• This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's Propel Centre for Population Health Impact . (uwaterloo.ca)
  • The search for accurate indicators to compare the pandemic impact between countries is still a challenge. (medrxiv.org)
  • Objective: To investigate whether the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted healthcare consultations (HCC) and hospitalization among people with and without osteoarthritis (OA). (lu.se)
  • Results: The impact of the pandemic on healthcare use was evident from mid-March 2020 (34-45%/12-25% reductions in in-person HCC/hospitalization) among people with OA relative to 2017-2019. (lu.se)
  • The Covid-19 pandemic had several impacts, both social and psychological ones. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Covid-19 pandemic, which started in December 2019, caused relevant transformation and social impact in the world, adding to already existing concerns about Psychological Well-Being (PWB). (bvsalud.org)
  • However, few studies have attempted to estimate disease transmission and mortality, survival, and individual species impacts in this distinctive ecosystem. (usgs.gov)
  • The proposal could also significantly impact a population of Tasmanian devils, which are thought to be key to the species' survival. (abc.net.au)
  • The loss of any individuals due to collision, disturbance or barrier effects during construction or operation represents a significant risk to the species given the small adult population size,' the documents say. (abc.net.au)
  • Biologists study the factors that affect population dynamics because they are interested in topics such as conservation of endangered species and management of fish and wildlife . (omicsonline.org)
  • It also shows that climate change affects even the same species differently because individual populations may have adapted to their respective environments. (risingtidenorthamerica.org)
  • We might think that the main impacts of climate change will be to make it too hot for species to handle, but actually it is the disruption to the interactions between species in an ecosystem that climate change causes which drive many of the impacts that we see. (arocha.org.uk)
  • BTO Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) - The BBS monitors the population changes of 117 breeding bird species across the UK thanks to the dedication of almost 3,000 volunteers who survey their randomly selected 1-km square each spring. (arocha.org.uk)
  • In part 3 of our climate and the UK series, Colin Beale will consider how these population impacts scale-up to affect species' distributions and ecological communities. (arocha.org.uk)
  • The energy requirement of any species depends not only on the number of individuals in its population, but also on its total mass: the more mass people in the world have, the higher their energy needs will be, the researchers said. (huffpost.com)
  • Parrots have been transported around the world since the 1400s and about 44 species have established populations outside of their native ranges. (unl.edu)
  • Four more species with rapidly expanding ranges and increasing populations may become naturalized. (unl.edu)
  • Nine species had significantly expanded ranges and increased populations. (unl.edu)
  • Here we simulate the environmental impacts of reducing nutrient discharge from domestic wastewater in 173 countries during 1990-2050. (nih.gov)
  • Assessing the impacts of future food demand requires comprehensive analyses of the agricultural sector, while tracking global environmental impacts calls for models representing trade with other regions individually. (earth.com)
  • Various trade possibilities and greenhouse gas emissions will influence the extent of the environmental impacts associated with China's food production. (earth.com)
  • With China's shrinking working-age population expected to have a widespread impact on its economy, we sat down with Goldman Sachs Research's Maggie Wei , who recently published research analyzing the implications. (goldmansachs.com)
  • So what could the path of China's population look like? (goldmansachs.com)
  • We ran an analysis projecting China's overall population until 2030 under various scenarios. (goldmansachs.com)
  • The upshot of our analysis is that China's population will likely peak in the next few years. (goldmansachs.com)
  • What impact could an aging population have on China's economy? (goldmansachs.com)
  • Some Chinese researchers have recently sounded the alarm on China's declining birth rate, aging population, and severe gender imbalance, as the skewed demographics are set to exacerbate social problems. (theepochtimes.com)
  • The fertility rate has fallen below the warning line and population development has entered a critical turning period," Chinese state-run Yicai quoted China's civil affairs minister Li Jiheng as saying. (theepochtimes.com)
