Elsevier,
Earth-Science Reviews, Volume 255, August 2024
This article focuses on numerous plot, field, and regional scale studies conducted in the Critical Zone Observatories (CZO) facilities distributed across the China Loess Plateau (CLP). The CLP CZO features the world's largest and deepest loess deposits, highly disturbed by human activities, and consists of a longitudinal series of monitoring sites.
Elsevier,
Global Ecology and Conservation, Volume 52, August 2024
This paper highlights the importance for conservation biologists and on-the-ground practitioners to engage more with local pastoralists to tackle the complex and infrequently described conflicts on how best to implement protective policies.
Elsevier,
Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, Volume 28, August 2024
This study examines the 6-year longitudinal associations between dietary patterns, intrinsic capacity (IC), and IC sub-domains in community-dwelling Korean older adults. The key findings are that in older men, the "variety of healthy foods and alcohols" dietary pattern was positively associated with changes in IC score, while in older women, the "variety of healthy foods" pattern was positively associated with changes in IC score, IC score group, and psychological domain.
Elsevier,
One Earth, Volume 7, 16 August 2024
Global industrial meat production drives major social and ecological harms, yet policy debates often neglect the role of corporate power in sustaining these impacts. Through case studies, this study shows how industry concentration, government ties, weak regulation, and cultural norms enable externalized costs, and calls for systemic policies that confront meat industry power within the broader food system
Elsevier,
Advances in Nutrition, Volume 15, August 2024
Dementia is a global leading cause of disability and death among older adults, and there is a need to carefully evaluate existing evidence on related risk factors to guide future research. This review summarized and evaluated the most updated evidence on associations of various magnesium forms (supplements, dietary intake, and biomarkers) with cognitive outcomes in adults, based on evidence from randomized controlled trials and cohort studies.
Elsevier,
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 123, August 2024
Interaction of human and socially assistive robot can have applicability in actual settings, and adoption to function in human environment for Alzheimer's disease. This review revealed that there are still several technical challenges that must be addressed in future advancements before being integrated in real life of individuals with Alzheimer's disease. The results will help move towards the establishment of best practices for the development of human and socially assistive robot interaction for Alzheimer's disease and, in turn, help enhance the experience of people suffering from this disease.
Elsevier,
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 123, August 2024
Olfactory impairments are notably present in MCI, particularly with significant declines in odor identification, similar to the primary sensory deficit observed in AD, suggesting the incorporation of odor identification tests for early AD detection.
