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Beneficial Body Mass Index for Age‐Related Kidney Function in Males and Females

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
The impact of BMI on age‐related kidney function decline is highly sex‐ and age‐dependent. Normal BMI (18.5–25 kg/m2) is associated with better age‐related kidney function in all‐aged males and females older than 45 years. ABSTRACT Objectives Kidney function declines with aging, leading to a high prevalence of age‐related disease.
Lu Wei, Yao Ma, Xueqi Chen, Xinran Ni, Yu Zhang, Bei Zhu, Qun Zhang, Weihong Zhao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expert Consensus on the Management of Obesity in Older Adults (2026 Edition)

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
This graphical abstract summarizes a safety‐first framework for managing obesity in older adults, with attention to age, functional status, comorbidities, and sarcopenia risk. Key assessments include BMI, waist measures, body fat percentage, skeletal muscle mass, and comprehensive geriatric evaluation. Management prioritizes reducing visceral fat while
Qi Pan, Lixin Guo
wiley   +1 more source

Tranquillity as a Determinant of Health: A Synthesis of Exposure Surrogates and Operationalization for Environmental Epidemiology

Noise and Health
Objective: Tranquillity has historically been regarded as a subjective experience of peace and harmony with nature, yet it is increasingly recognized as a measurable environmental characteristic with potential implications for population health and urban
Xing Jiang, Nicole Engelmann, Danielle Vienneau, Martin Röösli   +3 more
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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban challenges to food and nutrition security [PDF]

This review of recent literature explores the urban face of food and nutrition security in a more comprehensive, integrated way than most previous efforts.
Menon, Purnima, Slack, Alison T., Haddad, Lawrence James, Garrett, James L., Engle, Patrice L., Morris, Saul Sutkover, Oshaug, Arne, Ruel, Marie T., Maxwell, Daniel G.   +8 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tendência temporal da mortalidade por homicídios na cidade de São Paulo, Brasil, 1979-1994

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Estudou-se a tendência da mortalidade por homicídios segundo sexo e idade na cidade de São Paulo entre 1979 e 1994, utilizando modelos de ajuste de tendência temporal selecionados com base na significância de beta e valor de R², e análise de resíduos ...
Rita Barradas Barata, Manoel Carlos Sampaio de Almeida Ribeiro, José Cássio de Moraes   +2 more
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Calculating population density for MOLAND in the Dublin urban area [PDF]

, 2008
The EPA-funded Urban Environment Project seeks to apply MOLAND, a cellular automata based model, to predict a range of urban impacts in the Greater Dublin Region from 2006 onwards.
Foley, Ronan, Critchley, Martin, Convery, Sheila   +2 more
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