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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anna Scaini, Joseph Mulligan, Håkan Berg, Albert Brangarí, Vera Bukachi, Sebastian Carenzo, Da Chau Thi, Colin Courtney-Mustaphi, Anneli Ekblom, Hanne Fjelde, Mathias Fridahl, Anders Hansson, Lettice Hicks, Mattias Höjer, Benard Juma, Jaan-Henrik Kain, Rebecca W Kariuki, Soben Kim, Paul Lane, Ainara Leizeaga, Regina Lindborg, John Livsey, Steve W Lyon, Rob Marchant, Jennifer R McConville, Linus Munishi, David Nilsson, Luke Olang, Stefan Olin, Lennart Olsson, Peter Msumali Rogers, Johannes Rousk, Hans Sandén, Nophea Sasaki, Anna Shoemaker, Benjamin Smith, Lan Thai Huynh Phuong, Ana Varela Varela, Manjunatha Venkatappa, Giulia Vico, Nina Von Uexkull, Christine Wamsler, Menale Wondie, Patrick Zapata, María José Zapata Campos, Stefano Manzoni, Anna Tompsett
Drawing on collective experience from ten collaborative research projects focused on the Global South, we identify three major challenges that impede the translation of research on sustainability and resilience into better-informed choices by individuals and policy-makers that in turn can support transformation to a sustainable future. The three challenges comprise: (i) converting knowledge produced during research projects into successful knowledge application; (ii) scaling up knowledge in time when research projects are short-term and potential impacts are long-term; and (iii) scaling up knowledge across space, from local research sites to larger-scale or even global impact...
February 7, 2024: Ambio
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Paul Nyamweya Nyangau, Jonathan Makau Nzuma, Patrick Irungu, Sandra Junglen, Menale Kassie
Communities' knowledge and management strategies are crucial for mitigating and controlling the threat of existing and emerging diseases. In this study, we conducted randomised control trials (RCT) to examine the impact of health education on households' knowledge and management of three Arboviral Diseases (ADs); Rift Valley fever, Chikungunya fever, and Dengue fever in Kenya. The study was based on a sample of 629 households drawn from the three of Kenya's AD hotspot counties; Baringo, Kwale, and Kilifi. Employing a difference-in-difference method, our findings indicate that health education intervention significantly improved households' understanding of ADs transmission modes, causes, and prevention strategies...
January 2023: Global Public Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Uriel D Menalled, Richard G Smith, Stephane Cordeau, Antonio DiTommaso, Sarah J Pethybridge, Matthew R Ryan
Cover crops are plants grown to provide regulating, supporting, and cultural ecosystem services in managed environments. In agricultural systems, weed suppression services from cover crops can be an important tool to promote sustainability as reliance on herbicides and tillage for weed management has caused pollution, biodiversity loss, and human health issues. However, to effectively use weed suppression services from cover crops, farmers must carefully select species that fit within their rotations and suppress their problematic weeds...
October 13, 2023: Scientific Reports
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ciro Menale, Gaia Tabacco, Anda Mihaela Naciu, Maria Lucia Schiavone, Francesca Cannata, Emanuela Morenghi, Cristina Sobacchi, Andrea Palermo
The dipeptidyl peptidase 3 ( Dpp3 ) is a ubiquitous zinc-dependent aminopeptidase, participating in the activation or degradation of signaling peptides and in the Keap1-Nrf2 antioxidant pathway. The absence of Dpp3 in the Dpp3 knockout mouse model causes increased osteoclast activity, altered osteogenic function, sustained oxidative stress in the bone tissue, and bone loss. We aimed to assess the association of Dpp3 activity with bone fragility in postmenopausal osteoporosis and the impact of denosumab on enzymatic activity...
June 19, 2022: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Abebe Asale, Menale Kassie, Zewdu Abro, Bayu Enchalew, Aklilu Belay, Peter O Sangoro, David P Tchouassi, Clifford M Mutero
BACKGROUND: The combined application of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are commonly used malaria interventions that target indoor Anopheles vectors. Recent studies on the effects of house screening (HS) and LLINs have demonstrated a reduction in indoor vector densities and malaria when the interventions are combined. In addition, complementary interventions are needed to curb co-occurring pest populations which pose menace to agricultural crop productivity and food security...
May 10, 2022: BMC Public Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Abebe Asale, Zewdu Abro, Bayu Enchalew, Alayu Teshager, Aklilu Belay, Menale Kassie, Clifford Maina Mutero
BACKGROUND: Use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), community-based malaria education, prompt diagnosis and treatment are key programme components of malaria prevention and control in Ethiopia. However, the effectiveness of these interventions is often undermined by various challenges, including insecticide and drug resistance, the plasticity of malaria vectors feeding and biting behaviour, and certain household factors that lead to misuse and poor utilization of LLINs...
