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The primary focus of this chapter is to provide an overview of the evidence to date on the quantitative genetics of sexual orientation, including family and twin studies. The bulk of the available evidence suggests moderate heritability for male sexual orientation. Female sexual orientation has been studied much less extensively, but current studies are consistent with a genetic contribution fo...

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Screening of 488 Syrian unaccompanied minor refugees (< 18 years-old) in Berlin showed low prevalence of intestinal parasites (Giardia, 7%), positive schistosomiasis serology (1.4%) and absence of hepatitis B. Among 44 ill adult Syrian refugees examined at GeoSentinel clinics worldwide, cutaneous leishmaniasis affected one in three patients; other noteworthy infections were active tuberculosis ...

Recently, we introduced a phototransduction model that was able to account for the reproducibility of vertebrate rod single-photon responses (SPRs) (Hamer et al., 2003). The model was able to reproduce SPR statistics by means of stochastic activation and inactivation of rhodopsin (R*), transducin (G alpha ), and phosphodiesterase (PDE). The features needed to capture the SPR statistics were (1)...

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An efficient Telehealth system for Tonga is currently but a dream. The kingdom of Tonga consists of 36 inhabited islands occupying 669 kms2 and a population of 97,784 (1996). There is a referral hospital in the Capital and three other district hospitals, 14 peripheral health centres, 32 maternal child health clinics and eight general practitioners. Within the kingdom the use of the telephone, t...

a University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA b Ghana Health Service, Sekyere Kumawu District Health Directorate, Kumawu, Ghana c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Science and Technology School of Medical Sciences, Kumasi, Ghana d Ghana Health Service, Bosomtwe District Health Directorate, Bosomtwe, Ghana e Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan Sc...