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Transition in dynamic events: The 2020 lightning complex fires in Northern California as an adaptive system

Risk Analysis, EarlyView.
Abstract The transition from one level of operations to a next larger, more complex level while maintaining coherence as a system has stymied organizational theorists for decades. Drawing on systems theory, network analysis, and collaborative governance, we explore how networks adapt during rapidly escalating crises.
Louise Comfort, Saemi Chang
wiley   +1 more source

Lightning-induced vulnerability assessment in Bangladesh using machine learning and GIS-based approach

Progress in Disaster Science
This study investigates the lightning-induced vulnerability in Bangladesh using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques, addressing the limited research in this area. Lightning, especially prevalent during April to June,
Tanmoy Mazumder, Md. Mustafa Saroar
doaj   +1 more source

Unpacking the Risk of Misinformation: A Communication‐Based Critique

Risk Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A raft of authors argue that society is drowning in a sea of misinformation, disinformation, and fake news. Some claim we are living in a new world disorder, misinformation age, or post‐truth era, fueled in part by social media, influential podcasters, and emerging AI systems.
Dominic Balog‐Way, Katherine McComas
wiley   +1 more source

Changing trends in electrical burn injury due to technology

Indian Journal of Burns, 2019
Background: Electrical burn injuries result from accidental contact with exposed parts of electrical appliances, wiring, or lightning strikes. The purpose of this study was to analyze the mode of electric burn injuries occurring in the current ...
Gurudayal Singh Kalra, Amit Sharma, Nikita Gulab Rolekar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Injuries caused by Lightning in Africa [PDF]

Nature, 1884
IT is a remarkable fact that in all the publications relating to Africa we so seldom come across accounts of injuries caused by lightning. Some travellers—those of the German Loango Expedition of 1873–76 for example—even distinctly report that, notwithstanding the extreme frequency of lightning in Africa, cases of damage inflicted by it are almost ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Blame Games of Weather‐Related Disasters: A Qualitative Research on Political Rhetoric of Government and Opposition in Türkiye

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
wiley   +1 more source

Cosmovision as Cognitive Technology: The Case of Mesoamerican Medicinal Knowledge

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the use of cognitive technologies in the acquisition and retention of botanical and medicinal knowledge. We focus on the Cruz‐Badianus codex, a 16th‐century Nahua (Aztec) herbarium which discusses the use of plants for a range of illnesses.
Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz
wiley   +1 more source

Hotels, refuge, and the rise of carceral hospitality

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Abstract Geographical work on hotels has foregrounded their role as spaces of commercial hospitality, leisure, and increasingly as sites of emergency accommodation for a range of displaced groups. Developing such work, this paper critically examines the central role of hotels in accommodating and containing asylum seekers and refugees.
Jonathan Darling, Andrew Burridge
wiley   +1 more source

A 24-Hour Lightning Forecast System in Brazil

Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 2015
Identifying in advance and with reliability favorable atmospheric conditions for lightning occurrence is necessary to minimize injuries and hazardous situations.
Osmar Pinto Junior, Gisele S. Zepka, Iara Cardoso, Antonio C. V. Saraiva   +3 more
doaj  

An in silico comparison of a novel CORA‐based cranial closing wedge ostectomy methodology with three other techniques

Veterinary Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To describe a CORA‐based cranial closing wedge ostectomy methodology (CCWOCORA) and to determine whether the CCWOCORA achieves a more accurate and precise postoperative tibial plateau angle (TPAPOST) than three previously described methods. Study design In silico study. Sample population Thirteen client‐owned dogs.
William H. R. Petchell, Anna R. Bostock, Alexander J. German, Andrew W. Tomlinson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source