Intimate Partner Violence and Unmet Need for Family Planning in Selected South Asian Countries.

This article analyzes the relationship between various forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) and unmet need for family planning (FP) in South Asia. The data were obtained from the latest wave of the Demographic and Health Survey in Afghanistan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan. Binary logistic regression analyses show mixed results, with a significant association between at least one type of IPV and unmet need for FP in all countries under study, except Maldives.

The role of screening audiometry in the management of otitis media with effusion in children with cleft palate in northern ireland.

Objective: To determine uptake and outcome of hearing screening in the cleft palate population in Northern Ireland (NI) and the rate of ventilation tube (VT) insertion over a 3-year period.

Design: In NI, hearing screening is offered in the neonatal period, at 9 months in the community, and at 2.5 years in the joint cleft clinic.

Genistein inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma cells in vitro.

Genistein is one of the major isoflavones in soy products. It has been reported that genistein has apoptotic effects on certain hematological malignancies. However, so far there have been no completely comparative studies of the effect of genistein on malignant hematological diseases, especially multiple myeloma.

Health technology assessment at the University of California-San Francisco.

Over the past thirty years, various efforts have been made to align the incentives of hospitals and physicians to control healthcare costs while assuring the provision of high-quality patient care. One innovative strategy used by some hospitals involves the creation of technology assessment programs to develop a more thorough and objective review process for new clinical technology. The University of California-San Francisco Medical Center has been a pioneer in this area.

An experimental approach to measure mass diffusion in rat tumor tissue.

The objective of this research is to evaluate the usefulness of a macroscopic, fluorescent, imaging technique to quantify spatiotemporal mass transport parameters in in vitro solid tumor tissues taken from rat models. Fluorescent images captured during the experiments are digitally analyzed to determine the concentration of a fluorescent marker dye as it diffuses into tissue specimens taken from rat tumors. The collected concentration data are used to estimate local diffusion coefficients.