Agreement between parents and adolescents on dental fluorosis: a population-based study (Publications)
7%, but in the District of Rafael Arruda, evidence of very mild and mild fluorosis was found in 32.5% of the subjects, and moderate and severe fluorosis was found in 28.7%. There was poor agreement between
Land use regression models for alkylbenzenes in a Middle Eastern megacity: Tehran Study of Exposure Prediction for Environmental Health Research... (Publications)
a megacity. About 83% of Tehran's surface had benzene concentrations above air quality standard of 5 microg/m3 set by European Union and Iranian Government. Toluene was the predominant alkylbenzene and
Factors associated with colostrum quality and effects on serum gamma globulin concentrations of calves in Swiss dairy herds (Publications)
factors were assessed by logistic regression of questionnaire data. RESULTS: Prevalence values of 15.5% (95% confidence interval [CI], 12.0-19.6%) for low-quality colostrum ( 6 hours between parturition
Molecular basis for covalent inhibition of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase by a 2-phenoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone small molecule (Publications)
covalent inhibition is not preceded by the formation of a strong non-covalent complex. However, an up to 5-fold difference in inactivation rates among homologs hinted at structural or electrostatic differences
Epidemiological analysis of ozone and nitrogen impacts on vegetation - critical evaluation and recommendations (Publications)
model and conditions to be satisfied by the data; (4) selection of the relevant explanatory variables; (5) treatment of interactions and confounding factors; and (6) assessment of model validity.
Patient-identified priorities leading to attempted suicide (Publications)
conflict was identified as the trigger of the suicide attempt by more than half of the patients (54.5%). LIMITATIONS: The study included German-speaking patients only. CONCLUSION: According to patients
"We treat humans, not herds!": a qualitative study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers' individualized approaches to vaccination... (Publications)
providers we interviewed (N=17) and observed during vaccination consultations (N=18 observations with 5 providers) employed individualized approaches to vaccination. Triangulation of qualitative evidence
Artificial light at night influences clock-gene expression, activity, and fecundity in the mosquito <em>Culex pipiens </em>f.<em> Molestus</em> (Publications)
Populations were kept under 16hours (h):8h light:dark cycles or were subjected to an additional 3.5 h of light (100–300 lx) in the evenings. ALAN induced significant changes in expression in all genes
Drinking water from dug wells in rural ghana - <em>Salmonella</em> contamination, environmental factors, and genotypes (Publications)
contamination with Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria was 99.2% (n = 395). Out of 398 samples, 26 (6.5%) tested positive for Salmonella spp. The serovar distribution was diverse including strains not commonly
1-Aryl-4-nitro-1H-imidazoles, a new promising series for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
given orally at doses of 25-50 mg/kg for 4 days for the acute infection, and 50-100 mg/kg (bid) for 5 days in the chronic model. While both compounds are bacterial mutagens, activity is lost in strains
