BACKGROUND Pokémon GO is the most played augmented reality game in history. With more than 44 million players at the peak of its popularity, the game has sparked interest on its effects on the young population's health. OBJECTIVE This pilot study examined motivations to start playing Pokémon GO among a sample of US college students, and how motivations were associated with perceived outcomes ...

Land use profoundly changes the terrestrial ecosystem and landscape patterns, and these changes reveal the extent and scope of the ecological influence of land use on the terrestrial ecosystem. The study area selected for this research was the middle reaches of the Heihe River. Based on land use data (1986, 2000, and 2014), we proposed an ecological risk index of land use by combining a landsca...

Background: Population characteristics can be used to infer vulnerability of communities COVID-19, or the likelihood high levels vaccine hesitancy.  Communities harder hit by virus, at risk being so, stand benefit from greater resource allocation than their population size alone would suggest. This study reports a simple but efficacious method ranking small areas England relative that are linke...

Objectives : Since the risk of pollutants in soil environment may vary depending on characteristics, functions, and environmental conditions soil, site-specific ecological assessment (SERA) should be conducted to protect ecosystem from pollutants. It has been confirmed that each country is conducting SERAs based guidelines suitable for their own conditions. However, Korea, there a lack basis in...