Polygenic scores are increasingly powerful predictors of educational achievement.It is unclear, however, how sets of polygenic scores, which partly capture environmental effects, perform jointly with sets of environmental measures, which are themselves heritable, in prediction models of educational achievement.Here, for the first time, we systemati
PurposeHeart failure (HF) is a debilitating form of cardiovascular disease that is increasing worldwide.Poor oral health is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but there are few studies specific to the development of HF.In particular, there are no known studies on oral hygiene and HF in the United States.This study characterizes
Ingestion of pesticides Phones remains the most common means of suicide in rural Sri Lanka.Widespread agricultural use of highly hazardous pesticides, poor home storage, and unrestricted over-the-counter sales make these pesticides easily accessible for acts of self-poisoning (1).We present the case history Cushion Tracks of a man who developed con
The COVID-19 pandemic served as a call to action Cab Door Products for scientists to find new and creative ways to prevent future pandemics.Because value-based emotions underly human behavior, scientific facts alone have proven to be a poor motivator to change the behaviors that increase zoonotic spillover risk.Emotions can translate in psychologic
The distribution of four species of the genus Vulpia [V.myuros (L.) C.C.Gmel., V.bromoides (L.) S.F.Gray, V.ciliata Dumort.and V.geniculata (L.) Link] reported in Poland has been studied.Currently, V.myuros and especially V.bromoides are very rare species, and their greatest concentration can be found only in the Lower Silesia region.The number of