Assessing health impacts in complex eco-epidemiological settings in the humid tropics: advancing tools and methods (Publications)
In the developing world. large-scale projects in the extractive industry and natural resources sectors are often controversial and associated with long-term adverse health consequences to local commun
Novel <em>Bacteroides</em> host strains for detection of human- and animal-specific bacteriophages in water (Publications)
Bacteriophages active against specific Bacteroides host strains were shown to be suitable for detection of human faecal pollution. However, the practical application of this finding is limited because
Imidazolopiperazines: hit to lead optimization of new antimalarial agents (Publications)
Starting from a hit series from a GNF compound library collection and based on a cell-based proliferation assay of Plasmodium falciparum, a novel imidazolopiperazine scaffold was optimized. SAR for th
Effects of environmental parameters on the distribution of bullhead <em>Cottus gobio</em> with particular consideration of the effects of obstructions (Publications)
1. The bullhead Cottus gobio is a small-sized fish that occurs in stony streams and lakes in Switzerland. Its numbers have declined and its distribution has become narrower over the last 30 years, mos
The dental safety profile of high-dose radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer: long-term results of a longitudinal cohort study (Publications)
The long-term dental safety profile of high-dose radioiodine therapy remained elusive despite more than 6 decades of clinical use. METHODS: In a cohort study, we investigated the incidence of sialaden
A Kiswahili version of the SF-36 Health Survey for use in Tanzania: translation and tests of scaling assumptions (Publications)
The objective of the study was to translate and adapt the SF-36 Health Survey for use in Tanzania and to test the psychometric properties of the Kiswahili SF-36. A cross-sectional study was conducted