Antiprotozoal and antihelminthic properties of plants ingested by wild Japanese macaques (<em>Macaca fuscata yakui</em>) in Yakushima Island (Publications)
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Primates forage on a variety of plant parts to balance their dietary intake to meet requirements of energy, nutrition and maintenance, however the reason(s) leading the
Spatial effects of permethrin-impregnated bed nets on child mortality: 26 years on, a spatial reanalysis of a cluster randomized trial (Publications)
In addition to the direct effect of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), there has been evidence for spatial indirect effects. Spatial analyses in cluster randomized trials (CRTs) are rare, but a large-sc
Research and implementation lessons learned from a youth-targeted digital health randomized controlled trial (the ARMADILLO Study) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Evidence is lacking on the efficacy of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) communication interventions for youth (aged 15-24 years), especially from low- and middle-income countries. Ther
Associations of various nighttime noise exposure indicators with objective sleep efficiency and self-reported sleep quality: a field study (Publications)
It is unclear which noise exposure time window and noise characteristics during nighttime are most detrimental for sleep quality in real-life settings. We conducted a field study with 105 volunteers w
Guidance for studies evaluating the accuracy of tuberculosis triage tests (Publications)
Approximately 3.6 million cases of active tuberculosis (TB) go potentially undiagnosed annually, partly due to limited access to confirmatory diagnostic tests, such as molecular assays or mycobacteria
Perspective of asylum-seeking caregivers on the quality of care provided by a Swiss paediatric hospital: a qualitative study (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the perspective of asylum-seeking caregivers on the quality of healthcare delivered to their children in a qualitative in-depth interview study. The health of asylu
Mediators of gender effects on depression among cardiovascular disease patients in Palestine (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Among patients suffering from coronary heart disease (CHD) and comorbid depression, women experience a higher burden compared to men. Little is known on the characteristics that differenti
Impact of environmental changes on infectious diseases: key findings from an international conference in Trieste, Italy in May 2017 (Publications)
Elsevier's 2(nd) conference on "Impact of Environmental Changes on Infectious Diseases" (IECID), convened in May 2017 in Trieste, Italy, brought together some 120 researchers from more than 20 countri
