Speed of extirpation of the huemul in the history of human occupation in Patagonia (Publications)
species and area lost per year. Key results: The model showed good predictive power (AUCTest = 0.764 ± 0.091). However, low values were obtained for AUCtrain and AUCprom for the different predictor scenarios
Prevalence and associated risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections among children in pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in the Adadle... (Publications)
Giardia intestinalis, and 3.0% Entamoeba spp.. Intestinal helminth prevalence was 14.5%: 12.8% Ascaris lumbricoides, 1.4% hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale /Necator americanus.), and 0.3% Hymenolepis nana. G
School-based preventive chemotherapy program for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth control in Angola: 6-year impact assessment (Publications)
prevalence from 2014 for Huambo was 18.8% (95% confidence interval (CI) 8.6, 29.0), Uige -92.3% (95%CI -162.2, -58.3), and Zaire -14.0% (95%CI -48.6, 20.6). Prevalence of any STH in Huambo was 16.3%, Uige 65
The empirical support for the radical cure strategy for eliminating <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> in China (Publications)
rank correlation between the number of inoculated sporozoites and the number of relapses of 0.51, p-value = 0.0043). The median of the posterior distribution for the duration of the first relapse interval
What agro-input dealers know, sell and say to smallholder farmers about pesticides: a mystery shopping and KAP analysis in Uganda (Publications)
revealed through mystery shopping with local farmers buying pesticides (n = 94). RESULTS: While 97.0% of agro-input dealers considered advising customers their responsibility, only 26.6% of mystery shoppers [...] price. Agro-input dealers showed limited understanding of labels and active ingredients. Moreover, 25.0% of shops were selling repackaged products, while 10.5% sold unmarked or unlabeled products. 90.1% of
Chest X-ray analysis with deep learning-based software as a triage test for pulmonary tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis of... (Publications)
on testing as the reference. We re-analyzed CXRs with three CAD (CAD4TB version (v) 6, Lunit v3.1.0.0, and qXR v2). We estimated sensitivity and specificity within each study and pooled using IPD meta-analysis
A regression-based method for mapping traffic-related air pollution: application and testing in four contrasting urban environments (Publications)
and 100% of the time. r2 values between modelled and observed concentrations are in the range of 0.58-0.76. These results are comparable to those achieved by more sophisticated dispersion models. The model
Ultra-sensitive detection of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> by amplification of multi-copy subtelomeric targets (Publications)
acidic terminal sequence (varATS, 59 copies/genome). Our assays reached a limit of detection of 0.03 to 0.15 parasites/mul blood and were 10x more sensitive than standard 18S rRNA qPCR. In a population
Kinetics of oxygen uptake at the onset of exercise in boys and men (Publications)
men (respectively, 50% VO2 peak task: 22. 8 +/- 5.1 vs. 26.4 +/- 4.1 s; 100% VO2 peak task: 28.0 +/- 6.0 vs. 28.1 +/- 4.4 s; and 130% VO2 peak task: 19.8 +/- 4.1 vs. 20.7 +/- 5. 7 s). In conclusion, O2
Characterization of particulate matter emission from open burning of rice straw (Publications)
7+/-2.2 g kg(-1) RS). The 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 [...] 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 most significant components