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Risk Analysis, EarlyView.Abstract Culture can have a major impact on how we perceive different hazards. In the Romantic period, nature was described and portrayed as mysterious and benevolent. A deep connection to nature was perceived as important. We proposed that this romantic view would be positively related to people's risk perceptions of man‐made hazards and, more ...
Michael Siegrist, Anne Berthold
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Time dependent evaluation of the lightning upward connecting leader inception
, 2006 Marley Becerra, Vernon Cooray
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Status of fiberoptics technology for propulsion control systems [PDF]
Optical sensors and optically controlled actuators for use in airbreathing engine control systems are discussed. The environmental conditions in which the aircraft will operate require the fiberoptic cables and optical connectors to perform reliably at ...
Baumbick, R. J.
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The use of public spatial databases in risk analysis: A US‐oriented tutorial
Risk Analysis, EarlyView.Abstract This tutorial focuses on opportunities and challenges associated with using six large, publicly accessible spatial databases published during the last decade by US federal agencies. These databases provide opportunities for researchers to risk‐inform policy by comparing community asset, demographic, economic, and social data, along with ...
Michael R. Greenberg +2 more
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Review of Policy Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Disasters exacerbate political tensions, making politicians more vulnerable to criticisms from both internal and external actors. This vulnerability fuels political actors' desire to undermine their rivals' popularity through blame games. While blame games are frequent and intense in Turkish politics, how they are linguistically constructed ...
Melih Nadi Tutan
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Who Feels Looked Down Upon? Sources of “Symbolic Violence” in the United States
Sociological Inquiry, EarlyView.This paper explores the factors increasing the chances of thinking one's cultural tastes and interests would be looked down upon by others, a sentiment put under the label of “symbolic violence” by Pierre Bourdieu. Using data from a survey fielded in the US in 2017–18 (n = 2,514), it examines the role of social position, lifestyle, family status and ...
Will Atkinson
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Case Report: Unravelling the Mysterious Lichtenberg Figure Skin Response in a Patient With a High-Voltage Electrical Injury. [PDF]
Front Med (Lausanne), 2021 Lindford A +6 more
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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Systems in Flames: Dynamic Coproduction of Social-Ecological Processes. [PDF]
Bioscience, 2022 Cadenasso ML +2 more
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