SOCIAL AND STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS OF HIV TREATMENT AND CARE AMONG HISPANIC WOMEN AND LATINAS LIVING WITH HIV INFECTION IN THE UNITED STATES: A QUALITATIVE REVIEW: 2008?2018

Social and Structural Determinants of HIV Treatment and Care Among Hispanic Women and Latinas Living with HIV Infection in the United States: A Qualitative Review: 2008?2018

Purpose: In 2017, among all women in the United States, Hispanic women and Latinas (Hispanics/Latinas) accounted for 16% of women with HIV.Populations with high HIV disparities, including Hispanics/Latinas, experience treatment and care outcomes that are well below the national goals.The objective of this qualitative review was to identify Icemaker

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On the myths of indicator species: issues and further consideration in the use of static concepts for ecological applications.

The use of static indicator species, in which species are expected to have a similar sensitivity or tolerance to either natural or human-induced stressors, does not account for possible shifts in tolerance along natural environmental gradients and between biogeographic regions.Their indicative value may therefore be considered at least questionable

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Resolving shifting patterns of muscle energy use in swimming fish.

Muscle metabolism dominates the energy costs of locomotion.Although in vivo measures of muscle strain, activity and force can indicate mechanical function, similar muscle-level measures of energy use are challenging to obtain.Without this information locomotor systems are essentially a black box in terms of the distribution of metabolic energy.Alth

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New Insights into the Roles of Osmanthus Fragrans Heat-Shock Transcription Factors in Cold and Other Stress Responses

Sweet osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) is an evergreen woody plant that emits a floral aroma and is widely used in the landscape and fragrance industries.However, its application and cultivation regions are limited by cold stress.Heat-shock transcription factor (HSF) family members are widely present in plants and participate in, and regulate, the de

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