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Disease mapping models for data with weak spatial dependence or spatial discontinuities
(De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston., 2020-01-01)
© 2020 Helena Baptista et al., published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2020. Recent advances in the spatial epidemiology literature have extended traditional approaches by including determinant disease factors that allow ...
Systematic Analysis of the Relative Abundance of Polymers Occurring as Microplastics in Freshwaters and Estuaries
(MDPI AG, 2020-12-12)
Despite growing interest in the environmental impact of microplastics, a standardized characterization method is not available. We carried out a systematic analysis of reliable global data detailing the relative abundance ...
Making a Place for the Next Generation of Geoscientists
(American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2020-11-06)
<jats:p>Early-career scientists from the AGU Mentoring Network discuss how the global pandemic has exacerbated long-standing issues with the availability of positions in and the diversity of the geosciences.</jats:p>
Geographical Aspects of Recent Trends in Drug-Related Deaths, with a Focus on Intra-National Contextual Variation.
(2020-11-02)
BACKGROUND: Recent worldwide estimates are of 53 million users of opioids annually, and of 585,000 drug-related deaths, of which two thirds are due to opioids. There are considerable international differences in levels of ...