Short-term effects of nocturnal transportation noise on cardio-metabolic outcomes and its association to sleep (Publications)
Transportation noise is one of the most important environmental risk factors for cardio-metabolic diseases. It is assumed that short-term noise exposure activates a physiological stress response, whic
Mode of action of synthetic antimalarial peroxides (Publications)
Malaria is one of the most widespread infectious diseases which caused an estimated 212 million cases and 429,000 deaths worldwide in 2015. Today, artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), a combin
Preventing wild boar <em>Sus scrofa</em> damage - considerations for wild boar management in highly fragmented agroecosystems (Publications)
During the last three decades wild boar populations have grown rapidly and the range of the species has increased steadily, covering almost the whole European continent today. The huge spread of the w
Diagnosis and epidemiology of <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> in Cambodia (Publications)
Background: The soil-transmitted helminth Strongyloides stercoralis is the most neglected of all neglected helminth infections. It is known to occur worldwide, more prominently in tropical and subtrop
Bayesian spatial models applied to malaria epidemiology (Publications)
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by parasitic protozoans of the genus Plasmodium and transmitted to humans via the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Although progress
Short- and long-term effects of a multi-component physical activity intervention in primary school (Publications)
There is compelling evidence that physical activity has numerous health benefits during childhood and adolescence. Insufficient levels of physical activity on the other hand can consequently affect ca
Genetic modification and effector functions of natural killer cells in acute myeloid leukemia (Publications)
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized by a poor long-term outcome in the majority of patients following conventional treatment with chemotherapy. Even after allogeneic or autologous hematopoie