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View article: Impact of the Wood-Burning <i>Justa</i> Cookstove on Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c): A Stepped-Wedge Randomized Trial in Rural Honduras
Impact of the Wood-Burning <i>Justa</i> Cookstove on Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c): A Stepped-Wedge Randomized Trial in Rural Honduras Open
Our study provides novel evidence of exposure-response associations between household air pollution and HbA1c within a randomized cookstove trial, contributing to the evidence base necessary to support clean cooking policy initiatives. htt…
View article: Large Particle Emissions from Human Vocalization and Playing of Wind Instruments
Large Particle Emissions from Human Vocalization and Playing of Wind Instruments Open
Humans emit large salivary particles when talking, singing, and playing musical instruments, which have implications for respiratory disease transmission. Yet little work has been done to characterize the emission rates and size distributi…
View article: Impact of the wood-burning Justa stove on Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide: A stepped-wedge randomized trial in Honduras
Impact of the wood-burning Justa stove on Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide: A stepped-wedge randomized trial in Honduras Open
Background: In 2019, household air pollution from combustion related to household energy needs (e.g., cooking) was estimated to be responsible for 2.3 million premature deaths globally, including nearly 400,000 from chronic respiratory dis…
View article: Infinite Hidden Markov Models for Multiple Multivariate Time Series with Missing Data
Infinite Hidden Markov Models for Multiple Multivariate Time Series with Missing Data Open
Exposure to air pollution is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Recent technological advancements permit the collection of time-resolved personal exposure data. Such data are often incomplete with missing observations and e…
View article: Aerosol emissions from wind instruments: effects of performer age, sex, sound pressure level, and bell covers
Aerosol emissions from wind instruments: effects of performer age, sex, sound pressure level, and bell covers Open
Aerosol emissions from wind instruments are a suspected route of transmission for airborne infectious diseases, such as SARS-CoV-2. We evaluated aerosol number emissions (from 0.25 to 35.15 μm) from 81 volunteer performers of both sexes an…
View article: Reduced Black Carbon Concentrations following a Three-Year Stepped-Wedge Randomized Trial of the Wood-Burning <i>Justa</i> Cookstove in Rural Honduras
Reduced Black Carbon Concentrations following a Three-Year Stepped-Wedge Randomized Trial of the Wood-Burning <i>Justa</i> Cookstove in Rural Honduras Open
The Justa stove intervention substantially reduced BC concentrations, mitigating household air pollution and potentially benefitting human and climate health.
View article: Infinite Hidden Markov Models for Multiple Multivariate Time Series with Missing Data
Infinite Hidden Markov Models for Multiple Multivariate Time Series with Missing Data Open
Exposure to air pollution is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Recent technological advancements permit the collection of time-resolved personal exposure data. Such data are often incomplete with missing observations and e…
View article: Exposure to household air pollution from wood-burning cookstoves and C-reactive protein among women in rural Honduras
Exposure to household air pollution from wood-burning cookstoves and C-reactive protein among women in rural Honduras Open
Household air pollution from the burning of solid fuels is estimated to cause 1.6 million deaths annually and is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease risk can be assessed by C-reactive protein (CRP) l…
View article: Acute Differences in Inflammatory Biomarkers Following Controlled Exposures to Cookstove Air Pollution in the STOVES Study
Acute Differences in Inflammatory Biomarkers Following Controlled Exposures to Cookstove Air Pollution in the STOVES Study Open
Background/Aim: Household air pollution from cooking with solid fuels is an important risk factor for global morbidity and mortality. Improved cookstoves have been designed and distributed to reduce household air pollution exposures, but w…
View article: Effects of a randomized biomass cookstove intervention on glycated hemoglobin among women in Honduras
Effects of a randomized biomass cookstove intervention on glycated hemoglobin among women in Honduras Open
AIM: Using a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial, we evaluated impacts of the wood-burning Justa cookstove (engineered combustion chamber, chimney) on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) among rural Honduran women. METHODS: We enrolled 230 c…
View article: Acute differences in blood lipids and inflammatory biomarkers following controlled exposures to cookstove air pollution in the STOVES study
Acute differences in blood lipids and inflammatory biomarkers following controlled exposures to cookstove air pollution in the STOVES study Open
Household air pollution is a leading risk factor for morbidity and premature mortality. Numerous cookstoves have been developed to reduce household air pollution, but it is unclear whether such cookstoves meaningfully improve health. In a …
View article: Integrated Electricity– Heat–Gas Systems: Techno–Economic Modeling, Optimization, and Application to Multienergy Districts
Integrated Electricity– Heat–Gas Systems: Techno–Economic Modeling, Optimization, and Application to Multienergy Districts Open
Multienergy systems (MES) can optimally deploy their internal operational flexibility to use combinations of different energy vectors to meet the needs of end-users and potentially support the wider system. Key relevant applications of MES…
