Economic aspects of sanitation in developing countries (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Improved sanitation has been shown to have great impacts on people's health and economy. However, the progress of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on halving the proportio
Perceived illness drives participation in mass deworming campaigns in Laos (Publications)
Multiple helminth infections are very common in communities of southern Laos. Preventive chemotherapy in combination with health education is the mainstay of control. We assessed the knowledge, percep
Reliability of fully automated versus visually controlled pre- and post-processing of resting-state EEG (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To compare the reliability of a newly developed MatlabĀ® toolbox for the fully automated, pre- and post-processing of resting state EEG (automated analysis, AA) with the reliability of analy
Prevalence of impaired glucose metabolism and potential predictors: a rapid appraisal among >/= 45 year old residents of southern Tajikistan (Publications)
BACKGROUND: An estimated 2% of all deaths in Tajikistan can be attributed to diabetes but reliable data is scarce for the country and across Central Asia. We assessed the prevalence of impaired glucos
Hydrogen sulfide removal by <em>Thiobacillus thioparus</em> bacteria on seashell bed biofilters (Publications)
The aim of this research is to achieve an efficient and cheap methods to remove H2S from the factories emissions. Four serial cylinders are designed, 40 cm in height and 15 cm in diameter each. They a