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Effectiveness of advertising availability of prenatal ultrasound on uptake of antenatal care in rural Uganda: A cluster randomized trial
In rural Uganda pregnant women often lack access to health services, do not attend antenatal care, and tend to utilize …
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Mental ill health in structural pathways to women’s experiences of intimate partner violence
BACKGROUND: Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and binge drinking are among mental health effects of child abuse and intimate partner …
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Mobile health treatment support intervention for HIV and tuberculosis in Mozambique: Perspectives of patients and healthcare workers
BACKGROUND: Studies have been conducted in developing countries using SMS to communicate with patients to reduce the number of missed …
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Pressure flaking to serrate bifacial points for the hunt during the MIS5 at Sibudu Cave (South Africa)
Projectile technology is considered to appear early in the southern African Middle Stone Age (MSA) and the rich and high …
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Melatonin protects rats from radiotherapy-induced small intestine toxicity
Radiotherapy-induced gut toxicity is among the most prevalent dose-limiting toxicities following radiotherapy. Prevention of radiation enteropathy requires protection of the …
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Nutrition education improves dietary diversity of children 6-23 months at community-level: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Malawi
BACKGROUND: Low dietary quality and quantity and inappropriate feeding practices can cause undernutrition. Poor nutritional status in early childhood is …
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Prevalence and associated factors of tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus comorbidity: A systematic review
INTRODUCTION: The dual burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) has become a major global public health concern. There …
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Modelling optimal allocation of resources in the context of an incurable disease
Nodding syndrome has affected and led to the deaths of children between the ages of 5 and 15 in Northern …
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Comparison of harmonic blade versus traditional approach in canine patients undergoing spinal decompressive surgery for naturally occurring thoracolumbar disk extrusion
OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility of the harmonic Osteovue blade (HOB) for use in the soft tissue approach for dogs undergoing …
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A flexible method to model HIV serodiscordance among couples in Mozambique
Whereas the number of people newly infected by HIV is continuing to decline globally, the epidemic continues to expand in …
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A measurement model for real estate bubble size based on the panel data analysis: An empirical case study
Employing the fundamental value of real estate determined by the economic fundamentals, a measurement model for real estate bubble size …
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Green tea proanthocyanidins cause impairment of hormone-regulated larval development and reproductive fitness via repression of juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase, insulin-like peptide and cytochrome P450 genes in Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto
Successful optimization of plant-derived compounds into control of nuisance insects would benefit from scientifically validated targets. However, the close association …
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Detecting congenital malformations - Lessons learned from the Mpepu study, Botswana
INTRODUCTION: A large and increasing number of HIV-infected women are conceiving on antiretroviral treatment (ART). While most antiretrovirals are considered …
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“Waiting for DAAs”: A retrospective chart review of patients with untreated hepatitis C in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Access to treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in sub-Saharan Africa is extremely limited. With the advent of direct …
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Passive hypothermia (≥35 - <36°C) during transport of newborns with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
BACKGROUND: Hypothermia initiated in the first six hours of life in term infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy reduces the risk …
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Helios expression and Foxp3 TSDR methylation of IFNy+ and IFNy- Treg from kidney transplant recipients with good long-term graft function
BACKGROUND: There is circumstantial evidence that IFNy+ Treg might have clinical relevance in transplantation. IFNy+ Treg express IFNy receptors and …
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Pleistocene refugia and genetic diversity patterns in West Africa: Insights from the liana Chasmanthera dependens (Menispermaceae)
Processes shaping the African Guineo-Congolian rain forest, especially in the West African part, are not well understood. Recent molecular studies, …
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Bayesian generalized linear mixed modeling of Tuberculosis using informative priors
TB is rated as one of the world's deadliest diseases and South Africa ranks 9th out of the 22 countries …
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The impact of an intervention to introduce malaria rapid diagnostic tests on fever case management in a high transmission setting in Uganda: A mixed-methods cluster-randomized trial (PRIME)
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria (mRDTs) have been scaled-up widely across Africa. The PRIME study evaluated an intervention aiming …
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Phylogeographic patterning among two codistributed shrimp species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) reveals high levels of connectivity across biogeographic regions along the South African coast
We compare the genetic structuring and demographic history of two sympatric caridean shrimp species with distinct life history traits, one …