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15, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03-4.49), visual impairment (OR = 2.38, 95%CI 1.16-4.85), insomnia (OR = 2.35, 95%CI 1.11-4.98), and memory decline (OR = 2.30, 95%CI 1.10-4.78) by twofold and high blood pressure by threefold (OR = 3.21, 95%CI 1.39-7.38). Overall, the odds of self-rated poor health conditions among those ≥7 ACEs compared to 0-2 ACEs was high by almost twofold (OR = 1.97; 95%CI 1.04-3.73). CONCLUSIONS The influence of ACEs on health conditions persisted into late adulthood, and older people in Bhutan have had a complex variety of chronic health conditions implicating greater demand on the free healthcare system in Bhutan. ACEs prevention is critical to promote better health for a country like Bhutan, where the healthcare services are provided free of cost to its citizens. Crown All rights reserved.OBJECTIVE With the current SARS-CoV2 outbreak, countless tests need to be performed on potential symptomatic individuals, contacts and travellers. The gold standard is a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)-based system taking several hours to confirm positivity. For effective public health containment measures, this time span is too long. We therefore evaluated a rapid test in a high-prevalence community setting. STUDY DESIGN Thirty-nine randomly selected individuals at a COVID-19 screening centre were simultaneously tested via qPCR and a rapid test. Ten previously diagnosed individuals with known SARS-CoV-2 infection were also analysed. METHODS The evaluated rapid test is an IgG/IgM-based test for SARS-CoV-2 with a time to result of 20 min. Two drops of blood are needed for the test performance. RESULTS Of 49 individuals, 22 tested positive by repeated qPCR. In contrast, the rapid test detected only eight of those positive correctly (sensitivity 36.4%). Of the 27 qPCR-negative individuals, 24 were detected correctly (specificity 88.9%). CONCLUSION Given the low sensitivity, we recommend not to rely on an antibody-based rapid test for public health measures such as community screenings. OBJECTIVES The December 2019 outbreak of coronavirus has once again thrown the vexed issue of quarantine into the spotlight, with many countries asking their citizens to 'self-isolate' if they have potentially come into contact with the infection. However, adhering to quarantine is difficult. Decisions on how to apply quarantine should be based on the best available evidence to increase the likelihood of people adhering to protocols. We conducted a rapid review to identify factors associated with adherence to quarantine during infectious disease outbreaks. STUDY DESIGN The study design is a rapid evidence review. METHODS We searched Medline, PsycINFO and Web of Science for published literature on the reasons for and factors associated with adherence to quarantine during an infectious disease outbreak. RESULTS We found 3163 articles and included 14 in the review. SN-011 Adherence to quarantine ranged from as little as 0 up to 92.8%. The main factors which influenced or were associated with adherence decisions were the knowledge people had about the disease and quarantine procedure, social norms, perceived benefits of quarantine and perceived risk of the disease, as well as practical issues such as running out of supplies or the financial consequences of being out of work. CONCLUSIONS People vary in their adherence to quarantine during infectious disease outbreaks. To improve this, public health officials should provide a timely, clear rationale for quarantine and information about protocols; emphasise social norms to encourage this altruistic behaviour; increase the perceived benefit that engaging in quarantine will have on public health; and ensure that sufficient supplies of food, medication and other essentials are provided. The effects on the activity of anaerobic digestion (AD) of interactions between extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), a protective barrier of microorganisms towards toxic compounds, and nanoscale zero valent iron (nZVI) remain incompletely understood. In this work, EPS induced a dosage-dependent dispersion of nZVI clusters due to their effective accumulation on the nZVI surface. The small size of nZVI clusters and the formation of stable Fe-EPS complex promoted the dissolution of nZVI with a final increase of 15-20% H2 yield. Further characterizations of EPS demonstrated the presence of some semiquinones, like riboflavin, which may work as a sink to accept electrons from nZVI. This likely explains the EPS dosage-related reduction of H2 release rate in the initial stage and the possible decrease in nZVI reducibility responsible for disrupting cell integrity. Interactions between nZVI and EPS could improve the electrochemical activity of EPS, favoring microbial extracellular electron transfer. Therefore, the presence of EPS at relatively higher concentrations may 1) reduce the inhibition of nZVI to AD process by avoiding the fast accumulation of H2 and restricting damage to cell integrity; 2) benefit the methanogenesis process by providing more exogenous H2 from complete nZVI dissolution with higher electrochemical activity of EPS. This study provides insight into the interactions between EPS and nanoparticles with strong reducibility in biological wastewater treatment systems. Thermal stratification and mixing are important to the physicochemical composition of reservoirs and lakes and impact their water quality and biogeochemical cycles. However, it remains unclear how thermal stratification and mixing process control the exchange of CO2 between surface water and the Earth's atmosphere. To address this issue, we examine the temporal characteristics of some physicochemical parameters, partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2), the δ13CDIC, and CO2 emission from a typical karst groundwater-fed reservoir (Dalongdong reservoir). During the 23 month study (2016-2018) thermal stratification limited CO2 emission, in part from photosynthetic uptake of CO2, from early April to late October, while mixing processes stimulated CO2 emission of CO2 generated from organic matter remineralization in bottom water from October to April. The Dalongdong reservoir is an atmospheric source of CO2 for most of the study period; however, during periods of stratification, approximately 0.37 ± 0.44 Gg CO2 (1 Gg = 109g) dissolved into the water from the atmosphere, while approximately 6.