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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497926/working-hours-and-health-key-research-topics-in-the-past-and-future
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mikko Härmä, Göran Kecklund, Philip Tucker
OBJECTIVE: This paper discusses the past and present highlights of working hours and health research and identifies key research needs for the future. METHOD: We analyzed over 220 original articles and reviews on working hours and health in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health published during the last 50 years. Key publications from other journals were also included. RESULTS: The majority of identified articles focussed on the effects of shift and night work, with fewer studying long and reduced working hours and work time control...
March 18, 2024: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497842/working-hours-and-cardiovascular-disease
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EDITORIAL
Reiner Rugulies
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
March 18, 2024: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497719/first-evidence-of-the-bioaccumulation-and-trophic-transfer-of-tire-additives-and-their-transformation-products-in-an-estuarine-food-web
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Li-Ni Wei, Nian-Nian Wu, Ru Xu, Shan Liu, Heng-Xiang Li, Lang Lin, Rui Hou, Xiang-Rong Xu, Jian-Liang Zhao, Guang-Guo Ying
The discovery of the significant lethal impacts of the tire additive transformation product N -(1,3-dimethylbutyl)- N '-phenyl- p -phenylenediamine quinone (6PPD-Q) on coho salmon has garnered global attention. However, the bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of tire additives and their transformation products (TATPs) within food webs remain obscure. This study first characterized the levels and compositions of 15 TATPs in the Pearl River Estuary, estimated their bioaccumulation and trophic transfer potential in 21 estuarine species, and identified priority contaminants...
March 18, 2024: Environmental Science & Technology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497711/hearing-and-functioning-in-everyday-life-questionnaire-psychometric-evaluation-and-revision
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Elin Karlsson, Vinaya Manchaiah, Elina Mäki-Torkko, Sarah Granberg, Johanna Gustafsson, Örjan Dahlström, Stephen Widén
PURPOSE: The aim of the current study was to explore the construct validity and internal consistency reliability of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)-based original English version of the Hearing and Functioning in Everyday Life Questionnaire (HFEQ) and to revise the HFEQ based on the results. METHOD: This study used a cross-sectional survey design. The data were collected using an online survey. Adults with self-reported hearing disability ( n = 513) from the United States were included...
March 18, 2024: American Journal of Audiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497644/eye-infection-risks-from-pseudomonas-aeruginosa-via-hand-soap-and-eye-drops
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anna Gitter, Kristina D Mena, Karla S Mendez, Fuqing Wu, Charles P Gerba
Eye infections from bacterial contamination of bulk-refillable liquid soap dispensers and artificial tear eye drops continue to occur, resulting in adverse health outcomes that include impaired vision or eye enucleation. Pseudomonas aeruginosa ( P. aeruginosa ), a common cause of eye infections, can grow in eye drop containers and refillable soap dispensers to high numbers. To assess the risk of eye infection, a quantitative microbial risk assessment for P. aeruginosa was conducted to predict the probability of an eye infection for two potential exposure scenarios: (i) individuals using bacteria-contaminated eye drops and (ii) contact lens wearers washing their hands with bacteria-contaminated liquid soap prior to placing the lens...
March 18, 2024: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497595/active-learning-based-guided-synthesis-of-engineered-biochar-for-co-2-capture
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xiangzhou Yuan, Manu Suvarna, Juin Yau Lim, Javier Pérez-Ramírez, Xiaonan Wang, Yong Sik Ok
Biomass waste-derived engineered biochar for CO2 capture presents a viable route for climate change mitigation and sustainable waste management. However, optimally synthesizing them for enhanced performance is time- and labor-intensive. To address these issues, we devise an active learning strategy to guide and expedite their synthesis with improved CO2 adsorption capacities. Our framework learns from experimental data and recommends optimal synthesis parameters, aiming to maximize the narrow micropore volume of engineered biochar, which exhibits a linear correlation with its CO2 adsorption capacity...
March 18, 2024: Environmental Science & Technology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497525/wetness-severity-increases-abrupt-shifts-in-ecosystem-functioning-in-arid-savannas
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
L M Vermeulen, B Verbist, K Van Meerbeek, J Slingsby, P N Bernardino, B Somers
The accelerating pace of climate change has led to unprecedented shifts in surface temperature and precipitation patterns worldwide, with African savannas being among the most vulnerable regions. Understanding the impacts of these extreme changes on ecosystem health, functioning and stability is crucial. This paper focuses on the detection of breakpoints, indicative of shifts in ecosystem functioning, while also determining relevant ecosystem characteristics and climatic drivers that increase susceptibility to these shifts within the semi-arid to arid savanna biome...
