The assessment of seismic vulnerability is critical for lifelines such as wastewater treatment plants (WTPs) because failures may result in environmental degradation, deterioration water quality and human diseases development. main scope this research the testing application a rapid, simple methodology assessing structural (SSV) WTPs (according to qualitative method Rapid Visual Screening), usi...

As our climate continues to respond anthropogenic forcing, the magnitude and frequency of individual weather events intensity extremes associated with these, remains highly uncertain. This is a particular concern for infrastructure networks, as increasing storm-related damage these vital lifelines has significant consequences communities. Effective first response hence becoming an increasingly ...

Background Women with primary Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) often experience a decreased health related quality of life (HRQoL). A physically active lifestyle could have positive influence on vascular function and thus might improve HRQoL in women RP. Objectives To quantify the amount type physical activity (PA) sedentary behaviour, as well stress, (RP), to compare this behaviour without RP from la...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its individual components within sex-, body mass index (BMI)- and age combined clusters. In addition, we used the age-adjusted blood pressure thresholds to demonstrate the effect on the prevalence of MetS and elevated blood pressure. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Cross-sectional data from 74,531 Western European participants, age...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is an increasing health issue that develops rather unnoticed with obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome. We investigated prevalence, determinants and associated metabolic abnormalities of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the largest population-based cohort to date. METHODS Biochemical characteristics, type 2 diabetes m...

BACKGROUND The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a combination of unfavourable health factors which includes abdominal obesity, dyslipidaemia, elevated blood pressure and impaired fasting glucose. Earlier studies have reported a relationship between thyroid function and some MetS components or suggested that serum free thyroxine (FT4) or free triiodothyronine (FT3) levels within the normal range wer...

BACKGROUND Diversity in the reported prevalence of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO), suggests that modifiable factors may be at play. We evaluated differences in dietary patterns and physical activity between MHO and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO). METHODS Cross-sectional data of 9270 obese individuals (30-69 years) of the Lifelines Cohort Study was used. MHO was defined as obesity ...