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International Trends in the Incidence of Testicular Cancer: Lessons from 35 Years and 41 Countries by Gurney, Jason K., Florio, Andrea A., Znaor, Ariana, Ferlay, Jacques, Laversanne, Mathieu, Sarfati, Diana, Bray, Freddie, McGlynn, Katherine A.

“…Incidence rates of testicular cancer (TC) have been increasing in many countries since, at least, the mid-20th century without clear explanation. Examining the…”
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Global atmospheric carbon budget: results from an ensemble of atmospheric CO2 inversions by Peylin, P, Law, R M, Gurney, K R, Chevallier, F, Jacobson, A R, Maki, T, Niwa, Y, Patra, P K, Peters, W, Rayner, P J, Rödenbeck, C, der Laan-Luijkx, I T. van, Zhang, X

“…Atmospheric CO2 inversions estimate surface carbon fluxes from an optimal fit to atmospheric CO2 measurements, usually including prior constraints on the flux…”
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The brainstem reticular formation is a small-world, not scale-free, network by Humphries, M.D, Gurney, K, Prescott, T.J

“…Recently, it has been demonstrated that several complex systems may have simple graph-theoretic characterizations as so-called ‘small-world’ and ‘scale-free’…”
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A multiyear, global gridded fossil fuel CO2 emission data product: Evaluation and analysis of results by Asefi-Najafabady, S., Rayner, P. J., Gurney, K. R., McRobert, A., Song, Y., Coltin, K., Huang, J., Elvidge, C., Baugh, K.

“…High‐resolution, global quantification of fossil fuel CO2 emissions is emerging as a critical need in carbon cycle science and climate policy. We build upon a…”
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Phenological advancement in arctic bird species: relative importance of snow melt and ecological factors by Liebezeit, J. R., Gurney, K. E. B., Budde, M., Zack, S., Ward, D.

“…Previous studies have documented advancement in clutch initiation dates (CIDs) in response to climate change, most notably for temperate-breeding passerines…”
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Assessment of uncertainties of an aircraft-based mass balance approach for quantifying urban greenhouse gas emissions by Cambaliza, M. O. L, Shepson, P. B, Caulton, D. R, Stirm, B, Samarov, D, Gurney, K. R, Turnbull, J, Davis, K. J, Possolo, A, Karion, A, Sweeney, C, Moser, B, Hendricks, A, Lauvaux, T, Mays, K, Whetstone, J, Huang, J, Razlivanov, I, Miles, N. L, Richardson, S. J

“…Urban environments are the primary contributors to global anthropogenic carbon emissions. Because much of the growth in CO2 emissions will originate from…”
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An emerging GHG estimation approach can help cities achieve their climate and sustainability goals by Mueller, K L, Lauvaux, T, Gurney, K R, Roest, G, Ghosh, S, Gourdji, S M, Karion, A, DeCola, P, Whetstone, J

“…Abstract A credible assessment of a city’s greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation policies requires a valid account of a city’s emissions. However, questions persist…”
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Connecting the trophic dots: responses of an aquatic bird species to variable abundance of macroinvertebrates in northern boreal wetlands by Gurney, K. E. B., Clark, R. G., Slattery, S. M., Ross, L. C. M.

“…To evaluate variation in abundance of boreal wetland macroinvertebrates and test for effects of this variation on the diet and habitat use of a bird species…”
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Bias present in US federal agency power plant CO2 emissions data and implications for the US clean power plan by Gurney, K R, Huang, J, Coltin, K

“…Power plants constitute roughly 40% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States. Climate change science, air pollution regulation, and potential…”
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Is the northern high-latitude land-based CO2 sink weakening? by Hayes, D. J., McGuire, A. D., Kicklighter, D. W., Gurney, K. R., Burnside, T. J., Melillo, J. M.

