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Nutrition quality of food purchases varies by household income: the SHoPPER study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
BackgroundLower household income has been consistently associated with poorer diet quality. Household food purchases may be an important intervention target to improve diet quality among low income populations.
S. French   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The relationship between household chaos and child, parent, and family outcomes: a systematic scoping review

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Household chaos, represented by the level of disorganisation or environmental confusion in the home, has been associated with a range of adverse child and family outcomes.
S. Marsh, Rosie Dobson, R. Maddison
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Why does the Engel method work? Food demand, economies of size and household survey methods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Estimates of household size economies are needed for the analysis of poverty and inequality. This paper shows that Engel estimates of size economies are large when household expenditures are obtained by respondent recall but small when expenditures are ...
Anand S.   +13 more
core   +2 more sources

Microbial exopolysaccharide production by polyextremophiles in the adaptation to multiple extremes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Polyextremophiles are microorganisms that endure multiple extreme conditions by various adaptation strategies that also include the production of exopolysaccharides (EPSs). This review provides an integrated perspective on EPS biosynthesis, function, and regulation in these organisms, emphasizing their critical role in survival and highlighting their ...
Tracey M Gloster, Ebru Toksoy Öner
wiley   +1 more source

Modulating OCA2 Expression as a Promising Approach to Enhance Skin Brightness and Reduce Dark Spots

open access: yesBiomolecules
The oculocutaneous albinism II (OCA2) gene encodes a melanosomal transmembrane protein involved in melanogenesis. Recent genome-wide association studies have identified several single nucleotide polymorphisms within OCA2 genes that are involved in skin ...
Eunbyul Cho   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of bacterial communities associated with blood-fed and starved tropical bed bugs, Cimex hemipterus (F.) (Hemiptera): a high throughput metabarcoding analysis

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
With the development of new metagenomic techniques, the microbial community structure of common bed bugs, Cimex lectularius, is well-studied, while information regarding the constituents of the bacterial communities associated with tropical bed bugs ...
Li Lim, Abdul Hafiz Ab Majid
doaj   +1 more source

A working model for cytoplasmic assembly of H/ACA snoRNPs

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Dyskerin is the component of nuclear H/ACA ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) endowed with pseudouridine synthase catalytic activity. Two isoforms of human dyskerin have been characterized: the abundant Iso1, mainly nuclear, and the shorter Iso3, mainly cytoplasmic but occasionally imported into nuclei.
Alberto Angrisani, Maria Furia
wiley   +1 more source

Biomimetics through bioconjugation of 16-methylheptadecanoic acid to damaged hair for hair barrier recovery

open access: yesScientific Reports
The primary component of the lipid barrier on human hair, which is essential for defense against aging and environmental stresses, is 18-methyleicosanoic acid (18-MEA), which provides hydrophobic properties and protective benefits. Since 18-MEA cannot be
Sang-Hun Song   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human profiling from STR and SNP analysis of tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus, for forensic science

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Tropical bed bugs, Cimex hemipterus, which commonly feeds on human blood, may be useful in forensic applications. However, unlike the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, there is no information regarding tropical bed bug, C.
Li Lim, Abdul Hafiz Ab Majid
doaj   +1 more source

Load Hiding of Household's Power Demand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
With the development and introduction of smart metering, the energy information for costumers will change from infrequent manual meter readings to fine-grained energy consumption data.
Egarter, Dominik   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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