Editorial by Lindsay B. Flynn

“…While finding merit in this approach, Riedl emphasises the need for a multi-prong political strategy to effectuate this change. The article by Demography Prize 2019 winners Laura Naegele, Wouter De Tavernier, Moritz Hess and Sebastian Merkel starts in a similar place, describing contemporary housing challenges stemming from demographic shifts, increasing housing prices, and the effects of urbanisation. …”
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IGJR 1/2020: Housing crisis: How can we improve the situation for young people? by IF and FRFG

“…For details, see the author guidelines: http://www.igjr.org/ojs/igjr_doc/Author_Guidelines.pdf Demography Prize Note that this topic is closely related to the subject of the next Demography Prize promoted by the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) and the Intergenerational Foundation (IF). …”
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Fournier’s Gangrene: A 4-Year Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Academic Hospital by Almas Nur Prawoto, Iswinarno Doso Saputro, Lynda Hariani, Andreas Arkhipus Dewantara

“…This study investigated the demography and treatment methods of patients with FG in a 4-year period in our hospital. …”
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The Malthusian parameter and $R_0$ for heterogeneous populations in periodic environments by Hisashi Inaba

“…Since the classical stable population theory in demography by Sharpe and Lotka, the sign relation ${\rm sign}(\lambda_0)={\rm sign}(R_0-1)$ between the basic reproduction number $R_0$ and the Malthusian parameter (the intrinsic rate of natural increase) $\lambda_0$ has played a central role in population theory and its applications, because it connects individual's average reproductivity described by life cycle parameters to growth character of the whole population.Since $R_0$ is originally defined for linear population evolution process in a constant environment, it is an important extension if we could formulate the same kind of threshold principle for population growth in time-heterogeneous environments.…”
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Building the foundation for polar bear science: fifty years of research on polar bears in Western Hudson Bay by B.A. Biddlecombe, A.E. Derocher, E. Krebs, N.J. Lunn, D. McGeachy, E.S. Richardson

“…The WH research program, which has now extended across five decades with data on over 4600 individual bears, has evolved from a study of the basic ecology of polar bears into foundational work on the life history, demography, genetics, movement, behaviour, and ecology of an apex predator in a rapidly changing Arctic. …”
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Outcome of therapy in biopsy proven lupus nephritis with cyclophosphamide or mycophenolate: Registry data from a South Indian tertiary care center by Keerthi Talari, Rajendra Varaprasad Irlapati, Megha Uppin, Liza Rajasekhar

“…Methods: Patients with biopsy-proven LN with data available at least till completion of induction regimen was included. Data on demography, clinical, laboratory measures, disease activity, and treatment received at baseline, at the end of induction, and until the last follow-up were retrieved. …”
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Falling sex ratios and emerging evidence of sex-selective abortion in Nepal: evidence from nationally representative survey data by Mahesh Puri, Melanie Dawn Frost, Peter Richard Andrew Hinde

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Changes in microbiome composition during ontogeny and dispersal of the coral boring sponge Thoosa mismalolli by Eric Bautista-Guerrero, José Luis Carballo, Fabián Alejandro Rodríguez Zaragoza, Bruno Goméz-Gil, Alejandra García-Gasca, Alma P. Rodríguez-Troncoso, Adrián González-Castillo

“…Abstract Dispersal is an important life history trait that plays a key role in the demography and evolution of species. We employed a combined approach of DNA sequencing and transmission electron microscopy to examine the changes in the microbiome during the ontogeny and dispersal of the coral-excavating sponge Thoosa mismalolli. …”
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Risk factors affecting COVID-19 case fatality rate: A quantitative analysis of top 50 affected countries by Poh Hui Goh, Wafiah Ilyani Mahari, Norhadyrah Izazie Ahad, Li Ling Chaw, Nurolaini Kifli, Bey-Hing Goh, Siang Fei Yeoh, Khang Wen Goh, Long Chiau Ming

“…We aimed to examine the relationship of various prevailing population-based risk factors in comparison with mortality rate and case fatality rate (CFR) of COVID-19. Methods: Demography and epidemiology data were used, which have been identified as verified or postulated risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19. …”
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Effect of social support networks on maternal knowledge of child health in rural Odisha, India by Ranjan Kumar Prusty, Sayeed Unisa

