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A study protocol for Project I-Test: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a practice coaching intervention to increase HIV testing in substance use treatment programs

Trials, 2023
Background People with substance use disorders are vulnerable to acquiring HIV. Testing is fundamental to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention; however, in the past decade, there has been a decline in the number of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment ...
Jemima A. Frimpong, Carrigan L. Parish, Daniel J. Feaster, Lauren K. Gooden, Mindy C. Nelson, Tim Matheson, Karolynn Siegel, Louise Haynes, Benjamin P. Linas, Sabrina A. Assoumou, Susan Tross, Tiffany Kyle, Terri K. Liguori, Oliene Toussaint, Debra Annane, Lisa R. Metsch   +15 more
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Testing three seismic hazard models for Italy via multi-site observations

PLoS ONE, 2023
Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) is widely employed worldwide as the rational way to quantify the uncertainty associated to earthquake occurrence and effects.
Iunio Iervolino, Eugenio Chioccarelli, Pasquale Cito   +2 more
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Low impact of regular PCR testing on presence at work site during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences during an open observational study in Lower Saxony 2020-21

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Since social distancing during the COVID-19-pandemic had a profound impact on professional life, this study investigated the effect of PCR testing on on-site work.
Lisa K. Seiler, Susanne Stolpe, Nils Stanislawski, Frank Stahl, Martin Witt, Rebecca Jonczyk, Stefanie Heiden, Holger Blume, Bernd Kowall, Cornelia Blume   +9 more
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Case study of a driven pile foundation in diatomaceous soil. II: Pile installation, dynamic analysis, and pore pressure generation

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2021
This paper presents the results from a case study highlighting the difficulties of pile driving in diatomaceous soils. In the companion (first) paper to this article, results of an extensive laboratory and in situ testing program were presented while the
Ehsan Yazdani, Jiayao Wang, T. Matthew Evans   +2 more
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Correlation of glucose level among venous, gingival and finger-prick blood samples in diabetic patients

Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology, 2011
It is essential for a dental surgeon or a periodontist to detect blood glucose level for patients whose signs and symptoms are suggestive of diabetes. Seventy patients in the age group of 40 to 80 years of either sex were selected for the study.
Priyanka Chopra, T. S. S. Kumar
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Turbulence and wind speed profiles for simulating the TMT AO performances [PDF]

, 2009
The site testing campaign of the Thirty Meter Telescope gathered an extensive amount of turbulence profiles. This data is modeled to describe the statistical characteristics of each site and act as "standard atmospheres" for use in AO ...
Ellerbroek, B., Els, S. G., Herriot, G., Riddle, R., Schöck, M., Skidmore, W., Travouillon, T.   +6 more
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Variation in Proficiency Testing Performance by Testing Site [PDF]

JAMA, 1998
Congress enacted the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) to promote uniform quality and standards among all testing sites in the United States. The performance indicators specified in the legislation are proficiency testing (PT) performance and periodic inspections.To evaluate variation in PT performance by type of testing ...
T M, Stull, T L, Hearn, J S, Hancock, J H, Handsfield, C L, Collins   +4 more
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Site testing at Muztagh-ata site II: seeing statistics [PDF]

Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2020
Abstract In this article, we present a detailed analysis of the statistical properties of seeing for the Muztagh-ata site which is a candidate site for hosting the future Chinese Large Optical/infrared Telescope (LOT) project. The measurements were obtained with differential image motion monitors (DIMMs) from April 2017 to November 2018 ...
Xu, Jing, Esamdin, Ali, Hao, Jin-xin, Bai, Jin-min, Yang, Ji, Zhou, Xu, Yao, Yong-qiang, Hou, Jin-liang, Pu, Guang-xin, Feng, Guo-jie, Bai, Chun-hai, Wei, Peng, Ma, Shu-guo, Yisikandee, Abudusaimaitijiang, Wang, Le-tian, Zhang, Xuan, Ming, Liang, Ma, Lu, Liu, Jin-zhong, Cao, Zi-huang, Zhao, Yong-heng, Feng, Lu, Shi, Jian-rong, Chen, Hua-lin, Pei, Chong, Jiang, Xiao-jun, Wang, Jian-feng, Tian, Jian-feng, Xue, Yan-jie, Hu, Jing-yao, Jiang, Yun-ying   +30 more
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Candidate Sites for Millimeter and Submillimeter Ground-Based Telescopes: Atmospheric Rating for the Eurasian Submillimeter Telescopes Project

Sensors
Modern sensing technologies used in the field of ground-based telescopes still present several challenges. First of all, these challenges are associated with the development of new-generation instruments for astronomical observations and with the ...
Artem Y. Shikhovtsev, Pavel G. Kovadlo, Philippe Baron   +2 more
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Site selection for scaled open water testing of a wave energy converter

International Marine Energy Journal, 2020
Many wave energy converter developers opt to carry out scaled prototype open water testing of their device as part of their technology development. Developers who have done this recently include Sea Power (1/5 scale, Galway Bay, 2017), CorPower (1/4 ...
Niall D. McLean, Matthew A. Holland, Ruairi D. Maciver, Elva B. Bannon   +3 more
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