Predicted values and confidence intervals from 0 to 60 months, derived from the best-fit height-for-age (HAZ) models

Household Sanitary Conditions Modulate Associations between Birth Mode and Child Growth

Introduction Cesarean delivery is associated with childhood obesity in urbanized and sanitized environments, but this is not well-studied across broader epidemiologic settings. We examine birth mode, household conditions, and child growth in a Yucatec Maya farming community with limited sanitary infrastructure. We test the hypotheses that household infrastructure and epidemiologic conditions: (1) modulate associations between cesarean delivery…

Integrated evidence-based extent of occurrence for North American bison (Bison bison) since 1500 CE and before.

Following the near extinction of bison (Bison bison) from its historic range across North America in late 19th century, novel bison conservation efforts in the early 20th century catalyzed a popular widespread conservation movement to protect and restore bison among other species and places. Since Allen’s initial delineation (1876) of the historic distribution of North American bison,…