Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

Guide to recent advances in difference-in-differences methodology for population health studies

Background Difference-in-differences is a method commonly used in population health research. It is based on assumptions that ...
CBC.ca

Data underscores problem deer population in Colchester, but hunt yet to be scheduled

The severity of the problem deer population in parts of Nova Scotia's Municipality of Colchester is being underscored by years of pellet count data, but it remains unclear if a managed hunt will ...
Frontiers

Variables associated with unhealthy diet among Portuguese adults: a population-based logistic regression study

Noncommunicable diseases, responsible for most global deaths, are closely linked to unhealthy lifestyles, particularly a poor diet. There has been an important shift in dietary habits, deviating from ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Switzerland’s 10-Million Population Cap Is Worrying Executives

At its headquarters in Basel, Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG employs workers from more than 100 countries. In less than a month, the access to international talent that it’s long enjoyed could come ...
Mint

India's population problem: why our fertility decline demands a country-wide policy response

India’s fertility story first reached a turning point five years ago, when the National Family Health Survey-5 for 2019-2021 showed the country’s total fertility rate (TFR) had fallen to 2. The ...
Portland Press Herald

Portland’s Maine-born population has dropped to 40%. Is that a problem? | Column

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...
EurekAlert!

[Research Articles] Assessing future risk of humanitarian crises using projections of climate-related hazards, population, conflict and other socioeconomic variables within the ...

A new study published in Big Earth Data applies the INFORM Climate Change model to project future global risks of humanitarian crises, showing that risks may decline under development-oriented ...
IEEE

A Population-Based Variable Neighborhood Search for Multi-AGV Scheduling With Sudden Failures of Production Cells in Intelligent Workshops

Abstract: With the application and popularization of intelligent workshops, the sudden failure has become one of the key factors affecting production efficiency and stability. However, little ...
Wired

A New AI Math Startup Just Cracked 4 Previously Unsolved Problems

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...
IEEE

Large-Scale Constrained Multiobjective Optimization Based on Variable Adaptive Optimization and Population Reconstruction

Abstract: Constrained multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (CMOEAs) have been proposed to address constrained multiobjective optimization problems (CMOPs), and they have shown promising performance ...
Washington Examiner

Population decline is a problem right now. Does Washington have the power to reverse it?

Precipitous population decline in the world’s leading developed countries threatens to foreshadow similar issues in the United States, a trajectory the Trump administration likely holds limited ...