Publications by authors named "S Aflalo"
Objective: Poorer performance on the Stroop task has been reported after prenatal famine exposure at age 58, potentially indicating cognitive decline. We investigated whether brain activation during Stroop task performance at age 74 differed between individuals exposed to famine prenatally, individuals born before and individuals conceived after the famine.
Method: In the Dutch famine birth cohort, we performed a Stroop task fMRI study of individuals exposed (n = 22) or unexposed (born before (n = 18) or conceived after (n = 25)) to famine in early gestation.
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- Urban populations in industrialized countries show lower gut bacterial diversity compared to rural populations in less industrialized countries, prompting research to identify urbanization factors affecting this diversity.
- Researchers studied the gut and saliva microbiomes of 147 individuals in Cameroon, focusing on dietary, medical, parasitological, and socio-cultural influences along an urbanization gradient.
- The study found that certain protozoa and stool consistency significantly impacted gut microbiome diversity; urban residents maintained diversity despite dietary shifts, suggesting that medication might tie to the broader issue of diversity loss in industrialized regions.
Background: The drug inventory in the hospital consumes a large part of the hospital's budget. Classic drug management is based on weekly visits of the pharmacist in the departments, writing an order and dispensing it. This method is wasteful in terms of sending a bulk of drugs that will not necessarily be utilized, and it is also inefficient in terms of human resources.
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