Publications by authors named "K J O'Shea"
Background: Long COVID, which affects an estimated 44.69-48.04 million people in the U.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrequent and severe occurrences of harmful algal blooms increasingly threaten human health by the release of microcystins (MCs). Urgent attention is directed toward managing MCs, as evidenced by rising HAB-related do not drink/do not boil advisories due to unsafe MC levels in drinking water. UV/chlorine treatment, in which UV light is applied simultaneously with chlorine, showed early promise for effectively degrading MC-LR to values below the World Health Organization's guideline limits.
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- Persistent sex disparities in physical activity and sports participation among US children and adolescents could benefit from interventions aimed at reducing these gaps.
- A simulation study modeled the potential lifetime impacts of increasing female participants' activity levels to match male levels, examining health and economic outcomes based on the agent-based model of 8,299,353 children aged 6 to 17 in 2023.
- Results indicated that eliminating these disparities could prevent over 28,000 cases of overweight and obesity by age 18, potentially saving approximately $780 million in combined medical costs and productivity losses over the lifetimes of the affected cohorts.
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- * Biodegradable bioplastic membranes, made from a mix of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and polylactic acid (PLA), offer strength and effectiveness while decomposing under specific conditions.
- * These electrospun membranes provide good air filtration and significantly reduce reliance on petroleum-based materials while addressing plastic waste through biodegradability.