39 research outputs found
The State of Reproductive Health in the United States: The End of Roe and the Perilous Road Ahead for Women in the Dobbs Era
No full textIn June 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that nothing in the United States Constitution guarantees a women's right to abortion. Within six months of the decision, 15 states had banned abortion. More are anticipated to do so in the 2023 state legislative sessions that will commence this month.This study reports on the state of reproductive and sexual health in the United States during the final years of the Roe era. Gender Equity Policy Institute's "The State of Reproductive Health in the United States," analyzes data on key indicators such as teen births, maternal mortality, and newborn deaths, and compares trends between groups of states. Our objective in this inaugural report is to establish a baseline for future assessments of the effects of abortion bans on women's health and well-being in the coming years
Uptake of surgical prophylaxis in underserved, ethnic minority <i>BRCA</i> mutation carriers.
No full text 45 Background: Little data exist regarding uptake of surgical prophylaxis in the underserved clinical setting. This study describes acceptance of surgical prophylaxis amongst BRCA mutation carriers in a primarily Hispanic (60%) and Asian (15%) medically underserved population. Methods: An IRB-approved retrospective chart review of deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA mutations carriers extracted clinicopathologic data, surgical history, and family cancer history. Patients younger than the recommended age of prophylaxis, undergoing active therapy, or with metastatic cancer were excluded. Results: Forty-six carriers of known or suspected deleterious BRCA mutations expressed decisions regarding prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and/or mastectomy. Thirty nine women identified themselves as Hispanic, 32 from Mexico. Three women were Asian, 2 African American and 1 Middle Eastern. Forty-two patients were previously affected by cancer, with a mean age at first cancer diagnosis of 42. Four patients were unaffected. Thirty-two women with a previous cancer diagnosis accepted prophylaxis: 11 RRM plus RRSO, 10 RRSO only, 11 RRM only. Three unaffected women underwent RRSO only. None of the unaffected patients chose RRM only. Presence of an affected family member younger than 35 at time of cancer diagnosis correlated with uptake of prophylactic surgery (18 accepted vs. 1 declined; p=0.01). There was a trend towards acceptance of prophylaxis among women with earlier TNM stage that did not reach statistical significance. Conclusions: More than 50% of eligible BRCA mutation carriers in this medically underserved population underwent RRM, RRSO, or both. Young family members affected with cancer positively influenced acceptance of surgical prophylaxis. [Table: see text] </jats:p
Reevaluating the role of dilation and curettage in the diagnosis of pregnancy of unknown location
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Tú, vos, usted : uses of Spanish address pronouns in Spain, Canary Islands, Argentina and El Salvador
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People's Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam
No full text"People’s Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam explains why some insurgencies collapse after a military defeat while under other circumstances insurgents are able to maintain influence, rebuild strength, and ultimately defeat the government. The author argues that ultimate victory in civil wars rests on the size of the coalition of social groups established by each side during the conflict. When insurgents establish broad social coalitions (relative to the incumbent), their movement will persist even when military defeats lead to loss of control of territory because they enjoy the support of the civilian population and civilians will not defect to the incumbent. By contrast, when insurgents establish narrow coalitions, civilian compliance is solely a product of coercion. Where insurgents implement such governing strategies, battlefield defeats translate into political defeats and bring about a collapse of the insurgency because civilians defect to the incumbent. The empirical chapters of the book consist of six case studies of the most consequential insurgencies of the 20th century including that led by the Chinese Communist Party from 1927 to 1949, the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960), and the Vietnam War (1960–1975). People’s Wars breaks new ground in systematically analyzing and comparing these three canonical cases of insurgency. The case studies of China and Malaya make use of Chinese-language archival sources, many of which have never before been used and provide an unprecedented level of detail into the workings of successful and unsuccessful insurgencies. The book adopts an interdisciplinary approach and will be of interest to both political scientists and historians.
Funding is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as part of the Sustainable History Monograph Pilot."People’s Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam explains why some insurgencies collapse after a military defeat while under other circumstances insurgents are able to maintain influence, rebuild strength, and ultimately defeat the government. The author argues that ultimate victory in civil wars rests on the size of the coalition of social groups established by each side during the conflict. When insurgents establish broad social coalitions (relative to the incumbent), their movement will persist even when military defeats lead to loss of control of territory because they enjoy the support of the civilian population and civilians will not defect to the incumbent. By contrast, when insurgents establish narrow coalitions, civilian compliance is solely a product of coercion. Where insurgents implement such governing strategies, battlefield defeats translate into political defeats and bring about a collapse of the insurgency because civilians defect to the incumbent. The empirical chapters of the book consist of six case studies of the most consequential insurgencies of the 20th century including that led by the Chinese Communist Party from 1927 to 1949, the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960), and the Vietnam War (1960–1975). People’s Wars breaks new ground in systematically analyzing and comparing these three canonical cases of insurgency. The case studies of China and Malaya make use of Chinese-language archival sources, many of which have never before been used and provide an unprecedented level of detail into the workings of successful and unsuccessful insurgencies. The book adopts an interdisciplinary approach and will be of interest to both political scientists and historians
People's Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam
No full text"People’s Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam explains why some insurgencies collapse after a military defeat while under other circumstances insurgents are able to maintain influence, rebuild strength, and ultimately defeat the government. The author argues that ultimate victory in civil wars rests on the size of the coalition of social groups established by each side during the conflict. When insurgents establish broad social coalitions (relative to the incumbent), their movement will persist even when military defeats lead to loss of control of territory because they enjoy the support of the civilian population and civilians will not defect to the incumbent. By contrast, when insurgents establish narrow coalitions, civilian compliance is solely a product of coercion. Where insurgents implement such governing strategies, battlefield defeats translate into political defeats and bring about a collapse of the insurgency because civilians defect to the incumbent. The empirical chapters of the book consist of six case studies of the most consequential insurgencies of the 20th century including that led by the Chinese Communist Party from 1927 to 1949, the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960), and the Vietnam War (1960–1975). People’s Wars breaks new ground in systematically analyzing and comparing these three canonical cases of insurgency. The case studies of China and Malaya make use of Chinese-language archival sources, many of which have never before been used and provide an unprecedented level of detail into the workings of successful and unsuccessful insurgencies. The book adopts an interdisciplinary approach and will be of interest to both political scientists and historians.
