Diagnostic accuracy and acceptability of rapid HIV oral testing among adults attending an urban public health facility in Kampala, Uganda.

The prevalence of HIV in Uganda is 7.3%, and yet nearly 40% of people living with HIV are unaware Reed Switch of their status.The current HIV testing policy which is strictly blood-based poses several challenges including: a need for high level laboratory skills, stringent waste disposal needs, and painful sample collection.It is envisaged that int

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Respectful Maternity Care in South Asia: What Does the Evidence Say? Experiences of Care and Neglect, Associated Vulnerabilities and Social Complexities

Sabitra Kaphle,1 Geraldine Vaughan,2 Madhusudan Subedi3 1Central Queensland University, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia; 2Central Queensland University, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia; 3School of Public Health, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu,

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Mobile Phones as Sources of Electromagnetic Interference

The paper deals with a problem of interference Jacket as a result of the mobile phone coupling into the cabling of a complexsystem.The phenomenon has been simplified to a problem of near field coupling between a radiating antenna and a wire placed near a metal plate in an open area.Numerical simulations based on Methods of Moments have been perform

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Total SciComm: A Strategy for Communicating Open Science

This paper seeks to introduce a strategy of science communication: Total SciComm LISS UNLIMITED CONDITIONER or all-out science communication.We proposed that to maximize the outreach and impact, scientists should use different media to communicate different aspects of science, from core ideas to methods.The paper uses an example of a debate surroun

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Physical, mechanical properties and microstructure of concretes made with natural and crushed aggregates: Application in building construction

This paper discusses an experimental work on concrete made from river and crushed sands such as quartzite, granite, gneiss, marble, dolomite, basalt and limestone with an emphasis on physical, mechanical, and microstructural properties of fresh and hardened concrete.This paper is completed by the formulation of three types of concrete with a consta

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