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BMJ Global Health, 2023 The WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) COVID-19 Incident Management Support Team (IMST) was first established on 21 January 2020 to coordinate the response to the pandemic in line with the Emergency Response Framework and has undergone three ...
Thierno Balde +12 more
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Drought preparedness in Brazil [PDF]
Weather and Climate Extremes, 2014 AbstractLarge portions of Brazil′s Northeast have experienced an intense and prolonged drought for the majority of 2010–2013. This drought, along with other droughts that have hit the South in recent years, has sparked a new round of discussions to improve drought policy and management at the federal and state levels.
Gutiérrez, Ana Paula A. +4 more
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The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada
Population Ecology, EarlyView.We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
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Race and Income Disparities in Disaster Preparedness in Old Age [PDF]
, 2017 Objective: Older adults are one of the most vulnerable populations impacted by disasters and communities continue to struggle addressing preparedness.
Cox, Katherine M.
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The effect of temperature on persistence of SARS-CoV-2 on common surfaces
Virology Journal, 2020 Background The rate at which COVID-19 has spread throughout the globe has been alarming. While the role of fomite transmission is not yet fully understood, precise data on the environmental stability of SARS-CoV-2 is required to determine the risks of ...
Shane Riddell +4 more
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Microorganisms, 2021 Marek’s disease (MD), caused by MD herpesvirus (MDV), is an economically important disease in chickens. The efficacy of the existing vaccines against evolving virulent stains may become limited and necessitates the development of novel antiviral ...
Arjun Challagulla +9 more
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Water, 2021 Flood disaster has gained global attention due to the huge impact it has on human lives, economies, and sustainable environments. Flood disaster preparedness, which can significantly be influenced by disaster risk perception, has been highlighted as an ...
Qi Yin +6 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The amyloid world hypothesis of the origin‐of‐life posits that the first functional polymers on the early Earth were structurally stable cross‐β‐sheet‐based peptide amyloids capable of Darwinian‐like evolution. Peptide amyloids display self‐replication and information transfer, as well as catalytic, adaptive, and evolutive properties.
Carl Peter J. Maury
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Evaluation of a School Based Disaster Preparedness Program [PDF]
, 2006 This study evaluated a school based intervention designed to better prepare teachers and staff members in an elementary school to improve their knowledge and confidence of disaster preparedness.
Linebarger, Sandra
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medRxiv, 2020 Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the global crisis of stress and burnout among healthcare workers (HCWs). But few studies have empirically examined the factors driving these outcomes.
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