Healthy lifestyle and heart rate variability in young adults (Publications)
main HRV marker. Healthy lifestyle metrics were summed to a validated lifestyle-score ranging from 0 = most unhealthy to 7 = most healthy. One point was given for each of the following items: never smoking
Comparison of outdoor environmental heat index (OEHI) and other environmental and physiological heat indices: a case of outdoor workers in low thermal... (Publications)
workday. Results: The highest coefficient of determination was assigned to OEHI and Humidex index (R2> 0.99, P
Breastfeeding after gestational diabetes: does perceived benefits mediate the relationship? (Publications)
effects. Results. Perceived benefits of breastfeeding directly influenced breastfeeding duration (beta = 0.392, p
Genotypic and phenotypic diversity of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> complex genotypes prevalent in West Africa (Publications)
and Lowenstein-Jensen (L-J)). Lineage 4 isolates showed the highest growth rate in both liquid (p = 0.0003) and on solid (L-J) media supplemented with glycerol (p
The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change (Publications)
recent human-induced warming, during the period 1991–2018. Across all study countries, we find that 37.0% (range 20.5–76.3%) of warm-season heat-related deaths can be attributed to anthropogenic climate change
Incidence and types of illness when traveling to the tropics: a prospective controlled study of children and their parents (Publications)
exposing them to infectious agents and tropical diseases not encountered at home. We studied 157 children (0-16 years) and their adult relatives traveling to the tropics, who attended a pretravel clinic and were
Performance of the Xpert((R)) MTB/RIF assay in an active case-finding strategy: a pilot study from Tanzania [Short communication] (Publications)
microscopy was 60% (95%CI 14.7-94.7), Xpert MTB/RIF achieved a sensitivity of 100% (95%CI 47.81-100.0). All culture-confirmed cases tested positive by Xpert MTB/RIF on the first submitted sample, suggesting
Successful treatment of acute mountain sickness with dexamethasone (Publications)
eight of 17 patients became totally asymptomatic. Mean arterial oxygen saturation rose from 75.5% to 82.0%, and there was a small increase in standard spirometric measurements. In the placebo group none of
Triterpenoids with rare carbon skeletons from <em>Salvia hydrangea</em>: antiprotozoal activity and absolute configurations (Publications)
determined. Compounds 1 and 2 showed in vitro antiplasmodial activity, with IC(50) values of 1.43 and 0.18 muM and selectivity indices (SI) of 86.2 and 69.6, respectively. IC(50) values against T. brucei
Antiprotozoal activities of heterocyclic-substituted xanthones from the marine-derived fungus <em>Chaetomium</em> sp (Publications)
measurements. Compound 2 showed selective activity against Plasmodium falciparum with an IC50 value of 0.5 microg/mL without being cytotoxic toward cultured eukaryotic cells. Compound 3 displayed a moderate
