Outdoor air pollution exposure and cognitive performance: findings from the enrolment phase of the CONSTANCES cohort (Publications)
effect size (percentage decrease) for both PM(2.5) and NO(2) was found for the semantic fluency test (PM(2.5) 4.6%, 95% CI 2.1-6.9 and NO(2) 3.8%, 1.9-5.7), whereas for black carbon, the largest effect [...] regression models, to assign exposure to particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters less than 2.5 mum (PM(2.5)), nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)), and black carbon. We used multiple linear regression models with [...] to PM(2.5) was mainly significant for the semantic fluency test. We found that...
Seasonality of mortality under climate change: a multicountry projection study (Publications)
high-emission scenarios (SSP3-7.0 and SSP5-8.5), substantially altering the shape of seasonality of mortality and, under the highest emission scenario (SSP5-8.5), shifting the mortality peak from cold seasons [...] to increasing emissions (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways [SSP] scenarios SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5). We compared the seasonality in projected mortality between decades by its shape, timings [...] from 0·96 to 1·11, and the change in attributable fraction ranged from...
Serological study of <em>Leptospira interrogans</em> serovar Copenhageni and <em>L. borgpetersenii</em> serovars Tarassovi and Ballum in beef cattle,... (Publications)
and 18.0 (95% CI=15.7-20.5)% for beef cattle, 10.5 (95% CI=9.0-12.1)%, 16.7 (95% CI=14.9-18.6)% and 14.0 (95% CI=12.4-15.8)% for sheep and 6.6 (95% CI=5.3-8.2)%, 15.5 (95% CI=13.5-17.7)% and 3.6 (95% CI=2 [...] 95.1, 73.2 and 56.1% for sheep, 68.5, 48.2 and 29.6% for beef cattle and 73.8, 57.4 and 41.0% for deer, and for Tarassovi, 80.5, 59.7 and 45.1% for sheep, 83.3, 68.5 and 61.1% for beef cattle, and 42.6 [...] animal species and all five Leptospira serovars was 100% at definition > /=1...
Association of FEV1 in asthmatic children with personal and microenvironmental exposure to airborne particulate matter (Publications)
microg/m3 1-hr maximum personal PM, -6.0% (-10.5 to -1.4); 30 microg/m3 24-hr average personal PM, -5.9% (-10.8 to -1.0); 6.7 microg/m3 indoor home PM2.5, -1.6% (-2.8 to -0.4); 16 microg/m3 indoor home [...] home PM10, -2.1% (-3.7 to -0.4); 7.1 microg/m3 outdoor home PM2.5, -1.1% (-2.4 to 0.1); and 7.5 microg/m3 central-site PM2.5, -0.7% (-1.9 to 0.4). Stronger associations were found for multiday moving averages [...] carried by subjects; indoor, outdoor home, and central-site 24-hr gravimetric...
Concurrent spatiotemporal daily land use regression modeling and missing data imputation of fine particulate matter using distributed space-time... (Publications)
(D-STEM) software was developed. We trained the model using daily mean ambient particulate matter ≤2.5 μm (PM2.5) data measured hourly in 2015 at 30 regulatory monitoring network stations within the megacity [...] Iran. Since a substantial amount of measured data were missing (48% of the total number of daily PM2.5 observations), we used the D-STEM to impute missing data and compared the missing imputation performance [...] in MAPE of 28.3%. The spatiotemporal R-squared was 0.73 and the average...
Harbor and intra-city drivers of air pollution: findings from a land use regression model, Durban, South Africa (Publications)
and 20.9 microg/m(3) for NO2, SO2, PM10, and PM2.5, respectively) as compared to summer (10.5, 2.8, 20.5, and 8.5 microg/m(3) for NO2, SO2, PM10, and PM2.5, respectively). Furthermore, higher levels of NO2 [...] for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE) methodology, concentrations of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), sulphur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were measured over a 1-year period, at 41 sites [...] variables being important predictors. The R(2) for PM10 models ranged from 52% to...
Geographic density of landfill sites and risk of congenital anomalies in England (Publications)
risk of congenital anomalies in relation to an index of geographic density of landfill sites across 5x5 km grid squares in England. METHODS: 2 km zones were constructed in a geographical information system [...] was calculated to represent the geographic density of landfill sites within 2 km of births for each 5x5 km grid square, calculated separately for landfill sites handling special, and non-special or unknown [...] certain congenital anomalies and geographic density of special (hazardous)...
Methodological framework for assessing malaria risk associated with climate change in Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Attieen and the mountainous climates. By 2050, the IPCC representative concentration pathway (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios predict an increase in risk in almost all climatic zones, compared to current levels, [...] around 2040 followed by a decline and RCP 8.5 giving the highest baseline emissions scenario, in which emissions continue to rise. It is expected that the AR5 approach to climate risk analysis will be [...] distribution of its risk in all climatic zones of the country based on the...
A prospective evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the point-of-care VISITECT CD4 Advanced Disease test in seven countries (Publications)
301-500, and > 500 cells/µl, VISITECT misclassified 4.5% (95% CI 2.5-7.2%), 12.5 (95% CI 8.0-18.2%), 74.1% (95% CI 67.0-80.5%), 48.0% (95% CI 42.5-53.6%), and 22.6% (95% CI 19.3-26.3%), respectively. [...] RESULTS: Among 1604 participants, the median flow cytometry CD4 was 367 (IQR 128-626) cells/µl and 521 (32.5%) had a CD4 ≤200 cells/µl. VISITECT sensitivity was 92.7% (483/521, 95% CI 90.1-94.7%) and specificity
A profile of travelers - an analysis from a large Swiss travel clinic (Publications)
Tourism was the main reason for travel (17,875, 81.5%), followed by visiting friends and relatives (VFRs; 1,715, 7.8%), traveling for business (1,223, 5.6%), and "other reasons" (ie, volunteer work, pilgrimage [...] women (23, 3.9%) were observed. Mental disorders were more prominent in VFRs (93, 5.4%) and in travel for "other reasons" (63, 5.7%). The latter stayed for the longest periods abroad; 272 (24.9%) stayed longer [...] pilgrimage, study abroad, and emigration; 1,112, 5.1%). The main...
