Discrimination, Internalized Sexual Prejudice and the Post-Sex Experience Among Members of Sexual Minorities.

Postcoital dysphoria (PCD) refers to a counter-intuitive experience of sadness, tearfulness, irritability or dysphoria following an otherwise satisfactory and consensual sexual experience. Research to date has primarily focused on heteronormative samples. The current study explored the prevalence of PCD, and potential correlates of internalized sexual prejudice, perceived discrimination, and sex life satisfaction within a LGBTQIA+ population.

Strong-Isospin-Breaking Correction to the Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment from Lattice QCD at the Physical Point.

All lattice-QCD calculations of the hadronic-vacuum-polarization contribution to the muon's anomalous magnetic moment to date have been performed with degenerate up- and down-quark masses. Here we calculate directly the strong-isospin-breaking correction to a_{μ}^{HVP} for the first time with physical values of m_{u} and m_{d} and dynamical u, d, s, and c quarks, thereby removing this important source of systematic uncertainty. We obtain a relative shift to be applied to lattice-QCD results obtained with degenerate light-quark masses of δa_{μ}^{HVP,m_{u}≠m_{d}}=+1.

B→πll Form Factors for New Physics Searches from Lattice QCD.

The rare decay B→πℓ^{+}ℓ^{-} arises from b→d flavor-changing neutral currents and could be sensitive to physics beyond the standard model. Here, we present the first ab initio QCD calculation of the B→π tensor form factor f_{T}. Together with the vector and scalar form factors f_{+} and f_{0} from our companion work [J.

Determination of |V(us)|| from a lattice QCD calculation of the K → πℓν semileptonic form factor with physical quark masses.

We calculate the kaon semileptonic form factor f+(0) from lattice QCD, working, for the first time, at the physical light-quark masses. We use gauge configurations generated by the MILC Collaboration with Nf = 2 + 1 + 1 flavors of sea quarks, which incorporate the effects of dynamical charm quarks as well as those of up, down, and strange. We employ data at three lattice spacings to extrapolate to the continuum limit.

Leptonic-decay-constant ratio f(K+)/f(π+) from lattice QCD with physical light quarks.

A calculation of the ratio of leptonic decay constants f(K+)/f(π+) makes possible a precise determination of the ratio of Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix elements |V(us)|/|V(ud)| in the standard model, and places a stringent constraint on the scale of new physics that would lead to deviations from unitarity in the first row of the CKM matrix. We compute f(K+)/f(π+) numerically in unquenched lattice QCD using gauge-field ensembles recently generated that include four flavors of dynamical quarks: up, down, strange, and charm. We analyze data at four lattice spacings a ≈ 0.

Refining new-physics searches in B→Dτν with lattice QCD.

The semileptonic decay channel B→Dτν is sensitive to the presence of a scalar current, such as that mediated by a charged-Higgs boson. Recently, the BABAR experiment reported the first observation of the exclusive semileptonic decay B→Dτ(-)ν, finding an approximately 2σ disagreement with the standard-model prediction for the ratio R(D)=BR(B→Dτν)/BR(B→Dℓν), where ℓ = e,μ. We compute this ratio of branching fractions using hadronic form factors computed in unquenched lattice QCD and obtain R(D)=0.

Personal stories: voices of Latino youth health advocates in a diabetes prevention initiative.

The YMCA-Silicon Valley Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) U.S. Proyecto Movimiento (PM) Action Community project is a community-based partnership that aims to reduce the prevalence of diabetes among Latinos in the Greater Gilroy, California, area by delivering a prevention campaign across generations.

[Artists, their performances, their muscles and their fears].

A thorough physical examination of the artist is a prerequisite of good physiotherapy. A musician should bring his/her instrument(s) and should undress in order to be examined. Being able to examine a dancer at the exercise barre is a significant advantage.

Strange quark condensate in the nucleon in 2 + 1 flavor QCD.

We calculate the "strange quark content of the nucleon," , which is important for interpreting the results of some dark matter detection experiments. The method is to evaluate quark-line disconnected correlations on the MILC lattice ensembles, which include the effects of dynamical light and strange quarks. After continuum and chiral extrapolations, the result is = 0.

[From the analogic to the digital era: technical EEG progress for presurgical investigations of refractory partial epilepsies].

