INFLUENCE OF SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION AND GENDER ON CURRENT CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: DISENTANGLING CONTEXT FROM COMPOSITION

Abstract Background Smoking is still gaining ground in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially among socially disadvantaged groups.People living with HIV represent a subgroup with a significantly elevated prevalence of cigarette smoking.The objective of the study was to examine the influence of individual-, neighbourhood- and country-level socioeconomic pos

The authors present the results of modeling the temperature drift of the resonator path length of a laser gyroscope based on a ring helium-neon laser with circular polarization of twist e liquid purple no 1 radiation and a magneto-optical frequency bias based on the Zeeman effect using the MATLAB mathematical package.The algorithm developed and imp

Cluster Validity Indices (CVI) evaluate the efficiency of a clustering algorithm and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) evaluate the efficiency of Decision-Making Units (DMUs) using a number of inputs data and outputs data.Combination of the CVI and DEA inspired the development of a new automatic clustering algorithm called Automatic Clustering Based

Infrared (IR) and passive microwave (PMW) satellite sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals are valuable to assimilate into high-resolution regional ocean forecast models.Still, there are issues related to these SSTs that need to be addressed to achieve improved ocean forecasts.Firstly, satellite SST products tend to be biased.Assimilating SSTs fr