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Tradeoffs centrally mediate the expression of human adaptations. We propose that tradeoffs also influence the prevalence and forms of human maladaptation manifest in disease. By this logic, increased risk for one set of diseases commonly engenders decreased risk for another, diametric, set of diseases. We describe evidence for such diametric sets of diseases from epidemiological, genetic and mo...

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Family Planning Perspectives of having once measured a very different part of the family-building cycle. Meanwhile, the shift in political and policy interest away from the end toward the beginning of the cycle means that the NSFG is measuring a much more complicated social reality. For an earlier generation of women (and men), these surveys did indeed measure what they were supposed to, namely...

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Of the commonly accepted tools for assessing habitual dietary intake in epidemiological studies, the one that is most often used in population surveys is the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) (Briefel et al., 1992; Kushi, 1994). When using the FFQ, the results generally represent usual intakes over an extended period and are easier to collect and process. The FFQ is then used to study associat...

EN 253 : Matlab Homework # 2