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Towards the resilient region?: policy activism and peripheral region development [PDF]

, 2010
Discussions of local and regional development have recently broadened from a preoccupation with growth to one which captures the notion of resilience. This paper makes two main contributions to these debates. First, the paper critiques static equilibrium-
Dawley, Stuart, Pike, Andy, Tomaney, John   +2 more
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The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
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The role of digital participation platforms in risk-informed development: A case study of Surabaya, Indonesia

Progress in Disaster Science
There is growing policy consensus around the need for development to be risk-informed. In parallel, digital technologies are increasingly deployed to enhance participation within a wide range of policy domains, particularly in urban settings.
Ronan McDermott, Saut Sagala, Nurulitha Andini Susetyo, Akhirul Insan, William Diondi Parasian Harahap, Annisaa Indrarini, Danang Azhari   +6 more
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Evidence of strong long-period ground motions of engineering importance for Nankai Trough plate boundary earthquakes: comparison of ground motions of two moderate-magnitude earthquakes

Earth, Planets and Space, 2018
We analyzed strong-motion and broadband recordings of two moderate-magnitude earthquakes that occurred in the Nankai Trough. The first event was the 2004 Mw 6.5 southeast off-Kii peninsula earthquake, an aftershock event inside the Philippine Sea Plate ...
Yadab P. Dhakal, Wataru Suzuki, Takeshi Kimura, Nobuyuki Morikawa, Takashi Kunugi, Shin Aoi   +5 more
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Mediating Effects of Positive Thinking and Social Support on Suicide Resilience [PDF]

, 2018
Suicide has been the second leading cause of death for 18- to 24-year-olds in the United States since 2011. The stress experienced by undergraduate college students has the potential to increase one’s risk for suicide.
Bekhet, Abir K., Garnier-Villarreal, Mauricio, Matel-Anderson, Denise M.   +2 more
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Prognostic Implications of Sleep Architecture for Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit With Status Epilepticus

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is associated with significant mortality. Sleep architecture may reflect normal brain function. Impaired sleep architecture is associated with poorer outcomes in numerous conditions. Here we investigate the association of sleep architecture in continuous EEG (cEEG) with survival in SE.
Ran R. Liu, Marcus C. Ng, Gavin P. Winston, Sabrina Schaly, Garima Shukla, Lysa Boissé Lomax   +5 more
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Clustering Algorithm Reveals Dopamine‐Motor Mismatch in Cognitively Preserved Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the relationship between dopaminergic denervation and motor impairment in two de novo Parkinson's disease (PD) cohorts. Methods n = 249 PD patients from Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) and n = 84 from an external clinical cohort.
Rachele Malito, Chiara Meneghini, Alice Galli, Luca Gallo, Pierfrancesco Mitrotti, Paola Dimartino, Marianna Inglese, Cinzia Zatti, Alessandro Lupini, Andrea Pilotto, Alessandro Padovani, Micol Avenali, Enza Maria Valente, Cristina Tassorelli, Silvia P. Caminiti   +14 more
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Unified Scaling Law for Lengths of Basaltic Lava Flows: Dependence on Erupted Volume and Effusion Rate

Geophysical Research Letters
Morphological scaling laws for basaltic lava flows, linking flow dimensions and eruption conditions, are essential for hazard assessment and geological analysis of basaltic eruptions.
Takafumi Maruishi, Tomofumi Kozono, Takahiro Miwa, Eisuke Fujita   +3 more
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The Regime Shifts Database: a framework for analyzing regime shifts in social-ecological systems

Ecology and Society, 2018
Regime shifts, i.e., large, persistent, and usually unexpected changes in ecosystems and social-ecological systems, can have major impacts on ecosystem services, and consequently, on human well-being.
Reinette Biggs, Garry D. Peterson, Juan C. Rocha   +2 more
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Building community resilience in mine impacted communities : a study on delivery of health services in Papua New Guinea : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the building of Community Resilience in mine-impacted communities in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The study aimed to establish the general relationship between community resilience, community capitals and the delivery ...
Kuir-Ayius, Dora Dau
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