The use of information communication technologies (ICTs) to empower individuals through social support, help-seeking, and help-providing activities is finding its place in healthcare delivery. ICTs, particular, offer access timely relevant that domestic violence victims organizations can tap into. Thus, this article explores the ICTs for providing facilitating support care-giving services victi...

OBJECTIVE To assess rates of previous domestic violence (DV) training, current screening practices, and barriers to screening among Connecticut pediatric primary care physicians. DESIGN Self-administered mail survey. SETTING State of Connecticut. PARTICIPANTS Pediatricians and pediatric care-providing family practice physicians (N = 903). RESULTS The response rate was 49% (n = 438). The...

OBJECTIVE To understand the independent and interactive effects of childhood abuse history (CAH) and domestic violence (DV) on the mental health status of women in Japan. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among a sample of 340 women staying in 83 Mother-Child Homes in Japan to assess the women's CAH and DV experiences, along with their current mental health proble...

Perlecan Domain V (DV) promotes brain angiogenesis by inducing VEGF release from brain endothelial cells (BECs) following stroke. In this study, we define the specific mechanism of DV interaction with the α(5)β(1) integrin, identify the downstream signal transduction pathway, and further investigate the functional significance of resultant VEGF release. Interestingly, we found that the LG3 port...

Dengue fever is an important tropical illness for which there is currently no virus-specific treatment. To shed light on mechanisms involved in the cellular response to dengue virus (DV), we assessed gene expression changes, using Affymetrix GeneChips (HG-U133A), of infected primary human cells and identified changes common to all cells. The common response genes included a set of 23 genes sign...

Let G = (V ,E) be a simple connected graph and λ1(G) be the largest Laplacian eigenvalue of G. In this paper, we prove that: 1. λ1(G) = max{du +mu : u ∈ V } if and only if G is a regular bipartite or a semiregular bipartite graph, where du and mu denote the degree of u and the average of the degrees of the vertices adjacent to u, respectively. 2. λ1(G) = 2 + √ (r − 2)(s − 2) if and only if G is...

Little is known about the cellular mechanisms of innate immunity against dengue virus (DV) infection. Specifically, the γδ T cell response to DV has not been characterized in detail. In this article, we demonstrate that markers of activation, proliferation, and degranulation are upregulated on γδ T cells in PBMC isolated from individuals with acute dengue fever. Primary γδ T cells responded rap...

BACKGROUND Studies on a national level concerning domestic violence (DV) among both men and women are few. DV and its relation to other social and health outcomes within the framework of the Swedish Public Health Survey have remained unexplored. AIM To compare women and men regarding their social situation and health status in relation to self-reported exposure to physical DV as measured in t...

AIM To investigate whether ductus venosus (DV) wave velocities and/or DV peak velocity index for veins (DV-PVIV) can predict failure of functional closure of the foramen ovale in the postnatal period. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fetal echocardiography was performed in 455 healthy women with uneventful pregnancies between the 20-24th gestational weeks. DV blood flow and DV-PVIV data were collected pr...

A qualitative interview based study on ways of addressing and managing domestic violence (DV) by general practitioners (GPs) is presented. Problem centred semi-structured topic-guided interviews were conducted with 10 male and nine female GPs. Transcribed passages were analysed with the deductive approach of qualitative content analysis. Female doctors gave broader definitions of DV. Addressing...