Background And Aim: The prevalence of depressive symptoms and major depressive disorder is high among adults living with HIV. Depressive symptoms are associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. This study examined the association between depressive symptoms and echocardiographic indices of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) among men and women living with and without HIV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Defects have a noticeable influence on many properties of two-dimensional materials. The controlled formation of defects can be used for fine-tuning the electronic and chemical properties of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers. The formation of a new type of displacement defect on the molybdenum disulfide (MoS) monolayer surface has been studied using density functional theory.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFO-centered tetranuclear vanadium selenoiodide [VOSeI] (1) was synthesized by an ampoule method from the elements with addition of water. Its X-ray crystal structure (space group 2/, = 21.146(2) Å, = 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe combined or multivalent vaccines are actively used in pediatric practice and offer a series of advantages, including a reduced number of injections and visits to the doctor, simplicity of the vaccination schedule and minimization of side effects, easier vaccine monitoring and storage, and lower vaccination costs. The practice of widespread use of the combined vaccines has shown the potential to increase vaccination coverage against single infections. The mRNA platform has been shown to be effective against the COVID-19 pandemic and enables the development of combined vaccines.
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