Air and soil pollution from mining activities has been considered as a critical issue to the health of living organisms. However, few efforts have been made in distinguishing the main pathway of organism genetic damage by heavy metals related to mining activities. Therefore, we investigated the genetic damage of Leymus chinensis leaf cells, the air particulate matter (PM) contents, and concentr...

The need to create multi-participant, decision-supported environments to address the issues of sustainable development and improving the quality of life creates a growing need to organise data across disciplines and organisations through different forms of spatial data infrastructure (SDI). This infrastructure is fundamentally a concept about facilitation and coordination of the exchange and sh...

BACKGROUND Actinic keratosis (AK) is a common skin condition that may progress to non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). The disease may influence Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), but studies of HRQoL in patients with AK are limited. The purpose of the study was to analyze HRQoL in patients with different severity levels of AK treated in dermatology specialist care using generic and disease-sp...

OBJECTIVES To test the effects of walking, light exposure, and a combination intervention (walking, light, and sleep education) on the sleep of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD). DESIGN Randomized, controlled trial with blinded assessors. SETTING Independent community living. PARTICIPANTS One hundred thirty-two people with AD and their in-home caregivers. INTERVENTIONS Participants ...

Geoprocessing is a basic element in spatial data infrastructure (SDI). As more and more geoprocessing functions are available as Web Services in SDI, the quality of geoprocessing services has become an important concern in providing effective geoprocessing in a distributed environment. This paper introduces the design and implementation of GeoQoS to support QoS-aware geoprocessing on the Web. K...

background: sleep quality is an important and determining factor in the quality of life in dialysis patients. although many chronic dialysis patients complain of poor sleep, we know little about its related factors. therefore, this study was designed to study sleep quality and its predictors among dialysis patients. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study carried out during augu...