4 and Niel Hens1,3 Abstract Background Increasing life expectancy and persistently low fertility levels have led to old population age structures in most high-income countries, and population ageing is expected to continue or even accelerate in the coming decades...
The origin of merging binary black holes (BHs) is one of the biggest problems to solve in astronomy and astrophysics. In this paper, we suggest that isolated binary stars can be their origin when we consider metal-free or Population (Pop) III stars. In this section, we introduce three ing...
Chlorobium phylotypes and Chlorobium viruses were examined to determine: (i) the biogeographic distribution of Chlorobium viruses in the Vestfold Hills; (ii) the types of viral defence systems possessed by the Chlorobium; (iii) the characteristics of virus-host dynamics in each system. As a res...
000 years ago [1], moving from the west, where Sakha connects to the inner Eurasian steppe belt through southern Siberia [2,3]. The northeastern part of Yakutia is located on one of the main
Background Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged...
Selection could be act- ing on some coadaptation between the nuclear back- ground and the mitochondrial genes (Fos et al., 1990). Consequently, mtDNA polymorphisms observed in natural populations could be affected by interactions among nuclear polymorphisms, random genetic drift, founder events and ...
Background The dietary glycemic index (GI) and load (GL) reflect carbohydrate quality and quantity, potentially impacting fertility through modulation of insulin sensitivity and generation of oxidative stress. While fertility is influenced by both women and men, reproductive research often emphasizes mater...
(Halkett et al.2005; Crow and Kimura2017). Nevertheless, the insights that genomic studies can bring to seagrass biology have encouraged researchers to overcome these limitations and lay the groundwork for the development of seagrass genomics (Procaccini et al.2007; Davey et al.2016). ...
Background: Prediabetes is an important public health problem concern globally, to which dietary patterns have shown varied effects. This study aims to analyze the relationship between dietary patterns and prediabetes in Chinese adults. Methods: A total of 7555 adults from Jiangsu province, China, ...
platforms, such as theWeChatOfficial Accounts Platform. Teenagers volunteered to be part of the translation team and were supervised by the CCNP Science Mentors. This initiative widely popularized background knowledge to school-age students, and improved acceptance of the project among the target ...