Hand hygiene and face mask wearing practices for COVID-19 prevention: a non-intrusive observation of patrons of community convenience shops in Accra,... (Publications)
males. Of these, 653 (81.6%) wore face covering and 98 (12.3%) performed hand hygiene; with 92 (11.5%) adhering to both measures. Patrons who wore face mask appropriately were 578; comprising 299 (92.3%)
Parental cohabitation and breastfeeding outcomes among United States adolescent mothers (Publications)
increased odds of breastfeeding initiation compared to noncohabiting adolescent mothers (odds ratio [OR]: 1.5, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.08-2.16). After stratifying by race/ethnicity, both Hispanic and n
Genomic analyses of human adenoviruses unravel novel recombinant genotypes associated with severe infections in pediatric patients (Publications)
in causing severe infections in this study included HAdV species C genotypes (HAdV1, HAdV2, and HAdV5). Clustering of the HAdV whole-genome sequences of the severe and mild cases did not show any differences
Risk factors for brucellosis and knowledge-attitude practice among pastoralists in Afar and Somali regions of Ethiopia (Publications)
a quarter of the households (22.8 %), recalled abortions in goats in the last 12 months, whereas 52.5 % and 50.3 % recalled stillborn in all species and membrane retentions respectively. All respondents
Estimated all-day and evening whole-brain radiofrequency electromagnetic fields doses, and sleep in preadolescents (Publications)
preadolescents with zero evening whole-brain RF-EMF dose from phone calls [-11.9min (95%CI -21.2; -2.5)]. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest the evening as a potentially relevant window of RF-EMF exposure
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
