Predicting openness of communication in families with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome: natural language processing analysis (Publications)
variants associated with HBOC: first, to quantify openness of communication about cancer risk, and second, to examine the role of sentiment in predicting openness of communication. The interviews were conducted [...] of "openness of communication" (area under the curve=0.72) in the context of genetic cancer risk associated with HBOC. CONCLUSIONS: Our study showed that NLP can facilitate assessment of openness of c [...] possibility of increased cancer risk. OBJECTIVE: The study examined the role...
Resistance-informed versus empirical management of viraemia in children and adolescents with HIV in Lesotho and Tanzania (GIVE MOVE trial): a... (Publications)
little access to GRT. METHODS: The Genotype-Informed Versus Empirical Management of Viremia (GIVE MOVE) open-label, parallel-group randomised controlled trial enrolled children and adolescents with HIV between
The impact of home-installed growth charts and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) on child growth in Zambia: a four-arm parallel... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Childhood stunting remains common in many low-income settings and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, as well as impaired child development. METHODS: The main objective o
Same-day versus rapid ART initiation in HIV-positive individuals presenting with symptoms of tuberculosis: protocol for an open-label randomized... (Publications)
should be prioritized in people with HIV (PWH) and presumptive TB. DESIGN AND METHODS: SaDAPT is an open-label, pragmatic, parallel, 1:1 individually randomized, non-inferiority trial comparing two strategies
Open Malaria : a simulator program for studying malaria epidemiology and the impacts of interventions against malaria [Software] (Publications)
OpenMalaria is an open source C++ program for simulating malaria epidemiology and the impacts on that epidemiology of interventions against malaria. It is based on microsimulations of
Managing research and surveillance projects in real-time with a novel open-source eManagement tool designed for under-resourced countries (Publications)
is lightweight and uses minimal internet resources. It was designed to be used with the open source software Open Data Kit (ODK). The users can easily configure odk_planner to meet their needs, and the [...] tracked sputum samples, and collected clinical and laboratory data. CONCLUSIONS: The user friendly, open source odk_planner is a simple, but multi-functional, Web-based eManagement tool with add-ons that
Local heat application for the treatment of Buruli ulcer: results of a phase II open label single center non comparative clinical trial (Publications)
efficacy of a local heat application device based on phase change material. METHODS: In a phase II open label single center non comparative clinical trial (ISRCTN 72102977) under GCP standards in Cameroon
Repeated doses of Praziquantel in Schistosomiasis Treatment (RePST) - single versus multiple praziquantel treatments in school-aged children in Côte... (Publications)
traditional KK technique, as well as more sensitive antigen- and DNA-detection methods. METHODS: An open-label, randomised controlled trial will be conducted in school-aged children (5 to 18 years) from
Using open street map data in environmental exposure assessment studies: Eastern Massachusetts, Bern region, and South Israel as a case study (Publications)
while in most developing countries, there are often no official geo-spatial data sources. OpenStreetMap (OSM) is an open source Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) mapping project. Yet very few environmental