Air pollution exposure and IPF: prevention when there is no cure

Brunekreef relation ? Air pollution and life expectancy : is there a

Air pollution and life expectancy: is there a relation?

The great smog disasters of the past have made clear that air pollution can kill people in a matter of days: extremely high concentrations of air pollution building up under conditions of low wind speed and stable atmospheric conditions have been associated with excess deaths in the Meuse Valley, Belgium (1930); Donora, PA, United States (1948); and London, United Kingdom (1952). In the develop...

Air pollution: Impact and prevention

Air pollution is becoming a major health problem that affects millions of people worldwide. In support of this observation, the World Health Organization estimates that every year, 2.4 million people die because of the effects of air pollution on health. Mitigation strategies such as changes in diesel engine technology could result in fewer premature mortalities, as suggested by the US Environm...

Critical Points When There Is No Saddle Point Geometry

We show how mountain pass methods can be used even when there is no mountain pass or saddle point geometry. The functional can grow on linking subsets. Applications are given.

Using Some “prior” When There Is No Prior

Abstract If a prior probability does not exist or is controversial, can we formulate probabilistic inference based only on the properties of the measurement? In the case of plain ‘location’ measurements the answer to this is known. Here we extend that answer to address the general problem of estimating a scalar parameter from a small data sample. That measurement is treated as if resulting from...