Gene-environment interaction for childhood asthma and exposure to farming in Central Europe (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Asthma is a disease in which both genetic and environmental factors play important roles. The farming environment has consistently been associated with protection from childhood asthma and
Phosphorylation of the ribosomal protein S6, a marker of mTOR pathway activation, is strongly increased in hypertrophic scars and keloids [Research... (Publications)
Hypertrophic scars and keloids are fibrous overgrowths, which may develop in response to skin injury, but spontaneous forms also exist. It has been reported that tissue extracts from keloids contain e
Mass screening and treatment on the basis of results of a <em>Plasmodium</em> <em>falciparum</em>-specific rapid diagnostic test did not reduce... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Seasonal increases in malaria continue in hotspots in Zanzibar. Mass screening and treatment (MSAT) may help reduce the reservoir of infection; however, it is unclear whether rapid diagnos
Surveillance and response: tools and approaches for the elimination stage of neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
The presentation of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Roadmap for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in January 2012 raised optimism that many NTDs can indeed be eliminated. To make this happen, t
Application of land use regression modelling to assess the spatial distribution of road traffic noise in three European cities (Publications)
Noise prediction models and noise maps are used to estimate the exposure to road traffic noise, but their availability and the quality of the noise estimates is sometimes limited. This paper explores
A novel multiple-instance learning-based approach to computer-aided detection of tuberculosis on chest x-rays (Publications)
In order to reach performance levels comparable to those of human experts, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems are typically optimized by means of a supervised learning approach that relies on larg
Interplay between environment, agriculture and infectious diseases of poverty: case studies in China (Publications)
Changes in the natural environment and agricultural systems induced by economic and industrial development, including population dynamics (growth, urbanization, migration), are major causes resulting