Objective This meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the overall prevalence of sarcopenia in older Chinese adults. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Participants A literature research was ...

Introduction Violence against women (VAW) affects one in three women globally. In some countries, women are at much higher risk. We examined risk factors for VAW in countries with the highest 12-month ...

Abiotic components or abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems. Abiotic factors and the phenomena ...

Research suggests that a combination of genetic and environmental factors may cause Parkinson’s disease. In this article, we’ll learn more about these causes, as well as possible prevention.

In 2020, low back pain affected 619 million (95% uncertainty interval 554–694) people globally, with a projection of 843 million (759–933) prevalent cases by 2050. In 2020, the global age-standardised ...

Abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical elements in the environment, which affect individual organisms as well as ecosystems. Examples are UV, IR and visible light, radiation ...

Objective Overweight and obesity have been shown to be related to multiple chronic conditions, leading to a heavy economic burden on society throughout the world. This study aims to estimate the ...

Lifestyle-related Breast Cancer Risk Factors A risk factor is anything that increases your chances of getting a disease, such as breast cancer. But having a risk factor, or even many, does not mean ...

Carbon isotope fractionation was investigated for the biotransformation of γ- and α- hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) as well as enantiomers of α-HCH using two aerobic bacterial strains: Sphingobium ...

4. Bioremediation With the purpose of restoring the balance between the biotic and abiotic factors of the impacted environment, technologies were developed using living organisms (e.g. bacteria, fungi ...

Regardless of type, genetics alone doesn’t cause diabetes mellitus, but certain types, like type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes, have a genetic link. Learn more about what causes diabetes ...

Demand curves can be used to understand the price-quantity relationship for consumers in a particular market, such as corn or soybeans. The demand curve generally slopes down from left to right ...