The growing incidence and transmission of drug resistant HIV-1 strains due to widespread use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) can jeopardize the success of first-line ART. While there is a known moderate prevalence of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) among newly infected Iranians, no data exist about the rate of these primary resistance mutations among the ART-naïve, chronically infected indivi...

The visceral larva migrans (VLM) is a syndrome observed in human infection with helminth larval eggs such as the Toxocara spp. that usually infects dogs and cats. Among the risk factors involved in the occurrence of VLM, particularly important is the size of these animal populations. Sorocaba is a city with a dog population twice as large as that recommended by the World Health Organization. Th...

Objective: Non-adherence to medication regimens is a major obstacle to the success of medical therapy. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors affecting medication adherence among the homeless population in downtown

ABSTRACT Radiocarbon ( 14 C) in natural samples undergoes changes due to variations atmospheric CO 2 resulting from anthropogenic activities. To analyze the variation of C ratio , deciduous tree leaves were collected Gyeongju, a popular tourist city South Korea. Leaf Prunus subg. Cerasus trees at five different sampling points throughout over 3 years (2018, 2020, and 2021). The data categorized...

The Parking Services program for the City of Eugene currently hires DePaul security guards to patrol downtown Eugene parking facilities in order to record incidents and deter criminal activity. This paper conducts analysis to determine the existence of a deterrent effect from increased security presence, in addition to assessing the efficacy and efficiency of Parking Servicesʼ security guard al...

Policy exploration for downtown revitalization gets becoming important in also Japan. This article deals with a modeling and simulation project of downtown visitors' shop-around behavior using an intelligent agent approach, by mainly devising and implementing planning (dynamic scheduling/ rescheduling), learning and adaptation functions. In this article, first, we explain the architecture of AS...

Planning policies in several European countries have aimed at hindering the expansion of out-of-town shopping centers. One argument for this is concern for the increase in transport and a resulting increase in environmental externalities such as CO2-emissions. This concern is weakly founded in science as few studies have attempted to measure CO2-emissions of shopping trips as a function of the ...