OBJECTIVE To develop and evaluate instructional and packaging materials for patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT). METHODS 64 patients participated from an urban US sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic. The research comprised three phases: individual interviews to elicit attitudes and beliefs regarding PDPT and to assess the understanding of key STI-related concepts and terminology;...

In this study, a new and convenient one step approach is described for synthesizing shape controlled PdPt bimetallic nanoparticles. It is found that the resultant morphologies of these PdPt nanoparticles can be well controlled by simply altering the participation of different halide ions that serve as shape controlling agents in the reaction solution. The dendritic core-shell PdPt bimetallic na...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to measure frequency and predictors of patient-delivered partner treatment (PDPT) and the frequency of other partner management strategies among New York City healthcare providers (HCPs) as well as to determine whether use of PDPT detracts from other partner management strategies. STUDY DESIGN The authors conducted a cross-sectional survey of New Y...

BACKGROUND Patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT) has been evaluated in randomized trials. No analysis has examined the impact of PDPT once implemented programmatically. METHODS We examined the association between receiving PDPT and Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae reinfection within 1 year in patients diagnosed at San Francisco City Clinic between October 31, 2005 and March ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine whether postal testing kits (PTKs) or patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT) for partners of women with Chlamydia trachomatis reduce re-infection rates in women, compared with partner notification by patient referral. METHODS Three hundred and thirty women testing positive for chlamydia, at clinics for genitourinary medicine, family planning...

Heterodinuclear complexes, syn-[MPt(μ-pyt)2(bpy)2](n+) (syn-[MPt], M = Pd(2+), Au(3+), Hpyt = pyridine-2-thiol, bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine), were synthesized as a selective geometrical isomer by stepwise complexation. X-ray analyses of the hexafluorophosphate salts of these complexes proved their dinuclear structures with short M···Pt distances (2.9084(4) Å for syn-[PdPt] and 2.9071(4) Å for syn-[Au...

In the centrosymmetric binuclear title complex, [Cu₂(C₆H₈O₄)₂(C₂₀H₁₄N₄)₂(H₂O)₂] or [Cu₂(PDPT)₂(C₆H₈O₄)₂(H₂O)₂] (PDPT = 3-(2-pyrid-yl)-5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazine, the Cu atom displays a distorted square-pyramidal coordination environment with the basal plane occupied by two PDPT N atoms and two O atoms from different adipate dianions while a water mol-ecule is located at the apical position. Of...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a partner notification program for gonorrhea and chlamydial infection that involves communitywide access to free patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT) and use of case-report forms to triage patients to receive partner notification assistance. METHODS We evaluated program components in randomly selected cases and compared outcomes before and after program institution. ...

Paper describes a concept of User Adaptive System (UAS) as well as Predictive Data Push Technology (PDPT) Framework and Biotelemetrical Monitoring System (BMS) as two joined parts of complex UAS framework. Main focus is in contribution of UAS to user or patient and his life quality. A Position Oriented Database on a server and mobile devices is described as important part of whole UAS, because ...