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Importance of ventilation and occupancy to Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission rates in congregate settings by Deol, A K, Shaikh, N, Middelkoop, K, Mohlamonyane, M, White, R G, McCreesh, N

“…Ventilation rates are a key determinant of the transmission rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other airborne infections. Targeting infection prevention…”
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The integration of idioms of distress into mental health assessments and interventions: a systematic review by Cork, C, Kaiser, B N, White, R G

“…Psychiatric diagnostic manuals recognise the importance of local expressions of distress in culturally diverse settings [i.e. idioms/cultural concepts of…”
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TIME Impact - a new user-friendly tuberculosis (TB) model to inform TB policy decisions by Houben, R M G J, Lalli, M, Sumner, T, Hamilton, M, Pedrazzoli, D, Bonsu, F, Hippner, P, Pillay, Y, Kimerling, M, Ahmedov, S, Pretorius, C, White, R G

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from infectious disease worldwide, predominantly affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where…”
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Modelling the social and structural determinants of tuberculosis: opportunities and challenges by Pedrazzoli, D., Boccia, D., Dodd, P. J., Lönnroth, K., Dowdy, D. W., Siroka, A., Kimerling, M. E., White, R. G., Houben, R. M. G. J.

“…INTRODUCTION: Despite the close link between tuberculosis (TB) and poverty, most mathematical models of TB have not addressed underlying social and structural…”
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Cost and cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis treatment shortening: a model-based analysis by Gomez, G B, Dowdy, D W, Bastos, M L, Zwerling, A, Sweeney, S, Foster, N, Trajman, A, Islam, M A, Kapiga, S, Sinanovic, E, Knight, G M, White, R G, Wells, W A, Cobelens, F G, Vassall, A

“…Despite improvements in treatment success rates for tuberculosis (TB), current six-month regimen duration remains a challenge for many National TB Programmes,…”
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Translation, adaptation, and pilot of a guided self-help intervention to reduce psychological distress in South Sudanese refugees in Uganda by Tol, W. A., Augustinavicius, J., Carswell, K., Brown, F. L., Adaku, A., Leku, M. R., García-Moreno, C., Ventevogel, P., White, R. G., van Ommeren, M.

“…In this period of unprecedented levels of displacement, scalable interventions are needed to address mental health concerns of forced migrants in low-resource…”
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The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data by McQuaid, C. F., Vassall, A., Cohen, T., Fiekert, K., COVID/TB Modelling Working Group, White, R. G.

“…Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, models predicted hundreds of thousands of additional TB deaths as a result of health service disruption. To date, empirical…”
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Determinants of the Impact of Sexually Transmitted Infection Treatment on Prevention of HIV Infection: A Synthesis of Evidence from the Mwanza, Rakai, and Masaka Intervention Trials by Korenromp, E. L., White, R. G., Orroth, K. K., Bakker, R., Kamali, A., Serwadda, D., Gray, R. H., Grosskurth, H., Habbema, J. D. F., Hayes, R. J.

“…Community-randomized trials in Mwanza, Tanzania, and Rakai and Masaka, Uganda, suggested that population characteristics were an important determinant of the…”
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Identifying abnormalities in symbiotic development between Trifolium spp. and Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii leading to sub-optimal and ineffective nodule phenotypes by Melino, V. J, Drew, E. A, Ballard, R. A, Reeve, W. G, Thomson, G, White, R. G, O'Hara, G. W

“…Background and AimsLegumes overcome nitrogen limitations by entering into a mutualistic symbiosis with N2-fixing bacteria (rhizobia). Fully compatible…”
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Intolerance of uncertainty and distress associated with the experience of psychosis by White, R. G., Gumley, A.

