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Wildfire risk and municipal bond yields

Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.
Abstract Wildfires increased in frequency and severity over the past 30 years, raising the exposure of municipalities. We study whether municipal bond yields reflect wildfire risk and find that the municipal bond market begins pricing wildfire risk around 2000.
Thomas R. Berry‐Stölzle, Yi Hao
wiley   +1 more source

Inflammatory and Immunological Basis of Periodontal Diseases

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
The periodontal lesion emerges as an evolving immunological battlefield, where host–microbiome interactions, dysregulated immune responses, fragile resolution mechanisms, and inflammophilic dysbiosis converge to shift the balance from homeostasis to unrestrained tissue destruction.
Giacomo Baima, Marion Arce, Mario Romandini, Thomas Van Dyke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Cognitive Costs of Sleep Deprivation in Ultra‐Endurance Cycling: Insights From the Race Across France

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For athletes in endurance sports, who compete over several days and in unpredictable conditions, managing sleep–wake rhythms is critical to ensure optimal performance and minimise the risks to safety. Despite its growing popularity, the role of sleep management on ultracycling performance has received little attention.
Rémy Hurdiel, Courtney Kurinec, Thierry Pezé, Charlotte Bonduelle, Valentin Bourlois   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sudden borders in the north: Regional resilience and nationalism in the Torne Valley during COVID‐19

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
Abstract The Torne Valley used to be described as one of the most peaceful and most integrated border areas in the world. This changed radically during the COVID‐19 pandemic when the border between Sweden and Finland precipitously became materialised through the physical installation of a border fence in 2020.
Katrina Gaber
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Emergency Response in Healthcare Facilities: Integration of Firefighting Technologies and Tactical Evacuation Strategies

Fire
This study analyzes the implementation of firefighting procedures and evacuation methods in a hospital environment, with a focus on ensuring rapid rescue operations and evacuation methods in a real fire in 2024.
Miroslav Betuš, Andrea Seňová, Annamária Behúnová, Ivanna Burachok, Galya Toteva Terzieva   +4 more
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Chasing Fire in the Wild [PDF]

, 2016
At the end of most days, his face is covered in soot, his heavy yellow shirt grey and grimy, and his hair matted and sweaty from a hard hat. But Chauncey Galletly ’17, a nursing major who has spent the last five summers as a wildland firefighter with the
Davis, Laura
core   +1 more source

Demystifying Community Buy‐In for an Agricultural Health and Safety Intervention in Rural Wisconsin, USA

Annals of Anthropological Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Anthropologists and public health professionals have long recognized the value of people‐centered, community‐based interventions. Securing community buy‐in is an essential precursor to any successful community‐based intervention. We describe the adaptation of pile sort methods to understand existing community relations, establish community buy‐
Jakob Hanschu, Casper G. Bendixsen, Kathrine L. Barnes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Due Diligence Regulation and Sustainability Governance in Value Chains: Lessons From the South African Wine Sector

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A recent raft of due diligence regulation (DDR) addressing social and environmental conditions in global value chains (GVCs) has spread across the UK and Europe. An emerging literature on DDR highlights the politics of its formation. Yet, we know little about how existing sustainability governance along GVCs interacts with DDR or the wider ...
Matthew Alford, Reena das Nair, Margareet Visser, Stefano Ponte, Shingie Chisoro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of sensory-neural hearing between firefighters and office workers

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2013
Background: Rescuer systems personnel such as firefighters have importance in health assessment. Because of stressful situation, chemicals, metals, gases and noises, they need many physical and paraclinic examination such as audiometry in periodic ...
Seyedeh Negar Assadi, Habibollah Esmaily, Leila Mostaan   +2 more
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Images Assisting Wor[l]ds: Black History Murals in South and West Philadelphia

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Black history murals are often understood as examples of state or corporate obfuscation of racial inequality, sometimes known as “artwashing”; or, conversely, as “insurgent” political interventions. Focusing on murals in historically Black neighborhoods in South and West Philadelphia, this article instead highlights the processual, but no less
Gareth Millington, Irteza Anwara Mohyuddin   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source