Growth of mature beech in relation to ozone and nitrogen deposition: an epidemiological approach (Publications)
regression. Nitrogen (N) deposition was positively correlated with stem growth, with an increase by 41.8% (confidence interval 38.9-44.2) per 10 kg N ha-1 a-1. There was a negative relationship between ozone [...] values. Coefficients indicated growth changes of -22.5% (14.3-28.6 confidence interval) and -35.1% (17.8-47.3) respectively per 10 ppm hours. These changes exceed the -6.1% found in experiments with beech
Comparison of light scattering devices and impactors for particulate measurements in indoor, outdoor, and personal environments (Publications)
PM levels, nephs provided finer resolution and more precise measurements (precision = 3-8% and uncertainty = 2.8 x 10(-7) m(-1) or
Ferrocenyl derivatives of the anthelmintic praziquantel: design, synthesis and biological evaluation (Publications)
four most active compounds. It was also demonstrated using two compounds of the series as models (8A and 8B) that the complexes were stable when incubated for 24 h at 37 degrees C in human plasma
Pooled population pharmacokinetic analysis of tribendimidine for the treatment of <em>Opisthorchis viverrini</em> infections (Publications)
Opisthorchiasis, caused by the food-borne trematode Opisthorchis viverrini, affects more than 8 million people in Southeast Asia. In the framework of a phase 2b clinical trial conducted in Lao PDR, ph [...] tribendimidine were obtained following the design of an sparse sampling scheme at 20 min, 2, 7.75, 8 and 30 h after treatment, using dried blood spot sampling. Pharmacokinetic data for the metabolites
International study of childhood leukemia in residences near electrical transformer rooms (Publications)
1.9) for intermediate and 1.1 (95% CI: 0.3, 3.8) for high exposure in the conditional logistic model. In the mixed logistic model, RRs were 1.4 (95% CI: 0.8, 2.5) for intermediate and 1.3 (95% CI: 0.4, [...] influential country showed RRs of 1.1 (95% CI: 0.5, 2.4) and 1.7 (95% CI: 0.4, 7.2) for intermediate (8 cases) and high (2 cases) exposure. DISCUSSION: Overall, evidence for an elevated risk was weak. However
Brief research report: quantitative analysis of potential coronary microvascular disease in suspected long-COVID syndrome (Publications)
(MBF) was significantly lower [31.8 +/- 5.1 vs. 37.8 +/- 6.0 (mul/g/beat), P < 0.001] and the T2 relaxation time was significantly higher (46.2 +/- 3.6 vs. 42.7 +/- 2.8 ms, P = 0.002) post-COVID-19 compared
Systematic review and meta-analysis of integrated studies on antimicrobial resistance genes in Africa - a One Health perspective (Publications)
sul1 (36.2%), sul2 (32.0%), tetA (31.5%), strB (30.8%) and blaTEM (30.0%), whereas sul2 (42.4%), tetA (42.0%), strB (34.9%), blaTEM (28.8%) and sul1 (27.8%) were most prevalent in humans. We observed no clear
Malaria infection prevalence and sensitivity of reactive case detection in Zanzibar (Publications)
residing in non-index households tested positive (OR = 8.4; 95%CI: 5.7, 12.5). Of 6,281 participants tested by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), 8.4% of those residing in index households and 1.3% [...] households located within 50 m of the index household as compared with those located farther away (OR = 0.8, 95%CI: 0.5, 1.4). Sensitivity of RDT to detect qPCR-detectable infections was 34% (95%CI: 26.4, 42
Accuracy of urine circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) test for <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> diagnosis in different settings of Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
endemic for S. mansoni, whereas S. haematobium co-exists in setting C. Overall, 446 children, aged 8-12 years, submitted multiple stool and urine samples. For S. mansoni diagnosis, stool samples were examined [...] diagnostic 'gold' standard, the prevalence of S. mansoni in setting A, B and C was 32.9%, 53.1% and 91.8%, respectively. The sensitivity of triplicate Kato-Katz from the first stool and a single CCA-A test [...] 9% and 75.0%. The ether-concentration technique showed a low...
Malaria risk and access to prevention and treatment in the paddies of the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania (Publications)
35-8.51). Protection with mosquito nets in the fields was extremely good (98% usage) but home-stocking of antimalarials was uncommon. Despite the long distances to health services, 55.8% (37.9-72.8) of
