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A digital assistant for healthcare providers targeting 10 to 15-year-old patients with asthma and their family: results from a pilot study
(2019)Background: Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions worldwide. Successful asthma management requires knowledge about the condition, treatment adherence, and behavioral skills. In addition, when treating children with asthma, a trustful and empathetic collaboration between healthcare providers, patients and their family is necessary for successful asthma management. However, resources of healthcare providers are limited to few ...Report -
Inconsistencies between chemistry climate model and observed lower stratospheric trends since 1998
(2019)Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics DiscussionsThe stratospheric ozone layer shields surface life from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Following the Montreal Protocol ban of long-lived ozone depleting substances (ODSs), rapid depletion of total column ozone (TCO) ceased in the late 1990s and ozone above 32 km now enjoys a clear recovery. However, there is still no confirmation of TCO recovery, and evidence has emerged that ongoing quasi-global (60° S–60° N) lower stratospheric ozone ...Working Paper -
An image- and BET-based Monte-Carlo approach to determine mineral accessible surface areas in sandstones
(2019)EarthArXivAccessible surface areas (ASAs) of individual rock-forming minerals exert a fundamental control on how minerals react with formation fluids. However, due to lacking adequate quantification methods, determining the ASAs of specific minerals in a multi-mineral rock at the appropriate scale still remains difficult. Whole-rock Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) measurements at atomic scales cannot account for the variability in ASAs of individual ...Working Paper -
Technical note: An improved discharge sensitivity metric for young water fractions
(2019)Hydrology and Earth System Sciences DiscussionsRecent virtual and experimental investigations have shown that the young water fraction Fyw (i.e. the proportion of catchment outflow younger than circa 2–3 months) increases with discharge in most catchments. The discharge sensitivity of Fyw has been defined as the rate of increase in Fyw with increasing discharge (Q), and has been estimated by the linear regression slope between Fyw and Q, hereafter called DS(Q). The combined use of ...Working Paper -
Carbon/nitrogen interactions in European forests and semi-natural vegetation. Part I: Fluxes and budgets of carbon, nitrogen and greenhouse gases from ecosystem monitoring and modelling
(2019)Biogeosciences DiscussionsWorking Paper -
Carbon/nitrogen interactions in European forests and semi-natural vegetation. Part II: Untangling climatic, edaphic, management and nitrogen deposition effects on carbon sequestration potentials
(2019)Biogeosciences DiscussionsWorking Paper -
An urban ecohydrological model to quantify the effect of vegetation on urban climate and hydrology (UT&C v1.0)
(2019)Geoscientific Model Development DiscussionsIncreasing urbanization is likely to intensify the urban heat island effect, decrease outdoor thermal comfort and enhance runoff generation in cities. Urban green spaces are often proposed as a mitigation strategy to counteract these adverse effects and many recent developments of urban climate models focus on the inclusion of green and blue infrastructure to inform urban planning. However, many models still lack the ability to account ...Working Paper -
Estimates of mean residence times of phosphorus in commonly-considered inorganic soil phosphorus pools
(2019)Biogeosciences DiscussionsQuantification of turnover of inorganic soil phosphorus (P) pools is essential to improve our understanding of P cycling in soil-plant systems at different spatial scales. Turnover can be quantified using mean residence time (MRT), however, to date there is little information on MRT of P in soil P pools. We introduce an approach to quantify MRT of P in sequentially-extracted inorganic soil P pools using data from isotope exchange kinetic ...Working Paper -
Glaciohydraulic seismic tremors on an Alpine glacier
(2019)The Cryosphere DiscussionsHydraulic processes impact viscous and brittle ice deformation. Water-driven fracturing as well as turbulent waterflow within and beneath glaciers radiate seismic waves which provide insights into otherwise hard-to-access englacial and subglacial environments. In this study, we analyze glaciohydraulic tremors recorded by four seismic arrays installed in different parts of Glacier de la Plaine Morte, Switzerland. Data were recorded during ...Working Paper