Search Results - "SILVER, D"

Changes in prices, sales, consumer spending, and beverage consumption one year after a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Berkeley, California, US: A before-and-after study by Silver, Lynn D, Ng, Shu Wen, Ryan-Ibarra, Suzanne, Taillie, Lindsey Smith, Induni, Marta, Miles, Donna R, Poti, Jennifer M, Popkin, Barry M

“…Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) meant to improve health and raise revenue are being adopted, yet evaluation is scarce. This study examines the…”
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Estimating global gross primary productivity using chlorophyll fluorescence and a data assimilation system with the BETHY-SCOPE model by Norton, Alexander J, Rayner, Peter J, Koffi, Ernest N, Scholze, Marko, Silver, Jeremy D, Wang, Ying-Ping

“…This paper presents the assimilation of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) into a terrestrial biosphere model to estimate the gross uptake of carbon…”
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Civil Liberties vs. Security: Public Opinion in the Context of the Terrorist Attacks on America by Davis, Darren W., Silver, Brian D.

“…In the tradition of research on political tolerance and democratic rights in context, this study uses a national survey of Americans conducted shortly after…”
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On the reproducibility of electron-beam lithographic fabrication of photonic nanostructures by Sahoo, Pankaj K., Coates, Eve, Silver, Callum D., Li, Kezheng, Krauss, Thomas F.

“…Photonic nanostructures such as gratings and ring resonators have become ubiquitous building blocks in Photonics. For example, they are used in filters, they…”
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Atmospheric modelling of grass pollen rupturing mechanisms for thunderstorm asthma prediction by Emmerson, Kathryn M, Silver, Jeremy D, Thatcher, Marcus, Wain, Alan, Jones, Penelope J, Dowdy, Andrew, Newbigin, Edward J, Picking, Beau W, Choi, Jason, Ebert, Elizabeth, Bannister, Tony

“…The world's most severe thunderstorm asthma event occurred in Melbourne, Australia on 21 November 2016, coinciding with the peak of the grass pollen season…”
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The homogenous alternative to biomineralization: Zn- and Mn-rich materials enable sharp organismal “tools” that reduce force requirements by Schofield, R. M. S., Bailey, J., Coon, J. J., Devaraj, A., Garrett, R. W., Goggans, M. S., Hebner, M. G., Lee, B. S., Lee, D., Lovern, N., Ober-Singleton, S., Saephan, N., Seagal, V. R., Silver, D. M., Som, H. E., Twitchell, J., Wang, X., Zima, J. S., Nesson, M. H.

“…We measured hardness, modulus of elasticity, and, for the first time, loss tangent, energy of fracture, abrasion resistance, and impact resistance of zinc- and…”
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The exon junction complex in neural development and neurodevelopmental disease by McMahon, J.J., Miller, E.E., Silver, D.L.

“…•Dosage of EJC components is critical for neurogenesis and neocortical development.•The EJC is implicated in neurite outgrowth, axon guidance, and synapse…”
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Changes in energy content of lunchtime purchases from fast food restaurants after introduction of calorie labelling: cross sectional customer surveys by Dumanovsky, Tamara, Huang, Christina Y, Nonas, Cathy A, Matte, Thomas D, Bassett, Mary T, Silver, Lynn D

“…Objective To assess the impact of fast food restaurants adding calorie labelling to menu items on the energy content of individual purchases.Design Cross…”
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Characterizing Smoke Haze Events in Australia Using a Hybrid Approach of Satellite-Based Aerosol Optical Depth and Chemical Transport Modeling by Sowden, Miles, Hanigan, Ivan C., Robbins, Daniel Jamie Victor, Cope, Martin, Silver, Jeremy D., Noonan, Julie

“…Smoke haze events have increasingly affected Australia’s environmental quality, having demonstrable effects on air quality, climate, and public health. This…”
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Seasonal asthma in Melbourne, Australia, and some observations on the occurrence of thunderstorm asthma and its predictability by Silver, Jeremy D, Sutherland, Michael F, Johnston, Fay H, Lampugnani, Edwin R, McCarthy, Michael A, Jacobs, Stephanie J, Pezza, Alexandre B, Newbigin, Edward J

“…We examine the seasonality of asthma-related hospital admissions in Melbourne, Australia, in particular the contribution and predictability of episodic…”
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A 12-week, placebo-controlled study (6002-US-006) of istradefylline in Parkinson disease by STACY, M, SILVER, D, MENDIS, T, SUTTON, J, MORI, A, CHAIKIN, P, SUSSMAN, N. M

