Effectiveness of animal-assisted interventions for children and adults with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms: a systematic review and... (Publications)
Background: Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) are increasingly applied for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms albeit its effectiveness is unclear. Objectives: To examine the
How are academic achievement and inhibitory control associated with physical fitness, soil-transmitted helminth infections, food insecurity and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular fitness has been associated with both executive function and academic achievement in multiple cohort studies including children and adolescents. However, research is scarce
New acyl derivatives of 3-aminofurazanes and their antiplasmodial activities (Publications)
An N-acylated furazan-3-amine of a Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) project has shown activity against different strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Seventeen new derivatives were prepared and tested
Multiple air pollutant exposure and lung cancer in Tehran, Iran (Publications)
Lung cancer is the most rapidly increasing malignancy worldwide with an estimated 2.1 million cancer cases in the latest, 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) report. The objective of this study was t
3-Hydroxy-propanamidines, a new class of orally active antimalarials targeting <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
3-Hydroxypropanamidines are a new promising class of highly active antiplasmodial agents. The most active compound 22 exhibited excellent antiplasmodial in vitro activity with nanomolar inhibition of
Melting the <em>eis</em>: non-detection of kanamycin resistance markers by routine diagnostic tests and identification of new <em>eis</em>-promoter... (Publications)
Eis-promoter mutations can confer reduced Mycobacterium tuberculosis kanamycin susceptibility. GenoType MTBDRsl, a widely used assay evaluating this region, wrongly classified 17/410 isolates as eis-p
Evaluating implementation of LEAPS, a youth-led early childhood care and education intervention in rural Pakistan: protocol for a stepped wedge... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight the importance of investments in early childhood care and education (ECCE) and youth development. Given Pakistan's large young population
Investigating differences in village-level heterogeneity of malaria infection and household risk factors in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
Malaria risk is highly heterogeneous. Understanding village and household-level spatial heterogeneity of malaria risk can support a transition to spatially targeted interventions for malaria eliminati