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Blood pressure demographics: nature or nurture ... ... genes or environment?

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2005
Hypertension is a growing worldwide problem associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, the rates of prevalence of hypertension are higher in some populations than others. Although ethnic and genetic factors have
Lip Gregory YH, Tomson Joseph
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Preliminary Study on Environmental Influence in Selecting Wonosari Basin as Settlement Location

open access: yesBerkala Arkeologi, 2020
Wonosari Basin is a plateau area and has been inhabited by humans continuously. This research goal is to determine the environmental factors that considered by humans to settle in Wonosari Basin in proto-history until Hindu-Buddhist period.
nfn Harriyadi
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Environing technologies: a theory of making environment [PDF]

open access: yesHistory and Technology, 2018
The central proposal of this article is that environing technologies shape and structure the way in which nature becomes environment, and as such used, perceived and understood.
Sverker Sörlin, Nina Wormbs
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Physicality, Landscape, Language … Home: Locating and Connecting to Place in David Bouchard’s ‘Cultural Books’

open access: yesLanguage and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal, 2017
David Bouchard bridges cultures in his dual language oeuvre. Through notions of the physical and the Canadian landscape, and in First Nations, Michif, and European-descended languages, Bouchard is able to create narratives of place through poetry ...
Joanie Crandall
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Electricity Production and Sustainable Development: The Role of Renewable Energy Sources and Specific Socioeconomic Factors

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
An eco-friendly and sustainable power production system constitutes the cornerstone of every country’s strategic plan to tackle climate change and enhance energy resource autonomy.
George E. Halkos, Apostolos S. Tsirivis
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Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated Pest Management with Stochastic Birth Rate for Prey Species

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2013
X. Song and Z. Xiang [5] developed an impulsive differential equations model for a two-prey one-predator model with stage structure for the predator. They demonstrate the conditions on the impulsiveperiod for which a globally asymptotically stable pest ...
Olcay eAkman   +2 more
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Graphical Presentation of the Steady-state Economy Model

open access: yesThe Journal of Population and Sustainability, 2022
There are several theories claiming that their policies can save the planet from environmental catastrophe. This paper claims that it is only the Steady-State Economy model on which such reasonably effective expectations can be based.
Theodore Lianos
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Increased Risk of Sarcomas in Children With Congenital Anomalies: Findings From the Genetic Overlap Between Anomalies and Cancer in Kids (GOBACK) Registry Linkage Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that contribute disproportionately to cancer mortality in children. Although congenital anomalies are among the strongest known risk factors for childhood cancer, the risk of specific sarcoma subtypes among affected individuals has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. Procedure We
Russ Wolters   +17 more
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An Evo-Devo perspective on ever-growing teeth in mammals and dental stem cell maintenance

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2014
A major challenge for current evolutionary and developmental biology research is to understand the evolution of morphogenesis and the mechanisms involved. Teeth are well suited for the investigation of developmental processes.
Elodie eRenvoisé, Frederic eMichon
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