To evaluate over a 7-year follow-up period the relationships between changes in body composition, fat distribution and pulmonary function in a sample of elderly men and women. Body weight, waist ...

1 School of Physical Education, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China 2 Aviation Safety and Security College, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Deyang, China ...

Owing to its remarkable ability to influence the host’s physiology, the gut microbiome has been termed a “forgotten organ” (Cai et al., 2023). The gut microbiota in animals plays a critical role in ...

Plants prevent dehydration by coating their aerial, primary organs with waxes. Wax compositions frequently differ between species, organs, and developmental stages, probably to balance limiting ...