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Light at night and the risk of breast cancer: Findings from the Sister study
Environment International, 2022 Background: Light at night (LAN) may alter estrogen regulation through circadian disruption. High levels of outdoor LAN may increase breast cancer risk, but studies have largely not considered possible residual confounding from correlated environmental ...
Marina R. Sweeney +9 more
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Impact of Solid State Roadway Lighting on Melatonin in Humans
Clocks & Sleep, 2022 Introduction: In 2009, the World Health Organization identified vehicle crashes, both injury-related and fatal, as a public health hazard. Roadway lighting has long been used to reduce crashes and improve the safety of all road users.
Ronald B. Gibbons +4 more
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A Study of the High-Luminosity Quasar HS 1946+7658
, 2018 We study the variability of the quasar HS 1946+7658 on intra-night time scale based on both our own optical and archival X-ray data. We find the quasar non-variable during about 11 hours of optical monitoring.
Mihov, B., Slavcheva-Mihova, L.
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Resonances: The sound of performance [PDF]
, 2014 It is a hot summer night in August 2013, as the audience gathers near the entrance of the large Gray Hall at the south side of the former coal mine Göttelborn (Germany).
Birringer, J
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Switching LPS to LED Streetlight May Dramatically Reduce Activity and Foraging of Bats
Diversity, 2020 Artificial light at night is considered a major threat to biodiversity, especially for nocturnal species, as it reduces habitat availability, quality, and functionality.
Christian Kerbiriou +6 more
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Cities of culture and the regeneration game [PDF]
, 2011 Capital of Culture (ECoC) programme exactly a year on from its inauguration. This event also saw the transition from Liverpool's "Year of Culture 08‟ to "Year of Environment 09" and a simultaneous event in the Austrian city of Linz to which the Capital ...
Evans, GL
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Citizen Science Provides Valuable Data for Monitoring Global Night Sky Luminance [PDF]
, 2013 The skyglow produced by artificial lights at night is one of the most dramatic anthropogenic modifications of Earth’s biosphere. The GLOBE at Night citizen science project allows individual observers to quantify skyglow using star maps showing ...
Elvidge, Christopher D. +8 more
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Applications of nighttime light remote sensing for monitoring human health: a review
International Journal of Digital EarthLight pollution, characterized by excessive or misdirected artificial light at night (ALAN), poses a significant threat to human health and environmental sustainability.
Yuan Yuan +7 more
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Night-time neuronal activation of Cluster N in a day- and night-migrating songbird. [PDF]
, 2010 Magnetic compass orientation in a night-migratory songbird requires that Cluster N, a cluster of forebrain regions, is functional. Cluster N, which receives input from the eyes via the thalamofugal pathway, shows high neuronal activity in night-migrants ...
Heyers, D +4 more
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Light at Night, Shiftwork, and Breast Cancer Risk [PDF]
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2001 Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed female noncutaneous cancer in the United States and in Europe. The etiology of breast cancer is primarily unknown, with an estimated one quarter of all breast cancers possibly due to heritable factors (1) and only a minor proportion possibly due to already established environmental risk factors, such as ...
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