“…There is growing research interest in the role of worry processes in psychosis. This study investigated associations between intolerance of uncertainty,…”
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xylem sap retrieval pathway in rice leaf blades: evidence of a role for endocytosis? by Botha, C.E.J, Aoki, N, Scofield, G.N, Liu, L, Furbank, R.T, White, R.G

“…The structure and transport properties of pit membranes at the interface between the metaxylem and xylem parenchyma cells and the possible role of these pit…”
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How can mathematical models advance tuberculosis control in high HIV prevalence settings? by Houben, R. M. G. J., Dowdy, D. W., Vassall, A., Cohen, T., Nicol, M. P., Granich, R. M., Shea, J. E., Eckhoff, P., Dye, C., Kimerling, M. E., White, R. G., for the TB MAC TB-HIV meeting participants

“…Existing approaches to tuberculosis (TB) control have been no more than partially successful in areas with high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence…”
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SEMI-ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO THE NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC RESPONSE PROBLEM OF S–S AND C–C BEAMS AT LARGE VIBRATION AMPLITUDES PART I: GENERAL THEORY AND APPLICATION TO THE SINGLE MODE APPROACH TO FREE AND FORCED VIBRATION ANALYSIS by Azrar, L., Benamar, R, White, R.G.

“…In a previous series of papers [1–3], a general model based on Hamilton's principle and spectral analysis was developed for non-linear free vibrations…”
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Isotopic decay of urinary or plasma 3-methylhistidine as a potential biomarker of pathologic skeletal muscle loss by Sheffield-Moore, M., Dillon, E. L., Randolph, K. M., Casperson, S. L., White, G. R., Jennings, K., Rathmacher, J., Schuette, S., Janghorbani, M., Urban, R. J., Hoang, V., Willis, M., Durham, W. J.

“…Background Skeletal muscle loss accompanying aging or cancer is associated with reduced physical function and predicts morbidity and mortality…”
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Design and high order optimization of the Accelerator Test Facility lattices by Marin, E., Tomás, R., Bambade, P., Kubo, K., Okugi, T., Tauchi, T., Terunuma, N., Urakawa, J., Seryi, A., White, G. R., Woodley, M.

“…The Accelerator Test Facility 2 (ATF2) aims to test the novel chromaticity correction scheme which is implemented in the final focus systems of future linear…”
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Do behavioural differences help to explain variations in HIV prevalence in adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa by Chapman, R, White, R.G, Shafer, L.A, Pettifor, A, Mugurungi, O, Ross, D, Pascoe, S, Cowan, F.M, Grosskurth, H, Buve, A, Hayes, R.J

“…To compare adolescent risk factors for HIV infection in two countries with high adolescent HIV prevalence and two lower prevalence countries with the aim of…”
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New tuberculosis vaccines: advances in clinical development and modelling by Weerasuriya, C. K., Clark, R. A., White, R. G., Harris, R. C.

“…Tuberculosis remains a major source of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with 10 million cases and 1.5 million deaths in 2018. Achieving ‘End TB’ prevention…”
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Global tuberculosis targets and milestones set for 2016-2035: definition and rationale by Floyd, K., Glaziou, P., Houben, R. M. G. J., Sumner, T., White, R. G., Raviglione, M.

“…BACKGROUND: Global tuberculosis (TB) targets were set as part of the World Health Organization's End TB Strategy (2016-2035) and the Sustainable Development…”
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Low effectiveness of syndromic treatment services for curable sexually transmitted infections in rural South Africa by White, R G, Moodley, P, McGrath, N, Hosegood, V, Zaba, B, Herbst, K, Newell, M, Sturm, W A, Hayes, R J

“…Syndromic sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment remains a cost-saving HIV prevention intervention in many countries in Africa. We estimate the…”
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Self Help Plus: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial of guided self-help with South Sudanese refugee women in Uganda by Brown, F. L., Carswell, K., Augustinavicius, J., Adaku, A., Leku, M. R., White, R. G., Ventevogel, P., Kogan, C. S., García-Moreno, C., Bryant, R. A., Musci, R. J., van Ommeren, M., Tol, W. A.

“…Exposure to armed conflict and forced displacement constitute significant risks for mental health. Existing evidence-based psychological interventions have…”
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