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Risk management for whales [PDF]
, 2016 We propose framework for modeling portfolio risk which integrates market risk with liquidation costs which may arise in stress scenarios. Our model provides a systematic method for computing liquidation-adjusted risk measures for a portfolio. Calculation
Cont, R, Wagalath, L
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Climate Risk Assessment - Charleston County, South Carolina
, 2023 As a result of climate change, flood risk is expected to increase throughout Charleston County. The probability of the 100-year rainfall event, a useful indicator of flood risk, will likely triple by the mid 21st century.
Woodwell Climate Research Center - Risk Program +2 more
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THE WAVE OF SNOW WHICH COVERED THE NORTH OF MOLDAVIA IN THE INTERVAL 9-20TH OF DECEMBER 2012 [PDF]
Aerul şi Apa: Componente ale Mediului, 2015 This workpaper analyzes two episodes of blizzard snow, which affected the Northern part of Moldavia, the counties Suceava and Botoșani, in the half of December, 2012.
ILIE N.
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Insurability of Climate Risks [PDF]
The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2007 The IPCC 2007 report noted that both the frequency and strength of hurricanes, floods and droughts have increased during the past few years. Thus, climate risk, and more specifically natural catastrophes, are now hardly insurable: losses can be huge (and the actuarial pure premium might even be infinite), diversification through the central limit ...
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Jàmbá, 2022 Terrain parameters such as slope aspect, angle, curvature, stream power and altitude have been noted to spur landslide occurrence as well as, acting as a hindrance to evacuation efforts.
Martin Ssennoga +3 more
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Potential area and limitations for the expansion of rainfed wheat in the Cerrado biome of Central Brazil [PDF]
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2018 : The objective of this work was to locate and quantify, through geotechnologies, areas that are currently used for annual agriculture in the Cerrado biome of Central Brazil, located within the boundaries defined by the homogeneous region of adaptation ...
Aldemir Pasinato +5 more
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Data Science Journal, 2017 Efforts to support the building of resilient pastoralism have been stepped up in Uganda through a number of activities. One of the activity is the provision of seasonal and medium-range climate forecasts to enable decisions concerning livestock herding ...
Shuaib Lwasa +2 more
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Implicit and explicit risk perception, affect, and trust : an investigation of food "traffic lights" [PDF]
, 2014 Obesity is a health problem in many developed countries and is a growing problem worldwide. In an effort to improve food choices the "traffic lights" nutritional labelling system has been developed.
Burns, Calvin +2 more
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Soybean-corn succession according to seeding date [PDF]
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2018 : The objective of this work was to evaluate the grain yield of soybean and corn cultivars cropped in succession, in different sowing dates. The experiment was carried out in the municipality of Dourados, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil ...
Rodrigo Arroyo Garcia +3 more
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Cardiovascular risks of climate change [PDF]
Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2020 Extreme heat events are now more frequent in many parts of the world as a result of climate change. The combined effects of heat, air pollution, individual age, and socioeconomic and health status are responsible for avoidable acute events of cardiovascular disease and need to be considered in order to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases ...
Peters, Annette, Schneider, Alexandra
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