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How to Make Buildings Better for Our Health and Well-Being

WebWilliam Shutkin: Welcome to the Sustainable City show, a new podcast where we discuss bold ideas and innovations for green, equitable and climate-friendly cities …

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A Complete History of Pandemics The MIT Press Reader

WebThere is little certainty regarding the total global death toll of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic. Perhaps the most commonly cited worldwide aggregate 20-40 …

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The New Science of Optimism and Longevity The MIT Press Reader

WebThe results tell us that optimists tend to live on average 11 to 15 percent longer than pessimists and have an excellent chance of achieving “exceptional longevity” …

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Food, Health, and the Environment

WebThe Food, Health, and the Environment series presents the theories, evidence, and strategies that enable scholars, practitioners, and activists to identify and advance just …

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Running and the Science of Mental Toughness

WebOh yeah, how cute.”. To cope with the pain and discomfort, the runners used a variety of mental strategies, including breathing techniques and urging themselves on. …

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Public Health Social Sciences and the Humanities

WebReviews of "Environmental Impact of Personal Protective Equipment Supplied to Health and Social Care Services in England in the First Six Months of the COVID-19 …

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Understanding and Managing the Complexity of Healthcare

Webby William B. Rouse and Nicoleta Serban. Hardcover. $40.00. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780262027519. Pub date: July 3, 2014. Publisher: The MIT Press. 296 pp., 6 x 9 …

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Data Science in Public Health: Building Next Generation Capacity

WebABSTRACT. Rapidly evolving technology, data, and analytic landscapes are permeating many fields and professions. In public health, the need for data science …

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Better Metrics to Guide Public Health Policy: Lessons Learned From

WebMedia Summary. As communities adjust policies to mitigate COVID-19, the focus is on objective ‘metrics’ to guide decisions. But metrics are only as good as their …

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Visualizing Data To Save Lives: A History of Early Public Health

WebBy: Murray Dick. When publicized far and wide enough, infographics, some experts argue, can save lives. The communicative value in visualizing data toward …

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Ethics and the Metaphysics of Medicine

Webby Kenneth A. Richman. Hardcover. $32.00. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780262182386. Pub date: June 18, 2004. Publisher: The MIT Press. 232 pp., 6 x 9 in, …

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“Tell Me the Story of This Illness, Please”: Eric Cassell on Truly

WebEric Cassell (1928–2021) was a distinguished physician, clinical professor, and author who wrote extensively about the intersection of medical practice with ethics, philosophy, and …

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Health Economics

Webby Frank A. Sloan and Chee-Ruey Hsieh. Hardcover. $100.00. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780262035118. Pub date: January 27, 2017. Publisher: The MIT Press. 840 pp., …

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The Powerful Case for Redefining Alzheimer’s Disease

WebThe signature case of Alzheimer’s disease was a German woman named Auguste whose mental status began to deteriorate to the extent that her husband …

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Health Design Thinking

WebPaperback. $19.95. Paperback. ISBN: 9780262543606. Pub date: February 22, 2022. Publisher: The MIT Press. 228 pp., 7 x 9 in, 300 color photos. MIT Press …

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The Identity Crisis of America’s Largest Anti-Hunger Program

WebWhen Walter Willett speaks, people listen. Among the world’s most cited nutrition researchers, Willett, who chaired the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard …

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The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud

WebPer the 2021 Emissions Gap Report authored by the United Nations Environment Programme, global temperatures are projected to rise by 2.7 C by the end …

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