CD4 surveillance in Scotland: perspectives on severe HIV-related immunodeficiency (Publications)
was higher in women (by 2.1; SE, 0.5), in injecting drug users (IDU; by 1.8; SE, 0.5) and in younger patients (by 1.5 per 10 years; SE, 0.2), but reduced by 1.5 (SE, 0.1) per calendar year of recruitment [...] 1989-1991 (log(e)[relative risk (RR)], -0.46; SE, 0.22). Similarly, year effects were evident on progression from CD500 to CD200/AIDS [log(e)(RR), -0.55; SE, 0.17) for CD500 cases diagnosed in 1989, and [...] first CD4 count have increased in recent times [log(e)(odds per calendar year of...
Current allergic asthma and rhinitis: diagnostic efficiency of three commonly used atopic markers (IgE, skin prick tests, and Phadiatop). Results from... (Publications)
4% respectively; P < 0.01 and < 0.001) and IgE (72.5% vs 56.9%, 77.1% vs 43.9%, respectively; both P < 0.001). The sensitivity of SPT was significantly higher (68.4% vs 43.9% P < 0.001) than that of IgE [...] 8% vs 71.9% and 85.9% vs 80.5%, respectively; both P < 0.001): when CAR was excluded, SPT was significantly higher than IgE (85.9 vs 81.4%; P < 0.001). SPT had significantly the best positive predictive [...] (5.2% for SPT vs 4.6% for both IgE and Phadiatop; both P < 0.001) and CAR (48.7%...
Comparative study of free-roaming domestic dog management and roaming behavior across four countries: Chad, Guatemala, Indonesia, and Uganda (Publications)
of the core home range size was 0.30 ha (95% range: 0.17-0.92 ha) in Chad, 0.33 ha (0.17-1.1 ha) in Guatemala, 0.30 ha (0.20-0.61 ha) in Indonesia, and 0.25 ha (0.15-0.72 ha) in Uganda. The median of the
CD4 surveillance in Scotland: perspectives on severe HIV-related immunodeficiency (Publications)
was higher in women (by 2.1; SE, 0.5), in injecting drug users (IDU; by 1.8; SE, 0.5) and in younger patients (by 1.5 per 10 years; SE, 0.2), but reduced by 1.5 (SE, 0.1) per calendar year of recruitment [...] 1989-1991 (log(e)[relative risk (RR)], -0.46; SE, 0.22). Similarly, year effects were evident on progression from CD500 to CD200/AIDS [log(e)(RR), -0.55; SE, 0.17) for CD500 cases diagnosed in 1989, and [...] first CD4 count have increased in recent times [log(e)(odds per calendar year of...
Current allergic asthma and rhinitis: diagnostic efficiency of three commonly used atopic markers (IgE, skin prick tests, and Phadiatop). Results from... (Publications)
4% respectively; P < 0.01 and < 0.001) and IgE (72.5% vs 56.9%, 77.1% vs 43.9%, respectively; both P < 0.001). The sensitivity of SPT was significantly higher (68.4% vs 43.9% P < 0.001) than that of IgE [...] 8% vs 71.9% and 85.9% vs 80.5%, respectively; both P < 0.001): when CAR was excluded, SPT was significantly higher than IgE (85.9 vs 81.4%; P < 0.001). SPT had significantly the best positive predictive [...] (5.2% for SPT vs 4.6% for both IgE and Phadiatop; both P < 0.001) and CAR (48.7%...
Barriers to family planning use in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: an application of the theory of planned behaviour using a... (Publications)
associated with intention to use FP (beta=0.367; p=0.008). Being married was positively and marginally significantly associated with intention to use FP (beta=0.524: p=0.050). Subjective norms were negatively [...] significantly associated with intention to use FP (beta=-0.572; p=0.003) while perceived control was positively associated with intention to use FP (beta=0.578; p
The importance of the treatment rationale for pain in animal-assisted interventions: a randomized controlled trial in healthy participants (Publications)
the limit of their tolerance compared to participants in the NT condition (estimate = -0.44, CI = -0.89 to 0.02, p = 0.060). This study indicates that a dog has analgesic effects on pain perception when [...] the limit of their tolerance compared to participants in the NT condition (estimate = -0.96, CI = -1.58 to 0.34, p = 0.010). Participants in the DT condition also showed lower ratings of pain intensity at
Glyphosate and AMPA in human urine of HBM4EU-aligned studies: part B adults (Publications)
reported quantification limits (LOQs) (0.05-0.1 microg/L). The 95th percentiles (P95) ranged between 0.24 and 0.37 microg/L urine for Gly and between 0.21 and 0.38 microg/L for AMPA. Lower values were [...] in adults did not lead to exceedances of the ADI (proposed acceptable daily intake of EFSA for Gly 0.1 mg/kg bw/day based on histopathological findings in the salivary gland of rats) indicating no human
Systematic validation of land use regression medels for NO2 (Publications)
decreased from 0.87 to 0.82 and 0.83 to 0.79, respectively, with an increasing number of training sites. In contrast, the mean HV R(2) was lowest (0.60) with the smallest training sets and increased to 0.74 with [...] as few as 24 training sites, however, achieved acceptable hold out validation R(2)s of, on average, 0.60.
Pacing pattern and speed skating performance in competitive long-distance events (Publications)
laps (p < 0.001) with laps 2-7 not different from each other but faster than laps 19-24 (p < 0.05), which also did not differ from each other. Top-ranked compared with bottom-ranked skaters (p < 0.001) and [...] in each instance for women's 3,000 m (p < 0.001). For the 5,000 m races, laps 5-12 in women and laps 8-12 in men were slower compared with previous laps (p < 0.001, for both sexes). For men's 10,000 m, [...] and male compared with female skaters (p < 0.001) were significantly...
