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Exposure to second hand smoke and community knowledge on its health effects in rural and urban settings in Unguja Island - Zanzibar

, 2018
Background Exposure to Second-hand smoke (SHS) is common in many countries but the magnitude of the problem is poorly described worldwide. Hence, there is less public awareness of its effects on health.
Faki Haji Faki
core   +1 more source

Microvascular Damage Is Associated With Carotid Wall Structural Changes in Systemic Sclerosis: A Capillaroscopy and Ultrasound‐Based Observational Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by cardiovascular risk excess not fully explained by traditional factors. Whether the severity of microvascular damage correlates with structural subclinical atherosclerosis remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) abnormalities and carotid ...
Eugenio Capparelli, Luca Clerici, Francesco Lapia, Giusy C. Moltisanti, Eleonora Zaccara, Greta Pellegrino, Daniela Bompane, Francesca Capelli, Letizia Ferrami, Laura Castelnovo, Antonio Tamburello, Maria Sole Chimenti, Paola Faggioli, Antonino Mazzone   +13 more
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Compliance with smoke-free legislation and smoking behaviour: an observational field study in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objectives: To observe compliance with smoke-free law at different public places in an urban setting. Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted from January to June 2022 after approval from the ethics review board of Jinnah Sindh Medical ...
Komal Moorpani, Shiraz Shaikh, Hira Tariq   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomimetic Core–Shell Liposome Nanoparticles Deplete Lipoproteins and Enhance the Purity of Extracellular Vesicles from Human Blood

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Lipoprotein‐mimicking nanoparticles (SL‐NPs), comprising Fe3O4@SiO2 cores coated with liposomal bilayers, selectively capture lipoproteins through protein corona formation. The resulting SL‐NP‐lipoprotein complexes can be removed by low‐speed centrifugation, thereby enhancing the purity of small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) isolated from human serum ...
Man‐Di Wang, Andrew J. Perciaccante, David Inman, Bong Hwan Sung, Alissa M. Weaver, Suzanne M. Ponik, Ying Ge, Song Jin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient‐Derived 3D Heart‐On‐a‐Chip Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy With Embedded Bead‐Based Mapping of Tissue Contractility

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A heart‐on‐a‐chip model of dilated cardiomyopathy is developed from patient‐derived induced pluripotent stem cells. The model recapitulates key disease phenotypes and enables functional assessment through integrated bead‐based tracking and pillar deflection measurements.
Ali Mousavi, Ludovic Mouttet, Shihao Cui, Yasaman Hekmatnia, Mehran Mottahedi, Ida Derish, Naimeh Rafatian, Mark Aurousseau, Gregor Andelfinger, Renzo Cecere, Houman Savoji   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Second-hand smoke exposure in a sample of European hospitals [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2009
Smoking in hospitals is banned in many European countries; nevertheless, the level of compliance is diverse, and, in some cases, smoking areas remain. The present study describes the levels of second-hand smoke, as derived from respirable suspended particle measurements, in a sample of European hospitals during the year 2007.The present study was a ...
Fernandez, E, Martinez, C, Fu, M, Martinez-Sanchez, JM, Lopez, MJ, Invernizzi, G, Ouranou, A, Dautzenberg, B, Nebot, M   +8 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Second-hand smoke exposure in private and public places in Italy: data from the TackSHS pan-European survey

, 2018
Background Exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) has serious adverse health effects, causing more than 600,000 deaths among non-smokers each year worldwide.
Alessandra Lugo, Xiaoqiu Liu, Silvano Gallus   +2 more
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“Smelltronics”—From Gas to Smell Sensing

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The emerging field of smelltronics, encompassing sensing technologies for complex volatile organic compounds, holds significant potential for extracting valuable chemical information. It facilitates the noninvasive, real‐time monitoring of humans, food, and the environment.
Takeshi Ono, Tsunaki Takahashi, Jiangyang Liu, Haruka Honda, Zeng Jing, Wataru Tanaka, Takuro Hosomi, Takeshi Yanagida   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Poly(Lactic Acid)/Graphene Oxide Bioelectronic Platform for Neurotransmitters Sensing and Tunable Stimulation of Astrocytes

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces sustainable PLA/graphene oxide bioelectronic interfaces featuring electrodes with tunable conductivity and strong electrocatalytic performance. These platforms were used to implement a new method for tuning astrocyte Ca2+ signaling and for the efficient detection of key biomarkers.
Alessandra Scidà, Giulia Cazzador, Roberta Fabbri, Matteo Calosi, Alessandro Silvestri, Andrea Candini, Fabiola Liscio, Franco Corticelli, Aikaterini Konstantoulaki, Andrea D'Iorio, Marco Caprini, Vincenzo Palermo, Monica Bertoldo, Valentina Benfenati, Chiara Zanardi, Emanuele Treossi   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source