Moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents (Publications)
CONTEXT: Sparse data exist on the combined associations between physical activity and sedentary time with cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy children. OBJECTIVE: To examine the independent and co
Field issues related to effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania (Publications)
Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) impregnated with pyrethroid insecticides have become one of the most promising interventions to prevent malaria in highly endemic areas. Despite the large body of exper
Praziquantel: mechanisms of action, resistance and new derivatives for schistosomiasis (Publications)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Praziquantel (PZQ) is the only drug being used to treat human schistosomiasis on a large scale. This review focuses on current knowledge about the mechanisms of action of PZQ, prosp
Assessment of intensity, prevalence and duration of everyday activities in Swiss school children: a cross-sectional analysis of accelerometer and... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Appropriately measuring habitual physical activity (PA) in children is a major challenge. Questionnaires and accelerometers are the most widely used instruments but both have wel
Identification of a new chemical class of antimalarials (Publications)
The increasing spread of drug-resistant malaria strains underscores the need for new antimalarial agents with novel modes of action (MOAs). Here, we describe a compound representative of a new class o
Synthesis of a potent antimalarial agent through natural products conjugation (Publications)
Au naturel! (+)-Usnic acid (green) is a weak antimalarial agent, however, in conjugation with known antimalarial scaffolds and drugs, such as dihydroartemisinin (blue), potent activity against the blo
Growth of mature beech in relation to ozone and nitrogen deposition: an epidemiological approach (Publications)
Stem increment of mature Fagus sylvatica L. from 57 plots in Switzerland was analysed with respect to environmental factors using multilinear regression. Nitrogen (N) deposition was positively correla
The impact of obesity on mortality in UA/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (Publications)
AIMS: Obesity is associated with diabetes mellitus and advanced coronary artery disease (CAD). Once a non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome has occurred, the association between obesity and prognos
Phase change material for thermotherapy of Buruli ulcer: modelling as an aid to implementation (Publications)
A mathematical model was developed and validated to predict the thermal behaviour of a heat application device based on a phase change material (pcm) for the heat treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans i