The Bosphorus and the Dardanelles Straits and the Sea of Marmara constitute a system
through which exchange of Mediterranean and the Black Sea waters takes place. The two layer …

This paper investigates the causality among economic growth, renewable energy consumption,
capital and labor for new EU member countries for the period of 1990–2009, by using …

Background Several studies reported a U-shaped association between urinary sodium
excretion and cardiovascular disease events and mortality. Whether these associations vary …

Open-domain question answering relies on efficient passage retrieval to select candidate
contexts, where traditional sparse vector space models, such as TF-IDF or BM25, are the de …

Background Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, especially in low-income and
middle-income countries. We sought to quantify the importance of potentially modifiable risk …

Background Reduced muscular strength, as measured by grip strength, has been associated
with an increased risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Grip strength is appealing …

Background Global estimates of the effect of common modifiable risk factors on cardiovascular
disease and mortality are largely based on data from separate studies, using different …

Background Physical activity has a protective effect against cardiovascular disease (CVD)
in high-income countries, where physical activity is mainly recreational, but it is not known if …

Background The relationship between macronutrients and cardiovascular disease and
mortality is controversial. Most available data are from European and North American …

Background Although most cardiovascular disease occurs in low-income and middle-income
countries, little is known about the use of effective secondary prevention medications in …