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Natural Hazard Overview: Wind [PDF]

, 2018
The National Centre for Resilience supported the Met Office and their partner organisations in the production of a set of Natural Hazard Overviews. This factsheet is one of the set commissioned to meet a requirement for Scotland-specific information ...
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Vulnerability Assessment of Settlements During Emergencies [PDF]

, 2018
During emergencies which occur as a result of uncontrolled effects of natural disasters, major technical and technological accidents and major epidemics of infectious diseases, the health and life of people and the persistent environmental degradation ...
Djordvevic, Amelija, Radosavljevic, Jasmina, Ristic, Dejan, Vukadinovic, Ana   +3 more
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
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Multi-hazard assessment using GIS in the urban areas: Case study - Banja Luka municipality, B&H [PDF]

Glasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva, 2013
The research presents a techniques for natural hazard assessment using GIS and cartographic approaches with multi-hazard mapping in urban communities, because natural hazards are a multi-dimensional phenomena which have a spatial component ...
Tošić Radislav, Dragićević Slavoljub, Lovrić Novica, Milevski Ivica   +3 more
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The role of science in physical natural hazard assessment : report to the UK Government by the Natural Hazard Working Group [PDF]

, 2005
Following the tragic Asian tsunami on 26 December 2004, the Prime Minister asked the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir David King, to convene a group of experts (the Natural Hazard Working Group) to advise on the mechanisms that could and ...
Boulton, G., Dalton, H., Dass, S., Davis, I., Hicks, C., Hill, E., King, D., McGuire, B., McQuaid, J., Ovadia, D.C., Peppiatt, D., Ryall, G., Sparks, S., Thorpe, A., Williams, D.   +14 more
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Hematopoietic (stem) cells—The elixir of life?

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The aging of HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells) and the blood system leads to the decline of other organs. Rejuvenating aged HSCs improves the function of the blood system, slowing the aging of the heart, kidney, brain, and liver, and the occurrence of age‐related diseases.
Emilie L. Cerezo, Jonah Anderson, Emilie Dinh Vedrenne, Noël Yeh Martín, Jette Lengefeld   +4 more
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Oil Spill Occurrence and Pollution Risk Assessment Based on Sea State, Oil Platform Location, and Shipping Route Density in the Bohai Sea

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
The Bohai Sea is the only semi-enclosed inland sea in China. With active marine economic activities, it faces a persistently high risk of oil spill accidents. This study assesses the occurrence risk and pollution risk of oil spills by considering factors
Tao Liu, Ruichen Cao, Minxia Zhang, Xing Chen, Fan Bi, Jiangling Xu   +5 more
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Partnership Funding in flood risk management: multi-level stakeholder engagement – a question of roles and power

E3S Web of Conferences, 2016
The paper examines the new flood risk policy discussion in England and Wales. The summer floods in England in 2007 caused large damages to the environment, economy and humanity.
Thale Thomas, Priest Sally
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The key role of hazard indices and hotspot in disaster risk management: the case study of Napoli and Pozzuoli municipalities (Southern Italy)

Journal of Maps, 2020
In the last years, metropolitan areas are more and more exposed to natural risks often intensified by the effects of climatic changes. Clear and complete information about hazards impending on the territory is indispensable for local authorities to ...
Federica Totaro, Ines Alberico, Diego Di Martire, Concettina Nunziata, Paola Petrosino   +4 more
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The Taconnaz Rockfall (Mont-Blanc Massif, European Alps) of November 2018: A Complex and At-Risk Rockwall-Glacier-Torrent Morphodynamic Continuum

Applied Sciences, 2023
The glacial and torrential basin of Taconnaz (Mont-Blanc massif, France) dominates the Chamonix valley. It is one of the major paths for snow avalanches in the Alps, often triggered by serac falls from the Taconnaz glacier. On 24 November 2018, the basin’
Ludovic Ravanel, Pierre-Allain Duvillard, Laurent Astrade, Thierry Faug, Philip Deline, Johan Berthet, Maëva Cathala, Florence Magnin, Alexandre Baratier, Xavier Bodin   +9 more
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