Located in the Filipino province of Palawan, El Nido is a destination known for its gorgeous beaches with a backdrop of impressive limestone cliffs and green forests. The coral reefs in its waters have a diverse array of marine creatures, making it as picturesque underwater as it is on the ...
A convenience sample was recruited from Dalian, in Liaoning province, which is situated in the northeast region of China. The inclusion criteria were that participants had anal intercourse with men in the previous 6 months, were 18 years of age or older, were assigned as male at birth and we...
Oral health is a major public health issue in West Africa, yet it has gotten little attention. Individual and group disparities in health status are influenced by social determinants of health (SDH), which also affect oral health. Adolescence is a signif
The province of Ontario has publicly-funded, universal access to medically-necessary health care services. An estimated 32,547 Ontarians have been infected with HIV since reporting began in 1985 up to the end of 2011; 77 % were men who reported sex with men as their potential route of HIV ...
This evidence is confirmed by the global Moran's I statistics which reaching a value of 0.09 indicates the presence of positive global spatial dependence in 2018.1 However, aggregating the data by province may hide relevant insights on the spatial effects occurring among individual farmers. Thus, ...
Here we identified a novel structure that is indispensable for the establishment of compartments in cucumber GTs. Silica, a specialized compound, is deposited on the GTs and is visible on the surface of the fruit as a white powder, known as bloom. This deposition provides resistance against ...
Updated estimate of anti-HCV prevalence is critical for developing strategies to manage or eliminate HCV infection. To date, no studies have analyzed HCV prevalence in Jinan (the capital city of Shandong province) at the regional level. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the prevalence of ...
We present a revision of the concept of space in Palaeolithic cave art. Previous research attempting to approach this notion encounters several gaps, which
In a national study on the burden of mental illness, Quebec had the lowest prevalence of any mental health disorder, which may partially explain the protective nature of residence in that province found in our analysis [82]. Furthermore, many of the participants in the cohort from Quebec were...
In this study, we applied a crop model, AquaCrop-OS, at the county level in Alberta Province to comprehensively analyze the impacts of future climate change on the yield and irrigation water requirements of spring wheat and canola. Additionally, we assessed the effectiveness of adjusting planting ...