December 9, 2021: Malaria Journal
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Onyango P Sangoro, Ulrike Fillinger, Kochelani Saili, Theresia Estomih Nkya, Rose Marubu, Freddie Masaninga, Sonia Casimiro Trigo, Casper Tarumbwa, Busiku Hamainza, Candrinho Baltazar, Joseph Mberikunashe, Brian Chisanga, Kassie Menale, Emmanuel Chanda, Clifford Maina Mutero
BACKGROUND: Concerted effort to control malaria has had a substantial impact on the transmission of the disease in the past two decades. In areas where reduced malaria transmission is being sustained through insecticide-based vector control interventions, primarily long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS), non-insecticidal complementary tools will likely be needed to push towards malaria elimination. Once interruption in local disease transmission is achieved, insecticide-based measures can be scaled down gradually and eventually phased out, saving on costs of sustaining control programs and mitigating any unintended negative health and environmental impacts posed by insecticides...
December 6, 2021: Trials
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REVIEW
Susana Menal-Puey, Iva Marques-Lopes
A varied and well-planned diet can meet the nutritional needs of an athlete; however, in certain cases, it could be advisable to increase the intake of some vitamins, minerals or other components through the controlled intake of fortified foods or dietary supplements. In the European Union, a high number of sport foods and supplements are marketed; athletes could at times consume them indiscriminately or even choose products that have not been evaluated and approved by scientific evidence. In this sense, it is necessary to know and interpret the specific regulations for these products in order to make adequate use of them...
October 28, 2021: Nutrients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zewdu Abro, Emily Kimathi, Hugo De Groote, Tadele Tefera, Subramanian Sevgan, Saliou Niassy, Menale Kassie
Since 2016, fall armyworm (FAW) has threatened sub-Saharan 'Africa's fragile food systems and economic performance. Yet, there is limited evidence on this transboundary pest's economic and food security impacts in the region. Additionally, the health and environmental consequences of the insecticides being used to control FAW have not been studied. This paper presents evidence on the impacts of FAW on maize production, food security, and human and environmental health. We use a combination of an agroecology-based community survey and nationally representative data from an agricultural household survey to achieve our objectives...
2021: PloS One
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Paul Nyamweya Nyangau, Jonathan Makau Nzuma, Patrick Irungu, Menale Kassie
Globally, arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) infections continue to pose substantial threats to public health and economic development, especially in developing countries. In Kenya, although arboviral diseases (ADs) are largely endemic, little is known about the factors influencing livestock farmers' knowledge, beliefs, and management (KBM) of the three major ADs: Rift Valley fever (RVF), dengue fever and chikungunya fever. This study evaluates the drivers of livestock farmers' KBM of ADs from a sample of 629 respondents selected using a three-stage sampling procedure in Kenya's three hotspot counties of Baringo, Kwale, and Kilifi...
September 2021: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zewdu Abro, Menale Kassie, Beatrice Muriithi, Michael Okal, Daniel Masiga, Gift Wanda, Ouedraogo Gisèle, Abah Samuel, Etienne Nguertoum, Rock Aimé Nina, Philémon Mansinsa, Yahaya Adam, Mamadou Camara, Pamela Olet, Diarra Boucader, Susana Jamal, Abdoul Razak Issa Garba, Joseph Joachim Ajakaiye, Jean Felix Kinani, Mohamed Adam Hassan, Hezron Nonga, Joyce Daffa, Ambrose Gidudu, Kalinga Chilongo
Trypanosomiasis is a significant productivity-limiting livestock disease in sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to poverty and food insecurity. In this paper, we estimate the potential economic gains from adopting Waterbuck Repellent Blend (WRB). The WRB is a new technology that pushes trypanosomiasis-transmitting tsetse fly away from animals, improving animals' health and increasing meat and milk productivity. We estimate the benefits of WRB on the production of meat and milk using the economic surplus approach...
2021: PloS One
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lipika Singhal, Varsha Gupta, Menal Gupta, Poonam Goel, Jagdish Chander
Objectives Healthy vaginal microbiota is mainly dominated by Lactobacillus species namely L. crispatus , L. gasseri , L. jensenii , and L. iners . Lactobacilli are thought to play an important role in the prevention of urogenital infections, and Lactobacillus probiotics to restore and/or maintain vaginal health has been advocated. These can interfere with the adherence, growth, and colonization by uropathogenic bacteria, thus reducing the risk of urinary tract infection (UTI). This study aims to isolate and evaluate the susceptibility of healthy vaginal and probiotic Lactobacillus spp...
