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Impact of environmental nitrogen enrichment on birch pollen allergy
two consecutive sampling rounds in Belgium and across Europe from sites with varying levels of environmental nitrogen deposition did not consistently impact pollen allergenicity. Further analysis will ...
Metabarcoding and metagenomics techniques in monitoring airborne pollen
Traditionally, pollen concentrations in the air are estimated from analyses based on identification and quantification using optical microscopy. However, the classification of pollen types at the species level ...
Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
prevalence and antimicrobial use. Methods: Data collection for the 2022 survey was conducted from September to November, following the ECDC protocol (version 6.0) at hospital/ward/patient levels ...
Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
levels. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted between September and November 2022 in 57 representative acute care Belgian hospital sites (35 mergers), following the ECDC- PPS protocol version 6.0. ...
Occurrence and Synthesis Pathways of (Suspected) Genotoxic α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyls in Chocolate and Other Commercial Sweet Snacks.
by bean roasting. Notably, levels of 2-phenylbut-2-enal (up to 399 μg·kg) and 5-methyl-2-phenylhex-2-enal (up to 216 μg·kg) increased up to 40-fold. Dry conching caused evaporation of α,β-unsaturated ...
Occurrence and Synthesis Pathways of (Suspected) Genotoxic α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyls in Chocolate and Other Commercial Sweet Snacks
coupled to GC- MS / SIM. Monitored α,β-unsaturated aldehydes were formed during chocolate production, primarily through aldol condensation of Strecker aldehydes triggered by bean roasting. Notably, levels ...
Validation of the measurement of Aluminium in food by ICP-OES after acid digestion
foodstuffs, it is necessary to accurately measure aluminium levels. In our laboratory, we have developed a method utilising inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP- OES) to analyse certain ...
A systematic review and meta-analysis of human population studies on the association between exposure to toxic environmental chemicals and left ventricular dysfunction (LVD).
included the general adult population, workers, young people, and the elderly. The risk of bias was assessed using the ROBINS-I tool at both study and item levels. RESULTS: The systematic review included 17 ...
NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE OF SARS-COV-2 IN WASTEWATER- How does WBE contribute to the global epidemiologic assessment in Belgium? (September 2020 – 2024)
in this work demonstrate that satisfying correlation levels were observed at the implementation and running stages of the present surveillance, which were used as a proof of concept for validating our ...
Recovering radiotherapy services in England: Our plan for action
Abstract: In recent months, operational performance in radiotherapy has declined with services reporting long delays for patients needing treatment. However, this generally does not receive the same level of ...