Metropolitan Sewerage System Surrounding Boston

Age-related patterns of daily alcohol consumption in metropolitan Boston.

The Boston Anesthesia System.

W: Prevalence and classification of anemia in elective ortho-pedic surgery patients: Implications for blood conservation programs. Predictors of transfusion requirements for cardiac surgical procedures at a blood conservation center. orchestrated collaborations between Harvard's Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). MIT engineers Edwin Trautm...

Non-conventional Sewerage

Conventional wastewater collection systems are installed to remove human wastes from households in cities and urban areas. This system demands high water supply rates as the wastes are flushed through pipes using water that flows under gravity. This system is capital extensive, and has been found to be not suitable in urban areas with smaller population sizes. Also, for the same reason, not sui...

Characterization of indoor particle sources: A study conducted in the metropolitan Boston area.

An intensive particle monitoring study was conducted in homes in the Boston, Massachusetts, area during the winter and summer of 1996 in an effort to characterize sources of indoor particles. As part of this study, continuous particle size and mass concentration data were collected in four single-family homes, with each home monitored for one or two 6-day periods. Additionally, housing activity...

Estimating the Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Implications of Alternative Metropolitan Growth Scenarios: A Boston Example

This study demonstrates the potential value, and difficulties, in utilizing large-scale, location aware, administrative data together with urban modeling in order to address current policy issues in a timely fashion. We take advantage of a unique dataset of millions of odometer readings from annual safety inspections of all private passenger vehicles in Metropolitan Boston to estimate the vehic...