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... (NOT) AS AS, THE SAME AS, DIFFERENT FROM A. Revision: 1. Equality: (So sánh bằng) a. S1 + V + AS + ADJ/ ADV + AS + S2 Jack is as young as John. (Jack trẻ như John.) b. S1 + (NOT V) + SO/ AS + ... 5. Your task is not the same as mine. → Your task is IV. Read the passage and answer the questions below: Hoa is excited about the interesting activities she is going to do. The Y&Y ... young as John. → Jack and John are 2. Jack is as tall as John. → Jack and John are 3. Jack is as heavy as John. → Jack and John are 4. Jack and John are not the same class. → Jack’s class...

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... was buggy, crashed often, and was the cause of many resource leaks. In short, using Word was not a pleasant experience for many Office users. As a result, Word as an email editor has a bad reputation. ... part of their workday sending email and the features they've come to rely on in Word can be used in Outlook, too.   Outlook has supported the Word editor since Office 97, but it was buggy, ... reply, making it easier to read a long thread. Figure 5.4. Choose Personal Stationery settings, including fonts and colors. [ Team LiB ]     Using Word As the Email Editor The Word editor provides...

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... 19 nonvoluntaryintercourse.Onesetof questionswasintheinterviewer- administeredportionofthesurveyand thesecondwasintheself-administered portion(AudioCASI).Inthe interviewer-administeredseries,they wereaskedwhethertheirfirst intercoursewas‘‘voluntaryornot voluntary.’’Forabout8percentof women15–44yearsofagewhohave hadintercourse,theirfirstintercourse wasnotvoluntary(table21).Forthose whosefirstintercourseoccurredatage 15oryounger,thatfirstintercoursewas nonvoluntaryfor16percentcompared with7percentorlessforthosewhose firstintercourseoccurredatage16or older.Thepercentwhosefirst intercoursewasnonvoluntaryisnearly 10percentamongwomenwhosefirst intercoursewasbefore1975compared withabout6percentamongwomenwho firsthadintercourseinthe1990’s (table21). Intheself-administered(Audio CASI)portionoftheinterview,women wereaskedarelatedbutdifferent question:whethertheyhadeverbeen forcedbyamantohavesexual intercourseagainsttheirwill.About 20percentofwomenreportedthatthey hadbeenforcedbyamantohave intercourseagainsttheirwillatsome timeintheirlives(table22).Thus, table21showsthatfor8percentof women,theirfirstintercoursewas nonvoluntary;table22showsthat 20percenthadhadnonvoluntary intercourseatsometime—not necessarilyatfirstintercourse.Table22 alsoshowsthat6percentofwomen reportedthattheywereforcedtohave intercoursebeforetheywere15and another6percentbeforetheywere18.A fairlyhighpercentofformerlymarried (divorcedorseparated)women—about 35percent—reportedthattheyhadbeen forcedtohaveintercourse.Thisfinding deservesfurtherstudy. FirstSexualPartner Therehasbeenmuchpublic discussionaboutthepartnersofsexually activeteenagers.Table23profilesthe ageofmalepartnersatwomen’sfirst voluntaryintercourse.Abouttwo-thirds (66percent)ofwomenwhohadtheir firstvoluntaryintercoursebeforethey were16hadfirstpartnerswhowere under18yearsofage;21percenthad firstpartners18–19yearsofage; 7percenthadfirstpartners20–22years ofage,2percenthadfirstpartners 23–24yearsofage,and4percenthad firstpartners25yearsofageorolder (table23). Only3percentofwomenhadtheir firstintercoursewithamantheyjust met.About3outof5women (61percent)were‘‘goingsteady’’or ‘‘goingtogether’’withthemantheyhad intercoursewiththefirsttime,andabout 1in5wereengagedormarriedtohim. About12percentofallwomenwere marriedwhentheyhadtheirfirst intercourse.Amongwomen40–44years ofage(bornin1951–55),23percent weremarriedtotheirpartneratfirst intercoursewhileabout2percentof women15–19yearsofage(born 1971–75)weremarriedtotheirfirst partner.Womenwholivedwithbothof theirparentsthroughouttheirchildhood weremorelikelythanotherwomento