Background and Objective: Violence against women is a global public health problem. Although there has been much research done on violence against women, there are few studies that provide the current scientific production. Method: In this study, bibliometric analysis has been used to evaluate the 1984 documents from 1986 to 2020 based on the Scopus database. These documents were analyzed quan...

Genetic Algorithm (GA) has been successfully applied to many optimization problems. One problem with Standard GA is its premature convergence for complex multi-modal functions. To overcome it, in this paper a novel genetic algorithm with age and sexual features is proposed. Age and sexual features are provided to individuals to simulate the sexual reproduction popular in nature. During applying...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the utility of sexual behavior problems as a diagnostic indicator of sexual abuse. The hypothesis was that sexual behavior problems are multiply determined and consequently are variably related to sexual abuse in a clinical sample. METHOD A sample of 247 children evaluated for sexual abuse at a multidisciplinary forensic child abuse evaluation clinic were include...

D espite its prevalence, sexual dysfunction is often endured in silence. Population studies in both the United States and United Kingdom suggest that as many as 54% of women and 35% of men acknowledge sexual complaints and problems lasting for at least 1 month and often for many months and even years. 2 Nevertheless, only 11% of men and 30% of women seek treatment. 3 It is timely that the autho...

Despite an expansive literature on the psychological correlates of childhood abuse, the possible relationships between specific categories of early abuse (e.g., sexual, physical, psychological) and adult sexuality have received little research attention. Those studies that have examined a relationship between childhood abuse and adult sexuality understandably have focused almost exclusively on ...

conclusions as vaginismus can affect the stability of marriage, it is necessary to assess sexual dysfunction from all directions, including demographic characteristics and variables that affect the incidence of vaginismus. therefore, based on the data obtained, we can diagnose and properly treat sexual dysfunction, in time, and teach couples how to deal with it. patients and methods this study ...

OBJECTIVE This article summarizes research on the role of alcohol in college students' sexual assault experiences. Sexual assault is extremely common among college students. At least half of these sexual assaults involve alcohol consumption by the perpetrator, the victim or both. METHOD Two research literatures were reviewed: the sexual assault literature and the literature that examines alco...

Most of the work on sex differentiation is devoted to studies on amniotes with particular emphasis on mammals. Our present picture of sex differentiation is formed by the contributions of geneticists, embryologists and endocrinologists. For decades there has been a controversy as to whether sex steroids or (hypothetical) inductor substances play a major role in the process of sex differentiatio...

Research has demonstrated a relation between alcohol use and engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors. Alcohol use, especially binge drinking, has been linked to a host of problems including high-risk sexual behavior, date rape, and academic problems. As such, the purpose of this study was to provide a descriptive profile of alcohol consumption among adolescents and to examine the relations of al...