Interventions for improving employment outcomes for workers with HIV

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Does quality of care differ when HIV patients are treated by non-specialist and specialist HIV healthcare providers in developed countries? A Systematic narrative review

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Contact tracing for chronic hepatitis B in primary care? : A ‘snapshot’ audit in Grampian, Northeast Scotland

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Time taken to reach undetectable viral loads in therapy-naïve HIV patients commencing ART

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Exploring psychosocial predictors of STI testing in University students

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"It's just in that sea of things that I never cared about" : Perception of hepatitis B amongst university students in Aberdeen, North East Scotland

Acknowledgements: We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Elaine Adam (MA, PhD) who was involved in the data collection and analysis. Funding: This study was funded through NHS Endowments. The funding body had no role in the design of the study or the collection, analysis and interpretation of data or writing the manuscript. Availability of data and materials: The audio recordings and transcripts are held in the Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen. They are not publicly available as they contain potentially participant identifiable information.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

CORPORATE STRATEGIES INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND BEHAVIOUR OF INVESTORS IN THE NIGERIAN CAPITAL MARKET

Investors in the capital market rely on information disclosed in the financial statements in their investment decisions. Information disclosed in the financial statement is classified into mandatory and voluntary. One of the variants of voluntary disclosure is the corporate strategies information disclosure. Corporate strategies disclosure convey value-relevant information which enables investors to take informed decisions. This study is therefore conducted to examine the relationship between corporate strategies information disclosure and behaviour of investors in the capital market. The main objective of this study was to investigate whether the disclosure of information on corporate strategies has any influence on the behaviour of investors in the capital market. The corporate strategies disclosure was measured by disclosure checklist developed by the researcher while the investor’s behaviour was measured by market capitalisation. The relationship between corporate strategies disclosure and investor’s behaviour was explained by signalling theory. The study made use of ex post facto research design and data for the study were obtained from financial statements of 60 randomly selected firms listed on the Nigerian exchange group for the years 2015 to 2019. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and regression model. The SPSS version 20 was used to analyse the data. The results of the analyses indicate that the parameters used to measure corporate strategies disclosure was significantly related to market capitalisation. This implies that the disclosure of information on corporate strategies significantly influences the behaviour of investors in the capital market. The study recommends amongst others that managers should strive to disclose information about their corporate strategies as a means of communicating positive signals about their firms

Who has a repeat abortion? Identifying women at risk of repeated terminations of pregnancy : analysis of routinely collected health care data

Authors’ thanks goes to Mr Peter Szchechina and Mr Alastair Soutar for extracting the data for this study and to Prof Allan Templeton for initiating the TOPS database in Grampian and for critically evaluating the manuscript.Peer reviewedPostprin

Home versus in-patient treatment for deep vein thrombosis

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Study of Oversight Functions Mechanism of the Legislature of Cross River State, Nigeria: Focus on Public Funds Appropriation and Usage

This study focused on oversight functions mechanism of Cross River State legislature on public funds. Sample size of 900 was adopted for the purpose of the study. Stratified random sampling was used in the study. Stratification was done on the basis of geopolitical zone, political party affiliation and educational status of the respondents. 900 political party members evenly distributed (300 apiece) among the three leading political parties in the last general elections were used as respondents for the purpose of the study. Each respondent has at least an SSCE/WASC educational qualification. 300 respondents were interviewed in each of the geopolitical zones (i.e. South, Central and North). Two hypotheses were tested. Results showed that the political class themselves perceive the Cross River Legislature as not carrying out its oversight function over the state’s Fund Appropriation and usage significantly. KeyWords : Appropriation, Mechanism, Public Fund, Oversight, Usag