Current and previous spatial distributions of oilseed rape fields influence the abundance and the body size of a solitary wild bee, Andrena cineraria, in permanent grasslands.

Wild bees are essential pollinators whose survival partly depends on the capacity of their environment to offer a sufficient amount of nectar and pollen.Semi-natural habitats and mass-flowering crops such as oilseed rape provide abundant floristic resources for bees.The aim of this study was to evaluate the influences of the spatial distribution of

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A novel approach for identification of environmentally and economically suitable locations for establishment of wastewater treatment plants

Despite having several economic and environmental benefits of locating suitable sites for wastewater treatment plants, only a few studies have been reported in the literature.The present study implemented a fuzzy-analytic hierarchy process (fuzzy-AHP) method followed by the multi-criteria decision analysis for identification of suitable locations f

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Identification of patients undergoing chronic kidney replacement therapy in primary and secondary care data: validation study based on OpenSAFELY and UK Renal Registry

Objective To validate primary and secondary care codes in electronic health records to identify people receiving chronic kidney replacement therapy based on gold standard registry data.Design Validation study using data from OpenSAFELY and the UK Renal Registry, with the approval of NHS England.Setting Primary and secondary care electronic health r

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