Over the past two decades, exploration of epileptic patients has benefited from technological advances in electroencephalography. Computerized equipment can simultaneously retrieve cerebral electric activity and signs of the patient's ictal activity. The computer era has improved reliability, storage and analysis of the recorded data and provides easier communication tools for multidisciplinary staff and patient case studies.

Charmed-meson decay constants in three-flavor lattice QCD.

We present the first lattice QCD calculation with realistic sea quark content of the D+-meson decay constant f(D+). We use the MILC Collaboration's publicly available ensembles of lattice gauge fields, which have a quark sea with two flavors (up and down) much lighter than a third (strange). We obtain f(D+)=201+/-3+/-17 MeV, where the errors are statistical and a combination of systematic errors.

Semileptonic decays of d mesons in three-flavor lattice QCD.

We present the first three-flavor lattice QCD calculations for D-->pilnu and D-->Klnu semileptonic decays. Simulations are carried out using ensembles of unquenched gauge fields generated by the MILC Collaboration. With an improved staggered action for light quarks, we are able to simulate at light quark masses down to 1/8 of the strange mass.

[The sportive certificate and...the responsibility!].

If your patient is an benevolent friendly sportsman (woman), you are able to do the sportive certificate. But mind! The responsibility of the physician is engaged if he signs without physical examination. The sports with competition and sports with danger so as parachutism, dive, alpinism and so on are reserved to specialist physician in sports.

[Physical violence: what about the certificate?].

It is of paramount importance to be precise when drawing up a report, in a case of aggravated assault. Such precision will serve to give the Judge a better conception of the extent of the injuries, the severity of the aggression, and thus of the eventual sentence. The extent of the injury must be determined, and the exact part of the body clearly stipulated.

High-precision lattice QCD confronts experiment.

The recently developed Symanzik-improved staggered-quark discretization allows unquenched lattice-QCD simulations with much smaller (and more realistic) quark masses than previously possible. To test this formalism, we compare experiment with a variety of nonperturbative calculations in QCD drawn from a restricted set of "gold-plated" quantities. We find agreement to within statistical and systematic errors of 3% or less.

[Surgical treatment of distal femoral fractures using extra-medullary osteosynthesis].

Forty seven fractures of the distal femur treated by internal fixation using a supracondylar compression screw or blade plate were retrospectively evaluated regarding their radiological and functional results. Blade plates were used for all types of distal femoral fractures until 1992; their indications were subsequently restricted to simple supracondylar fractures whereas a compression screw was preferred for other types of fractures. Taking into account the condition of the patients before fracture, 85% good and very good results were achieved with both techniques.

[Primary malignant lymphoma of the spine: clinical aspects and therapeutic advances].

Malignant lymphomas are occasionally encountered in the spine, where they are usually secondary deposits. The authors report the case of a primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the L1 vertebra in whom surgical treatment (two operations and double approach) was followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The diagnosis is often made at a late stage, when neurological deficits produced by epidural compression become evident.

[Different arts of healing from the point of view of the private general practitioner].

The term "alternative medicine" conjures up a two-fold image, composed of two non-quantifiable phenomena--placebo, and scientifically unproved acts. In view of the extensive practice of this alternative approach, as evidenced by the large proportion of patients who have recourse to same--on grounds of relief or even complete recovery obtained--results that can only testify to the professional comptency of the practiotioner. At present, strict regulations are being liad down, limiting these alternative practices by nealer practitioners and kinesitherapists.

One-stage reconstruction of an infected skin and Achilles tendon defect with a composite distally planned lateral arm flap.

In this paper, the treatment of a complicated Achilles tendon defect with a composite lateral arm flap with distal design of the skin paddle has been presented. The extended portion of the flap was sufficient to restore adequate contour to the posterior aspect of the ankle, and reinervation showed good protective sensation at 1 year. In terms of resurfacing, the use of the reinervated lateral arm flap with a distal design of the skin paddle seems advantageous.

[Surgical treatment of fractures of the radius neck in children using the Métaizeau technic].

Fractures of the radial neck in children must be reduced when the angular displacement is superior to 30 degrees. Given that orthopaedic reduction is difficult, internal fixation using closed intramedullary pinning, as described by Métaizeau in 1980, seems to be an elegant solution which preserves the vascularisation of the physis. The authors report their experience with this technique, which has been used to treat fifteen patients, with a mean age of nine years, between 1983 and 1996.