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Evaluating diagnostic tests during outbreaks: challenges and lessons learnt from COVID-19

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Camille Escadafal, Devy M Emperador, Daniel G Bausch, Aurélien Macé, Rossella Baldan, Margaretha De Vos, Ryan Jose Ruiz, Alltalents T Murahwa, Aurélia Vessière, Jilian A Sacks   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

An influenza pandemic : what it could mean for Scottish tourism [PDF]

, 2006
There is a growing unease among World Health Organisation (WHO) officials and other global disease surveillance organisations that Avian Flu will mutate into a human influenza pandemic.
Connell, Joanne, Munro, Colin, Page, Stephen, Walker, Linda, Yeoman, Ian   +4 more
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Pandemic paediatrics [PDF]

British Dental Journal, 2020
Fakhruddin, K. S., Ngo, H. C., Samaranayake, L.   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Mass‐Produced and High‐Performance Nanowell Biosensor Fabricated via Semiconductor Manufacturing for Rapid and Accurate COVID‐19 Diagnosis in the Clinical Field

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A semiconductor‐fabricated nanowell biosensor enables rapid, scalable, and highly reproducible detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 antigens from nasal swabs within ∼10 minutes. Clinical validation in 249 retrospective and 243 prospective patient samples demonstrates high sensitivity and specificity, minimal cross‐reactivity, and robust batch‐to‐batch ...
Yoo Min Park, Zahra Rezaei, Nam Ho Bae, Donggee Rho, Da‐Seul Kim, EunYoung Go, YoungTae Seo, Seok Jae Lee, Won Chan Seo, Luke P. Lee, HeaYeon Lee, Su Ryon Shin   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety of Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Evaluation and Perspective from Component Materials to Cells, Modules, and Packs

Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
This review provides a bottom‐up evaluation of sodium‐ion battery safety, linking material degradation mechanisms, cell engineering parameters, and module/pack assembly. It emphasizes that understanding intrinsic material stability and establishing coordinated engineering control across hierarchical levels are vital for preventing degradation coupling ...
Won‐Gwang Lim, Seoa Kim, Erik A. Wu, Darren H. S. Tan, Shawn Peng, Xiaolin Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors associated with the intensity of COVID-19 outbreaks in Canadian community settings: a retrospective analysis of outbreak-level surveillance data

BMC Public Health
Background The severity of COVID-19 outbreaks is disproportionate across settings (e.g., long-term care facilities (LTCF), schools) across Canada. Few studies have examined factors associated with outbreak severity to inform prevention and response.
Demy Dam, Michelle Chen, Erin E. Rees, Bethany Cheng, Lynn Sukkarieh, Erin McGill, Yasmina Tehami, Anna Bellos, Jonathan Edwin, Kaitlin Patterson   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mayaro Virus as the cause of Acute Febrile Illness in the Colombian Amazon Basin

Frontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionMayaro Fever (MF) is a tropical disease caused by the Mayaro virus (MAYV), with outbreaks documented in Latin America.MethodsA hospital-based fever surveillance in Leticia, Colombian Amazon, collected sera from 1,460 patients aged 5-89 ...
Laura S. Perez-Restrepo, Laura S. Perez-Restrepo, Karl Ciuoderis, Karl Ciuoderis, Jaime Usuga, Jaime Usuga, Isabel Moreno, Isabel Moreno, Vanessa Vargas, Vanessa Vargas, Angela J. Arévalo-Arbelaez, Angela J. Arévalo-Arbelaez, Michael G. Berg, Michael G. Berg, Gavin A. Cloherty, Gavin A. Cloherty, Juan Pablo Hernández-Ortiz, Juan Pablo Hernández-Ortiz, Juan Pablo Hernández-Ortiz, Jorge E. Osorio, Jorge E. Osorio, Jorge E. Osorio, Jorge E. Osorio   +22 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source