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On the coastal erosion risk assessment indexes [PDF]

Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), 2013
China is one of the most severely affected countries by coastal erosion. About 70% of the sandy beaches and most of muddy tidal flat in open water regions are erode. Coastal erosion results in the width of beach being narrowed, bathing beach destruction,
Lifen Xu, Shiyong Wen, Dongzhi Zhao, Xuegong Xu   +3 more
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Gastroenteritis related to food and/or beach bathing [PDF]

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 1993
On November 14, 1991 a general practitioner notified the Eastern Sydney Area Public Health Unit of seven cases of gastroenteritis among eight-year-old children who had attended a private birthday party.
Mark J Ferson, Margaret Williamson, Christine Cowie   +2 more
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Antimicrobial resistance profiles of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from bathing waters of the Lajeado reservoir in Tocantins, Brazil

Revista Ambiente & Água, 2012
The exposure to contaminated water constitutes an important mechanism for the transmission of gastrointestinal pathogens. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains cause enteric infections in humans and include six different categories according to ...
Paula Benevides de Morais, Edilberto Nogueira Mendes, Paula Prazeres Magalhães, Guilherme Benko, Raphael Sanzio Pimenta, Fátima de Cássia Oliveira Gomes, Kleverson Wessel de Oliveira   +6 more
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CLIMATE RISK OF SHALLOW TOURISTIC LAKES: A CASE STUDY OF LAKE VELENCE (HUNGARY)

Journal of Engineering Science (Chişinău), 2023
The European shallow lakes used primarily for tourism are subjected to a large amount of environmental pressure, and climate change is adding new problems and aspects to them: a complex analysis of processes and connections is necessary to ...
BOROMISZA, Zsombor, HAREA, Olga
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Formal and Informal Natural Bathing Sites and Beaches in the Slovenian Coastal Zone

Annales, Series Historia et Sociologia
The Slovenian coastal zone offers favourable conditions for bathing, which has led to the development of many natural bathing sites and beaches. The article presents the results of the research aimed at recording their legal status, number, extent and ...
Gregor Čok
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A “Wicked Problem” Reconciling Human-Shark Conflict, Shark Bite Mitigation, and Threatened Species

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021
Conservation measures often result in a “wicked problem,” i.e., a complex problem with conflicting aims and no clear or straightforward resolution without severe adverse effects on one or more parties.
Yuri Niella, Victor M. Peddemors, Marcel Green, Amy F. Smoothey, Robert Harcourt   +4 more
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Effects of thermal treatment of food using barbecue fuels on ambient air and beach sands within recreation facilities

Scientific Reports, 2023
Organised bathing areas located within leisure facilities, in addition to the function typical of their purpose, allow in most cases the use of their own barbecue facilities.
Sebastian Kuś, Iwona Jelonek, Zbigniew Jelonek   +2 more
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Pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance analysis of Vibrio species found in coastal water at mainly beach of Shenzhen, China

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Offshore industries and resources are the links between humans and the marine ecosystem. Several risk factors are associated with beach activities. The risk of Vibrio infection at bathing beaches is often overlooked as there are virtually no regulations ...
Ziwei Huang, Ziwei Huang, Ziwei Huang, Ziwei Huang, Melody Abena Anokyewaa, Melody Abena Anokyewaa, Melody Abena Anokyewaa, Melody Abena Anokyewaa, Junlin Wang, Junlin Wang, Jichang Jian, Jichang Jian, Yishan Lu, Yishan Lu, Yishan Lu, Yishan Lu   +15 more
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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source