Collectively, these studies suggest that there may be phylogenetic patterns in the sensitivity of amphibians to endosulfan and in the existence of mortality lag effects.
However, as delineated by Hamilton (1966), this class of models, because of the Malthusian condition they implicitly assume, entail that the intensity of selection declines with age a property which is inconsistent with the existence of mortality plateaus, that is, the deceleration of mortality rates at extreme ages.
Only such randomised trials will be able to establish the existence of a mortality benefit and, if relevant, estimate its size.
However, the continued existence of late mortality from breast cancer suggests that the treatments given for breast cancer, at least up to the mid-to-late 1980s, have not yet eliminated the continuing risk of death due to the disease more than 10 years after initial diagnosis.
Thus in conclusion: the mortality-immortality paradox is solved when we show that even human existence: the essence of mortality, is unquantifiable.
As mentioned above, the high rate of LTFU in our population makes it difficult to definitely exclude the existence of differences in mortality between types of health facilities.
Describing him, Swinton says, "With candour he is facing the great questions of mortality, existence.
Though I could find no study showing a correlation between generic depression and intelligence, psychologist James Webb suggests that highly intelligent people are more likely to suffer from what he terms "existential depression," which entails struggles with certain basic issues of existence: mortality, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness.
To investigate the existence of racial/ethnic disparity in mortality risk among children with individual congenital heart defects and identify any other risk factors.
The present study confirms for the first time, at an individual level, the existence of socioeconomic differences in mortality for several cancer sites in Barcelona, Spain.
This study investigates: the existence of a seasonal pattern in mortality in the Nairobi population, the relationship between daily mortality and weather variables (temperature and rainfall), and the association between weather and mortality by age, gender, and cause of death.
