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Building urban climate resilience: An inclusive approach to heat stress mapping and capacity building in Ayodhya, India

Green Technologies and Sustainability
Urban areas are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, necessitating robust and inclusive approaches to enhance resilience, which in turn demands sufficient public and governmental awareness and understanding of climate change.
Farheen Bano, Abirbhav Sanyal, Vandana Sehgal, Ritu Gulati, Gaurav Singh, Jente Broeckx, Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman, Raf Theunissen, Tomas Crols, Shu Yang   +9 more
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Detection, monitoring and management of small water bodies:: A case study of Shahjadpur Thana, Sirajgonj district, Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2004
Bangladesh is a low-lying flood prone deltaic plain. Excavations are needed to create raised land for safe flood-free homesteads and water bodies for irrigation, and these result in the creation of doba, pukur, dighi and jola. All of these types of small
Huda, Khondaker Mohammod Shariful
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Association of Elevated Platelets and C‐Reactive Protein With Severe Disease and Poor Survival in Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Elevated C‐reactive protein (CRP) levels in systemic sclerosis (SSc) have been linked with severe disease and worse survival, but the role of platelet levels remains unclear. This study examined whether elevated platelet levels, CRP levels, or both are associated with disease severity, progression, and survival in SSc.
Brian S. Lee, Shufeng Li, Srijana Davuluri, Jennifer Lee, Lorinda Chung   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The potential of integrating E-participation in planning support systems [PDF]

, 2009
The increasing complexity of spatial planning issues and pressure from citizens to takepart in designing and deciding on spatial plans result in a need for improved methods to aidcommunication between governmental actors and citizens.
Vonk, G.A., Lammeren, R.J.A., van, Koekoek, A., van Lammeren, R.J.A.   +3 more
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Impact of Six‐Month Monitoring Compared to Three‐Month Monitoring of Laboratories During Methotrexate Therapy

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate whether extending the American College of Rheumatology–recommended monitoring interval for complete blood count and liver function tests in patients receiving methotrexate (MTX) affects timely detection of medication‐related toxicity.
Spencer Simko, Ray Zhang, Sohini Mukherjee, Puneet Bajaj, Bonnie L. Bermas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Participatory GIS – a people’s GIS?

, 2008
: Recent years have witnessed a burgeoning of applications of GIS which grant legitimacy to indigenous geographical knowledge as well as to ‘offi cial ’ spatial data.
Christine E. Dunn
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Multi-Level Participatory GIS Framework to Assess Mobility Needs and Transport Barriers in Rural Areas: A Case Study of Rural Mumias East, a Sub-County of Kakamega, Kenya

In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in the application of GIS to community empowerment or new policy development through participatory design, information gathering and implementation.
Munyaka, Jean-Claude Baraka, Mandal, Anil Kumar, Chenal, Jérôme, de Roulet, Pablo Txomin Harpo, Pudasaini, Uttam, Otieno, Nixon Ouku   +5 more
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Caregiver Perspectives on the Burden of Disease and Treatment in Uncontrolled Gout

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Uncontrolled gout (UG) refers to persistently elevated serum urate (SU) levels >6 mg/dL and ongoing gout symptoms despite use of urate‐lowering therapy (ULT). The objective of this study was to evaluate the burden associated with informal caregiving for individuals with UG.
Angelo Gaffo, Bhavisha Desai, Abiola Oladapo, Nana Kragh, Rebekah Zincavage, Brad Padilla, Naomi Schlesinger   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

GIS Day @ KU 2012 Opening Remarks

, 2013
GIS Day @ KU is part of a nationwide event to promote awareness of geographic information systems (GIS), and how we use this evolving tool to analyze our world.
GIS Day @ KU Planning Committee
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Exploring the social-ecological potential for indigenous agroforestry in peri-urban areas: a participatory mapping approach

Scientific Reports
Peri-urban agroforestry can provide affordable, fresh, and nutritious food and a departure from conventional forms of cropping. Indigenous foods are well-adapted to local conditions, and may hold cultural and economic value for peri-urban residents ...
Mallika Sardeshpande, Tsitsi Bangira, Matilda Azong Cho, Trylee Nyasha Matongera, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source