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Impact of a mobile phone-based interactive voice response software on tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Uganda (CFL-TB)
Dathan Mirembe Byonanebye, Hope Mackline, Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Agnes N Kiragga, Mohammed Lamorde, Elizabeth Oseku, Rachel King, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi
Nov 09, 2021
BACKGROUND: Throughout the last decade, tuberculosis (TB) treatment success has not surpassed 90%, the global target. The impact of mobile health interventions (MHIs) on TB treatment outcomes is unknown, especially in low- and...
Uptake of hepatitis B-HIV co-infection screening and management in a resource limited setting.
Musomba Rachel, Castelnuovo Barbara, Claire Murphy, Charlene Komujuni, Patience Nyakato, Ponsiano Ocama, Mohammed Lamorde, Philippa Easterbrook, Rosalind Parkes Ratanshi
Jun 27, 2018
Background: WHO hepatitis B guidelines recommend testing all new HIV patients, treating them accordingly
or providing immunization. At the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) following an audit done in 2012, only 46%
patients...
Published by: Hepatology, medicine and policy
Comparison of different cardiovascular risk tools used in HIV patient cohorts in sub-Saharan Africa; do we need to include laboratory tests?
Frank Mubiru, Barbara Castelnuovo, Steven J Reynolds, Agnes Kiragga, Harriet Tibakabikoba, Noela Clara Owarwo, Andrew Kambugu, Mohammed Lamorde, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi
Mar 01, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally, representing 31% of all global deaths. HIV and long term anti-retroviral therapy (ART) are risk factors for development of CVD in populations of...
An observational study in an urban Ugandan clinic comparing virological outcomes of patients switched from first-line antiretroviral regimens to second-line regimens containing ritonavir-boosted atazanavir or ritonavir-boosted lopinavir.
Eva Agnes Odongpiny Laker, Maria Sarah Nabaggala, Arvind Kaimal, Damalie Nalwanga, Barbara Castelnuovo, Abdu Musubire, Agnes Kiragga, Mohammed Lamorde, Rosalind Parkes- Ratanshi
Sep 06, 2019
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organisation approved boosted atazanavir as a preferred second line protease inhibitor in 2010. This is as an alternative to the current boosted lopinavir. Atazanavir has a lower genetic barrier than...
Comparison of different cardiovascular risk tools used in HIV patient cohorts in sub-Saharan Africa; do we need to include laboratory tests?
Frank Mubiru, Barbara Castelnuovo, Steven J. Reynolds, Agnes Kiragga, Harriet Tibakabikoba, Noela Clara Owarwo, Andrew Kambugu, Mohammed Lamorde, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi
Jan 28, 2021
Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally, representing 31% of all global deaths. HIV and long term anti-retroviral therapy (ART) are risk factors for development of CVD in populations of...
Lack of attentional retraining effects in cigarette smokers attempting cessation
Rachna Begh, Marcus R Munafò, Saul Shiffman, Stuart G Ferguson, Linda Nichols, Mohammed A Mohammed, Roger L Holder, Stephen Sutton, Paul Aveyard
Jun 15, 2018
BACKGROUND: Observational studies have shown that attentional bias for smoking-related cues is associated with increased craving and relapse. Laboratory experiments have shown that manipulating attentional bias may change...
Willingness to pay for an mHealth anti-retroviral therapy adherence and information tool
Agnes Bwanika Naggirinya, Eunice L Kyomugisha, Maria S Nabaggala, Benson Nasasira, Josephine Akirana, Elizabeth Oseku, Agnes Kiragga, Barbara Castelnuovo, Rachel L King, Elly Katabira, Dathan M Byonanebye, Mohammed Lamorde, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi
Feb 27, 2022
Influence of ethnicity on acceptability of method of blood pressure monitoring
Sally Wood, Sheila M Greenfield, M Sayeed Haque, Una Martin, Paramjit S Gill, Jonathan Mant, Mohammed A Mohammed, Gurdip Heer, Amanpreet Johal, Ramandeep Kaur, Claire Schwartz, Richard J McManus
May 02, 2018
BACKGROUND: Ambulatory and/or home monitoring are recommended in the UK and the US for the diagnosis of hypertension but little is known about their acceptability. AIM: To determine the acceptability of different methods of...
