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Investment incentive reduced by climate damages can be restored by optimal policy

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
Climate change is likely to damage economies worldwide. Here the authors show that this strongly reduces incentives to invest causing additional losses, whereas if investors include climate-change mitigation in their action portfolio they can avoid ...
Sven N. Willner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impactitis: The impact factor myth syndrome

open access: yesIndian Journal of Dermatology, 2009
In the early 1960s, Eugene Garfield and Irving Sher created the journal impact factor to help select journals for the Science Citation Index (SCI). Today it has become a widespread subject of controversy even for Garfield, the man who created it who is quoted saying "Impact Factor is not a perfect tool to measure the quality of articles but there is ...
Elsaie Mohamed, Kammer Jenna
openaire   +3 more sources

Feedback Loops and Openness: A Snapshot of the Field Baseline Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Fund for Shared Insight ("Shared Insight") is a collaborative effort among funders that pools financial and other resources to make grants to improve philanthropy. Shared Insight believes philanthropy can have a greater social and environmental impact if
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Impact Analysis of Malware Based on Call Network API with Heuristic Detection Method [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Malware is a program that has a negative influence on computer systems that don\u27t have user permissions. The purpose of making malware by hackers is to get profits in an illegal way. Therefore, we need a malware analysis.
Budiono, A. (Avon), Suryati, O. T. (One)
core   +2 more sources

Fair Prediction with Disparate Impact: A Study of Bias in Recidivism Prediction Instruments [PDF]

open access: yesBig Data, 2016
Recidivism prediction instruments (RPIs) provide decision-makers with an assessment of the likelihood that a criminal defendant will reoffend at a future point in time. Although such instruments are gaining increasing popularity across the country, their
Alexandra Chouldechova
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Event 22 February 2012: The Impact Agenda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Impact Agenda – an ESRC-funded seminar series – will host speakers at Seminar 5: New Frontiers of Impact on Wednesday, 22nd February 2012 from 9.00am until 5.00pm at Manchester Business School ...
Blog Admin, Impact of Social Sciences,
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Midwestern specialty crop impacts on the environment and health: a scoping review

open access: yesAgriculture & Food Security
Introduction The United States food system mainly relies on monoculture farming, leading to negative impacts on human and environmental health. Transitioning to specialty crop production (fruits, vegetables, and tree nuts) could alleviate challenges. The
Laura E. Balis   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anthropogenic influence on extreme temperature and precipitation in Central Asia

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
We investigate the contribution of anthropogenic forcing to the extreme temperature and precipitation events in Central Asia (CA) during the last 60 years.
Bijan Fallah   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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