Hearing loss is the most common sensory impairment, but limited studies focused on the association of socioeconomic status (SES) with hearing loss among adults of working age.This paper aimed to fill this gap among Chinese adults.We obtained data from Ear and Hearing Disorder Survey conducted in four provinces of China in 2014-2015.The survey was b

Corn leaf diseases such as blight spot, gray leaf spot, and common rust still lurk in corn fields.This problem must be solved to help corn farmers.The ConvMixer model, consisting of a patch embedding Television layer, is a new model with a simple structure.When training a model with ConvMixer, improvisation is an important part that needs to be fur

Coral reefs offer valuable ecosystem goods and services, such as coastal protection, erosion regulation, fishery, biodiversity, habitat and nursery grounds.However, they face threats from anthropogenic activities, including poor water quality, global warming, coastal development and unsustainable fisheries.Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) provide a st

I do not like the use of the term adult referred to the somatic stem cells but it is now-a-days impossible to call the cells we are speaking of somatic, it sounds like an incongruous aristocratic attitude, since both laypeople and scientists know very well that we are speaking of those cells able to self renew and to maintain our body efficiently w

In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act 6 of 2004 (MPRA), metropolitan and local municipalities in South Africa may levy property rates on property.The MPRA provides for only one tax base, namely "market value".Given the paucity of skills and capacity to prepare credible valuation rolls and given the costs of doing so, especi