Anemia and associated factors among HIV/AIDS patients treated with antiretroviral therapy at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia by Tadesse Adula Duguma, Teshale Worku, Mengistu Abayneh

“…Anemia is among hematologic manifestations commonly observed in HIV-positive persons on treatments, initiated by multiple factors. …”
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Factors associated with knowledge on the spread of HIV/AIDS among Secondary School Students of Groupe Scolaire De Rugando in Kigali City, Rwanda. by Nwankwo, Chinenye Mercy, Uwizeye, Denyse Sibomana

“…The most common predisposing factors in the study to adolescents to HIV/AIDS were curiosity and the need to experiment. The study findings showed that 78% accepted that HIV is transmitted by engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected person, 65% accepted that the presence of other sex partners increases the risk of contracting HIV, 69% accepted that regular use of condoms helps to reduce the risk of contracting HIV and 55% accepted that by reducing the number of sexual partners, chances of HIV infection are reduced. …”
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Factors associated with knowledge on the spread of HIV/AIDS among Secondary School Students of Groupe Scolaire De Rugando in Kigali City, Rwanda by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Denyse Sibomana, Uwizeye

“…The most common predisposing factors in the study to adolescents to HIV/AIDS were curiosity and need to experiment. The study findings, showed that 78% accepted that HIV is transmitted by engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected person, 65% accepted that risk of contracting HIV is increased by presence of other sex partners, 69% accepted that regular use of condoms helps to reduce the risk of contracting HIV and 55% accepted that by reducing the number of sexual partners, chances of HIV infection are reduced. …”
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Incidence of opportunistic infections and its predictors among HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral therapy in Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia by Mequanente Dagnaw, Haileab Fekadu, Adhanom Gebre Egziabher, Tesfaye Yesfue, Meera Indracanti, Alemu Tebeje

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Assessing intrinsic capacity for person‐centred HIV care: a cross‐sectional study in ageing populations in Malaysia and Hong Kong by Reena Rajasuriar, Syaza Hisham, John Son Lim, Jean Yi Cheong, Wen Ying Ho, Siew Hwei Yap, Nurul Syuhada Zulhaimi, Malinee Neelamegam, Catherine Cheung, Vivian Wong, Ruhana Che Yusof, Kejal Hasmukharay, Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman, Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar, Meng Li Chong, Pui Li Wong, Grace Chung‐Yan Lui

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Development of measures to assess listening-related effort and fatigue in daily life among hearing aid users: protocol for a quantitative field trial by Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Andreea Micula, Jeppe Høy Konvalinka Christensen, Dorothea Wendt, Hamish Innes-Brown, Ingrid Johnsrude, Matthew Apps, Torsten Dau

“…Ambient acoustics will be captured every 20 s via the participants’ (n=60) personal hearing aids, and the participants will provide self-reported momentary assessments through a mobile app throughout the day. …”
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SURVIVING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN NIGERIA: COPING STRATEGIES OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) IN BENUE STATE, NORTHCENTRAL, NIGERIA by ISAAC OLAWALE ALBERT, JOEL ABAH

“…Primary sources include oral interviews; such as key informant interviews, and in-depth interviews; with the aid of unstructured interview guide. Secondary sources include published scholarly works. …”
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A scoping review of medication self-management intervention tools to support persons with traumatic spinal cord injury. by Lauren Cadel, Stephanie R Cimino, Glyneva Bradley-Ridout, Sander L Hitzig, Tanya L Packer, Lisa M McCarthy, Tejal Patel, Aisha K Lofters, Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg, Chester H Ho, Sara J T Guilcher

“…<h4>Background</h4>Persons with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) use multiple medications (polypharmacy) to manage the high number of secondary complications and concurrent conditions. …”
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Near-infrared spectroscopy–guided personalized repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for bipolar depression: a case report by Chun-Hung Chang, Chun-Hung Chang, Chun-Hung Chang, Wen-Chun Liu, Po-Han Chou

