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publichealth, etc ; chlorophyll; lakes; macrophytes; microcystins; nitrates; nitrogen; orthophosphates; phosphorus; phytoplankton; pollution; risk; risk assessment; sediments; total nitrogen; total organic carbon; total phosphorus; water management; China; Show all 19 Subjects
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... Understanding the history of microcystins (MCs) pollution in large lakes can help inform future lake management. We collected sediment cores from Lake Taihu to: investigate the long-term record of MCs (MC-LR, MC-YR, and MC-RR), explore the main environmental drivers of MCs, and assess their public health and ecological risks. Results showed that MCs content in all cores increased over time. The co ...
... Today's food systems are driving several intersecting public health and ecological crises of global concern. Acknowledging this, numerous major reports have made wide-ranging recommendations for achieving ‘transformative’ food systems change. However, no studies have yet analysed the transformative potential of these recommendations. Here we undertake a documentary analysis to assess the transform ...
... Behavioral economics offers unique tools for assessing value and motivation associated with college drinking. Tasks that model changes in consumption as a function of price (operant demand) or the decline in an outcome’s subjective value as a function of time-to-occurrence (delay discounting) provide valuable information that may efficiently supplement clinical screening instruments when character ...
... Our aim was to estimate the date of the origin and the transmission rates of the major local clusters of subtypes A1 and B in Greece. Phylodynamic analyses were conducted in 14 subtype A1 and 31 subtype B clusters. The earliest dates of origin for subtypes A1 and B were in 1982.6 and in 1985.5, respectively. The transmission rate for the subtype A1 clusters ranged between 7.54 and 39.61 infections ...
... Food environments are directly linked to diets and health outcomes such as overweight, obesity, and noncommunicable diseases. The digitalization of food environments is becoming a central issue in public health, yet little is known about this emerging field. We performed a systematic scoping review to map the research on the digital food environment and investigate how the eight dimensions of the ...
... Communication plays an important role in advancing scientific fields and disciplines, defining what knowledge is made accessible to the public, and guiding policymaking and regulation of public authorities for the benefit of the environment and society. Hence, what is finally published is of great importance for scientific advancement, social development, environmental and public health, and econo ...
... The successful identification of hazards at an early stage is a cornerstone of public health in the area of food safety. The Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office has been running an early detection system since 2018. A group of experts that identifies information concerning hazards and evaluates it periodically carries out the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office’s early detection ...
publichealth, etc ; gene transfer; microbiology; pathogens; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Pathogen emergence (PE) is a complex phenomenon with major public health implications. Over the past decades, numerous underlying mechanisms facilitating the emergence of pathogenic bacteria have been elucidated. In this review, we highlight the diverse molecular and environmental drivers associated with PE, with an emphasis on the interplay of canonical gene transfer mechanisms and the increasing ...
publichealth, etc ; humans; livestock production; China; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Ticks and tick-borne diseases pose a growing threat to human and animal health, which has brought great losses to livestock production. With the continuous expansion of human activities and the development of natural resources, there are more and more opportunities for humans to contract ticks and tick-borne pathogens. Therefore, research on ticks and tick-borne diseases is of great significance. ...
publichealth, etc ; dengue; drugs; structural genomics; viruses; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Structural genomics involves the advent of three-dimensional structures of the genome encoded proteins through various techniques available. Numerous structural genomics research groups have been developed across the globe and they contribute enormously to the identification of three-dimensional structures of various proteins. In this review, we have discussed the applications of the structural ge ...
publichealth, etc ; food contamination; mycotoxins; oligonucleotides; risk; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Mycotoxin prevalence in food is a global public health issue, that could impose severe economic burdens. To prevent risk of exposure to mycotoxins, it is of great importance to develop selective, sensitive, and reliable methods to monitor mycotoxin levels in food samples. Recent advances in nanotechnology have produced many nanomaterials with unique physical features and extensive effort has been ...
publichealth, etc ; adsorption; ambient temperature; cation exchange; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The effective detection of hazardous gases has become extremely necessary for the ecological environment and public health. Interfacial engineering plays an indispensable role in the development of innovative materials with exceptional properties, thus triggering a new revolution in the realization of high-performance gas sensing. Herein, the rational designed Ag₂S/SnS₂ heterostructures were synth ...
publichealth, etc ; dietetics; education; regression analysis; restaurants; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Low-calorie menu items as optimal defaults may encourage healthier choices when people eat out. Limited research has studied default effects from the restauranteurs' perspective, as well as the public health perspective. To examine the effects of optimal defaults on calories ordered, dietary autonomy, and visit intention in the context of a fast-food drive-thru. Between-subjects randomized scenari ...
publichealth, etc ; human health; hygiene; people; sanitation; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The adage “water is life” underscores how water is fundamental to human health. Unfortunately, 1.6 million people die annually as a result of unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). We urgently need to develop and enhance safeguards that prevent WASH-related mortalities by accelerating actions that protect public health and water resources. ...
publichealth, etc ; appetite; childhood obesity; systematic review; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased worldwide at an alarming rate in recent decades and has become a serious public health problem. The purpose of this study is to carry out a systematic review of scientific research on mindfulness-based programs for the prevention of childhood obesity carried out in the last 10 years.A search of studies that used mindfulness to promote good eat ...
publichealth, etc ; dengue; encephalitis; therapeutics; yellow fever; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Mosquito-borne flavivirus infections affect approximately 400 million people worldwide each year and are global threats to public health. The common diseases caused by such flaviviruses include West Nile, yellow fever, dengue, Zika infection and Japanese encephalitis, which may result in severe symptoms and disorders of multiple organs or even fatal outcomes. Till now, no specific antiviral agents ...
publichealth, etc ; bacteriophages; cell viability; death; morbidity; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Staphylococcus aureus is a serious threat to public health. S. aureus infection can cause acute or long-term persistent infections that are often resistant to antibiotics and are associated with high morbidity and death. Understanding the defensive systems of S. aureus can help clinicians make the best use of antimicrobial drugs and can also help with antimicrobial stewardship. The mechanisms and ...
publichealth, etc ; Amblyomma cajennense; humans; parasitism; Amazonia; Brazil; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The Cayenne tick, Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Ixodida: Ixodidae), parasitizes a range of vertebrate hosts, including humans, accidentally. Infestation by this species has important implications for public health, given that these ticks habitually bite humans and may act as the vectors of several pathogens. Here, we present a detailed case of human parasitism by A. cajennense and provid ...
publichealth, etc ; models; pesticides; pollution; prediction; research; China; Show all 7 Subjects
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... To establish a reasonable prediction model of pesticide poisoning and predict the future trend of pesticide poisoning in Jiangsu Province, so as to provide the basis for rational allocation of public health resources and formulation of prevention and control strategies, the number of pesticide poisoning in Jiangsu province from 2006 to 2020 was collected. Grey model (GM(1,1)) model, autoregressive ...
publichealth, etc ; arthropods; public safety; risk assessment; transgenes; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Responsible conduct of research is a cornerstone of rigorous scientific discovery. Institutional committees, independent advisory panels, and expert steering groups are among the frameworks in academia meant to provide guidance and assurances that research activities do not result in harm to the environment, research staff, or public safety. For research involving arthropods of public health impor ...