Solar energy and regional coordination as a feasible alternative to large hydropower in Southeast Asia.

Strategic dam planning and the deployment of decentralized renewable technologies are two elements of the same problem, yet normally addressed in isolation. Here, we show that an integrated view of the power system capacity expansion problem could have transformative effects for Southeast Asia's hydropower plans. We demonstrate that Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia have tangible opportunities for meeting projected electricity demand and CO emission targets with less hydropower than currently planned-options range from halting the construction of all dams in the Lower Mekong to building 82% of the planned ones.

10-year experience with umbilical cord blood IgE and microbiome therapy.

Background: The benefit of probiotics in newborn children in relation to allergy and general morbidity later in life appears to be controversial. Allergic diseases represent an increasingly important health problem worldwide in recent years. This is evident in all age groups.

Paediatric Rome III Criteria-Related Abdominal Pain Is Associated With Helicobacter pylori and Not With Calprotectin.

Objectives: Abdominal pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders in children include functional dyspepsia, functional abdominal pain, irritable bowel syndrome, and abdominal migraine. We aimed to evaluate a possible association between functional abdominal pain disorders and Helicobacter pylori infection and faecal calprotectin level.

Methods: Prospective observational study including consecutive children with functional gastrointestinal disorders fulfilling Rome III criteria (cases) and age/sex-matched healthy controls.

Gut peptide hormones and pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus.

The aims of our study were to evaluate plasma levels of gut hormones in children with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in comparison with healthy controls and to correlate plasma concentrations of gut hormones with blood biochemistry, markers of metabolic control and with anthropometric parameters. We measured postprandial levels of specific gut peptide hormones in T1DM children. Amylin, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), ghrelin, leptin, pancreatic polypeptide (PP), and polypeptide YY (PYY) were assessed in 19 T1DM children and 21 healthy reference controls.

Evaluation of faecal calprotectin as a valuable non-invasive marker in distinguishing gut pathogens in young children with acute gastroenteritis.

Aim: The aim of the study is to evaluate faecal calprotectin (f-CP) in children ≤3 years of age with acute gastroenteritis (AG) as an early predictor of bacterial inflammation.

Methods: We prospectively analysed f-CP levels and diagnostic workup in 107 consecutive children (66 AG, 41 controls).

Results: Children with bacterial AG (BAG) was found to have higher diarrheal frequency (p < 0.