Development of a Microfluidic Device for CD4 T Cell Isolation and Automated Enumeration from Whole Blood.

The development of point-of-care, cost-effective, and easy-to-use assays for the accurate counting of CD4 T cells remains an important focus for HIV-1 disease management. The CD4 T cell count provides an indication regarding the overall success of HIV-1 treatments. The CD4 T count information is equally important for both resource-constrained regions and areas with extensive resources.

A latent class analysis of attitudes concerning the acceptability of intimate partner violence in rural Senegal.

Background: Research concerning the causes and consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV), particularly in less developed areas of the world, has become prominent in the last two decades. Although a number of potential causal factors have been investigated the current consensus is that attitudes toward IPV on the individual level, likely representing perceptions of normative behavior, and the normative acceptability of IPV on the aggregate level likely play key roles. Measurement of both is generally approached through either binary indicators of acceptability of any type of IPV or additive composite indexes of multiple indicators.

Design, Development, and Performance Comparison of Wide Field Lensless and Lens-Based Optical Systems for Point-of-Care Biological Applications.

Lensless biological imaging systems are an emerging alternative to conventional microscopic systems because they enable a wide field of view imaging. While most microscopic systems sacrifice the field of view for magnification, lensless systems have taken advantage of small imaging pixel size, projection, digital magnification, and post-processing to compensate for diffracted images. A new lens-based system is designed to have the exact same wide field of view as that of a basic lensless setup.

Discussing sexuality in health care: A systematic review.

Aims And Objectives: Using the PRISMA guidelines, a systematic literature review was conducted to explore current and relevant evidence regarding factors that influence nurses' provision of sexual healthcare education to patients.

Background: The World Health Organization and Healthy People 2020 emphasise the importance of sexual health care. Although the nursing profession has the ability to develop a competent level of sexuality education, sexual health care is often ignored in nursing care and education.

Should college campuses become tobacco free without an enforcement plan?

Tobacco-free campuses are a great public health initiative. Healthy People 2020 and Healthy Campus 2020 address tobacco use and young adults including college students. Sources indicate that of the more than 6,000 colleges and universities in the United States, less than 800 are either smoke free or tobacco free.