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Social cohesion in restoration landscapes: The case of Rwanda
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Ecosystem restoration is recognized as a strategy for addressing landscape degradation. In contexts where ecological degradation overlaps with the deterioration of social cohesion, restoration must also contribute to rebuilding social ties alongside restoring ecosystems.
Valery Ndagijimana +3 more
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Employee illness policy. Chinese
, 2014 Title from PDF caption (viewed on January 11, 2023).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program.
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The Catastrophic Effects of Natural Disasters on Insurance Markets [PDF]
Natural catastrophes often have catastrophic risks on insurance companies as well as on the insured. Using a very large dataset on homeowners%u2019 insurance coverage by state, by firm, and by year for the 1984 to 2004 period, this paper documents the ...
Patricia Born, W. Kip Viscusi
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Environmental problems are typically vast, urgent and complex. Confronted with such problems, we are often tempted to act fast by pulling together little bits and pieces from different fields and simply adding these to pre‐existing models and frameworks.
Carsten Meyer
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Valuing Catastrophic Citrus Losses [PDF]
Courts are often required to estimate changes in welfare to agricultural operations from catastrophic events. For example, courts must assign damages in lawsuits, such as with pesticide drift cases, or determine "just compensation" when the government ...
Schmitz, Andrew +3 more
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PM&R, EarlyView.Abstract Background Altered interoception, the sense of signals from inside the body, is linked to chronic pain. No studies to date have examined whether interoceptive sensibility, one's self‐reported beliefs about the body and tendencies to be internally focused, changes following participation in an interdisciplinary pain management program (IPMP ...
Stephanie Voss +4 more
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Catastrophic events as threats to society: Private and public risk management strategies [PDF]
Dramatic events in the recent past have drawn attention to catastrophe risk management problems. The devastating terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 incurred the highest insured losses to date. Furthermore, a trend of increasing losses from natural
Nell, Martin, Richter, Andreas
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Statistical Monitoring of Multivariate Count Data From Real‐Time Particle Counters
Quality and Reliability Engineering International, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the pharmaceutical industry, production environments are monitored for bacterial contamination. Particle counters are increasingly investigated for real‐time monitoring of viable microorganisms using count data for different particle size intervals.
Mona Emampour +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Illegal gold mining has emerged as a major sustainability threat in the Amazon, eroding Indigenous rights, forest integrity, and climate mitigation efforts. This study examines how international market incentives relate to the expansion of illegal mining and associated deforestation within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory (YIT) from 2008 to ...
Shirléia Lago Santos +2 more
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The Clinical Respiratory JournalIntroduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a globally prevalent chronic infectious disease. The World Health Organization estimates that mental illnesses will become the leading cause of global disease burden in 2030.
Li‐Chen Hung +4 more
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