havebeenmarriedtotheirpartnerat firstintercourse(table24). FirstIntercourseRelativeto FirstMarriage Amongever-marriedwomen15–44 yearsofage,82percenthadfirst intercoursebeforetheyweremarried. About69percentofthosefirstmarried in1965–74hadtheirfirstintercourse beforemarriagecomparedwith 89percentofthosefirstmarriedinthe 1990’s.Only2percentofthosefirst marriedin1965–74hadtheirfirst intercourse5yearsormorebefore marriagecomparedwith56percentof thosefirstmarriedinthe1990’s (table25). NumberofSexualPartners Asmentionedpreviously,some questionsonabortion,sexualpartners, andforcedsexualintercoursewere askedinboththeinterviewer- administeredandtheself-administered (AudioCASI)portionsoftheinterview. Responsestosensitivequestionsappear tohavebeenaffectedbythecomputer self-administeredmodeofinterviewing. Tables26–31showdataonthenumber ofsexualpartnersinthelast1year,5 years,andlifetime,usingboththe interviewer-administeredandself- administeredmethods.Presentingdata basedonbothmodesofinterviewing allowstheexaminationofdifferencesin reportingduetothemodeof interviewing(table26versus27, table28versus29,andtable30versus 31);andtheselectionoffindingsmost appropriateforcomparisontoother surveys. About3percentofunmarried womentoldtheinterviewerthatthey hadhadfourormoremalesexual partnersinthelast12months(table26), comparedwith9percentreportingfour ormorepartnersinAudioCASI (table27).Asimilardisparitywasfound whencomparingtheinterviewerresults withAudioCASIresultsforthenumber ofpartnerssinceJanuary1991(alittle lessthan5years,onaverage). Amongunmarriedwomen,14percent toldtheinterviewertheyhadfouror moremalesexualpartnerssinceJanuary 1991(table28)while18percent reportedinAudioCASIthattheyhad hadfourormorepartnersinthattime (table29). Thistopicdeservesmoredetailed study,butitappearsthatusingthemore privateinterviewtechniquegavea higherandpresumablymorecomplete estimateofthenumberofpartners amongunmarriedwomen(8,11). MarriageandCohabitation Tables32–37show1995dataon formalmarriageandunmarried cohabitation.About38percentof women15–44yearsofagehadnever beenmarriedwheninterviewedin1995 (table32).Thepercentnevermarried washigherineveryagegroupin1995 thanitwasin1982(24).Abouthalfof women25–39yearsofagehavehadan unmarriedcohabitationwithamanat sometimeintheirlives;10to 11percentofwomenintheirtwenties arecurrentlycohabitingwithaman (table33). About30percentofwomen25–39 yearsofagelivedwithaman (cohabited)beforetheirfirstmarriage (table34).Overone-half(57percent)of Series23,No.19[Page5 Table ... 25 1982and1995,andsurgicallysterilized womenrarelyusefamilyplanning servicesaftertheiroperations.These trends,alongwiththepotentialeffects ofchangesinquestionwordingin1995, deservefurtherdetailedstudy. Inthe12monthsbeforethe1995 interview,33percentreceivedbirth control/familyplanningservices; 27percentreceivedabirthcontrol method,15percentbirthcontrol counseling,and22percentacheckupor testrelatedtobirthcontrol(table73). About62percentofwomen reportedreceivingaPapsmearand 61percentreceivedapelvicexaminthe last12months.Thisissimilarto findingsin1988(32).Thepercents receivingotherservicesweremuch lower:16percentreceivedapregnancy test,17percentanHIVtest,8percent othersexuallytransmitteddisease(STD) testsortreatment,and21percentatest ortreatmentforaninfection(table74). About34millionwomenreceived familyplanningorrelatedreproductive healthservicesfromprivatedoctorsor healthmaintenanceorganizations (HMO)in1995.About15million women,includingsomeofthesame women,receivedtheseservicesfrom othersources—forexample,public familyplanningclinics,otherclinics, andhospitals.Womenwhousedthese othersourcestendedtohavelower incomes.Forexample,only15percent ofwomen22–44yearsofagewhoused aprivatedoctororHMOhadincome lessthan150percentofthepoverty levelcomparedwith46percentofthose whousedpublicfamilyplanning clinics—athreefolddifference(table80). CigaretteSmoking About28percentofwomen15–44 yearsofagewerecurrentcigarette smokersin1995,and14percentwere