Imperial Roman trading activity within the Indian Ocean has received increasing attention from scholars during the last few decades, much of it considering the role played by the Roman state. These studies have convincingly shown that state involvement was motivated, primarily, …
Abdominal surgery itself, and implants used in abdominal wall reconstruction, are associated with intra-abdominal inflammation that can go on to cause complications such as adhesions, fistulae or failure of the implant. The pathophysiology of these complications is not fully und…
O Relatório de Prática de Ensino Supervisionada reflete-se sobre o tema O Quotidiano das Trincheiras na 1ª Grande Guerra – um exemplo prático, tema de História Contemporânea, inserido nos conteúdos programáticos do 9º ano, correspondente ao domínio I: A Europa no limiar do sécul…
Since the onset of the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, nearly half of the injuries to the U.S. military are due to high-explosive blasts. The consequence of blast exposure to the peripheral auditory system impact on peripheral hearing loss has been reported. However, it is …
Over 1,000,000 service members were deployed away from their families in the first 5 years since the start of the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan and Iraq, and over 350,000 service members experienced two or more deployments. Although deployments disrupt the contribution o…
This study explores how United States government officials, including Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, attempted to prohibit the sex acts of men and women during the "morals crusades" of 1917-1921. In this period Roosevelt and others authorized enlisted men…
Vicarious trauma is a complex emotional and psychological reaction to hearing stories of fear and terror that a client describes to a therapist when they have felt physically threatened or witnessed someone else being injured or killed. Using constructivist self-development theo…
The purpose of this research study was to identify gaps in understanding of the specialized educational needs of active-duty military service members enrolled in higher education and to develop new insights that may be helpful to colleges and universities in designing initiative…
High rates of both binge drinking and traumatic brain injury (TBI) are common among military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Given the normative behavior of binge drinking in the military, alcohol may be used to cope with the stresses of combat experiences and inj…
Introduction. High-stress situations, such as military deployments, may be a risk factor for hypertension. The relationship between the stress triggered by combat deployment and hypertension is unknown. Acute stress from combat conditions can cause a temporary rise in blood pres…