… The vitamin D receptor mediates the immunoregulatory effects of 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3
(1,25D3), which include activating monocytes, stimulating cellular immune responses, and …

Over the past two decades, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have gradually
gained wide acceptance in civil engineering applications due to their unique advantages …

The realisation of human potential for development requires age-specific investment
throughout the 8000 days of childhood and adolescence. Focus on the first 1000 days is an …

… scientific papers published doubling each decade (Figure 1D). In addition, a concerted effort
… (D) Local extinctions of seven species based on the COO classification of ‘‘Possibly Extinct.’…

Overfishing is the primary cause of marine defaunation, yet declines in and increasing
extinction risks of individual species are difficult to measure, particularly for the largest predators …

We report a genome-wide association (GWA) study of severe malaria in The Gambia. The
initial GWA scan included 2,500 children genotyped on the Affymetrix 500K GeneChip, and a …

Texas experienced the most extreme one‐year drought on record in 2011 with precipitation
at 40% of long‐term mean and agricultural losses of ~$7.6 billion. We assess the value of …

… However, they found that symptoms were unhelpful in diagnosing neuropathy and were
potentially misleading especially in the older patients many of whom appeared to have d iff icu I …

Decades of overexploitation have devastated shark populations, leaving considerable
doubt as to their ecological status 1 , 2 . Yet much of what is known about sharks has been …

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nonparametric and parametric techniques were used (Mann-Whitney U test, x2~test/ ar|d linear …