Aims The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which adherence to individual
vascular medications, assessed by different methods, influences the absolute and relative …

While nature has optimized its antifouling strategies over millions of years, synthetic
antifouling coatings have not yet reached technological maturity. For an antifouling coating …

Nature has developed protein‐based adhesives whose underwater performance has
attracted much research attention over the last few decades. The adhesive proteins are rich …

Criteria for the diagnosis of vascular dementia (VaD) that are reliable, valid, and readily
applicable in a variety of settings are urgently needed for both clinical and research …

Plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density
lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides are among the most important risk factors for …

Abstract Summary Background Epidemiological surveillance of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
(CJD) was reinstituted in the UK in 1990 to identify any changes in the occurrence of this …

Objective: To determine the influence of type 2 diabetes mellitus on the risk of dementia and
AD. Background: Both dementia and diabetes are frequent disorders in elderly people …

Obesity is globally prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain
largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined associations …

Levels of circulating glucose are tightly regulated. To identify new loci influencing glycemic
traits, we performed meta-analyses of 21 genome-wide association studies informative for …

Article abstract: The last comparison of prevalence figures of dementia across European
studies was 10 years ago. Using studies conducted in the 1990s, the authors compare the …