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Crowd-Funded Earthquake Early-Warning System [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Earthquake early warning systems has been proven to save countless lives in Japan, Mexico, and Chile, where earthquake warnings are often broadcast live on TV up to a minute before residents experience shaking. Unfortunately, traditional early warning systems require extensive capital investment.
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Characterizing Drivers of Asia's Black Elephant Disaster Risks
Earth's Future, Volume 10, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Asia has the fastest growing population and economy, but it is also the most disaster‐prone region in the world. Resilience to disaster impacts from natural hazards will be key to the long‐term sustainability of this rapidly growing region. The first step to building resilience is to identify the key threats that this region faces. We describe
Yolanda C. Lin +7 more
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Geosciences, 2019 U-Pb dating by LA ICP-MS is one of the most popular and successful isotopic techniques available to the Earth Sciences to constrain timing and rates of geological processes thanks to its high spatial resolution, good precision (absolute U/Pb age ...
Laura Bracciali
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İslam Medeniyeti Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2020 Arakan Güneydoğu Asya ülkelerinden birisi olan Myanmar´ın bir eyaletidir. Eski adı Burma olan Myanmar Budist çoğunluğun yönetimi elinde tuttuğu ve Müslüman azınlıklara haklarını vermemesi ile tanınan bir ülkedir.
Hüseyin Günarslan
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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Earth's Future, Volume 10, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract The water‐energy‐food (WEF) nexus is a prominent approach for addressing today's sustainable development challenges. In our critical appraisal of the WEF, covering different approaches, drivers, enablers, and applications, we emphasize the situation across the Global South (Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean).
A. P. Hejnowicz +7 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants and refugees in the United States often face significant barriers in accessing social services, including mental health support, legal assistance, ESL or related education, housing, vocational training, workforce resources, transportation, and citizenship support. This article explores the strengths and challenges of community‐based
Rooshey Hasnain +7 more
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Earth's Future, Volume 10, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract In this Pseudo‐global Warming study, potential future changes in the Southeast Asia tropical cyclone (TC) exposure climatology are quantified. One hundred and seventeen landfalling TCs in the last 20 years are simulated with their current climate conditions and also with the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) ensemble ...
Thao Linh Tran +4 more
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Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2019 In a search for appropriate theory, this essay inserts drug trafficking, the world’s largest illicit economic activity, within a wider analytical frame called the ‘covert netherworld.’ Through the convergence of three factors—covert operations, illicit ...
Alfred W. McCoy
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