March 2024: Global Change Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497505/relationship-between-long-working-hours-and-smoking-behaviors-evidence-from-population-based-cohort-studies-in-korea
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Seong-Uk Baek, Myeong-Hun Lim, Taeyeon Kim, Yu-Min Lee, Jong-Uk Won, Jin-Ha Yoon
OBJECTIVES: Long working hours and overwork are growing public health concerns in the Western-Pacific region. We explored the relationship between working hours and smoking behaviors of Korean workers. METHODS: This study included 284 782 observations (50 508 workers) from four nationwide cohort studies in Korea. Using generalized estimating equations, we estimated the associations of working hours with current smoking status, smoking initiation, and smoking cessation within each cohort...
March 18, 2024: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497271/cross-talk-and-mutual-shaping-between-the-immune-system-and-the-microbiota-during-an-oyster-s-life
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REVIEW
Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón, Caroline Montagnani, Luc Dantan, Noémie de San Nicolas, Marie-Agnès Travers, Léo Duperret, Guillaume M Charrière, Eve Toulza, Guillaume Mitta, Céline Cosseau, Jean-Michel Escoubas
The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas lives in microbe-rich marine coastal systems subjected to rapid environmental changes. It harbours a diversified and fluctuating microbiota that cohabits with immune cells expressing a diversified immune gene repertoire. In the early stages of oyster development, just after fertilization, the microbiota plays a key role in educating the immune system. Exposure to a rich microbial environment at the larval stage leads to an increase in immune competence throughout the life of the oyster, conferring a better protection against pathogenic infections at later juvenile/adult stages...
May 6, 2024: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497018/camel-dung-derived-biochar-for-the-removal-of-copper-ii-and-chromium-iii-ions-from-aqueous-solutions-adsorption-and-kinetics-studies
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kenesha Wilson, Jibran Iqbal, Amira Obaid Abdalla Obaid Hableel, Zainab Naji Khalaf Beyaha Alzaabi, Yousef Nazzal
This study explores an innovative approach to tackle the critical issue of heavy metal ion contamination in aqueous solutions through the utilization of camel dung-derived biochar. In the context of global environmental concerns and the adverse impacts of heavy metal pollution on ecosystems and human health, the investigation focuses on copper(II) and chromium(III) ions, which are among the most pervasive pollutants originating from industrial activities. The research revealed that camel dung-derived biochar exhibits exceptional potential for the removal of copper(II) and chromium(III) ions, with removal efficiencies of more than 90% and adsorption capacities of 23...
March 12, 2024: ACS Omega
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496476/manifold-learning-uncovers-nonlinear-interactions-between-the-adolescent-brain-and-the-social-environment-in-predicting-mental-health-problems
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Erica L Busch, May I Conley, Arielle Baskin-Sommers
Advanced statistical methods that capture the complex interplay between adolescents and their social environments are essential for improving our understanding of how differences in brain function contribute to mental health problems. To move the study of adolescent mental health beyond what we have achieved so far- a complex account of brain and environmental risk factors without understanding the neurobiological embedding of the social environment- we need to find ways of studying the complex, nonlinear relationships between brain function and adolescents' experiences in the real-world...
March 6, 2024: bioRxiv
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496435/statistical-methods-for-chemical-mixtures-a-roadmap-for-practitioners
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Wei Hao, Amber L Cathey, Max M Aung, Jonathan Boss, John D Meeker, Bhramar Mukherjee
Quantitative characterization of the health impacts associated with exposure to chemical mixtures has received considerable attention in current environmental and epidemiological studies. With many existing statistical methods and emerging approaches, it is important for practitioners to understand when each method is best suited for their inferential goals. In this study, we conduct a review and comparison of 11 analytical methods available for use in mixtures research, through extensive simulation studies for continuous and binary outcomes...
March 4, 2024: medRxiv
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496385/editorial-one-health-surveillance-in-practice-experiences-of-integration-among-human-health-animal-health-environmental-health-and-food-safety-sectors
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EDITORIAL
Guido Benedetti, Nadia Boisen, Joaquin M Prada
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
2024: Frontiers in Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496321/hexaconazole-exposure-may-lead-to-parkinson-via-disrupting-glucocerebrosidase-and-parkin-molecular-interaction-dynamics-mmpbsa-and-dft-based-in-silico-predictive-toxicology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Faisal K Alkholifi, Sayed Aliul Hasan Abdi, Marwa Qadri, Shabihul Fatma Sayed, Amani Khardali, Sumathi Nagarajan, Alhamyani Abdulrahman, Nayef Aldabaan, Yahia Alghazwani
Hexaconazole is a known fungicide for agricultural purposes. It has bioaccumulation ability which makes it important for its toxicological characterization. There are various neurological impacts of pollutants on human health. Therefore, in this study, we have done predictive analyses of the interaction mechanism of hexaconazole by molecular interaction analysis, molecular dynamics simulation, and Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM-PBSA) to assess hexaconazole's potency to disrupt the homeostasis of glucocerebrosidase (-7...