  • China News Weekly cited the China Population and Development Research Center in a recent report, noting that China's senior population (60 and above) would increase by 11.5 million every year from 2021 to 2025, and will reach 500 million by 2048. (theepochtimes.com)
  • A new study published in Nature Sustainability looks at the environmental impact of the populous China's increasing need for food . (earth.com)
  • Does Population Growth Impact Climate Change? (scientificamerican.com)
  • According to the Worldwatch Institute, a nonprofit environmental think tank, the overriding challenges facing our global civilization are to curtail climate change and slow population growth. (scientificamerican.com)
  • If we cannot stabilize climate and we cannot stabilize population, there is not an ecosystem on Earth that we can save. (scientificamerican.com)
  • We tend to think of climate change as being all one way, but here we've got a population being affected in conflicting ways," said Dr Ian Cleasby, of the Centre for Ecology and Conservation on the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus in Cornwall. (netnewsledger.com)
  • Research like this is important because we have to understand how animal populations will respond to the changing climate if we want to make decisions about protecting biodiversity," says Dr Cleasby. (netnewsledger.com)
  • A group of scientists used machine learning to map 100,000 climate impact studies. (wypr.org)
  • The new study found that 85% of the world's population and 80% of the land are already impacted by human-caused climate change. (wypr.org)
  • Climate change can modify the relative strengths of these positive and negative effects, leading to altered optimal disturbance intervals (the disturbance interval at which population growth rate is highest) and changes in the sensitivity of population growth rate to disturbance interval. (usgs.gov)
  • While we know that climate may alter impacts of disturbance in some systems, we have a poor understanding of which effects of disturbance and which vital rates might drive an altered response to disturbance interval in a changing climate. (usgs.gov)
  • We use demographic monitoring of natural populations of Dionaea muscipula , the Venus flytrap, that have experienced natural and managed fires, combined with realistic past and future climate projections, to construct climate- and fire-driven integral projection models (IPMs). (usgs.gov)
  • Our work suggests that climate change can alter the response of populations to disturbance, highlighting the need to consider the interacting effects of multiple abiotic drivers when projecting future population growth and geographical distributions. (usgs.gov)
  • University of British Columbia researchers have found a way to accurately predict the impact of climate change on imperilled Pacific salmon stocks that could result in better management strategies. (risingtidenorthamerica.org)
  • While climate change and rising river temperatures have been linked to dwindling salmon stocks, other factors have made it difficult to measure the exact impact - these including diseases, fisheries and man-made structures such as dams and fish ladders. (risingtidenorthamerica.org)
  • The latest scientific advances on the impacts of climate change on the health of the elderly in East China were reviewed consulting peer-reviewed publications from 2000-2017. (open.ac.uk)
  • The direct impacts of climate change result from rising temperatures, heatwaves, and increases in the frequency of complex extreme weather events such as windstorms, floods, and droughts. (open.ac.uk)
  • Research has indicated that climate change will have the greatest impact on vulnerable groups of people, including the elderly population. (open.ac.uk)
  • However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence, a lack of focus on vulnerable segments of the population (especially elderly), limited understanding of how health status will change in the future, and lack of acknowledgement of how different regions in China vary in terms of the consequences of climate change. (open.ac.uk)
  • Potential impacts related to ecology, agriculture, and health were diverse but poorly documented in the literature. (unl.edu)
  • However, determining the dynamics of wildlife diseases and understanding the impact on host populations is a significant challenge. (usgs.gov)
  • Patients from impacted populations contributed to the study design, implementation, and recruitment by taking part in regularly scheduled conference calls and in-person meetings. (brighamandwomens.org)
  • These top-funded companies haven't demonstrated the kind of standard of evidence regarding impact that physicians, hospitals, patients and payers are probably looking for," said Kyan Safavi, lead author and the David F. Torchiana health policy and management fellow at the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) has no significant impact on asthma symptoms for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis up to a year after the procedure, a study of 64 patients shows. (medscape.com)
