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Two resource distribution strategies for dynamic mitigation of influenza pandemics
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2010 Andrés Uribe-Sánchez, Alex Savachkin1Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USAAbstract: As recently pointed out by the Institute of Medicine, the existing pandemic &
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Mitigation Strategies for Pandemic Influenza A: Balancing Conflicting Policy Objectives [PDF]
, 2011 Mitigation of a severe influenza pandemic can be achieved using a range of interventions to reduce transmission. Interventions can reduce the impact of an outbreak and buy time until vaccines are developed, but they may have high social and economic ...
Heesterbeek, J.A.P. +19 more
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Buildings, 2023 Seismic events that have occurred in Italy in recent decades have shown the significant vulnerability of the Italian building stock. In particular, residential masonry buildings have suffered serious damage, highlighting the need to plan effective ...
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Assessment of Microplastics Pollution on Soil Health and Eco-toxicological Risk in Horticulture
Soil Systems, 2023 In recent times, the existence of microplastics in the food chain has emerged as a physiological stressor and a multifactorial food safety issue, necessitating an immediate strategic perspective due to the associated human health and eco-toxicological ...
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Content analysis of state hazard mitigation plans and their ability to address pandemics
Emergency Management Science and Technology, 2022 Hazard mitigation plans address hazards such as earthquakes, hurricanes, landslides, tornados, flooding more explicitly than pandemics or other public health crises. This paper analyzes and identifies pandemic-related mitigation strategies in state-level
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Frontiers in Agronomy, 2023 Global climate change presents various challenges to agricultural biotechnology in developing crops with increased resilience to various adverse natural conditions.
Saubenova Margarita +3 more
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Optimization of Structural Flood Mitigation Strategies
Water Resources Research, 2019 The dynamics of flooding are primarily influenced by the shape, height, and roughness (friction) of the underlying topography. For this reason, mechanisms to mitigate floods frequently employ structural measures that either modify topographic elevation ...
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Frontiers in Communication, 2022 IntroductionHigh levels of adoption and usage for the COVID Tracing Apps (CTA) among the population is a stipulated prerequisite for success of the implementation of these apps, aiming to mitigate the pandemic and track spreading of the virus more ...
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AnimalsThe Italian grey partridge (Perdix perdix italica Hartert, 1917) is a subspecies endemic to the Italian peninsula, considered extinct in the wild, and it is included in Annex I of the EU Bird Directive.
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Perspectives of Microbial Inoculation for Sustainable Development and Environmental Management
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 How to sustainably feed a growing global population is a question still without an answer. Particularly farmers, to increase production, tend to apply more fertilizers and pesticides, a trend especially predominant in developing countries.
Maqshoof Ahmad +8 more
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