Supporting antiretroviral therapy uptake and adherence: the SUPA research programme and RCT by Rob Horne, Caroline Sabin, Trudie Chalder, Vanessa Cooper, Lucy Campbell, Elizabeth Glendinning, Iris Mosweu, Paul McCrone

“…In the United Kingdom, the uptake of antiretroviral therapy is generally high, but a delay in starting antiretroviral therapy and non-adherence compromise the health and well-being of people living with human immunodeficiency virus, increase the risk of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and increase National Health Service costs. …”
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Design and Synthesis of Bis-Chalcones as Curcumin Simplified Analogs and Assessment of Their Antiproliferative Activities Against Human Lung Cancer Cells and <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</... by Gabriela Alves de Souza, Lorrane de Souza Chaves, Afonso Santine M. M. Velez, Jorge Lucas F. Lacerda, Paulo Pitasse-Santos, Jayane Clys Conceição dos Santos, Otávio Augusto Chaves, Carlos Serpa, Raphael do Carmo Valente, Leonardo Marques da Fonseca, Marcos André Rodrigues da Costa Santos, Jhenifer Santos dos Reis, Carlos Antônio do Nascimento Santos, Lucia Mendonça-Previato, Jose Osvaldo Previato, Celio Geraldo Freire-de-Lima, Debora Decoté-Ricardo, Leonardo Freire-de-Lima, Marco Edilson Freire de Lima

“…<b>Background: </b>Anticancer therapies represent the primary treatment option for a significant number of cancer patients globally; however, many of these treatments are associated with severe side effects as they target molecular structures present in both cancerous and healthy cells. In a similar context, the treatment of Chagas disease, a neglected tropical illness, is hindered by the high toxicity of the currently available drugs. …”
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“Locality – Adaptation” Research of Hydropower Resettlement Communities in the Jinsha River Basin: A Case Study of Ludila Hydropower Station by Fang WANG, Zhuoqi LI, Haoyi XU, Jiaqi YAN

“…ObjectiveWithin human – environment systems, river basins constitute the earliest geographical units of human activity and currently represent the most critical zones of strained human – environment interactions. …”
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On the added value of sequential deep learning for the upscaling of evapotranspiration by B. Kraft, B. Kraft, B. Kraft, J. A. Nelson, S. Walther, F. Gans, U. Weber, G. Duveiller, M. Reichstein, W. Zhang, M. Rußwurm, D. Tuia, M. Körner, Z. Hamdi, M. Jung

“…In particular, we investigate three questions regarding the performance of the sequential models compared to the non-sequential models in the context of spatial upscaling: (a) whether they lead to more realistic and robust global and regional ET, (b) whether they are able to capture the temporal dynamics of ET better, and (c) how robust they are to the covariate setup and training data subsets.…”
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Regulatory culture and architectural project by Mario Losasso

“…They are attentive to a quality that does not depend on construction solutions or on techno-typological, morphological or physical-chemical characteristics, but which is linked to a system of needs to be satisfied, the outcome of the interaction between construction and cultural, socio-economic and environmental context. Today’s regulatory landscape has expanded, increasing sensitivities to environmental challenges, health and the qualities of living space. …”
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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…Recommendation for Simultaneous Allograft Listing Ethical research design calls for assessments of which vulnerabilities and in which contexts researchers and IRBs ought to offer additional safeguards. …”
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Internet and telephone intervention to support patients discontinuing long-term antidepressants in primary care: the REDUCE research programme including RCT by Tony Kendrick, Beth Stuart, Hannah Bowers, Mahboobeh Haji Sadeghi, Helen Page, Christopher Dowrick, Michael Moore, Mark Gabbay, Geraldine Leydon, Guiqing Lily Yao, Shihua Zhu, Paul Little, Gareth Griffiths, Glyn Lewis, Carl May, Joanna Moncrieff, Chris F Johnson, Una Macleod, Simon Gilbody, Rachel Dewar-Haggart, Samantha Williams, Wendy O’Brien, Riya Tiwari, Catherine Woods, Tasneem Patel, Naila Khan, Emma Maund, Nadja van Ginneken, Amy Din, Claire Reidy, Rebecca Lucier, Bryan Palmer, Taeko Becque, Yumna Masood, Natalie Thompson, Ellen van Leeuwen, Marta Glowacka, Adam WA Geraghty

“…Background There is significant concern about increasing long-term antidepressant use in Western countries, much of which is not evidence-based. …”
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