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Breathe Easy

The articles on weather and asthma focused on outbreaks of asthma flare-ups during periods of thunderstorms, especially in the late spring and early summer. These studies, conducted in Australia and Great Britain, did seem to find a correlation between spring storms and increased problems with asthma. Researchers speculate the phenomenon may have two possible causes. The most likely is related ...

Breathe Easy at Home

The Breathe Easy at Home Program enables clinicians to refer asthmatic patients to Boston Inspectional Services Department (ISD) if they suspect housing conditions trigger symptoms. The authors conducted one-on-one interviews with clinicians (n = 10) who referred patients, and focus groups with inspectors from the ISD (n = 9) and a variety of stakeholders (n = 13), to gain insight into program ...

Breathe Easy EDA: A MATLAB toolbox for psychophysiology

Electrodermal activity (EDA) recordings are widely used in experimental psychology to measure skin conductance responses (SCRs) that reflect sympathetic nervous system arousal. However, irregular respiration patterns and deep breaths can cause EDA fluctuations that are difficult to distinguish from genuine arousal-related SCRs, presenting a methodological challenge that increases the likelihood...

Easy Breathe: Health-Optimal Routing in Urban Areas Semester Thesis

Air pollution, especially particulate matter (PM), has very serious effects on human health. According to the World Health Organization, diseases caused by PM reduce the average live expectancy in Europe by 9 months. This is a significant number, especially considering that 80% of the European population lives in cities with levels of PM exceeding the levels considered save by the WHO Air Quali...

Breathe easy with the right escape respirator during an H2S event.