Socio-economic factors influencing intimate partner violence among adolescents and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review (Publications)
financial stability. CONCLUSION: Socio-economic status influences the level of IPV experienced by AYW in many countries of SSA, while evidence of the long-term effects remains uncovered. To achieve Sustainable [...] The majority of the publications, ten (62.5%) were cross-sectional studies, while four (25%) were qualitative studies and two (12.5%) were mixed methods studies. The review found that lack of financial resources [...] Online databases such as MEDLINE, Embase, PsycIFO, CINAHL,...
Streaming data from a smartphone application: a new approach to mapping health during travel (Publications)
BACKGROUND: New research methods offer opportunities to investigate the influence of environment on health during travel. Our study uses data from a smartphone application to describe spatial and environmental [...] that completed the study answered 940 questionnaires, 796 (84.7%) of which were geolocated to Southeast Asia. Accidents occurred to 20.0% of participants and were mainly in the Thai islands, while self-rated [...] environmental patterns in health among travellers. METHODS: A...
New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease (Publications)
understanding of the biologic mechanisms of kidney function by identifying loci that potentially influence nephrogenesis, podocyte function, angiogenesis, solute transport and metabolic functions of the kidney [...] susceptibility variants. The CKDGen consortium performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data in 67,093 individuals of European ancestry from 20 predominantly population-based studies in order [...] (eGFRcys) and CKD (eGFRcrea < 60 ml/min/1.73 m(2); n = 5,807 individuals...
New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease (Publications)
understanding of the biologic mechanisms of kidney function by identifying loci that potentially influence nephrogenesis, podocyte function, angiogenesis, solute transport and metabolic functions of the kidney [...] susceptibility variants. The CKDGen consortium performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data in 67,093 individuals of European ancestry from 20 predominantly population-based studies in order [...] (eGFRcys) and CKD (eGFRcrea < 60 ml/min/1.73 m(2); n = 5,807 individuals...
Streaming data from a smartphone application: a new approach to mapping health during travel (Publications)
BACKGROUND: New research methods offer opportunities to investigate the influence of environment on health during travel. Our study uses data from a smartphone application to describe spatial and environmental [...] that completed the study answered 940 questionnaires, 796 (84.7%) of which were geolocated to Southeast Asia. Accidents occurred to 20.0% of participants and were mainly in the Thai islands, while self-rated [...] environmental patterns in health among travellers. METHODS: A...
Physical activity is independently related to aerobic capacity in cystic fibrosis (Publications)
relationship reflects a direct effect or is mediated by the effects of confounding variables, such as pulmonary or muscle function. The objective of the present study was to determine the relationship between [...] between PA and V'(O2,max) in CF while adjusting for possible influences of confounding factors. In total, 36 female and 35 male patients with CF from Germany and Switzerland (aged 12-40 yrs, forced expiratory [...] (additionally explained variance 3.7%) were identified as independent...
Physical activity is independently related to aerobic capacity in cystic fibrosis (Publications)
relationship reflects a direct effect or is mediated by the effects of confounding variables, such as pulmonary or muscle function. The objective of the present study was to determine the relationship between [...] between PA and V'(O2,max) in CF while adjusting for possible influences of confounding factors. In total, 36 female and 35 male patients with CF from Germany and Switzerland (aged 12-40 yrs, forced expiratory [...] (additionally explained variance 3.7%) were identified as independent...
Assessing different next-generation sequencing technologies for wastewater-based epidemiology (Publications)
experiments, we show that higher sequencing error rates of ONT Nanopore sequencing reduce the accuracy of estimates of the relative abundance of viral variants, but the overall trend is in good concordance [...] quantify circulating viral strains rapidly. However, the specific choice of sequencing method influences the quality and timeliness of generated data and hence its usefulness for wastewater-based pathogen [...] Flongle flow cell sequencing data to facilitate the selection of sequencing...
Immune system development varies according to age, location, and anemia in African children (Publications)
immune profile at the time of vaccination, including an increased frequency of antibody-secreting plasmablasts and follicular helper T cells. Anemic children had lower frequencies of recent thymic emigrant [...] incidence of infectious disease, have the greatest need for the protection afforded by vaccination, but vaccines often show reduced efficacy in these populations. An improved understanding of how age, infection [...] genetics influence immune ontogeny and function is key to informing...
Understanding and improving access to prompt and effective malaria treatment and care in rural Tanzania: the ACCESS Programme (Publications)
programme's strategy is based on a set of integrated interventions, including social marketing for improved care seeking at community level as well as strengthening of quality of care at health facilities. This [...] treatment is central in the fight against malaria. However, a variety of interlinked factors at household and health system level influence access to timely and appropriate treatment and care. Furthermore, [...] complemented by a project that aims to improve the performance of drug...