Growth losses in Swiss forests caused by ozone: epidemiological data analysis of stem increment of <em>Fagus sylvatica L.</em> and <em>Picea... (Publications)
forest growth losses by ozone on a country-wide scale. For Switzerland, these estimates amount to 19.5% growth reduction for deciduous forests, 6.6% for coniferous forests and 11.0% for all forested areas
Contextual variation in young children's acquisition of social-emotional skills (Publications)
This study examined variation in the timing of 5,447 infants' and toddlers' reported acquisition of 12 basic social-emotional skills across and within 11 developing and developed country sites. Although
3-Hydroxy-propanamidines, a new class of orally active antimalarials targeting <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
chloroquine-sensitive and multidrug-resistant parasite strains ofPlasmodium falciparum (with IC50 values of 5 and 12 nM against 3D7 and Dd2 strains, respectively) as well as low cytotoxicity in human cells. In
Immunoglobulin recognition of fecal bacteria in stunted and non-stunted children: findings from the Afribiota study (Publications)
ly distinct populations from the Afribiota project. Fecal bacteria from 200 children between 2 and 5 years old in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), were sorted into
Nachtlärminduzierte Schlafstörungen und Herz-Kreislauf-Risiko (Publications)
noise (road traffic, railway, aircraft and industrial noise) causes severe sleep disorders among 6.5 million people in Europe. New epidemiological and mechanistic field studies show that in particular
Antituberculotic and antiprotozoal activities of primin, a natural benzoquinone: in vitro and in vivo studies (Publications)
Primin (=2-methoxy-6-pentylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione), a natural benzoquinone synthesized in our laboratory, was investigated for its in vitro antiprotozoal, antimycobacterial, and cytotoxic potential
Present drugs and future perspectives in treating soil-transmitted helminthiasis (Publications)
(Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus) are responsible for the infection of approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. Preventive chemotherapy is the
Discovery of an orally active nitrothiophene-based antitrypanosomal agent (Publications)
trypanosomes and are metabolically stable. One of the compounds, (E)-N-(4-(methylamino)-4-oxobut-2-en-1-yl)-5-nitrothiophene-2-carboxamide (10), selectively inhibited the growth of T. b. brucei, T. b. gambiense
"Flexible lockdown" in Switzerland individual responsibility and the daily navigation of risk and protection (Publications)
This chapter focuses on this small, multilingual, mountainous country of 8.5 million inhabitants. It presents the preliminary results of a medical anthropology study called SociocoViD, which was developed
High prevalence of TB multimorbidity among adults of a tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death globally, with approximately 1.5 million deaths in 2020. TB often coexists with chronic communicable and non-communicable diseases, but data to
