There is a strong and continuously growing interest in using large electronic healthcare databases to study health outcomes and the effects of pharmaceutical products.However, concerns regarding disease misclassification (i.e.classification errors of the disease status) and its impact on the study results are legitimate.Validation is therefore incr
The use of non-Saccharomyces yeasts to improve complexity and diversify wine style is increasing; however, the interactions between non-Saccharomyces yeasts and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have not received much attention.This study investigated the interactions of seven non-Saccharomyces yeast strains of the genera Candida, Hanseniaspora, Lachancea
Information management is a common paradigm in modern decision-making.A wide range of decision-making techniques have been proposed in the literature to model complex business processes.In oswald the octopus stuffed animal this Special Issue, 16 selected and peer-reviewed original research articles contribute to business information management in v
Abstract Insect eggshells must meet various demands of developing embryos.These demands sometimes conflict with each other; therefore, there are tradeoffs between eggshell properties, such as robustness and permeability.To meet these conflicting demands, particular eggshell structures have evolved in diverse insect species.Here, we report a rare eg
The aim of this study was to estimate the development of fertility in North-Central Namibia, former Ovamboland, from 1960 to 2001.Special attention was given to the onset of fertility decline and to the impact of the HIV epidemic on fertility.An additional aim was to introduce parish registers as a source of data for fertility research in Africa.Da