scholarly journals Epidemiological Markers for HIV Infection among First-Time Antenatal Attendees in Sierra Leone: 2012-2015 Longitudinal Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kangbai Jia Bainga ◽  
Mandoh Isata Victoria ◽  
King Matilda ◽  
Rogers Josephine Alpha ◽  
Mandoh Sulaiman Lansanah
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
First Time ◽  
Epidemiological Markers

New records of Afrotropical Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-276
Author(s):  
A.I. Khalaim
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
New Records ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
First Time

A new data on distribution of 19 species of Tersilochinae (Ichneumonidae) belonging to the genera Allophrys Förster (four species), Aneuclis Förster (five spp.), Diaparsis Förster (eight spp.) and Tersilochus Holmgren (two spp.) in the Afrotropical Region are provided. Tersilochus abyssinicus Khalaim, 2006, syn. nov. is synonymised with T. moestus Holmgren, 1868. The subfamily Tersilochinae is recorded from Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia and Yemen for the first time.

“Girls Are Like Flowers; Boys Are Like footballs”

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-62
Author(s):  
Florencia Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Gender Practices ◽  
First Time ◽  
Masculine Gender

To contribute to the discussion about how masculinity—understood as a configuration of gender practices (Connell 2000)—is reproduced, this paper analyzes fathers’ discourse about the gender of their sons and daughters. I carried out a qualitative longitudinal study in Chile during which 28 first-time fathers were interviewed before and after their child’s birth or arrival (adoption). I suggest that these fathers see gender in essentialist, dichotomous, and hierarchical terms. They expect to shape their sons’ gender practices according to hegemonic masculinity (discouraging gender practices associated with femininity or homosexuality). In the study, no attempt to reformulate masculine gender practices was observed but, rather, an interest on the fathers’ part in maintaining the patriarchal gender order.

scholarly journals Prevalence of markers of HIV infection among febrile adults and children in Bo, Sierra Leone, 2012–2013

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashid Ansumana ◽  
Donald F. Dariano ◽  
Kathryn H. Jacobsen ◽  
Tomasz A. Leski ◽  
Chris R. Taitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Adults And Children

scholarly journals Difficulties in primary diagnosis of HIV infection at the stages of health care settings

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Elena V. Esaulenko ◽  
Kseniya E. Novak ◽  
Thierry Ingabire ◽  
Sof’ya A. Semenova ◽  
Aleksandra O. Nikiforova
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Sexual Transmission ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Primary Diagnosis ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Hiv Diagnosis ◽  
Rapid Tests ◽  
First Time

Aim: to demonstrate the difficulties and timeliness of HIV diagnosis by primary care physicians, to carry out a clinical and epidemiological analysis of newly diagnosed cases of HIV infection. Materials and methods: The study evaluated the routing of diagnosis and analyzed the epidemiological and clinical and laboratory data of 85 patients with a newly diagnosed HIV infection hospitalized in the St. Petersburg Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital named after S. P. Botkin during the period from November 2018 to October 2019. To confirm positive results, ELISA and western blot were used. Results: Among the observed patients, 71.3% were women and 28.7% were men. The average age was 39.3 2 years. Upon admission to the infectious diseases hospital with an established diagnosis of HIV infection, 49.5% were hospitalized in specialized departments (n = 42). Of them, nine (9) were referred by the polyclinic with an established diagnosis, in 20 patients the diagnosis was established in somatic hospitals, and emergency room doctors newly diagnosed HIV infection in 13 more patients. The remaining 50.5% (n = 43) were hospitalized in various departments with other diagnoses. Clinical and laboratory analysis of these patients showed that for the first time in life, an established diagnosis of HIV infection corresponded to both early (15.3%) and late (84.7%) stages of the disease with dominance of sexual transmission of the virus (43.6%). Conclusion: HIV infection at both early and late stages can manifest under the guise of various other diseases, which makes it necessary to expand testing of patients for HIV infection, including using rapid tests.

scholarly journals Risk Factors for Long-Term Homelessness: Findings From a Longitudinal Study of First-Time Homeless Single Adults

2005 ◽  
Vol 95 (10) ◽  
pp. 1753-1759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol L. M. Caton ◽  
Boanerges Dominguez ◽  
Bella Schanzer ◽  
Deborah S. Hasin ◽  
Patrick E. Shrout ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Single Adults ◽  
First Time

West African Languages Congress

1963 ◽  
Vol 6 (03) ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
Joseph Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
The United States ◽  
West African ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Substantial Portion ◽  
The West ◽  
African Languages ◽  
The Third ◽  
First Time

The Third West African Languages Congress took place in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from March 26 to April 1, 1963. This was the third of the annual meetings of those interested in West African languages sponsored by the West African Languages Survey, previous meetings having been held in Accra (1961) and Dakar (1962). The West African Languages Survey is a Ford Foundation project. Additional financial assistance from UNESCO and other sources contributed materially to the scope and success of the meeting. This meeting was larger than previous ones both in attendance and in number of papers presented and, it may be said, in regard to the scientific level of the papers presented. The official participants, seventy-two in number, came from virtually every country in West Africa, from Western European countries and from the United States. The linguistic theme of the meeting was the syntax of West African languages, and a substantial portion of the papers presented were on this topic. In addition, there was for the first time at these meetings a symposium on the teaching of English, French and African languages in Africa. The papers of this symposium will be published in the forthcoming series of monographs planned as a supplement to the new Journal of West African Languages. The other papers are to appear in the Journal of African Languages edited by Jack Berry of the School of Oriental and African Studies.

scholarly journals Tracking the South African marketing index

1997 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-87
Author(s):  
Alwyn P. Du Plessis ◽  
Christo Boshoff
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
South African ◽  
Price Index ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The South ◽  
Product Price ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Individual Index ◽  
First Time

This study analyses marketing and marketing activities from a consumer's point-of-view. It measures consumer attitudes towards the so-called 4 Ps (product, price, promotion and retailing) and converts these scores to an overall 'attitude towards marketing' index. It also compares the results of similar studies conducted in previous years. A survey of randomly selected South African consumers reveals that the South African Marketing Index is +22.28 (in the range -200 to +200) suggesting reasonably favourable perceptions of marketing and marketing practices. This is the first time since the commencement of this longitudinal study that the overall marketing index has been positive. The most favourable individual index is the retailing index (+22.91), followed by the price index (+13.11). Both the product and the advertising indices are, however, negative (-5.49 and -1.33 respectively).

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