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Dialling Up Resilience Stakeholder Consultation Workshop [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A consortium of partners led by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) held a stakeholder consultative workshop on 6 July 2015 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, to solicit input into a proposal on measuring ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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Differential Item Functioning on the Patient Health Questionnaire‐8 by Disease Subtype, Language, Sex, and Age among People with Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient‐centered Intervention Network Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Somatic items used in depression assessments can potentially overlap with symptoms related to physical illness, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). No studies have looked at whether somatic depression items may be influenced by diffuse versus limited SSc disease subtypes, which are associated with varying degrees of symptom presentation.
Sophie Hu   +109 more
wiley   +1 more source

The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, July - September 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
As we look forward to a new climate agreement at the conclusion of the 21st sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC-COP21) in Paris, France this December, we highlight progress made
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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Addressing Economic Insecurities Can Improve Patient‐Reported Outcomes in Lupus

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Background Economic insecurities, such as food, housing, transportation, and financial challenges, are modifiable risk factors and influence patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We examined: 1) associations between economic insecurities and PROs; 2) the impact of screening and addressing economic insecurities during ...
Jay Patel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conditional attribution of cold extremes in Canada: The role of atmospheric circulation in a changing climate

open access: yesWeather and Climate Extremes
This study examines the influence of large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns, specifically the Pacific-North American (PNA), Asian-Bering-North American (ABNA), and North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) climate indices, on the likelihood of cold extremes
Yongxiao Liang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Linking herders to carbon markets in China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
While smallholder farmers and communities adopt agricultural practices that provide carbon sequestration benefits, it can be difficult for them to reap economic rewards by accessing carbon markets.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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New Onset of Fibromyalgia After Exposure to a Combat Environment: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Traumatic life events are hypothesized to be triggers for the onset of fibromyalgia. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common comorbidity of fibromyalgia. However, limited prospective data are available on the development of fibromyalgia after exposure to high magnitude stress.
Jay B. Higgs   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weather- and climate-driven power supply and demand time series for power and energy system analyses

open access: yesScientific Data
Reaching net-zero carbon emissions requires large shares of intermittent renewable energy and the electrification of end-use consumption, such as heating, making the future energy system highly dependent on weather variability and climate change. Weather
Enrico G. A. Antonini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informing Costa Rica’s Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in the coffee sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Coffee production in Costa Rica employs up to 150,000 people, representing 8% of the Costa Rican workforce, and accounts for nearly 10% of national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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Evaluation of the Potential of Laser Shock Peening Compared with Cold Expansion for Improving Fatigue Resistance of Riveted Lap Joints of Aerospace Grade 7175 Al Alloy

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study investigates laser shock peening for enhancing fatigue performance of riveted aerospace aluminum joints. A comparative approach with cold expansion combines fatigue testing and synchrotron X‐ray methods. Integrating mechanical testing with residual stress and strain characterization provides insights into how different treatments affect the ...
Ogün Baris Tapar   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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