Objective: This study aimed to detect serum vitamin D (VitD) levels in patients with primary restless legs syndrome (RLS).The further objective was to analyze the relationship of VitD levels with the severity of RLS symptoms, sleep, anxiety, and depression.Methods: The serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels of 57 patients with primary RLS and t
Purpose: This analysis explored the parallels between the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in West Africa and SARS-CoV-2 and its associated disease (Coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] in order to compare and contrast patterns that enable or exacerbate epidemics of novel or non-endemic pathogens.Methods & Materials: Our research tea
Abstract Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved.Yet, this knowledge is of crucial importance in times of climate change and biodiversity loss.Here, we show that plant diversity is positively correlated with soil carbon content and soil carbon
Around 30% of global food is produced by smallholder farmers, yet they constitute the most food-insecure group.In Mexico, food self-sufficiency is declining.Rural policies in the country have stimulated the production of cash crops to the detriment of the traditional intercropping system, the milpa.Such a decline may have negative consequences for