- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Supply Chain and Inventory Management
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- AI and HR Technologies
- Sex work and related issues
- Stock Market Forecasting Methods
- Employee Welfare and Language Studies
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
- Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques
- Travel-related health issues
- Quality and Supply Management
- Smart Systems and Machine Learning
Bombay College of Pharmacy
2025
Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies
2018-2024
Tashkent University of Information Technology
2024
Ministry of Science and Technology
2021
Government of India
2021
Science and Technology Corporation (Norway)
2021
Solutions Through Innovative Technologies (United States)
2019-2020
ICF International (United States)
2014-2018
Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped
2015
Northrop Grumman (United States)
2010-2013
Preexposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral agents has been shown to reduce the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among men who have sex men; however, efficacy heterosexuals is uncertain.
We conducted a 10-year retrospective evaluation of the epidemiology and identification Nocardia isolates submitted to Centers for Disease Control Prevention antimicrobial susceptibility testing. The species most commonly identified were N. nova (28%), brasiliensis (14%), farcinica (14%). Of 765 submitted, 61% resistant sulfamethoxazole 42% trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
Objectives: To evaluate the clinical safety of daily tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) among HIV-negative men who have sex with men. Design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Participants were randomized 1:1:1:1 to immediate or delayed study drug (TDF, 300 mg orally per day, placebo). Methods: Four hundred healthy HIV-uninfected reporting anal another man within previous 12 months enrolled in Atlanta, Boston, and San Francisco. HIV serostatus, laboratory adverse events...
Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) trials are evaluating regimens containing tenofovir-disoproxil fumarate (TDF) for HIV prevention. We determined the baseline prevalence of low bone mineral density (BMD) and effect TDF on BMD in men who have sex with (MSM) a PrEP trial San Francisco. Methods/Findings evaluated 1) using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) cohort 210 HIV-uninfected MSM screened randomized clinical daily vs. placebo, 2) effects longitudinal 184 enrolled men. Half...
To evaluate for changes in sexual behaviors associated with daily pill use among men who have sex (MSM) participating a preexposure prophylaxis trial.Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Participants were randomized 1:1:1:1 to receive tenofovir disoproxil fumarate or placebo at enrollment after 9-month delay and followed 24 months.Four hundred HIV-negative MSM reporting anal man the past 12 months meeting other eligibility criteria enrolled San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston....
Objective. African American young adults are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and often unaware of their personal risk for HIV. Historically black colleges universities (HBCUs) enroll 25% college-educated can play an important role in HIV prevention. We examined knowledge students at HBCUs to inform strengthen our prevention efforts HBCUs. Methods. undergraduate HBCU completed online surveys assessing behaviors, we analyzed data assess behaviors. Results. A total 1,051...
Background Intrapartum and neonatal single-dose nevirapine (NVP) reduces the risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission but also induces viral resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) drugs. This drug largely fades over time. We hypothesized that women with a prior NVP exposure would have no more than 10% higher cumulative prevalence failure their NNRTI-containing antiretroviral therapy (ART) first 48 wk without exposure. Methods Findings enrolled 355 NVP-exposed...
This article describes the frequency of alcohol use among HIV-positive patients attending clinical care in sub-Saharan Africa and explores association between use, medication adherence, sexual risk behavior. Data from 3538 an HIV clinic Kenya, Tanzania, or Namibia were captured through interview medical record abstraction. Participants categorized into three drinking categories: nondrinkers, nonharmful drinkers, harmful/likely dependent drinkers. A proportional odds model was used to...
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been identified as a clinically relevant target for the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients (NSCLC). EGFR-directed tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have demonstrated efficacy in with NSCLC. drugs Erlotinib and Osimertinib are commonly prescribed NSCLC so docking studies were carried out on two X-ray crystallographic Protein Data Bank (PDB) IDs, 6LUD 1M17, co-crystallized molecules Erlotinib, respectively. Similar to...
Namibia's HIV prevalence is 13.3%. Alcohol associated with sexual risk-taking, leading to increased risk. Baseline behaviors, and alcohol knowledge, self-perceived risk were examined among men reporting high-risk drinking in Katutura, Namibia.HIV negative men, ≥ 18 years, screened for harmful or hazardous levels of >1 recent sex partner prior randomization into control intervention arm. SAS 9.3 R 3.01 used descriptive baseline cohort analyses.A total 501 participants who met criteria...
BACKGROUND Resource‐limited countries in Africa experience blood shortages. Understanding clinical drivers of demand can inform strategies to increase availability. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS From a national representative sample 42 hospitals Tanzania, patient records and requests for whole (WB) red cells (RBCs) treat anemia were analyzed using data collected prospectively from June through September 2013. Abstracted included cause anemia, number requested units, signs, pretransfusion...
The authors present a case of Behçet disease presenting with frosted branch angiitis. Frosted angiitis is rare clinical finding and there are only two reported cases in the literature associated disease.
The sentiment analysis is a system that used to perform automated processes on various services and product reviews. Internet Movie Database (IMDb), which categorized using Bidirectional Encoder Transformers (BERT), included in this scheme. However, the segregated into three stages: pre-processing, feature extraction, classification. To extract features, Word Embedding Vector (Word2Vec) employed. data then classified BERT-based test confusion matrix with settings for accuracy, recall,...
Introduction:This paper highlights the outcome of comparative study “Various Machine learning algo-rithms namely K-NN, Naive Bayes, and Logistic Regression for Credit Card Fraud Detection” carried out based on a dataset taken from UCI.com in 2022-23 at Manav Rachna International Institute Research Studies.Problem: card fraud is still rife today modes are increasingly varied. Quite often we hear cases that cause irreplaceable injury to banks financial institutions which cannot be compensated...
Machine learning models have recently developed into a crucial predictive analytics tool, driving progress in variety of industries. Support Vector (SVM), Naive Bayes, Random Forest, and Long Short-Term Memory are four well-known machine algorithms that thoroughly examined compared this work (LSTM). By assessing these on many parameters, including accuracy, precision, recall, computing efficiency, the study conducts an in-depth investigation. To ensure validity relevance findings, broad...
Navigating daily life remains a substantial challenge for the visually impaired, despite technological advancements. This paper presents an IoT-based Smart Shoe equipped with ultrasonic sensors, accelerometers, and gyroscopes to detect obstacles, providing real-time feedback enhance navigation. The system communicates mobile application offer auditory or haptic alerts, focusing on reliability, comfort, affordability. Tested across varied terrains lighting conditions, prototype showed strong...
Many epidemiologic studies have been performed in military recruit populations, but little is known about the health of those who conduct training. This study aims to characterize physical and mental a trainer cohort. All US Air Force training instructors (MTIs) served between 1 October 2011 30 September 2016 were included this retrospective descriptive study. International Classification Diseases, Ninth or Tenth Revision codes received by MTIs as inpatients outpatients TRICARE system...