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Study finds link between sleep apnea and increases in PM2.5, NO2

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Although there is increasing interest in the influence of the environment on sleep, there is limited research evaluating the relationship between sleep and air pollution. Martha Billings, lead study author and associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington. —Billings et al. —Billings et al.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Professor Robert Cervero, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California-Berkeley. Professor Sebastian Thrun, Stanford University. Masdar is a multi-billion dollar project to create a mile-square city in a desert environment where “ nothing grows ” today. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica. Still, Prof.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis. Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics. slow charge.

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