Theo Vos, Ryan M Barber, Brad Bell, Amelia Bertozzi-Villa et al.
Background Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, and national health policies. In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013), we estimated these quantities f...
Silvia de Sanjosé, Wim Quint, Laia Alemany, D.T. Geraets et al.
Background Knowledge about the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in invasive cervical cancer is crucial to guide the introduction of prophylactic vaccines. We aimed to provide novel and comprehensive data about the worldwide genotype distribution in patients with invasive cervical...
David J Steiner, Rudolf Krska, Alexandra Malachová, Ines Taschl et al.
This work provides a proposal for proper determination of matrix effects and extraction efficiencies as an integral part of full validation of liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry-based multiclass methods for complex feedstuff. Analytical performance data have been determined fo...
Ítala Laiane Silva Gomes, J. Gomes, Walter Steiner
Five strains of the extreme thermophilic Rhodothermus marinus were screened for the production of amylolytic and pullulytic activities. The culture medium for the selected strain, R. marinus ITI 990, was optimized using central composite designs for enhanced enzyme production. The optimized medium c...
I. Gomes, J. Gomes, Donald James Gomes, Walter Steiner
The culture-medium composition was optimised, on a shake-flask scale, for simultaneous production of high activities of endoglucanase and beta-glucosidase by Thermoascus aurantiacus using statistical factorial designs. The optimised medium containing 40.2 g l(-1) Solka Floc as the carbon source and ...
Jovana Kos, Elizabet Janić Hajnal, Alexandra Malachová, David J Steiner et al.
The main objective of this study was to apply a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric method to investigate the presence of 20 mycotoxins in 204 maize samples harvested in Northern Serbia in the period 2012-2015, including seasons with extreme drought (2012), hot and dry conditions (2013 a...
Ítala Laiane Silva Gomes, J. Gomes, Walter Steiner, H. Esterbauer
Walter Steiner, R. M. Lafferty, Ítala Laiane Silva Gomes, H. Esterbauer
A wild strain of schizophyllum commune (Fr:Fr:) isolated in Bangladesh produced cellulase and xyianase in high yields as well as the exobiopolymer schizophyllan. It was found experimentally that concentrations of 4% Avicel, 3.5% peptone, and 0.5% Ca(NO(3))(2).4H(2)O were optimal for growth and produ...
J. Gomes, I. Gomes, Walter Steiner
Xylanase production by the Antarctic psychrophilic yeast Cryptococcus adeliae was increased 4.3 fold by optimizing the culture medium composition using statistical designs. The optimized medium containing 24.2 g l(-1) xylan and 10.2 g l(-1) yeast extract and having an initial pH of 7.5 yielded xylan...
Raj Bhopal, Laurence Gruer, Geneviève Cézard, Anne Douglas et al.
BACKGROUND: Migrant and ethnic minority groups are often assumed to have poor health relative to the majority population. Few countries have the capacity to study a key indicator, mortality, by ethnicity and country of birth. We hypothesized at least 10% differences in mortality by ethnic group in S...
J. Gomes, I. Gomes, Wolfgang Kreiner, H. Esterbauer et al.
Kevin Steiner, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Carol A. Gilchrist, Cecelia Burkey et al.
Background: Cryptosporidiosis is a major cause of childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries and has been linked to impairment of child growth. This study investigated the burden of cryptosporidiosis and its impact on child growth in both a rural and an urban site in Bangladesh. Methods:...
Carol A. Gilchrist, James A. Cotton, Cecelia Burkey, Tuhinur Arju et al.
We studied the genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium hominis infections in slum-dwelling infants from Dhaka over a 2-year period. Cryptosporidium hominis infections were common during the monsoon, and were genetically diverse as measured by gp60 genotyping and whole-genome resequencing. Recombination...
Elizabet Janić Hajnal, Jovana Kos, Alexandra Malachová, David J Steiner et al.
The main objective of this study was to screen, for the first time, the natural occurrence of non-regulated fungal metabolites in 204 maize samples harvested in Serbia in maize growing seasons with extreme drought (2012), extreme precipitation and flood (2014) and moderate drought conditions (2013 a...
Christine Campbell, Anne Douglas, Linda Williams, Geneviève Cézard et al.
OBJECTIVE: Cancer screening should be equitably accessed by all populations. Uptake of colorectal cancer screening was examined using the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study that links the Scottish Census 2001 to health data by individual-level self-reported ethnicity and religion. SETTING: ...
Dewan Ahsan, Urs Steiner Brandt
This paper addresses the issue of risk perception in relation to climate change threats, comparison of risk perceptions in two different regions, and derives general results of what affect peoples’ level of risk perceptions. Revelation of individual risk perception is essential for local acceptance ...
Mercedes Bustamante, Joyashree Roy, Daniel Ospina, Ploy Achakulwisut et al.
Abstract Non-technical summary We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability and implications of overshooting the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) urgent need for a rapid and managed fossil ...
Habib Md Reazaul Karim, Karen E. A. Burns, Laura Ciobanu, Mohamad F. El‐Khatib et al.
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is an increasingly used method of respiratory support. The use of NIV is expanding over the time and if properly applied, it can save patients' lives and improve long-term prognosis. However, both knowledge and skills of its proper use as life support are paramount. Thi...
Marcia M. Hobbs, M. Steiner, Kimberly D. Rich, Maria Gallo et al.
BACKGROUND: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a valid biomarker of semen exposure in women and has been used to assess reliability of self-reported sexual behavior as well as serve as a proxy measure for condom efficacy. Quantitative PSA tests are expensive and require specialized equipment. A simp...
Pascale Paindavoine, Sylvie Rolin, Suzanne Van Assel, Maurice Geuskens et al.
The bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei contains transcripts of at least four genes showing partial sequence homology to the genes for eucaryotic adenylate and guanylate cyclases (S. Alexandre, P. Paindavoine, P. Tebabi, A. Pays, S. Halleux, M. Steinert, and E. Pays, Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 43:2...