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Between War and Peace: Humanitarian Assistance in Violent Urban Settings [PDF]
Cities are fast becoming new territories of violence. The humanitarian consequences of many criminally violent urban settings are comparable to those of more traditional wars, yet despite the intensity of the needs, humanitarian aid to such settings is ...
Lucchi, E
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Improving an Extreme Rainfall Detection System with GPM IMERG data
Many studies have shown a growing trend in terms of frequency and severity of extreme events. As never before, having tools capable to monitor the amount of rain that reaches the Earth’s surface has become a key point for the identification of ...
Paola Mazzoglio +4 more
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An Examination of the Evolution of United Nations Humanitarian Assistance and Its Role in Achieving the Concept of Relief [PDF]
The existing mechanisms of the United Nations, as the most significant executor of humanitarian assistance at the international level, rapidly expanded in the post-Cold War era.
Mohammad RezaZadeh +1 more
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Humanitarian aid under sanctions: From the problem statement to the search for solutions
In the context of a sharp aggravation of interstate rivalry, an increase in natural disasters and the emergence of new epidemiological challenges, the problem of timely provision of humanitarian assistance to the population of the most affected countries
L. D. Oganisyan L.D.
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Building Malaysia’s First Tsunami-Ready Community in Kudat, Sabah [PDF]
Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme (TRRP) was introduced as a performance-based approach to strengthen tsunami preparedness among coastal communities. While communities across 31 countries have been recognised as “Tsunami Ready” (TR) globally, coastal ...
Wong Mohd Muhaimin Ridwan +5 more
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The Impact of In-Kind Food Assistance on Pastoralist Livelihoods in Humanitarian Crises [PDF]
Pastoralists rely on coping and adaptation strategies that have historically allowed them to achieve high levels of productivity, manage the hazards and unpredictability of life in the marginal areas that they occupy and moderate the impacts of shocks ...
Ayala, Ana P. +6 more
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Tsunami Readiness in Kudat, Sabah: Examining Community Trust, Risk Perception, and Preparedness [PDF]
One of the emerging critical concerns on disaster risk reduction is tsunami preparedness as its impact is substantial to damaging infrastructure and to cause loss of lives.
Ahmad Noor Diyana Fazan +3 more
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Field Experiments and Humanitarian Assistance
The work of Nobel Laureates Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer has centered around the use of randomized control trials to help solve development problems. To date, however, few field experiments have been undertaken to evaluate the effects of humanitarian assistance.
Voors, Maarten +3 more
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ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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United States Navy Medical Missions [PDF]
The United States Navy operates a sizable fleet of ships. The larger ships support thousands of people for long periods of time, including facilities for health care and dentistry.
Gibbons, Deborah E.
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