Chemical constituents from <em>Waltheria indica</em> exert <em>in vitro</em> activity against <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> and <em>T. cruzi</em> (Publications)
derivatives (betulinic acid (4), 3beta-acetoxy-27-trans-caffeoyloxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid methyl ester (5) and 3beta-acetoxy-27-cis-caffeoyloxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid methyl ester (6)) identified by 1D and
Validation of two accelerometers to determine mechanical loading of physical activities in children (Publications)
performance of different tasks of daily physical activity in children. Thirteen children (10.1 (range 5.4-15.7) years, 3 girls) wore two accelerometers (ActiGraph GT3X+ (ACT), GENEA (GEN)) at the hip that
A global assessment of civil registration and vital statistics systems: monitoring data quality and progress (Publications)
percentage of deaths registered increasing from 36% to 38%, and the percentage of children aged under 5 years whose birth has been registered increasing from 58% to 65%. However, several individual countries
Association between annoyance and individuals' values of nitrogen dioxide in a European setting (Publications)
was 27 microg.m(-3) (from 10 in Umea, Sweden, to 57 in Barcelona, Spain). The mean of annoyance was 2.5 (from 0.7 in Reykjavik, Iceland, to 4.4 in Huelva, Spain). NO2 was associated with annoyance (ratio
Effect of agricultural activities on prevalence rates, and clinical and presumptive malaria episodes in central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
significant difference between the proportions of severe malaria episodes (i.e. axillary temperature> 37.5 degrees C plus parasitaemia> 5000 parasites/mul blood). Our study underscores the complex relationship
Estimated global resources needed to attain international malaria control goals (Publications)
45 billion will be required from 2006 to 2015. The average cost during this period is US$ 3.8 to 4.5 billion per year. The average costs for Africa are US$ 1.7 billion and US$ 2.2 billion per year in the
An attributable risk model for exposures assumed to cause both chronic disease and its exacerbations (Publications)
the combined AR model, 39.8% of exacerbations were attributable to air pollution, compared with 33.5% in the traditional model, which ignores a chronic effect of pollution on asthma development. Thus,
Physical activity is independently related to aerobic capacity in cystic fibrosis (Publications)
linear regression analysis, height, sex, FEV1, muscle power and ADAC (additionally explained variance 2.5%) or time spent in MVPA (additionally explained variance 3.7%) were identified as independent predictors
Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk (Publications)
loci contain genes previously known or suspected to regulate blood pressure (GUCY1A3-GUCY1B3, NPR3-C5orf23, ADM, FURIN-FES, GOSR2, GNAS-EDN3); the other ten provide new clues to blood pressure physiology
Antischistosomal activities of mefloquine-related arylmethanols (Publications)
drugs (4-quinolinemethanols WR7573 and WR7930) characterized by significantly lower IC(50)s (2.7 and 3.5 muM, respectively) when compared to mefloquine (11.4 muM). Mefloquine and WR7930 showed significantly