. Disease is characterized by damage to the small intestinal lining and malabsorption of nutrients. Celiac disease is activated in genetically susceptible individuals by dietary exposure to gluten in wheat and gluten-like proteins in rye and barley. Symptoms are diverse and include gastrointesti...

Private, public, profit, and non-profit organizations, society as a whole currently face significant reliable information necessity problem. Especially supply chains need trustworthy to perform their activities successfully. This study aims propose framework identify how reliability of can be evaluated measured through the concept transparency. In this context, dimensions such as; comprehensive...

background: to our knowledge, there is no valid and comprehensive questionnaire that considers attitude toward oocyte donation (od). therefore this study has aimed to design and develop a tool entitled attitude toward donation-oocyte (atod-o) to measure attitude toward od. materials and methods: this methodological, qualitative research was undertaken on 15 infertile cases. in addition, we perf...

PURPOSE Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) causes genital herpes, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the U.S. HSV-1, commonly associated with cold sores, is increasing as a cause of genital herpes. Abstinence-only sexual health classes, commonly taught in Virginia, generate young adults who are under-educated in sexual health, increasing STI risks. College students in ...

OBJECTIVES To identify the structural and patient characteristics associated with better care processes in older vulnerable hospitalized patients. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Forty-four Geriatric Assessment Units (GAU). PARTICIPANTS Patients aged 65 and older who were admitted to a GAU for a fall with trauma. MEASUREMENTS Three care processes (comprehensiveness, informational co...

Applying a conjoint study approach, we conduct the first research to quantify the monetary value which users place on their friends’ personal information. Utilizing the scenario of social app adoption, we further investigate the impact of the comprehensiveness of shared profile information on valuation, and vary the data collection context, i.e., friends’ information is not relevant (T1), or is...