August 2020: Journal of Laboratory Physicians
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ki Hyuk Sung, Soon-Sun Kwon, Gyeong Hee Cho, Chin Youb Chung, Clarissa Encisa, Huroy Menal, Unni G Narayanan, Moon Seok Park
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to identify differences in caregiver responses to Korean-language and English-language versions of the Caregiver Priorities & Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities (CPCHILD) questionnaire. METHODS: Patient data were acquired from the Cerebral Palsy Hip Outcomes Project database, which was established to run a large international multicenter prospective cohort study of the outcomes of hip interventions in cerebral palsy...
August 17, 2020: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
José Miguel Martínez-Sanz, Susana Menal-Puey, Isabel Sospedra, Giuseppe Russolillo, Aurora Norte, Iva Marques-Lopes
Food exchange lists have been widely used in dietary practice in health and disease situations, but there are still no exchange lists for sports foods. The aim of this study was to apply a previous published methodology to design food exchange lists to the development of a sports food exchange list, with sport products available in Spain. A cross-sectional study of the nutritional composition of sports foods, regarding macronutrients and energy, was carried out. A total of 322 sports foods from 18 companies were selected, taking into account their interest in sports practice and with nutritional data provided by companies...
August 11, 2020: Nutrients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Susana Menal-Puey, Miriam Martínez-Biarge, Iva Marques-Lopes
Vegan diets in children need to be adequately planned so they can safely meet children's requirements for growth and development. Adequate and realistic meal planning guidelines should not be difficult to achieve, thanks to the increasing number and availability of natural and fortified vegan foods, which can help children to meet all their nutrients requirements. In order to ensure an adequate supply of key nutrients, families and health professionals need accurate, reliable, and easy-to-use meal planning tools...
December 25, 2018: Nutrients
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COMMENT
Daniel J Rader, Scott M Damrauer
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December 23, 2016: Science
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bruno Menale, Olga De Castro, Ciro Cascone, Rosa Muoio
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: This paper illustrates the results of an ethnobotanical study carried out in the Vesuvio National Park (VNP) (Campania, Southern Italy). It describes the medicinal uses of the plants in an ancient area rich in ethnobiodiversity investigated for the first time. AIM FOR THE STUDY: The main aim of the study was to understand at what extent current knowledge on medicinal plant uses is still alive in VNP. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The informations were collected using semi-structured and unstructured interviews performed on 136 persons living in the investigated area from March to November 2014 and from April to October 2015...
November 4, 2016: Journal of Ethnopharmacology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Vadim Alexandrov, Dani Brunner, Liliana B Menalled, Andrea Kudwa, Judy Watson-Johnson, Matthew Mazzella, Ian Russell, Melinda C Ruiz, Justin Torello, Emily Sabath, Ana Sanchez, Miguel Gomez, Igor Filipov, Kimberly Cox, Mei Kwan, Afshin Ghavami, Sylvie Ramboz, Brenda Lager, Vanessa C Wheeler, Jeff Aaronson, Jim Rosinski, James F Gusella, Marcy E MacDonald, David Howland, Seung Kwak
Rapid technological advances for the frequent monitoring of health parameters have raised the intriguing possibility that an individual's genotype could be predicted from phenotypic data alone. Here we used a machine learning approach to analyze the phenotypic effects of polymorphic mutations in a mouse model of Huntington's disease that determine disease presentation and age of onset. The resulting model correlated variation across 3,086 behavioral traits with seven different CAG-repeat lengths in the huntingtin gene (Htt)...
August 2016: Nature Biotechnology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Courtney Berezuk, Joel Ramirez, Fuqiang Gao, Christopher J M Scott, Menal Huroy, Richard H Swartz, Brian J Murray, Sandra E Black, Mark I Boulos
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that enlarged Virchow-Robin space volumes (VRS) are associated with objective measures of poor quality sleep. DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. PATIENTS: Twenty-six patients being evaluated for cerebrovascular disease were assessed using polysomnography and high-resolution structural magnetic resonance imaging. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Regionalized VRS were quantified from three-dimensional high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging and correlated with measures of polysomnography-derived sleep parameters while controlling for age, stroke volume, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, and ventricular cerebrospinal fluid volume...
June 1, 2015: Sleep
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bruno Menale, Rosa Muoio
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: This study documents the pharmaceutical importance of plant resources in the South-Eastern area of the Partenio Regional Park (PRP), inland Campania, Avellino province. This is reflected in the great diversity of plants used for medicinal purposes as well as in their wide range of medicinal applications. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In order to collect information on medicinal plants used in the investigated area and to maximize the collection of local knowledge, informants were randomly contacted in the streets, squares and fields...
April 11, 2014: Journal of Ethnopharmacology
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