Murphy's Law in cataract surgeries: A retrospective analysis.

Objective: Around 400,000 cataract operations are performed annually in the UK, with a complication rate of 1.95% and the associated financial costs at over £13 million. Cataract operations are occasionally cancelled when patients cannot attend.

Genomic prediction and association mapping of maize grain yield in multi-environment trials based on reaction norm models.

Genotype-by-environment interaction (GEI) is among the greatest challenges for maize breeding programs. Strong GEI limits both the prediction of genotype performance across variable environmental conditions and the identification of genomic regions associated with grain yield. Incorporating GEI into yield prediction models has been shown to improve prediction accuracy of yield; nevertheless, more work is needed to further understand this complex interaction across populations and environments.

Row selection in remote sensing from four-row plots of maize and sorghum based on repeatability and predictive modeling.

Remote sensing enables the rapid assessment of many traits that provide valuable information to plant breeders throughout the growing season to improve genetic gain. These traits are often extracted from remote sensing data on a row segment (rows within a plot) basis enabling the quantitative assessment of any row-wise subset of plants in a plot, rather than a few individual representative plants, as is commonly done in field-based phenotyping. Nevertheless, which rows to include in analysis is still a matter of debate.

Health Disparities in Appalachian and Other Rural Communities.

Rural areas are home to a larger proportion of older adults and populations who age within these locales and suffer disproportionately from health, mental health, and economic disparities compared to their urban counterparts. This article will explore the disparities faced by persons that reside in rural communities across the lifespan. It will briefly discuss what is meant by rural.

Effects of freshwater release on oyster reef density, reproduction, and disease in a highly modified estuary.

Few estuaries remain unaffected by water management and altered freshwater deliveries. The Caloosahatchee River Estuary is a perfect case study for assessing the impact of altered hydrology on natural oyster reef (Crassostrea virginica) populations. The watershed has been highly modified and greatly enlarged by an artificial connection to Lake Okeechobee.