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Ozone Layer Evolution in the Early 20th Century

Atmosphere, 2020
The ozone layer is well observed since the 1930s from the ground and, since the 1980s, by satellite-based instruments. The evolution of ozone in the past is important because of its dramatic influence on the biosphere and humans but has not been known ...
Tatiana Egorova, Eugene Rozanov, Pavle Arsenovic, Timofei Sukhodolov   +3 more
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Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Options for Forest Vegetation Management in the Northwestern USA

Atmosphere, 2016
Recent vulnerability assessments, conducted in diverse regions in the northwestern United States, indicate that many commonalities exist with respect to projected vulnerabilities to climate change. Dry forests are projected to have significant changes in
Jessica E. Halofsky, David L. Peterson
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Bendamustine plus rituximab for the treatment of Waldenström Macroglobulinemia: Patient outcomes and impact of bendamustine dosing

American journal of hematology/oncology, 2023
Bendamustine and rituximab (BR) therapy is commonly used in the treatment of Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (WM). The impact dose of Bendamustine dose on response and survival outcomes is not well‐established, and the impact of its use in different ...
S. Arulogun, D. Brian, H. Goradia, A. Cooney, T. Menne, R. Koo, A. O'Neill, J. Vos, G. Pratt, D. Turner, Kirsty Marshall, K. Manos, C. Anderson, M. Gavriatopoulou, C. Kyriakou, M. Kersten, M. Minnema, E. Koutoumanou, D. El-Sharkawi, K. Linton, D. Talaulikar, H. McCarthy, M. Bishton, G. Follows, A. Wechalekar, S. D’Sa   +25 more
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Effect of agroclimatic variability on land suitability for cultivating rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) and growth performance assessment in the tropical rainforest climate of Peninsular Malaysia

Climate Risk Management, 2020
Climate change directly alters climate conditions and indirectly impacts land suitability for cultivating rubber. The Malaysian tropical rainforest climate with regular rainfall of about 2000–2500 mm per year and the average temperature of 26–28 °C ...
Mohd Hafiz Mohd Hazir, Radhiah Abdul Kadir, Emanuel Gloor, David Galbraith   +3 more
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Assessment of the Protection of Dopaminergic Neurons by an α7 Nicotinic Receptor Agonist, PHA 543613 Using [18F]LBT-999 in a Parkinson’s Disease Rat Model

Frontiers in Medicine, 2015
The inverse association between nicotine intake and Parkinson’s disease (PD) is well established and suggests that this molecule could be neuroprotective through anti-inflammatory action mediated by nicotinic receptors, including the α7-subtype (α7R ...
S. Sérrière, Aurélie Doméné, J. Vercouillie, C. Mothes, S. Bodard, Nuno Rodrigues, D. Guilloteau, S. Routier, G. Page, S. Chalon   +9 more
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Impact of Biomass Home Heating, Cooking Styles, and Bread Toasting on the Indoor Air Quality at Portuguese Dwellings: A Case Study

Atmosphere, 2018
This study evaluated the emissions of specific indoor sources usually present in Portuguese dwellings in order to understand their impact on the indoor air quality.
Nuno Canha, Joana Lage, Catarina Galinha, Susana Coentro, Célia Alves, Susana Marta Almeida   +5 more
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Counter-fitting Word Vectors to Linguistic Constraints [PDF]

North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 2016
In this work, we present a novel counter-fitting method which injects antonymy and synonymy constraints into vector space representations in order to improve the vectors' capability for judging semantic similarity.
N. Mrksic, Diarmuid Ó Séaghdha, Blaise Thomson, Milica Gasic, L. Rojas-Barahona, Pei-hao Su, David Vandyke, Tsung-Hsien Wen, S. Young   +8 more
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When is .999... less than 1? [PDF]

The Mathematics Enthusiast, 2010
We examine alternative interpretations of the symbol described as nought, point, nine recurring. Is "an infinite number of 9s" merely a figure of speech? How are such alternative interpretations related to infinite cardinalities?
Karin U. Katz, M. Katz
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Chemical Characteristics of PM_2.5 and Water-Soluble Organic Nitrogen in Yangzhou, China

Atmosphere, 2019
Chemical characterization of fine atmospheric particles (PM2.5) is important for effective reduction of air pollution. This work analyzed PM2.5 samples collected in Yangzhou, China, during 2016.
Yuntao Chen, Yanfang Chen, Xinchun Xie, Zhaolian Ye, Qing Li, Xinlei Ge, Mindong Chen   +6 more
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Ambulance Service Resource Planning for Extreme Temperatures: Analysis of Ambulance 999 Calls during Episodes of Extreme Temperature in London, UK

, 2018
The association between episodes of extreme temperature and ambulance 999 calls has not yet been properly quantified. In this study we propose a statistical physics-based method to estimate the true mean number of ambulance 999 calls during episodes of ...
G. Papadakis, Z. Chalabi, J. Thornes
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