OBJECTIVES To investigate the barriers to highly active antiretrovial therapy (HAART) adherence among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adolescents and to explore the association of barriers and nonadherence. DESIGN Structured interviews were conducted to determine the barriers associated with adherence; principal component factor analysis was performed on scores of the 19 barrier v...

the study of interactions of jet into cross flow at different longitudinal and transverse angles ofjet was studied. the following components were designed and constructed: a low velocity windtunnel to produce the uniform flow, a flat plate with a traverse injection system to simulate the jetinjection, and a spatial rake to measure the total pressure. the tests were carried out atlongitudinal (α...

BACKGROUND Although essentially disappeared from the industrialized world, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is still prevalent in developing countries, with 300,000 new cases identified each year. In Aswan, Egypt, RHD affects about 2.3% of children with over 90% of the cases being subclinical. Secondary prophylaxis has proved to be an effective method of preventing the progression of RHD. However,...

BACKGROUND Several barriers to insulin therapy are encountered by both the providers and the patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. These barriers include the fear of the needles i.e. number of injections as well as number of times of self blood glucose monitoring, fear of hypoglycemia and weight gain as well as the convenience, compliance and the cost. However, most of these patients are like...

Deaths due to prescription and illicit opioid overdose have been rising at an alarming rate, particularly in the USA. Although naloxone injection is a safe and effective treatment for opioid overdose, it is frequently unavailable in a timely manner due to legal and practical restrictions on its use by laypeople. As a result, an effort spanning decades has resulted in the development of strategi...

BACKGROUND In Africa, an estimated 300-500 million cases of malaria occur each year resulting in approximately 1 million deaths. More than 90% of these are in children under 5 years of age. To identify commonly held beliefs about malaria that might present barriers to its successful treatment and prevention, we conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies examining beliefs and practices...

AbstractGene therapy is a therapeutic approach to deliver genetic material into cells to alter their function in entire organism. One promising form of gene delivery system (DDS) is liposomes. The success of liposome-mediated gene delivery is a multifactorial issue and well-designed liposomal systems might lead to optimized gene transfection particularly in vivo. Liposomal gene delivery systems...

AbstractGene therapy is a therapeutic approach to deliver genetic material into cells to alter their function in entire organism. One promising form of gene delivery system (DDS) is liposomes. The success of liposome-mediated gene delivery is a multifactorial issue and well-designed liposomal systems might lead to optimized gene transfection particularly in vivo. Liposomal gene delivery systems...

Polluted aquifers can be decontaminated using either ZVI (zero valent iron) permeable reactive barriers (PRB) or injected ZVI. The placement of within the aquifer may take several decades to remediate contaminant plume. Remediation is further complicated by acting as an adsorbent remove some pollutants, while for other it acts a remediation catalyst. This study investigates alternative decontam...

Abstract Ferromagnetic Co 2 -Heusler compounds showing high spin polarization have been utilized as injectors and detectors for III–V Group-IV semiconductors. In this article, we first describe the progress in crystal growth of films on GaAs(001) Ge(111) by low-temperature molecular beam epitaxy. Next, some examples electrical injection from contacts into GaAs Ge through Schottky-tunnel barrier...