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Interior Department boosts restoration
The largest manager of public lands in the United States last week announced it will manage them to promote ecological stewardship, while continuing to allow extractive commercial uses such as mining, oil drilling, and cattle grazing. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oversees nearly 1 million square kilometers of federal land, about 10% of the country’s landmass, mostly in Western states. Under a rule issued on 18 April,
BLM will now assess the ecological condition of all hectares it manages
, not just grazing land. The agency will a...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 25, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
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One Wednesday in May 2023, a small group gathered at an outdoor café in Barcelona, Spain, sipping coffee in t...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 25, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Decline in the Conception Rate of Wild Japanese Monkeys after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident
We examined the conception rate of wild Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) in Fukushima City that were exposed to radiation as a result of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. The conception rate in the year of delivery from 2009 to 2022 was estimated by dissecting individuals that were euthanized by the government for population control as a countermeasure against crop damage. To evaluate the effects of exposure, the cumulative exposure dose for each individual was calculated using the concentration of radiocesium deposited in the soil at the capture site and the concentration of radiocesium in...
Source: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - April 25, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shin-Ichi Hayama Setsuko Nakanishi Aki Tanaka Takuya Kato Chinatsu Watanabe Nobutaka Kikuchi Risa Danjo Ayano Matsuda Wakako Mori Yuki Kawabata Hikari Akiba Fumiharu Konno Yoshi Kawamoto Toshinori Omi Source Type: research
Advocating for Policy Change: Examples Emerging From a Medical-Legal Partnership in Primary Care
This study consisted of a document review and thematic analysis, triangulated with data from interviews with legal team members and health providers. We defined policy advocacy as actions associated with attempts to change policy or legislation. The medical-legal partnership engaged in seven distinct cases of policy advocacy: disability support form requirements, changing workplace review, challenging barriers to citizenship, housing, publicly funded medication program (pharma care), safe injection sites, and the need for increased social assistance. Actions taken included presentations at conferences and submissions of br...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nishwa Shah Kim Radford Steve Durant Rami Shoucri Jennifer Stone Navindra Persaud Andrew D Pinto Source Type: research
Buprenorphine prescribing and treatment accessibility in response to regulation changes due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
This study aims to explore trends in buprenorphine treatment initiation pre- and post-public health emergency to evaluate changes in the context of X-waiver relaxations and telehealth allowances. (Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment)
Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - April 25, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Taylor J. Paiva, Rachel S. Wightman, Kristen St. John, Adam Z. Nitenson, Collette Onyejekwe, Benjamin D. Hallowell Source Type: research
Policy Reform on the Qualification Pathway of Internationally Educated Nurses in Greenland and Its Relationship With the Danish System: A Qualitative Discourse Analysis
This article aimed to analyze existing policies and propose recommendations for an independent registration process for IENs in Greenland. A qualitative discourse analysis was used to critically discuss existing policies and regulations governing nursing registration in Greenland. Relevant legislation, government reports, and official documents were reviewed. Legislative regulations protect the title of registered nurse in both Greenland and Denmark. To work in Greenland, an IEN must have a residence permit. With recent health agreements between Greenland and Denmark, both countries have streamlined the permit acquisition ...
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Floro Cubelo Source Type: research
A decision support system for localized planning of reclaimed water around wastewater treatment plants
This study aims to develop a decision support system for integrated water and wastewater management (DSS_IWWM), targeted towards reuse-focused selection of appropriate wastewater treatment technology, and localized planning around STPs in terms of reclaimed water demand identification, estimation, allocation, and sustainable pricing. The developed DSS_IWWM comprises of a repository of fourteen reuse purposes, reuse quality criteria, and 25 wastewater treatment technologies (WWTTs) in 360 combinations. It is sensitive to local resource scenarios and applies a socioeconomic and technology-focused methodology for addressing t...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - April 24, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ria Ranjan Srivastava Prabhat Kumar Singh Source Type: research
Policy Reform on the Qualification Pathway of Internationally Educated Nurses in Greenland and Its Relationship With the Danish System: A Qualitative Discourse Analysis
This article aimed to analyze existing policies and propose recommendations for an independent registration process for IENs in Greenland. A qualitative discourse analysis was used to critically discuss existing policies and regulations governing nursing registration in Greenland. Relevant legislation, government reports, and official documents were reviewed. Legislative regulations protect the title of registered nurse in both Greenland and Denmark. To work in Greenland, an IEN must have a residence permit. With recent health agreements between Greenland and Denmark, both countries have streamlined the permit acquisition ...
