Assessment of a Planned Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Sri Lanka by Disna Eheliyagoda, Nimal Prematilake

“…Most of these local administrations are directly dumping Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to an open dumping site, this manner of inappropriate disposal of MSW is become a major threat to the environment and public health in developing countries like Sri Lanka. …”
Get full text

The relation between knowledge and concern: A global study of children and COVID-19 by Dina L. G. Borzekowski, Christopher R. Lane, Ankit Chandnani, Maya Götz

“…When producing messages for children during a public health crisis, health communicators must know that more knowledge is not always associated with less concern.…”
Get full text

Clinical profile of dengue encephalopathy: A series of twelve cases and a profile of other complications by Biswajit Bhuyan, Bandita Panda, Rabinarayan Rout, Lalatendu Mohanty, Bangam Rajendra Prasad Rao

“…Dengue fever is a mosquito borne viral infection caused by a Flavivirus with four serotypes named DENV 1 to 4, is becoming a significant public health hazard. The spectrum of dengue presentation varis from asymptomatic to severe dengue. …”
Get full text

Fact Sheet: West Nile virus by Yasmin Tavares, Amely Bauer, Lawrence Reeves, Lindsay Campbell

“…This publication provides information about WNV to the general public, researchers and stakeholders in mosquito control, and public health professionals. …”
Get full text

Outcome and Determining Characteristics of ICU Patients with Acute Kidney Injury in a Low-Income Country, a Multicenter Experience by Ballah Abubakar, Mohammed Jika, Njidda Gyadale Abdulhamid, Yahaya Halima Bidemi, Rosemary Nwokorie Mabong, Naziru Ibrahim, Baffah Adamu Yusuf, Maina Hassan Ali, Galadima Hajara, Mohammed Abdullahi Maryam, Andibanbang Franklin, Abdullahi Adam Ibrahim

“…Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a disease that affects millions of people globally making it a major public health concern. It is defined as an abrupt decrease in kidney function that occurs within ours affecting both the structure and functionality of the kidneys.…”
Get full text

Arts and Humanities Research in the Innovation System: The UK Example by Bakhshi Hasan, Schneider Philippe, Walker Christopher

“…Solutions to social problems such as terrorism, climate change, public health issues and ageing populations will require fresh thinking and the combined use of technological, cultural, social and economic change. …”
Get full text

Gut Microecological Prescription: A Novel Approach to Regulating Intestinal Micro-Ecological Balance by Zhu L, Yang X

“…Lingping Zhu,1,2 Xuefeng Yang1 1The Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Department of General Practice, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Lingping Zhu, Email [email protected]: The intestinal microecology is comprises intestinal microorganisms and other components constituting the entire ecosystem, presenting characteristics of stability and dynamic balance. …”
Get full text

Resident perceptions of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: An examination of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by Takatoshi Murayama, Graham Brown, Atsushi Akiike, Kohsuke Matsuoka

“…The epidemic control strategy which isolated athletes from host residents and prioritised public health is discussed as a legacy for sustainable mega sport events.…”
Get full text

Healthy lifestyles and chronic disease prevention and control by Chun LI, Limin WANG

Get full text

GWAS of CRP response to statins further supports the role of APOE in statin response: A GIST consortium study by Emma F. Magavern, Harshal Deshmukh, Geraldine Asselin, Elizabeth Theusch, Stella Trompet, Xiaohui Li, Raymond Noordam, Y.-D. Ida Chen, Teresa E. Seeman, Kent D. Taylor, Wendy S. Post, Jean-Claude Tardif, Dirk S. Paul, Emelia J. Benjamin, Nancy L. Heard-Costa, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Jerome I. Rotter, Ronald M. Krauss, J.Wouter Jukema, Paul M. Ridker, Patricia B. Munroe, Mark J. Caulfield, Daniel I. Chasman, Marie-Pierre Dubé, Graham A. Hitman, Helen R. Warren

Get full text

E-Cigarette Use and Use of Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation Methods Among American Indian Cigarette Smokers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by Ashley L. Comiford, DrPH, Dorothy A. Rhoades, MD, MPH, Justin D. Dvorak, PhD, Kai Ding, PhD, Noah Collins, Alexandra L. Blair, Mark P. Doescher, MD, MSPH

Get full text

Vision impairment and associated daily activity limitation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Masoud Rahmati, Lee Smith, Laurent Boyer, Guillaume Fond, Dong Keon Yon, Hayeon Lee, Tarnjit Sehmbi, Mapa Prabhath Piyasena, Shahina Pardhan

“…Thus, vision impairment remains an urgent and increasingly important public health priority. These findings highlight the need for targeted measures to raise public health awareness to provide rehabilitation and eye care examination strategies to reduce the risk of developing disabilities in adults and the elderly who have vision impairment.…”
Get full text

Prevalence of Myocardial Infarction With Obstructive and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries in a Middle-Aged Population With Chronic Airflow Limitation: A Cross-Sectional Study by Sundh J, Ekström M, Blomberg A, Lindberg E, Malinovschi A, Olin AC, Sköld CM, Torén K, Wollmer P, Östgren CJ, Jernberg T

“…Josefin Sundh,1 Magnus Ekström,2 Anders Blomberg,3 Eva Lindberg,4 Andrei Malinovschi,5 Anna-Carin Olin,6 C Magnus Sköld,7,8 Kjell Torén,6 Per Wollmer,6 Carl Johan Östgren,9,10 Tomas Jernberg11,12 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; 2Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Respiratory Medicine, Allergology and Palliative Medicine, Lund, Sweden; 3Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; 4Department of Medical Sciences, Respiratory, Allergy and Sleep Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 5Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 6Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; 7Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 8Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 9Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; 10Centre of Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 11Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 12Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence: Josefin Sundh, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, 701 82, Sweden, Tel +46702349517, Email [email protected]; [email protected]: Myocardial infarctions (MIs) can occur in underlying obstructive coronary artery disease (MI-CAD) or in non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA). …”
Get full text

An opportunistic observational study of hospital switchboard hold messages, hold music and time spent waiting by Jordan P. Skittrall, Mary D. Fortune

Get full text

Preface: Hydrological Sciences in the Anthropocene – a structured community effort by C. Cudennec, E. Amoussou, Y. Cavus, P. L. B. Chaffe, S. Fischer, S. Grimaldi, J.-M. Kileshye Onema, J.-M. Kileshye Onema, M. Merheb, M.-J. Polo, E. Servat, E. Volpi

Get full text

Citizen science and its applicability for sustainability and a healthy planet by Medani P. Bhandari

“…The study then examines the wide-ranging applicability of citizen science across various domains, including biodiversity monitoring, environmental monitoring, public health research, community science and advocacy, climate change research, education, urban planning, disaster response, and resilience. …”
Get full text

Iron depletion in “metabolic fatty liver syndromes”: a strong biological rationale with disappointing liver outcomes by Amedeo Lonardo

“…MFLS is a common clinical complaint for which no licensed drug treatment is available and a public health issue posing a heaven burden on healthcare systems. …”
Get full text

Analysis of the implementation path of medical-prevention integration in public hospitals in China from an integrated care perspective by Linxiu REN, Tianyi ZHANG, Chunxue YOU, Siyu TAO

Get full text

Human mobility is well described by closed-form gravity-like models learned automatically from data by Oriol Cabanas-Tirapu, Lluís Danús, Esteban Moro, Marta Sales-Pardo, Roger Guimerà

“…Abstract Modeling human mobility is critical to address questions in urban planning, sustainability, public health, and economic development. However, our understanding and ability to model flows between urban areas are still incomplete. …”
Get full text