Exposure to diverse sarbecoviruses indicates frequent zoonotic spillover in human communities interacting with wildlife.

Background: Sarbecoviruses are a subgenus of Coronaviridae that mostly infect bats with known potential to infect humans (SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2). Populations in Southeast Asia, where these viruses are most likely to emerge, have been undersurveyed to date.

Methods: We surveyed communities engaged in extractive industries and bat guano harvesting from rural areas in Myanmar.

Clinician Perspectives on Cannulation for Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Mixed Methods Analysis.

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a leading cause of mortality with survival rates of less than 10%. In selected patients, survival may be improved via timely application of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). However, ECPR is a complex and resource intensive intervention with a high risk of complications that impair widespread clinical adoption.

Er:YAG Laser-Activated Irrigation in Comparison with Different Irrigation Systems for Cleaning the Apical Root Canal Area Beyond Ledge.

To evaluate the effectiveness of erbium:yttrium aluminum garnet (Er:YAG) laser-activated irrigation (LAI) for cleaning the apical root canal area beyond a ledge. This was the first study that evaluated the efficacy of LAI in debris and smear layer removal from such hard-to-reach canal areas in human teeth. Eighty-eight human maxillary molars with either a mesiobuccal or distobuccal canal with 25°-35° curvature and mature apices were used.

Deployable designs to temporarily convert subacute hospital rooms into palliative care rooms.

Objective: To explore the design of deployable articles that can turn subacute hospital rooms into palliative care rooms to provide better patient-centred care and to meet the shortage of dedicated palliative care spaces in Australia.

Methods: Clinicians and a design researcher collaborated to review the literature, obtain clinical/practitioner feedback on needs and use design research methods to produce design concepts and prototypes for use in the subacute care hospital setting.

Results: A design solution that included: (a) A guest-bed module for improved family togetherness and room personalisation; and (b) A digital connectivity module designed to provide family togetherness virtually.

Seroepidemiologic Survey of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Logging Communities, Myanmar.

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is endemic in Asia, infecting many animal hosts, but CCHFV has not been reported in Myanmar. We conducted a seroepidemiologic survey of logging communities in Myanmar and found CCHFV exposure was common (9.8%) and exposure to wild animal blood and body fluids was associated with seropositivity.

Acculturation and Its Effects on Health Risk Behaviors among Myanmar Migrant Workers: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.

Thailand hosts many workers who have migrated from neighboring countries and is facing a large burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Health screening for migrant workers routinely emphasizes infectious diseases but overlooks NCDs. We surveyed prevalent health behaviors for NCDs and their influencing factors, particularly cultural adaptation patterns among Myanmar migrant workers in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.

Age-Friendly Environments in ASEAN Plus Three: Case Studies from Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand.

Promoting age-friendly environment is one of the appropriate approaches to support quality of life toward ageing populations. However, the information regarding age-friendly environments in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three countries is still limited. This study aimed to survey the perceived age-friendly environments among ASEAN Plus Three older populations.

Access to and utilisation of GP services among Burmese migrants in London: a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Background: An estimated 10,000 Burmese migrants are currently living in London. No studies have been conducted on their access to health services. Furthermore, most studies on migrants in the United Kingdom (UK) have been conducted at the point of service provision, carrying the risk of selection bias.

Trace metal speciation during dry and wet weather flows in the Tama River, Japan, by using diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT).

The labile species of Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the Tama River, an urban river in Tokyo, Japan, were measured using diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) method under dry and wet weather conditions, and the results were compared with total dissolved concentrations in hourly samples collected in parallel. A total of 10 DGT deployments were made and 251 hourly samples were collected during 2 rounds of sampling, conducted between August and October, 2006. Two types of diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) devices-DGT-RG for labile inorganic and DGT-APA for total (inorganic and organic) labile species-were applied throughout the samplings.

Exposure assessment of lead among Japanese children.

Objective: Lead intake from possible exposure routes among children residing in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area was estimated.

Methods: Lead concentrations in house dust samples collected from the houses of the children and those in 24-h duplicate diet samples of the children were determined. The daily lead intake was estimated by multiplying the lead concentrations in the house dust, diet, soil and ambient air (the latter two were from the literatures) by the corresponding intake and/or inhalation rates, and summing all of the products.

Lead isotopic compositions of environmental certified reference materials for an inter-laboratory comparison of lead isotope analysis.

Lead isotope ratios, viz. 207Pb/206Pb and 208Pb/206Pb, of the commercially available certified reference materials (CRMs) issued in Japan are presented with an objective to provide a data set, which will be useful for the quality assurance of analytical procedures, instrumental performance and method validation of the laboratories involved in environmental lead isotope ratio analysis. The analytical method used in the present study was inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry (ICPQMS) preceded by acid digestion and with/without chemical separation of lead from the matrix.