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Showing 1 to 20 of 164 for “"Urban population"”.
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Incidence of heart failure in an urban population
… the thesis was to study heart failure (HF) in an urban population, with reference to immigrant status, biological, life style and socioeconomic risk factors. The thesis is based on four papers. Paper I included inhabitants (N=114,917; aged 40-89 years) in the city of Malmö, Sweden, followed from …
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Novel risk factors for atrial fibrillation in an urban population
… sustained cardiac arrhythmia in the general population, and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Low-grade inflammation, erythrocyte volume variation, and subclinical atherosclerosis have repeatedly been associated with cardiovascular disease, but it remains unclear whether these risk …
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Beliefs about Diet and Colorectal Cancer Prevention in an Urban Population
… between beliefs and food intake in an urban and predominantly immigrant sample of men and women. Findings revealed that most people may already believe dietary factors can prevent CRC, and therefore nutrition education efforts should capitalize on these perspectives to encourage healthy …
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On urban population densities: some sociepetal and sociofugal components of human interaction.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning. Thesis. 1965. M.C.P.
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Epidemiology of stroke in an urban population - aspects of time, place and person
… the epidemiology of stroke in Malmö, Sweden, an urban population of approximately 250000 inhabitants. Incidence of stroke in Malmö has been monitored since 1989. The National census investigation in 1990 was used to get information about the background population in the city. Previous studies of …
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Space-time modeling of urban population daily travel-activity patterns using GPS trajectory data
… aims to develop effective methods to model urban population collective activity patterns and individual daily T-A patterns. To accomplish this, the proposed method for modeling collective activity patterns identified the locations and times of activity hot spots in a large, metropolitan …
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The Housing Model xiaoqu: the Expression of an Increasing Polarization of the Urban Population in Chinese Cities?
… generated different types of housing in the urban areas. The housing model xiaoqu which has its origins in the "neighborhood unit" as well as the Soviet-style "microdistrict" is the central issue of this study. As housing development has been very diverse among different metropolitan areas, a …
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The Value of Inclusion of the Peri-Urban Interface on Quality of Life for the Urban Population
This paper examines peri-urban space existing separate from the urban fabric and often in between urban and rural landscapes. This is a largely neglected area and often considered by each side as belonging to the other. Contemporary studies identify two sides associated with the rural-urban fringe: …
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Analysis of intra-urban population movement in large urbanized areas in the United States between 1950 and 1970
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Resource Development, 1975
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Effect of initial antiretroviral regime on virological suppression in children in a Southern African urban population: a retrospective record review
Background Since 2010, adult studies and clinical concerns about stavudine (d4T) toxicity had led to the phasing out of d4T from many antiretroviral treatment (ART) guidelines globally with substitution by abacavir. Recent studies, within Southern Africa, however have shown poorer virological …
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Illness Among the Aged: A Study of the Determinants of the Perception of Levels of Health in an Indigent, Urban Population
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T17:49:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7207076.pdf: 10364378 bytes, checksum: f5328d1ade08856818631d14210e1c87 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1971
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Foraging habits, population changes, and gull-human interactions in an urban population of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus)
… breeding gull in the UK, many of which live in urban areas. The main urban colonists are Herring gulls (HG; Larus argentatus) and Lesser Black-backed gulls (LB; Larus fuscus). In some urban areas, they are considered a nuisance, although overall gull numbers are declining, and all breeding gulls …
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Therapeutic and virological outcomes in adults living with HIV / AID at 6 and 12 months after initiation of first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy in an urban population in Namibia
… antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in an urban population in Namibia. The distribution of viral load results showed a low uptake (35%) of virological monitoring at 6 month time point and even lower (12%) at 12 months. A conservative viral load threshold for virological response is required …
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Spatially explicit humid heat stress projections in urban environments under climate change
Urban areas are centered at the intersection of a changing climate and increasing urban population as drivers of climate change, homes to urban populations and ecosystems, and hubs of potential to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Through their modification of the environment and unique …
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Dynamics of Economic Corruption
… have floundered. This dissertation argues that urban population density is a major underlying factor of economic corruption that previous studies have never considered before. Increased population density communicate bribe success information rapidly and resistance to it becomes muted as more …
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Promoting an affordable housing market: an institutional analysis
… provision of housing for a fast growing urban population is leading to squatter settlements and slums. Some view this informal sector as a way of fulfilling the shelter needs of the urban population. The informal housing market, however, is not an acceptable solution, as the urban poor …
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Health impacts from urban air pollution in China : the burden to the economy and the benefits of policy
In China, elevated levels of urban air pollution result in significant adverse health impacts for its large and rapidly growing urban population. An expanded version of the Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis (EPPA), EPPA Health Effects China (EPPA-HEC), was used to evaluate air …
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