The influence of genotype on the natural history of types 1 - 3 spinal muscular atrophy (Publications)
individuals with two SMN2 copies was 8 months (standard deviation [SD]: 4 months) and 10 years (SD: 5 months) for individuals with three copies, and no deaths were reported in individuals with ≥4 SMN2 copies
Drug-induced differential culturability in diverse strains of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Mtb-positive cultures in liquid as opposed to solid medium, with this liquid culture bias extending up to 5 months post diagnosis. Experimentally, there was a disparity between bacterial time to positivity (TTP)
"We treat humans, not herds!": a qualitative study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers' individualized approaches to vaccination... (Publications)
providers we interviewed (N=17) and observed during vaccination consultations (N=18 observations with 5 providers) employed individualized approaches to vaccination. Triangulation of qualitative evidence
Quantification of annual settlement growth in rural mining areas using machine learning (Publications)
and temporal consistency correction. Overall accuracy in the four studied scenes ranged between 58.5% and 95.1%. Arid conditions and limited availability of Google Earth imagery negatively affected cl
Marginal bone loss 1 year after implantation: a systematic review for fixed and removable restorations (Publications)
selected. Related to fixed restorations, the lowest MBL was 0.05+/-0.67 mm and the highest 1.37+/-0.5 mm. The MBL for removable restorations ranged from 0.13+/-0.35 mm to 1.03+/-0.65 mm. Three studies analyzed
Individual aircraft noise exposure assessment for a case-crossover study in Switzerland (Publications)
different nighttime windows. Average nighttime aircraft noise levels were 45.2 dB, 64.6 dB, and 18.5 for LAeq, LAmax, and NAT55 respectively. In this paper, we present a method to estimate individual aircraft
Antiprotozoal activity of natural products from Nigerien plants used in folk medicine (Publications)
of the experimental and calculated ECD spectra. In addition, eight known cyclopeptide alkaloids (4, 5, 7-12), and five known triterpenoids (6, 14, 17-19) were isolated. The antiprotozoal activity of the
A randomized, double-blind placebo-control study assessing the protective efficacy of an odour-based 'push-pull' malaria vector control strategy in... (Publications)
positioned at open eave gaps of houses; a 'pull' intervention placing an odour-baited mosquito trap at a 5 m distance from a house; the combined 'push-pull' package; and the control where houses contained all
Microbiological characterisation of community-acquired urinary tract infections in Bagamoyo, Tanzania: a prospective study (Publications)
time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry and automated resistance testing. Overall, 104 out of 270 (38.5%) individuals had a positive urine culture and 119 putative pathogens were identified. The most frequently
Renaissance remedies: antiplasmodial protostane triterpenoids from <em>Alisma plantago-aquatica</em> L. (Alismataceae) (Publications)
te, alisol B 23-monoacetate, and alisol G. Their IC(50)s against Plasmodium falciparum ranged from 5.4 to 13.8muM. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first report of antiplasmodial activity from protostanes tri
