Search Results - "Penman, D"
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The 2019/2020 mega-fires exposed Australian ecosystems to an unprecedented extent of high-severity fire
Published in Environmental research letters (01-04-2021)“…Abstract Extreme fire seasons characterised by very large ‘mega-fires’ have demonstrably increased area burnt across forested regions globally. However, the…”
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Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (20-11-2020)“…Fire has been a source of global biodiversity for millions of years. However, interactions with anthropogenic drivers such as climate change, land use, and…”
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Pterostilbene Acts through Metastasis-Associated Protein 1 to Inhibit Tumor Growth, Progression and Metastasis in Prostate Cancer
Published in PloS one (01-03-2013)“…The development of natural product agents with targeted strategies holds promise for enhanced anticancer therapy with reduced drug-associated side effects…”
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Some Wildfire Ignition Causes Pose More Risk of Destroying Houses than Others
Published in PloS one (06-09-2016)“…Many houses are at risk of being destroyed by wildfires. While previous studies have improved our understanding of how, when and why houses are destroyed by…”
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Biophysical Mechanistic Modelling Quantifies the Effects of Plant Traits on Fire Severity: Species, Not Surface Fuel Loads, Determine Flame Dimensions in Eucalypt Forests
Published in PloS one (16-08-2016)“…The influence of plant traits on forest fire behaviour has evolutionary, ecological and management implications, but is poorly understood and frequently…”
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Modelling ignition probability for human- and lightning-caused wildfires in Victoria, Australia
Published in Natural hazards and earth system sciences (24-10-2022)“…Wildfires pose a significant risk to people and property, which is expected to grow with urban expansion into fire-prone landscapes and climate change causing…”
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The Effect of Antecedent Fire Severity on Reburn Severity and Fuel Structure in a Resprouting Eucalypt Forest in Victoria, Australia
Published in Forests (01-04-2021)“…Research highlights—Feedbacks between fire severity, vegetation structure and ecosystem flammability are understudied in highly fire-tolerant forests that are…”
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Balancing fire risk and human thermal comfort in fire-prone urban landscapes
Published in PloS one (27-12-2019)“…Vegetation in urban areas provides many essential ecosystem services. These services may be indirect, such as carbon sequestration and biological diversity, or…”
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Assessing Legacy Effects of Wildfires on the Crown Structure of Fire-Tolerant Eucalypt Trees Using Airborne LiDAR Data
Published in Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) (01-10-2019)“…The fire-tolerant eucalypt forests of south eastern Australia are assumed to fully recover from even the most intense fires; however, surprisingly, very few…”
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Impact of Australia's catastrophic 2019/20 bushfire season on communities and environment. Retrospective analysis and current trends
Published in Journal of Safety Science and Resilience = An quan ke xue yu ren xing (Ying wen) (01-09-2020)“…2019/20 Australia's bushfire season (Black Summer fires) occurred during a period of record breaking temperatures and extremely low rainfall. To understand the…”
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Vascular risk factors and longitudinal changes on brain MRI: The ARIC study
Published in Neurology (31-05-2011)“…To evaluate associations between vascular risk factors and changes in burden of infarcts, ventricular size (VS), sulcal widening (SW), and white matter…”
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Modelling surface fine fuel dynamics across climate gradients in eucalypt forests of south‐eastern Australia
Published in Ecography (Copenhagen) (01-09-2014)“…An understanding of the effects of climate on fuel is required to predict future changes to fire. We explored the climatic determinants of variations in…”
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Wildfire in wet sclerophyll forests: the interplay between disturbances and fuel dynamics
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-05-2018)“…There are multiple pathways for vegetation to change following disturbances. Understanding those post‐disturbance pathways is critical for managing wildfire…”
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Trimethoxy-Resveratrol and Piceatannol Administered Orally Suppress and Inhibit Tumor Formation and Growth in Prostate Cancer Xenografts
Published in The Prostate (01-08-2013)“…BACKGROUND Resveratrol (Res) is recognized as a promising cancer chemoprevention dietary polyphenol with antioxidative, anti‐inflammatory, and anticancer…”
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What Do the Australian Black Summer Fires Signify for the Global Fire Crisis?
Published in Fire (Basel, Switzerland) (01-12-2021)“…The 2019–20 Australian fire season was heralded as emblematic of the catastrophic harm wrought by climate change. Similarly extreme wildfire seasons have…”
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Examining the relative effects of fire weather, suppression and fuel treatment on fire behaviour – A simulation study
Published in Journal of environmental management (15-12-2013)“…Large budgets are spent on both suppression and fuel treatments in order to reduce the risk of wildfires. There is little evidence regarding the relative…”
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Endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound-guided real-time fine-needle aspiration for mediastinal staging
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-03-2005)“…Accurate staging of the mediastinum in lung cancer is essential for optimising treatment strategies. Conventional transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is a…”
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Influence of fuels, weather and the built environment on the exposure of property to wildfire
Published in PloS one (31-10-2014)“…Wildfires can pose a significant risk to people and property. Billions of dollars are spent investing in fire management actions in an attempt to reduce the…”
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Time since fire shapes plant immaturity risk across fire severity classes
Published in Fire ecology (01-12-2023)“…Background When fire intervals are shorter than the time required for plants to reproduce, plant populations are threatened by “immaturity risk.” Therefore,…”
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Regional variation in gene expression in the healthy colon is dysregulated in ulcerative colitis
Published in Gut (01-10-2008)“…To investigate differential intestinal gene expression in patients with ulcerative colitis and in controls. Genome-wide expression study (41,058 expression…”
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