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Drought Stress Mediated Changes in Food Crops: Mechanisms and Remediation Strategies

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work presents a multi‐scale framework for flavonoid‐mediated drought tolerance in staple food crops, integrating ROS redox regulation, antioxidant defense, rhizosphere microbial interactions, and sustainable agronomic practices. This interdisciplinary model provides core insights to develop climate‐resilient cropping systems and enhance global ...
Xiaoyi Duan, Litao Wang, Tuuli‐Marjaana Koski, Lizhe An, Thomas Efferth, Yujie Fu   +5 more
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Long-term trends in smoking prevalence and its socioeconomic inequalities in Korea, 1992–2016

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Background The aim of this study was to investigate long-term trends in smoking prevalence and its socioeconomic inequalities in Korea. Methods Data were collected from 10 rounds of the Social Survey of Statistics Korea between 1992 and 2016.
Youngs Chang, Hee-Yeon Kang, Dohee Lim, Hong-Jun Cho, Young-Ho Khang   +4 more
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Global Burden and Temporal Trends of Early‐Onset Tracheal, Bronchial, and Lung Cancer: An Analysis of GLOBOCAN 2022 and GBD 2023 Data

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study systematically assessed the global burden and temporal trends of EOTBL cancer in individuals aged 15–49 years. Smoking, ambient particulate matter pollution, and secondhand smoke remain dominant risk factors. Countries within the same Human Development Index (HDI) category exhibit distinct epidemiological trajectories, underscoring the need ...
Ye Tian, Weihao Zhang, Yao Lu, Bruce F. O'Hara, Jingjing Hu, Hanqi Feng, Jing Di, Lei Zhang, Xueying Yang   +8 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
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Trends in socioeconomic inequality in e-cigarette use among adolescents in South Korea

Tobacco Induced Diseases
Introduction The global rise in e-cigarette use among adolescents is alarming, with associated socioeconomic inequalities posing potential public health risks.
Gaoran Chen, Hong Lu, Wenqi Chen, Shaojie Qi, Wenbin Du   +4 more
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Widespread and widely widening? Examining absolute socioeconomic health inequalities in northern Sweden across twelve health indicators

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Background Socioeconomic inequalities in health is a widely studied topic. However, epidemiological research tends to focus on one or a few outcomes conditioned on one indicator, overlooking the fact that health inequalities can vary depending on the ...
Kinza Degerlund Maldi, Miguel San Sebastian, Per E. Gustafsson, Frida Jonsson   +3 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities in type 2 diabetes in employed individuals, nonworking spouses and pensioners

SSM: Population Health, 2020
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a rising global epidemic with lower socioeconomic groups being more affected. Considering specific population subgroups to examine prevalence and socioeconomic inequalities in T2D is rare.
Batoul Safieddine, Stefanie Sperlich, Johannes Beller, Karin Lange, Jelena Epping, Juliane Tetzlaff, Fabian Tetzlaff, Siegfried Geyer   +7 more
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Economic Impact of Sustainability in Wine Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a key issue in the wine sector, raising questions about its compatibility with firms' economic performance. Despite growing attention to environmental and social practices, evidence on their economic implications remains fragmented.
Valentina Di Chiara, Eugenio Pomarici, Leonardo Cei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic inequality in abdominal obesity among older people in Purworejo District, Central Java, Indonesia – a decomposition analysis approach

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
Background Obesity has become a global health challenge as its prevalence has increased globally in recent decades. Studies in high-income countries have shown that obesity is more prevalent among the poor.
Cahya Utamie Pujilestari, Lennarth Nyström, Margareta Norberg, Lars Weinehall, Mohammad Hakimi, Nawi Ng   +5 more
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Internet use and adolescent development: A conceptual model integrating behavioral and contextual theories

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the digital era, adolescent development is deeply embedded in the cyber environment. Despite ongoing debate on the benefits and/or risks that Internet use brings to adolescents in empirical studies, conceptual and theoretical discussion on the influences of the intensity and modalities of Internet use is peripheral.
Linxiao Zhang, Lin Fang, Faye Mishna, Liangqi Shen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source