  • When we are considering functional endoscopy sinus surgery with patients, we are often asked if the surgery will impact the severity of their asthma symptoms," said Durr, who served as a moderator for the session in which the study was presented. (medscape.com)
  • Aspects of populations that create structure, like age and sex, can affect patterns of transmission, infection intensity and population outcomes. (usgs.gov)
  • Per capita income and human population levels in a country have direct influences on its environmental outcomes. (repec.org)
  • Top-funded private digital health companies in the U.S. have yet to show that they significantly affect outcomes for high-risk populations, according to a new study. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Populations living in iodine-deficient areas are subject to associated pathologies (increased perinatal mortality, mental retardation, hypothyroidism, and endemic goiter) and poor socioeconomic development. (hindawi.com)
  • In recent years, we haven't had the same frequency or severity of very cold winters which has, in the past, knocked-back many of our resident bird populations by increasing mortality. (arocha.org.uk)
  • We believe that the impact on mortality from locally emitted vehicle exhaust including particles is best indicated by exposure-response functions for within city gradients in NO2, which also could include effects of NO2 itself. (ivl.se)
  • Introduction of Xpert could substantially change TB morbidity and mortality through improved case-finding and treatment, with more limited impact on long-term transmission dynamics. (plos.org)
  • Despite this, health impacts due to exposure to ambient air pollution is still an important issue and the concentration levels, especially of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particles (PM10 and PM2.5), occasionally exceed the air quality standards at street level in many urban areas. (ivl.se)
  • The long-term health impacts of ambient air pollution (especially PM10, PM2.5, NO2, and O3) were assessed in Jordan using real air quality, health, and population data in 2017-2019. (who.int)
  • The Patient Empowered Strategy to Reduce Asthma Morbidity in Highly Impacted Populations study is the first to test the effectiveness of the PARTICS strategy in real-world situations. (brighamandwomens.org)
  • This study evaluated the impact of different definitions of airway obstruction on the estimated prevalence of obstruction in a population-based sample. (ersjournals.com)
  • State-run newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily reported on Nov. 12 that the China Population and Development Research Center at the governmental National Health Commission released a study in which it estimated that the country's birth rate will match the death rate in 2027-meaning the population will reach its peak and then begin to shrink. (theepochtimes.com)
  • Comparing the results from this study to the 2010 assessment shows a slight increase in mean population exposure to NO2 and PM. For NO2, we also find a slight increase in the percentage of the population exposed to concentrations above the environmental objective. (ivl.se)
  • Instead, they tend to study healthy populations, rather than high-risk, high-cost populations. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • What's more, there is no regulatory requirement for these companies to study high-risk, high-cost populations, Cohen said. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • If the entire human population stepped on a scale, the weight would be 316 million tons, or 632 billion pounds, a new study finds. (huffpost.com)
  • Everyone accepts that population growth threatens global environmental sustainability - our study shows that population fatness is also a major threat," said study researcher Ian Roberts, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. (huffpost.com)
  • The study gathers testimonies selected from 47 interviews carried out with residents of Quilombo Boa Vista, and the Boa Nova and Saracá riverine communities who report impacts on watercourses and reveal a feeling of insecurity about the risks of tailings dams that the company has built in the region. (cpisp.org.br)
  • Methods - We conducted a population-based, quasi-experimental study with pre-post comparison of the intervention group and a non-equivalent control group using linked clinical and health administrative data from Ontario, Canada. (ices.on.ca)
  • This work provides a clear statement about the impact of publicly funded cancer research," explained lead study author Dr. Unger, a Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) health services researcher and biostatistician at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. (ascopost.com)
  • The study is the first known to assess the real-world impact of ESS on asthma severity, said Bohorquez Caballero. (medscape.com)
