Radio-frequency exposure of the yellow fever mosquito (<em>A. aegypti</em>) from 2 to 240 GHz (Publications)
Fifth generation networks (5G) will be associated with a partial shift to higher carrier frequencies, including wavelengths of insects. This may lead to higher absorption of radio frequency (RF) elect
Acute effects of military aircraft noise on sedative and analgesic drug administrations in psychiatric patients: a case-time series analysis (Publications)
the clinic's records. OUTCOMES: During the study period (06/2016-12/2021), 23,486 flights occurred. 5,968 clinical stays with a median length of 41 days (IQR: 28d, 50d) were recorded. The odds ratio (OR)
A pilot of a chronic disease self-management programme in Moldova (Publications)
participants’ self-efficacy significantly increase between baseline and follow-up (from mean score of 5.3 to 8.3; t(58) = -12.2, p < 0.001), they also improved their knowledge on every individual item on
Association of pesticide exposure with respiratory health outcomes and rhinitis in avocado farmworkers from Michoacán, Mexico (Publications)
evidence of a mixture association of urinary pesticide metabolites with increased odds of night cough (OR: 5.34, 95 % CrI: 1.67, 20.62). Pyrethroid metabolites 3-phenoxybenzoic acid and cis- and trans-3-(2,2-
Associations between environmental noise and myocardial infarction and stroke: investigating the potential mediating effects of hypertension (Publications)
developed hypertension. The estimated total effect per interquartile range increase (from 55.0 to 60.5 dB A) in the annual mean L(Aeq24h) was 1.073 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.070-1.077) for both MI
Decreasing incidence of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in people with HIV in South Africa (Publications)
for different risk factors using Royston-Parmar flexible parametric survival models. FINDINGS: Among 5,247,968 PWH, 1,059 incident SCCC were diagnosed for a crude overall SCCC incidence rate of 6.8/100,000
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests reliably detect asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections in school-aged children that are infectious to... (Publications)
recorded after dissections, from which 94.9% (282/297) were derived from infections detected by mRDT and 5.1% (15/297) from subpatent mRDT infections. CONCLUSION: The mRDT can be used reliably to detect children
Resilience of racial and ethnic minority older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of a prior disability prevention intervention (Publications)
randomized clinical trial (Positive Minds-Strong Bodies [PMSB]) conducted between May 25, 2015, and March 5, 2019. Participants were recontacted to assess symptoms of anxiety, depression, general distress, and
Variability of the human serum metabolome over 3 months in the EXPOsOMICS Personal Exposure Monitoring study (Publications)
Our results suggest that the metabolome as measured with untargeted LC-HRMS is fairly stable (ICC > 0.5) over 100 days for more than half of the features monitored in our study, to reflect average levels
Generating super-shedders: co-infection increases bacterial load and egg production of a gastrointestinal helminth (Publications)
faecal samples. Co-infection resulted in high bacterial loads early in the infection (within the first 5 days) that could cause host mortality. Co-infection also produced helminth 'super-shedders'; individuals