“…Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), a noninvasive neuroimaging tool that assesses functional changes in the brain during cognitive tasks, can measure a patient’s bilateral frontal lobe function in real time. Thus, this tool can aid the development of personalized TMS protocols for patients with depression.MethodsA 19-year-old woman presented to our psychiatric clinic with bipolar depression. …”
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Hepatitis B care cascade among people with HIV/HBV coinfection in the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design, 2012-2016. by Jessica Kim, Craig W Newcomb, Dean Carbonari, Jessie Torgersen, Keri N Althoff, Mari M Kitahata, Marina B Klein, Richard D Moore, K Rajender Reddy, Michael J Silverberg, Angel M Mayor, Michael A Horberg, Edward R Cachay, Joseph K Lim, M John Gill, Kara Chew, Timothy R Sterling, Mark Hull, Eric C Seaberg, Gregory D Kirk, Sally B Coburn, Raynell Lang, Kathleen A McGinnis, Kelly A Gebo, Sonia Napravnik, H Nina Kim, Vincent Lo Re, North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design of IeDEA

“…Periodic evaluation of the HBV care cascade among persons with HIV/HBV will be critical to monitoring success in completion of each step.…”
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Measuring the Complex Construct of Macroergonomic Compatibility: A Manufacturing System Case Study by Arturo Realyvásquez, Aide A. Maldonado-Macías

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Effect of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy on the Incidence of Tuberculosis among Seropositive Children Attending HIV/AIDS Care in Two General Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 by Fassikaw Kebede, Birhanu Kebede, Tsehay Kebede, Melaku Agmasu

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Pronominal gender in references to animals: by Laure Gardelle

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Harnessing Machine Learning and Nomogram Models to Aid in Predicting Progression-Free Survival for Gastric Cancer Patients Post-Gastrectomy with Deficient Mismatch Repair(dMMR) by Yifan Li, JinFeng Ma, Wenhua Cheng

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Perspectives for Reforming Criminal Procedural Legislation Regarding the Regulation of Investigative (Search) Actions Restricting the Inviolability of Housing or Other Personal Pos... by O. V. Salmanov

“…It is emphasized that perspective areas for the development of criminal procedural legislation to regulate investigative (search) actions that restrict the inviolability of housing or other personal possession is to solve the problem of attracting free legal aid for a person who has no procedural status, but investigators continue investigative (search) actions against that person; determination of the procedural status of witnesses who are involved into investigative (search) actions; determination of the mechanism of addressing of the property’s owner with the petition to return the seized property during carrying out investigative (search) actions restricting inviolability of housing or other personal possession. …”
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Pressure Methods for Primary Hemorrhage Control: A Randomized Crossover Trial

“…Conclusión: En este modelo de simulador de sangrado, el personal médico generó una mayor fuerza cuando utilizó una sola pila de gasas y cuando se usaron dos manos para aplicar presión sobre la herida. …”
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Rectal application of a highly osmolar personal lubricant in a macaque model induces acute cytotoxicity but does not increase risk of SHIV infection. by Sundaram A Vishwanathan, Monica R Morris, Richard J Wolitski, Wei Luo, Charles E Rose, Dianna M Blau, Theodros Tsegaye, Sherif R Zaki, David A Garber, Leecresia T Jenkins, Tara C Henning, Dorothy L Patton, R Michael Hendry, Janet M McNicholl, Ellen N Kersh

“…<h4>Background</h4>Personal lubricant use is common during anal intercourse. …”
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Implications of Public Disclosure of Personal Information in a Mobile Alert App for People Living With Dementia Who Go Missing: Qualitative Descriptive Study by Adebusola Adekoya, Christine Daum, Noelannah Neubauer, Antonio Miguel-Cruz, Lili Liu

“…Alert systems such as Community ASAP can promote community engagement in locating missing persons with dementia and aid in search and rescue efforts. …”
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Interweaving Story and Theory by Sona Baldrian

“… Based on organizational autoethnography, this article provides a personal account of how the women’s movement in Armenia has navigated the influx of democratization aid following the 2018 regime change. …”
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Using an app for COVID-19 contact tracing costs less per person traced than manual tracing: microcosting analysis of a randomised trial in Cameroon by Boris Tchounga, Rigveda Kadam, Godfrey Woelk, Rhoderick Machekano, Anne-Cecile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Appolinaire Tiam, Patrice Tchendjou, Leonie Simo, Tatiana Djikeussi, Laura Guay, Olukunle Akinwusi, Khairunisa Suleiman, Paula Akugizibwe, Sushant Mukherjee, Mario Songane, Boris Tchakounte Youngui, Albert Mambo, Georges Bonabe, Emilienne Epee, Philippe Narcisse Tsigaing, Marie Louise Aimée Ndongo, Christelle Mayap Njoukam, Rogacien Kana, Sylvain Zemsi Tenkeu, Adrienne Vanessa Kouatchouang

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