Air Pollution Research at Swiss TPH and Its Impact on Policy | Impact Stories (Page)
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provided the scientific basis for the Swiss Federal Council to introduce a limit value for particulate matter in 1998. About ten years later, researchers from the SAPALDIA study provided the world's first [...] such as osteoarthritis, diabetes and lung cancer, which ultimately reduce life expectancy. The global burden of the disease is large: according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around seven million [...] today about the effects of air pollution on health has been demonstrated...
New developments in human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
FINDINGS: The most important recent development has been the completion of the Trypanosoma brucei genome which will greatly facilitate the discovery of new drug targets and genetic markers. Correct staging [...] staging of the disease is of key importance for treatment. The analysis of sleep patterns is a promising new method to this end and has advanced enough to begin thorough clinical trials. In terms of novel drug [...] a new light on the importance of animal reservoirs. SUMMARY: The use of...
New developments in human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
FINDINGS: The most important recent development has been the completion of the Trypanosoma brucei genome which will greatly facilitate the discovery of new drug targets and genetic markers. Correct staging [...] staging of the disease is of key importance for treatment. The analysis of sleep patterns is a promising new method to this end and has advanced enough to begin thorough clinical trials. In terms of novel drug [...] a new light on the importance of animal reservoirs. SUMMARY: The use of...
Dealing with crosstalk in electromagnetic field measurements of portable devices (Publications)
approach to detect and correct crosstalk in RF-EMF measurements, taking into account the real-life setting in which crosstalk is intermittently present, depending on the exact frequency of the signal. Personal [...] Some individuals had a larger reduction of up to 16%. The code developed to make the corrections is provided for free as an R function which is easily applied to any time series of EMF measurements. [...] were identified by correlation analysis, and replaced by the median value of ...
Dealing with crosstalk in electromagnetic field measurements of portable devices (Publications)
approach to detect and correct crosstalk in RF-EMF measurements, taking into account the real-life setting in which crosstalk is intermittently present, depending on the exact frequency of the signal. Personal [...] Some individuals had a larger reduction of up to 16%. The code developed to make the corrections is provided for free as an R function which is easily applied to any time series of EMF measurements. [...] were identified by correlation analysis, and replaced by the median value of ...
A real-world quality assessment study in six ExpoM-RF measurement devices (Publications)
We modelled the geometric mean levels of RF-EMF as a function of orientation, position, device ID, whether the device was recently calibrated, correcting for the microenvironment in which each measurement [...] impact considering the negligible differences between devices. This supports the validity of previous exposure measurement studies relying on ExpoM-RF devices, which did not correct for device ID. We further [...] using single, well-defined signals such as the center frequency of each...
A real-world quality assessment study in six ExpoM-RF measurement devices (Publications)
We modelled the geometric mean levels of RF-EMF as a function of orientation, position, device ID, whether the device was recently calibrated, correcting for the microenvironment in which each measurement [...] impact considering the negligible differences between devices. This supports the validity of previous exposure measurement studies relying on ExpoM-RF devices, which did not correct for device ID. We further [...] using single, well-defined signals such as the center frequency of each...
Inference with difference-in-differences with a small number of groups: a review, simulation study, and empirical application using SHARE data (Publications)
compare the empirical coverage rates and power of these methods using a Monte Carlo simulation study in scenarios in which we vary the degree of error correlation, the group size balance, and the proportion [...] popular as an approach to evaluate the effect of a group-level policy on individual-level outcomes. Several statistical methodologies have been proposed to correct for the within-group correlation of model [...] model errors resulting from the clustering of data. Little is known about...
Inference with difference-in-differences with a small number of groups: a review, simulation study, and empirical application using SHARE data (Publications)
compare the empirical coverage rates and power of these methods using a Monte Carlo simulation study in scenarios in which we vary the degree of error correlation, the group size balance, and the proportion [...] popular as an approach to evaluate the effect of a group-level policy on individual-level outcomes. Several statistical methodologies have been proposed to correct for the within-group correlation of model [...] model errors resulting from the clustering of data. Little is known about...
An approach to addressing governance from a health system framework perspective (Publications)
governance weaknesses which are potentially addressable by targeted interventions and policies. This approach is built largely on prior literature, but is original in that it is problem-driven and promotes [...] appropriately. While a number of frameworks for assessing governance in the health sector have been proposed, their application is often hindered by unrealistic indicators or they are overly complex resulting [...] how best to improve the performance of their health systems. To aid these...
