Personal and environmental factors associated with active commuting to school in Switzerland (Publications)
Objective. To assess whether prevalence of active commuting and regular car trips to school varies across communities and language regions in Switzerland and to determine personal and environmental co
Chemotherapy against human African trypanosomiasis: is there a road to success? (Publications)
SUMMARYFor over fifty years, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) has been treated with suramin, pentamidine and the very toxic organo-arsenical melarsoprol that was the only drug av
Identification of a new chemical class of antimalarials (Publications)
The increasing spread of drug-resistant malaria strains underscores the need for new antimalarial agents with novel modes of action (MOAs). Here, we describe a compound representative of a new class o
Growth of mature beech in relation to ozone and nitrogen deposition: an epidemiological approach (Publications)
Stem increment of mature Fagus sylvatica L. from 57 plots in Switzerland was analysed with respect to environmental factors using multilinear regression. Nitrogen (N) deposition was positively correla
The impact of obesity on mortality in UA/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (Publications)
AIMS: Obesity is associated with diabetes mellitus and advanced coronary artery disease (CAD). Once a non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome has occurred, the association between obesity and prognos
Phase change material for thermotherapy of Buruli ulcer: modelling as an aid to implementation (Publications)
A mathematical model was developed and validated to predict the thermal behaviour of a heat application device based on a phase change material (pcm) for the heat treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans i