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Domingos de Azevedo Quadros, F. (author)Global passenger air traffic has doubled in the 13 years prior to 2019, and is expected to double again over the next 20 years or so. Growing demand for aviation is met by a corresponding increase in jet fuel being burned by aircraft, releasing multiple pollutants into the atmosphere. Besides disturbing the Earth’s radiative balance, these...doctoral thesis 2024
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Cardinali, M. (author), Beenackers, Mariëlle A. (author), van Timmeren, A. (author), Pottgiesser, U. (author)Introduction: Non-communicable diseases are the global disease burden of our time, with physical inactivity identified as one major risk factor. Green spaces are associated with increased physical activity of nearby residents. But there are still gaps in understanding which proximity and what characteristics of green spaces can trigger...journal article 2024
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Zhou, Shuxia (author), Meylaerts, Reine (author), Hua, E. (author), Zhang, Linhua (author)Trust is important in public health communication to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities during pandemics. This empirical research, using quantitative data from 107 foreign nationals at a university in Shanghai, probes into how trust varied in official translation services (OTS) and non-official translation services (NOTS)...journal article 2024
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Maga, Poh (author)This report details the design of a decentralized water treatment system for use in Nepal, which currently lacks improved sanitation for 10.8 million people and a water contamination rate of 71 percent. This contributes to the approximately 140,000 deaths per year from diarrheal illnesses caused by such bacterial contamination. To combat this,...master thesis 2023
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Naik, Harit (author)These days the goals of urban and territorial transformation are being tailored to make cities safer, healthier, and more centered on people in both developed and developing countries worldwide. While being an integral part of urban fabric from ages, public health agendas were traditionally treated as standalone from other policy areas....student report 2023
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Cardinali, M. (author), Beenackers, Mariëlle A. (author), van Timmeren, A. (author), Pottgiesser, U. (author)The relationship between green spaces and health is attracting more and more societal and research interest. The research field is however still suffering from its differing monodisciplinary origins. Now in a multidisciplinary environment on its way to a truly interdisciplinary field, there is a need for a common understanding, precision in...review 2023
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Naughton, Colleen C. (author), Roman, Fernando A. (author), Alvarado, Ana Grace F. (author), Tariqi, Arianna Q. (author), Deeming, Matthew A. (author), Kadonsky, Krystin F. (author), Bibby, Kyle (author), Bivins, Aaron (author), Medema, G.J. (author)A year since the declaration of the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there were over 110 million cases and 2.5 million deaths. Learning from methods to track community spread of other viruses such as poliovirus, environmental virologists and those in the wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) field quickly adapted their...journal article 2023
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Makau-Barasa, Louise (author), Assefa, Liya (author), Aderogba, Moses O. (author), Bell, David (author), Solomon, Jacob (author), Abba, Abubakar (author), A-Enegela, Juliana (author), Damen, James G. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author)Community awareness and participation in mass screening is critical for schistosomiasis control. This study assessed the impact of sharing anonymized image-based positive test results on the uptake of screening during community mobilization outreach. We conducted an observational study to compare the population response to standard and image...journal article 2023
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Kumar, Arun (author), Kumar, Kanhaiya (author), Ali, Mohammad (author), Raj, Vivek (author), Srivastava, Abhinav (author), Kumar, Manishankar (author), Niraj, Pintoo Kumar (author), Kumar, Mukesh (author), Kumar, S. (author)The present study was carried out in the village Kaliprasad of Bhagalpur district of Bihar to know the arsenic exposure effect in the exposed population. A total of n = 102 households were studied, and their water and biological samples such as urine and hair were collected and analyzed in a graphite furnace atomic absorption...journal article 2023
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Langeveld, J.G. (author), Schilperoort, Remy (author), Heijnen, Leo (author), Elsinga, Goffe (author), Schapendonk, Claudia E.M. (author), Fanoy, Ewout (author), de Schepper, Evelien I.T. (author), Koopmans, Marion P.G. (author), de Graaf, Miranda (author), Medema, G.J. (author)Over the course of the Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020–2022, monitoring of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ribonucleic acid (SARS-CoV-2 RNA) in wastewater has rapidly evolved into a supplementary surveillance instrument for public health. Short term trends (2 weeks) are used as a basis for policy and...journal article 2023
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Sturge, Jodi (author), Miedema, E. (author), Elf, Marie (author), Nordin, Susanna (author)Introduction: Housing and the ageing population are issues that pose challenges for social, health and economic policies. Therefore, there is a need for more knowledge on how to design housing and public infrastructure to improve the social engagement and well-being of older adults who age in place. This project aims to provide an overview of...review 2023
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de Graaf, Miranda (author), Langeveld, J.G. (author), Post, Johan (author), Carrizosa, Christian (author), Franz, Eelco (author), Izquierdo-Lara, Ray W. (author), Elsinga, Goffe (author), Heijnen, Leo (author), Medema, G.J. (author)Despite high vaccination rates in the Netherlands, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to circulate. Longitudinal sewage surveillance was implemented along with the notification of cases as two parts of the surveillance pyramid to validate the use of sewage for surveillance, as an early warning tool, and to...journal article 2023
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Li, Bo (author), Liu, Qiuhong (author), Wang, T. (author), He, He (author), Peng, You (author), Feng, Tao (author)Outdoor physical activities can promote public health and they are largely influenced by the built environment in different urban settings. Understanding the association between outdoor physical activities and the built environment is important for promoting a high quality of life. Existing studies typically focus on one type of outdoor activity...journal article 2022
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Falagara Sigala, Ioanna (author), Sirenko, M. (author), Comes, M. (author), Kovács, Gyöngyi (author)Purpose: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has emerged as an unprecedented health crisis worldwide and heavily disrupted the healthcare supply chain. This study focuses on analysing the different types of disruptions occurring in personal protective equipment (PPE) supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic and on proposing mitigation...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Yufang (author), Koene, Marijke (author), Reijneveld, Sijmen A. (author), Tuinstra, Jolanda (author), Broekhuis, Manda (author), van der Spek, S.C. (author), Wagenaar, Cor (author)Physical activity is good for people’s health. The relationship between the built environment and physical activity has been well documented. However, evidence is both scarce and scattered on specific urban interventions, i.e., intentional redesigns of the built environment that promote physical activity accompanied by pre- and post-effect...review 2022
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Hauser, S.J. (author), Aktürk, Gül (author)Port regions are hubs connecting a nation and its hinterland to the rest of the world. Port cities' authorities and actors have always dealt with pressures and compromises in the sharing of space between agriculture, tourism, industry, and urban developments. The limited availability of land created conflicting uses over time especially when...journal article 2022
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Badman, Ryan P. (author), Wang, Ace X. (author), Skrodzki, M. (author), Cho, Heng-Chin (author), Aguilar-Lleyda, David (author), Shiono, Naoko (author), Yoo, Seng Bum Michael (author), Chiang, Yen-Sheng (author), Akaishi, Rei (author)A core assumption often heard in public health discourse is that increasing trust in national political leaders is essential for securing public health compliance during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–ongoing). However, studies of national government trust are typically too coarse-grained to differentiate between trust in...journal article 2022
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Zhang, H. (author), Nijhuis, S. (author), Newton, C.E.L. (author)Water is a critical element of human existence and has shaped cities for centuries. In urban environments, water provides multiple ecosystem services and is an important element in the design of urban environments. Next to the many qualities and services provided by water, recent research indicates that exposure to freshwater blue space also...review 2022
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Hauser, S.J. (author)Seaports are vital nodes connecting the hinterlands of countries and continents with the rest of the world, attracting industries and people. This nodal function, however, is incompatible or even in conflict with other uses: port activities affect the entire region of a port city and not just the area administrated by the port. Despite several...report 2021
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Govindaraj Ayyanar, Arjun (author)In recent years, false information on social media platforms has become a centre of attention due to its consequences on elections and public health. COVID-19 has shown how an infodemic fuelled by false information can be detrimental to public health. Existing measures are ineffective. Thus, the thesis takes an exploratory approach from the lens...master thesis 2021