THE PREVALENCE OF RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AND AWARENESS OF STDS AMONG TEMPORARY RESIDENTS OF HOMELESS SHELTERS IN TEHRAN

The Prevalence of Risky Sexual Behaviors and Awareness of STDs Among Temporary Residents of Homeless Shelters in Tehran

Background: Risky sexual behaviors expose people to sexual transmitted diseases.These behaviors are usually common among homeless people, so educational programs would help them to avoid high risk behaviors.Understanding STD awareness and the common types of risky behaviors among homeless people would provide a good context for designing appropriat

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Determination of railgun parameters

The authors have obtained the formulas to calculate the parameters of railguns at periodic nonsinusoidal current.Such parameters as the average effective magnetic density of current pulse in the space between the railgun tires, the equivalent inductance and Terminal Blocks Headers resistance, the average temperature of tires at their adiabatic heat

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Interstitial brachytherapy for liver metastases and assessment of response by positron emission tomography: a case report

For liver metastases (LM), image guided percutaneous ablative procedures such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA), laser induced thermal therapy (LITT) and trans-arterial chemo-embolisation (TACE) are increasingly being used because they are relatively safer, less invasive and equally effective.CT scan guided interstitial Whey Isolate brachytherapy (I

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Lung cancer in the Kashmir valley

Background: Lung cancer has been found to be the second commonest cancer according to a hospital-based data from Kashmir, India.However, no incidence studies are available.Objective: To ascertain the incidence of lung cancer in Kashmir.Materials and Methods: All newly histologically diagnosed cases of lung cancer seen in various hospital and privat

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