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Description:: Abstract Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is the most common cancer associated with human immunodeficiency virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) infection worldwide and it is the most prevalent cancer in some countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART), led to dramatic declines in KS morbidity and mortality,...
Keyword:: HIV, Kaposi Sarcoma, opportunistic infections, antiretroviral therapy, Nigeria, and sub-Saharan Africa
Subject:: Health sciences
Creator:: Akanbi, Maxwell Oluwole
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 01/21/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_742578 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15096

Description:: Women living with human immunodeficiency virus (WLWH) have unique health challenges. Understanding psychological strengths that help WLWH manage their disease and improve health outcomes could reduce disease burden. Although spirituality, a multidimensional construct that includes a search for meaning and purpose, connection with a higher dimension, and experiences and feelings...
Keyword:: biopsychology, HIV, women's health, spirituality, positive affect, and program development
Subject:: Social psychology, Health sciences, and Psychology
Creator:: Bassett, Sarah Margaret Ray
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14769 and etdadmin_upload_679594

Description:: The potential association between Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and the incidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been a part of academic discourse for three decades. By considering the mixed reports on the association between FGM and HIV so far, this dissertation contributes to the current state of research by...
Keyword:: HIV, Female Genital Mutilation, and Medicalization
Subject:: Women's studies, Health sciences, and Public health
Creator:: Ibrahim Puri, Jessica
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 05/31/2023
Date Created:: 2023-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16540 and etdadmin_upload_984696

Description:: Levels of the several different human apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like 3 (APOBEC3; A3) cytidine deaminases vary across different cell types. While levels of nuclear-localized A3s are low or non-existent in primary cells, a nuclear A3 is often upregulated in cancer cells. Increased chromosomal mutagenesis due to nuclear A3...
Keyword:: VHL, HIV, Proteasome, and APOBEC
Subject:: Cellular biology
Creator:: Scholtes, Gael Kaushik
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 06/28/2021
Date Created:: 2021-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_822125 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15598

Description:: Research suggests that there exists in some homosexual men a moral push towards the disclosure of their HIV serostatus; yet, does an antithetical, individualistic, and self-oriented movement that searches for restitution for HIV infection exist in others? The following study tested the influence of vengeance, hostility, anger, and other negative...
Keyword:: Negative Psychological Traits, HIV, and HIV Disclosure
Subject:: Communication Studies
Creator:: David Andrew Moskowitz
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 07/26/2018
Date Modified:: 07/26/2018
Date Created:: 2007-04-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: A tetramer model for HIV-1 Integrase (IN) with DNA representing the LTR termini was previously assembled which predicted amino acid residues on the enzyme surface that interact with the LTR termini (Chen et al, 2006). A separate structural alignment of HIV-1, SIV, and ASV INs predicted which of these residues...
Keyword:: HIV, DNA, model structure, and Integrase
Subject:: Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences
Creator:: James Robert Dolan
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 09/14/2018
Date Modified:: 09/14/2018
Date Created:: 2008-08-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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