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A Gene-by-Environment Genome-Wide Interaction Study (GEWIS) of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Veterans
On average, 18 Veterans die by suicide each day. In fact, from 2009 to 2018, more than 64,000 Veterans died by suicide, which is roughly the same number of U.S. military fatalities...
Leveraging cell phone location data to measure interactions with the food environment and associated health outcomes
Project Summary Unhealthy diet is a key behavioral risk factor for several chronic diseases, particularly type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers. Long-term measu...
Examination of gut-microbiome-brain interactions in a novel gene x environment model of neurodevelopmental disorders
PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT The development of the nervous system is a complex, dynamic process that is dysregulated in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). Although progress has be...
Examination of gut-microbiome-brain interactions in a novel gene x environment model of neurodevelopmental disorders
PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT The development of the nervous system is a complex, dynamic process that is dysregulated in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). Although progress has be...
RCG: OpTick: One Health surveillance and management of tick-borne disease threats in a changing environment.
Tick-borne disease (TBD) risks to humans and livestock are increasing rapidly in temperate regions, including the UK, and can cause severe disease in people and livestock, impactin...
Predicting the future: How our brain predicts future events for successful navigation through our dynamic environment.
To successfully navigate our dynamic environment, our brain needs to continuously update its representation of external information. This poses a fundamental problem: how does the...
Climate change, mobility and transformation processes. Human-environment interactions in (pre)historical societies of the Arctic
Archäologie
The rights of the child in the digital environment: Should we protect children from screen exposure?
digital
PropTech Rating and Assessment System (PRAS): building collaborations to promote excellence in the built environment industry
PropTech is the buzzword for digital transformation within the real estate sector. PropTech Investment capital is currently estimated at approximately $5b in the UK and nearly $100...
Radical hope beyond hospitality and tolerance: embracing pro-migrant futures out of the UK's hostile environment
This research examines the growth of privatised immigration detention in the UK by drawing conceptual links between this local carceral geography and the wider global prison indust...
The Historic Environment as an agent of change in the climate emergency: a community-centred approach
Our Place in Time (OPT), the Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland (2014), defines the Historic Environment as 'the physical evidence for human activity that connects peo...
Doctoral Dissertation Research: The impact of environment on movement and habitat usage in a nocturnal primate
Unsuitable environmental conditions are one of the main drivers for evolution as species must adapt, move, or perish. Smaller mammals have avoided the impact of unsuitable environm...
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Assessing the physiological consequences of diet and environment for gorillas in zoological settings
Present-day human diets and activity levels are mismatched with human physiology, which has been adapted for the comparatively higher activity levels and fluctuating food availabil...
The active travel backlash paradox: opposition and acceptability determinants of built environment-based sustainable travel interventions
Transport policy is a contentious issue.In recent years, ambitious proposals aiming at reducing car use and creating a more sustainable, equitable, and healthy transportation syste...
Promoting Positive Mental and Physical Health at Work in a Changing Environment: A Multi-level Approach
Recent years have seen rapid changes in the workplace arising from the digital and green transitions (‘twin transition’), as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.New forms of work and wor...
Contaminants of emerging concern: An integrated approach for assessing impacts on the marine environment. Acronym: CONTRAST
CONTRAST will develop an integrated assessment and effect-based monitoring framework (IAF) to measure the impacts of CECs on the marine environment to provide a measure of Good Env...
Collaborative Research: DRMS:Group cognition, stress arousal, and environment feedbacks in decision making and adaptation under uncertainty
To solve complex problems, such as the sustainable use of ground water, diverse people must cooperate to share resources in uncertain environments. This project proposes and tests...
Collaborative Research: DRMS:Group cognition, stress arousal, and environment feedbacks in decision making and adaptation under uncertainty
To solve complex problems, such as the sustainable use of ground water, diverse people must cooperate to share resources in uncertain environments. This project proposes and tests...
Seismic Resilience of Egypt's Built Environment: A GIS-Based Framework for Assessment and Mitigation (Egypt-SeReAM)
Natural disasters can have dire effects on countries, in the form of human casualties/injuries, infrastructure damage, economic and environmental losses. Earthquakes, in particular...
Promoting Positive Mental and Physical Health at Work in a Changing Environment: A Multi-level Approach
Recent years have seen rapid changes in the workplace arising from the digital and green transitions (‘twin transition’), as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.New forms of work and wor...