Developing Land in Florida with Fire in Mind: Recommendations for Designers, Developers, and Decision Makers by Martha C. Monroe, Susan Marynowski

“…In 1998, fire destroyed or damaged 330 homes and businesses in Florida. Losses totaled more than $800 million. …”
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Elevated concentrations of quaternary ammonium compounds in childcare centers: A pilot study by Yao Cheng, Zhong Lv, Erika Schreder, Min Hu, Abby Mutic, Guomao Zheng, Amina Salamova

“…The QAC levels in dust from childcare centers were significantly higher than concentrations previosly reported in homes. The EDIs for BACs, DADMACs, and ATMACs via dust ingestion calculated based on the 95th percentile concentrations in childcare dust were up to 30 times higher than those for toddlers in residential homes. …”
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Assessing the impact of energy coaching with smart technology interventions to alleviate energy poverty by Joseph Llewellyn, Titus Venverloo, Fabio Duarte, Carlo Ratti, Cecilia Katzeff, Fredrik Johansson, Daniel Pargman

“…Abstract Energy poverty affects 550,000 homes in the Netherlands yet policy interventions to alleviate this issue are rare. …”
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Historia y memorias de la posguerra. Paracuellos y el recuerdo del Auxilio Social by Ángela Cenarro, Elena Masarah

“…In its most emblematic institution, the children’s homes, the children of the Republicans and the victims of war, reprisals or exile, as well as those of families devastated by destitution in the post-war, should become «active servants of a fair Spain». …”
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Closing the Gaps in Understanding PFAS Toxicology and Metabolism by Denise K. MacMillan, Barbara A. Wetmore, Subham Dasgupta, William S. Baldwin

“…Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are nearly ubiquitous and found in rivers, soils, atmosphere, food packaging, clothing, cosmetics, commercial products, homes, drinking water, and humans and other organisms [...]…”
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Irish residential heating demand profile datasetMendeley Data by John Curtis, Niall Farrell

“…The electrification of heating is government policy, with the ambition that hundreds of thousands of homes will switch from oil and gas fuelled residential heating to heat pumps. …”
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“Like a Dance”: Performing Good Care for Persons with Dementia Living in Institutions by Kristin Mjelde Helleberg, Solveig Hauge

“…Participants were recruited from two nursing homes in two towns in eastern Norway. The data were analysed following the hermeneutic tradition inspired by Kvale. …”
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Implementing Dementia Care Mapping in Dementia Care: A Narrative Realist Literature Review by Andreia Fonseca de Paiva, Ana Barbosa, Lindsey Collins, Siobhan Reilly

“…While the research has demonstrated the positive impact of DCM in care homes, more needs to be understood about the contexts and underlying mechanisms that may affect its implementation and uptake. …”
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A thirty-year prospective study of children in residential care in the 1970s by Howard Meltzer, Daniel Guinea-Martin, Bryce Millard, Louisa Blackwell

“…In this paper, we examine the 30-year outcomes of a random one percent sample of children residing in care homes in 1971 in a prospective study based on linked census and vital event data (deaths and live births) and we compare these outcomes with children not in care at that time.…”

Social housing in Spain: obsolescence and intervention strategies by Concepción López González

“…Aware of the need to adapt these homes to the regulatory requirements related to energy efficiency, comfort and the physical and technical characteristics of the construction, the Research Centers are developing multiple investigations aimed at favoring the adaptability of homes and improving the quality of life of its inhabitants. …”
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Linearization of a Matrix Riccati Equation Associated to an Optimal Control Problem by Foued Zitouni, Mario Lefebvre

“…The matrix Riccati equation that must be solved to obtain the solution to stochastic optimal control problems known as LQG homing is linearized for a class of processes. The results generalize a theorem proved by Whittle and the one-dimensional case already considered by the authors. …”
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La Montagne dans His Dark Materials de Philip Pullman by Susanne Voogd

“…In His Dark Materials, Pullman’s trilogy, two children leave their homes and set out on a long physical and metaphorical journey over mountaintops and along dark abysses. …”
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IL-1β Pretreatment Improves the Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Acute Liver Failure by Enhancing CXCR4 Expression by He Nie, Fangmei An, Jie Mei, Cheng Yang, Qiang Zhan, Qinglin Zhang

“…The efficacy and homing ability of IL-1β-pretreated MSCs (Pre-MSCs) were examined in a rat ALF model and compared with that of MSCs and normal saline. …”
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Pets and Pesticides: Benefits and Potential Risks by Emily Kraus

“…It also describes how to protect pets from unintentional exposure to pesticides used in and around homes. Finally, it provides guidance on where to find assistance in case of an emergency. …”
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The Agricultural Health Study – 2008 Update by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Fishel, summarizes the most recent findings from The Agricultural Health Study (AHS) in the following areas: pesticide residues in homes, pesticides and colorectal cancer, and pesticides and diabetes. …”
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Inspecting for positive outcomes by Bryan Livingstone

“…These services include childminders, foster care and adoption services, nurseries, day care services, care homes and private hospitals.…”

The Agricultural Health Study – 2008 Update by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Fishel, summarizes the most recent findings from The Agricultural Health Study (AHS) in the following areas: pesticide residues in homes, pesticides and colorectal cancer, and pesticides and diabetes. …”
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The Politics of Property: Place-Making in Una, Saxon, and Arcadia by Sarah Buckmaster

“…Through our research collaborations, our team identified deeply personal and political associations between residents, their homes, and their stake in the Una, Saxon, and Arcadia community. …”
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Tropical Fowl Mite, Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese) (Acari: Macronyssidae) by Harold A. Denmark, Harvey L. Cromroy

“… The tropical fowl mite, commonly found on birds, has become a pest to man in areas of high bird populations or where birds are allowed to roost on roofs, around the eaves of homes, and office buildings. Nesting birds are the worst offenders. …”
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Tropical Fowl Mite, Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese) (Acari: Macronyssidae) by Harold A. Denmark, Harvey L. Cromroy

“… The tropical fowl mite, commonly found on birds, has become a pest to man in areas of high bird populations or where birds are allowed to roost on roofs, around the eaves of homes, and office buildings. Nesting birds are the worst offenders. …”
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