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Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare workers regarding medical waste management at a tertiary hospital in Botswana: A cross-sectional quantitative study by Mugabi, B, Hattingh, S, Chima, S

“…Background: Medical waste management (MWM) is of concern to the medical and general community. Adequate knowledge regarding management of healthcare waste is…”
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"Because I want to be informed, to be part of the decision-making": Patients' insights on informed consent practices by healthcare professionals in South Africa by Chima, S C

“…Informed consent (IC) is a legally enforceable right in South Africa based on constitutionally protected rights to bodily integrity and well-being. In terms of…”
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Ethical and legal dilemmas around termination of pregnancy for severe fetal anomalies: A review of two African neonates presenting with ventriculomegaly and holoprosencephaly by Chima, S C, Mamdoo, F

“…Termination of pregnancy (TOP) or feticide for severe fetal anomalies is ethically and morally challenging and maybe considered illegal in countries with…”
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A legal "right" to mental health care? Impediments to a global vision of mental health care access by Glover-Thomas, N, Chima, S C

“…Mental health law across many jurisdictions provides a legal framework for the compulsory detention and, where appropriate, treatment in hospital of people…”
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Impact of a short biostatistics course on knowledge and performance of postgraduate scholars: Implications for training of African doctors and biomedical researchers by Chima, S C, Nkwanyana, N M, Esterhuizen, T M

“…This study was designed to evaluate the impact of a short biostatistics course on knowledge and performance of statistical analysis by biomedical researchers…”
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Religion politics and ethics: Moral and ethical dilemmas facing faith-based organizations and Africa in the 21(st) century-implications for Nigeria in a season of anomie by Chima, S C

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New JC virus (JCV) genotypes from Papua New Guinea and Micronesia (Type 8 and Type 2E) and evolutionary analysis of 32 complete JCV genomes by JOBES, D. V, FRIEDLAENDER, J. S, MGONE, C. S, AGOSTINI, H. T, KOKI, G, YANAGIHARA, R, NG, T. C. N, CHIMA, S. C, RYSCHKEWITSCH, C. F, STONER, G. L

“…The JC virus (JCV) is a ubiquitous human polyomavirus that frequently resides in the kidneys of healthy individuals and is excreted in the urine of a large…”
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Human polyomavirus JC variants in Papua New Guinea and Guam reflect ancient population settlement and viral evolution by Ryschkewitsch, Caroline F, Friedlaender, Jonathan S, Mgone, Charles S, Jobes, David V, Agostini, Hansjürgen T, Chima, Sylvester C, Alpers, Michael P, Koki, George, Yanagihara, Richard, Stoner, Gerald L

“…The peopling of the Pacific was a complex sequence of events that is best reconstructed by reconciling insights from various disciplines. Here we analyze the…”
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Relationship of Nutritional Status to Length of Stay, Hospital Costs, and Discharge Status of Patients Hospitalized in the Medicine Service by CHIMA, CINDA S., BARCO, KATHY, DEWITT, MARCI L.A., MAEDA, MICHELLE, TERAN, J.CARLOS, MULLEN, KEVIN D.

“…Objective This study was conducted to determine the relationship, if any, between nutritional status, length of stay (LOS) in hospital, discharge placement,…”
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Phylogenetic analysis of 22 complete genomes of the human polyomavirus JC virus by Jobes, DV, Chima, SC, Ryschkewitsch, CF, Stoner, GL

“…DV Jobes, SC Chima, CF Ryschkewitsch and GL Stoner Neurotoxicology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of…”
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JC virus as a marker of human migration to the Americas by STONER, Gerald L, JOBES, David V, FERNANDEZ COBO, Mariana, AGOSTINI, Hansjürgen T, CHIMA, Sylvester C, RYSCHKEWITSCH, Caroline F

“…JC virus is a ubiquitous human polyomavirus present in populations worldwide. Seven genotypes differing in DNA sequence by approximately 1-3% characterize…”
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Computerized Patient Record: Are we Prepared for our Future Practice? by BIESEMEIER, CHRIS, CHIMA, CINDA S.

“…Objective To survey members of The American Dietetic Association (ADA) regarding care documentation systems, computerization of patient care records, and…”
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Polyomavirus JC Genotypes in an Urban United States Population Reflect the History of African Origin and Genetic Admixture in Modern African Americans by CHIMA, SYLVESTER C., RYSCHKEWITSCH, CAROLINE F., FAN, KUANG-JAW, STONER, GERALD L.

“…The human polyomavirus JC (JC virus), a small, circular, double-stranded DNA virus, has a worldwide distribution and is excreted harmlessly in urine by 20% to…”
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Protein catabolic rate in patients with acute renal failure on continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration and total parenteral nutrition by Chima, C S, Meyer, L, Hummell, A C, Bosworth, C, Heyka, R, Paganini, E P, Werynski, A

“…Continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH) has been used to provide nutrition support to critically ill patients in acute renal failure (ARF). Limited…”
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Diet tolerance and stool frequency in patients with ileoanal reservoirs by Tyus, F J, Austhof, S I, Chima, C S, Keating, C

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Lipid management clinic: dietary intervention for patients with hypercholesterolemia by Chima, C S, Miller-Kovach, K, Zeller, M, Cook, K, Schupp, K

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Molecular Epidemiology of Human Polyomavirus JC in the Biaka Pygmies and Bantu of Central Africa by Chima, S C, Ryschkewitsch, C F, Stoner, G L

“…Polyomavirus JC (JCV) is ubiquitous in humans and causes a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system , progressive multifocal…”
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and JC virus genotypes in West African patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a pathologic and DNA sequence analysis of 4 cases by Chima, S C, Agostini, H T, Ryschkewitsch, C F, Lucas, S B, Stoner, G L

“…Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is caused by polyomavirus JC in immunosuppressed patients. JC virus genotypes are identified by sequence analysis of…”
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A cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor in a squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) by Johnson, Eugene H., Chima, Sylvester C., Muirhead, David E.

“…: An adult squirrel monkey with a history of long‐term exposure to microwave radiation was found at necropsy to have a malignant tumor of the right cerebral…”
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Religion politics and ethics: Moral and ethical dilemmas facing faith-based organizations and Africa in the 21 st century-implications for Nigeria in a season of anomie by Chima, S

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