formersmokers(table84).These findingsaresimilartothosefromthe NHIS(31).Theproportionwho currentlysmokewasnearlyfourtimes ashighamongwomenwithlessthana highschooleducation(47percent )as amongcollegegraduates(12percent) (table84).About18percentofpregnant orpostpartumwomenwerecurrently smokingin1995.About24percentof the1 0millionusersoforal contraceptiveswerecurrentlysmoking, and10percentweresmoking15or morecigarettesperday.Almost 18percentofteenagewomenwere currentlysmokingin1995(table84). HumanImmunodeficiency VirusTestingandRelated Behavior Thehumanimmunodeficiencyvirus (HIV),thevirusthatcausesacquired immunodeficiencysyndrome(AIDS), wasthesubjectofseveralquestionsin the1 995NSFG.About48percentof women15–44yearsofagehavehadan HIVtestatsometimeintheirlives, eitheraspartofblooddonationor unrelatedtoit.Thosemostlikelyto haveeverbeentestedforHIVwere women20–34yearsofage (54–60percent)andthosewithan educationbeyondhighschool (55–56percent)(table85).Ofthe11.4 millionwomentestedforHIVinthe12 monthsbeforethe1995survey ,the reasoncitedmostoftenwastofindout ifshewasinfected(40percent); 23percentweretestedinconnection withprenatalcare.Hospitalizationor surgery,applyingforinsurance,and doctor’sreferralwereeachcitedby 7–8percentofrecentlytestedwomen (table86). Intheself-administeredpartofthe NSFGinterview(AudioCASI), 28percentofunmarriedwomenreported thattheirmalepartner(s)inthelast12 months‘‘werehavingsexwithother women’’aroundthesametime.Women withmorepartnersinthelast12months weremorelikelytoreportthattheir malepartners(s)werealsohaving intercoursewithotherwomen— 15percentofthosewithonepartner comparedwith57percentofthosewith threeormorepartners(table87). Amongunmarriedwomen15–44 yearsofagewhohavehadintercourse inthepastyearandwhoreportedthat theyhaveeverusedcondomsfor diseasepreventionatsometimeintheir lives,aboutone-thirdreportedthattheir partnersinthepastyearusedcondoms fordiseasepreventioneverytimethey hadintercourse,one-thirdsaidtheyused condomssometimesbutnoteverytime, andone-thirdsaidnotatall.Among unmarriedwomenwithtwoormore partnersinthepastyear,15percentdid notusecondomsatallinthepastyear fordiseasepreventionand19percent usedthemlessthanhalfthetime;some ofthesewomenmayhaveused condomssolelyforcontraception. Furtherresearchisneededonthesedata todeterminetheextenttowhich unprotectedintercourseoccurredandin whichgroupsofthepopulation (table88,alsoseeDefinitionsofTerms). PelvicInflammatoryDisease andDouching Pelvicinflammatorydisease,or PID,iscausedbyavarietyofinfectious agents.PIDcancauserecurrentpain, ectopicpregnancy,andcanleadto infertilityifleftuntreatedorrecurrent (33).In1995,8percentofwomen reportedthattheyhadbeentreatedfor PIDatsometimeintheirlives— 8percentofHispanicwomen,7percent ofNon-Hispanicwhitewomen,and 11percentofblackwomen.PIDwas twiceascommonamongwomenwho doucheregularly(12percent)compared withwomenwhodonotdouche (6percent).PIDwasalsotwiceas commonamongthosewith10ormore sexualpartnersintheirlifetimes (14percent)asamongwomenwith2–3 partners(7percent)(table89).These findingsaresimilartothoseinthe1982 and1988NSFG,butitappearsthatthe prevalenceofPIDhasdeclined,from 14percentin1982to11percentin1988 and8percentin1995(34). Douchinghasbeenassociatedwith PID,ectopicpregnancy,infertility,and cervicalcancer(35).In1988,37percent ofwomen15–44yearsofagereported thattheyweredouchingregularly.In 1995,thisproportionhaddeclinedto 27percent.However,douchingwasstill morecommonthanaverageamong Hispanicwomen(34percent),black women(55percent),womenwhodid notfinishhighschool(53percent),and thosewhohavehadPID(41percent). Blackcollegegraduateswerefourtimes aslikelytodoucheregularlyaswhite collegegraduates(40percentversus 9percent)(table90). Series23,No.19[Page9 Table ... than ever before on the social, economic, and family background of the woman and her husband or partner (table A). To release as much of the results of the 1995 survey as soon as possible, this...

