Objective To assess the prevalence of cerebral stroke in the general population of Beijing and its association with systemic risk factors and ocular diseases.Setting The population-based Beijing Eye Study was conducted in a rural and urban region of Beijing.Participants With eligibility criteria of age 50+ years and living in the study regions, 346
Abstract The prevalence of global coral bleaching has focused much attention on the possibility of interventions to increase heat resistance.However, if high heat resistance is linked to fitness tradeoffs that may Apparel disadvantage corals in other areas, then a more holistic view of heat resilience may be beneficial.In particular, overall resili
Polymer hydrogels are ideal bioprinting scaffolds for cell-loading and tissue engineering due to their extracellular-matrix-like structure.However, polymer hydrogels that are easily printed tend to have poor strength and fragile properties.The gradually polymerized reinforcement after hydrogel printing is a good method to solve the contradiction be
The increasing pace and impact of technological change in the world underline the growing need for taking due precautions.In this essay the author reviews a number of cases over the past 2 centuries where new technologies have been introduced too rapidly with too little attention to possible consequences and avoidable damage to health or the enviro
Abstract Rapid expansion of salmon aquaculture has resulted in high-density populations that host diverse infectious agents, for which surveillance and monitoring are critical to disease management.Screening can reveal infection diversity from which disease arises, differential patterns of infection in live and dead fish that are difficult to colle