Purpose: Combined hormonal contraceptive therapy has been associated with negative bone mineral density outcomes that may be route-dependent [i.e., combined oral contraception (COC) vs.contraceptive vaginal ring (CVR)] and involve the hepatic growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) axis.The objective of the pilot study was to asses
Background.According to health status reports, chronic disease prevalence appears to be rising in western Alaska Native (AN) people, and accurate population-based data are needed.Four cohort studies of western AN people were conducted in the Norton Sound and Yukon-Kuskokwim regions, but none have been large enough to allow reliable estimates of rat
From a feminist post-structuralist position I SUNGLASSES recount and reflect upon using narrative methods in a recent study with a sample of nursery workers in London.Firstly, I offer a critical reflection of feminist concerns to undertake research in emancipatory and recipricol ways.The decision-making that took place at various stages of the stud
The effects of the beach community structure of macro- and meiofauna on the process of beach wrack decay were investigated by means of a simple field colonisation experiment in a temperate, fine quartz sediment, sandy beach at the end of the Hel Peninsula in Poland.1260 replicate litterbags of three mesh sizes (12 mm, 0.5 mm, 48 µm) containing