Despite high levels of efficacy, the implementation of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a strategy to prevent new HIV infection has been slow. Studies show that PrEP works so long as it is taken, making adherence one of the great challenges of effective PrEP implementation alongside issues of access and uptake. Given that effective PrEP use requires ongoing self-administration of pills by peop...

Sampling is an important preprocessing algorithm that is used to mine large data efficiently. Although a simple random sample often works fine for reasonable sample size, accuracy falls sharply with reduced sample size. In kdd’03 we proposed ease that outputs a sample based on its ‘closeness’ to the original sample. Reported results show that ease outperforms simple random sampling (srs). In th...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether women with pregestational diabetes obtained long-term benefits from an intensive diabetes management program during pregnancy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Women with pregestational diabetes who had attended an intensive diabetes management program in pregnancy between 1991 and 1999 were interviewed regarding diabetes self-management behaviors and current glycemi...

BACKGROUND Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are a leading cause of maternal and fetal morbidity worldwide. Raised blood pressure (BP) affects 10% of pregnancies worldwide, of which almost half develop pre-eclampsia. The proportion of pregnant women who have risk factors for pre-eclampsia (such as pre-existing hypertension, obesity and advanced maternal age) is increasing. Pre-eclampsia can m...