Publications by authors named "T Glass"
Introduction: Down syndrome (DS) is associated with difficulties with feeding during infancy and childhood. Weaning, or transitioning from nursing to independent deglutition, requires developmental progression in tongue function. However, little is known about whether postnatal tongue muscle maturation is impacted in DS.
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- Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in rural Tanzania show a viral suppression rate of 78%, but this falls short of the UNAIDS 95% target.
- Factors positively influencing viral suppression include having a CD4 cell count of ≥500 cells/mm3 and receiving a dolutegravir-based ART regimen, while female gender correlates with lower suppression odds.
- There is only a weak to moderate consistency between different measures of treatment adherence and actual viral load suppression.
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- The study aimed to examine weight changes in HIV-positive individuals receiving either dolutegravir- or efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) in rural Tanzania, where undernutrition is common.
- It analyzed the weight changes over 18 months for 1,205 adults starting ART, finding that those on dolutegravir gained more weight (5.1 kg) compared to those on efavirenz (4.0 kg).
- The results indicated that dolutegravir led to higher obesity rates and increased hypertension risk, particularly in individuals with a higher body mass index before starting treatment.*
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- Verbal autopsy (VA) helps find out causes of death where birth and death records are not kept well, but it's costly. Telephonic VAs can save money. Sometimes, doctors need to agree on the cause, which can take a lot of time and effort.
- The study looked at how often two doctors agreed on the cause of death using telephonic VAs in South Africa, checking if their agreement was very high (over 0.8).
- Results showed that doctors agreed on causes like COVID-19 and heart disease most of the time, but not as much on diabetes. This means they might still need more than one doctor to be sure about the causes
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- Verbal autopsy (VA) helps find out how people died when they weren't in a hospital, but it's hard to use it in official death records.
- In South Africa, researchers talked to families of people who died to collect information about causes of death in 2017/18.
- They found that while they could gather useful info, there were still challenges in getting enough people to participate, highlighting the need for better systems to record deaths.