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Accurate Detection of Rifampicin-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains

open access: yesSensors, 2016
In 2013 alone, the death rate among the 9.0 million people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) worldwide was around 14%, which is unacceptably high. An empiric treatment of patients infected with TB or drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (
Keum-Soo Song   +4 more
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Labeled as “drug-seeking”: nurses use harm reduction philosophy to reflect on mending mutual distrust between healthcare workers and people who use drugs

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionOver 50 years of approaching drug use from the “War on Drugs” has led to ignoring the systemic structural and social determinants of health, enforced drug use stigma, and damaging stereotypes of people who use drugs or are labeled as “drug ...
Sarah Febres-Cordero   +2 more
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50 Years after the Civil Rights Act: The Ongoing Work for Racial Justice in the 21st Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This report documents the state of civil and human rights, and paints a persuasive picture of just how far the United States still has to go to make racial justice a reality.

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Reduced Contextual Discrimination following Alcohol Consumption or MDMA Administration in Mice. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
The recreational drugs, alcohol and 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "Ecstasy") have both been shown to cause immune activation in vivo, and they are linked to cognitive impairment and anxiety-like behaviors in rodents.
Emily M Johansson   +4 more
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Drug discrimination: 30 years of progress [PDF]

open access: yesPsychopharmacology, 2009
EditorialThe publication of this Special Issue of Psychopharmacol-ogy on the Stimulus Properties of Drugs marks the 30-yearanniversary in 2008 of the founding of the Society forStimulus Properties of Drugs (SSPD). As previouslydescribed by the society’s first three presidents (see Overtonet al.
Joseph H, Porter, Adam J, Prus
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Establishment and application of a duplex RPA-LFS detection system for Candida glabrata and Candida krusei

open access: yesScientific Reports
Based on the differences in drug resistance characteristics between Candida glabrata and Candida krusei and the clinical need for rapid discrimination, this study established a duplex recombinase polymerase amplification-lateral flow strip (RPA-LFS ...
Lei Wang   +4 more
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Discrimination against HIV-infected people and the spread of HIV: some evidence from France. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2007
BACKGROUND: Many people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) suffer from stigma and discrimination. There is an ongoing debate, however, about whether stigma, fear and discrimination actually fuel the persisting spread of HIV, or slow it down by reducing ...
Patrick Peretti-Watel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Framing Analysis of Latinos in the Facebook Pages of News Organizations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This study of the Facebook pages of six legacy media organizations extended framing theory to apply to social media. In the study of 557 articles, four new frames and 10 new subframes were identified.
Zapata Acosta, Juliana
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Young Adults: Treatment of Substance Use Disorders as a Priority Component of HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Young adults comprise roughly one-quarter of the global population and are at the developmental stage where personal life goals are formulated and personal independence is obtained.
Kresina TF, Kaplowitz L, Johnson K
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Mapping experiences of workplace stigma and discrimination within the lived-living experience of illicit drug use and bloodborne virus peer workforce: a scoping review

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal
Peer workers with lived-living experience of illicit drug use and/or bloodborne viruses are critical in linking community with health services and programs.
Shannon Christensen   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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