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International Journal of Disaster Risk ScienceFrom 10 to 15 April 2025, China experienced a rare persistent extreme wind-dust compound disaster that swept from north to south. Based on observational data, historical disaster records, and situations of various exposed elements, this study analyzed ...
Gangfeng Zhang +12 more
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LOCALIZING DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
International Journal of Social Sciences, 2019 Creation of awareness among people living in disaster-prone areas of the imminent risk they face and how best to respond when it occurs can be done through a broad range of avenues to enhance local people?s confidence and empower them to act when faced with adversity.
Lilybeth Matunhay +2 more
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2D Nanomaterials Toward Function‐Ready Superlubricity in Advanced Microsystems
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A unified framework links structural and transformation superlubricity with microsystem functions and deployment requirements. Mechanisms, device architectures, integration strategies, AI‐guided discovery, and benchmarking protocols are connected to define function‐ready superlubricity in advanced microsystems.
Yushan Geng, Jun Yang, Yong Yang
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1 km HILDA + based land cover/use map time series of China under 1.5 °C climate of this century
Scientific DataLimiting the global temperature rise in this century to 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels has become a critical challenge. One key pathway involves actions in the land sector.
Yifan Gao +7 more
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Briefing Paper on Taking stock of the Tsunami recovery process [PDF]
, 2015 Promoting positive action towards disaster risk reduction and advising future recovery policies and practices when communities face the aftermath of a major disaster, a briefing paper has been launched on Taking stock of the Tsunami recovery process in ...
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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The CDR Nexus: Convergence of Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Land Restoration in Kajiado, Kitui, and Makueni Counties, Kenya [PDF]
, 2020 Experts have been calling for the integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into local administrative units for decades. With the emergence of an international land restoration agenda, a growing interest exists to understand ...
Nijbroek, Ravic +2 more
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A Self‐Healing Magnetoelectric Sensor with Pain Sensing for Underwater Soft Electronics
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This study introduces a self‐healing magnetoelectric sensory system designed for amphibious soft electronics. By utilizing liquid‐metal conductors and self‐healing elastomers, the system enables autonomous recovery from mechanical damage. Its multilayered architecture features dual self‐powered proximity and tactile sensing alongside pain sensing in ...
Xuan Zhang +6 more
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Performance of reinforced concrete pier columns subjected to lateral impact
工程科学学报, 2019 Anti-impact design is a very important aspect to ensure the safety of reinforced concrete (RC) bridges against extreme loads, such as explosions from terrorists attacks and accidental collisions of rockfalls and vehicles.
ZHAO Wu-chao, QIAN Jiang
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Microfluidic engineering enables the fabrication of chitosan‐coated, melatonin‐loaded nanoemulsions with controlled release and enhanced physicochemical stability for space pharmaceutics. Interfacial biopolymer coating modulates droplet behavior under accelerated thermal stress and simulated microgravity.
Modupe Adebowale +3 more
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Social vulnerability and disaster risk reduction needs: perspectives of women [PDF]
Integration of disaster risk reduction needs and experiences of different groups in the community with the built environment is significant to achieve disaster resilience.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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