Results 21 to 30 of about 54,774 (262)

Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Altered Ecological Flows Blur Boundaries in Urbanizing Watersheds

Ecology and Society, 2009
The relevance of the boundary concept to ecological processes has been recently questioned. Humans in the post-industrial era have created novel lateral transport fluxes that have not been sufficiently considered in watershed studies.
Todd R. Lookingbill, Sujay S. Kaushal, Andrew J. Elmore, Robert Gardner, Keith N. Eshleman, Robert H. Hilderbrand, Raymond P. Morgan, Walter R. Boynton, Margaret A. Palmer, William C. Dennison   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noninvasive tests for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in a multi‐ethnic population: The HELIUS study

Hepatology Communications, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing in prevalence and severity globally, prompting noninvasive testing, yet limited data exist on noninvasive liver tests (NITs) including transient elastography (TE) in ethnically diverse populations.
Anne‐Marieke van Dijk, Yasaman Vali, Anne Linde Mak, Henrike Galenkamp, Max Nieuwdorp, Bert‐Jan van den Born, Adriaan Georgius Holleboom   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

CLIM-SEG: A generalizable segmentation model for heat and flood risk mapping

Climate Risk Management
With the escalating impact of climate change coupled with increased urbanization, many cities will experience extreme heat events and intense flooding. Current modeling approaches often fail to incorporate high-resolution, frequently updated data sources,
Anushka Ray, Katherine Xu, Norhan Bayomi, John E. Fernandez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Material dependence of cities and implications for regional sustainability

Regional Sustainability, 2020
Cities rely on massive amounts of physical, chemical, and biological resources to support their growth and metabolism. These ‘metabolic inputs’ are accumulated in cities to form material stocks in buildings, infrastructures, transportation facilities ...
Yupeng Liu, Jiajia Li, Linlin Duan, Min Dai, Wei-qiang Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Metabolism

, 2020
International ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Urban Heat Transition in Berlin: Corporate Strategies, Political Conflicts, and Just Solutions

Urban Planning, 2023
In the field of urban climate policy, heat production and demand are key sectors for achieving a sustainable city. Heat production has to shift from fossil to renewable energies, and the heat demand of most buildings has to be reduced significantly via ...
Hendrik Sander, Sören Weißermel
doaj   +1 more source

Más allá del petróleo: Una mirada al impacto de los autos eléctricos en las tres principales ciudades del Ecuador

ESTOA: Revista de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad de Cuenca, 2017
El propósito de este trabajo es estudiar el impacto del cambio de vehículos privados en las tres principales ciudades de Ecuador, y evaluar si la demanda de electricidad creada podría ser satisfecha por energías renovables ubicadas dentro de los límites ...
Michael Maks Davis
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability Assessment of the Anthropogenic System in Panama City: Application of Biomimetic Strategies towards Regenerative Cities

Biomimetics, 2021
To understand the sustainability problem for Panama’s metropolitan area, its urban metabolism was investigated. A way to evaluate its current state was obtained by estimating a sustainable indicator based on the Green City Index.
Andrea Quintero, Marichell Zarzavilla, Nathalia Tejedor-Flores, Dafni Mora, Miguel Chen Austin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soundscape for urban ecological security evaluation

Basic and Applied Ecology
The security of the Earth system has been extensively discussed through the concept of planetary boundaries, which hypothesizes the Anthropocene as the crisis for pushing environmental variables beyond safe limits.
Jingyi Wang, Chunming Li, Ziyan Yao, Shenghui Cui   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source