As the covid-19 pandemic accelerates, governments are warning people at high risk to be
particularly stringent in observing social distancing measures because if they become ill …

BACKGROUND Self-management (SM) support for patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) is variable in its coverage, content, method and timing of …

Purpose This systematic review aimed to identify the most effective components of
interventions to facilitate self-management of health care behaviors for patients with COPD …

This report provides technical documentation for the computer code SNTHERM. 89, which is
a one-dimensional mass and energy balance model of snow and frozen soil. The model is …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a growing global problem. Despite
mounting evidence of significant co morbidity including musculoskeletal changes …

Over 530 million people worldwide are estimated to have had covid-19 by June 2022,
resulting in more than 6.3 million deaths. 1 Although most people have few symptoms or …

The Russian drifting station North Pole 4 (NP‐4) was within 5° latitude of the North Pole from
April 1956 to April 1957. We use a wide‐ranging set of snow and meteorological data …

The surface of the Arctic Ocean in summer is a mix of sea ice and water in both leads and
melt ponds. Here we use data collected at multiple sites during the year‐long experiment to …

Background Prior pulmonary TB has been shown to be associated with a higher risk of
airflow obstruction, which is the hallmark of COPD, but whether smoking modifies this …

There is some evidence that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and metabolic
syndrome may be related, perhaps through systemic inflammation, which is common to both …