Source: Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice - April 24, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Floro Cubelo Source Type: research
Malaria in a vulnerable population living in quilombo remnant communities in the Brazilian Amazon: a cross-sectional study from 2005-2020
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2024 Apr 19;66:e25. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202466025. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTQuilombo remnant communities are areas officially recognized by the Brazilian government as historical communities founded by formerly enslaved individuals. These communities are mostly located in the endemic areas of malaria in the Brazilian Amazon. We retrospectively described the prevalence of malaria among individuals living in 32 recognized quilombo remnant communities in the Baiao and Oriximina municipalities located in the Para State. The number of malaria cases and the Annual Parasitic Incidence (API) recorde...
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - April 24, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Beatriz Costa Ribeiro Carla Gisele R Garcia Lilian J éssica Passos Lima Jo ão F Guerreiro Marinete Marins P óvoa Maristela G Cunha Source Type: research
Policy Reform on the Qualification Pathway of Internationally Educated Nurses in Greenland and Its Relationship With the Danish System: A Qualitative Discourse Analysis
This article aimed to analyze existing policies and propose recommendations for an independent registration process for IENs in Greenland. A qualitative discourse analysis was used to critically discuss existing policies and regulations governing nursing registration in Greenland. Relevant legislation, government reports, and official documents were reviewed. Legislative regulations protect the title of registered nurse in both Greenland and Denmark. To work in Greenland, an IEN must have a residence permit. With recent health agreements between Greenland and Denmark, both countries have streamlined the permit acquisition ...
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Floro Cubelo Source Type: research
Exploring barriers to access to care following the 2021 socio-political changes in Afghanistan: a qualitative study
Following the change of government in August 2021, the social and economic landscape of Afghanistan deteriorated into an economic and humanitarian crisis. Afghans continue to struggle to access basic healthcar... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alessandro Lamberti-Castronuovo, Martina Valente, Francesca Bocchini, Monica Trentin, Michela Paschetto, Ghulam Ali Bahdori, Jan Agha Khadem, Mirza Sayed Nadeem, Mohammad Hanif Patmal, Mohammad Tawoos Alizai, Rossella Miccio and Luca Ragazzoni Tags: Research Source Type: research
The Maldives is racing to create new land. Why are so many people concerned?
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01157-7The island nation is expanding its territory by dredging up sediment from the ocean floor. But scientists, former government officials and activists say such reclamation can harm marine ecosystems and make the country more vulnerable to rising seas. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 24, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Jesse Chase-Lubitz Source Type: research
NIH boosts pay for postdocs and graduate students
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced pay increases today for early-career scientists who are recipients of its Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSAs), after an
NIH advisory group recommended raises in December 2023
. Postdocs will now be paid at least $61,008, an increase of $4500 over their current minimum salary level—though still below the advisory group’s recommendation of $70,000. Graduate students will receive a $1000 raise, bringing their minimum to $28,224. NIH also announced a $500 increase in child care subsidies for early-career researchers who are parents.
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Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 23, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Surface water quality index forecasting using multivariate complementing approach reinforced with locally weighted linear regression model
This study used a unique hybrid model called MVMD-LWLR, which introduced an innovative method for forecasting BOD in the Klang River, Malaysia. The hybrid model combines a locally weighted linear regression (LWLR) model with a wavelet-based kernel function, along with multivariate variational mode decomposition (MVMD) for the decomposition of input variables. In addition, categorical boosting (Catboost) feature selection was used to discover and extract significant input variables. This combination of MVMD-LWLR and Catboost is the first use of such a complete model for predicting BOD levels in the given river environment. ...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - April 23, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tao Hai Iman Ahmadianfar Bijay Halder Salim Heddam Ahmed M Al-Areeq Vahdettin Demir Huseyin Cagan Kilinc Sani I Abba Mou Leong Tan Raad Z Homod Zaher Mundher Yaseen Source Type: research
Surveillance for Action: Operationalizing Private Sector Surveillance and Service Delivery across the Malaria Transmission Continuum
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230447. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0447. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite global recommendations that surveillance systems should capture malaria case data from both private and public sectors, the integration of private sector data into national systems remains a challenge for national malaria programs in high-burden settings. The WHO's Malaria Surveillance, Monitoring & Evaluation: A Reference Manual suggests eight general guidelines for conducting private sector surveillance. Practical operational guidance is needed to implement private sector surveillance and service delivery inte...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Erica Berlin Christopher Louren ço Stephen Poyer Source Type: research
