AIMS To evaluate the prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in surface water supplies from the province of Alava, northern Spain, and to investigate possible associations among the presence of these pathogenic protozoa with microbiological, physicochemical and atmospheric parameters. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 284 samples of drinking and recreational water supplies were analysed. Crypt...

Shazareen N. Khan, BSc; Sherry L. Grace, PhD; Paul Oh, MD; Sonia Anand, MD, PhD; Donna E. Stewart, MD; Gilbert Wu, MD; Milan Gupta, MD; on behalf of the CRCARE Investigators South Asians (SA) are predisposed to developing premature coronary heart disease (CHD), partly due to the early onset of classic risk factors, including physical inactivity. The nature of physical activity (PA) environments...

Tourism is the largest foreign exchange-producing sector in Indonesia, while most developed natural tourism. Lake Siombak a nature-based tourism Medan Marelan District which currently growing because of its considerable potential future. However, based on BPS data from (2019), there are no lodging facilities tourist areas Marelan. Even though these can improve services, especially for tourists ...

Current evidence on the relations between neighbourhood environments and older adults' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) relies mainly cross-sectional studies. This longitudinal study aimed to examine socio-economic status (SES) objective perceived physical environmental factors with 3-year changes in mental HRQoL. Baseline three-year follow-up data were collected 503 Belgian adults. Gener...

OBJECTIVES Drug interactions, poor adherence to medication and high-risk sexual behaviour may occur in individuals with HIV using recreational drugs. Thus, we aimed to assess the prevalence of recreational drugs use and to explore its clinical impact in HIV patients on treatment. METHODS Observational, cross sectional, study conducted in a 700 bed university hospital, Barcelona, Spain. A tota...

background: acanthamoeba spp. is the causative agent of blindness keratitis and fatal encephalaitis. presence of acanthamoeba spp. in a wide variety of niches such as different water types can lead to exposure of high risk people such as contact lens wearers. the main aim of the present study was to explore the occurrence of acanthamoeba genotypes in the recreational water sources using both mo...

Great concern arises from recreational noise exposure, which might lead to noise-induced hearing loss in young adults. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effects of recreational noise exposure on hearing function in young adults. A questionnaire concerning recreational noise exposures and an audiological test battery were completed by 163 subjects (aged 18-30 years). Based o...

The importance of recreation cannot be overemphasised. Recreation refers to an activity that people engage in during their free time, and it is socially-inclined has attendant values. Inaccessibility recreational areas affects the social wellbeing residents, who will not have a sense belonging when comes community development, hence response Covid-19. Taking Greater Jos (Nigeria) as case study,...

Thanks to the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation website for cover photos. the mission of the green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California is to offer a guide to habitat conservation, watershed health and recreational open space for the Los Angeles metropolitan region. the Plan will also provide decision support tools to nurture a living green matrix for southern California. Our...