“…Studies indicate that, historically, terrestrial ecosystems of the northern high‐latitude region may have been responsible for up to 60% of the global net…”
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Diurnal tracking of anthropogenic CO2 emissions in the Los Angeles basin megacity during spring 2010 by Newman, S, Jeong, S, Fischer, M L, Xu, X, Haman, C L, Lefer, B, Alvarez, S, Rappenglueck, B, Kort, E A, Andrews, A E, Peischl, J, Gurney, K R, Miller, C E, Yung, Y L

“…Attributing observed CO2 variations to human or natural cause is critical to deducing and tracking emissions from observations. We have used in situ CO2 , CO,…”
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Investigating sources of variability and error in simulations of carbon dioxide in an urban region by Martin, Cory R., Zeng, N., Karion, A., Mueller, K., Ghosh, S., Lopez-Coto, I., Gurney, K.R., Oda, T., Prasad, K., Liu, Y., Dickerson, R.R., Whetstone, J.

“…As cities embark upon greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation efforts, there is an increasing need for accurate quantification of urban emissions. In urban areas,…”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer diagnosis and service access in New Zealand–a country pursuing COVID-19 elimination by Gurney, Jason K., Millar, Elinor, Dunn, Alex, Pirie, Ruth, Mako, Michelle, Manderson, John, Hardie, Claire, Jackson, Chris G.C.A., North, Richard, Ruka, Myra, Scott, Nina, Sarfati, Diana

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted cancer services globally. New Zealand has pursued an elimination strategy to COVID-19, reducing (but not eliminating) this…”
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The surveillance of systemic cancer therapy access amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: the power of good data by Gurney, Dr Jason K.

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TransCom 3 inversion intercomparison: Impact of transport model errors on the interannual variability of regional CO2 fluxes, 1988–2003 by Baker, D. F., Law, R. M., Gurney, K. R., Rayner, P., Peylin, P., Denning, A. S., Bousquet, P., Bruhwiler, L., Chen, Y.-H., Ciais, P., Fung, I. Y., Heimann, M., John, J., Maki, T., Maksyutov, S., Masarie, K., Prather, M., Pak, B., Taguchi, S., Zhu, Z.

“…Monthly CO2 fluxes are estimated across 1988–2003 for 22 emission regions using data from 78 CO2 measurement sites. The same inversion (method, priors, data)…”
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Between-day reliability of repeated plantar pressure distribution measurements in a normal population by Gurney, Jason K, Kersting, Uwe G, Rosenbaum, Dieter

“…Abstract The objective of this study was to determine the reliability of repeated plantar pressure distribution measurements during normal gait across multiple…”
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A computational model of action selection in the basal ganglia. I. A new functional anatomy by Gurney, K, Prescott, T J, Redgrave, P

“…We present a biologically plausible model of processing intrinsic to the basal ganglia based on the computational premise that action selection is a primary…”
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Informing urban climate planning with high resolution data: the Hestia fossil fuel CO2 emissions for Baltimore, Maryland by Roest, Geoffrey S., Gurney, K. R., Miller, S. M., Liang, J.

“…Background Cities contribute more than 70% of global anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions and are leading the effort to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)…”
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Renal trace elements in barren-ground caribou subpopulations: Temporal trends and differing effects of sex, age and season by Gamberg, M., Pratte, I., Brammer, J., Cuyler, C., Elkin, B., Gurney, K., Kutz, S., Larter, N.C., Muir, D., Wang, X., Provencher, J.F.

“…Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are a culturally significant food resource for communities in northern Canada and Greenland. Many barren-ground caribou…”
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Patterns of age disparities in colon and lung cancer survival: a systematic narrative literature review by Pilleron, Sophie, Gower, Helen, Janssen-Heijnen, Maryska, Signal, Virginia Claire, Gurney, Jason K, Morris, Eva JA, Cunningham, Ruth, Sarfati, Diana

“…ObjectivesTo identify patterns of age disparities in cancer survival, using colon and lung cancer as exemplars.DesignSystematic review of the literature.Data…”
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