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Guest editorial introduction: Understanding island cities [PDF]

Island Studies Journal, 2014
Island studies research has traditionally focused on relatively rural, peripheral, and isolated communities, yet island cities (strongly urbanized small islands or archipelagos or major population centres of large islands or archipelagos) also represent ...
Adam Grydehoj
doaj  

Growing an island: Okinotori [PDF]

, 2011
The UN Law of Sea defines an island as “a naturally formed area of land, surrounded by water, which is above water at high tide.” However, according to the same international law, not every kind of island engenders the same legal effects: “rocks which ...
De Meyer, Dirk
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Atmospheric impacts on daytime urban heat island [PDF]

, 2018
Daytime urban heat island effects can be weak compared to night time and even reversed (as in the case of cool islands, where urban locations display lower temperatures than at a rural site), mostly due to shading effects from buildings, vegetation, and ...
Drach, Patricia, Emmanuel, Rohinton, Krüger, Eduardo   +2 more
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth With Childhood‐Onset Lupus: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Our objective was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the Treatment and Education Approach for Childhood‐Onset Lupus (TEACH), a six‐session cognitive behavioral intervention addressing depressive, fatigue, and pain symptoms, delivered remotely to individual youth with lupus by a trained interventionist.
Natoshia R. Cunningham, Thea Senger‐Carpenter, Jocelyn Zuckerman, Michelle Adler, Mallet R. Reid, Ashley Danguecan, Luana Flores Pereira, Sarah I. Mossad, Samantha L. Ely, Khalid Abulaban, Elizabeth A. Kessler, Natalie Rosenwasser, Tamar B. Rubinstein, Ekemini A. Ogbu, Emily A. Smitherman, Alaina Miller, Taylor Abounader, Elizabeth Ross, Livie Timmerman, Dhriti Sharma, Jennifer N. Stinson, Stacy Allen, Kabita Nanda, Tala El Tal, Deborah M. Levy, Linda T. Hiraki, Hermine I. Brunner, Mathew Reeves, Steven J. Pierce, Andrea Knight   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidimensional Environmental Drivers of Bamboo Species Richness on Subtropical Islands

Diversity
Understanding the distribution patterns and driving mechanisms of bamboo species diversity on islands is essential for advancing knowledge of island ecosystem processes and informing strategies for bamboo resource conservation and management.
Weifeng Zhan, Yanqiu Xie, Xinran Xie, Zujian Chen, Chuanyuan Deng, Hui Huang   +5 more
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μPMU-based intelligent island detection – the first crucial step toward enhancing grid resilience with MG

IET Smart Grid, 2019
With the increased climatic change and modern grid complexity, extreme grid power outage events caused by natural calamity and human interruptions have led to an urgency to enhance the grid resiliency.
Soham Dutta, Maddikara Jaya Bharata Reddy, Maddikara Jaya Bharata Reddy, Dusmanta Kumar Mohanta, Dusmanta Kumar Mohanta, Makrand Sing Kushwah, Makrand Sing Kushwah, Pradip Kumar Sadhu   +7 more
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Evaluating a Pragmatic Strength Alternative for Frailty Measurement and Assessing Its Predictive Capacity Against Established Frailty Instruments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Frailty occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health outcomes. We compared the performance of four frailty instruments, including a pragmatic alternative measure using chair sit‐to‐stand (STS), and evaluated their abilities to predict poor health outcomes.
Kylie E. Riggles, Hannah F. Brubeck, Adrienne D. Tanus, Courtney N. Loecker, Punyasha Roul, Bryant R. England, Elizabeth R. Wahl, James S. Andrews, Namrata Singh, Joshua F. Baker, Patricia P. Katz, Dolores M. Shoback, Jose M. Garcia, Ariela R. Orkaby, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of SO2 on respiratory system of adult Miyakejima resident 2 years after returning to the island.

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Mt. Oyama in Miyakejima Island erupted in June, 2000. All Miyake villagers were forced to evacuate from the island in September, 2000, due to continuous eruptions and emissions of unsafe amounts of volcanic gas, mainly SO2.
Ai Ishigami, Akihiro Morikawa, Clinical Pulmonary Functions Committee of The Japanese Respiratory Society, Committee for Air Pollution in Kinki Area, Epidemiology Standardization Project, Fujii T, Hiroshi Nakashima, Iwao Uchiyama, Kazuyuki Omae, Kikuchi Y, Kouichi Maruyama, Makiko Nakano, Mannino DM, Mitsuru Adachi, Satoko Iwasawa, Shigeru Tanaka, Shoji Kudo, Takamoto Uemura, Takehiro Michikawa, Tazuru Tsuboi, Toru Takebayashi, Yuji Nishiwaki, Yuriko Kikuchi   +22 more
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Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Australia, 2010–2022: A Population‐Based Study Using Linked National Administrative Health Data

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenous inflammatory condition with widely varying global prevalence estimates. The frequency of SLE in the general population of Australia has been reported to be notably lower than contemporary estimates in countries such as the United States or United Kingdom, at 19 to 39 per 100,000 as opposed ...
Lucinda Roper, Rachel Black, Joanna Tieu, Winnie Chen, Matthew Parker, Catherine Hill, Natasha Nassar, Mandana Nikpour   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of Urbanization Effects on Land Surface Phenology in Northeast China during 2001–2015

Remote Sensing, 2017
The urbanization effects on land surface phenology (LSP) have been investigated by many studies, but few studies have focused on the temporal variations of urbanization effects on LSP.
Rui Yao, Lunche Wang, Xin Huang, Xian Guo, Zigeng Niu, Hongfu Liu   +5 more
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