(1) A study revealed that the percentage of active sperm in semen 30 seconds after ejaculation was 10.3% when a nonoxynol 9 latex condom was used as opposed to 55.9% in a nonspermicidal condom.
(2) Nulliparous women were also more likely to discontinue the condom because of pregnancy, as were non-Protestants and the Australian-born.
(3) Informal support and knowing one's HIV status are strong predictors of condom use 1 year later.
(4) Black males with low intentions to use condoms reported significantly more negative attitudes about the use of condoms (eg, using condoms is disgusting) and reacted with more intense anger when their partners asked about previous sexual contacts, when a partner refused sex without a condom, or when they perceived condoms as interfering with foreplay and sexual pleasure.
(5) It focuses on the major areas of concern: HIV prevalence among drug injectors; sexual risk behaviour; the potential for heterosexual transmission; condom use; sexual risk and women; pregnancy; male homosexual activity and drug use; the effect of drugs on sexual behaviour and prostitution.
(6) Prick tests performed on 16 different condom brands showed that 4 brands caused positive reactions in 52-67% of patients.
(7) As part of an effort to better educate patients about using condoms, a survey was done to assess the sexual practices, attitudes toward acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and condom use by patients who visit an urban family practice center.
(8) However, it also indicated a need for further improvement in specific areas of education, such as the value of obtaining more information about sexual partners, more awareness of the importance of multiple-partner relationships in the spread of AIDS, and more emphasis on the important role of condoms in preventing AIDS virus transmission.
(9) The results indicated that AIDS education was associated with increases in knowledge of AIDS risks and in acceptability of condoms in the initial analysis.
(10) 53 women (76%) had started using contraception before the age of 20; 47% had used more than 1 type of contraception, 46% had used oral contraceptives only, 23% had used the condom, and 5% had used nothing.
(11) The tests demonstrated that mineral oil damaged the latex condoms within 60 seconds.
(12) More than 50% of condom requests are made using these confidential forms.
(13) The extent of leakage varied over two orders of magnitude from condom to condom within each brand.
(14) Their condom use was examined with three types of partners: exclusive, nonexclusive primary, and nonexclusive secondary.
(15) IUDs, oral contraceptives and, in some cases, condoms have been prescribed.
(16) Stepwise logistic regression confirmed that group discussion was the factor most significantly associated with condom use.
(17) Children are taught to use condoms there,” Pokrovsky said, indicating that was hardly imaginable in modern Russia where the Orthodox church is growing increasingly influential.
(18) Aliquots of the fluids in the outer and inner condoms were grown in culture.
(19) A Health Ministry spokesman answers that the campaign has, in fact, stressed that use of condoms for "safe sex" does not provide complete protection but, since the only 100% sure protection, celibacy, is completely impractical, even partial protection is better than none.
(20) There appears to be a direct connection between this observation and the two main messages of the campaign as the employment of condoms increased tenfold during the period 1986-1988 end contact investigations revealed a decrease in the number of unknown sexual partners.
Condone
Definition:
(v. t.) To pardon; to forgive.
(v. t.) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.
Example Sentences:
(1) No one condones what happened in the 70s, but I think this is pretty appalling."
(2) But obviously if people have been injured or indeed killed that is a tragedy and our sympathies are with the victims and their families.” He added: “We never condone violence – whatever the cause.
(3) Ukip accuses Theresa May of condoning these “symbols of the oppression of women”.
(4) To suggest that people who are concerned about the use of a power of this sort against journalists are condoning terrorism, which seems to be the implication of that remark, is an extremely ugly and unhelpful sentiment.
(5) A single initiation site of transcription 81 bp upstream of the grsT initiation condon GTG was identified by high-resolution S1 mapping studies.
(6) Condon has said his film hopes to "explore the complexities and challenges of transparency in the information age and, we hope, enliven and enrich the conversations WikiLeaks has already provoked."
(7) Miliband repeatedly states that the government "condemns" torture and does not "condone" torture, but does not address the allegation that the UK was "complicit" in Binyam Mohamed's illegal detention and severe mistreatment.
(8) The court's decision was of interest because it included tubal ligation among surgical interventions condoned by the common law of medical responsibility, thereby implying acceptance of voluntary sterilization.
(9) With the backing of the Met's then commissioner, Sir (now Lord) Paul Condon, warrants were obtained for the planting of listening devices in Southern's offices in Thornton Heath, south west London.
(10) Critics claimed the comments were racist, homophobic and condoned violence and drug-taking.
(11) To express guarded optimism about the Greek deal is not to condone the provocative arrogance of former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis or the pointless vindictiveness of the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble .
(12) Modi was accused of condoning the violence and even encouraging it – allegations he has vehemently denied.
(13) Photograph: PA Police are expected to interview Hall about his knowledge of phone-hacking at the News of the World, who was involved, and whether senior bosses were aware of or condoned the practice.
(14) Family activities for some involved the use of hard drugs together or the condoning of use.
(15) Down the phone from New York, she suggests that Dukureh’s journey – the tension between family and her own convictions, modernity and tradition, obligation and desire – reflects the struggle faced by many FGM survivors, who know the harm they have suffered, but are unwilling to break with the culture that condoned it.
(16) It is possible for such announcements to provide a clear portrayal of the health promotion aspects of condom use with out condoning extramarital sexual activity.
(17) Translation stop condons in all three reading frames are located upstream from the AUG start codon of the pCAT40 cartridge; the latter can also be excised by a single digestion with the enzymes, SalI, PstI, or HindIII.
(18) But Fey and Poehler would never condone this kind of unseemly contest between them, with people (ie, me) deciding which one they prefer, so I'll stop this nonsense now.
(19) A treaty that condones selling and that would allow the Assad regime to buy arms is not the treaty I was seeking when in office.
(20) The mayor of Spokane, David Condon, and city council president Ben Stuckart, said in a joint statement they were gathering facts to determine if city policies related to volunteer boards and commissions had been violated.