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The social costs of tropical cyclones
Nature Communications, 2023 Tropical cyclones (TCs) can adversely affect economic development for more than a decade. Yet, these long-term effects are not accounted for in current estimates of the social cost of carbon (SCC), a key metric informing climate policy on the societal ...
Hazem Krichene +5 more
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African Evaluation Journal, 2020 Background: Childbirth spacing (CBS) or Family Planning (FP) methods are considered an essential component of sexual and reproductive health. It refers to the resting period between pregnancies that provides the mother with time to recuperate from ...
Adolor Aisiri +6 more
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Systematic Reviews, 2021 Background Antidepressant medicines are used to manage symptoms of low back pain. The efficacy, acceptability, and safety of antidepressant medicines for low back pain (LBP) are not clear.
Michael C. Ferraro +10 more
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Comparing impacts of climate change on streamflow in four large African river basins [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2014 This study aims to compare impacts of climate change on streamflow in four large representative African river basins: the Niger, the Upper Blue Nile, the Oubangui and the Limpopo. We set up the eco-hydrological model SWIM (Soil and Water Integrated Model)
V. Aich +10 more
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2021 This review builds on 3ie's (international initiative for impact evaluation) evidence gap map (EGM) of the impact evaluation and systematic review (SR) evidence base of interventions aiming to promote peaceful and inclusive societies in fragile contexts.
Etienne Lwamba +8 more
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Climate signals in river flood damages emerge under sound regional disaggregation
Nature Communications, 2021 This study introduces an empirical modeling approach allowing to separate climate and socio-economic drivers of damages by fluvial floods. It shows that climate signals are clearly detectable in Asia and Latin America.
Inga J. Sauer +7 more
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Regions of intensification of extreme snowfall under future warming
Scientific Reports, 2021 Due to climate change the frequency and character of precipitation are changing as the hydrological cycle intensifies. With regards to snowfall, global warming has two opposing influences; increasing humidity enables intense snowfall, whereas higher ...
Lennart Quante +3 more
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2021 The review aims to examine and synthesise the state of the evidence around what works to improve productivity, income, nutrition and women's empowerment outcomes of households involved in aquaculture in low‐ and middle‐income countries.
Constanza Gonzalez Parrao +4 more
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2021 Background A steady increase in the international production and consumption of fish has positioned aquaculture as a development option. Previous literature has highlighted the potential of aquaculture to improve economic, nutritional and gender equality
Constanza Gonzalez Parrao +6 more
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Analytical analysis of the vibration protection system of a human operator [PDF]
Научно-технический вестник Брянского государственного университета, 2023 The task of mathematical description and study of vibration isolation systems for seats of mobile machine operators is relevant, since operators of many construction, road and other mobile machines are exposed to significant vibration effects.
M.S. Korytov +2 more
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