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The Impact of Behavioural Economics‐Informed Interventions on the Care Cascade for Sexually Transmitted and Blood‐Borne Infections: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 29, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction While behavioural economics principles are widely used for public health interventions, a comprehensive understanding of their impact across the sexually transmitted and blood‐borne infections (STBBIs) care cascade remains limited. We systematically evaluated the effectiveness of behavioural economics‐informed interventions for an
Min Zhao, Zhengcheng Tu, Xiang Zhao, Chunyan Li, Jiajun Sun, Ye Zhang, Warittha Tieosapjaroen, Fanpu Ji, Jason J. Ong, Lei Zhang   +9 more
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Substantial but spatially heterogeneous progress in male circumcision for HIV prevention in South Africa

Communications Medicine
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of male HIV acquisition by 60%. Programmes to provide VMMCs for HIV prevention have been introduced in sub-Saharan African countries with high HIV burden.
Matthew L. Thomas, Khangelani Zuma, Dayanund Loykissoonlal, Ziphozonke Bridget Dube, Peter Vranken, Sarah E. Porter, Katharine Kripke, Thapelo Seatlhodi, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Leigh F. Johnson, Jeffrey W. Imai-Eaton   +10 more
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Prognostic Factors for Postoperative Complications. An Aggregate Protocol for 10 Observational Studies From the Danish TRIPLE‐A Cohort of 1.2 Million Surgeries

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Volume 70, Issue 7, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Postoperative complications substantially increase morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Understanding prognostic factors is essential for risk stratification, targeted prevention strategies, and development of prediction models.
Anders Peder Højer Karlsen, Asta Prescott, Caroline Folkersen, Jens Laigaard, Atena Saito, Caroline Lando Klammer, Mik Wetterslev, Emil Ipsen Ørskov, Mathilde Fahrendorff, Rebecca Kiær, Helene Holm Laigaard, Nichlas Hovmand, Lars Hyldborg Lundstrøm, Sebastian Buhl Rasmussen, Anders Kehlet Nørskov, Markus Harboe Olsen   +15 more
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Acceptability of early infant male circumcision as an HIV prevention intervention in Zimbabwe: a qualitative perspective. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND: Early infant male circumcision (EIMC) is simpler, safer and more cost-effective than adult circumcision. In sub-Saharan Africa, there are concerns about acceptability of EIMC which could affect uptake.
Webster Mavhu, Karin Hatzold, Susan M Laver, Judith Sherman, Brenda R Tengende, Collin Mangenah, Lisa F Langhaug, Graham Hart, Frances M Cowan   +8 more
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Beyond Brunhild: reassessing women in the Fredegar Chronicle

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 458-479, August 2026.
Scholarly consideration of women in the seventh‐century Fredegar chronicle has long been dominated by the author’s hostility towards Brunhild, queen of Austrasia. Statistical analysis of Latin world chronicles before ad 900, however, shows that Fredegar’s representation of women was unusually high within this tradition.
Emily Quigley
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Time to stop preventable deaths from unsterile traditional male circumcision practices

South African Medical Journal, 2014
Once again the nation is outraged by the now familiar annual tale of how a number of initiates undergoing traditional male circumcision in several provinces have paid with permanent disability, or the ultimate penalty of death, for taking part in cultural practices that have outlived their value in today's South Africa.
Simbayi, Leickness, Shisana, Olive, Setswe, Geoffrey, Gray, Glenda, Venter, Francois, Ncayiyana, Dan, Rehle, Thomas   +6 more
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Aristocratic identification in Felix’s Life of Guthlac

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 435-457, August 2026.
Recent scholarship often sees high‐born monastics and clerics in early Christian England as part of the aristocratic class. Modern identity theories, however, suggest that social identity could be dynamic, situational, processual and discursive. In light of this concept, the present article reads Felix’s Life of Guthlac as a text that constructs an ...
Lek Hang Chan
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The when and how of male circumcision and the risk of HIV: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of two HIV surveys from Guinea-Bissau

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: male circumcision (MC) reduces the risk of HIV, and this risk reduction may be modified by socio-cultural factors such as the timing and method (medical and traditional) of circumcision.
Dlama Nggida Rasmussen, Christian Wejse, Olav Larsen, Zacarias Da Silva, Peter Aaby, Morten Sodemann   +5 more
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Secondary phimosis after circumcision

Urology Research and Practice, 2019
Objective: Male circumcision is one of the most common surgical procedures worldwide. Although it is widely performed because of health issues, in Muslim-majority countries, the primary motivation yielding to male circumcision is religious.
Tunç Özdemir, Ali Sayan, Belce Candan, Gizem Orhan, Gökhan Köylüoğlu   +4 more
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Seventh Åland Island Meeting on von Willebrand Disease

Haemophilia, Volume 32, Issue S3, Page S3-S25, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction The seventh Åland Island Meeting on von Willebrand Disease (VWD) was held on the Åland archipelago in Finland, from 26 to 28 September 2024. Aim The meeting brought together experts in the field of VWD from around the world to share the latest advances and knowledge in VWD.
Riitta Lassila, Ruben Bierings, Nathan T. Connell, Fernando F. Corrales‐Medina, Augusto B. Federici, Veronica H. Flood, Floor Heubel‐Moenen, Jill M. Johnsen, Geoffrey Kuppens, Davide Matino, Carolyn Millar, Ingmar Schoen, Anish Sharda, Robert F. Sidonio Jr, Alok Srivastava, Timea Szanto, Angela C. Weyand, Erik Berntorp   +17 more
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