Abdallah, Iddrisu Carree, Tamara Dakutis, Peter Shu, Fengjue Oraka, Emeka
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Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
Government-funded assistance program enrollment may play an important role in the overall increase of HIV testing among low-income U.S. adults. We pooled data from the 2016-2018 National Health Interview Survey and limited analyses to respondents aged 18 to 64 years with incomes less than 100% of the U.S. poverty threshold (N = 9,497). The outcome ...
Clarke, Eleanor Horner, Paddy J Muir, Peter Turner, Katy M E Harding-Esch, Emma Michele
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Sexually transmitted infections
Online testing for STIs may help overcome barriers of traditional face-to-face testing, such as stigma and inconvenience. However, regulation of these online tests is lacking, and the quality of services is variable, with potential short-term and long-term personal, clinical and public health implications. This study aimed to evaluate online self-t...
Padaršič, Maja
Arnet, Ursina Ammann, Fabian Perret, Claudio
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Frontiers in Psychology
Standardized laboratory exercise testing is common in sport settings and rehabilitation. The advantages of laboratory-based compared to field testing include the use of calibrated equipment and the possibility of keeping environmental conditions within narrow limits, making test results highly comparable and reproducible. However, when using differ...
de Oliveira, Felipe A. Shahin, Mohamed H. Gong, Yan McDonough, Caitrin W. Beitelshees, Amber L. Gums, John G. Chapman, Arlene B. Boerwinkle, Eric Turner, Stephen T. Frye, Reginald F.
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Metabolomics
IntroductionWhile atenolol is an effective antihypertensive agent, its use is also associated with adverse events including hyperglycemia and incident diabetes that may offset the benefits of blood pressure lowering. By combining metabolomic and genomic data acquired from hypertensive individuals treated with atenolol, it may be possible to better ...
Cheng, Liangliang Van Paepegem, Wim Kersemans, Mathias
Assessing the structural quality of metallic turbine blades is a challenging task due to their complex geometry and wide range of possible defect features. Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT) is an effective quality assessment tool that uses a broadband sinusoidal swept input to excite the resonant modes of the component and employs a supe...
Nkwonta, Chigozie A Harrison, Sayward E
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Journal of American college health : J of ACH
Objective: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a critical public health challenge and disproportionately affects young adults, racial minorities, and residents of the Southern United States. This study aimed to investigate HIV knowledge, risk perception, and testing behaviors among a sample of college students in South Carolina (SC). Partici...
Camelo, Rodrigo Hernández, Luis M. Ríos, Gonzalo Jauregui, Rosa Cardoso, Juan A.
Valenzuela, Pedro L Alejo, Lidia B Ozcoidi, Laureano M Lucia, Alejandro Santalla, Alfredo Barranco-Gil, David
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International journal of sports physiology and performance
To assess durability in professional cyclists, as well as potential associated indicators. Twelve male professional cyclists participated in the study (age: 26 [5] y, VO2max: 83.0 [3.6] mL·kg-1·min-1). They performed a 20-minute time trial (TT) on 2 different sessions separated by a 48-hour period: (1) with no previous fatigue (TTFresh) and (2) imm...
Morris, Jean Schofield, Joshua Bull, Chris Knott, Andy Farrow-Dunn, Frederick Proctor, Paul Shore, Paul
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Measurement Science and Technology
During the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic a major concern was the shortage of ventilators. Engineering initiatives were started to mitigate this concern. This article details the response at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to this potential shortage. The technologies and product development behind NPL’s PocketVent ventilator, by a t...
