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Changes in nutritional status of children who lived in temporary shelters in ...
Abstract Background The nutritional status of children may deteriorate after natural disasters such as earthquakes. A 7.8 Richter scale earthquake struck Nepal in 2015 that... -
Small RNA profiling of low biomass samples: identification and removal of con...
Abstract Background Sequencing-based analyses of low-biomass samples are known to be prone to misinterpretation due to the potential presence of contaminating molecules derived... -
Laboratory contamination in airway microbiome studies
Abstract Background The low bacterial load in samples acquired from the lungs, have made studies on the airway microbiome vulnerable to contamination from bacterial DNA... -
The caloric and sugar content of beverages purchased at different store-types...
Abstract Background Following the 2014 sugary drinks tax implementation in Mexico, promising reduction in the volume of purchases of taxed beverages were observed overall and at... -
Inherent bacterial DNA contamination of extraction and sequencing reagents ma...
Abstract Background The advent and use of highly sensitive molecular biology techniques to explore the microbiota and microbiome in environmental and tissue samples have... -
Multi-compartment chemical characterization and risk assessment of chemicals ...
Abstract Background Within the last decades, there has been increasing research on the occurrence of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs) in aquatic ecosystems due to their... -
Quantification of microRNA in plasma using probe based TaqMan assays: is micr...
Abstract Objective Circulating microRNAs are promising diagnostics and prognostics biomarkers in a wide variety of diseases. However, there is a critical reproducibility... -
Rough surface Au@Ag core–shell nanoparticles to fabricating high sensitivity ...
Abstract Immunochromatographic sensors (ICSs) are inexpensive, simple, portable, and robust, thus making ICSs commonplace in clinical diagnoses, food testing, and environmental... -
New insights on serodiagnosis of trichinellosis during window period: early d...
Abstract The clinical diagnosis of trichinellosis is difficult because its clinical manifestations are nonspecific. Detection of anti-Trichinella IgG by ELISA using T. spiralis... -
Virulence factor RNA transcript expression in the Leishmania Viannia subgenus...
Abstract Background Leishmania RNA virus-1 (LRV1) is a double-stranded RNA virus identified in 20–25% of Viannia—species endemic to Latin America, and is believed to accelerate... -
Probabilistic modelling of prospective environmental concentrations of gold n...
Abstract Background The use of gold nanoparticles (Au-NP) based medical applications is rising due to their unique physical and chemical properties. Diagnostic devices based on... -
National physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies in 76 countries: ...
Abstract Background Evidence on current, national physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) policies is limited. We, therefore, analysed availability,... -
Use of meat juice and blood serum with a miniaturised protein microarray assa...
Abstract Background Serological screening of pig herds at the abattoir is considered a potential tool to improve meat inspection procedures and herd health management.... -
Double Up Food Bucks program effects on SNAP recipients' fruit and vegetable ...
Abstract Background To encourage the consumption of more fresh fruits and vegetables, the 2014 United Sates Farm Bill allocated funds to the Double Up Food Bucks Program. This... -
Cheminformatics-based enumeration and analysis of large libraries of macrolid...
Abstract We report on the development of a cheminformatics enumeration technology and the analysis of a resulting large dataset of virtual macrolide scaffolds. Although... -
Brazilian dietary patterns and the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (D...
Abstract Background Studies evaluating dietary patterns, including the DASH diet, and their relationship with the metabolic syndrome and diabetes may help to understand the role... -
Nuclear localization of Newcastle disease virus matrix protein promotes virus...
Abstract Nuclear localization of paramyxovirus proteins is crucial for virus life cycle, including the regulation of viral replication and the evasion of host immunity. We... -
Genetic characteristics and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from...
Abstract Background Ready-to-eat (RTE) vegetables have become increasingly popular along with the trend of moving towards a healthy lifestyle. However, RTE vegetables are at a... -
Promoting quality use of medicines in South-East Asia: reports from country s...
Abstract Background Irrational use of medicines is widespread in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR), where policy implementation to encourage quality use of medicines (QUM) is... -
A social cost-benefit analysis of meat taxation and a fruit and vegetables su...
Abstract Background Implementation of food taxes or subsidies may promote healthier and a more sustainable diet in a society. This study estimates the effects of a tax (15% or...
