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Vulnerable knowledge: responding to the uncertainties of climate change‐related disaster

open access: yesDisasters, Volume 50, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract This paper uses uncertainty generated by environmental change and climate crisis as a prompt to rethink the concept of vulnerability within disaster studies. Where some have sought to recover a latent political potential in vulnerability, a togetherness founded in the disclosure of insecurities to others, we argue that there is value in ...
James M. White   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The history of anatomical engagement

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 12, Page 1337-1348, December 2025.
Abstract The public's fascination with anatomy has evolved over time and progressed from avoidance of the tainted yet saintly corpse, to their fascination with cabinets of curiosities. The current narrative review explores public engagement (PE), from its potential origins as cave paintings, to the rise of the disciplinarity of anatomy.
Quenton Wessels, Adam M. Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

Anxious Projections: Mass Hysteria and the Problem of Interpretation

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract Stories of “mass hysteria” among teenage girls have often graced the headlines of Nepal's local and national newspapers, creating a public spectacle of a strange and mysterious form of affliction. Treatments include both shamanic rituals and psychosocial interventions, a new therapeutic modality that has gained prominence over the past two ...
Aidan Seale‐Feldman
wiley   +1 more source

Nondestructive investigation of whitening phenomenon occurred on wood components of historic architecture: in the case of the Confucian Temple of the Kodokan of Mito Domain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The occurrences of the whitening phenomenon of wood in the case of cultural historic architecture have been commonly considered as activities of white rot fungi or degradation caused by solar radiation.
KOAKUTSU Noriko   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Monte Carlo tree search for mass timber building design optimization

open access: yesComputer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Volume 40, Issue 31, Page 6242-6260, 29 December 2025.
Abstract Mass timber construction has gained significant traction in recent years due to its sustainability and lower energy demands. However, its broader adoption remains limited by higher material costs, compared to conventional construction materials.
Samia Zakir Sarothi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Popular science and personal endeavor in early-Meiji Japan: The case of Hatsumei Kiji [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
During the late 1860s and early 1870s, many science books were translated into vernacular Japanese from Chinese and European languages. These works rendered science accessible to non-scholarly audiences, thereby opening up scientific knowledge for ...
Meade, Ruselle
core   +1 more source

AI‐Driven Risk Management to Promote SDGs? An Exploratory Study in Jordan Construction Sector

open access: yesSustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue S1, Page 1107-1123, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of risks controlled by AI on the sustainable performance of the building sector in Jordan. 240 responses were obtained using the survey method from March to May 2024, while respondents from different positions, the size of the company, and demography for a wide representation.
Shatha Mustafa Abdallah Al Qudah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gilroy's Black Atlantic diaspora: climate displacement and rights‐bearing beyond the nation

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 966-981, October 2025.
Abstract Nationalism studies have only recently started to grapple with the Anthropocene as a foundational shift for the discipline. One of the effects of climate change is the forced displacement of large populations, and if access to rights cannot be ensured outside the structures of territorial sovereignty, this migration could easily translate into
Nanna Lilletvedt Sæten
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Stepped‐Wedge Cluster Randomized Trials When Treatment Effects Vary by Exposure Time or Calendar Time

open access: yesStatistics in Medicine, Volume 44, Issue 20-22, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Stepped‐wedge cluster randomized trials (SW‐CRTs) are traditionally analyzed with models that assume an immediate and sustained treatment effect. Previous work has shown that making such an assumption in the analysis of SW‐CRTs when the true underlying treatment effect varies by exposure time can produce severely misleading estimates ...
Kenneth M. Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring public demand and awareness for earthquake disaster prevention and mitigation popularization:A case study of Jiangxi Province

open access: yes地震科学进展
This study aims to explore public awareness and needs regarding earthquake disaster prevention and mitigation education in Jiangxi Province. By designing and implementing a questionnaire survey, this research extensively collected public feedback to ...
Yueyuan Deng   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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