Employment-related HIV testing - some considerations

Some considerations for ESD testing

A very good test of the general robustness of a digital product is that of electrostatic discharge immunity (ESD), which is also a common test under the essential requirements of the EMC Directive. The test is specified in IEC 61000-4-2, which includes a standardized pulse generator and a procedure for applying the stress to the equipment under test (EUT). Not only is this method referenced in ...

Tarasoff and HIV: some considerations for therapists.

Treatment considerations in painful HIV-related neuropathy.

BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related distal sensory polyneuropathy (DSP) is the most common HIV-associated sensory neuropathy. The envelope glycoprotein of HIV-1, gp 120, appears to contribute to this painful neuropathy. Two standard treatments for HIV infection/HIV-related painful DSP (e.g., antiviral therapy [e.g., nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI)] opioids) ...

Sports Law: Some Introductory Considerations

With the rise of importance of sport as a social phenomenon in recent decades, more public attention has been paid to the issue of the legal nature of the rules governing social relations in sports. The issue raised above are only a part of a much broader topic that involves questions of relations of a classical Westphalian state and changes in the international community as well as issues of t...

South African HIV self-testing policy and guidance considerations

The gap in HIV testing remains significant and new modalities such as HIV self-testing (HIVST) have been recommended to reach key and under-tested populations. In December 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the Guidelines on HIV Self-Testing and Partner Notification: A Supplement to the Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Testing Services (HTS) and urged member countries to develop H...