View article: Acute changes in lung function following controlled exposure to cookstove air pollution in the subclinical tests of volunteers exposed to smoke (STOVES) study
Acute changes in lung function following controlled exposure to cookstove air pollution in the subclinical tests of volunteers exposed to smoke (STOVES) study Open
Background: Exposure to household air pollution generated as a result of cooking and heating is a leading contributor to global disease. The effects of cookstove-generated air pollution on adult lung function, however, remain uncertain.Obj…
View article: Acute differences in blood lipids and inflammatory biomarkers following controlled exposures to cookstove air pollution in the STOVES study
Acute differences in blood lipids and inflammatory biomarkers following controlled exposures to cookstove air pollution in the STOVES study Open
Household air pollution is a leading risk factor for morbidity and premature mortality. Numerous cookstoves have been developed to reduce household air pollution, but it is unclear whether such cookstoves meaningfully improve health. In a …
View article: Acute changes in lung function following controlled exposure to cookstove air pollution in the Subclinical Tests on Volunteers Exposed to Smoke (SToVES) Study
Acute changes in lung function following controlled exposure to cookstove air pollution in the Subclinical Tests on Volunteers Exposed to Smoke (SToVES) Study Open
Background: Exposure to household air pollution generated as a result of cooking and heating is a leading contributor to global disease. The effects of cookstove-generated air pollution on adult lung function, however, remain uncertain. Ob…
View article: Acute changes in C-reactive protein and lipoproteins following controlled exposures to cookstove air pollution in the Subclinical Tests of Volunteers Exposed to Smoke (SToVES) Study
Acute changes in C-reactive protein and lipoproteins following controlled exposures to cookstove air pollution in the Subclinical Tests of Volunteers Exposed to Smoke (SToVES) Study Open
TPS 722: Low and middle income countries: indoor air pollutants, Exhibition Hall, Ground floor, August 28, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Background/Aim. Household air pollution from solid-fuel cookstoves is an important risk factor for morbidity…
View article: Acute changes in heart rate variability and cardiac repolarization following controlled exposure to cookstove air pollution: the Subclinical Tests of Volunteers Exposed to Smoke (STOVES) study
Acute changes in heart rate variability and cardiac repolarization following controlled exposure to cookstove air pollution: the Subclinical Tests of Volunteers Exposed to Smoke (STOVES) study Open
OPS 09: Cookstoves and children, Room 114, Floor 1, August 26, 2019, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Background: Household air pollution from solid fuel combustion for cooking and heating is an important risk factor for premature death and morbidity wor…
View article: Estimating minute ventilation and air pollution inhaled dose using heart rate, breath frequency, age, sex and forced vital capacity: A pooled-data analysis
Estimating minute ventilation and air pollution inhaled dose using heart rate, breath frequency, age, sex and forced vital capacity: A pooled-data analysis Open
Air pollution inhaled dose is the product of pollutant concentration and minute ventilation ([Formula: see text]). Previous studies have parameterized the relationship between [Formula: see text] and variables such as heart rate (HR) and h…
View article: Acute Effects on Blood Pressure Following Controlled Exposure to Cookstove Air Pollution in the STOVES Study
Acute Effects on Blood Pressure Following Controlled Exposure to Cookstove Air Pollution in the STOVES Study Open
Background Exposure to air pollution from solid fuel used in residential cookstoves is considered a leading environmental risk factor for disease globally, but evidence for this relationship is largely extrapolated from literature on smoki…
View article: Flexibility in Sustainable Electricity Systems: Multivector and Multisector Nexus Perspectives
Flexibility in Sustainable Electricity Systems: Multivector and Multisector Nexus Perspectives Open
As environmental concerns increase, researchers, policy makers, and the public in general are becoming more interested in options to make energy more sustainable while at the same time ensuring that energy systems are affordable, reliable,…
View article: Exposure to household air pollution from biomass cookstoves and self-reported symptoms among women in rural Honduras
Exposure to household air pollution from biomass cookstoves and self-reported symptoms among women in rural Honduras Open
Household air pollution from combustion of solid fuels is an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality, causing an estimated 2.6 million premature deaths globally in 2016. Self-reported health symptoms are a meaningful measure of q…
View article: Dataset associated with "Effects of fuel moisture content on emissions from a rocket-elbow cookstove"
Dataset associated with "Effects of fuel moisture content on emissions from a rocket-elbow cookstove" Open
Exposure to air pollution from solid-fuel cookstoves is a leading risk factor for premature death; however, the effect of fuel moisture content on air pollutant emissions from solid-fuel cookstoves remains poorly constrained. The objective…
View article: The Fort Collins commuter study: Variability in personal exposure to air pollutants by microenvironment
The Fort Collins commuter study: Variability in personal exposure to air pollutants by microenvironment Open
This study investigated the role of microenvironment on personal exposures to black carbon (BC), fine particulate mass (PM2.5 ), carbon monoxide (CO), and particle number concentration (PNC) among adult residents of Fort Collins, Colorado,…