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Laura A. Holt

NorthWest Research Associates
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Impacts of artificial light at night on biological timings

…, TW Davies, SL Nedelec, LA Holt - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The use of artificial lighting to illuminate the night has provided substantial benefits to humankind.
It has also disrupted natural daily, seasonal, and lunar light cycles as experienced by …

Nature, extent and ecological implications of night‐time light from road vehicles

KJ Gaston, LA Holt - Journal of applied ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The erosion of night‐time by the introduction of artificial lighting constitutes a profound
pressure on the natural environment. It has altered what had for millennia been reliable signals …

Effect of magnification lenses on student operator posture

…, KK Bray, C Gadbury‐Amyot, LA Holt… - Journal of dental …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
A distinct body of literature supports the association between clinical postures of the dental
practitioner and work‐related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMD). Several aids or devices …

Simulation of energetic particle precipitation effects during the 2003–2004 Arctic winter

CE Randall, VL Harvey, LA Holt… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Energetic particle precipitation (EPP) during the 2003–2004 Arctic winter led to the
production and subsequent transport of reactive odd nitrogen (NO x = NO + NO 2 ) from the …

An evaluation of tropical waves and wave forcing of the QBO in the QBOi models

LA Holt, F Lott, RR Garcia, GN Kiladis… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze the stratospheric waves in models participating in phase 1 of the Stratosphere–troposphere
Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC) Quasi‐Biennial Oscillation …

A decadal satellite record of gravity wave activity in the lower stratosphere to study polar stratospheric cloud formation

…, R Spang, A Orr, MJ Alexander, LA Holt… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric gravity waves yield substantial small-scale temperature fluctuations that can
trigger the formation of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs). This paper introduces a new satellite …

[HTML][HTML] Tropical waves and the quasi-biennial oscillation in a 7-km global climate simulation

LA Holt, MJ Alexander, L Coy, A Molod… - Journal of the …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Alexander, SP, T. Tsuda, Y. Kawatani, and M. Takahashi, 2008: Global distribution of
atmospheric waves in the equatorial upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: COSMIC …

A 106-fold enhancement in the conductivity of a discotic liquid crystal doped with only 1%(w∕ w) gold nanoparticles

LA Holt, RJ Bushby, SD Evans, A Burgess… - Journal of Applied …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The presence of 1%(w∕ w) of methylbenzene thiol coated gold nanoparticles increases the
conductivity of the discotic liquid crystal 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11-hexakis (hexyloxy) triphenylene (…

Bioengineering horizon scan 2020

…, A Djikeng, NG Evans, R Hammond, K Hills, LA Holt… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Horizon scanning is intended to identify the opportunities and threats associated with
technological, regulatory and social change. In 2017 some of the present authors conducted a …

[HTML][HTML] Gravity waves in the winter stratosphere over the Southern Ocean: high-resolution satellite observations and 3-D spectral analysis

…, ND Smith, L Hoffmann, LA Holt… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric gravity waves play a key role in the transfer of energy and momentum between
layers of the Earth's atmosphere. However, nearly all general circulation models (GCMs) …