Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death among adults in Germany. There is evidence that occupational exposure to particulate matter, noise, psychosocial stressors, shift work and high physical workload are associated with CHD. The aim of this study is to identify occupations that are associated with CHD and to elaborate on occupational exposures associated with CHD by using the job exposure matrix (JEM) BAuA-JEM ETB 2018 in a German study population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough sex determination is a fundamental process in vertebrate development, it is very plastic. Diverse genes became major sex determinants in teleost fishes. Deciphering how individual sex-determining genes orchestrate sex determination can reveal new actors in sexual development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe African turquoise killifish Nothobranchius furzeri represents an emerging short-lived model for aging research. Captive strains of this species are characterized by large differences in lifespan. To identify the gene expression correlates of this lifespan differences, we analyzed a public transcriptomic dataset consisting of four different tissues in addition to embryos.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe title compound CHClN, also named as TRAM-34, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group 2/n. The dihedral angles between the pyrazole ring and the three six-membered rings are 62.28 (9), 69.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Early childhood caries (ECC), dental cavities in children younger than 6 years, is common, consequential, and inequitably concentrated among socially disadvantaged children. The World Health Organization and authoritative clinical and public health agencies promote 4 chronic disease management (CDM) approaches that are low-cost and can be delivered in home and community sites: pharmacologic, behavioral, monitoring, and minimally invasive dentistry (MID). The extent of adoption of these approaches among US pediatric dentists is unknown.
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