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Evaluating the realism of double moment parameterised particle size distributions in a midlatitude frontal ice cloud with complex microphysics

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
Uncertainties in the representation of ice particle size distributions (PSDs) cause inaccuracies in parameterisations of clouds. In this study, observed PSDs from a midlatitude frontal case study are compared with gamma PSDs with the same concentration and ice water content.
Rosie M. Mammatt, Christopher D. Westbrook, Jonathan Crosier, Karina McCusker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oral health beliefs and oral hygiene behaviours among parents of urban Alaska Native children

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2019
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children have a prevalence rate of early childhood caries 5 times that of the overall US population. Oral hygiene and oral health beliefs have not been described among AI/AN parents. This study explored constructs of
Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka, Jamuir M. Robinson, Robert Greenlee, Amany Refaat   +3 more
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Completion of four or more ANC visits among women of reproductive age in Iganga district in Uganda: a quantitative study on the role of service-level factors

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Evidence indicates that antenatal care (ANC) has both indirect and direct effects on maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality reduction. In Uganda, the ANC attendance rate stands at 97.3% for one visit, but 59.9% for four or more visits.
Lorna Barungi Muhirwe, Magdeline Aagard
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing Infrastructure Resilience in Service Utilities through Embedding Versatility in System Architecture

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Enhancing infrastructure resilience, a key component of transforming and sustainably developing service utilities, requires a transdisciplinary and systems engineering framework. Addressing vulnerabilities in system architecture offers opportunities for resilience improvements, thereby mitigating the environmental, social, and economic impacts
Bob Hasanabadi, Graeme W. Troxell, Steven A. Conrad   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electrochemical and Physicochemical Characterizations of Butylsulfate-Based Ionic Liquids

International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2012
A series of butylsulfate-based ionic liquids (ILs) are prepared using butylsulfate anions with various cations, the influences of ring structural variations of cations on their thermal property, electrochemical window, density, viscosity, and ionic ...
I-Wen Sun, Yuan-Chung Lin, Bor-Kuan Chen, Chung-Wen Kuo, Chi-Chang Chen, Shyh-Gang Su, Pin-Rong Chen, Tzi-Yi Wu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public Inquiries and UK Press Regulation: A Case of ‘Fading into Forgetfulness’?

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Why were the proposals for reform of UK press regulation made by Lord Leveson in 2012 not implemented in full, despite popular and parliamentary support for the report's recommendations, and despite the creation of the legal framework for the reformed system of regulation?
John Street, Michael Harker, Samuel Cross   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversities in the place of delivery choice: a study among expectant mothers in Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background In this study, the factors that influence the choice of place of delivery among expectant mothers in both rural and urban settings in the northern part of Ghana were identified and compared using the conceptual framework provided by Thaddeus ...
Mahama Ibrahim Baba, Kofi Adesi Kyei, Justina Baaba Kyei, Joseph Daniels, Isaac Justice Kobina Biney, John Oswald, Patrick Tschida, Michael Brunet   +7 more
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Growth and Variation in Fallow Deer (Dama dama L.) From Two Contrasting Habitats in Southern Britain

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We have compiled a unique data set on the age, sex, body weight and dimensions of over 500 European fallow deer from two contrasting areas of habitat in southern England: a high‐density managed parkland population and a lower‐density feral woodland one.
Adrian M. Lister, Norma G. Chapman
wiley   +1 more source

Estratégias sociais criativas em Barcelona. O caso do Walden-7 [PDF]

Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia, 2010
Creative social strategies in Barcelona. The Walden-7 case.The metropolis of Barcelona is widely recognised as an innovating milieu. This article focuses on the conditions and opportunities the city offers for social innovation, that is to say the ...
Isabel Margarida André, Muriel Rousselle   +1 more
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Measuring outrage through a quantitative study of Iraqi immigrants in Michigan

Cogent Social Sciences, 2017
Objectives: To measure the outrage towards five top hazards in Michigan of Iraqi immigrants from Sterling Heights and Dearborn, Michigan to enhance communication efforts.
Kerry Chamberlain, C.J. Schumaker, Madiha Tariq   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source