How Informative Is Floating NAV When Securities Trade Infrequently? [PDF]
, 2016 We examine if a floating net asset value (NAV) increases the transparency of risk for investors. Using closed-income fixed income funds we find little evidence that a floating NAV helps investors better understand the value and risk of a fund when a fund\
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High-severity wildfire leads to multi-decadal impacts on soil biogeochemistry in mixed-conifer forests. [PDF]
, 2020 During the past century, systematic wildfire suppression has decreased fire frequency and increased fire severity in the western United States of America.
Bell C. W. +7 more
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Trials, 2020 Background Post-trauma bleeding induces an acute deficiency in clotting factors, which promotes bleeding and hemorrhagic shock. However, early plasma administration may reduce the severity of trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC). Unlike fresh frozen plasma,
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Passenger Safety in the Warsaw Metro. Research Report
Safety & Fire Technology, 2020 Aim: The article presents the results of research on the evacuation times of passengers of three different trains used by the Warsaw metro. In emergency situations on metro trains, fast and safe evacuation is crucial for saving passengers’ health and ...
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Characterization of non-cardiac arrest PulsePoint activations in public and private settings
BMC Emergency Medicine, 2023 Background Geospatial smartphone application alert systems are used in some communities to crowdsource community response for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
Jennifer Blackwood +15 more
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Simulating the effects of different spatio-temporal fire regimes on plant metapopulation persistence in a Mediterranean-type region [PDF]
, 2008 1. Spatio-temporal fire regimes are likely to shift with changes in land use and climate. Such a shift in the disturbance regime has been proposed from recent reconstructions of the regional fire history in the Mediterranean-type woodlands and shrublands
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Digital Fire and Salvage Unit: A New Level of Training for Emercom Cadets
Открытое образование (Москва), 2022 The purpose of the study. The purpose of the work is to substantiate and develop software for the organization, management and control of the educational process, including the form of practices and internships, in the educational fire and salvage unit ...
Igor A. Malyj +2 more
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Aerial Incendiary Device Used for Fire Management in South Africa
Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2019 Prescribed burning, especially over large areas, is constrained by favorable fire weather periods and time. The burns facilitate a multitude of outcomes, from high intensity burns for the control of bush encroachment, to low intensity fuel load ...
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Fire design in safety engineering: likely fire curve for people’s safety [PDF]
, 2018 The present study analyses fire design settings according to Fire Safety Engineering (FSE) for the simulation of fire in civil activities and compares these simulations developed using natural and analytic fire curves.
Grossi, Luca +4 more
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Fire responses and resistance of concrete-filled steel tubular frame structures [PDF]
, 2010 This paper presents the results of dynamic responses and fire resistance of concretefilled steel tubular (CFST) frame structures in fire conditions by using non-linear finite element method.
Buchanan A. H. +8 more
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