Estimating the value of point-of-care HPV testing in three low- and middle-income countries: a modeling study

Abstract Background Where resources are available, the World Health Organization recommends cervical cancer screening with human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing and subsequent treatment of HPV-positive women with timely cryotherapy.Newer technologies may facilitate a same-day screen-and-treat approach, but these testing systems are generally too e

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Effect of integrated forage rotation and manure management on yield, nutrient balance and soil organic matter

This paper reports results from a field experiment established in 1995 and still on going.It is located in Lodi, in the irrigated lowlands of Lombardy, Northern Italy.The experiment compares two rotations: the annual double cropping system, Italian ryegrass + silage maize (R1); and the 6-year rotation, in which three years of double crop Italian ry

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Abundance, production, and migrations of nesting green turtles at Rose Atoll, American Samoa, a regionally important rookery in the Central South Pacific Ocean

Sea turtles are a taxon of conservation concern and are highly migratory, exposing them to a variety of threats (e.g., fisheries bycatch, direct harvest) across their lifetime.Understanding the abundance of nesting females, hatchling production, and migratory movements - three of the most basic biological data needs for this species group - is impe

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