Background: This study explored the association between sexual health literacy (SHL) and preventive behaviors of pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among middle-school students during the COVID-19 outbreak to aid in the development of an informative program.Methods: Mixed-method study with stratified two-stage cluster sampling was
A cellular automata model for monitoring and simulating urban land use/cover changes toward sustainability
This study presents an integrated model based on cellular automata for assessing and simulating land use/cover changes and their impact on the environment.Satellite images from Landsat TM and ETM + sensors from the time period of 1985 to 2014 were Fan applied.Seven static and five dynamic variables were applied.These included elevation, slope, aspe
Pathogenic Mechanisms of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Aortopathy
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital valvular defect and is associated with ascending aortic dilation (AAD) in a quarter of patients.AAD has been ascribed both to the hemodynamic consequences of normally functioning and abnormal BAV morphology, and to the effect of rare and common genetic variation upon function of the ascendin