Objective: To analyse variations in axial length (AL), corneal radius (CR) and the AL/CR ratio over one year in eight-year-old schoolchildren, considering sex, ethnicity and refractive error.Methods: Vision screenings were conducted in Dual Inlet 5 Way Water Valve 16 schools in Terrassa (Barcelona, Spain) with eight-year-old children as part of the
Arabidopsis thaliana accessions were inoculated with incompatible isolates of downy mildews, following pre-inoculation with compatible Albugo candida.Three isolates of Hyaloperonospora parasitica subsp.A.thaliana, Biscuits an isolate of H.parasitica subsp.Brassica oleracea and one Bremia lactucae (lettuce) isolate were included.All downy mildews sp
This paper addresses the critical question of how to turn climate concern into climate action as we move forward towards the 1.5-degree Celsius global warming target adopted by COP 26 in 2021 and reaffirmed by COP 27 in 2022.It argues that it has taken scientists more than a Century to accept, first: that climate change is real and second: that it