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How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Passive Design of Buildings for Extreme Weather Environment

open access: yes, 2013
Buildings account for nearly 40% of the end-use energy consumption and carbon emissions globally. Buildings, once built, are used at least for several decades.
R., Tokpatayeva   +2 more
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A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of low rise residential industrialized building systems in Turkey

open access: yes, 2012
Industrialized building systems came into the agenda in response to requirements of earthquake resistance and rapid construction in Turkey after 1999 Izmit earthquake. CFS (cold-formed steel) framing system is able to meet the existing requirements in the field of low rise residential.
openaire   +2 more sources

Irregular no. 31; Apr. 1970 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1970
In this issue: 1. Good Stuff on Urban Renewal - The Committee for Urban Action circulated a second document on the bills before Parliament called "Principles for an Urban Renewal Bill". Part of this document - its introduction summarising the principles

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Mental health service use among Filipino American and Korean American young adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the heightened mental health challenges amid rising Anti‐Asian sentiment, Asian Americans have significantly underutilized mental health services, a trend that persisted even before the COVID‐19 pandemic. Although considerable efforts have been made to understand how various factors are related to mental health service use in this ...
Michael Park   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of plasterboard clad walls on the structural behaviour of low rise residential buildings

open access: yesElectronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 2002
While the design and technology of conventional low rise light framed residential structures are relatively simple, their response to lateral loading is quite complex.
Y.L. Liew, Colin Duffield, Emad Gad
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Operationalising energy sufficiency for low-carbon built environments in urbanising India

open access: yesBuildings & Cities
India’s urbanisation is considered the largest national urban transformation of the 21st century, with its trajectory having a decisive impact on carbon emissions globally.
Ashok B. Lall, Girisha Sethi
doaj   +1 more source

Inflation, Race, and Legislation—The Erosion in the Real Value of Monetary Compensation for Miners' Occupational Lung Disease in South Africa, 1973–2024

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background For much of the 20th century, the South African mining industry had a statutory compensation system for pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis characterized by gross racial inequality. This study examines the impact of inflation over the period 1973–2024 on the real value of miners' lung disease compensation, including the effect of the ...
Martin Nicol   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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