  • Our study provides the first insight into the consequences of host obesity on viral genetic diversity and adaptation, suggesting that host factors associated with obesity alter the selective environment experienced by a viral population , thereby impacting the spectrum of genetic variation . (bvsalud.org)
  • Impact of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes on schooling: a population-based register study. (lu.se)
  • Roberts and colleagues used 2005 estimates of the world's population in their analysis. (huffpost.com)
  • North America has only 6 percent of the world's population, but 34 percent all the human biomass in the world that is due to obesity, the researchers said. (huffpost.com)
  • In contrast, Asia has 61 percent of the world's population, but only 13 percent of the world's biomass due to obesity . (huffpost.com)
  • If we really want to have enough water to support a future global population of 9 billion people we should protect the world's farmers, because they play such a crucial role in managing 92 percent of the water we use, by producing the world's food. (huffpost.com)
  • We aimed to assess the impact of this intervention on healthcare utilization. (ices.on.ca)
  • The Agency was established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, also known as Superfund) to assess the public health impact of hazardous wastes in the general environment, to identify human populations at risk, and to effect actions to prevent adverse health effects from human contact with hazardous substances. (cdc.gov)
  • Our main objective was to assess PWB among the quarantined Brazilian population. (bvsalud.org)
  • There is a need to assess whether the populations at risk are being reached effectively. (cdc.gov)
  • This can be done by direct sampling (such as telephone interviews) of the target populations to assess awareness of the campaign. (cdc.gov)
  • Introduced in 1979, the restriction was implemented as part of population control measures as Beijing became worried about the rapidly growing population putting a strain on the country's resources. (theepochtimes.com)
  • Li said that due to the falling birth rate, the country's population would have negative growth soon, but he did not give a timeframe, according to the report. (theepochtimes.com)
  • Nevertheless, there is a remarkable rate of iodine excess among the country's population, which, at least hypothetically, represents a higher risk for developing functional and structural disorders of the thyroid gland. (hindawi.com)
  • Effects of disturbance interval (i.e., the length of time between disturbances) on population growth will depend on both the timing and strength of positive and negative effects of disturbances. (usgs.gov)
  • In January 2017, the Chinese regime estimated that the country would have negative population growth in 2030. (theepochtimes.com)
  • The researchers further projected that by 2030, this same set of already-completed studies will have added 24.1 million patient-years to the population of survivors. (ascopost.com)
  • Given environmental and demographic trends, including the projected growth in the size of the world population by 2030, even more people will be living in areas where malaria is a risk, putting a further strain on health systems. (who.int)
  • Hot, dry summers reduce the availability of earthworms in the surface of the soil , impacting thrush populations that rely upon them, particularly in south-east England. (arocha.org.uk)
  • According to the United Nations Population Fund, human population grew from 1.6 billion to 6.1 billion people during the course of the 20th century. (scientificamerican.com)
  • According to the United Nations Population Fund, fast-growing developing countries (like China and India) will contribute more than half of global CO2 emissions by 2050, leading some to wonder if all of the efforts being made to curb U.S. emissions will be erased by other countries' adoption of our long held over-consumptive ways. (scientificamerican.com)
  • This report provides background information on the complex and interactive factors that environmental health scientists need to consider when evaluating the impact of lead-contaminated soil on public health. (cdc.gov)
  • A definitive analysis of the impact on public health of lead-contaminated soil is limited often by a lack of information on human exposure factors and soil conditions. (cdc.gov)
  • We analyzed pooled data from nationally representative Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment surveys conducted across 14 countries in Africa for recent infection risk factors. (cdc.gov)
  • These inter-host transmission dynamics combine with basic evolutionary parameters such as rates of mutation and recombination, population size and selection, to shape the genetic diversity within bacterial populations. (nih.gov)
  • Population dynamics. (nih.gov)
  • The term ' population dynamics ' refers to how the number of individuals in a population changes over time. (omicsonline.org)
