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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.This study evaluates 3D‐printed recombinant spider silk hydrogel eADF4(C16)‐RGD in a rat AV loop model for tissue engineering. Constructs with T17b endothelial progenitor cells showed enhanced vascularization and biodegradation. Results highlight the importance of scaffold design and cellular integration in improving vascular density and overall ...
Claire M. Weinhold +9 more
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SexesMen who have sex with men (MSM) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are disproportionately affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) compared to adult men in the general population.
Ratif Abdulai +3 more
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Social representations of HIV/AIDS in five Central European and Eastern European countries: A multidimensional analysis [PDF]
, 2004 Cognitive processing models of risky sexual behaviour have proliferated in the two decades since the first reporting of HIV/AIDS, but far less attention has been paid to individual and group representations of the epidemic and the relationship between ...
Alexandra Kozlova +29 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Adhesions’ high occurrence rates and high morbidity render them a critical challenge to be addressed. Current prevention methods, such as physical barriers, have many limitations, resulting in inconsistent safety and efficacy. This study demonstrates the potential for sprayable polymeric materials as an adhesion barrier.
Robert J. Morris III +7 more
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International Journal of Medical Students, 2014 Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) incidence has been increasing in Thai youth, mostly from unsafe sex. Embarrassment with carrying condom was one of the main reasons.
Apinut Wongkietkachorn +2 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Wound closure is governed by geometry‐orientation coupling: aligned fibers speed migration along their axis but hinder perpendicular advance. In vivo diabetic wound experiments with composition‐matched fibrin, combined with an anisotropic diffusion (biased random‐walk) model, quantify this trade‐off and generate a healing landscape.
Yin‐Yuan Huang +13 more
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The influence of the usage of the male condom by seniors in the vulnerability to HIV
DST, 2022 Introduction: Brazil has presented a rise of the population aged over 60 years. In addition to this change in demographic profile, there is an epidemic of worldwide, HIV infection.
Marcella Alves da Paz +5 more
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Program brief: HIV vulnerability and prevention needs of young female sex workers in Kumasi, Ghana [PDF]
, 2013 This study was implemented by Boston University in collaboration with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with support from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S.
Adhiambo Onyango, Monica +6 more
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Condoms are more effective when applied by males: a study of young black males in the United States
, 2014 PurposeTo determine, among a sample of young black male (YBM), whether female application of male condoms for penile–vaginal intercourse would be associated with higher or lower rates of breakage or slippage.
Crosby, Richard A. +4 more
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Multiple Sexual Partners and Condom use among 10 - 19 Year-olds in four Districts in Tanzania: What do we Learn? [PDF]
, 2011 Although some studies in Tanzania have addressed the question of sexuality and STIs among adolescents, mostly those aged 15 - 19 years, evidence on how multiple sexual partners influence condom use among 10 - 19 year-olds is limited.
A Buvé +42 more
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