Background Recent hypertension guidelines have reversed previous recommendations for
lower blood pressure targets in high-risk patients, such as those with cardiovascular�…

Intercropping is a farming practice involving two or more crop species, or genotypes,
growing together and coexisting for a time. On the fringes of modern intensive agriculture�…

▪ Abstract This article surveys the extensive new literature that has brought about a
renaissance of qualitative methods in political science over the past decade. It reviews this�…

Nonhuman primates offer unique opportunities to study the effects of genes, environments,
and their interaction, on physiology and complex behavior. We examined genotype and�…

Since the year 2000, a concerted campaign against malaria has led to unprecedented levels
of intervention coverage across sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the effect of this control�…

Obesity is a serious international health problem that increases the risk of several common
diseases. The genetic factors predisposing to obesity are poorly understood. A genome�…

The use of case studies to build and test theories in political science and the other social
sciences has increased in recent years. Many scholars have argued that the social sciences�…

Obesity is heritable and predisposes to many diseases. To understand the genetic basis of
obesity better, here we conduct a genome-wide association study and Metabochip meta�…

Obesity is globally prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain
largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined associations�…

Observations of ocean circulation have increased as a result of international field
programmes and of remote sensing systems on artificial earth satellites. Oceanographers�…