Funding is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as part of the Sustainable History Monograph Pilot."People’s Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam explains why some insurgencies collapse after a military defeat while under other circumstances insurgents are able to maintain influence, rebuild strength, and ultimately defeat the government. The author argues that ultimate victory in civil wars rests on the size of the coalition of social groups established by each side during the conflict. When insurgents establish broad social coalitions (relative to the incumbent), their movement will persist even when military defeats lead to loss of control of territory because they enjoy the support of the civilian population and civilians will not defect to the incumbent. By contrast, when insurgents establish narrow coalitions, civilian compliance is solely a product of coercion. Where insurgents implement such governing strategies, battlefield defeats translate into political defeats and bring about a collapse of the insurgency because civilians defect to the incumbent. The empirical chapters of the book consist of six case studies of the most consequential insurgencies of the 20th century including that led by the Chinese Communist Party from 1927 to 1949, the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960), and the Vietnam War (1960–1975). People’s Wars breaks new ground in systematically analyzing and comparing these three canonical cases of insurgency. The case studies of China and Malaya make use of Chinese-language archival sources, many of which have never before been used and provide an unprecedented level of detail into the workings of successful and unsuccessful insurgencies. The book adopts an interdisciplinary approach and will be of interest to both political scientists and historians
Optimum Location of an Enterprise
No full textThe problem in which the author is interested can be defined as choice of location
for activities that would secure them place of movement.
Methods of two categories are used to solve the problem. Methods belonging
under one of the categories are of continued and summary nature. Although they
permit only of minimization of movement, they are useful. Weber problems in spatial
economics where the author discusses in detail the solution of the problem by
the method of successive approximations belong under that category.
Methods belonging under the other category are of discrete type. They are
more improved and more difficult in application than the former ones. Besides
the methods of Pitagoras and René Opper, the graph and economic calculus method
developed at present by C. Ponsard and the author himself is particularly exposed.Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/201
Development of a Cost-Effective Educational Tool to Promote Acceptance of the HPV Vaccination by Hispanic Mothers
No full textBeschouwing over de uitstrooming der Opper Rijn- en Maas-wateren door de Nederlandsche rivieren tot in zee: benevens de overwegingen dezer beschouwing van de heeren Goudriaan, Van Utenhove, Moll en Donker Curtius
No full textPlan van Jan Blanken voor de verbetering van de afvoer van de Rijn (en Waal) door het graven van een nieuwe afwatering vanaf Werkendam door de Biesbosch naar de Amer (de Nieuwe Merwede), en het afsluiten van de Beneden Merwede bij Hardinxveld. Deze tekst is de presentatie van zijn plan bij het Kon. Ned. Instituut van Wetenschappen. In 1815 had hij dit plan al eens (uitgebreider) gepubliceerd in een eigen uitgave. Deze uitgave bevat ook het uitgebreide commentaar van Adriaan Goudriaan op dit plan. Deze toont o.a. aan de hand van verhangberekeningen aan dat de aanleg van de Nieuwe Merwede zinvol is, maar dat afsluiting van de Beneden Merwede dat niet is. De reviews van de heren Moll en van Utenhove bevatten weinig informatie, behalve dat zij beide stukken zeer waardevol vinden voor de discussie over oplossing van het afwateringsprobleem van het Rijnwater. Tot slot is er de bijdrage van de advocaat Donker Curtius, die in opdracht van de steden Dordrecht en Rotterdam bezwaar maakt tegen dit plan vanwege de negatieve consequenties voor de Rijnhandel van beide steden. In 1819 heeft Blanken nog een vervolg-memorie hierover uitgebracht (vervolg-memorie ter oplossing van bijzondere bedenkingen tegen het ontwerp tot het herleiden en vereenigd openen van de zoogenaamde Werkendamsche killen, in eene nieuwe Merwede, en daarmede verbondene bedijkingen van de oude Beneden Merwede, den Biesbosch), en een verhandeling over de hydraulische achtergrond van deze plannen (Memorie, ter verklaring van de grondbeginselen, waarop rustende zijn, de beschouwingen, en de daarbij voorgestelde ontwerpen, tot het .... openen, van de ... Werkendamse killen, in ééne nieuwe Merwede,...). In 1820 nog een kort bijvoegsel (Kort bijvoegsel tot de vervolg-memorie ter oplossing van bijzondere bedenkingen tegen het ontwerp tot het herleiden en vereenigd openen van de zoogenaamde Werkendamsche Killen in eene nieuwe Merwede enz)
