Finally, in case of residual autocorrelation in the final model, we added lagged deviance residuals to the model for each conurbation in which significant early residual autocorrelation was seen (as defined by absolute partial autocorrelations of the deviance residuals exceeding 0.05 at lag days 0-3).
To generate a pollution series for each conurbation for inclusion in our models, we used data from background pollution monitors only, located within one of the 15 conurbations (one to 13 monitors per conurbation).
Specifically, for each conurbation we fitted a simple linear regression model over all days in 2003-6, relating daily conurbation temperature to daily regional temperature; this model was estimated using days with no missing data on conurbation temperature and then used to predict conurbation temperature on days with missing data.
We used data from the United Kingdom (UK) Particulate Matter and Perinatal Events Research PAMPERR) study, set in a single conurbation in northern England (1962-1992) with a largely stable population.
One hundred and sixty-six White British and British Pakistani girls aged 9 11 years were recruited from years 5 and 6 of 7 primary (equivalent to US elementary) schools in a large conurbation in North East England.
MAAS (Manchester Asthma and Allergy Study) is an unselected, prospective population-based birth cohort study (with a small nested allergen control intervention) of children born during 1995 1997 in the Greater Manchester conurbation in the United Kingdom (Custovic et al. 2002).
You can also "explore" the area around you for popular places - if you are reading this in a major conurbation anywhere in the world, there will be dozens of tips hovering in the venues around you.
Even the weight of the skyscrapers, constantly on the rise in a conurbation in the throes of perpetual change, is contributing to Bangkok's gradual immersion.
And though the suburbs had been the big gainers (up 14%), even the cities (towns of over 100,000 people) in that conurbation had grown by 6.3%.
Farmland and agricultural land in Klang Valley conurbation, Malaysia have been replaced with engineered surfaces and infrastructures to accommodate the rapid population growth witnessed in the past decades.
