Abstract We examined associations of neighborhood population density with 12-year changes in diabetes risk (post-challenge plasma glucose), and potential moderation by neighborhood socio-economic status (SES) among 4,816 Australians. In lower SES neighborhoods, post-cha...

Adjuvant treatment of patients with colorectal cancer is hampered by a lack of reliable prognostic factors in addition to the clinicopathological staging system. A poorly defined but considerable fraction of Astler–Coller stage B patients will experience tumour recurren...

Abstract: Grassland management type (grazed or mown) and intensity (intensive or extensive) play a crucial role in the greenhouse gas balance and surface energy budget of this biome, both at field scale and at large spatial scale. However, global gridded historical info...

Genome-wide association studies have identified numerous loci demonstrating genome-wide significant association with Crohn's disease. However, when many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have weak-to-moderate disease risks, genetic risk prediction models based only...

Evaluation and revision proposal of the second Action Programme in Walloon Region (Belgium). In accordance with the Nitrates Directive, the second “Durable Nitrogen Management Plan” (PGDA) will be reviewed in 2010. In the light of scientist experiment’s results exposed ...

Abstract As part of the study of their bioluminescence, the deep-sea lanternshark Etmopterus spinax and Etmopterus molleri (Chondrichthyes, Etmopteridae) received growing interest over the past ten years. These mesopelagic sharks produce light thanks to a finely tuned h...

Background Diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is challenging since clinical manifestations, such as inflammatory back pain, peripheral arthritis, enthesitis and inflammatory bowel disease, often overlap with other disorders. Despite the use of the genetic mark...