Climate change and global issues in allergy and immunology

SE Pacheco, G Guidos-Fogelbach… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The steady increase in global temperatures, resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels and
the accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs), continues to destabilize all ecosystems …

A survey of visual transformers

Y Liu, Y Zhang, Y Wang, F Hou, J Yuan… - … on Neural Networks …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transformer, an attention-based encoder–decoder model, has already revolutionized the
field of natural language processing (NLP). Inspired by such significant achievements, some …

Flood exposure and social vulnerability in the United States

E Tate, MA Rahman, CT Emrich, CC Sampson - Natural Hazards, 2021 - Springer
Human exposure to floods continues to increase, driven by changes in hydrology and land
use. Adverse impacts amplify for socially vulnerable populations, who disproportionately …

Assessment of urban flood vulnerability using the social-ecological-technological systems framework in six US cities

H Chang, A Pallathadka, J Sauer, NB Grimm… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
As urban populations continue to grow through the 21st century, more people are projected
to be at risk of exposure to climate change-induced extreme events. To investigate the …

Social inequalities in climate change-attributed impacts of Hurricane Harvey

KT Smiley, I Noy, MF Wehner, D Frame… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change is already increasing the severity of extreme weather events such as with
rainfall during hurricanes. But little research to date investigates if, and to what extent, there …

[HTML][HTML] The dermatological manifestations of extreme weather events: a comprehensive review of skin disease and vulnerability

ER Parker, J Mo, RS Goodman - The Journal of Climate Change and …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the body's most direct interface with the environment, cutaneous health is especially
vulnerable to climatic factors. Anthropogenic-induced climatic change continues to …

Social inequalities in flooding inside and outside of floodplains during Hurricane Harvey

KT Smiley - Environmental Research Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
While previous research often finds flood impacts outside of conventional flood risk zones
such as FEMA's 100-year floodplain maps, we have less of a sense of the social and …

Light pollution inequities in the continental United States: A distributive environmental justice analysis

SM Nadybal, TW Collins, SE Grineski - Environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
Excessive exposure to ambient light at night is a well-documented hazard to human health,
yet analysts have not examined it from an environmental justice (EJ) perspective. We …

Equitable community resilience: the case of winter storm Uri in Texas

A Nejat, L Solitare, E Pettitt… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Community resilience in the face of natural hazards involves both a community's sensitivity
to disaster and its potential to bounce back. A failure to integrate equity into resilience …

Social vulnerability, disaster assistance, and recovery: A population-based study of Hurricane Harvey in Greater Houston, Texas

AL Griego, AB Flores, TW Collins… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Research has shown that post-disaster assistance may be inequitably distributed and that
socially vulnerable residents may experience constraints in recovering from disasters. We …