  • We used a system dynamics model of smoking behaviour to explore the potential for hardening in a population of smokers exposed to effective tobacco control measures over an extended period. (who.int)
  • In addition, successful widespread implementation of spirometry requires the obtained measurement be simple, reproducible and usable across the spectrum of populations to be evaluated. (ersjournals.com)
  • Population impact measures are an extension of these statistics, as they are measures of absolute risk at the population level, which are calculations of number of people in the population who are at risk to be harmed, or who will benefit from public health interventions. (wikipedia.org)
  • They provide local context to previous measures, allowing policy-makers to identify and prioritise the potential benefits of interventions on their own population. (wikipedia.org)
  • Wastewater-related impact hotspots are also shifting from Asia to Africa, suggesting a need for interventions in such countries, mostly with growing populations, rising dietary intake, rapid urbanisation, and inadequate sanitation. (nih.gov)
  • His research interests focus broadly on the implementation and evaluation of population-based interventions to reduce child maltreatment and improve parent and child health and well-being, including the evidence-based Family Connects postpartum nurse home visiting program. (duke.edu)
  • Public health interventions that have proved particularly effective in reducing smoking prevalence (tobacco tax increases, smoke-free environment legislation, antismoking mass media campaigns) are expected to also contribute to a decline in population-level nicotine dependence. (who.int)
  • The one-child policy produced consequences beyond the goal of reducing population growth . (britannica.com)
  • The population exposure to annual mean concentrations of NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 in ambient air has been quantified, and the health and associated economic consequences have been calculated based on these results. (ivl.se)
  • Perceptions of the Quilombola and riverine communities on the impacts and risks of mining in Oriximiná, Pará ] discusses the consequences of bauxite extraction from the point of view of the impacted population. (cpisp.org.br)
  • Subjects included children (0-18 years) who underwent antegrade enema initiation from 2007 to 2020 and matched controls (4:1) from the general population. (ices.on.ca)
  • She began by saying that while disabled people make up 20% of the UK population, they had been disproportionately affected by covid, accounting for almost 60% of deaths by November 2020. (bmj.com)
  • Una investigación cuantitativa fue hecha, utilizando la escala RYFF, fundamentada en una visualización estratificada proporcional al número de muertes reportadas por el gobierno en el 3 de mayo de 2020. (bvsalud.org)
  • An understanding of the impact of e-cigarettes on children is needed to ensure the protection of this vulnerable population and the public health. (bmj.com)
  • Major transportation corridors often create pollution levels that are higher than in ambient air and they include vulnerable populations that may have many health and environmental concern (e.g., high rates of asthma, poor air quality, and poverty/low incomes). (cdc.gov)
  • Many key bacterial pathogens are frequently carried asymptomatically, and the emergence and spread of these opportunistic pathogens can be driven, or mitigated, via demographic changes within the host population. (nih.gov)
  • We reported a modest excess of cancer cases in the WTC-exposed cohort compared with the US population. (cdc.gov)
  • Females also had lower apparent survival over winter and accounted for a smaller proportion of populations over time. (usgs.gov)
  • This population is sensitive to changes in adult survival, so the increased breeding may not be enough to offset the loss of more adult females. (netnewsledger.com)
  • Antiretroviral therapy for HIV represents a substantial fraction of these additional costs, because of improved survival in TB/HIV-infected populations through better TB case-finding and treatment. (plos.org)
  • For each trial showing an overall survival benefit in the experimental arm, the researchers mapped the benefit onto the U.S. population with cancer using national cancer registry and life table data. (ascopost.com)
  • To be clear, the wasp larvae aren't affected either way - but the warmer temperatures clearly limit the impact that the wasps have on scales," Meineke says. (phys.org)
  • Fortunately for resident woodland and garden birds like the blue and great tit, any potentially negative impacts on their insect food have so far been compensated by the positive impact of warmer winters on their populations. (arocha.org.uk)
  • Population and Sustainability: Can We Avoid Limiting the Number of People? (scientificamerican.com)
