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The Regulation of Trace Metal Elements in Cancer Ferroptosis

open access: yesAdvanced Biology, EarlyView.
The induction of ferroptosis inhibits tumor growth, enhances anticancer efficacy, and overcomes drug resistance. Recent evidence shows nonferrous metal elements play a role in ferroptosis. This review focuses on how trace metals regulate ferroptosis processes like iron accumulation, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant defense.
Xiaoyan Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Collaborative crisis management: a plausibility probe of core assumptions

open access: yesPolicy & Society, 2020
In this article, we utilize the Collaborative Governance Databank to empirically explore core theoretical assumptions about collaborative governance in the context of crisis management.
Charles F. Parker   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Worldwide disaster loss and damage databases: A systematic review

open access: yesJournal of Education and Health Promotion, 2021
Nowadays, disaster databases have become a valuable tool for disaster risk management and health promotion and serve various purposes. The purpose of this study is to provide a systematic review of disaster databases in the world and to identify the ...
Sadegh Ahmadi Mazhin   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vulnerability Assessment of Settlements During Emergencies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
During emergencies which occur as a result of uncontrolled effects of natural disasters, major technical and technological accidents and major epidemics of infectious diseases, the health and life of people and the persistent environmental degradation ...
Djordvevic, Amelija   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Bridging Nature and Technology: A Perspective on Role of Machine Learning in Bioinspired Ceramics

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Machine learning (ML) is revolutionizing the development of bioinspired ceramics. This article investigates how ML can be used to design new ceramic materials with exceptional performance, inspired by the structures found in nature. The research highlights how ML can predict material properties, optimize designs, and create advanced models to unlock a ...
Hamidreza Yazdani Sarvestani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The vulnerability of the Iranian elderly in disasters: Qualitative content analysis

open access: yesIranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2018
Background: Elderly people are among the most vulnerable groups in natural disaster events. Although old age is responsible for them becoming unequally vulnerable, understanding the different aspects of vulnerability can help health care providers ...
Leila Daddoust   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Good Questions 11: Where are governments’ plans for dealing with food system disruptions?

open access: yesWorld Nutrition, 2020
In April 2020, when most businesses in the United States were shut down because of Covid-19, many people became unemployed and their incomes vanished.
George Kent
doaj   +1 more source

‘We make a mistake with shoes [that's no problem] but… not with baby milk’: Facilitators of good and poor practice in distribution of infant formula in the 2014–2016 refugee crisis in Europe

open access: yesMaternal and Child Nutrition, 2022
The Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Operational Guidance (OG‐IFE) gives direction on providing aid to meet infants' and young children's feeding needs in emergencies. Because of the risks associated with formula feeding, the OG‐IFE provides
Karleen D. Gribble   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

State capacity and vulnerability to natural disasters [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
Many empirical studies have shown that government quality is a key determinant of vulnerability to natural disasters. Protection against natural disasters can be a public good -- flood protection, for example -- or a natural monopoly -- early warning systems, for instance.
arxiv  

Disasters and disaster management

open access: yesAnusandhaan - Vigyaan Shodh Patrika, 2016
Disasters are the result of imbalance in nature that leads to hindered development and progress. Besides natural calamities there are several manmade situations. Natural disasters are earthquake, Tsunami, landslide, eruption of volcanoes, draught, flood, melting of glaciers etc.
openaire   +2 more sources

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