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Foodborne disease hazards and burden in Ethiopia: A systematic literature review, 1990–2019
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 BackgroundFoodborne disease (FBD) affects millions of people each year, posing a health burden similar to malaria, tuberculosis or HIV. A recent World Bank study estimated the productivity losses alone attributed to unsafe food within Africa at $20 ...
Lina Gazu +16 more
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Unemployment Benefits and the Duration of Unemployment in East Germany [PDF]
, 2003 This paper studies the impact of unemployment benefits on unemployment duration for East Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. It concentrates on exit from unemployment into employment. Estimation results of a discrete-time hazard rate
Wolff, J.
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Earthquake‐Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Impacts
Reviews of Geophysics, 2019 Large earthquakes initiate chains of surface processes that last much longer than the brief moments of strong shaking. Most moderate‐ and large‐magnitude earthquakes trigger landslides, ranging from small failures in the soil cover to massive ...
Xuanmei Fan +16 more
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Ecological vulnerability of the Densu river Basin due to land use change and climate variability
Cogent Engineering, 2020 Ecological hazards such as floods, drought and poor water quality remain notable disparaging natural catastrophes of climate variability in West Africa.
Samuel Anim Ofosu +2 more
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Water Policy, 2023 The impact of floods on households in Uganda is becoming increasingly severe. It is often assumed that people who reside in a riverine area have adapted to flood pulses. However, in most cases, household-level risk reduction strategies are inadequate for
Godwin Erima +5 more
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Overview of known plastic packaging-associated chemicals and their hazards.
Science of the Total Environment, 2019 Global plastics production has reached 380 million metric tons in 2015, with around 40% used for packaging. Plastic packaging is diverse and made of multiple polymers and numerous additives, along with other components, such as adhesives or coatings ...
Ksenia J. Groh +11 more
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Advances in Risk Assessment and Early Warning Techniques of Rice Quality and Safety
Liang you shipin ke-ji, 2023 Rice quality and safety is important for achieving national food security and social stability. Rice has been contaminated with heavy metals, pesticide residues, and fungal toxins, which has affected the healthy development of China’s rice industry and ...
WANG Yin +5 more
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Explosion hazards from lithium-ion battery vent gas
, 2020 Lithium-ion battery technology is rapidly being adopted in transportation applications and energy storage industries. Safety concerns, in particular, fire and explosion hazards, are threatening widespread adoption.
A. Baird +3 more
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Automation in Construction, 2020 Hazards potentially affect the safety of people on construction sites include falls from heights (FFH), trench and scaffold collapse, electric shock and arc flash/arc blast, and failure to use proper personal protective equipment.
Weili Fang +5 more
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Earth Observations for Monitoring Marine Coastal Hazards and Their Drivers
Surveys in geophysics, 2020 Coastal zones have large social, economic and environmental values. They are more densely populated than the hinterland and concentrate large economic assets, critical infrastructures and human activities such as tourism, fisheries, navigation ...
A. Melet +6 more
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