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Ecology
Bruce A. Menge
Summary: This study evaluated the empirical support for environmental stress models (ESMs) and found that consumer pressure on prey typically decreases with increasing environmental stress (consumer stress model; CSM), while prey pressure on consumers (prey stress model; PSM) occurs less frequently. This contrasts with a prior survey, suggesting that consumers are generally more suppressed by stress than prey. Therefore, increased climate change-induced environmental stress is likely to reduce the impacts of consumers on prey more often than the reverse.
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Automation & Control Systems
Lihao Yin, Huiyan Sang, Douglas J. Schnoebelen, Brian Wels, Don Simmons, Alyssa Mattson, Michael Schueller, Michael Pentella, Susie Y. Dai
Summary: Arsenic-contaminated groundwater is a global threat that impacts human health, especially for populations relying on private wells. Establishing an effective arsenic sampling and testing plan is crucial for mitigating health risks. The spatially adaptive sampling design method can effectively sample based on changes in contamination risk clusters, reducing arsenic risks.
CHEMOMETRICS AND INTELLIGENT LABORATORY SYSTEMS
(2021)
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Engineering, Environmental
Anh Van Le, E. Marie Muehe, Soeren Drabesch, Juan Lezama Pacheco, Timm Bayer, Prachi Joshi, Andreas Kappler, Muammar Mansor
Summary: Arsenic-bearing water treatment residuals from household sand filters can act as a secondary source of arsenic contamination in floodplain soils when disposed on top of the soil. Our study found that the soil provides bioavailable components that promote arsenic mobilization through microbial reduction, and the mobilization of arsenic as colloids is particularly important at the onset of reducing conditions but decreases over time.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Siv Hilde Berg, Marie Therese Shortt, Henriette Thune, Jo Roislien, Jane K. O'Hara, Daniel Adrian Lungu, Siri Wiig
Summary: This study explores how people use mental models to understand scientific information in the context of COVID-19 and apply it to their daily lives and behavior. The results show that people interpret medical and scientific words differently and have varying perceptions and behaviors related to health risk information. Therefore, targeted and balanced risk communication strategies are necessary in public health risk communication.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Frank Nyame-Asiamah, Bismark Yeboah Boasu, Peter Kawalek, Daniel Buor
Summary: This study explores how fire management authorities can involve nonexpert public in the fire risk communication process and increase their responsibility for effective fire management. The research findings suggest that although fire management authorities collaborate with stakeholders and use various communication methods, their efforts are not successful. Micro-entrepreneurs, on the other hand, seek to improve fire management outcomes through attitude change, law enforcement actions, strengthened security, and increased public trust. The study has implications for policymakers and risk communication authorities in developing countries to strengthen fire disaster policies and minimize the damaging effects of fire on livelihoods, businesses, properties, and environments.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Joanna Burger
Summary: This paper discusses the issues of risk communication from the perspective of the community and suggests a transformative approach that emphasizes the importance of community knowledge and cultural traditions.
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Biology
Sarah Garlick, Kathy Fallon
Summary: Despite the growing interest in science communication and public engagement, there is a significant gap between theory and practice in the scientific community. The field of science engagement is fragmented, with knowledge spread across different discourses. This article introduces the ECO framework, which integrates evidence and theory from various discourses to promote effective science engagement practices. By planning engagement activities with attention to three key modes of engagement, scientists and research organizations can better address the need for stronger connections between science and society.
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Environmental Sciences
Meifen Wu, Ruyin Long, Yun Bai, Hong Chen
Summary: The study found that environmental communication research has received widespread attention since the beginning of the 21st century, with 2010 being an important turning point, showing a trend towards interdisciplinary development. Climate change, as a hot issue, has attracted the most attention, but there is still a lack of international cooperation in the field.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Donele Wilkins, Amy J. Schulz
Summary: Communities affected by environmental exposures and health disparities recognize the role of racism in shaping these risks. More researchers are focusing on racism as a fundamental driver of racial inequities in environmental health. Research and funding institutions are committed to addressing structural racism. This article discusses strategies for taking explicitly antiracist approaches to community engagement in environmental health research.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
(2023)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Qiao Yi Chen, Max Costa
Summary: Arsenic, a naturally occurring metalloid that can be metabolized inside human body, is pervasive in nature and anthropogenic sources, leading to human exposure to this toxic and carcinogenic element. Approximately 200 million people worldwide are exposed to potentially toxic levels of arsenic, prompting substantial research and mitigation efforts to combat this extensive public health issue.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY, VOL 61, 2021
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Maolin Yao, Qibing Zeng, Peng Luo, Baofei Sun, Bing Liang, Shaofeng Wei, Yuyan Xu, Qingling Wang, Qizhan Liu, Aihua Zhang
Summary: Exposure to arsenic-contaminated air and food caused by burning coal in unventilated indoor stoves is a significant environmental public health concern in Guizhou Province, China. The study revealed that arsenic exposure from coal burning may lead to liver damage.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Tina Janes, Tania Signal, Barbra Zupan
Summary: The study found that contact with speech pathologists is a strong predictor of mental health providers' knowledge of the speech pathology profession, and increasing this contact may promote the inclusion of speech pathologists in the mental health domain.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ozge Karadag, Cengiz Kilic, Edip Kaya, Sarp Uner
Summary: Researching mental health issues and barriers to care among refugees in urban areas of Turkey presents challenges such as collecting data from a highly traumatized population, contacting undocumented asylum seekers, managing secondary traumatization risks among data collectors, and dealing with bureaucracy during study approval processes. Targeting a representative sample is difficult due to lack of demographic data, presence of undocumented asylum seekers, and high mobility among refugees.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Taro Kusama, Kenji Takeuchi, Sakura Kiuchi, Jun Aida, Ken Osaka
Summary: This study investigated the association between oral health and the development of dementia among older adults, and found significant associations between poor oral health and increased risk of dementia.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Amelia K. Smit, David Espinoza, Georgina L. Fenton, Judy Kirk, Jessica S. Innes, Michael McGovern, Sharne Limb, Erin Turbitt, Anne E. Cust
Summary: Personalized polygenic risk information can be effectively communicated through genetic counselor phone calls to guide risk-based melanoma prevention and early detection. The acceptability of these phone calls was generally high, but varied based on gender, health literacy, and polygenic risk group. The discussions during the calls mainly focused on the impact of past sun exposure on personal melanoma risk.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
