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View article: Ensemble learning for enhancing critical infrastructure resilience to urban flooding
Ensemble learning for enhancing critical infrastructure resilience to urban flooding Open
Extreme rainfall and flooding severely impact urban systems by disrupting access to critical services, interrupting mobility, and posing challenges for emergency management. Accurate road network flood prediction remains challenging due to…
View article: Refining the definitions of cultural safety, cultural competency and Indigenous health: lessons from Aotearoa New Zealand
Refining the definitions of cultural safety, cultural competency and Indigenous health: lessons from Aotearoa New Zealand Open
Eliminating Indigenous and ethnic health inequities requires culturally-competent and culturally-safe health workforces and systems. Health professional training institutions and regulatory bodies are increasingly including cultural compet…
View article: The Rate of Procedures Required to Maintain Hemodialysis Vascular Access
The Rate of Procedures Required to Maintain Hemodialysis Vascular Access Open
Key Points In patients new to hemodialysis, the rate of procedures to maintain hemodialysis vascular access was 0.71 per patient-year. The hazard of procedures differed by sex, body mass index, era, and treatment center and were higher in …
View article: Geographic variation in kidney failure and transplantation in Aotearoa New Zealand: A population‐based data linkage study
Geographic variation in kidney failure and transplantation in Aotearoa New Zealand: A population‐based data linkage study Open
Aim This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in Aotearoa New Zealand and assess the impact of residential location on access to kidney transplantation. Methods AcceSS and Equity in Transplantation (…
View article: Meteorological conditions and behavioral spatial cognition: A critical review for decision-making amid environmental risk
Meteorological conditions and behavioral spatial cognition: A critical review for decision-making amid environmental risk Open
Human visuospatial cognition plays a critical role in risk perception and resultant decision-making. In the context of hazardous meteorological conditions, risk communication aspiring to encourage desired protective action decision-making …
View article: Towards development of a roadway flood severity index
Towards development of a roadway flood severity index Open
Flooding is among the costliest and deadliest weather disasters. Moreover, different types of flooding have significant impacts on the transportation network and infrastructure including flash, riverine, urban, coastal, and storm surge. Th…
View article: Investigation of winter weather crash injury severity using winter storm classification techniques
Investigation of winter weather crash injury severity using winter storm classification techniques Open
This study employs a unique methodology for analyzing seasonal traffic crashes by first identifying adverse winter-weather events using traditional traffic-crash data (from Nebraska) and correlating them to detailed meteorological data for…
View article: The Relationships between Adverse Weather, Traffic Mobility, and Driver Behavior
The Relationships between Adverse Weather, Traffic Mobility, and Driver Behavior Open
Adverse weather conditions impact mobility, safety, and the behavior of drivers on roads. In an average year, approximately 21% of U.S. highway crashes are weather-related. Collectively, these crashes result in over 5300 fatalities each ye…
View article: Consumer values, perspectives and experiences of psychological health when living with dialysis at home: An in-depth interview study
Consumer values, perspectives and experiences of psychological health when living with dialysis at home: An in-depth interview study Open
Background: People treated with home dialysis report social and emotional isolation, fear of catastrophic events and concern about being a burden. There is a paucity of research exploring psychological well-being among consumers dialysing …
View article: #3159 IMPACT OF MENTAL ILLNESS ON POST-TRANSPLANTATION OUTCOMES IN NEW ZEALAND: THE ASSET-MH DATA LINKAGE STUDY
#3159 IMPACT OF MENTAL ILLNESS ON POST-TRANSPLANTATION OUTCOMES IN NEW ZEALAND: THE ASSET-MH DATA LINKAGE STUDY Open
Background and Aims People with severe mental illness are 6 times more likely to develop kidney disease. Mental illness is overrepresented in the kidney failure population. Up to 40% of dialysis patients are affected by depression and anxi…
View article: Snow coverage estimation using camera data for automated driving applications
Snow coverage estimation using camera data for automated driving applications Open
In the U.S., over 38,000 fatalities occur every year due to automotive accidents where 24% of these accidents are attributable to inclement weather. Automated driving systems have shown to decrease up to 21% of potential collisions, howeve…
View article: AcceSS and Equity in Transplantation (ASSET) New Zealand: Protocol for population-wide data linkage platform to investigate equity in access to kidney failure health services in New Zealand
AcceSS and Equity in Transplantation (ASSET) New Zealand: Protocol for population-wide data linkage platform to investigate equity in access to kidney failure health services in New Zealand Open
Background Kidney transplantation is considered the ideal treatment for most people with kidney failure, conferring both survival and quality of life advantages, and is more cost effective than dialysis. Yet, current health systems may ser…
View article: Correlating Machine Learning Classi cation of Traf c Camera Images with Snow-related Vehicular Crashes in New York State
Correlating Machine Learning Classi cation of Traf c Camera Images with Snow-related Vehicular Crashes in New York State Open
Millions of motor vehicle crashes and tens of thousands of resulting deaths occur each year in the United States. While it is well known that wintry conditions make driving more difficult and dangerous, it is difficult to quantify and comm…
View article: "We Need a System that's not Designed to Fail Māori": Experiences of Racism Related to Kideny Transplantation in Aotearoa New Zealand
"We Need a System that's not Designed to Fail Māori": Experiences of Racism Related to Kideny Transplantation in Aotearoa New Zealand Open
BackgroundReported experiences of racism in Aotearoa New Zealand are consistently associated with negative measures of health, self-rated health, life satisfaction, and reduced access to high quality healthcare with subsequent poor health …
View article: Image processing algorithms to remove aerosols from solar coronal images
Image processing algorithms to remove aerosols from solar coronal images Open
Coronal mass ejections, which are explosions of solar material and energy into space, pose a potential threat to satellite and electrical grid infrastructures, yet little is known about the solar corona. Various questions exist, relating t…
View article: Will Weather Dampen Self-Driving Vehicles?
Will Weather Dampen Self-Driving Vehicles? Open
Innovative technologies that support implementation of automated vehicles continue to develop at a rapid pace. These advances strive to increase efficiency and safety throughout the global transportation network. One important challenge to…
View article: Developing a Department of Transportation Winter Severity Index
Developing a Department of Transportation Winter Severity Index Open
Adverse weather conditions are responsible for millions of vehicular crashes, thousands of deaths, and billions of dollars per year in economic and congestion costs. Many transportation agencies utilize a performance or mobility metric to …
View article: Development of the Nebraska Department of Transportation Winter Severity Index
Development of the Nebraska Department of Transportation Winter Severity Index Open
Adverse weather conditions are responsible for millions of vehicular crashes, thousands of vehicular deaths and billions of dollars in economic and congestion costs. Many transportation agencies utilize a performance or mobility metric to …
View article: Road Weather Impact Based Decision Support Applications: Developing A Department Of Transportation Winter Severity Index
Road Weather Impact Based Decision Support Applications: Developing A Department Of Transportation Winter Severity Index Open
Adverse weather conditions are responsible for millions of vehicular crashes, thousands of vehicular deaths and billions of dollars in economic and congestion costs. Many transportation agencies utilize a performance or mobility metric to …
View article: Bedside direct observation of medical student-performed physical examination is highly rated in student satisfaction
Bedside direct observation of medical student-performed physical examination is highly rated in student satisfaction Open
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Objectives: To evaluate satisfaction among third year medical students with a bedside teaching exercise comprised of direct observation of student-performed physical examina…