  • Nevertheless, the indicators used to monitor the IDDs (process, impact, and sustainability indicators) are not always systematically implemented. (hindawi.com)
  • These impacts, which researchers can visualize with satellite data, can ripple up the food chain to fisheries and the livelihoods of fishermen. (thefishsite.com)
  • As developing countries' contribution to global emissions grows, population size and growth rates will become significant factors in magnifying the impacts of global warming. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Population, global warming and consumption patterns are inextricably linked in their collective global environmental impact," reports the Global Population and Environment Program at the non-profit Sierra Club. (scientificamerican.com)
  • If you have wondered if there is enough water to support a future global population of 9 billion people, the good news is that the answer is yes . (huffpost.com)
  • The United States, for example, contains just five percent of world population, yet contributes a quarter of total CO2 output. (scientificamerican.com)
  • This, in turn, contributes to larger pest populations. (phys.org)
  • Our findings indicate that ESS does not significantly impact asthma severity or trends in treatment, including the number and/or dose of medications, in everyday practice. (medscape.com)
  • They are measures of absolute risk and benefit, producing numbers of people who will benefit from an intervention or be at risk from a risk factor within a particular local or national population. (wikipedia.org)
  • We describe the Durham Connects (DC) initiative, which aims to achieve population impact by coalescing community agencies to serve early-intervention goals through a Preventive System Of Care and by delivering a universal, short-term, postnatal nurse home-visiting program. (duke.edu)
  • Despite extant uncertainty about TB natural history and intervention impact in southern Africa, adoption of Xpert evidently offers reasonable value for its cost, based on conventional benchmarks for cost-effectiveness. (plos.org)
  • Other countries with declining populations, for example, have tried to boost fertility by directly compensating families for the economic cost of children through tax incentives and fiscal transfers, or by adding more support for mothers through parental leave entitlement and childcare provisions. (goldmansachs.com)
  • One reason for this dearth of studies on high-risk, high-cost populations is because many digital health companies work with direct-to-consumer models. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria continues to make a devastating impact on people's health and livelihoods around the world. (who.int)
  • They also obtained information about the average body mass index (BMI) of people in each country, and calculated the percentage of the population that is overweight and obese. (huffpost.com)
  • of an ecologically significant proportion of the population. (abc.net.au)
  • The basic formula to compute the PAR for dichotomous variables is PAR = P e RR − 1 1 + P e ( RR − 1 ) {\displaystyle {\text{PAR}}=P_{e}{\frac {{\text{RR}}-1}{1+P_{e}({\text{RR}}-1)}}} where Pe is the prevalence of the population within each income stratum as the exposure, and RR is the prevalence of risk factors in each stratum relative to the highest income fifth. (wikipedia.org)
  • The slight increase in mean population exposure to PM can be explained by a growing population and ongoing urbanization, resulting in more people exposed to relatively high PM concentrations in the urban centres. (ivl.se)
  • In view of this, exposure to lead in populations close to hazardous waste sites continues to be a public health issue of concern. (cdc.gov)
  • However, the health assessor will find the information in this report useful in characterizing the significance of exposure pathways and the importance of the physical and chemical properties of the lead compounds that may impact on persons' uptake of lead. (cdc.gov)
  • Population size and dietary protein intake have the most significant effects over all the impacts arising from reduction of wastewater nutrients. (nih.gov)
  • Nearly the entire Swedish population was exposed to concentrations below the environmental standards, and 97%, 78% and 77% was exposed to concentrations below the respective specifications of the environmental objective for NO2, PM10 and PM2.5. (ivl.se)
  • This seminar will provide an overview of progress and ongoing challenges in genomic medicine in the last two decades and outlines research initiatives at the National Human Genome Research Institute that seek to advance the evaluation and implementation of new genome discoveries into clinical care and population health. (cdc.gov)
  • The research team also quantified some of the enormous clinical and scientific impacts that the results of NCTN trials have had. (ascopost.com)
  • Also, she calls on them to understand the impact of trauma and racism on mental health, and in doing so, embrace more racially equitable clinical solutions. (mcleanhospital.org)