“…The safety and efficacy of istradefylline, a selective adenosine A(2A) receptor antagonist, was evaluated in a 12-week, double-blind study in levodopa-treated…”
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Comparison of formaldehyde tropospheric columns in Australia and New Zealand using MAX-DOAS, FTIR and TROPOMI by Ryan, Robert G, Silver, Jeremy D, Querel, Richard, Smale, Dan, Rhodes, Steve, Tully, Matt, Jones, Nicholas, Schofield, Robyn

“…South-eastern Australia has been identified by modelling studies as a hotspot of biogenic volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions; however, long-term…”
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Scalable and Efficient Bayes-Adaptive Reinforcement Learning Based on Monte-Carlo Tree Search by Guez, A., Silver, D., Dayan, P.

“…Bayesian planning is a formally elegant approach to learning optimal behaviour under model uncertainty, trading off exploration and exploitation in an ideal…”
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Was Australia a sink or source of CO2 in 2015? Data assimilation using OCO-2 satellite measurements by Villalobos, Yohanna, Rayner, Peter J, Silver, Jeremy D, Thomas, Steven, Haverd, Vanessa, Knauer, Jürgen, Loh, Zoë M, Deutscher, Nicholas M, Griffith, David W T, Pollard, David F

“…In this study, we present the assimilation of data from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) (land nadir and glint data, version 9) to estimate the…”
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Contribution from the ten major emission sectors in Europe and Denmark to the health-cost externalities of air pollution using the EVA model system – an integrated modelling approach by Brandt, J, Silver, J. D, Christensen, J. H, Andersen, M. S, Bønløkke, J. H, Sigsgaard, T, Geels, C, Gross, A, Hansen, A. B, Hansen, K. M, Hedegaard, G. B, Kaas, E, Frohn, L. M

“…We have developed an integrated model system, EVA (Economic Valuation of Air pollution), based on the impact-pathway chain, to assess the health-related…”
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Interannual variability in the Australian carbon cycle over 2015–2019, based on assimilation of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite data by Villalobos, Yohanna, Rayner, Peter J, Silver, Jeremy D, Thomas, Steven, Haverd, Vanessa, Knauer, Jürgen, Loh, Zoë M, Deutscher, Nicholas M, Griffith, David W. T, Pollard, David F

“…In this study, we employ a regional inverse modelling approach to estimate monthly carbon fluxes over the Australian continent for 2015–2019 using the…”
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A Monte-Carlo AIXI Approximation by Veness, J., Ng, K.S., Hutter, M., Uther, W., Silver, D.

“…This paper introduces a principled approach for the design of a scalable general reinforcement learning agent. Our approach is based on a direct approximation…”
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Illustrative Visualization of Mesoscale Ocean Eddies by Liu, L., Silver, D., Bemis, K., Kang, D., Curchitser, E.

“…Feature‐based time‐varying volume visualization is combined with illustrative visualization to tell the story of how mesoscale ocean eddies form in the Gulf…”
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Modelling the impact of climate change on the atmospheric transport and the fate of persistent organic pollutants in the Arctic by Hansen, K M, Christensen, J H, Geels, C, Silver, J D, Brandt, J

“…The Danish Eulerian Hemispheric Model (DEHM) was applied to investigate how projected climate changes will affect the atmospheric transport of 13 persistent…”
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Operational model evaluation for particulate matter in Europe and North America in the context of AQMEII by Solazzo, Efisio, Bianconi, Roberto, Pirovano, Guido, Matthias, Volker, Vautard, Robert, Moran, Michael D., Wyat Appel, K., Bessagnet, Bertrand, Brandt, Jørgen, Christensen, Jesper H., Chemel, Charles, Coll, Isabelle, Ferreira, Joana, Forkel, Renate, Francis, Xavier V., Grell, Georg, Grossi, Paola, Hansen, Ayoe B., Miranda, Ana Isabel, Nopmongcol, Uarporn, Prank, Marje, Sartelet, Karine N., Schaap, Martijn, Silver, Jeremy D., Sokhi, Ranjeet S., Vira, Julius, Werhahn, Johannes, Wolke, Ralf, Yarwood, Greg, Zhang, Junhua, Rao, S. Trivikrama, Galmarini, Stefano

“…Ten state-of-the-science regional air quality (AQ) modeling systems have been applied to continental-scale domains in North America and Europe for full-year…”
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