During aging, the mechanisms that normally maintain health and stress resistance strikingly
decline, resulting in decrepitude, frailty, and ultimately death. Exactly when and how this …

Not surprisingly, the death of a cell is a complex and well controlled process. For several
decades, apoptosis, the first genetically programmed death process to be identified has taken …

The sensitivity to temperature of Mg/Ca ratios in the shallow-infaunal benthic foraminifera
Uvigerina spp. has been assessed. Core-top calibrations over ∼1–20C show a range in …

… This paper is the product of two independent papers submitted to the journal at
approximately the same time, one by Booth and Aivazian and the other by Demirguc Kunt and …

Purpose To examine the effects on process of care and patient well-being, of the regular
collection and use of health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) data in oncology practice. Patients …

Background Microbiological characterisation of co-infections and secondary infections in
patients with COVID-19 is lacking, and antimicrobial use is high. We aimed to describe …

The development and determinants of executive function (EF) were studied in children (mean
age=8.8 years), young adults (M=22.3 years), and elderly adults (M=71.1 years). EF was …

We find that emerging market firms exhibit dividend behavior similar to US firms, in the sense
that dividends are explained by profitability, debt, and the market‐to‐book ratio. However, …

Background Prognostic models to predict the risk of clinical deterioration in acute COVID-19
cases are urgently required to inform clinical management decisions. Methods We …

Background COVID-19 is a multisystem disease and patients who survive might have in-hospital
complications. These complications are likely to have important short-term and long-…