Health effects of cyclones: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

W Huang, Y Gao, R Xu, Z Yang, P Yu… - Environmental …, 2023 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: More intense cyclones are expected in the future as a result of climate change.
A comprehensive review is urgently needed to summarize and update the evidence on the …

The biology of aging in a social world: Insights from free-ranging rhesus macaques

LE Newman, C Testard, AR DeCasien, KL Chiou… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Social adversity can increase the age-associated risk of disease and death, yet the
biological mechanisms that link social adversities to aging remain poorly understood. Long …

The impacts of rainfall shocks on birth weight in Vietnam

K Le, M Nguyen - Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the less discernible cost of rainfall shocks to birth weight outcomes
in the context of Vietnam. Exploiting the variation across districts and conception months …

Extreme heat, birth outcomes, and socioeconomic heterogeneity

R Conte Keivabu, M Cozzani - Demography, 2022 - read.dukeupress.edu
We investigate the effect of extreme heat on birth outcomes and how this effect may vary by
family socioeconomic status (SES). We create a detailed data set by linking individual-level …

Employing google classroom to teach female students during the covid-19 pandemic

S Tarteer, A Badah, ZN Khlaif - Computers in the Schools, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study sought to understand the experiences of female 11th-graders in English classes
that used Google Classroom applications during emergent e-learning due to COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Association between severe cyclone events and birth outcomes in Queensland, Australia, 2008–2018: a population based retrospective cohort study

C Parayiwa, D Harley, R Clark, A Behie, A Lal - Australian and New …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Investigate an association between severe tropical cyclones (TCs) and birth
outcomes in an Australian population. Methods We analysed over 600,000 singleton …

[HTML][HTML] Experiences of pregnant women exposed to Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the US Virgin Islands: a qualitative study

NK Jeffers, D Wilson, H Tappis, D Bertrand… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Hurricanes Irma and Maria made landfall in the US Virgin Islands
(USVI) in 2017. To date, there is no published literature available on the experiences of …

The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Implications for Paleopathology

R Gowland, JL Caldwell - The Routledge handbook of …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis evolved from earlier
research by Barker and colleagues in the 1980s, which demonstrated a link between early …

Long-term effects of early-life exposure to tropical cyclones

Y Lin, F Liu, P Xu - China Economic Review, 2021 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the long-run effects of early-life exposure to tropical cyclones on the
socioeconomic performance of individuals in China. We identify significantly negative effects …

Natural disasters and high-stakes exam performance: Evidence from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

W Lu, P Yang, S Zheng, S Zhou - China Economic Review, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, China serves as a natural experiment for
examining the effect of natural disasters on high-stakes exam performance among students …