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A Research to Determine Environmental Approaches of University Students: Manisa Celal Bayar University Case by Tülin Çetin, Mustafa Erkan Turan, Pınar Aytekin, Mehmet Ali Yurdusev

“…In this study, it is aimed to determine the attitudes of university students towards environment using the NEP scale and to determine the relationship between these attitudes and several characteristics of the students such as demography, economic situation, sport activity engaged, smoking, eco-friendly product consumption, saving and membership of an environmental association. …”
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Boy’s love fans versus non-fans in the sexual identity and neural response in the digital age’s young females by Na Ao, Xiaowei Jiang, Yanan Chen, Feng Du, Yingying Chen, Huihui Niu, Shuoyan Hu, Minghui Wang

“…Study 1 conducted a survey to investigate the BL audience’s demography data and attitudes to homosexual ect. The results of the questionnaire analysis showed that the sexual orientation and psychological gender of the female BL audiences are more diverse. …”
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Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Jamunapari Goats Using Microsatellites, Mitochondrial DNA, and Milk Protein Genes by P. K. Rout, K. Thangraj, A. Mandal, R. Roy

“…We used the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mismatch distribution, microsatellite data, and bottleneck tests to infer the population history and demography. The mean number of alleles per locus was 9.0 indicating that the allelic variation was high in all the loci and the mean heterozygosity was 0.769 at nuclear loci. …”
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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…The first two articles, both winners of the 2016/17 Demography Prize, focus on the dominant methodologies for thinking empirically about intergenerational fairness and sustainability. …”
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Rabies transmitted from vampires to cattle: An overview. by Diego Soler-Tovar, Luis E Escobar

“…A sustained, standardized, and widespread monitoring of D. rotundus demography and health could serve to inform an early warning system for the early detection of RABV and other bat-borne pathogens in Latin America. …”
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Do changing medical admissions practices in the UK impact on who is admitted? An interrupted time series analysis by Jennifer Cleland, Amanda J Lee, Sandra Nicholson, Paul Alexander Tiffin, Rachel Greatrix, Shona Fielding, Fiona Patterson

“…Yet, this within-school variation made little difference locally, and changes in admission practices did not lead to any discernible change in the demography of those accepted into medical school.Conclusion Although our case schools changed their selection procedures, these changes did not lead to any observable differences in their student populations. …”
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A simple model of HIV epidemic in Italy: The role of the antiretroviral treatment by Federico Papa, Francesca Binda, Giovanni Felici, Marco Franzetti, Alberto Gandolfi, Carmela Sinisgalli, Claudia Balotta

“…The model considers a single population of susceptibles, without distinction of high-risk groups within the general population, and accounts for the presence of immigration and emigration, modelling their effects on both the general demography and the dynamics of the infected subpopulations. …”
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Informing climate-health adaptation options through mapping the needs and potential for integrated climate-driven early warning forecasting systems in South Asia-A scoping review. by Festus A Asaaga, Emmanuel S Tomude, Nathan J Rickards, Richard Hassall, Sunita Sarkar, Bethan V Purse

“…Tools are needed for other south Asian countries (Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan) where the risks of infectious diseases are predicted to increase substantially due to climate change, drought and shifts in human demography and use of ecosystems.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Altogether, the findings highlight clear opportunities to invest in the co-development and implementation of contextually relevant climate-driven early warning tools and research priorities for disease control and adaptation planning.…”
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Dental profiling in the archaeological sample of the Illyrian population in Southern Dalmatia, Croatia by Marina Marić, Jelena Dumančić, Marin Vodanović, Igor Borzić, Dinko Radić, Davorka Radovčić, Hrvoje Brkić

“…Aims: The research aims to gain insights into the diet, health, socio-economic status, and demography of the Late Iron Age inhabitants of Illyrian origin who lived on the Croatian island of Korčula. …”
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Partly cloudy with a chance of mosquitoes: Developing a flexible approach to forecasting mosquito populations by Travis McDevitt‐Galles, Arthur T. Degaetano, Sarah C. Elmendorf, John R. Foster, Howard S. Ginsberg, Mevin B. Hooten, Shannon LaDeau, Katherine M. McClure, Sara Paull, Erin Posthumus, Ilia Rochlin, Daniel Grear

“…As climate change will have variable effects on mosquito demography and phenology across species it is vital that we identify associated traits that may explain the observed variation. …”
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