Cytotoxic benzil and coumestan derivatives from <em>Tephrosia calophylla</em> (Publications)
A benzil, calophione A, 1-(6'-Hydroxy-1',3'-benzodioxol-5'-yl)-2-(6''-hydroxy-2''-isopropenyl-2'', 3''-dihydro-benzofuran-5''-yl)-ethane-1,2-dione and three coumestan derivatives, tephcalostan B, C and [...] against various parasitic protozoa. Calophione A exhibited significant cytotoxicity with IC(50) of 5.00 (RAW) and 2.90microM (HT-29), respectively
Joint effect of heat and air pollution on mortality in 620 cities of 36 countries (Publications)
daily data on all-cause mortality, air temperature, particulate matter ≤ 10 μm (PM10), PM ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3) from 620 cities in 36 countries in the period 1995-2020 [...] ng estimates when daily O3 concentrations were 40 or 160 μg/m3 were 2.9% (1.1%, 4.7%) and 12.5% (6.9%, 18.5%), respectively. Similarly, a 10 μg/m3 increment in PM10 was associated with a 0.54% (0.10%, [...] associated with an average 8.9% (95% confidence interval: 7.1%, 10.7%) mortality...
Joint effect of heat and air pollution on mortality in 620 cities of 36 countries (Publications)
daily data on all-cause mortality, air temperature, particulate matter ≤ 10 μm (PM(10)), PM ≤ 2.5 μm (PM(2.5)), nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)), and ozone (O(3)) from 620 cities in 36 countries in the period 1995-2020 [...] estimates when daily O(3) concentrations were 40 or 160 μg/m(3) were 2.9 % (1.1 %, 4.7 %) and 12.5 % (6.9 %, 18.5 %), respectively. Similarly, a 10 μg/m(3) increment in PM(10) was associated with a 0.54 % (0 [...] with an average 8.9 % (95 % confidence interval: 7.1 %, 10.7 %)...
Characterization of particulate matter emission from open burning of rice straw (Publications)
majority of PM emitted from the field burning was PM(2.5) with EF of 5.1+/-0.7 g m(-2) or 8.3+/-2.7 g kg(-1) RS burned. The coarse PM fraction (PM(10-2.5)) was mainly generated by fire attention activities [...] activities and was relatively small, hence the resulting EF of PM(10) (9.4+/-3.5 g kg(-1) RS) was not significantly higher than PM(2.5). PM size distribution was measured across 8 size ranges (from 9.0 mum). The [...] largest fractions of PM, EC and OC were associated with PM(1.1). The...
Dynamic assessment of right ventricular volumes and function by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography: a comparison study with magnetic... (Publications)
65.2 +/- 23.5 vs 69.7 +/- 25.5 mL, P = .02; and 58.8 +/- 18.4 vs 64.5 +/- 24.1 mL, P < .01, respectively), while no significant difference was observed for ejection fraction (47.8 +/- 8.5% vs 48.2 +/- [...] mL) for end-diastolic volume, r = 0.83 (mean difference, 4.5 mL; 95% CI, -23.8 to 32.9 mL) for end-systolic volume, r = 0.77 (mean difference, 5.7 mL; 95% CI, -24.6 to 36.0 mL) for stroke volume, and r =
Characterization of particulate matter emission from open burning of rice straw (Publications)
majority of PM emitted from the field burning was PM(2.5) with EF of 5.1+/-0.7 g m(-2) or 8.3+/-2.7 g kg(-1) RS burned. The coarse PM fraction (PM(10-2.5)) was mainly generated by fire attention activities [...] activities and was relatively small, hence the resulting EF of PM(10) (9.4+/-3.5 g kg(-1) RS) was not significantly higher than PM(2.5). PM size distribution was measured across 8 size ranges (from 9.0 mum). The [...] largest fractions of PM, EC and OC were associated with PM(1.1). The...
Dynamic assessment of right ventricular volumes and function by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography: a comparison study with magnetic... (Publications)
65.2 +/- 23.5 vs 69.7 +/- 25.5 mL, P = .02; and 58.8 +/- 18.4 vs 64.5 +/- 24.1 mL, P < .01, respectively), while no significant difference was observed for ejection fraction (47.8 +/- 8.5% vs 48.2 +/- [...] mL) for end-diastolic volume, r = 0.83 (mean difference, 4.5 mL; 95% CI, -23.8 to 32.9 mL) for end-systolic volume, r = 0.77 (mean difference, 5.7 mL; 95% CI, -24.6 to 36.0 mL) for stroke volume, and r =
Joint effect of heat and air pollution on mortality in 620 cities of 36 countries (Publications)
daily data on all-cause mortality, air temperature, particulate matter ≤ 10 μm (PM(10)), PM ≤ 2.5 μm (PM(2.5)), nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)), and ozone (O(3)) from 620 cities in 36 countries in the period 1995-2020 [...] estimates when daily O(3) concentrations were 40 or 160 μg/m(3) were 2.9 % (1.1 %, 4.7 %) and 12.5 % (6.9 %, 18.5 %), respectively. Similarly, a 10 μg/m(3) increment in PM(10) was associated with a 0.54 % (0 [...] with an average 8.9 % (95 % confidence interval: 7.1 %, 10.7 %)...
Long-term outcome in elderly patients with chronic angina managed invasively versus by optimized medical therapy: four-year follow-up of the... (Publications)
years (range, 1.1 to 5.9 years). At baseline, patients were 80+/-4 years old, 42% were women, and they were designated as being in angina class 3.2+/-0.7, despite their taking 2.5+/-0.7 antiischemic drugs [...] (n=148) strategy. Survival of invasive-strategy versus medical-strategy patients was 91.5% versus 95.9% after 6 months, 89.5% versus 93.9% after 1 year, and 70.6% versus 73.0% after 4.1 years (P=NS). Mortality
Ambient air pollution exposure estimation for the Global Burden of Disease 2013 (Publications)
World Health Organization Air Quality Guideline of 10 mug/m(3) PM2.5 (annual average). Between 1990 and 2013, global population-weighted PM2.5 increased by 20.4% driven by trends in South Asia, Southeast Asia [...] measurements from 79 different countries to produce global estimates of annual average fine particle (PM2.5) and ozone concentrations at 0.1 degrees x 0.1 degrees spatial resolution for five-year intervals from [...] Asia, and China. Decreases in population-weighted mean...