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Socioeconomic Status and CD4 Count Among People with HIV Who Inject Drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia
Lack of access to resources is a “fundamental cause” of poor HIV outcomes across the care cascade globally and may have the greatest impact on groups with co-existing marginalized identities. In a sample of pe...
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Is Abstinence from Alcohol and Smoking Associated with Less Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among People with HIV?
Achieving abstinence from alcohol, tobacco, or both may improve mental health, but is understudied in people with HIV (PWH). The St PETER HIV randomized clinical trial compared varenicline, cytisine, and nicot...
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Healthcare Utilization Among Persons with HIV and Unhealthy Alcohol Use in St. Petersburg, Russia
Few studies have examined the association between healthcare utilization and heavy alcohol use in Russia among persons with HIV (PWH), a group with high healthcare needs. This study analyzed the association be...
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Food Insecurity and Transmission Risks Among People with HIV Who Use Substances
Food insecurity (FI) impacts people with HIV (PWH) and those who use substances (i.e. drugs and alcohol). We evaluated the longitudinal association between FI and HIV transmission risks (unprotected sexual con...
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Correlates of Intersectional HIV and Substance Use Stigma Affecting People with HIV and Substance Use in St. Petersburg, Russia
People with HIV (PWH) who inject drugs often experience coexisting HIV- and substance use-related stigma manifestations. We assessed correlates of HIV stigma (Berger HIV stigma scale), substance use stigma (Su...
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Impulsivity and linkage to HIV Care among People living with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia
This study evaluated the association between impulsivity and linkage to HIV care among Russians living with HIV recruited from an inpatient narcology hospital. Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) stud...
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HIV and Substance Use Stigma, Intersectional Stigma and Healthcare Among HIV-Positive PWID in Russia
Little is known about the intersection of HIV stigma and substance use stigma. Using data from 188 HIV-positive people who inject drugs (PWID) in Russia, we examined the associations of these stigmas and their...
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The Hepatitis C Continuum of Care Among HIV-Positive Persons with Heavy Alcohol Use in St. Petersburg, Russia
This study describes the self-reported prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection and the HCV care continuum among persons enrolled in the St PETER HIV Study, a randomized controlled trial of medication...
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Open AccessPer-protocol analysis of the ZINC trial for HIV disease among alcohol users
The Zinc for INflammation and Chronic disease in HIV (ZINC) trial randomized person who live with HIV (PLWH) who engage in heavy drinking to either daily zinc supplementation or placebo. The primary outcome wa...
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Open AccessDesign of a randomized controlled trial to Link Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC-II) in St. Petersburg, Russia
If Russia is to achieve the UNAIDS 90-90-90 HIV targets, better approaches to engage, effectively treat, and retain patients in care are needed. This paper describes the protocol of a randomized controlled tri...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Radial Basis Functions Based Algorithms for Non-Gaussian Delay Propagation in Very Large Circuits
In this paper, we discuss methods for determining delay distributions in modern Very Large Scale Integration design. The delays have a non-Gaussian nature, which is a challenging task to solve and is a stumbli...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Simulation Methodology for Electron Transfer in CMOS Quantum Dots
The construction of quantum computer simulators requires advanced software which can capture the most significant characteristics of the quantum behavior and quantum states of qubits in such systems. Additiona...
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Female Gender and HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors Among People Living with HIV Who Have Ever Used Injection Drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia
Among persons who inject drugs, women have a higher HIV prevalence (than men) in many settings. Understanding how gender affects risk for infection among HIV-negative, and transmission among HIV-positive peopl...
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Contraceptive Use Among HIV-Infected Females with History of Injection Drug Use in St. Petersburg, Russia
Limited research examines family planning for HIV-infected women with a history of injection drug use. We describe modern contraceptive use and its association with heavy drinking and recent injection for HIV-...
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Open AccessRole of substance use in HIV care cascade outcomes among people who inject drugs in Russia
Engaging people who drink alcohol or inject drugs in HIV care can be challenging, particularly in Eastern Europe. Healthcare facilities in Russia are organized by specialty; therefore linking patients from add...
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Food Insecurity, HIV Disease Progression and Access to Care Among HIV-Infected Russians not on ART
Food insecurity (FI) has been associated with HIV disease progression among people on antiretroviral therapy (ART), presumably a consequence of poor medication adherence. We assessed whether there is a longitu...
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Alcohol Types and HIV Disease Progression Among HIV-Infected Drinkers Not Yet on Antiretroviral Therapy in Russia and Uganda
In HIV-infected drinkers, alcohol types more likely to cause inflammation could plausibly increase the risk of HIV disease progression. We therefore assessed the association between alcohol type and plasma HIV...
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HIV Stigma and Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among People Living with HIV in Russia
Unhealthy alcohol use, highly prevalent in the Russian Federation (Russia), is associated with HIV risk behaviors among people living with HIV (PLWH). HIV stigma contributes to the HIV risk environment in Russ...
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Pain and Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Infected Persons in St. Petersburg, Russia
We analyzed baseline data from an observational cohort of HIV-infected ART-naïve patients in St. Petersburg, Russia to explore whether pain was associated with HIV risk behaviors. The primary outcomes were (1)...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Sliding Mode Control of Heterogeneous Systems
This paper establishes a link between closed-loop controls for heterogeneous systems and sliding mode controls. We demonstrate that sliding mode analysis matches with experimental results from dielectric charg...
