An affordable, quality-assured community-based system for high-resolution entomological surveillance of vector mosquitoes that reflects human malaria... (Publications)
(CI)] = 0.079 [0.051, 0.121], P < 0.001 for Anopheles gambiae s.l. and 0.153 [0.137, 0.171], P < 0.001 for Culicines) but only moderately differed from QA surveys with the same trap (0.536 [0.406,0.617], [...] P = 0.001 and 0.747 [0.677,0.824], P < 0.001, for An. gambiae or Culex respectively). Despite the poor sensitivity of the ITT per night of sampling, when CB-ITT was compared with QA-HLC, it proved at [...] (Odds Ratio [95% CI] = 4.43[3.027,7. 454] per An. gambiae or Anopheles funestus...
3-year follow-up results of bone mineral content and density after a school-based physical activity randomized intervention trial (Publications)
difference: 0.157 units (0.031 - 0.283); p=0.015), femoral neck (0.205 (0.007 - 0.402); p=0.042) and at total hip (0.195 (0.036 to 0.353); p=0.016) and higher Z-scores of aBMD for total body (0.167 (0.016 to [...] to 0.317); p=0.030) compared to CON, representing 6-8% higher values for children in the INT. No differences could be found for the remaining bone parameters. For the subpopulation with baseline VPA (n=163) [...] (DXA). Sex- and age-adjusted Z-scores of BMC or aBMD at follow-up were...
Airbone particle number profiles, particle mass distributions and particle - bound PAH concentrations within the city environment of Basel: an... (Publications)
correlated to the number of heavy duty vehicles (r=0.67-0.86 and 0.85-0.90), respectively, than to the number of light duty vehicles (r=0.43-0.59 and 0.64), respectively. The highest particle number co [...] Risk Assessment Project (BRISKA). Size specific particle number concentrations (0.018-0.421 µm), particle mass distributions (0.04-49 µm), and particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (pPAH) concentrations
Airbone particle number profiles, particle mass distributions and particle - bound PAH concentrations within the city environment of Basel: an... (Publications)
correlated to the number of heavy duty vehicles (r=0.67-0.86 and 0.85-0.90), respectively, than to the number of light duty vehicles (r=0.43-0.59 and 0.64), respectively. The highest particle number co [...] Risk Assessment Project (BRISKA). Size specific particle number concentrations (0.018-0.421 µm), particle mass distributions (0.04-49 µm), and particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (pPAH) concentrations
Simple variables predict miserable outcome after intravenous thrombolysis (Publications)
cohort were 0.807 (95% CI 0.774-0.838) using the SVM and 0.822 (0.790-0.850) using the DRAGON score (P = 0.3). For the validation cohort, AUCs were 0.786 (0.742-0.829) for the SVM and 0.809 (0.774-0.845) for [...] for the DRAGON score (P = 0.23). Only one patient with an SVM probability of > 70% for miserable outcome in either cohort had a good outcome whilst 83% had a miserable outcome. An online SVM calculator
Short-term variation in air pollution and in average lung function among never-smokers. The Swiss Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults... (Publications)
O3 was associated with decrements in FEV1 of 0.67% (95% confidence interval CI: 0.13% to 1.21%), 0.46% (95% CI: 0.14% to 0.78%), and 0.51% (95% CI: 0.13% to 0.88%), respectively. Moreover, 10-microg/m3 [...] in FVC of 0.73% (95% CI: 0.22% to 1.23%) and 0.36% (95% CI: 0.06% to 0.66%), respectively, and a 10-microg/m3 increment in O(3) was associated with a decrement in FEF25-75 of 1.04% (95% CI: 0.22% to 1.85%)
Simple variables predict miserable outcome after intravenous thrombolysis (Publications)
cohort were 0.807 (95% CI 0.774-0.838) using the SVM and 0.822 (0.790-0.850) using the DRAGON score (P = 0.3). For the validation cohort, AUCs were 0.786 (0.742-0.829) for the SVM and 0.809 (0.774-0.845) for [...] for the DRAGON score (P = 0.23). Only one patient with an SVM probability of > 70% for miserable outcome in either cohort had a good outcome whilst 83% had a miserable outcome. An online SVM calculator
Short-term variation in air pollution and in average lung function among never-smokers. The Swiss Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults... (Publications)
O3 was associated with decrements in FEV1 of 0.67% (95% confidence interval CI: 0.13% to 1.21%), 0.46% (95% CI: 0.14% to 0.78%), and 0.51% (95% CI: 0.13% to 0.88%), respectively. Moreover, 10-microg/m3 [...] in FVC of 0.73% (95% CI: 0.22% to 1.23%) and 0.36% (95% CI: 0.06% to 0.66%), respectively, and a 10-microg/m3 increment in O(3) was associated with a decrement in FEF25-75 of 1.04% (95% CI: 0.22% to 1.85%)
The effects of untreated bednets on malaria infection and morbidity on the Kenyan coast (Publications)
bednets in good condition compared with those not using nets (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.4, 95% CI 0.22-0.72, P = 0.002). There was no evidence of a protective effect against infection when comparing those [...] among those that used untreated nets in good condition (adjusted incidence rate ratio = 0.65, 95% CI 0.45-0.94, P = 0.022), while the rate of clinical malaria among those that used untreated bednets that [...] those that used untreated bednets that were worn and those not using nets...
The effects of untreated bednets on malaria infection and morbidity on the Kenyan coast (Publications)
bednets in good condition compared with those not using nets (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.4, 95% CI 0.22-0.72, P = 0.002). There was no evidence of a protective effect against infection when comparing those [...] among those that used untreated nets in good condition (adjusted incidence rate ratio = 0.65, 95% CI 0.45-0.94, P = 0.022), while the rate of clinical malaria among those that used untreated bednets that [...] those that used untreated bednets that were worn and those not using nets...
