Whereas brief acute or intermittent episodes of hypoxia have been shown to exert a protective role in the central nervous system and to stimulate neurogenesis, other studies suggest that early hypoxia may constitute a risk factor that influences the future development of mental disorders. We therefore investigated the effects of a neonatal "conditioning-like" hypoxia (100% N₂, 5 min) on the bra...

The investigations of Sabin and her co-workerse9 demonstrated that the tubercie phosphatide was the biologically most active fraction of the various split-products of the tubercle bacillus as separated by Anderson.2 It produced epithelioid cell response and tubercle formation. Sabin also observed that, after intraperitoneal injection, the rabbit monocytes phagocytized the phosphatide, but were ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of, and risk factors for, receiving medical attention for a recent injurious fall among middle-aged and older adults who have multiple sclerosis (MS). DESIGN Survey. SETTING United States. PARTICIPANTS Seven hundred people with MS, age 55 years or older and living in the United States, were randomly selected from the North American Research Committee ...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an international issue that social and criminal justice workers will encounter regularly. It has been identified that men can, and do stop using, or desist from, IPV although it is unclear how this process of change develops. This article introduces a conceptual model to outline how the process of desistance evolves and what it encompasses. Using thematic anal...

In Western research, self-injurious behaviors are commonly viewed as "feminine" behavior. In this present study, using the data from a survey administered to 960 first- and second-year students in Xi'an Jiaotong University in China, the self-injurious behaviors among college students are analyzed by sex. The results reported that the average prevalence of self-injurious behaviors among male stu...

ABSTRACT Staff beliefs toward patient self-harm in secure forensic services are explored, capturing nurses and other clinical staff from four units one National Health Service trust, comprising high through low learning disability. One hundred fifty-five respondents took part (overall completion rate: 61%). The Theory-Driven Measure of Self-Injurious Behavior the Suicide Competency Assessment F...