Background: To determine if postal testing kits (PTK) and patient delivered partner therapy (PDPT) for managing sexual partners of women with Chlamydia tracho-matis, reduce re-infection rates in women, compared to partner notification by patient referral. Materials and Methods: Three hundred and thirty women testing positive for chlamydia, at clinics for genitourinary medicine, family planning ...

There are currently no initial guides for the diagnosis of somatic referred pain of lumbar zygapophyseal joint (LZJ) or sacroiliac joint (SIJ). We developed a classification system of LZJ and SIJ pain, the ''pain distribution pattern template (PDPT)'' depending on the pain distribution patterns from a pool of 200 patients whose spinal pain source was confirmed. We prospectively applied the PDPT...

BACKGROUND Genital chlamydia is the most commonly notified sexually transmissible infection (STI) in Australia and worldwide and can have serious reproductive health outcomes. Partner notification, testing and treatment are important facets of chlamydia control. Traditional methods of partner notification are not reaching enough partners to effectively control transmission of chlamydia. Patient...

We present a case of parafibromin deficient (HPT-JT type, CDC73-mutated) parathyroid tumour (PDPT) occurring in 16-year-old girl. PDPT was recently proposed as distinct class neoplasms that show deficiency without meeting the invasive criteria required to diagnose carcinoma. Our histological examination revealed characteristic morphological features PDPT, including thick capsule, sheet-like gro...

A cornerstone in the control of sexually transmissible infection (STIs) includes the testing and treatment of sexual partners of patients diagnosed with treatable STIs – widely referred to as partner notification or contact tracing. At its most basic level, partner notification simply involves a clinician discussing with a patient the need for partners to be tested and treated appropriately. Te...

PURPOSE Current Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines recommend that sexually transmitted disease (STD) screening measures for high-risk populations such as homeless youth prioritize testing in out-of-clinic settings and incorporate new approaches to STD eradication, such as field-delivered testing and treatment and patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT). Our non-medically trained rese...

A PdPt (10 wt% Pt) catalyst is used to replace platinum at the cathode of a PEMFC MEA whereas pure palladium is used as the anode catalyst. The catalysts are deposited on commercial carbon woven web and carbon paper GDLs by plasma sputtering. The relations between the depth density profiles, the electrode support and the fuel cell performances are discussed. It is shown that the catalyst gradie...

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 ...

PdPt bimetallic nanoparticles on carbon-based supports functioning as advanced electrode materials have attracted attention due to their low content of noble metals and high catalytic activity for fuel cell reactions. Glassy carbon (GC)-supported Pt nanoparticles, promising catalysts the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), were prepared by electrochemical deposition subsequent spontaneous Pd. The ...

Small-molecule electrooxidation-boosted water electrolysis (WE) is an energy-saving method for hydrogen (H2) production. Herein, PdPt bimetallenes (PdPt BMLs) are obtained through the simple galvanic replacement reaction. BMLs reveal 2.93-fold enhancement in intrinsic electroactivity and 4.53-fold mass formate oxidation reaction (FOR) with respect to Pd metallenes (Pd MLs) at 0.50 V potential d...