Blood Pressure Monitoring Ethnicity Hypertension patient satisfaction PRIMARY CARE Ambulatory Care Facilities Antihypertensive Agents blood pressure Blood Pressure Monitoring Ambulatory Cross-Sectional Studies England Ethnicity Female Focus Groups Humans Hypertension Male Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care Patient Care Management Primary Health Care
Measurement of blood pressure for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in different ethnic groups
Paramjit Gill, M Sayeed Haque, Una Martin, Jonathan Mant, Mohammed A Mohammed, Gurdip Heer, Amanpreet Johal, Ramandeep Kaur, Claire Schwartz, Sally Wood, Sheila M Greenfield, Richard J McManus
Feb 09, 2017
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and prevalence varies by ethnic group. The diagnosis and management of blood pressure are informed by guidelines largely based on data from white...
Ethnicity and differences between clinic and ambulatory blood pressure measurements.
Una Martin, M Sayeed Haque, Sally Wood, Sheila M Greenfield, Paramjit S Gill, Jonathan Mant, Mohammed A Mohammed, Gurdip Heer, Amanpreet Johal, Ramendeep Kaur, Claire Schwartz, Richard J McManus
Mar 18, 2015
ambulatory blood pressure monitoring blood pressure Blood Pressure Determination ethnic group Hypertension systolic pressure white coat hypertension. Adult Aged Ambulatory Care Facilities Antihypertensive Agents blood pressure Blood Pressure Monitoring Ambulatory Ethnicity Female Humans Hypertension Male Middle Aged Patient Care Management Practice Patterns Physicians' United Kingdom
Dissecting the Contribution of the Carboxyl-Terminal Domain and Tail of HIV-1 Integrase to Viral Dynamics and Enzymatic Function
Kevin Dominic Mohammed
Jan 01, 0001
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1) is the causative agent of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Combination antiviral therapy has proven to be particularly effective at suppressing viral replication...
HIV-1 HAART antiviral drug therapy IN (antiviral drugs) viral integrase carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) Life Sciences
Published by: Rockefeller University
Applying Machine Learning and Model-Driven Approach for the Identification and Diagnosis Of Covid-19
Ubiquitous environments are not fixed in time. Entities are constantly evolving; they are dynamic. Ubiquitous applications therefore have a strong need to adapt during their execution and react to the context changes, and...
Grid & High Performance Computing Computer Science and Information Technology High Performance Computing
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
An Efficient Method for Biomedical Word Sense Disambiguation Based on Web-Kernel Similarity
Searching for the best sense for a polysemous word remains one of the greatest challenges in the representation of biomedical text. To this end, Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD) algorithms mostly rely on an External Source of...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Fabrication of nanoscale Bi Hall sensors by lift-off techniques for applications in scanning probe microscopy
Bismuth Hall effect sensors with active sizes in the range of 0.1-2 μm have been fabricated by electron beam lithography and lift-off techniques for applications in scanning Hall probe microscopy. The Hall coefficients, offset...
Tax competition between developed, emerging, and developing countries – Same same but different?
This paper analyzes tax competition between countries, which differ in their country-specific risks. We show that the outcome of asymmetric tax competition crucially depends on the ability of multinational firms to shift...
The Gift of Drugs
Mohammed Hamdan
Dec 14, 2022
This article argues that Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater subverts the colonial representation of foreign places by providing a counter geographical narrative of English imperialism. De Quincey’s...
decolonial studies; Literature; Cultural Studies De Quincey; Confessions; space; arabesque; imperial; opium Romantic Literary Studies
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Learning architecture for the recognition of walking and prediction of gait period using wearable sensors
This work presents a novel learning architecture for the recognition and prediction of walking activity and gait period, respectively, using wearable sensors. This approach is composed of a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), a...
The Gift of Drugs
Mohammed Hamdan
Dec 14, 2022
This article argues that Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater subverts the colonial representation of foreign places by providing a counter geographical narrative of English imperialism. De Quincey’s...
decolonial studies literature Cultural Studies De Quincey Confessions space arabesque imperial opium Romantic Literary Studies
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Long Free-Standing Polymer Waveguides Fabricated Between Single-Mode Optical Fiber Cores
Polymer waveguides with different lengths have been
fabricated between two singlemode fibers by using a new approach
of self-writing using single photon polymerization via a xenon lamp
instead of a monochromatic...
fabricated between two singlemode fibers by using a new approach
of self-writing using single photon polymerization via a xenon lamp
instead of a monochromatic...
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