The rapid rise of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) during the last few decades among South Asians has been largely attributed to a major shift in lifestyles including physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary patterns, and an overall pattern of sedentary lifestyle.Genetic predisposition to these cardiometabolic
Entrepreneurial inclinations of women from rural areas are shaped by the lack of business ideas and economic capital, which, in addition to financial resources, includes cultural capital in the form of knowledge and skills.The paper presents a part of a broader study on the social position of women from the rural areas of northern Kosovo and Metohi
How Much Linguistics in Slavistics, How Much Slavistics in Linguistics? The author makes an attempt to discuss the current role of linguistics among other disciplines of Slavonic studies (Slavistics), i.e.literature and cultural studies.The second part of the question in the title refers to the place of Slavonic linguistic studies within contempora
ABSTRACT Osedax, the deep-sea annelid found at sunken whalefalls, is known to host Oceanospirillales bacterial endosymbionts intracellularly in specialized roots, which help it feed exclusively on vertebrate bones.Past studies, however, have also made mention of external bacteria on their trunks.During spoon a 14-yr study, we reveal a dynamic, yet