Geography, Demography, and Economic Growth in Africa
THE POVERTY of sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most obdurate features of the world economy.Since the industrial revolution, this has been the world's poorest and also its most ...
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Effects of Smoking Intervention and the Use of an Inhaled Anticholinergic Bronchodilator on the Rate of Decline of FEV1
<h3>Objective.</h3> —To determine whether a program incorporating smoking intervention and use of an inhaled bronchodilator can slow the rate of decline in forced expiratory vol...
Evidence of microplastic accumulation in agricultural soils from sewage sludge disposal
Microplastics are emerging as a steadily increasing environmental threat. Wastewater treatment plants efficiently remove microplastics from sewage, trapping the particles in the...
PheWAS: demonstrating the feasibility of a phenome-wide scan to discover gene–disease associations
Abstract Motivation: Emergence of genetic data coupled to longitudinal electronic medical records (EMRs) offers the possibility of phenome-wide association scans (PheWAS) for di...
Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline
KEY POINTS Obesity is a complex chronic disease in which abnormal or excess body fat (adiposity) impairs health, increases the risk of long-term medical complications and reduce...
RNA modifications modulate gene expression during development
RNA modifications have recently emerged as critical posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression programs. They affect diverse eukaryotic biological processes, and the corr...
Food supply chains during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Abstract This paper provides an early assessment of the implications of the COVID‐19 pandemic for food supply chains and supply chain resilience. The effects of demand‐side shoc...
The Color of Light in Forests and Its Implications
Forests exhibit much variation in light environments, and this can affect communication among animals, communication between animals and plants, photosynthesis, and plant morpho...