Low levels of vitamin D have been implicated in a wide variety of health issues from calcemic diseases to cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. For most humans, the majority of vitamin D 3 is derived from sunlight. ...

The Haseman-Elston method is a simple regression approach for detecting genetic linkage to quantitative traits in sib-pair studies. Although this method and especially the new extended Haseman-Elston approach are quite ...

Over recent years, it became widely accepted that alternative, renewable energy may come at some risk for wildlife, for example, when wind turbines cause large numbers of bat fatalities. To better assess likely populations ...