Background: Home to around 7.7 million HIV positive individuals, South Africa holds 20% of the global HIV population. HIV presents many challenges, such as stigmatization, …
A social-contextual approach to health promotion includes exploration of the influence of faith leaders and religious communities in health behaviors and outcomes. This thesis reports …
Transposable elements (TEs) are potentially harmful DNA sequences that can copy themselves and then insert elsewhere into the genome, causing damage and disrupting normal gene …
Background: The fungal pathogen C. parapsilosis is increasingly recognized as a significant element of yeast bloodstream infection within microbiology, so further experimentation and study regarding …
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic disease thought to manifest in response to exposure to antigens that induce eosinophil infiltration of the esophagus. Due to …
The mammalian forelimb is primarily used for locomotion. In bats, the arm, forearm, and hand anatomy are adapted to support flight by forming a wing, …
Although breast cancer screening assays exist, many are inaccessible, uninformative, and have high turnaround times, leaving a significant need for better alternatives. Here, we propose …
While current antibiotic agents provide suitable and cost effective means of inhibiting bacterial infiltration of biomedical devices, they are slowly becoming obsolete as microbial species …
Video observed treatment (VOT) is a video technology derivation DOT in which observation of dose taking is achieved with recorded video upload using a videophone. …