Power spectra for screening parkinsonian patients for mild cognitive impairment (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD-MCI) is diagnosed based on the results of a standardized set of cognitive tests. We investigate whether quantitative EEG (qEEG) measures
Nitrogen dioxide and mortality: review and meta-analysis of long-term studies (Publications)
Exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) has been linked to increased mortality in several epidemiological studies but the question remains of whether NO2 is directly responsible for the health effe
Morphometric comparison of the midgut epithelial cells in male and female <em>Aedes aegypti</em> L. (Insecta, Diptera) (Publications)
Midgut epithelial cells of male and female Aedes aegypti, 3 days after emergence, were compared morphometrically. The results of the present investigation concerning the female, are in good agreement
Consequences of genomic diversity in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
The causative agent of human tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), comprises seven phylogenetically distinct lineages associated with different geographical regions. Here we review
Development of land use regression models for elemental, organic carbon, PAH and hopanes/steranes in 10 ESCAPE/TRANSPHORM European study areas (Publications)
Land use regression (LUR) models have been used to model concentrations of mainly traffic related air pollutants (nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM) mass or absorbance). Few LUR models are
<em>Schistosomiasis mansoni</em> in the hamster: cellular and humoral immune responses to soluble egg antigens (SEA) (Publications)
Cellular and humoral immune responses to soluble egg antigens (SEA) were studied in the course of Schistosoma mansoni infection in the hamster. No immune response to SEA could be detected before the p
Novel genotyping tools for investigating transmission dynamics of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
Background. Differentiation between gametocyte-producing P. falciparum clones depends on both, high levels of stage-specific transcripts and high genetic diversity of the selected genotyping marker ob
Assessing the impact of drinking water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low- and middle-income settings: systematic review and meta-regression (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of inadequate water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low- and middle-income settings. METHODS: The search strategy used Cochrane Library, MEDLINE & PubMed, Globa