Using longitudinal data on more than 370 000 older Japanese adults, we found that living in constituencies represented by pro-tobacco legislators was associated with higher smoking prevalence. The ...

In the study Making It Look Green: Big Data Analytics, External Pressure, and Corporate Greenwashing, published in the journal Sustainability, researchers find that firms with stronger big data ...

The evidence is solid but not definitive, as the conclusions rely on the absence of changes in spatial breadth and would benefit from clearer statistical justification and a more cautious ...

Background/aims Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is the most frequent long-term complication after cataract surgery, caused by proliferation of residual lens epithelial cells (LECs). Metformin, a ...

The findings carry particular weight in Sub-Saharan Africa, where financial inclusion levels have historically been low and ...

This study presents a potentially valuable exploration of the role of thalamic nuclei in language processing. The results will be of interest to researchers interested in the neurobiology of language.

Introduction Perinatal depression poses substantial risks to both mothers and their offspring. Given its chronic and ...

Objective Findings of previous studies on associations between dairy consumption and metabolic health status were inconsistent. This study aimed to assess the link between consumption of dairy foods ...

The current AI regression testing systems consider the new code changes, past failures, and dependency indicators to decide which test cases are the most important to a particular release. Areas with ...

Background Patients with heart failure (HF) frequently suffer from undetected declines in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), which significantly increases their risk of poor outcomes. However, current ...

Objective Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading cause of mortality globally, necessitating early risk identification to improve prevention and management strategies. Traditional risk ...

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