This study examines the demographics of youth attending Indiana Youth Group (IYG) programs and how IYG attendees compare to in Marion County, at large. is a center based Indianapolis that serves LGBTQ+ ages 12-24 creates safer spaces build community offers harm-reduction empower confidence, explore their identities, foster friendships. provides wide array free charge, including basic needs, sup...

During the last decade, various systems have been created to support local communities and shared interest groups. Knowledge about the use, users, and effects of these new systems is needed to inform design and implementation. In this paper we present the results of a survey among inhabitants of the Digital City, a large infrastructure for ‘virtual communities’. The number of users, the range o...

Toe fractures are common; however, there are few data on demographics and functional outcome. We studied outcomes in 339 consecutive patients with toe fractures treated between January 2006 and September 2008. Two hundred and sixty-four patients, aged 16 to 75, were mailed an outcome questionnaire, and overall subjective satisfaction with the outcome of treatment was measured using a visual ana...

The American Burn Association, Children's Burn Foundation, and Christian Medical College in Vellore, India have partnered together to improve pediatric burn care in Southern India. We report the demographics and outcomes of burns in this center, and create a benchmark to measure the effect of the partnership. A comparison to the National Burn Repository is made to allow for generalization and a...

Although the number of users of home mechanical ventilation (HMV) is increasing, information regarding the users' perceptions of the impact of HMV on their lives is incomplete. We administered an open-ended questionnaire to 98 (48 male, 50 female) HMV users aged (mean +/- SD) 47.4 +/- 19.5 years with COPD (9%), thoracic restrictive disease (43%), and neuromuscular disease (48%). At the time of ...

Since amartya Sen published his pathbreaking research on the “missing women” of asia two decades ago (Sen 1989, 1990), the distorted sex ratio at birth and consequent masculinization of asian societies have become a growing focus of scholarly and media attention. across east, South, and even west asia, the masculinization of sex ratios has been proceeding at a pace unprecedented in recorded his...