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Camp as a Facilitator for Positive Childhood Experiences for Children and Youth with Serious Healthcare Needs: A Rapid Review

Behavioral Sciences
Children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN) face elevated risks of adverse childhood experiences while also having unique opportunities for positive childhood experiences (PCEs).
Haley Pogachefsky, Ann Gillard, Laura Blaisdell, Christopher J. Stille, Robert Sege   +4 more
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Outdoor thermal comfort [PDF]

Frontiers in Bioscience, 2011
A review of the various approaches in understanding outdoor thermal comfort is presented. The emphasis on field surveys from around the world, particularly across Europe, enables us to understand thermal perception and evaluate outdoor thermal comfort conditions.
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Patterns of GPS measured time outdoors after school and objective physical activity in English children: the PEACH project

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2010
Background Observational studies have shown a positive association between time outdoors and physical activity in children. Time outdoors may be a feasible intervention target to increase the physical activity of youth, but methods are required to ...
Griew Pippa, Hillsdon Melvyn, Wheeler Benedict W, Page Angie S, Cooper Ashley R, Jago Russell   +5 more
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Characteristics of the Outdoor Environment Affording Physical Activity, Motor Competence, and Social Interactions in Children Aged 3–7 Years: A Systematic Review

Children
Early childhood education (ECE) settings play a crucial role in promoting physical and social development among children aged 3–7 years. This systematic review sought to examine the associations between characteristics of ECE outdoor environments, social
Nicola Taylor, Andy Pringle, Clare M. P. Roscoe   +2 more
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Assessment of the Suna trap for sampling mosquitoes indoors and outdoors

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background Entomological monitoring is important for public health because it provides data on the distribution, abundance and host-seeking behaviour of disease vectors.
Monicah M. Mburu, Kennedy Zembere, Alexandra Hiscox, Jomo Banda, Kamija S. Phiri, Henk van den Berg, Themba Mzilahowa, Willem Takken, Robert S. McCann   +8 more
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Using a miniaturized double-net trap (DN-Mini) to assess relationships between indoor–outdoor biting preferences and physiological ages of two malaria vectors, Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background Effective malaria surveillance requires detailed assessments of mosquitoes biting indoors, where interventions such as insecticide-treated nets work best, and outdoors, where other interventions may be required.
Alex J. Limwagu, Emmanuel W. Kaindoa, Halfan S. Ngowo, Emmanuel Hape, Marceline Finda, Gustav Mkandawile, Japhet Kihonda, Khamis Kifungo, Rukiyah M. Njalambaha, Damaris Matoke-Muhia, Fredros O. Okumu   +10 more
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Outdoor-indoor noise reduction and outdoor noise [PDF]

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1990
Two computer programs were used to demonstrate the relation between outdoor-indoor noise-level reduction and outdoor noise spectra. The first program (interior noise analysis or INA) estimates noise level inside a room exposed to any one of over 30 sources of exterior noise.
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Motives for Outdoor Recreation [PDF]

Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, 1972
More accurate prediction of future demand (or needs) for land for outdoor recreational activities would significantly improve land use planning. Unfortunately, prediction of demand (or projected use) is difficult. Most standard predicting measures have little or questionable relevance to outdoor recreation.
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The relations between sleep, time of physical activity, and time outdoors among adult women.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Physical activity and time spent outdoors may be important non-pharmacological approaches to improve sleep quality and duration (or sleep patterns) but there is little empirical research evaluating the two simultaneously.
Kate Murray, Suneeta Godbole, Loki Natarajan, Kelsie Full, J Aaron Hipp, Karen Glanz, Jonathan Mitchell, Francine Laden, Peter James, Mirja Quante, Jacqueline Kerr   +10 more
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Climate change: the biggest challenge of the modern century for workers [PDF]

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Climate change, as the greatest challenge of the century, has widespread effects on workers. These changes can lead to an increase in heat-related diseases, loss of jobs, and economic damage to businesses, change labor migration patterns and a decrease ...
Mehdi Asghari
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