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Modeling Best Practice Life Expectancy Using Gumbel Autoregressive Models

Risks, 2021
Best practice life expectancy has recently been modeled using extreme value theory. In this paper we present the Gumbel autoregressive model of order one—Gumbel AR(1)—as an option for modeling best practice life expectancy. This class of model represents
Anthony Medford
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Malthus, the 18th century European explorers and the principle of population in Africa. [PDF]

, 2011
In the second edition of his Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus included twelve chapters that offer a remarkable description of population dynamics from all corners of the world. His discussion of (sub-Saharan) Africa was almost entirely based
Reniers, Georges
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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Understanding Health Deterioration and the Dynamic Relationship between Physical Ability and Cognition among a Cohort of Danish Nonagenarians

Journal of Aging Research, 2020
This study aims to determine how demographics, socioeconomic characteristics, and lifestyle affect physical and cognitive health transitions among nonagenarians, whether these transitions follow the same patterns, and how each dimension affects the ...
Cosmo Strozza, Virginia Zarulli, Viviana Egidi   +2 more
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New Zealand regions, 1986-2001: Population geography [PDF]

, 2005
This paper is primarily concerned with the spatial aspects of population, namely with: (i) patterns of settlement (urban, rural) and attendant population size variations by region, (ii) changes over time between rural and urban areas at a Regional ...
Lindop, J., Pool, Ian, Baxendine, Sandra, Cochrane, William   +3 more
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Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono, Yoshifumi Moriyama, Koji Ohashi, Naoya Otaka, Minako Tatsumi, Toyoaki Murohara, Noriyuki Ouchi, Satoru Oshima   +7 more
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The role of genetic diversity in the evolution and maintenance of environmentally-cued, male alternative reproductive tactics

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019
Background Alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) are taxonomically pervasive strategies adopted by individuals to maximize reproductive success within populations.
K. A. Stewart, R. Draaijer, M. R. Kolasa, I. M. Smallegange   +3 more
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Association between sexual violence and unintended pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Unintended pregnancy has dire consequences on the health and socioeconomic wellbeing of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) (aged 15–24 years).
Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Henrietta Chinelo Ezegbe   +1 more
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Preservation of Mammalian Teeth and Bones Influences Identification of Terminal Pleistocene to Middle Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence at Ban Rai Rockshelter, Northwest Thailand

Quaternary, 2022
Ban Rai Rockshelter in northwest Thailand, dating to the Terminal Pleistocene and Middle Holocene, includes evidence for hunter-gatherer exploitation of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and arthropods.
Athiwat Wattanapituksakul, Rasmi Shoocongdej, Cyler Conrad   +2 more
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New Zealand regions, 1986-2001: Population structures [PDF]

, 2005
The age structure of a region’s population affects many areas of social and economic development across all sectors, including employment, housing, welfare, health and education.
Lindop, J., Pool, Ian, Baxendine, Sandra, Cochrane, William   +3 more
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