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Quality control and correction method for air temperature data from a citizen science weather station network in Leuven, Belgium
intra-station (station-specific) temperature biases by means of a random forest approach. The QC method is evaluated using data from four WH2600 stations installed next to official weather stations belonging to ...
Towards a Better Quantification of Cyanotoxins in Fruits and Vegetables: Validation and Application of an UHPLC-MS/MS-Based Method on Belgian Products
samples; quantitative analysis; analytical methods; UHPLC-MS/MS; microcystin; crops Abstract: Vegetables and fruits can potentially accumulate cyanotoxins after water contaminated with cyanobacteria is used ...
The state of health in Belgium, 1990-2019: a benchmarking analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study.
the main drivers in trends over time and country differences within the EU-15. METHODS: We extracted estimates from the GBD 2019 study via the GBD results tool and visualization tools. We compared the ...
COVID-19 surveillance in the Flemish school system: development of systematic data collection within the public health school system and descriptive analysis of cases reported between October 2020 and June 2021.
primary and secondary schools identified by the case surveillance system, in conjunction with test data and community cases from October 2020 to June 2021. METHODS: We describe the development of the ...
Development of a reliable UHPLC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of zearalenone and zearalenone-14-glucoside in various feed products
ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method (UHPLC- MS / MS) was developed for the simultaneous determination of two mycotoxins, that is, zearalenone (ZEN) and zearalenone-14-glucoside ...
The CIVISANO protocol: a mixed-method study about the role of objective and perceived environmental factors on physical activity and eating behavior among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults
identify and discuss possible local interventions and evaluate the participatory processes of the project. Methods This study (2020–2023) will use community-based participatory tools, involving collaborative ...
Mobile phones as a vector for Healthcare-Associated Infection: A systematic review.
disinfecting mobile phones on infection risks. METHODS: The MEDLINE and Embase database were searched from January 2000 — January 2019 for a systematic review according to PRISMA guidelines. Eligible studies of ...
A healthy lifestyle is positively associated with mental health and well-being and core markers in ageing
its effect on core markers of ageing: telomere length (TL) and mitochondrial DNA content (mtDNAc). METHODS: In this study, 6054 adults from the 2018 Belgian Health Interview Survey (BHIS) were included. ...
The HLS19-COM-P, a new instrument for measuring communicative health literacy in interaction with ohysicians: development and validation in nine European countries
instrument with sufficient psychometric properties for measuring COM- HL. METHODS: The HLS- COM-P instrument was developed based on a conceptual framework integrating HL with central communicative tasks. Data ...
Genomic epidemiology of persistently circulating MDR Shigella sonnei strains associated with men who have sex with men (MSM) in Belgium (2013–19)
globally. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of MDR S. sonnei in Belgium and to identify origins and circulating clusters through WGS. METHODS: We undertook demographic, temporal and ...