BACKGROUND Many national antenatal clinics (ANC) based HIV surveillance systems in sub-Saharan Africa have limited coverage of remote rural sites, a weakness that compromises adequate estimation, monitoring and development of effective preventive and care programmes. To address this void in rural Manyara and Singida within Northern Tanzania, we conducted antenatal clinic-based sentinel surveill...

Cement-Bentonite (CB) barriers are expected to become a sustainable and reliable engineering solution. The deformation of CB is interest engineers comprehend, particularly how responds changes in loading during its construction service life. purpose this study was examine samples mixtures behaved consolidation. This investigated: (1) the influence curing time constituent materials on consolidat...

Abstract Poor subgrade soil conditions might cause insufficient pavement support and shorten the life of pavement. The addition chemical or cementation additives to soils can help perform better. Chemical be anything from waste manufactured components like lime coconut shell ash (CSA). These used improve qualities a soils. efficiency these is determined by type treated amount additive used. The...

This study explored the patterns of adjustment to quarantine restrictions imposed during first Covid-19 wave in Greece. The sample comprised 1377 respondents from all geographical districts, mostly women (78.9%), with university degrees (80.7%) and an age range between 18-81. Quarantine Adjustment Questionnaire was designed assess reactions general population lockdown three diverse patterns. em...