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Assessing the Impact of Catastrophic Electricity Loss on the Food Supply Chain
International Journal of Disaster Risk ScienceThe food supply chain’s heavy reliance on electricity poses significant vulnerabilities in the event of prolonged and widespread power disruptions. This study introduces a system-dynamics model that integrates five critical infrastructures—electric grid,
Simon Blouin +4 more
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Breaking the Surface: Buoyant Metal–Polymer Open–Cell Hybrid Lattice Metamaterials
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Open‐cell metal–polymer lattice metamaterials that defy sinking. (a) Injection process of the polyurethane (PU) foam into the titanium (Ti‐6Al‐4V) hollow‐strut lattice creating the open‐cell Ti‐6Al‐4V+PU hybrid lattice, (b) flotation test of a hybrid lattice specimen, and (c) a digital representation and experimental validation of a marine buoy ...
Jordan Noronha +7 more
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FGM: challenges for asylum applicants and officials
Forced Migration Review, 2015 Asylum authorities in the European Union need to establish better procedures to help address the specific vulnerabilities and protection needs of women and girls who have undergone or are at risk of female genital mutilation.
Christine Flamand
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Do remittances dampen the effect of natural disasters on output growth volatility in developing countries? [PDF]
This paper analyzes the impact of natural disasters on the output growth volatility. Using a large sample of developing countries and mobilizing a dynamic panel data framework, it uncovers a diminishing macroeconomic destabilizing consequence of natural ...
Jean-Louis Combes, Christian Ebeke
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This study demonstrates the combination of magnetic nanoparticles and functional blowing agents into supraparticles. Upon induction heating, they actuate via rapid gas generation or extensive volume expansion. These supraparticles lift up to 25 000 times their own mass and rapidly open cured epoxy resins, providing a versatile strategy for fast micron ...
Leoni Luthardt +3 more
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Refugees, climate change and international law
Forced Migration Review, 2015 How can the category of ‘climate refugee’ be considered within international law in the 21st century?
María José Fernández
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Fiscal Storms: Public Spending and Revenues in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters [PDF]
Recent research in both the social and natural sciences has been devoted to increasing our ability to predict disasters, prepare for them and mitigate their costs. Curiously, we appear to know very little about the fiscal consequences of disasters.
Ilan Noy, Aekkanush Nualsri
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Radiative Thermal Management for Extreme Environments: Mechanisms and Design Strategies
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.In this review, we discuss the fundamental mechanisms of radiative cooling and solar heating, material and structural design strategies, hybrid approaches integrating additional heat transfer pathways, and durability‐oriented designs addressing environmental stresses.
Hyung Rae Kim +5 more
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Refugee-state distrust on the Thai-Burma border
Forced Migration Review, 2015 Distrust between refugees and their state of origin must be given due consideration in institutional approaches to repatriation of refugees, on the Thai-Burma border and in other refugee contexts worldwide.
Karen Hargrave
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Aggregate Impacts of Natural and Man-made Disasters: A quantitative comparison [PDF]
In recent decades, the world has faced an increasing number of natural and man-made disasters. Such disasters include tsunamis, earthquakes, the current ongoing financial crisis, terrorism, riots, and wars.
KOTERA Tomoaki +2 more
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