FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO IMPROVE UPTAKE OF PARTNER SERVICES FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE ANTENATAL CARE: PROTOCOL FOR A CLUSTER RANDOMISED TRIAL [VERSION 2; PEER REVIEW: 1 APPROVED, 2 APPROVED WITH RESERVATIONS, 1 NOT APPROVED]

Financial incentives to improve uptake of partner services for sexually transmitted infections in Zimbabwe antenatal care: protocol for a cluster randomised trial [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]

Introduction Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and syphilis, are associated with adverse birth outcomes.Treatment should be accompanied by partner services to prevent re-infection and break cycles of transmission.Partner services include the processes of partner notification (PN) as well as arrang

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Myeloid leukemias and virally induced lymphomas in miniature inbred swine; development of a large animal tumor model

The lack of a large animal transplantable tumor model has limited the study of novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of liquid cancers.Swine as a species provide a natural option based on their similarities with humans and their already extensive use in biomedical research.Specifically, the MGH miniature swine Soda Chargers herd retains un

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Irregular Repetition Slotted ALOHA Over Rayleigh Block Fading Channels: Bounds and Threshold Saturation via Spatial Coupling

In irregular repetition slotted ALOHA (IR-SA) systems, a population of devices transmits their packets to an metal-chastity access point (AP) within a frame of slots.The AP decodes these packets by iterative processing between intra- and inter-slot successive interference cancellations.The average normalized offered traffic, as a performance metric

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