Cochlear implants give deaf kids unprecedented access to sound. But insisting they avoid using sign language may be risky.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFirst "many analysts" study in ecology highlights powerful role that subjective choices can play in research.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Understanding factors associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) distribution across populations is a necessary step in planning mitigation measures. While associations between AMR and socioeconomic-status (SES), including employment and education have been increasingly recognized in low- and middle-income settings, connections are less clear in high-income countries where SES remains an important influence on other health outcomes.
Methods: We explored the relationship between SES and AMR in Calgary, Canada using spatially-resolved wastewater-based surveillance of resistomes detected by metagenomics across eight socio-economically diverse urban neighborhoods.
New focus on "challenge-led" funding may see decades-old institutes close, scientists warn.
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