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Respiratory Aware Routing for Active Commuters

, 2022
Cyclists travelling in urban areas are particularly at risk of harm from particulate emissions due to their increased breathing rate and proximity to vehicles. In this paper we combine human respiratory models with models of particulate inhalation to estimate the pollution risk an individual is experiencing in real time given the local pollution level ...
Langbridge, Abigail, Ferraro, Pietro, Shorten, Robert   +2 more
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Active commuting and leisure-time physical activity among adults in western Nepal: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective To determine the prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with active commuting and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among adults in western Nepal.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Adults from semiurban areas in western Nepal ...
Per Kallestrup, Craig S McLachlan, Ben J Smith, Susan Paudel, Narayan Subedi, Dinesh Neupane   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Authors' reply to Colquhoun and Buchinsky [PDF]

, 2017
No abstract ...
Celis-Morales, Carlos A., Gill, Jason M.R., Pell, Jill P., Sattar, Naveed   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Encouraging Active Commuting through monitoring and analysis of commuter travel method habits [PDF]

2015 SAI Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys), 2015
The aim of this research is to understand and encourage healthier commuter travel method habits. Commuters who choose healthier travel, such as; walking, cycling or public transport methods, are known as Active Commuters (AC). However current literature suggests private car use is still the dominant method of transport. Additionally, there are very few
Salim Hasshu, Francisco Chiclana, Benjamin N. Passow, David Elizondo   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Association between school policies and built environment, and youth's participation in various types of physical activities [PDF]

, 2015
: Background: School environmental characteristics may be associated with youth’s participation in different types of physical activities (PA). This study aimed to identify which school policies and built environmental characteristics were associated ...
Aarnio, Aaron, Bocarro, Brislin, Bélanger, Bélanger, Bélanger, Bélanger, Chapman, Colley, Craig, Crocker, Davison, Durant, Erwin, Evenson, Fernandes, Ferreira, Findlay, Fitzgerald, Fjørtoft, Fuller, Gomes, Greenland, Gurian, Hallal, Haug, Heelan, Hobin, Hood, Hovell, Huberty, Janssen, Janz, Kjønniksen, Levin, Lind, Lunn, Manske, Mendoza, Nader, Nathans, Naylor, Pate, Pate, Pont, Prochaska, Riddoch, Ridgers, Ridgers, Sallis, Sallis, Sallis, Santos, Strong, Tammelin, Taylor, Taylor, Tucker, Van Sluijs, Wechsler, Willenberg, World Health Organization (WHO)   +62 more
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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Bicycling to school during the transition from childhood into adolescence : a six-year longitudinal study [PDF]

, 2012
Little is known about bicycling to school as children age. At baseline (2002) self-report data from 1070 children were gathered (51.9% boys; mean age: 10 years).
Cardon, Greet, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Haerens, Leen, Maes, Lea   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Is active travel associated with greater physical activity? The contribution of commuting and non-commuting active travel to total physical activity in adults

Preventive Medicine, 2012
To complement findings that active travel reduces the risk of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases, an understanding of the mechanisms through which active travel may lead to improved health is required.The aim of this study is to examine the descriptive epidemiology of all active travel and its associations with recreational and total ...
Sahlqvist, Shannon, Song, Yena, Ogilvie, David   +2 more
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Epidemiology of Cancer‐Associated Venous Thromboembolism Across the United States

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior epidemiological studies on cancer‐associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) were limited by homogenous patient populations. We leverage Cosmos, a collaborative dataset of Epic electronic health record systems, to conduct an updated evaluation of cancer‐associated VTE in the United States (US).
Barbara D. Lam, Justine Ryu, Omid Jafari, Rock Bum Kim, Shengling Ma, Mrinal Ranjan, Jun Y. Jiang, Ang Li   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fitness, Fatness and Active School Commuting among Liverpool Schoolchildren [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017
This study investigated differences in health outcomes between active and passive school commuters, and examined associations between parent perceptions of the neighborhood environment and active school commuting (ASC). One hundred-ninety-four children (107 girls), aged 9–10 years from ten primary schools in Liverpool, England, participated in this ...
Robert J. Noonan, Lynne M. Boddy, Zoe R. Knowles, Stuart J. Fairclough   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources