Monthly Archives: March 2011

Current and emerging therapies for the treatment of myasthenia gravis

Thymic abnormalities are frequently present and specifically associated with MG; AChR antibody-positive MG patients show pathological abnormalities (either non- neoplastic or neoplastic) of the thymus in nearly 75% of cases. MG is associated with pathological abnormalities of the thymus gland … Continue reading

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Current and emerging therapies for the treatment of myasthenia gravis

Abstract: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmmune disease in which autoantibodies to different antigens of the neuromuscular junction cause the typical weakness and fatigability. Treatment includes anticholinesterase drugs, immunosuppression, immunomodulation, and thymectomy. The autoimmune response is maintained under control by … Continue reading

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Perception on others thoughts and motivation to comply. Part 3

On the other hand, adolescent girls perceived that

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Perception on others thoughts and motivation to comply. Part 2

Statistical Analyses The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 13 was chosen for data entry and analysis. Descriptive statistics including frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviation and distributions were done on demographical variables. Scatter plots were diagramed to check … Continue reading

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Perception on others thoughts and motivation to comply

Perception on others thoughts and motivation to comply. These were questions dealing with their perceptions regarding social pressure from the people they considered important to them such as parents, peer, siblings, and teachers as related to engaging in sexual intercourse … Continue reading

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Factors Associated with Sexual Intercourse Among African-Born Adolescents. Quantitative questionnaire

Quantitative questionnaire. This questionnaire was divided into seven sections as follows: (a) Demographic characteristics of the respondents. Included in this category were age, gender, and country of origin, years lived in Southern California, religion, and education level. (b) Other questions … Continue reading

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Factors Associated with Sexual Intercourse Among African-Born Adolescents. Study Variables

Study Variables All variables in this study were based on self-report from respondents who participated in the focus groups and completed the survey questionnaire. The dependent variable was the risk behavior, which was defined as initiation of sexual intercourse at … Continue reading

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Factors Associated with Sexual Intercourse Among African-Born Adolescents. Part 6

Normative beliefs, which are beliefs about the expectations of others close to them and motivation to comply with the expectations, influence subjective norms. In this study normative beliefs are those that adolescents have about the parents

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Factors Associated with Sexual Intercourse Among African-Born Adolescents. Part 5

In collectivist cultures, individuals are more concerned with the opinion of the family and friends than in individualistic cultures (Aggleton, 1996; Airhihenbuwa & Obregon, 2000). Thus, it seems reasonable to suppose that subjective norms, which are based on the opinions … Continue reading

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Factors Associated with Sexual Intercourse Among African-Born Adolescents. Part 4

According to Dunkle et al. (2004) HIV infection rates among teenage women are about five times higher than the rates for men throughout sub- Saharan Africa. For example, in Kenya, one teenage boy as compared to four teenage girls live … Continue reading

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