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Charcoal, livelihoods, and poverty reduction: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

interventions

Richardson RB, Zulu LC.
GSID: l-xLzUvakxAJ
LC Zulu, RB Richardson - Energy for Sustainable Development, 2013 - Elsevier

More than 80% of urban households in sub-Saharan Africa use charcoal as their main source of cooking energy, and the demand is likely to increase for several decades …

Performance Characteristics of Kidney Injury Molecule-1 In Relation to Creatinine, Urea, and Microalbuminuria in the Diagnosis of Kidney Disease.

International journal of applied & basic medical research

Sinkala M, Zulu M, Kaile T, Simakando M, Chileshe C, Kafita D, Nkhoma P.
PMID: 28584738
Int J Appl Basic Med Res. 2017 Apr-Jun;7(2):94-99. doi: 10.4103/2229-516X.205811.

CONTEXT: The diagnosis and evaluation of impaired renal function remains a challenge owing to lack of reliable biomarker for assessment of kidney function. The existing panel of biomarkers currently displays several limitations, and recently kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) has...

Two echinocandin-resistant Candida glabrata FKS mutants from South Africa.

Medical mycology case reports

Naicker SD, Magobo RE, Zulu TG, Maphanga TG, Luthuli N, Lowman W, Govender NP.
PMID: 27069849
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2016 Mar 21;11:24-6. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.03.004. eCollection 2016 Mar.

Echinocandins are recommended as first-line agents to treat invasive infections caused by Candida glabrata since this organism is inherently less susceptible to azoles. However, resistance to echinocandins has been described in C. glabrata due to amino acid changes in...

Identifying HIV most-at-risk groups in Malawi for targeted interventions. A classification tree model.

BMJ open

Emina JB, Madise N, Kuepie M, Zulu EM, Ye Y.
PMID: 23793677
BMJ Open. 2013 May 28;3(5). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002459.

OBJECTIVES: To identify HIV-socioeconomic predictors as well as the most-at-risk groups of women in Malawi.DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey.SETTING: MalawiPARTICIPANTS: The study used a sample of 6395 women aged 15-49 years from the 2010 Malawi Health and Demographic Surveys.INTERVENTIONS N/A...

Engaging media in communicating research on sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa: experiences and lessons learned.

Health research policy and systems

Oronje RN, Undie CC, Zulu EM, Crichton J.
PMID: 21679388
Health Res Policy Syst. 2011 Jun 16;9:S7. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-9-S1-S7.

BACKGROUND: The mass media have excellent potential to promote good sexual and reproductive health outcomes, but around the world, media often fail to prioritize sexual and reproductive health and rights issues or report them in an accurate manner. In...

Acne in South African black adults: A retrospective study in the private sector.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Zulu TP, Mosam A, Balakrishna Y, Dlova NC.
PMID: 29262965
S Afr Med J. 2017 Nov 27;107(12):1106-1109. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i12.12419.

BACKGROUND: Acne vulgaris is the most common skin disorder affecting teenagers and young adults, and is becoming increasingly common in middle-aged women. It affects all skin types and ethnic groups, but dark-skinned individuals are burdened by post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH)...

Association of dental and skeletal fluorosis with calcium intake and serum vitamin D concentration in adolescents from a region endemic for fluorosis.

Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism

Patel PP, Patel PA, Zulf MM, Yagnik B, Kajale N, Mandlik R, Khadilkar V, Chiplonkar SA, Phanse S, Patwardhan V, Joshi P, Patel A, Khadilkar AV.
PMID: 28217521
Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Jan-Feb;21(1):190-195. doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.196013.

CONTEXT: Fluorosis is controlled by the duration of fluoride exposure and calcium and Vitamin D nutrition status.AIM: To examine (a) prevalence of dental and skeletal fluorosis in adolescents from upper, middle, and lower socioeconomic strata (SES) and (b) association...

Randomized Control Trial Assessing Impact of Increased Sunlight Exposure versus Vitamin D Supplementation on Lipid Profile in Indian Vitamin D Deficient Men.

Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism

Patwardhan VG, Mughal ZM, Padidela R, Chiplonkar SA, Khadilkar VV, Khadilkar AV.
PMID: 28553593
Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2017 May-Jun;21(3):393-398. doi: 10.4103/ijem.IJEM_9_17.

BACKGROUND: Despite abundance of sunshine in India, Vitamin D deficiency is common and therefore there is an increasing trend toward taking Vitamin D supplements either as prescription medicine or as a nutritional supplement. Studies have suggested that duration of...

Kidney international reports

Ekulu PM, Nkoy AB, Betukumesu DK, Aloni MN, Makulo JRR, Sumaili EK, Mafuta EM, Elmonem MA, Arcolino FO, Kitetele FN, Lepira FB, van den Heuvel LP, Levtchenko EN.
PMID: 31317115
Kidney Int Rep. 2019 Apr 11;4(7):930-938. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2019.04.002. eCollection 2019 Jul.

CONCLUSION: The

Care Continuum and Postdischarge Outcomes Among HIV-Infected Adults Admitted to the Hospital in Zambia.

Open forum infectious diseases

Haachambwa L, Kandiwo N, Zulu PM, Rutagwera D, Geng E, Holmes CB, Sinkala E, Claassen CW, Mugavero MJ, Wa Mwanza M, Turan JM, Vinikoor MJ.
PMID: 31660330
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 16;6(10):ofz336. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz336. eCollection 2019 Oct.

BACKGROUND: We characterized the extent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) experience and postdischarge mortality among hospitalized HIV-infected adults in Zambia.METHODS: At a central hospital with an opt-out HIV testing program, we enrolled HIV-infected adults (18+ years) admitted to internal medicine...

Adapting Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) to Assess Clinical Semantic Textual Similarity: Algorithm Development and Validation Study.

JMIR medical informatics

Kades K, Sellner J, Koehler G, Full PM, Lai TYE, Kleesiek J, Maier-Hein KH.
PMID: 33533728
JMIR Med Inform. 2021 Feb 03;9(2):e22795. doi: 10.2196/22795.

BACKGROUND: Natural Language Understanding enables automatic extraction of relevant information from clinical text data, which are acquired every day in hospitals. In 2018, the language model Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) was introduced, generating new state-of-the-art results on...

SARS-CoV-2 Acquisition and Immune Pathogenesis Among School-Aged Learners in Four Diverse Schools.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Cooper DM, Zulu MZ, Jankeel A, Ibraim IC, Ardo J, Kasper K, Stephens D, Meyer A, Stehli A, Condon C, Londoño ME, Schreiber CM, Lopez NV, Camplain RL, Weiss M, Golden C, Aizik S, Boden-Albala B, Chau C, Messaoudi I, Ulloa ER.
PMID: 33791712
medRxiv. 2021 Jun 16; doi: 10.1101/2021.03.20.21254035.

BACKGROUND: Understanding SARS-CoV-2 infection in children is necessary to reopen schools safely.METHODS: We measured SARS-CoV-2 infection in 320 learners [10.5 ± 2.1(sd); 7-17 y.o.] at four diverse schools with either remote or on-site learning. Schools A and B served...

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