February 2024: Toxicology Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496301/pfas-raise-their-ugly-head-in-malaria-control-diverging-views-on-risk-substitution
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Robert Bos
A controversy has arisen over whether or not the replacement of PFAS compounds as a binder between insecticides and nets by other compounds has affected the nets' efficacy in preventing malaria transmission. Robert Bos places this matter in a broader and historical context and concludes that now is the time to revisit earlier concepts and provide sustainable malaria prevention and control with a broader foundation aiming for truly resilient results. The need to promote institutional arrangements conducive to inter-sectoral action is as great in WHO Member States as it is within the structure of the World Health Organization itself...
2024: MalariaWorld Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496286/importance-of-an-integrated-assessment-of-functional-disability-and-work-ability-in-workers-affected-by-low-back-pain
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fabrizio Russo, Cristina Di Tecco, Simone Russo, Giorgia Petrucci, Gianluca Vadalà, Vincenzo Denaro, Sergio Iavicoli
BACKGROUND: This study examines the relationship between functional disability and work ability in workers affected by low back pain (LBP) through an analysis of correlations between the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and Work Ability Index (WAI). The role of personal and work factors on functional disability/work ability levels has also been studied. LBP is the most common musculoskeletal problem and a major disabling health problem worldwide. Its etiology is multifactorial. Multidisciplinary approaches may help reduce the burden of pain and disability and improve job continuity and reintegration at work...
March 2024: Safety and Health At Work
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496252/wonder-symphony-epigenetics-and-the-enchantment-of-the-arts
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REVIEW
Marta Gallazzi, Marta Pizzolante, Elia Mario Biganzoli, Valentina Bollati
Epigenetics, the study of heritable changes in gene expression without altering the DNA sequence, has gained significant attention due to its implications for gene regulation and chromatin stability. Epigenetic mechanisms play a fundamental role in gene-environment interactions, shaping individual development and adaptation. DNA methylation, histone modifications, and non-coding RNAs are key epigenetic regulators. Epigenetic changes can be triggered by environmental factors, including stress, toxins, and social interactions, influencing health and well-being...
2024: Environmental Epigenetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496226/the-effect-of-air-pollution-and-climate-change-on-sleep
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REVIEW
Semih Ayta
Research has shown that air pollution and climate change affect both the duration and quality of sleep; threatens physical and mental health especially through respiratory, cardiovascular, and nervous systems; and shortens life expectancy. This review will begin with overall information on air pollution, climate change and sleep. Then, it will proceed with the effects of these two environmental issues on sleep, in the light of previous research.
2024: Noro Psikiyatri Arsivi
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38495985/optical-d%C3%B9-%C3%B9-%C3%B9-%C3%B9-iscrimination-of-histamine-and-ethylenediamine-in-meat-samples-using-a-colorimetric-affordable-test-strip-cats-introducing-a-novel-lab-on-paper-sensing-strategy-for-low-cost-ensuring-food-safety-by-rapid-and-accurate-monitoring-of-biogenic
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Arezoo Saadati, Fatemeh Farshchi, Mohsen Jafari, Houman Kholafazad, Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Nasrin Shadjou
Biogenic amines (BAs) are a group of organic compounds that are produced through the decarboxylation of amino acids by microorganisms. These compounds are commonly found in a variety of foods and are known to cause adverse health effects if consumed in high concentrations. Therefore, the development of sensitive and rapid detection methods for detection and determination of BAs is essential for ensuring food safety. In this study, a novel colorimetric affordable test strip (CATS) was developed for the colorimetric and naked-eye detection of two BAs of ethylenediamine (EDA) and histamine (HIS) in meat samples...
March 14, 2024: RSC Advances
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38495893/associations-of-perchlorate-nitrate-and-thiocyanate-exposure-with-arthritis-and-inflammation-indicators-in-young-and-middle-aged-adults-nhanes-2005-2016
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hui Zhao, Xuyang Chen, Jianping Ni, Lanlan Fang, Yuting Chen, Yubo Ma, Guoqi Cai, Faming Pan
BACKGROUND: Perchlorates, nitrates, and thiocyanates are prevalent environmental chemicals. Their potential association with arthritis remains unexplored. This study aimed to investigate the link between perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate exposure and arthritis, as well as the potential role of inflammation in this context. METHODS: Utilizing the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data spanning from 2005 to 2016, the study enrolled 6597 participants aged 20-59 (young and middle-aged), of which 1045 had arthritis...
2024: Frontiers in Immunology
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