THE YIELD OF COMMUNITY-BASED TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV AMONG KEY POPULATIONS IN HOTSPOT SETTINGS OF ETHIOPIA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION STUDY.

The yield of community-based tuberculosis and HIV among key populations in hotspot settings of Ethiopia: A cross-sectional implementation study.

OBJECTIVE:To determine the yield of tuberculosis (TB) and the prevalence of Human Immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) among key populations in the selected hotspot towns of Ethiopia.METHODS:We undertook a cross-sectional implementation research during August 2017-January 2018.Trained TB focal persons and health extension workers (HEWs) identified female

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Future applications of fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy in neuro-ophthalmology, neurology, and neurodegenerative conditions

Fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy (FLIO) has emerged as an innovative advancement in retinal imaging, with the potential jewelry to provide in vivo non-invasive insights into the mitochondrial metabolism of the retina.Traditional retinal imaging, such as optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) intensity imagi

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SOME ASPECTS OF DIAGNOSING AND TREATMENT OF NONSPECIFIC BACK PAIN

Non-specific back pain continues to be one of the leading causes of financial and economic costs in developed countries.The increasing popularity of interventional methods of pain treatment Headboard is linked to the high efficiency and rapid arresting of the disease symptoms.However, the use of invasive methods can be fraught with serious complica

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Examining the effectiveness of discriminant function analysis and cluster analysis in species identification of male field crickets based on their calling songs.

Traditional taxonomy based on morphology has often failed in accurate species identification owing to the occurrence of cryptic species, which are reproductively isolated but morphologically identical.Molecular data have thus been used to complement morphology in species identification.The sexual advertisement calls in several groups of acousticall

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