GENDER MODIFIES THE ASSOCIATION OF COGNITION WITH AGE-RELATED HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN THE HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY

Gender Modifies the Association of Cognition With Age-Related Hearing Impairment in the Health and Retirement Study

Introduction: Despite growing recognition of hearing loss as a risk factor for late life cognitive disorders, sex and gender analysis of this association has been limited.Elucidating this is one means to advocate for holistic medicine by considering the psychosocial attributes of people.With a composite Gender Score (GS), we aimed to assess this am

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Phenology-based adjustments improve population estimates of Antarctic breeding seabirds: the case of Cape petrels in East Antarctica

To monitor and conserve a species, it is crucial to understand the size and distribution of populations.For seabirds, population surveys are usually conducted at peak breeding attendance.One of the largest populations of Cape petrels in East Antarctica is at the Vestfold Islands, where environmental and logistical constraints often prevent access t

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How Wastes Influence Quality Management

Companies are often surprised to learn that only a fraction of their activities actually add value for their customers.A primary cause of waste is information deficits – employees simply lack the knowledge they need to do their jobs efficiently and effectively.This leads employees to waste valuable time and motion searching, waiting, retrieving,

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Study on river channel rainwater and flood resources utilization

In arid regions, the optimal utilization of river channels to collect rainwater resources can effectively alleviate the problem of water scarcity.This paper employs visual MODFLOW software to simulate the infiltration volume of rainwater under different schemes, with the objective of identifying the optimal infiltration volume.The results indicate

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