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... toward the intendedness of pregnancies based on their own reports (13). + Of all births in the 5 years before interview, 55 percent were intended by both the mother and the father (as reported ... of the NSFG, these questions were asked for current adoption seekers as well as those who sought to adopt in the past but, Cycle 6 limited the questions to current adoption seekers so as ... partners in the last year were using condoms compared with 23 percent of those with one partner in the last year. + Condom use by itself, as well as dual use of the pill and condom, was also...

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... of doing the task correctly. Cut-points for the performance levels on the health scale were set so that each task was classified into the same category on the health scale as on the other scale ... their performance on the seven easy screening tasks at the beginning of the literacy assessment. Because they could be placed on the NAAL scale based on their responses to the seven screening tasks,ALSA partici- pants ... probability convention was used by the BOTA Committee for the prose, document, and quantitative scales. That point on the scale was classified as to whether it fell into the Below Basic, Basic, Intermediate, or...

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... with their mothers than their fathers: More lived with their biological mothers (73%) than with their biological fathers (62%) and fewer had no contact with their mothers (2%) than with their fathers ... About twice as many respondents had lost their father (14%) than had lost their mother (8% of the females and 7% of the males). Approximately 6% of the respondents report- ed that they had lost ... Design The sample for the 2004 MNSA covered the popula- tion residing both in rural and urban areas in all parts of the country. A two-stage stratified sample design was used. The sample for the...

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... effectiveness of heart disease care as well as care coordination. For the purposes of this document, measures with clinical context are presented with the effectiveness measures. Other measure sets describe ... disparities. As mandated by the U.S. Congress, the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) focuses on national trends in the quality of health care provided to the American people” while the National ... Two core measures relate to breast cancer and are presented here with a third measure of interest. l Women age 40 and over who reported they had a mammogram within the past 2 years was 67.1% in...

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... Ivory-Coast (ICEBOV)  Ebola-Reston (REBOV) Bioterrorism Bioterrorism  Since the September 11 bombings in the United States, the locality of this virus has become less isolated as the threat ... probability that the disease will progress to the second phase, resulting in complications which eventually lead to death (Mupapa et al., 1999). Controlling the spread of Ebola Controlling the spread ... populations. - The outbreaks coincided with the outbreaks in wild animals. - The same distinct viral strains were isolated in animal carcasses and in the bodies of those who handled those carcasses....

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... set under the gourd on the kitchen table. Let's stir up the fire in the fireplace, hang the pot on the crane or test the heat in the Dutch oven; carry the ashes out and put them in the CHAPTER ... be hurting inside. . . Last Tuesday the lightning hit. The Thetas called the house . . . and they asked her to come to the Theta House for supper. And after supper, they asked her to join. And ... try. . . There was nothing fair about the thing at all. . . You see, all the officers here work for each other. . . They just got up and nominated each other and that was all there was to it....

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... has been proposed to be the active form of the hormone, and COI1 is an essential component of the receptor complex. These recent discoveries have defined the core JA-signal- ling pathway as the ... for the transmission of hormonal signals in plants (Fig. 2). In the case of auxins, IAA and related molecules serve as ‘molecular glue’ bring- ing together the F-box protein TIR1 ⁄ AFB and the JAZ1 Stage ... mediate the degradation of a repressor in response to the branching hormone [90–92]. If this is the case, the strigolactone pathway may be very similar to that of auxins, JA and GAs, providing further...

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... Mary askedoe } whether I would want to go to Alaska some time. Note the shift to simple past in d, though as Web- bet points out, past perfect could have been used. The abandonment of the past ... T in the Past-rule will he replaced by either before or same-time, depending on the aspectual class of its first argument and on whether the focal node of T is past- dominated. In the Pert-rule, ... NOWT, Last T and Emb T refer respectively to the speech time for the most recent utterance in T, the last- stored episode at the current focal node, and the last- stored episode at the current...

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... 12 to 19 possessing their own smart phone, they have the Internet at their fingertips. Even pre-school children are coming in contact with the digital media at an increasingly early age. Digital ... we protect our children from these dangers? How much time should they spend using the digital media at what age?” These are the kind of questions parents and other caregivers are confronted ... acts as role models for children and adolescents. It is therefore helpful to reflect on your own media habits. The 3-6-9-12 rule No screens under the age of 3, no gaming consoles under the...

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