OBJECTIVE Tenofovir (TDF) affects bone health and is widely used in pregnancy but data are limited on the effects of TDF exposure in utero. We examined the association between duration of in-utero TDF exposure and linear growth in HIV-exposed, uninfected (HEU) infants. DESIGN A prospective cohort of pregnant women initiating TDF-containing regimens at primary care services in Cape Town, South...

Inductive learning systems search for regularities that therefore be applied with some assurance to an example describe environmental observations, These systems often use which does not belong to the learning set. In other numeri~~l heu~stics to guide this search, The~ also sele~t words, statistical significance may be used to assess regulantles which are good, or the best, according to certai...

SRTC evaluated the feasibility of using the H Canyon on-line diode array spectrophotometer to measure uranium concentrations in Tank 16.7. On-line measurements will allow an increase in highly enriched uranium (HEU) production by removing delays associated with off-line measurements. The instrument must be able to measure uranium at concentrations below 1.0 g/L with an uncertainty no greater th...

Fusarium graminearum is one of the most important causes of wheat scab in different parts of the world. This fungus is able to produce widespread trichothecene mycotoxins such as nivalenol (NIV) and deoxynivalenol (DON) which are harmful for both human and animals. The Fg16 target is located in chromosome 1 of the F. graminearum genome coding for a hypothetical protein whose function is not yet...

Formamides represent an important class of intermediates in various organic syntheses. They have been used in the synthesis of some pharmaceutically important compounds such as Fluoroquinolones [1], 1, 2 dihydro quinolones [2] and Nitrogen based heterocyclic compounds [3]. In Lewis bases, its main importance is to catalyze some important reactions such as allylation [4] and hydrosilyation of ca...

Programs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV have reduced the transmission rate of perinatal HIV infection and have thereby increased the number of HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infants. Natural immunity to HIV-1 infection in both mothers and newborns needs to be further explored. In this study, we compared the expression of antiviral restricting factors in HIV-infected pre...

Synthetic exchanged zeolites have proved to be active catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) NO x by hydrocarbons as reductors in the presence of O 2. The abundance and potentiality of argentine zeolite mineral resources encouraged us to analyze the possibitity of taking advantage of these minerals as starting materials for catalyts preparation. In this sense, clinoptilolite-rich...

BACKGROUND Due to aging and unexpected prolonged shutdown of nuclear reactors producing ⁹⁹Mo for ⁹⁹Mo/ 99mTc generators it was necessary to explore the alternative methods of technetium-99m production. The first choice were the accelerators. Three years ago IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) initiated the Coordinated Research Project "Accelerator-based Alternatives to Non-HEU production ...

1 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2 Faculty of Health Sciences, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 3 Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Un...