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Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review : Western Europe Ghent University Institute of Tropical Medicine

Minerva Laranjo-Gonzalez, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Chiara Trevisan, Alberto Allepuz, Smaragda Sotiraki, Annette Abraham, Mariana Boaventura Afonso, Joachim Blocher, Luis Cardoso, Jose Manuel Correia da Costa, et al.
Background: Taenia solium and Taenia saginata are zoonotic parasites of public health importance. Data on their occurrence in humans and animals in western Europe are incomplete and fragmented. In this study, we aimed to update the current knowledge on the epidemiology of these parasites in this region. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of scientific and grey literature published from 1990 to 2015 on the epidemiology of T. saginata and ...

Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review : eastern Europe Ghent University Institute of Tropical Medicine

Chiara Trevisan, Smaragda Sotiraki, Minerva Laranjo-González, Veronique Dermauw, Ziqi Wang, Age Kärssin, Aleksandar Cvetkovikj, Andrea S Winkler, Annette Abraham, Branko Bobic, et al.
Background: Taenia solium and Taenia saginata are food-borne parasites of global importance. In eastern Europe only fragmented information is available on the epidemiology of these zoonotic parasites in humans and animal populations. In particular for T. solium, on-going transmission is suspected. The aim of this systematic review was to collect the available data and describe the current knowledge on the epidemiology of T. solium and T. ...

EuReCa ONE - 27 Nations, ONE Europe, ONE Registry : a prospective one month analysis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes in 27 countries in Europe Ghent University University of Antwerp

Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Rolf Lefering, Rudolph W Koster, Siobhán Masterson, Bernd W Böttiger, Johan Herlitz, Jan Wnent, Ingvild BM Tjelmeland, Fernando Rosell Ortiz, Holger Maurer, et al.
Introduction: The aim of the EuReCa ONE study was to determine the incidence, process, and outcome for out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) throughout Europe. Methods: This was an international, prospective, multi-centre one-month study. Patients who suffered an OHCA during October 2014 who were attended and/or treated by an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) were eligible for inclusion in the study. Data were extracted from national, regional or ...

The Transformation of the Christian Churches in Western Europe. La transformation des églises chrétiennes en Europe occidentale, 1945-2000 KU Leuven

L Kenis, J Billiet, Patrick Pasture
© 2010 Leuven University Press. All rights reserved. Research continues to show that the Christian religion is gradually disappearing from the public, cultural and social spheres in Western Europe. Even on the individual level, institutionalised religion is becoming increasingly marginalised. Some scholars, however, speak of a repositioning of the Christian churches in post-modern Europe, citing new forms of religious life and community. This ...

Trying to engage the crowd in recording invasive alien species in Europe : experiences from two smartphone applications in northwest Europe Meise Botanic Garden Research Institute for Nature and Forest

Tim Adriaens, Michaël Sutton-Croft, Katy Owen, D. Brosens, Johan L.C.H. van Valkenburg, Dave Kilbey, Quentin J. Groom, Carolin Ehmig, Florian Thürkow, Peter Van Hende, et al.
New technologies such as smartphone application software (apps) are increasingly used to reach a wider audience on the subject of invasive
alien species (IAS) and to involve the public in recording them. In this paper we present two of the more recent smartphone applications for
IAS recording in northwest Europe, the RINSE That’s Invasive! app and the KORINA app. We present an overview of available smartphone
apps for IAS ...

Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe database: A regularly updated dataset of the radiometric data regarding the Palaeolithic of Europe, Sib eria include d KU Leuven

Pierre Vermeersch
At the Berlin INQUA Congress (1995) a working group, European Late Pleistocene Isotopic Stages 2 & 3: Humans, Their Ecology & Cultural Adaptations, was established under the direction of J. Renault-Miskovsky (Institut de Paléontologie humaine, Paris). One of the objectives was building a database of the human occupation of Europe during this period. The database has been enlarged and now includes Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic ...