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Walkability and Urban Capabilities: evaluation and Planning Decision Support [PDF]

Territorio Italia, 2015
We propose a methodology for the evaluation of urban walkability, and the related software tool for decision and planning support. In the introduction, we discuss the relevance of the concept of walkability for urban quality of life, and attempt to place
Ivan Blečić, Arnaldo Cecchini, Giovanna Fancello, Valentina Talu, Giuseppe A. Trunfio   +4 more
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Walkability Audit Tool [PDF]

Workplace Health & Safety, 2015
Walking is one of the simplest lifestyle changes workers can make to improve their health. Research shows a wealth of health benefits. Often, occupational and environmental health nurses are in charge of implementing walking programs. A tool is needed to continuously improve a company’s walking program whether in the beginning stages or to an already ...
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Evaluating Matrix Factorization Techniques for Thematic Mapping of Wilderness Walkability Using Multiple GPX Datasets [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Quantitative thematic mapping of walkability in wilderness areas is challenging due to sparse and unreliable data. Unlike urban walkability, which depends on built infrastructure, wilderness walkability is influenced by natural terrain features such as ...
L. Šerić, B. Draško, A. Ivanda
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Misperception of Body Weight After Childhood Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Misperception of body weight can negatively impact the weight management efforts of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Both being overweight or underweight are associated with chronic health conditions commonly observed in CCS; therefore, accurate weight perception is critical for reducing long‐term health risks.
Fabiën N. Belle, Tomáš Sláma, Eva Haegler‐Laube, Reto D. Kurmann, Gabriela M. Kuster, Christoph Saner, Eva Scheler, Yara Shoman, Christina Schindera   +8 more
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Measuring Perceived Walkability at the City Scale Using Open Data

Land
The walkability of the built environment has been shown to be critical to the health of residents, and open data have been widely used to assess walkability.
Yang Ye, Chaozhi Jia, Stephan Winter
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Assessing walkability

Western Geography, 2016
Walkability, a measure of how well-suited an area is to walking, has often been quantified through walkability index audits. This study aims to compare the indices of Pedestrian Environment Data Scan (PEDS), Pedestrian Environmental Quality Index (PEQI), and Walk Score in the study area of the James Kennedy Elementary School catchment zone in the ...
Amanda Heineman, Geraldine J. Jordan
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Reassessing Bone Marrow Aspirate and Trephine Biopsies in Staging for Paediatric and Young Adult Patients With Ewing Sarcoma and Rhabdomyosarcoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ewing sarcoma (ES) and rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) are aggressive malignancies in children and adolescents where metastases impact prognosis. 18F‐fluoro‐2‐deoxy‐d‐glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG‐PET/CT) and bone marrow aspirate and trephine biopsies (BMAT) are used to identify disease involvement.
Imogen Andrews, Bruce Goodwin, Lauren Buckley, Rick Walker   +3 more
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The mediating role of visual behavior in perceived walkability evaluation

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
Past studies used street-view images to directly analyze the effect of visual environments on perceived walkability. There is a gap in understanding how eye movement mediates the results of perceived walkability evaluations.
Congying Fang, Riken Homma, Tianfu Qiu, Qikang Zhong   +3 more
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Development of a novel walkability index for London, United Kingdom: cross-sectional application to the Whitehall II Study

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Physical activity is essential for health; walking is the easiest way to incorporate activity into everyday life. Previous studies report positive associations between neighbourhood walkability and walking but most focused on cities in North ...
Jemima C. Stockton, Oliver Duke-Williams, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Jennifer S. Mindell, Eric J. Brunner, Nicola J. Shelton   +5 more
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Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
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