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Wildfires and Atopic Diseases: A Review
Allergy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wildfire smoke is a major environmental health threat that has increased in frequency and severity in recent years. A hazardous component of wildfire smoke is particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5). There is evidence to suggest that exposure to wildfire PM2.5 may increase the risk of developing or exacerbating atopic diseases, such as asthma ...
Alex Ha, John R. Balmes, Maria L. Wei
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Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program [PDF]
, 2008 [Excerpt] In response to concerns over the adequacy of firefighter staffing, the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Act—popularly called the “SAFER Act”—was enacted by the 108th Congress as Section 1057 of the FY2004 National Defense ...
Kruger, Lennard G
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The Firefighter Problem: A Structural Analysis [PDF]
, 2014 We consider the complexity of the firefighter problem where b>=1 firefighters are available at each time step. This problem is proved NP-complete even on trees of degree at most three and budget one (Finbow et al.,2007) and on trees of bounded degree b+3
A King +16 more
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Feelings Without Emotion: Rethinking Male Friendship and the Value of Personal Reticence
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In various Euro‐American contexts, commentators have highlighted how emotional reticence inhibits men's ability to understand themselves and connect with others. More generally, public discourses of affective expressivity often present curtailed emotion as a form of “repression.” Through an ethnographic account of male railway enthusiasts ...
Thomas Yarrow
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SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among firefighters in Los Angeles, California [PDF]
, 2022 Karen Mulligan +7 more
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Structural Resilience Across the Life Course: Perspectives From Older Adults Racialized as Black
Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim(s) This study explored perceptions of older adults racialised as Black on structural resilience across the life course. Design A qualitative descriptive study. Methods Using purposive sampling, we recruited 15 Black adults aged 50 and older residing in Baltimore, Maryland, including individuals possessing historical or current knowledge of
Boeun Kim +7 more
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Physical Demand Assessment of Volunteer Firefighters During Wildland Firefighting
FireWildland firefighting is physically and mentally demanding. The aerobic capacity of firefighters is important due to the demands of the activity and the associated occupational risks. The main objectives of this study were to identify and characterise the physically demanding tasks undertaken by volunteer firefighters during wildland fires (real work ...
Tatiana Teixeira +6 more
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“Always Ready for any Sticky Job”: The Canadian Corps of (Civilian) Firefighters in the Second World War [PDF]
, 2012 The Canadian Corps of (Civilian) Firefighters was created. In 1942 to assist the British National Fire Service (NFS) in fighting fires caused by German bombings.
Hart, Keith
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Character and creditworthiness: Unveiling the role of job titles in peer‐to‐peer lending
Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract Using data from the Prosper lending platform, we examine the influence of job‐based trust on credit market dynamics. We find that the generalized trust implied by borrowers' job titles, as a reflection of individuals' ethical and integrity standards in professionals, positively affects listing and loan performance.
Zagdbazar Davaadorj +2 more
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