Correlates of the Intention to Remain Sexually Inactive Among Male Adolescents in an Islamic Country: Case of the Republic of Iran

Introduction. Adolescents are the healthiest age group of the population but many studies show that period of adolescence is marked by significant morbidity and mortality. Health indicators of adolescent population have been getting worse during past decades. The aim of this study was to determine mortality rate of adolescents in the Republic of Serbia to determine most common causes of death in adolescence and to explore regional differences in adolescent mortality. Materials and methods: Documentation tables of vital statistics in the Republic of Serbia in 2004, and Documentation Tables of Census 2002 were used. The causes of mortality were classified according to ICD 10. Results and discussion. Specific morality rate in the Republic of Serbia is 32.08 on 100.000 adolescents. The leading causes of death in adolescence are injuries, malignancies and non specified causes, and there are significant regional differences, as well as gender and age differences. The mortality rate of male adolescents is about 2.4 times higher than the mortality rates in female adolescents. The mortality rate of older adolescents is significantly higher than mortality rate of younger adolescents. The mortality of adolescents is higher in Vojvodina than in Central Serbia. Precise data of external causes of death do not exist in vital statistics in our country. Conclusion. The mortality of adolescents is high, especially for older male adolescents (15 to 19 years of age) and majority of deaths among adolescents could be prevented. It is necessary to improve data of vital statistics to get better insight into causes of adolescent death.

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Effectiveness of Skill-Based Substance Abuse Intervention among Male Adolescents in an Islamic Country: Case of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Journal of Drug Education ◽

10.2190/de.39.2.g ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 211-222 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Hamid Allahverdipour ◽

Mohsen Bazargan ◽

Abdollah Farhadinasab ◽

Alireza Hidarnia ◽

Saeed Bashirian

Keyword(s):

Substance Abuse ◽

Islamic Republic ◽

Male Adolescents ◽

Islamic Country ◽

Substance Abuse Intervention ◽

Islamic Republic Of Iran

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The Relevance of Ali Hasjmy's Thoughts on Islamic Country of Islamic Sharia Implementation in Aceh

Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal) Humanities and Social Sciences ◽

10.33258/birci.v2i2.255 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 228-240

Author(s):

Arief Muammar ◽

Amroeni Drajat ◽

Katimin Katimin

Keyword(s):

Social Security ◽

Social Welfare ◽

Community Empowerment ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Welfare Programs ◽

Islamic Country ◽

Social Welfare Programs ◽

System 2 ◽

The Republic ◽

Descriptive Qualitative

This research deals with the relevance of Ali Hasjmy's thoughts on Islamic country of Islamic sharia implementation in Aceh. This research is conducted by using descriptive qualitative approach. The concept of an Islamic Country which built by Ali Hasjmy was relevant to the implementation of the formalization of Islamic shariah in Aceh at least in four fields. 1) The relevance of the paradigm of the Islamic Country to the republic system, 2) the relevance of the field of staffing in the concept of the Islamic Country with the criteria of the apparatus in the formalization system of Islamic shariah, 3) The relevance of the concept of the Islamic Country concerning the division of power with the structure of the Aceh government, 4) the relevance of definite social security in the concept of the Islamic Country with social welfare programs and community empowerment in Aceh

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Gender Difference in the Effect of Short Sleep Time on Suicide among Korean Adolescents

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16183285 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (18) ◽

pp. 3285

Author(s):

Woong-Sub Park ◽

SangA Kim ◽

Hyeyun Kim

Keyword(s):

Online Survey ◽

Close Association ◽

Sleep Time ◽

Depressive Mood ◽

Female Adolescents ◽

Male And Female ◽

Male Adolescents ◽

Korean Adolescents ◽

Short Sleep ◽

The Republic

A close association between the duration of sleep and suicide has been reported in previous studies. This study was designed to investigate whether there is a difference in the effects of sleep duration on suicide by gender. This study was conducted based on the results of a volunteer online survey for adolescents in middle and high school in the Republic of Korea. The results showed that the effect of a depressive mood on short sleep time and on suicide was not different between male and female adolescents. It has been reported that the direct effect of short sleep time on increasing suicidal ideation is 2.50 times higher in female than in male adolescents. Differences in the metabolism of sex hormones and sleep-associated neurotransmitters might have affected this result, but further studies are needed to clarify more obvious mechanisms. In addition, this result should be considered when establishing sleep education for adolescents.

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Time and Latitude in South Africa

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100026816 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 27-38

Author(s):

J. Hers

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Cape Town ◽

Astronomical Observations ◽

Royal Observatory ◽

The Republic ◽

Astronomical Determination ◽

Limited Accuracy ◽

Better Than

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

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Clinical Success Using the Audio-Visual Feedback Training for Cluttering

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/2019_pers-sig17-2019-0018 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (6) ◽

pp. 1589-1594

Author(s):

Yvonne van Zaalen ◽

Isabella Reichel

Keyword(s):

Visual Feedback ◽

Clinical Success ◽

Pause Duration ◽

Digital Audio ◽

Male Adolescents ◽

Feedback Training ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Speech Monitoring ◽

Adolescents And Adults

Purpose Among the best strategies to address inadequate speech monitoring skills and other parameters of communication in people with cluttering (PWC) is the relatively new but very promising auditory–visual feedback (AVF) training ( van Zaalen & Reichel, 2015 ). This study examines the effects of AVF training on articulatory accuracy, pause duration, frequency, and type of disfluencies of PWC, as well as on the emotional and cognitive aspects that may be present in clients with this communication disorder ( Reichel, 2010 ; van Zaalen & Reichel, 2015 ). Methods In this study, 12 male adolescents and adults—6 with phonological and 6 with syntactic cluttering—were provided with weekly AVF training for 12 weeks, with a 3-month follow-up. Data was gathered on baseline (T0), Week 6 (T1), Week 12 (T2), and after follow-up (T3). Spontaneous speech was recorded and analyzed by using digital audio-recording and speech analysis software known as Praat ( Boersma & Weenink, 2017 ). Results The results of this study indicated that PWC demonstrated significant improvements in articulatory rate measurements and in pause duration following the AVF training. In addition, the PWC in the study reported positive effects on their ability to retell a story and to speak in more complete sentences. PWC felt better about formulating their ideas and were more satisfied with their interactions with people around them. Conclusions The AVF training was found to be an effective approach for improving monitoring skills of PWC with both quantitative and qualitative benefits in the behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and social domains of communication.

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