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Responsive high-resolution air quality index mapping using model, regulatory monitor, and sensor data in real-time

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Interpolated regulatory monitor measurements that are used to calculate the Air Quality Index (AQI) have low spatial resolution and are less accurate where regulatory monitors are sparsely distributed, especially during episodic events such as wildfires ...
Nico Schulte, Xiang Li, Jo Kay Ghosh, Philip M Fine, Scott A Epstein   +4 more
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Ultrathin-strut biodegradable polymer versus durable polymer drug-eluting stents: a meta-analysis

Open Heart, 2020
Objectives Determine whether an ultrathin biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent (‘Orsiro’—BP-SES) has clinical benefits over second-generation durable polymer drug-eluting stents (DP-DES).Methods We conducted a prospective systematic review and ...
Michael Parkinson, Mohammad Riashad Monjur, Christian F Said, Paul Bamford, Richard Szirt, Thomas Ford   +5 more
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Being away from home for cancer treatment: a qualitative study of patient experience and supportive care needs during radiation therapy

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2022
Introduction Supportive care needs (SCN) refer to support required by patients and their families to better cope with cancer. Many rural radiation therapy (RT) patients stay away from home for significant periods, which can lead to the negative effects ...
Vanessa Knibbs, Stephen Manley
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Start small and let it build; a mixed-method evaluation of a school-based physical activity program, Kilometre Club

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Despite the benefits of physical activity, there is minimal research focusing on factors that influence real-world school-based physical activity programs. Kilometre (KM) Club is an Australian grassroots program which aims to increase physical
Teisha Schirmer, Andrew Bailey, Nicola Kerr, Alison Walton, Linda Ferrington, Michael E. Cecilio   +5 more
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Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall and Winds near the South Coast of China

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2018
The characteristics and mechanisms of diurnal rainfall and winds near the south coast of China are explored using satellite data (CMORPH), long-term hourly WRF Model data (Du model data), a simple 2D linear model, and 2D idealized simulations.
Yu Du, R. Rotunno
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Risk factors associated with rural water supply failure: A 30-year retrospective study of handpumps on the south coast of Kenya.

Science of the Total Environment, 2018
An improved understanding of failure risks for water supplies in rural sub-Saharan Africa will be critical to achieving the global goal of safe water for all by 2030.
T. Foster, J. Willetts, M. Lane, P. Thomson, Jacob Katuva, R. Hope   +5 more
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High time-resolution and time-integrated measurements of particulate metals and elements in an environmental justice community within the Los Angeles Basin: Spatio-temporal trends and source apportionment

Atmospheric Environment: X, 2020
The Los Angeles Basin is home to several environmental justice communities that are disproportionately impacted by localized sources of air pollution.
Sina Hasheminassab, Mohammad H. Sowlat, Payam Pakbin, Aaron Katzenstein, Jason Low, Andrea Polidori   +5 more
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Phytoliths as an indicator of early modern humans plant gathering strategies, fire fuel and site occupation intensity during the Middle Stone Age at Pinnacle Point 5-6 (south coast, South Africa)

PLoS ONE, 2018
The study of plant remains in archaeological sites, along with a better understanding of the use of plants by prehistoric populations, can help us shed light on changes in survival strategies of hunter-gatherers and consequent impacts on modern human ...
I. Esteban, C. Marean, Erich C. Fisher, P. Karkanas, D. Cabanes, R. Albert   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination: do older people know if they have been vaccinated?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objective: To estimate influenza and pneumococcal immunisation rates by self‐report and validate this with immunisation providers. Method: A random population telephone survey.
Alice Laurence, Peter Lewis, Colleen Gately, Andrew Dixon   +3 more
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Towards the Development of a Sensor Educational Toolkit to Support Community and Citizen Science

Sensors, 2022
As air quality sensors increasingly become commercially available, a deeper consideration of their usability and usefulness is needed to ensure effective application by the public.
Ashley Collier-Oxandale, Vasileios Papapostolou, Brandon Feenstra, Berj Der Boghossian, Andrea Polidori   +4 more
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