Objective The relationship between vitiligo and cardiovascular diseases remains controversial.This study aimed to systematically review the evidence comparing cardiovascular disease risk factors between patients with vitiligo and controls and to perform a Futon Sofas meta-analysis of the results.Data sources A comprehensive database search was perf
Spatial Aggregation of Forest Songbird Territories and Possible Implications for Area Sensitivity
Habitat area requirements of forest songbirds vary greatly among species, but the causes of this variation are not well understood.Large area requirements could result from advantages for certain species when settling their territories near those of conspecifics.This phenomenon would result in spatial aggregations much larger than single territorie
Prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in children
Pamela J Lang,1,2 Dai Sugimoto,1–3 Lyle J Micheli1–3 1Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedics, Boston Dim to warm Children’s Hospital, 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention, Waltham, MA, USA Abstract: As more children and adolescents
MiR172-APETALA2-like genes integrate vernalization and plant age to control flowering time in wheat.
Plants possess regulatory mechanisms that allow them to flower under conditions that maximize reproductive success.Selection of natural variants affecting those mechanisms has been critical in agriculture to modulate the flowering response of crops to specific environments and to increase yield.In the temperate cereals, wheat and barley, the photop
A Perfect Match: Converging and Automating Privacy and Security Impact Assessment On-the-Fly
As the upsurge of information and communication technologies has become the foundation of all modern application domains, fueled by the unprecedented amount of data being processed and exchanged, besides security concerns, there are also pressing privacy considerations that come into play.Compounding this issue, there is currently a documented gap