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Mental Health in Older People Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: State of the Art and Future Research Recommendations
With increasing access to HIV medical services and the improvement in antiretroviral therapy (ART) access, HIV infection is now considered a chronic disease in most settings, including sub-Saharan Africa. With...
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Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in people living with HIV (PLHIV). Depression has a negative impact on both mental and physical health and is mainly associated with suboptimal HIV tr...
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Three to 6 months after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), cognitive impairment is observed in more than 30 % of the patients, mainly in executive functioning. The aim of this study was to investigate, using mu...
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In this chapter, a thorough investigation of the use of carbon nanotubes as nanoprobes of an atomic forcemicroscope is presented. Because of theirmechanical robustness, their controlled geometry with high aspe...
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Evaporation of fluid at micro and nanometer scale may be used to self-assemble nanometre-sized particles in suspension. Evaporating process can be used to gently control flow in micro and nanofluidics, thus pr...
