简介:Objective:Todescribethedifferentcharacteristicsbetweenfull-timesexworkers(FTSW)andpart-timesexworkers(PTSW)inGuangzhou,China,andtode-terminetheriskfactorswhichleadtothesignificantlyhigherprevalenceofgonorrheaandtrichomoniasisamongFTSW.Methods:FromMarch1998toOctober1999femalesexworkerswererecruitedthroughvariousoutreachmethods,andwereinterviewedandtestedforthepres-enceofsexuallytransmitteddiseases(STDs).IntermsofadditionalregularsalaryfemalesexworkersweredividedintoFTSWwhodidn'thaveadditionalregularsalaryandPTSWwhohadadditionalregularsalary.Univariateandmultivariatelogisticregressionanaly-seswereusedtoidentifyriskfactorsforgonorrhea/trichomoniasisandtodeterminetheconfoundersintherelationshipbetweennoregularsalaryandgonor-rhea/trichomoniasis.Results:Atotalof442FTSWand524PTSWen-teredthisstudy.Prevalenceofgonorrheaandtri-chomoniasiswassignificantlyhigherinFTSWcomparedtoPTSW.FTSWweremorelikelytohavealowereducationlevel,haveahistoryofinject-ingdrugsusesince1990,torecruitclientsinamas-sage/sauna,havebusinessmenastheirclientsandnothaveasteadypartnercomparedtoPTSW.Inbivariateanalysesmodels,ageleavingeducation,maintypesofclientsandrecruitmentlocationsappearedtobethestrongestlinksbetweennoregularsalariedpositionandgonorrhea.Ahistoryofinjectingdrugsandhay-ingnosteadypartner(past12months)appearedtobethestrongestlinksintherelationshipbetweennoregu-larsalariedpositionandtrichomoniasis.Conclusion:Differenteducationlevels,clients,andrecruitmentlocationsbetweenFTSWandPTSWmayaccountforthedifferentgonorrheaprevalenceamongsexworkers.Thehigherprevalenceoftrichomonia-sisamongFTSWmayberelatedtothelargerpropor-tionofwomenhavingnosteadypartnerorahistoryofinjectingdrugs.TheresultssuggeststrategiestopreventHIV/STDsamongfemalesexworkersshoul
简介:Directtime-domainsimulationoffloatingstructureshasadvantages:itcancalculatewavepressurefieldsandforcesdirectly;anditisusefulforcoupledanalysisoffloatingstructureswithamooringsystem.Atime-domainboundaryintegralequationmethodispresentedtosimulatethree-dimensionalwaterwaveradiationproblems.Astableformoftheintegrationfree-surfaceboundarycondition(IFBC)isusedtoupdatevelocitypotentialsonthefreesurface.Amulti-transmittingformula(MTF)methodwithanartificialspeedisintroducedtotheartificialradiationboundary(ARB).Themethodwasappliedtosimulateasemi-sphericalliquefiednaturalgas(LNG)carrierandasemi-submersibleundergoingspecifiedharmonicmotion.NumericalparameterssuchastheformoftheARB,andthetimeandspacediscretizationrelatedtothismethodarediscussed.Itwasfoundthatagoodagreementcanbeobtainedwhenartificialspeedisbetween0.6and1.6timesthephasevelocityofwaterwavesintheMTFmethod.Asimulationcanbedoneforalongperiodoftimebythismethodwithoutproblemsofinstability,andthemethodisalsoaccurateandcomputationallyefficient.
简介:1.IntroductionAnyoneworkinginasystemselectromagneticcompat-ibilityenvironmentisusuallypainfullyawareofthefactthat,often,theweakestlinkinthesystemisthecabling.Whetherthisisthecableortheconnectorsthemselves,ormorelikelytheinterfacebetweenthecableandtheconnectorswheretheremaybeapoorconnectionofthecablescreen,theabilityofcablingtoleakorabsorbspurioussignalsisacauseofmuchEMCfrustration.ThissectionwilladdressthebasisofthecablingrelatedEMIphenomenonandthebestcablingpractice.