scholarly journals Configuration of water table and distribution of downward leakage to the Prairie du Chien-Jordan Aquifer in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, Minnesota

1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana C. Larson-Higdem ◽  
S.P. Larson ◽  
Ralph F. Norvitch
Keyword(s):  
Water Table ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Saint Paul

Why “Feed the Lawn”? Exploring the Influences on Residential Turf Grass Fertilization in the Minneapolis−Saint Paul Metropolitan Area

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas F. Martini ◽  
Kristen C. Nelson ◽  
Sarah E. Hobbie ◽  
Lawrence A. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Saint Paul ◽  
Turf Grass

Associations Between Bicycling for Transportation and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Minneapolis–Saint Paul Area Commuters: A Cross-Sectional Study in Working-Age Adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 631-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron T. Berger ◽  
Xinyi (Lisa) Qian ◽  
Mark A. Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk ◽  
Saint Paul ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Active Transportation ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample

Purpose: This study describes the association between frequency of bicycling for active transportation and modifiable cardiometabolic risk factors in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul (MSP) metropolitan area. Design: We conducted an online survey from a convenience sample of likely bicycle commuters. Setting: Participants were e-mailed invitations including a link to the online survey. Participants: Participants (n = 1450, 15.6% response rate) were residents of the 7-county MSP metropolitan area aged 20 to 64 years. Measures: Participants reported frequency of commute and destination cycling from April to September and October to March, prevalent cardiometabolic risk factors, and demographic covariates. Analysis: We performed logistic regressions for associations between average weekly transportation bicycling and self-reported prevalent obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and high triglycerides. We used Poisson regression for the count of cardiometabolic risk factors. All models were adjusted for age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol consumption, and other physical activity, with random intercepts by zip code. Results: Self-reported bicycling frequency is associated with significantly lower odds of prevalent obesity, hypertension, and high triglycerides. Three bicycling trips per week is associated with 20% fewer (95% confidence interval: 12%-28%) cardiometabolic risk factors. Conclusion: Bicycling frequency is inversely associated with cardiometabolic risk factors. These results provide empirical support for the promotion of active transportation as public health policy.

scholarly journals Urban geology and environmental problems of Lahore City, Pakistan

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheikh Mohammed Iqbal ◽  
Sarfraz Ahmed ◽  
Sajid Rashid
Keyword(s):  
Water Table ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Monsoon Season ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Urban Geology ◽  
Clay Deposits ◽  
Lahore City

The present study deals with the urban geology and environmental problems of the Lahore City in Pakistan. It is based on a set of the following thematic maps at 1:100, 000 scale: geology, urbanisation, engineering geology, land use, flood hazard, and aquifer drawdown depth. The major hazards of the Lahore metropolitan area are air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, and deforestation, which are the result of rapid population growth as well as poor planning. The Lahore metropolitan area comprises the Early Pleistocene to Recent silty loess and silty clay deposits of the Ravi River. The foundation conditions of the Lahore metropolitan area are generally good. The city suffers from periodic floods during the monsoon season. The pavement and drains accelerate and increase the surface runoff and the peak flood. Unplanned groundwater development in the metropolis has caused a rapid lowering of the water table. Subsequently, the sand is dewatered and the water table has dropped to 7-13 m.

Short-Form Application of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test to Latino Children

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-235
Author(s):  
David L. Ratusnik ◽  
Carol Melnick Ratusnik ◽  
Karen Sattinger
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Latino Children ◽  
Data Application ◽  
York Metropolitan Area ◽  
Multiple Regression Technique

Short-form versions of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar (Toronto, 1973) and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (Lee, 1971) were devised for use with bilingual Latino children while preserving the original normative data. Application of a multiple regression technique to data collected on 60 lower social status Latino children (four years and six months to seven years and one month) from Spanish Harlem and Yonkers, New York, yielded a small but powerful set of predictor items from the Spanish and English tests. Clinicians may make rapid and accurate predictions of STSG or NSST total screening scores from administration of substantially shortened versions of the instruments. Case studies of Latino children from Chicago and Miami serve to cross-validate the procedure outside the New York metropolitan area.

Emergency Department Admission and Mortality Rate for Suicidal Behavior

Crisis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 406-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raimondo Maria Pavarin ◽  
Angelo Fioritti ◽  
Francesca Fontana ◽  
Silvia Marani ◽  
Alessandra Paparelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Cox Model ◽  
Emergency Department Admission ◽  
Completed Suicide

Background: The international literature reports that for every completed suicide there are between 8 and 22 visits to an Emergency Department (ED) for attempted suicide/suicidal behavior. Aims: To describe the characteristics of admission to emergency departments (EDs) for suicide-related presenting complaints in the metropolitan area of Bologna; to estimate the risk for all-cause mortality and for suicide; to identify the profiles of subjects most at risk. Method: Follow-up of patients admitted to the EDs of the metropolitan area of Bologna between January 2004 and December 2010 for attempted suicide. A Cox model was used to evaluate the association between sociodemographic variables and the general mortality risk. Results: We identified 505 cases of attempted suicide, which were more frequent for female subjects, over the weekend, and at night (8:00 p.m./8:00 a.m.). The most used suicide methods were psychotropic drugs, sharp or blunt objects, and jumping from high places. In this cohort, 3.6% of subjects completed suicide (4.5% of males vs. 2.9% of females), 2.3% within 1 year of the start of follow-up. The most common causes of death were drug use and hanging. In the multivariate analysis, those who used illicit drugs 24 hr prior to admission to the ED (hazard ratio [HR] = 3.46, 95% CI = 1.23–9.73) and patients who refused the treatment (HR = 6.74, 95% CI = 1.86–24.40) showed an increased mortality risk for suicide. Conclusion: Deliberate self-harm patients presenting to the ED who refuse treatment represent a specific target group for setting up dedicated prevention schemes.

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