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Quantifying the role of fire in the Earth system – Part 1: Improved global fire modeling in the Community Earth System Model (CESM1) by Li, F, Levis, S, Ward, D. S

“…Modeling fire as an integral part of an Earth system model (ESM) is vital for quantifying and understanding fire–climate–vegetation interactions on a global…”
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The changing radiative forcing of fires: global model estimates for past, present and future by Ward, D. S, Kloster, S, Mahowald, N. M, Rogers, B. M, Randerson, J. T, Hess, P. G

“…Fires are a global phenomenon that impact climate and biogeochemical cycles, and interact with the biosphere, atmosphere and cryosphere. These impacts occur on…”
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Potential climate forcing of land use and land cover change by Ward, D. S, Mahowald, N. M, Kloster, S

“…Pressure on land resources is expected to increase as global population continues to climb and the world becomes more affluent, swelling the demand for food…”
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An improved dust emission model – Part 2: Evaluation in the Community Earth System Model, with implications for the use of dust source functions by Kok, J. F, Albani, S, Mahowald, N. M, Ward, D. S

“…The complex nature of mineral dust aerosol emission makes it a difficult process to represent accurately in weather and climate models. Indeed, results in the…”
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A mHealth randomized controlled trial to reduce sugar‐sweetened beverage intake in preschool‐aged children by Nezami, B. T., Ward, D. S., Lytle, L. A., Ennett, S. T., Tate, D. F.

“…Summary Background Sugar‐sweetened beverages and maternal weight are strong drivers of child obesity, but few studies have targeted these risk factors as an…”
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Contributions of developed and developing countries to global climate forcing and surface temperature change by Ward, D S, Mahowald, N M

“…Understanding the relative contributions of individual countries to global climate change for different time periods is essential for mitigation strategies…”
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Physical activity and determinants of physical activity in obese and non-obese children by TROST, S. G, KERR, L. M, WARD, D. S, PATE, R. R

“…To compare the physical activity (PA) patterns and the hypothesized psychosocial and environmental determinants of PA in an ethnically diverse sample of obese…”
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Effects of providing personalized feedback of child’s obesity risk on mothers’ food choices using a virtual reality buffet by McBride, C M, Persky, S, Wagner, L K, Faith, M S, Ward, D S

“…Background: Providing personalized genetic-risk feedback of a child’s susceptibility to adult-onset health conditions is a topic of considerable debate. Family…”
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The sensitivity of carbon turnover in the Community Land Model to modified assumptions about soil processes by Foereid, B, Ward, D. S, Mahowald, N, Paterson, E, Lehmann, J

“…Soil organic matter (SOM) is the largest store of organic carbon (C) in the biosphere, but the turnover of SOM is still incompletely understood and not well…”
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Hypoxia: developments in basic science, physiology and clinical studies by Ward, D. S., Karan, S. B., Pandit, J. J.

“…Summary Airway management is primarily designed to avoid hypoxia, yet hypoxia remains the main ultimate cause of anaesthetic‐related death and morbidity…”
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Variability of fire emissions on interannual to multi-decadal timescales in two Earth System models by Ward, D S, Shevliakova, E, Malyshev, S, Lamarque, J-F, Wittenberg, A T

“…Connections between wildfires and modes of variability in climate are sought as a means for predicting fire activity on interannual to multi-decadal…”
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Effect of the Smart Moms intervention on targeted mediators of change in child sugar-sweetened beverage intake by Nezami, B.T., Lytle, L.A., Ward, D.S., Ennett, S.T., Tate, D.F.

“…Few parent-targeted interventions have examined the mechanisms of action by which the intervention changes child behavior. The purpose of this study was to…”
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The role of the particle size distribution in assessing aerosol composition effects on simulated droplet activation by Ward, D S, Eidhammer, T, Cotton, W R, Kreidenweis, S M

“…Variations in the chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols alter their hygroscopicity and can lead to changes in the cloud-active fraction of the aerosols,…”
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Local sources of global climate forcing from different categories of land use activities by Ward, D S, Mahowald, N M

“…Identifying and quantifying the sources of climate impacts from land use and land cover change (LULCC) is necessary to optimize policies regarding LULCC for…”
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Cold and transition season cloud condensation nuclei measurements in western Colorado by Ward, D S, Cotton, W R

“…Recent studies have shown that orographic precipitation and the water resources that depend on it in the Colorado Rocky Mountains are sensitive to the…”
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Don’t forget mentoring by Ward, D. S., Wu, C. L.

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Corrigendum to "Quantifying the role of fire in the Earth system – Part 1: Improved global fire modeling in the Community Earth System Model (CESM1)" published in Biogeosciences, 10, 2293–2314, 2013 by Li, F, Levis, S, Ward, D. S

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Implementation of a school environment intervention to increase physical activity in high school girls by Ward, DS, Saunders, R, Felton, GM, Williams, E, Epping, JN, Pate, RR

“…Physical activity levels begin to decline in childhood and continue falling throughout adolescence, with girls being at greatest risk for inactivity. Schools…”
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Assessing sustainability of Lifestyle Education for Activity Program (LEAP) by Saunders, R. P., Pate, R. R., Dowda, M., Ward, D. S., Epping, J. N., Dishman, R. K.

“…Sustained intervention effects are needed for positive health impacts in populations; however, few published examples illustrate methods for assessing…”
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Gait and postural stability in obese and nonobese prepubertal boys by McGraw, Ben, McClenaghan, Bruce A., Williams, Harriet G., Dickerson, John, Ward, Dianne S.

“…McGraw B, McClenaghan BA, Williams HG, Dickerson J, Ward DS. Gait and postural stability in obese and nonobese prepubertal boys. Arch Phys Med Rehabil…”
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