1. Introduction Population generally refers to the total residential population in a specific geographical area. As one of the most basic research metrics in geography, demography and sociology, population is the most direct and effective indicator to characterize the intensity of human activities in ...
Citation:Snider, S. B. & Brimlow, J. N.(2013)An Introduction to Population Growth.Nature Education Knowledge4(4):3 Why do scientists study population growth? What are the basic processes of population growth? AaAaAa Why Study Population Growth?
Introduction The study of intraspecific genetic diversity across broad geographic space (i.e., population genetics and phylogeography) can shed light on the historical and contemporary processes responsible for the generation and maintenance of biodiversity within species and ecosystems (Arbogast 2001; ...
Introduction The United Nations (UN) laid out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on 25 September 2015. Of these, SDG 11 is aimed at “making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”, and it requires coordinated development in land use and land cover, ...
Introduction Differential evolution (DE) has been a hot topic in the field of evolutionary computing since it was proposed by Storn and Price [1]. DE is a population-based optimizer, and perturbs the solution to generate offspring by using the scaled difference vector of two randomly selected ...
INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, which affects a large number of patients. DM has become a global health problem, especially in low- and middle-income countries[1,2]. In 2010, 12.9 million deaths worldwide were attributed to DM[3,4]....
Help-seeking challenges for female sexual concerns: a qualitative study from Iran Article Open access 29 June 2023 Indigenous Mothers’ Perspective on Sexual Health in Northwest Territories, Canada: Results from the Maternal and Infant Health Project Article 21 September 2024 Introduction Sexual heal...
Introduction Inferring the genetic structure of a population at family and subpopulation levels from a sample of multilocus genotypes is important for understanding the acting evolutionary forces and population demography, for managing populations in conservation (Crandall et al. 2000), and for controlling...
Spatially, Northern Europe exhibits a significantly higher population proportion living in long-term clean air areas for PM2.5, PM10, and NO2 compared to the rest of the continent (see Fig. S7 in the Supplementary Information). Additionally, with the introduction of the new long-term guideline...
Introduction Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) is a non-invasive ultrasound biomarker of early atherosclerosis. A positive association exists between it and the risk of subsequent cardiovascular events in general populations, independent of all major risk factors.1 This relation has promoted the use...