Dental diseases and tooth loss result in various health, psychological, and even social problems. The objective of the study was determination of the number of missing teeth among adult rural and urban inhabitants of the Lublin Region, and whether or not there is a relationship between missing teeth and place of residence, and other socio-economic factors, such as: gender, age, education level ...

BACKGROUND In Uganda, there has been an increase in use of contraceptives by 6% from 2006 to 2011 among married women. During the same period HIV prevalence had gone up by 0.9%. Lack of use of contraceptives especially among persons living with HIV may escalate the spread of the virus. The purpose of the study was to determine the rate of contraceptive use and associated factors among persons r...

Background Clinical practice guidelines should be user-friendly and confirming their penetration rate and compliance are critical. Methods We conducted a nationwide web-based questionnaire survey among pharmacists regarding the 2013 guidelines for the appropriate use of granulocyte-colony stimulating factors (G-CSFs) (version 2, published by the Japan Society of Clinical Oncology [JSCO]) betw...

This paper uses a finite mixture model to uncover heterogeneous income tax rate perceptions, establishing four new results. First, almost half of respondents do not distinguish between marginal and average tax rates. Second, roughly 30 percent of respondents know the statutory marginal tax rates schedule (and answer questions accordingly). Third, among respondents who think all income is taxed ...

I would like to hear comments from more experienced experimental researchers about standard practices for recruiting and compensating participants in consumer and marketing experiments. What are the pros and cons of using student participants? (I know there was a debate about this in the literature a few years ago, but what is the current prevailing opinion?) Is there a difference between using...

GARY R. BIRCHLER, Ph.D., is clinical pro­ fessor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and adjunct professor at San Diego State University and the University of San Diego. He serves as co­ director of the UCSD/Veterans Affairs (VA) Psychology Internship Program and director of the Family Mental Health Program, VA San Diego Healthcare System. Dr. Bi...

LINDA A. DIMEFF, PH.D., is a chief sci­ entific officer at Behavioral Tech Research, Inc., a research organization dedicated to the dissemination of evidence-based prac­ tices (EBPs). She is also a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychology at the Uni­ versity of Washington. Her research inter­ ests include EBPs, addictive behaviors, dialec­ tical behavior therapy (DBT), and the adapta...