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Large emergency-response exercises: qualitative characteristics - a survey [PDF]

, 2009
Exercises, drills, or simulations are widely used, by governments, agencies and commercial organizations, to simulate serious incidents and train staff how to respond to them. International cooperation has led to increasingly large-scale exercises, often
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Cis‐regulatory and long noncoding RNA alterations in breast cancer – current insights, biomarker utility, and the critical need for functional validation

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The noncoding region of the genome plays a key role in regulating gene expression, and mutations within these regions are capable of altering it. Researchers have identified multiple functional noncoding mutations associated with increased cancer risk in the genome of breast cancer patients.
Arnau Cuy Saqués, Aracele Martinez‐Mendez, John Crown, Alex Eustace   +3 more
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Implementing Joint External Evaluations of the International Health Regulations (2005) capacities in all countries in the WHO African region: process challenges, lessons learnt and perspectives for the future

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Following the West Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak (2013–2016), the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) is one of the three voluntary components recommended by the WHO for evaluating the International Health Regulations (2005) capacities in countries ...
Ali Ahmed Yahaya, Miriam Nanyunja, Charles Njuguna, Ambrose Talisuna, Mary Stephen, Antonio Oke, Allan Mpairwe, Amadou Bailo Diallo, Daniel Yota, Roland Kimbi Wango, Zabulon Yoti, Janneth Mghamba, Ibrahima-Soce Fall, Belinda Louise Herring, Christian Massidi, Dick Chamla, Anderson Latt, Viviane Fossouo Ndoungue, Sally-Ann Ohene, Georges Alfred Kizerbo   +19 more
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Improving Emergency Response in the Outpatient Clinic Setting [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Effective triage, assessment, and activation of necessary systems in emergent situations of clinical instability is vital in reducing morbidity and mortality of patients in any clinical setting.
Horton, Matte
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Perspectives in educating molecular pathologists on liquid biopsy: Toward integrative, equitable, and decentralized precision oncology

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Liquid biopsy enables minimally invasive, real‐time molecular profiling through analysis of circulating biomarkers in biological fluids. This Perspective highlights the importance of training pathologists through integrative educational programs, such as the European Masters in Molecular Pathology, to ensure effective and equitable implementation of ...
Marius Ilié, Umberto Malapelle, Catherine Alix‐Panabières, Claus Lindbjerg Andersen, Sandra Chlebowski, Vivien Lake, Caroline Lacoux, Virginie Lespinet‐Fabre, Olivier Bordone, Simon Heeke, Christophe Bontoux, Ellen Heitzer, Klaus Pantel, Paul Hofman   +13 more
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Self-protective behavioural responses to fomite-transmitted disease threats

Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences
This article is part of a Special Issue on “Behavioural Epidemiology“. Mathematical modelling is an important public health tool for aiding the understanding of the spread of respiratory infectious diseases, such as influenza or COVID-19, and for ...
Caroline E. Walters, Maria Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar, Dale Weston, Ian M. Hall   +3 more
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Establishment and application of a multisectoral coordination mechanism for containment of COVID-19 epidemic in Fujian province – a brief discussion

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022
For effective containment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, a multisectoral coordination mechanism was established and applied in emergency responses to three local and two major imported epidemics in Fujian province.
Yi-meng MAO, Sheng-gen WU, Kui-cheng ZHENG   +2 more
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Emergence of response‐response relations [PDF]

Japanese Psychological Research, 2013
AbstractThe present study examined whether bidirectional response‐response relations could be established without direct reinforcement. In AB training for 12 undergraduates, higher rates of touches to a white circle on the monitor screen (A1) produced two stimuli (B1 and B2) on half of the trials, whereas lower rates (A2) produced the same effect on ...
Masanobu Kuwahara, Akio Matsumoto, Hiroto Okouchi, Koichi Ono   +3 more
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Knowledge acquisition and dissemination for emergency situation [PDF]

, 2005
Emergency situation is highly uncertain, dynamic, time pressure in making decisions and involves multi organizations and multi jurisdiction level.
Ku-Mahamud, Ku Ruhana, Md Norwawi, Norita   +1 more
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Virtual Reality of Earthquake Ground Motions for Emergency Response [PDF]

, 2017
Ground motions interface earthquake science and engineering to advance understanding of seismic hazards and risk. Virtual reality provides an attractive tool to extend knowledge of the research community to a larger audience.
Lin, Ting
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