The Washington State Merged Longitudinal Administrative Database by Jennifer Romich, Mark Long, Scott Allard, Anne Althauser

“…In this paper, we describe 1.) our relationship with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services that permits this data access and allows construction of this dataset using restricted personal identifiers; 2.) the merging and construction process, including imputing race and ethnicity and constructing quasi-households from address co-location; and 3.) planned benchmarking and analysis work.…”
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Spatiotemporal Prescribed Fire Patterns in Washington State, USA by Harry Podschwit, Colton Miller, Ernesto Alvarado

“…We investigate the spatiotemporal patterns of prescribed fire and wildfire within Washington State, USA using records from the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR). …”
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Solution for Survey Discrepancies in Washington State Smoking Prevalence by Michael J. Boysun, MPH, Julie E. Maher, PhD, Michael J. Stark, PhD, Barbara A. Pizacani, PhD, Kristen Rohde, MA, Julia Dilley, MES, Katrina Wynkoop Simmons, PhD

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Wildfire smoke exposure and emergency department visits in Washington State by Annie Doubleday, Lianne Sheppard, Elena Austin, Tania Busch Isaksen

“…We used syndromic surveillance data to explore the effect of wildfire smoke exposure on all-cause respiratory and cardiovascular ED visits in Washington state. Using a time-stratified case crossover design, we observed an increased odds of asthma visits immediately after and in all five days following initial exposure (lag 0 OR: 1.13; 95% CI: 1.10, 1.17; lag 1–5 ORs all 1.05 or greater with a lower CI of 1.02 or higher), and an increased odds of respiratory visits in all five days following initial exposure (lag 1 OR: 1.02; 95% CI: 1.00, 1.03; lag 2–5 ORs and lower CIs were all at least as large) comparing wildfire smoke to non-wildfire smoke days. …”
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Comparing public support for nuclear and wind energy in Washington State. by Azusa Uji, Jaehyun Song, Nives Dolšak, Aseem Prakash

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A Comparison of Educational Reform in Finland and Washington State, USA by Karin Manns

Subjects: “…educational reform, comparison Finnland and Washington State (USA), international academic achievements, effective school improvement…”
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Two Novel Iflaviruses Discovered in Bat Samples in Washington State by Kate B. Juergens, John Huckabee, Alexander L. Greninger

“…Here we implement a metagenomic deep sequencing approach followed by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) on viral RNA isolated from wild and captured bat guano in Washington State at two separate time points. From these samples we report the complete genomes of two novel viruses in the family <i>Iflaviridae</i>. …”
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Comparing public support for nuclear and wind energy in Washington State by Azusa Uji, Jaehyun Song, Nives Dolšak, Aseem Prakash

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The 2015 drought in Washington State: a harbinger of things to come? by Miriam E Marlier, Mu Xiao, Ruth Engel, Ben Livneh, John T Abatzoglou, Dennis P Lettenmaier

“…Washington State experienced widespread drought in 2015 and the largest burned area in the observational record, attributable in part to exceptionally low winter snow accumulation and high summer temperatures. …”
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Evaluating potato evapotranspiration and crop coefficients in the Columbia Basin of Washington state by Francisco Gonzalez T., Mark J. Pavek, Zachary J. Holden, Rudy Garza

“…The field study was conducted during 2018, 2019, and 2020 growing seasons at the Washington State University Irrigated Agricultural Research and Extension Center near Othello, Washington. …”
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Study of Long-Term Field Performance of Chip Seal in Washington State by Angelique Umutoniwase, Haifang Wen, Kevin Littleton

“…In collaboration with Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), twelve (12) road sections previously paved with hot mix asphalt (HMA) or chip seal and later maintained with chip seal were selected, and their performance was analyzed in terms of cracking, rutting, and roughness index (IRI). …”
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Examining Routine Pediatric Vaccination Availability in Community Pharmacies in Washington State by Kimberly Caye McKeirnan, Madison Shea Motzner, Sorosh Kherghehpoush

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Screening Tests for the Rapid Detection of Diarrhetic Shellfish Toxins in Washington State by Vera L. Trainer, Jerry Borchert, Nicolaus G. Adams, Neil Harrington, Leslie K. Moore, Bich-Thuy L. Eberhart

“…The PP2A test showed the greatest promise as a screening tool for Washington State shellfish harvesters.…”
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Mineralogy of Miocene Petrified Wood from Central Washington State, USA by George E. Mustoe, Thomas A. Dillhoff

“…Silicified wood occurs abundantly in Middle Miocene flows and sedimentary interbeds of the Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) in central Washington State, USA. These fossil localities are well-dated based on radiometric ages determined for the host lava. …”
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Multivariate Tail Probabilities: Predicting Regional Pertussis Cases in Washington State by Xuze Zhang, Saumyadipta Pyne, Benjamin Kedem

“…Regional prediction, in Washington state, of the number of pertussis cases is approached by providing joint probabilities using fused data from several relatively small samples following the selected density ratio model. …”
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Direct Measurement of Mercury Deposition at Rural and Suburban Sites in Washington State, USA by Marc W. Beutel, Lanka DeSilva, Louis Amegbletor

“…Using a direct measurement approach, this study quantified Hg deposition at a rural site (Pullman) and suburban site (Puyallup) in Washington State using simple, low-cost equipment. Dry deposition was measured using an aerodynamic “wet sampler” consisting of a Teflon plate, 35 cm in diameter, holding a thin layer (2.5 mm) of recirculating acidic aqueous receiving solution. …”
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Projected income data under different shared socioeconomic pathways for Washington state by Heng Wan, Sumitrra Ganguli, Narmadha Meenu Mohankumar, Milan Jain, Kyle Wilson, David Anderson

“…To generate income projections for Washington state, we obtain state-level GDP per capita projections and convert them into projected annual household income. …”
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SoundToxins: A Research and Monitoring Partnership for Harmful Phytoplankton in Washington State by Vera L. Trainer, Teri L. King

“…The more frequent occurrence of marine harmful algal blooms (HABs) and recent problems with newly-described toxins in Puget Sound have increased the risk for illness and have negatively impacted sustainable access to shellfish in Washington State. Marine toxins that affect safe shellfish harvest because of their impact on human health are the saxitoxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), domoic acid that causes amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP), diarrhetic shellfish toxins that cause diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) and the recent measurement of azaspiracids, known to cause azaspiracid poisoning (AZP), at low concentrations in Puget Sound shellfish. …”
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Commercial Bakers' View on the Meaning of "Local" Wheat and Flour in Western Washington State by Karen M. Hills, Jessica R. Goldberger, Stephen S. Jones

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A qualitative investigation of resilience among small farms in western Washington State by Dani Ladyka, Yona Sipos, Marie Spiker, Sarah Collier

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