Evaluation of the Management of Patients with Detectable Viral Load after the Implementation of Routine Viral Load Monitoring in an Urban HIV Clinic in Uganda by Nsumba Steven Mark, Musomba Rachel, Arvind Kaimal, Mubiru Frank, Tibakabikoba Harriet, Lwanga Isaac, Mohammed Lamorde, Castelnuovo Barbara

“…The clinician fills a “decision form” choosing: (1) refer for adherence counselling, (2) repeat VL after 3 months, and (3) switch to second line. …”
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Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in HIV — Investigate or Just Treat? by Steven Kesten

“…This strategy has not been tested in controlled clinical trials although decision analysis models have attempted to evaluated it, it's liekly reasonable to choose empirical antimicrobial therapy in specific clinical settings such as: (a) typical radiographic picture in a person with dyspnea and/or nonproductive cough. presence of HIV and a CD4 count of less than 200 cells/mm3:(b) previous PCP, typical appearance and the patient is known to tolerate standard anti-PCP medications: and (c) high clinical suspicion in a patient who refuses bronchoscopy yet desires treatment or where bronchoscopy cannot he performed. …”
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CHEMICAL AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTIC OF SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor) TAPAI WITH TRADITIONAL PACKAGING by Andre Yusuf Trisna Putra, Rosida Rosida, Khoirul Azmir

“…</span><span lang="IN">Results revealed that the highest starch content</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> was</span><span lang="IN"> 27,4% in tapai from brown sorghum with banana leaf packaging. Regarding sugar content, tapai from brown sorghum with banana leaf packaging </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">had the</span><span lang="IN"> highest result. …”
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Unmasking health determinants and health outcomes for urban First Nations using respondent-driven sampling by J Smylie, M Firestone, S Maracle, M Spiller, P O'Campo

“…Mobility and crowded living conditions were also highly prevalent. …”
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Modulation of first-passage time for bursty gene expression via random signals by Qiuying Li, Lifang Huang, Jianshe Yu

“…Hence, a natural and fundamental question is: How does input signal affect the timing of protein count up to a given threshold? To this end, we study effects of input signal on the first-passage time (FPT), the time at which the number of proteins crosses a given threshold. …”
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Modeling sickness absence data: A scoping review. by Tom Duchemin, Mounia N Hocine

“…Sick leave is a research topic of interest in economics, psychology, health and social behaviour. The question of choosing an appropriate statistical tool to analyse sick leave data can be challenging. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF DEMAND FOR GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAMME «PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION by Ruslan A. Abramov, Natalya M. Zabaznova, Elena Yu. Khalatenkova

“…Informants' answers helped to count out the percentage of graduates whose occupation is connected with public administration, to understand the reasons of choosing the relevant master course, to assess the significance of acquired competences and qualification for job placement at governmental organizations. …”
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Preparation of a Low-Calorie, Gluten-Free All-in-One Cake Mix, Containing Bacillus Coagulans Using Quinoa and Inulin Functionality by Khatereh Amini, Anousheh Sharifan, Babak Ghiassi Tarzi, Reza Azizinezhad

“…Addition of quinoa reduced springiness, specific volume, porosity, chewiness, and increased the browning reaction. But these changes did not have a very negative effect in general. …”
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Gender and affiliation differences in topic selection in U.S. congressional speeches by Lenard Dragana Božić, Omazić Marija

“…Further correlation test results recorded subtler differences which pointed to linguistic changes in stereotypization, such as women signaling less emotion and choosing more formal ways of expression.…”
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The Influence of Vertical Resolution on Internal Tide Energetics and Subsequent Effects on Underwater Acoustic Propagation by L. Hiron, M. C. Schönau, K. J. Raja, E. P. Chassignet, M. C. Buijsman, B. K. Arbic, A. Bozec, E. F. Coelho, M. S. Solano

“…An idealized configuration with a ridge, forced only by semidiurnal tides and having 1‐km horizontal grid‐spacing, is used to test two different vertical‐grid discretizations, defined based on the zero‐crossings of horizontal velocity eigenfunctions and the merging of consecutive layers, with seven distinct numbers of isopycnal layers, ranging from 8 to 128. …”
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INCREASE OF DEMAND FOR GRADUATES OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Ruslan A. Abramov, Irina V. Pronina, Elena Yu. Khalatenkova

“…Informants’ answers helped to count out the percentage of graduates whose occupation is connected with public administration, understand the reasons of choosing relevant master course, assess the significance of acquired competence and qualification for job placement at governmental organizations. …”
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Effects of Ultrasonic Treatment Combined with Microporous Modified Atmosphere Packaging on Cold Storage Quality of Fresh-cut Jackfruit by Aiping FAN, Qiuhong DENG, Liping ZENG, Guangming YANG, Yubing LI, Chunyan LIU

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ultrasonic (US) treatment combined with microporous modified atmosphere packaging (MMAP) on the microbial count and refrigerated quality of fresh-cut jackfruit, and to determine the optimal means of preservation. …”
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Optimizing the growth conditions of superconducting MoSi thin films for single photon detection by Stefanie Grotowski, Lucio Zugliani, Björn Jonas, Rasmus Flaschmann, Christian Schmid, Stefan Strohauer, Fabian Wietschorke, Niklas Bruckmoser, Manuel Müller, Matthias Althammer, Rudolf Gross, Kai Müller, Jonathan Finley

“…. $$1 \times 10^{\text {-3}}\hspace{1.66656pt}$$ 1 × 10 -3 mbar and when the substrate temperature during deposition is increased above $$100\hspace{1.66656pt}^{\circ } $$ C. By choosing a sufficient Si concentration and optimum deposition pressure we identify deposition conditions that ensure a homogeneous amorphous growth of the superconducting thin film. …”
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Telemedicine in home enteral nutrition: a structured survey exploring acceptability, preferences and experiences among patients by Ya Ma, Xuemei Li, Qian You, Wen Hu, Zhiyong Rao, Yanru Deng, Yiyao Zhang, Lei Shi

“…Methods The revisit station of HEN patients between 2018 and 2022 were counted. And epidemiological characteristics of HENST patients in 2022 were collected. …”
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Public Health Discussions on Social Media: Evaluating Automated Sentiment Analysis Methods by Lisa M Gandy, Lana V Ivanitskaya, Leeza L Bacon, Rodina Bizri-Baryak

“…Social media researchers need guidance on choosing between manual and automated sentiment analysis methods. …”
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Presenting the indigenous model of organizational self-leadership with an emphasis on training in non-governmental organizations by Sajad Ghoreishi, abbas abbaspour, Mostafa Niknami, Morteza Taheri

“…The results calculated in this study are consistent with the results obtained in the following studies; Manz (1986), Browning (2018), Shamkhani & Kazemi Laegh (2023), Abdolmaleki & Khorasani (2019), Muller & Niessen (2019), Daud (2020), Proios et al., (2020), Liu et al., (2023), and Mousavi et al., (2020). …”
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