Lou, Jing Lim, Nigel Wei-Han Cai, Celestine Grace XueTing Dickens, Borame Sue Lee Huynh, Vinh Anh Wee, Hwee-Lin
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Frontiers in Public Health
Background Border control mitigates local infections but bears a heavy economic cost, especially for tourism-reliant countries. While studies have supported the efficacy of border control in suppressing cross-border transmission, the trade-off between costs from imported and secondary cases and from lost economic activities has not been studied. Th...
Vidavalur, Ramesh Bhutani, Vinod K
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The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is frequent inherited enzymopathy that poses potentially preventable risk for extreme hyperbilirubinemia (EHB) which can, rarely, lead to acute bilirubin encephalopathy, childhood kernicterus and death. We aimed to estimate quality adjusted life years (QALY) lost due to G6PD deficiency associated ...
Barghash, Hind Al Farsi, Arwa Okedu, Kenneth E. Al-Wahaibi, Buthaina Mahfoud
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Recently, the management of water and wastewater is gaining attention worldwide as a way of conserving the natural resources on the planet. The traditional wastewater treatment in Oman is such that the treated effluent produced is only reused for unfeasible purposes such as landscape irrigation, cooling, or disposed of in the sea. Introducing more ...
Zedan, Sherif Miller, Wendy Liu, Aaron Ma, Yunlong
Cellular (honeycomb) blinds are a cost effective and feasible method that can reduce heating and cooling energy consumption. However, the energy efficiency potential of the blinds is highly impacted by how they are operated. This paper investigates the benefits of using cellular (honeycomb) blinds in residential aged care facilities under current a...
Karimi, Peggy Ugbede, Joseph Enciso, Karen Burkart, Stefan
Huckauf, Jana Brandt, Boudewijn P. Dezar, Carlos Nausch, Henrik Hauerwaas, Antoniya Weisenfeld, Ursula Elshiewy, Ossama Rua, Melina Hugenholtz, Jeroen Wesseler, Justus
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
The production of biodegradable polymers as coproducts of other commercially relevant plant components can be a sustainable strategy to decrease the carbon footprint and increase the commercial value of a plant. The biodegradable polymer cyanophycin granular polypeptide (CGP) was expressed in the leaves of a commercial tobacco variety, whose seeds ...
Dang, Kinh Bac Phan, Thi Thanh Hai Nguyen, Thu Thuy Pham, Thi Phuong Nga Nguyen, Manh Ha Dang, Van Bao Hoang, Thi Thu Huong Ngo, Van Liem
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Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems
Coastal wetlands have been heavily exploited in the world. Valuation of ecosystem services help to provide the necessary improvements in coastal policy and management to monitor the driving forces of ecological changes in wetland ecosystems. In this study, the monetary values of wetland ecosystem services (WES) in the northeastern part of Vietnam w...
Correa, Kely de Paula Silva, Monique Ellen Torres da Oliveira, Davi Rocha Bernardes de Oliveira, André Fernando de Santos, Igor Jose Boggione Oliveira, Eduardo Basílio de Coimbra, Jane Sélia Dos Reis
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Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association
The retention of human milk nutrients in gastric tubes used to feed premature infants is a challenge to be overcome. To evaluate (1) the performance of six homogenizers (mixing processor, piston valve, ultrasonic bath, ultraturrax, stirring mixer, and ultrasound probe) for the fat retention reduction in gastric tubes; (2) the influence of the best ...
Akinyi, Devinia Princess Ng’ang’a, Stanley Karanja Ngigi, Margaret Mathenge, Mary Givertz, Evan
Prioritization of adaptation options is complex. This study presents a multi-dimensional framework to evaluate how to allocate resources among competing alternatives. The main objectives of the study were to identify the prioritized climate-smart agricultural practices adopted among smallholder farmers in different value chains across sub-Saharan A...
Mogaka, Bwema Ombati Karanja, Stanley Ng’ang’a Bett, Hillary Kiplangat
The adoption of climate-smart soil (CSS) practices among farmers have the potential to rehabilitate and protect the soil. Proponents have not fully addressed factors such as; profitability and the relative risk that farmers face during the adoption and implementation of these CSS practices. These factors determine the adoption and sustainability of...
