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Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1A preliminary study on the role of personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases on self-reported health across countries(Elsevier B.V., 2025) Gerit Pfuhl; Filipe Prazeres; Marta Kowal; Toivo Aavik; Beatriz Abad-Villaverde; Reza Afhami; Leonardo A. Aguilar; Grace A. Akello; Laith Al-Shawaf; Jan Antfolk; Aavik, Toivo; Kowal, Marta; Afhami, Reza; Prazeres, Filipe; Abad-Villaverde, Beatriz; Pfuhl, Gerit; Sorokowski, PiotrObjectives: Infectious diseases are often associated with decline in quality of life. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between personal history of communicable i.e. infectious and parasitic diseases and self-rated health. Study design: Secondary analysis of a large dataset multi-country observational study. Methods: We used a four-pronged analysis approach to investigate whether personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases is related to self-reported health measured with a single item. Results: Three of the four analyses found a small positive effect on self-reported health among those reporting a history of pathogen exposure. The meta-analysis found no support but large heterogeneity that was not reduced by two classifications of countries. Conclusion: Personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases does not reduce self-reported health across a global sample. © 2025 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 4How are electricity generation effective on carbon neutrality in the global south? Evidence from sectoral CO2 emissions by daily data(Elsevier B.V., 2024) Mustafa Tevfik Kartal; Ugur Korkut Pata; Dilvin Taşkın; Taşkın, Dilvin; Pata, Ugur Korkut; Kartal, Mustafa TevfikIn light of the efforts to ensure carbon neutrality by combating climate-related problems the study investigates the effectiveness of electricity generation (EG) from the main renewable sources (hydro-HEG solar-SEG and wind-WEG). In this context the study examines the countries of the Global South (i.e. Brazil China and India) considers EG at a disaggregated level and sectoral CO2 emissions applies nonlinear methods and uses daily data between January 2 2019 and December 31 2022. The results demonstrate that (i) disaggregated EG sources have a stronger (weaker) time and frequency dependency on sectoral CO2 emissions in China (Brazil and India), (ii) HEG has a stimulating impact on sectoral CO2 emissions in all countries, (iii) SEG has an increasing impact on sectoral CO2 emissions in Brazil and China while it provides a decrease in sectoral CO2 emissions in India, (iv) WEG upsurges sectoral CO2 emissions in China while it achieves a CO2 reduction in Brazil and India, (v) disaggregated level EG has a causal impact on sectoral CO2 emissions across all quantiles except some lower middle and higher quantiles. The study adds scientific value to existing knowledge by analyzing for the first time which EG sources are effective in reducing daily CO2 emissions in the Global South. Based on the outcomes the study demonstrates that WEG is the best EG source for Brazil that SEG and WEG are optimal EG sources for India and that China cannot benefit from the EG sources considered. In this way the study provides fresh insights for the countries of the Global South and underlines the crucial role of renewable EG in ensuring carbon neutrality. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 24Citation - Scopus: 29Reduction of biogenic amines formation by foodborne pathogens using postbiotics in lysine-decarboxylase broth(Elsevier B.V., 2022) Nurten Yilmaz; Fatih Ozogul; Mehran Moradi; Eylem Ezgi Fadıloğlu; Vida Šimat; J. M. Rocha; Simat, Vida; Moradi, Mehran; Rocha, Joao Miguel; Fadiloglu, Eylem Ezgi; Ozogul, Fatih; Yilmaz, NurtenPostbiotics is a novel term proposed to describe as a set of bioactive compounds obtained from beneficial microorganisms. In this work postbiotics from four lactic acid bacteria (LAB) including Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris Pediococcus acidilactici Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis and Streptococcus thermophilus were prepared in MRS broth. The antimicrobial properties and organic acids content of postbiotics were also investigated. Postbiotics were used to tentatively reduce the production of biogenic amines by foodborne pathogens (i.e. Salmonella paratyphi A and Escherichia coli) on lysine decarboxylase broth (LDB). Experimental data showed that acetic propionic and butyric acids were in the range of 387.51–709.21 mg/L 0.00–1.28 mg/L and 0.00–20.98 mg/L respectively. The inhibition zone of postbiotics on E. coli and S. paratyphi A were 11.67 and 12.33 mm respectively. Two different levels of postbiotics (25% and 50%) were used in LDB to measure the diamines (cadaverine and putrescine) polyamines (agmatine spermidine and spermine ammonia) and other biogenic amine formation by pathogens. E. coli produced cadaverine and putrescine with concentrations of 1072.21 and 1114.18 mg/L respectively. The postbiotics reduced cadaverine formation by 67% in E. coli and cadaverine production was mostly suppressed by postbiotics from P. acidilactici in E. coli (97%) and L. lactis subsp. lactis in S. paratyphi A (90%). Putrescine production by E. coli was reduced by 94% with postbiotics of P. acidilactici at a concentration of 25% whereas putrescine production by S. paratyphi A has been decreased by 61% in the presence of postbiotics from L. lactis subsp. Lactis with a 25% concentration. The results revealed that an increase in postbiotics concentration (from 25% to 50%) in LDB may lead to synergistic effects resulting from the production of biogenic amines by microbial pathogens. It was importantly concluded that postbiotics of LAB may degrade biogenic amines or prevent their formation by foodborne pathogens. © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - Scopus: 3Reflection predicts and leads to decreased conspiracy belief(Elsevier B.V., 2025) Fatih Bayrak; Vahdet Sümer; Burak Doǧruyol; Selahattin Adil Saribay; Sinan Alper; Ozan Isler; Onurcan Yilmaz; Sümer, Vahdet; Saribay, S. Adil; Isler, Ozan; Dogruyol, Burak; Alper, Sinan; Yilmaz, Onurcan; Bayrak, FatihRecent research indicates a generally negative relationship between reflection and conspiracy beliefs. However most of the existing research relies on correlational data on WEIRD (Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic) populations. The few existing experimental studies are limited by weak manipulation techniques that fail to reliably activate cognitive reflection. Hence questions remain regarding (1) the consistency of the negative relationship between conspiracy beliefs and cognitive reflection (2) the extent of cross-cultural variation and potential moderating factors and (3) the presence of a causal link between cognitive reflection and conspiracy beliefs. In two preregistered studies we investigated the association between cognitive reflection and conspiracy beliefs. First we studied the correlation between two variables across 48 cultures and investigated whether factors such as WEIRDness and narcissism (personal and collective) moderate this relationship. In the second study we tested the causal effect of reflection using a reliable and effective manipulation technique—debiasing training—on both generic and specific conspiracy beliefs. The first study confirmed the negative association between reflection and belief in conspiracy theories across cultures with the association being notably stronger in non-WEIRD societies. Both personal and collective narcissism played significant moderating roles. The second study demonstrated that debiasing training significantly decreases both generic and COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs in a non-WEIRD context with more pronounced effects for general conspiracy beliefs. Our research supports that reflection is a consistent cross-cultural predictor of conspiracy beliefs and that activating reflection can reduce such beliefs through rigorous experimental interventions. © 2025 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