  • Population impact measures (PIMs) are biostatistical measures of risk and benefit used in epidemiological and public health research. (wikipedia.org)
  • Frequently used measures of risk and benefit identified by Jerkel, Katz and Elmore, describe measures of risk difference (attributable risk), rate difference (often expressed as the odds ratio or relative risk), population attributable risk (PAR), and the relative risk reduction, which can be recalculated into a measure of absolute benefit, called the number needed to treat. (wikipedia.org)
  • The PIN − ER − t extends the well-known population attributable risk (PAR) to a particular population and relates it to disease incidence, converting the PAR from a measure of relative to absolute risk. (wikipedia.org)
  • The PAR/F, population attributable risk (or fraction), is calculated for two or multiple strata. (wikipedia.org)
  • Higher disease impacts in female bats may have cascading effects on bat populations beyond the hibernation season by limiting recruitment and increasing the risk of Allee effects. (usgs.gov)
  • Do digital tools fail to show impact in high-risk, high-cost populations? (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Whether they can do that in high-risk, high-cost populations is relatively unknown, though, with few published peer-reviewed studies on the matter. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • To meet that promise, he added, digital health companies must prove that what they're doing works, including in high-risk, high-cost populations. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • It is not known whether the media campaign used thus far has reached the populations at risk or what message they have received and understood. (cdc.gov)
  • Whilst many studies have focused on how molecular processes underpin bacterial population structure, the impact of host migration and the connectivity of the local populations has received far less attention. (nih.gov)
  • Molecular epidemiology: linking molecular scale insights to population impacts. (cdc.gov)
  • This review analyzes universal salt iodization programs worldwide, particularly their impact on the thyroid gland and the results of the studies conducted in Colombia following the implementation of such strategy. (hindawi.com)
  • The results suggest that, among other factors, the rate of population growth has significant influences on number of threatened mammals and birds. (repec.org)
  • More people living for longer with a major illness will have a significant impact on workload in primary care. (gponline.com)
  • In our view, a shrinking working-age population will likely lower overall economic growth by reducing the potential GDP level and slowing potential GDP growth, holding labor productivity constant. (goldmansachs.com)
  • First, an aging population could reduce real interest rates, as potential economic growth tends to slow along with lower growth in the labor inputs. (goldmansachs.com)
  • Finally, we further hope to facilitate the process of creating new protocols in order to minimize the impact of this crisis on essential research which may have the potential to relieve health systems. (frontiersin.org)
  • As roll-out proceeds, it is essential to understand the potential health impact and cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies based on Xpert. (plos.org)
  • US - NASA scientists are studying how El Nino years can have a big impact on the amount of phytoplankton available in the ocean for fish to eat and therefore the effects of this on fisheries and the livelihoods of fishermen. (thefishsite.com)
  • When you have an East Pacific El Nino, like 1997-1998, it has a much bigger impact on the fisheries off of South America," Uz said. (thefishsite.com)
  • We conclude that population impact is achievable if a program attends to challenges of community partnership, universal reach and assessment, rigorous evaluation, and models for sustaining funding. (duke.edu)
  • The Lesotho Population-Based HIV impact assessment (LePhia), a household-based national survey, was conducted between November 2016 and May 2017 in order to measure the status of Lesotho's national HIV response. (cdc.gov)
  • Title : Understanding the population-based HIV impact assessment Corporate Authors(s) : Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Global HIV/AIDS. (cdc.gov)
  • Past history of successful introduction, recent status of introduced populations, and life history traits were used to identify parrots which, if introduced, appeared most likely to establish nonindigenous populations. (unl.edu)
  • This difference impacts where the phytoplankton can feed on nutrients, and where the fish can feed on phytoplankton. (thefishsite.com)
  • But Central Pacific El Nino events, like this year's, still have an impact on ocean ecosystems, just with a shift in location. (thefishsite.com)