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Disaster risk reduction and mobility

Forced Migration Review, 2014
An essential step for advancing risk reduction measures at the local level is to define mobility-based indicators of vulnerability and resilience that can contribute to measuring and reducing human and economic losses resulting from disasters.
Patrice Quesada
doaj  

Taking high-stakes venture to make ends meet? Determinants and impacts of international migration of Ethiopians to the Middle East. [PDF]

Comp Migr Stud, 2023
Wondimagegnhu BA, Fantahun L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Conflict, Disasters, and No Jobs: Reasons for International Migration from Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest growth rate in net international migration in the world. The reasons for this migration are investigated in this paper.
Naude, Wim
core  

Novel 3D‐Printed Biophotonic Scaffold Displaying Luminescence under Near‐Infrared Light for Photopharmacological Activation and Biological Signaling Compound Release

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Despite significant efforts in developing novel biomaterials to regenerate tissue, only a few of them have successfully reached clinical use. It has become clear that the next generation of biomaterials must be multifunctional. Smart biomaterials can respond to environmental or external stimuli, interact in a spatial‐temporal manner, and trigger ...
Sonya Ghanavati, Ekin Opar, Virginia Alessandra Gobbo, Carlo Matera, Fabio Riefolo, Rossella Castagna, Julien Colombelli, Andrew Draganski, Joshua Baggott, Mika Lastusaari, Pau Gorostiza, Laeticia Petit, Jonathan Massera   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Mediterranean challenge within a world of humanitarian crises

Forced Migration Review, 2016
While the high number of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe in 2015 has increased pressures and tensions, this is not a crisis beyond the capability of Europe to manage together as a Union.
William Lacy Swing
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Bilateral international migration flow estimates updated and refined by sex. [PDF]

Sci Data, 2022
Abel GJ, Cohen JE.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Weather Anomalies on Migration in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

This paper analyzes the effects of weather anomalies on migration in sub-Saharan Africa. Theoretically, we show how weather anomalies induce rural-urban migration that subsequently triggers international migration.
Ingmar SCHUMACHER, Jean-François MAYSTADT, Luca MARCHIORI   +2 more
core  

Precise Control of Drug Release in Machine Learning‐Designed Antibody‐Eluting Implants for Postoperative Scarring Inhibition in Glaucoma

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
We developed a micro‐sized, biocompatible implant for postoperative sustained delivery of anti‐fibrotic antibodies in glaucoma surgery. Machine learning‐guided optimization of polymer composition, implant geometry, and porosity enabled precise control of drug release.
Mengqi Qin, Wenbing Jiang, Kai Xin Thong, Zeynep Ulker, Brihitejas Patel, Cynthia Yu‐Wai‐Man   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An integrated focus

Forced Migration Review, 2016
The key to successfully addressing the challenges of environmental, climatic and natural disasters is integrating migration concerns – including displacement – into all climate change, disaster risk reduction and development policies and frameworks.
William Lacy Swing
doaj  

“I am a young Venezuelan woman who left her country”: exploring the drivers of Venezuelan migration and how the migration experience impacts adolescent girls’ aspirations

BMC Public Health
Introduction Venezuela’s geopolitical and economic crisis has forced many Venezuelans, including adolescent girls, to migrate. Objective To examine: (1) what prompted adolescent girls’ decision to migrate and how future aspirations influenced that ...
Sierra Gaspari, Melanie Walker, Monica Noriega, Maria Marisol, Susan A. Bartels   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source