Globally, populations are aging with increasing life spans.
We identified 33 previously undescribed miRNA variants, and 31 miRNA containing variants that are globally population-differentiated in frequency between African and non-African populations (PD-miRNA).
Globally, population-wide (AD and controls) β-value averages across all 461,272 autosomal CpGs showed a bimodal distribution (Fig. 1b), with the majority of values falling either below 0.2 or above 0.8.
Globally, populations are aging due to declines in fertility and increases in life expectancy [ 14– 16].
Obesity is an increasing problem globally: populations in poor countries as well as affluent ones are at risk [ 6].
With a globally ageing population, the negative impact of dementia on the health and wealth of the world's population is set to grow dramatically over the next half century.
Fuel poverty is a critical issue for a globally ageing population.
Globally, the population exposed to hurricane hazards has tripled since 1970, and the trend shows no signs of abating.
Doesn't this sound like excellent news for a country that is desperate to have a better-educated, globally competitive population?
In places like Tunisia, the anti-Islamist opposition is made up of old socialists, opportunists, and trade unionists, all struggling to connect with that country's young, online, globally aware population.
Chytridiomycosis, described by scientists as "the worst infectious disease ever recorded among vertebrates," has so far infected more than 600 amphibian species globally, causing population declines, extirpations or extinctions in more than 200 species.
